Welcome [once again], to this, the sixth "episode" in the BTA saga!

Taking place shortly after the DepxFortress moment, this part is, in many ways, similar to the Sasuke Retrieval arc in Naruto (for those of you that have seen it). As the title should depict, Scaly will be the one who defects from the Bean Titans, in search of what he desires. I can't reveal too much information though, as this is more of an action series... so you'll have to see for yourselves. ;)

As always, the same concepts still apply: this is still (and always will be) about the life and times of the Beanie Babies I own. The text alterations still apply. Plus, feel free to give me your opinions about my stories.

EDIT: I feel like a newb, since I thought that "OOC" meant "out of control". It's "out of character", but it could be both, right?

Enjoy!

~BTA Part 6: The Scaly Retriveal~

Chapter 1 — What Happens in Vegas...

The Bean Titans find themselves in a risky situation—holding one of their wrestling entertainment nights in Las Vegas. The good news, obviously, is that it is in Las Vegas; however, the city is near the location of Wrinkle's hideout (the former Area 51), in the desert lands west of the city. They do not want to risk a confrontation with Wrinkle or any of his subordinates. Since they cannot disappoint the people, the Bean Titans must have a show in Las Vegas.

The outcome? The night went without conflict, and because of this, the Bean Titans had time to do what they wanted for the rest of the night.

"Sweet." called Sly, requesting the leader's attention.

"Yes, Sly?"

"A group of us want to go out into the desert and look for this cliff. We want to get on it and just camp out."

"Are you sure? Who's in the group?"

"Me, Ears, Scaly, Felix..." Mooch began to call names.

When Sweet heard the first couple of names, he already knew that he could trust the group. "Say no more. You all may go, but just be careful though; we are very close to our enemies right now." Sweet said.

"Will do." Sly replied.

Sweet thought about his decision for a moment. He knew that Sly was the captain of the Bean Titans below the Legendary 12, but Sweet also knew that Mooch and Hippie always backed Sly, as the three of them are best friends. Sweet was the only one who was told by Mooch that himself and Hippie were going to be out training for another week. Nevertheless, Sweet trusted all three of them.

Ears used the power of the Shard of Lightning (Shen Gong Wu—a scepter of sorts with a baby blue sphere as the head, which is surrounded by three black "wires") to find the cliff and move everyone there in flashes of light.

The Bean Titans in the group were Sly, Ears, Scaly, Felix, Slowpoke, Bongo, Megan, Hoppity, Christina, Bonnie, Lucy and Fortune. Upon the cliff, the twelve of them set up a campsite, as promised, to sit around or look up at the night sky.

"Geez, Scaly. What's your streak now, 5-20?" Bongo questioned.

"Bongo! Don't bug him!" Sly warned. He and Christina were concerned for Scaly because he had been losing a lot of wrestling matches lately.

Scaly walked away from the campsite without saying a word.

Slowpoke knocked Bongo on his head. "Think about what you have to say next time, banana-for-brains!"

"Well, someone had to say something! It's not like someone's writing a script to get one of us to piss him off." Bongo replied.

Hoppity stood up and moved to Bongo to place her foot on his head and push it down on the ground. "Just don't be such an idiot..." she told him, releasing her foot.

"Oh, sure! I'm everyone's punching bag!" Bongo thought.

"I heard that." Hoppity said, easily eavesdropping on his thoughts.

Christina stood. "I'll go check on him." she said, walking off to find her boyfriend.

Slowpoke sighed.

"What's with you?" Fortune asked.

"What worries me... is what Scaly could do to anybody, with that attitude." Slowpoke responded.

"At least he's not the old Mac." Bonnie pointed out.

"He'll be fine." Megan stated, after sipping her "famous" herbal tea. "Knowing that Christina is there for him, he wouldn't think about hurting her."

"What are you drinking?" Felix asked.

"Tea. It calms the soul."

"Sly, your fiancée is starting to creep me out." Ears whispered.

"And that's why you don't see why I love her."

Suddenly, Christina's body flew into the back tent of the campsite. Everyone saw this.

"I think we're in trouble..." Bonnie uttered, as Reptilius slowly walked towards the group.

"I'll check on Christina. The rest of you stop him." Sly said.

"All right then. He can't handle all of us." Bongo presumed, judging by the numbers.

"Are you sure you want to try your luck?" Reptilius questioned, exhibiting enough spiritual pressure to cut the cliff in half.

Sly caught his sister by the arm, before she fell off of the broken cliff. He brought her up, and she was okay. "Sis, where's Scaly?"

"Four baddies from Wrinkle's gang took him out to the range. Reptilius got in my way before I could get Scaly back."

"I'll go get him." Sly said, bringing Christina up and then dashing off into the range.

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"Before we go another round, I want you four to think about what you're doing... because I'm in a bad mood right now." Scaly said to Ants (anteater), Scurry, Burn and Bruno.

"Relax. It's not like you're gonna literally blow up in our faces." Ants replied.

"Besides, your lungs will burst before you have the chance to make another threat!" Scurry said, charging in.

"Blight." Scaly mentioned, causing a poisonous light green miasma to burst forth upon the four baddies and obscuring their view. When the miasma settled, not one of them were in sight. "I warned you guys."

"Warned us what?" Burn questioned, as he and Bruno held Scaly's legs, making him immobile.

"Now hold still..." Ants said, preparing to use a Summoning Jutsu by biting his thumbs. "Summoning Jutsu: Black Reaper Ant!" A big black ant with scythes for legs appeared, with an aim to kill anyone who had their legs tied down. "Rip him to shreds." Ants commanded, making the insect run to Scaly.

"I've had enough!" Scaly yelled, using his tail to grasp Burn's throat and toss him into Bruno on the other side. Scaly was able to move again, but he stood right where he was. "Serum Gaze!" he shouted, giving the Black Reaper Ant a deadly green-eyed glare. This glare caused an implosion of acid to burst out of the insect and slowly eat it alive.

The four foes regrouped again, planning to assault Scaly all at once. They were stopped by four clones of Sly, each using a Rasengan to push them away. The real Sly appeared after the clones disappeared.

"I don't need your help, Sly!" Scaly shouted.

"Scaly. I'm your friend first, and your comrade second... be considerate for once."

"Cut the crap. We're rivals and you know it!"

"Then why do you side with him?" Wrinkle asked. Somehow, he showed up nonchalantly while the "rivals" were talking.

"Because I'm-" Scaly was interrupted by Wrinkle's hands in his and Sly's faces.

"Don't tell me... just think about it." Wrinkle said, applying a force wave on the both of them, pushing them against a giant boulder.

After that, all of the evildoers left the scene.

Sly got up. "Scaly..."

"Don't say another word to me." Scaly backtalked, walking away from Sly.

Sly sighed in shame. He never wanted to literally say that they are rivals, yet he knows that they have edgy boundaries. Sly is over the fact that Scaly is with Christina, since that was their choice to make. The one thing that Sly wants to prevent, however, is he and Scaly becoming enemies.

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And that may turn out for the worse...

Chapter 2 coming at ya.