"The name's Bushwick. But call me Shwick. Everyone calls me that." While he said that, he started to clean his antennae. He led the trio to an elevator.
The group went inside. Humphrey looked at Shwick.
"Are you from New York?" He asked. Shwick nodded.
"Yep. I hail from Bushwick, Brooklyn." He explained.
"I've been meaning to visit New York. Possibly Manhattan." Humphrey wondered.
"Stop making small talk." Joey said in an upset tone. Humphrey chuckled.
"You're upset about your gold…" Aaron then chuckled. Joey looked at him.
"You think this is funny, satchel mouth?" Aaron nodded. "How about I shove your tail in your…"
"We're here." Shwick interrupted as the doors opened. They saw that they were in the forest of the beach. As they stepped out, they saw the door they came out of was a rock.
It closed behind them. "So cool." Aaron muttered. As the trio walked, Shwick looked left and right in fear.
Humphrey noticed. "What are you afraid of?" He asked.
"The beast sometimes leaves its nest." He replied. They finally made it to a bald, secluded place on the beach.
There were bones scattered everywhere. Aaron shivered as Joey just looked at them.
Bushwick pushed aside some sand to reveal a door.
"The beast is down there?" Humphrey asked.
"Probably. I only care if you bring the gold." The cockroach replied. He then opened the door to reveal a black chasm.
It looked too steep. But, if it meant to get them out of here…
Humphrey was the first to drop in. "Geronimo!"
Aaron was the next. "Allons-y!"
As Joey was about to jump, the bug stopped him. "You might want to change your attitude, if you want to pay the piper."
"My attitude is none of your business." Joey snarled. The bug shook his head. What an ignorant fool…
"Do you know what made these bones?" He asked as he held a skull.
"You don't want to know what made these bones… you want to know what's behind that door?" Joey nodded.
"You don't want to know what's behind that door…" Joey then shook his head as he said that in fear.
"Well, you're lucky. I've been down there for some time, feeding the beast. And it doesn't like intruders."
"O-okay." Joey said shakily. Now he was scared.
"I'll tell you what; how about I show you something even better…"
"What is it? Is it power?" He asked.
"No. The power of life." Bushwick then bent down and bit Joey's head whole.
Joey's lifeless body then wobbled back and fell. Blood squirted from the neck hole. Bushwick chuckled as he devoured the head.
He then looked at the door. "Have a nice lunch, beast." He then slammed the door and left to play poker with his other roaches.
In the black chasm, Humphrey and Aaron fell. They both then fell into a small lake. Humphrey poked his head out and spat water as Aaron did the same.
"Great. More water…" Aaron said. Humphrey looked around and saw a black mass that came from the water and back in in a quick motion.
"I think we have company…" Humphrey told him. The two wolves tried to get out of the water while the monster swam towards them in monstrous speeds.
Humphrey got out and looked around. It seemed they were in a cave was sparkling with polished rocks.
"There's no gold here!" Humphrey exclaimed. He turned and saw that the monster ate Aaron in half and only his top part was alive.
Confusion was in the air as Humphrey widened his eyes in horror. He then quickly sprung into action for his friend.
Humphrey looked at the monster as he approached Aaron, but saw that it went back into the water. No one ever got to see its face.
Humphrey pulled the half of the wolf onto shore and saw that he coughed up blood. How was Aaron going to amaze him now?
