Chapter 7: Two Against One
Ruby sat down on her bed, filing her claws. She heard someone knock at the door. She opened the door and ran out happily. She slid down the railing and hopped off by the end. She opened the door and saw it was Zeng. He handed her multiple letters.
Ruby placed the letter for Valerie on her forehead as she slept. She went back up stairs ti read her own letters. "Ruby!" Peter cried out.
She stopped and looked at the snow leopard. "Yeah?"
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"I'm reading my letters from my friends," Ruby said continuing to walk up the stairs.
"Oh," was his reply. Ruby rolled her eyes and went to her room.
Peter went back to the kitchen. He walked over to the stove. He was making some soup to help Valerie relax.
Ruby put the letters on her bed. She got some from all her friends. She read them aloud. "Dear Ruby, you're really torturing your babysitter? That's crazy."
She looked at another. It was from Silvermist. "Dear Ruby, I can't believe your torturing someone other than your brother. I bet your brother is thrilled he got to have a whole week free of pranking!"
She smiled. One was from her friend Jared, "Dear Ruby, if you really did all these pranks on your babysitters, I have a couple things to say. One, you're brother is probably enjoying a week of no pranking, am I right? Two, are they still standing? Three, if you ever need a job, you can come and help me with making traps for my enemies."
She got lots of letter from her other friends as well. As she was about to open another one, she heard Peter call out, "Ruby! Lunch time!"
She sighed. Then she got an idea to put something in his food. She grinned and got up to go down. She slid down the railing again and landed safely. "How's my score?" she asked with a smile.
Peter just smiled and gestured for her to sit down. Ruby sat down and looked at the soup. Her green eyes then looked at Valerie. She was snoring away.
Ruby covered her ears and said to Peter, "Will you please wake her up?"
"I'll wake her up when she gets up. She needs her rest. Especially after all the things you did to her," said Peter.
Ruby shrugged. "I guess so," said Ruby.
She sipped her soup and smiled. "Tastes delicious."
Peter smiled. "Thank you, Ruby," he said.
He saw he forgot his own napkin. He left to go and get some. He didn't see any in the napkin holder. "Ruby, are there any more napkins somewhere else?" he asked.
Ruby came over to the kitchen and said quietly, "Yes, they're in the basement."
Peter nodded and thanked her. He went over to the hallway that led to the stairs to the basement. Ruby reacted quickly! She quickly went to the freezer and got a ton of ice-cubes. Then, she rushed to the cabinets that had hot pepper. She went back to the fridge and got some lemon juice. Then finally, she got a large cloth.
She heard him searching through the shelves. She rushed back on the tip of her toes and put the ice cubes in his soup. She put in tons of lemon juice and two paw fulls of hot pepper flakes. Her ears jerked up once she heard Peter coming up the steps. She quickly put the ice cubes in the cloth and ran over to Valerie.
Peter came up, put the napkins in the napkin holder and only kept the ones for him and Ruby. He walked over to the dining room and saw Ruby gently placing something cold on Valerie's head. That's nice, Peter thought nicely.
He sat down, pulled in his seat, and looked at his soup. He took his spoon and sipped some soup. His face cringed! "Aw! Yuck!" The soup tasted awful! And it was cold!
Ruby tried to hide her grin. Peter felt his mouth being tossed back and forth with the sour taste of the lemon juice and the hot and spicy feel of the hot pepper flakes!
He rushed to the sink and put his tongue under the sink. He turned the faucet to cold! He then pulled back quickly as it was steaming hot water. He tried turning it to hot, instead he got warm milk! He paced back and forth.
Ruby just sat there sipping her soup. She tried not to burst out with laughter as she saw Peter bounce up and down, fanning his tongue. Then she heard the most familiar shout she ever heard. "RUBY!" he yelled.
Ruby finished her soup and went up stairs, her head held high, and her tail flicked back and forth. Even though this was two against one, they were no match for the 14 year old red fox. Then, her attention turned to the person who knocked on the door. Let the fun begin, Ruby thought.
