Ch. 6 Fighting the Monster (Part 1)
Blythe blinked dizzily before finding herself in a smoke-filled void.
"Blythe!" cried the familiar voice of Russell as Blythe turned and saw the pets in the void with her as well.
"Where are we?" asked Penny Ling.
"If I'd have to guess, Sue's mind." Vinnie.
"And I guess this is what happens to a person;s mind when he/she smokes," said Pepper.
"So what do we do now?" asked Minka.
"We find the source of Sue's habit and stop it," said Blythe in determination.
"Find it will be easy, but stopping it will be a challenge." said a mysterious, icy voice.
Blythe and the pets turned and discovered the demonic Sue levitating before them with an evil grin.
"Who is that?" asked Vinnie.
"That must be the cause of Sue's addcition," deduced Blythe.
"Wow, she looks cool," said Pepper.
"If by 'cool' you mean 'compeltely evil', then yes." said Zoe matter-of-factly, much to Pepper's annoyance.
Blyhte levitated over to the smoke demon.
"Look here, demon lady," said Blythe boldly, "I know you're just a figment of Sue's imagination, but that doesn't mean you can contro lher liek a puppet."
The demon chuckled darkly, "You think you can stop me? I'm in charge of this body and there's nothing any of you can do about it."
The pets joined Blythe and looked determined.
"We can stop you," said Blythe confidently.
"I'd like to see you try," said the demon smugly.
Just then, Penny Ling kicked the demon in the chin and sent her spiraling into a farther border.
The pets and Blythe cheered for Penny Ling, who looked smug.
Suddenly, a smoke appears and grabs Penny Ling before coming close to the demon.
"Was that your best shot?" sneered the demon. Penny Ling could only squeel in fear.
"Now let me show you mine."
The demon suddenly sucked in her breath and blew out smoke straight into Penny Ling's screaming mouth.
"PENNY LING!" Blythe said in fear as the other pets gasped in horror.
Penny closed her mouth, but was too late as the sMoke inside her made her completely weak and green faced.
Soon after that, Penny Ling disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Outside, Penny Ling's hypnotic expression died out and she returned to normal.
"Wow, what a head rush." said Penny Ling, holding her head as she winced in pain.
Back In Sue's Mind...
"Once I finish you all one by one," said the demon fiercly, "Sue's body will be all mine!"
The pets and Blythe fought off the demon. They fought in teams and individually and they all each seemd to overpower the demon, but the demon managed to get Pepper, Zoe, and Russell to swallow her smoke and that transported them out of Sue's mind.
Blyhte, Sunil, Vinnie, and Minka gasped as the demon came at them, but they managed to evade her.
"THis demon is super fast." said Minka, gasping for breath.
"Yeah, how do we..."
Before Vinnie could finish, a smoke shot was aimed for his mouth and he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"VINNIE!" cried the trio.
Vinie awoken from his trance and saw the other pets looking at the brainwashed Sue, who was twitching.
"Oh, Vinnie, you're here!" said Russel.
"Yeah, you should also come and see Sue twitching. We think it's because of the battle Blythe is having with that demon." said Pepper.
"Well, let's hope that nothing else could go..."
Before Vinnie could finish, Minka suddenly bursted up, screeching.
"Let me guess, the demon got you as well?" asked Russell.
"Yep," said Minka.
Penny Ling moaned in worry, "I hope Blythe and Sunil manage to stop that villainous creature.
"Let's only hope so Penny Ling." said Zoe as the pets resumed watching Sue twitch. They had worried expressions as they could only hope that their human and mongoose friend could halt the villainous force inside Sue's head.
TO BE CONTINUED...