Episode 8: Descent Into Darkness-Rising in the Ranks
CHAPTER 1: MEET BLACK WIDOW AND TARANTULA
In the weeks after abandoning her name "Lucy Van Pelt", Mamba had become a great lieutenant in the Serpent Sisters. They were creating mayhem all over Sparkyville, whether it was spray painting their name on buildings, vandalizing said buildings, or intimidating innocent people, the Serpents became a much-feared gang in town. And for Mamba, she never felt more alive.
One day at the hideout, they heard a knock at the door. They weren't expecting company or ordered any takeout.
"Python, see who it is," ordered Cobra. Python opened the door slightly. Who she saw was a tall, lanky girl who could have been taller than Python herself, and a seemingly normal-height girl next to her.
"We've got company," Python said and opened the door. The two girls walked in and headed straight for Cobra and Mamba, who were sitting on the couch in front of the TV.
"Why hello, Cobra," said the tall girl. "So nice to see you again."
"Hello, Black Widow," said Cobra, coldly. It was the leader of the Spiders and her right-hand girl Tarantula. "What brings you here? Hmm?"
"Well, dearie," Black Widow began, "word's going around that you have a new girl in your ranks. We just wanted to meet this girl."
"Yeah it's true, Widow," replied Cobra, curtly. She was suspicious about why their biggest rivals were here at their hideaway.
"That must be her right there," hissed Widow, looking at Mamba. "Hello girlie. What do they call you?"
"The name's Mamba!" she snapped immediately. "I was told about you Spiders."
"I'm sure you were," Widow replied. "Anyway I'm Black Widow and this is my cohort, Tarantula." Tarantula looked even more unstable than Rattler. Tarantula was smiling insanely and chuckling at seemingly nothing particular. One of her eyes looked like it was twitching, too.
"State your business, Widow!" Cobra said sharply.
"Well word is getting around that you are saying that we egged and toilet papered houses in your territory," Widow started. "We are here to tell you we aren't responsible for that."
"None of us said anything," protested Python. "Sure we suspected you, but we didn't go right out and say you girls were responsible. We're trying to figure out who did it as well because WE got blamed for it as well."
"But we know you did do some other houses on the west side of town," said Widow.
"We did," said Cobra, "but we stayed close to here when we did that. We never ventured further out from this area. Whoever did those houses on Fillmore were someone else."
"Well, SOMEONE is responsible," Widow said, losing a little bit of composure. "But if it wasn't you, and we KNOW it wasn't us, who did it? Hmm?"
"ENOUGH TALK!" Tarantula screamed all of the sudden. "LET'S GETS THESE LITTLE BRATS!" And Tarantula pulled out a switchblade to the shock of everyone.
"TARANTULA! COOL IT!" ordered Widow.
Rattler grabbed a pool cue and put it towards Tarantula's head. "Just you try that again," she warned. "I DARE you!"
"Enough, Rattler!" commanded Cobra. Turning back to her rival, she said, "Well I hope, for your sake, you're telling the truth. And you can trust, not one of us made any kind of accusation against you without proof. But if we find out who egged and papered the neighborhood near Fillmore, you will be the first to know. And I hope you'd do the same for me. Deal?"
Black Widow thought for a couple of seconds, then said, "Deal."
"Okay," Cobra finished. "Now unless there's anything else you wanted, you know where the door is."
Black Widow signaled for Tarantula that it was time to split. She was back to grinning insanely and giggling by this time. Before they left, Widow said, "I'll be seeing you girls soon." And they left.
Mamba was in shock at what had transpired. They almost had a rumble right there in their hideout. She finally said, "What just happened?!"
"You see what we are up against," Cobra responded. "That was just a taste of what the Spiders are capable of. You gotta watch them, especially that Tarantula. How she's still out in society is anyone's guess. But Widow is more cunning. Tarantula may be unstable, but Widow is more dangerous."
Mamba thought about everything Cobra was saying. Probably for the first time since befriending the Serpent Sisters she was thinking about what she got herself into.
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