Acidicus made his way into the school. It was empty now. Empty hallways. Empty classrooms. It was nearly 6:30 after all. No one would be at the school at this time.

Acidicus headed down the almost lonely looking hallway towards the closest restroom. He slowly opened the door of the girls bathroom and flicked on the lights.

It seemed to be an ordinary girls restroom for elementary students. 5 stalls against the wall, 5 sinks on the other side. Squat toilets were in all of the stall, as is the case in many Japanese schools' restrooms.

Acidicus swallowed hard and walked up to the last stall and knocked three times.

Speaking as clearly as he could he called out, "Are you there Hanako-sssan?"

First a minute or so there was nothing. Acidicus started to wonder if he had done something wrong.

Then he heard something. It was faint, but definitely a young girls voice. Acidicus wasn't sure what emotion to put with it. Fear? Saddness? Weakness? Whatever it was it wasn't happy.

"Yes, I am here," it said.

Acidicus opened the door to the stall. There standing over the toilet was the little girl from the sewers.

Acidicus stared at her his heart pounding. He wasn't sure what to do now. He looked around desperate enough to see if the restroom had any hints to what his next move should be.

Suddenly he felt a cold hand grab his and start pulling his arm. Acidicus turned to see that the ghost had grabbed him and was pulling him towards the toilet. The flush began to start us. Acidicus realized she entended to pull him through the toilet. And chances were he wouldn't end up back in the sewer.

Acidicus pulled back at first with just his arm, but soon he needed his whole body to fight the suprizing strength of the tiny girl.

Hanako-san seemed to be getting angry. The doors to the other stalls began to bang open and closed by themselves. The lights flickered like mad and the facets turned on and off.

Acidicus began to wish he was a hypnobrai and could hypnotize her into letting go. But he was a venomari. All he could do was resist acid and squirt poison that created hallucinations.

Desperate he attempted to use his venom. But again it only passed through her face. It seemed she was able to only make certain part of herself solid at once.

Just then an idea flashed in Acidicus's mind. Once again he sprayed venom only this time it was onto the hand she was using to grab him.

Sure enough, to avoid its effects the hand became ghostly and lost its grip giving Acidicus a chance to pull free and run out of the bathroom.

Acidicus didn't stop running there though. He slithered as fast as his tail could carry him down the hallways, and out the front doors. He didn't care if anyone saw him. He kept going until he was back in the sewers. Once there he collapsed exhausted and frightened.

After what felt like hours Acidicus stired to a familiar voice.

"You okay?" Skalidor asked.

"Of courssse…I jussst tripped over," lied Acidicus standing, "Did you get the ssstaff?"

"Yep!" Skalidor grinned holding it up, "No punishmentsss from Pythor for me!"

"Your assuming I don't tell pythor about all thisss," said Acidicus coldly.

"You better not. Ssso what wasss it like sssummoning her?" Skalidor asked.

Acidicus was not about to admit how terrifying it was.

"Pretty dull. Nothing a general can't handle," he told him.

"Ssso you weren't in danger? becaussse I thought of an easssier way after you left," said Skalidor.

"What!" Acidicus snapped.

"I'm a conssstrictai…I could have jussst burrowed under her," Skalidor replied.

It took all of Acidicus' willpower not to grab the staff from Skalidor and beat him oer the head several times.

Footnote to rainbowdragon and evil973: Thanks for the request. I know rainbowdragon especially wanted a serpentine story. Hope both of you found this satisfactory. I'm not used to writing about the villain's side of things.