The little chihuahua sat patiently beside its pet as she gently massaged her forehead. June groaned, " Why does it have to hurt so much?"
The dog replied, " Stupidity runs much deeper in you than in most of your kind. While it makes your body more susceptible to my power, it also takes more effort on my part to supress it. Now, if I had chosen that Dib-boy...heheheh...yessss...that one would have made a finer slave; but enough of this!"
The ratty little creature leapt gracefully from the couch and paced across the floor. " Since you have failed in bringing me a piece of the boy's soul by indirect means-" it eyed the girl menacingly, and she shuddered, " you must forcefully extract it from his body with this!"
The chihuahua dug at the base of a large pile of trash and pulled out a medallion. With the medallion in its mouth, the mangy rat-dog hopped back on the sofa and gingerly placed its trinket in June's hand.
The medallion itself was a curious thing to her. The face upon it was of a grotesque demon with a crooked grin. The horn in the center of its forehead protruded from the necklace and formed an arrow-like point. June looked to her master and asked, " Where does the point go?"
" The target's forehead," Madness replied simply. June felt a chill go down her spine yet again, but reminded herself that someone else's comfort was a small price to pay for the ultimate gift of knowledge. " So, what's the plan?"
The dog's eyes narrowed as it spoke. " Since you simply being within that boy's house did not siphon away the material I need, the Dib-beast must have some sort of protection spell around himself; however, he is not immune to a more -ahem- physical approach."
June raised a pierced eyebrow. " Do I get to beat his head with my- no!" She shook her head violently to dispell the thought. " Forget that, it's the stupid talking...but exactly what do you mean by 'physical approach'? Should I attack him?"
The chihuahua rolled its buggy-looking eyes. " You should shake your head a few more times, the stupidity's still talking. What I mean to say is you must earn his trust so that he may allow you within striking range of that huge head of his. It shouldn't be difficult, with such a large target..."
June's coal-black eyes watched the deranged pooch's face warily. " You mean, try to be his friend? You know that he doesn't have any friends for a reason, right?"
Madness yelped at her, " Of course I do! His paranoia even keeps away others of his kind. You, however, have a crucial advantage over these other drooling monkeys that will weaken his defenses enough to breach his personal space."
June started getting a very strong feeling of nausea as she realized what her master was hinting at. " I hope you are suggesting that my borrowed intelligence and newfound awareness of the occult are all the proof of superiority I need to convince Dib to let me stab him in the face...wow, I've never said a sentence that long in my entire life! Being smart is awesome!"
The little dog glared at June, and she immediately composed herself.
" No, that's not it. Have you studied anything at all with your amplified learning capabilities?"
June squirmed uneasily on the greasy couch. Her eyes flitted around the room as she answered, " Yes...I've studied many subjects."
Madness growled impatiently, " Like what?"
June felt her throat clench up. No, he can't possibly mean that, anything but that...
She squeaked, " Astronomy, quantum mechanics, chemistry..."
Her master's gaze was cold and unforgiving. If she mentioned what he had in mind, she'd be doomed to follow his orders, and she did not want to cross that line; what he wanted from her was beneath her shiny new intelligence. But when the punishment was so terrible...
June sighed heavily. " Biology...anatomy...psychology..."
Just spit it out. The thought is disgusting, but think of the reward.
Madness's eyes gleamed as its puppet finally spat out the final, most satisfactory answer.
June flushed as she mumbled, "...sex ed..."
The mangy animal wheezed, " Exactly. You will succeed where others have failed because of one, and only one thing: TITS."
June flinched at the word, and crossed her arms over her chest as her little master laughed maniacally.
And for some reason, June suddenly had the feeling that she would not enjoy this mission, not one bit...