Chapter Nine
Mary jumped. "What was that noise?"
"I do not know." Richard said, looking up to Mary who was sitting on his shoulders
"Hope nobody's dead." Scarlet said nonchalantly.
"Are you sure you have a conscience?" Timothy asked in fake curiosity.
"Shush, runt!" Scarlet hissed as she marched on ahead.
"Ugh, why do we have to move so quickly?" Timothy whined.
"Don't be a baby." Mary said as Richard picked up the pace. Timothy looked like he was going to make a comment but shut his mouth and begrudgingly put one foot in front of the other. "Oh, Timmy, weren't you full of energy earlier? You know, 'going to show us who's super cool!' and all that jazz?" Mary made sure to put extra emphasis on cool. Timothy looked up and tried to look her in the eye, which was hard considering her vantage point on Richard's shoulders. Richard was already a fair bit taller than him.
"First off, if you're gona shorten my name, just use Tim. And secondly, I am still the coolest person around here." He changed the subject, looking around. "Looks like we're in a tropical forest or something. What even lives here?"
"That." Scarlet answered, pointing to the huge, reptilian form that had just come into view. It was an enormous Grimm, standing perfectly still, with curved horns, a clubbed tail and spikes running down its back. The team stopped in their tracks.
"So, uh, what is that?" Timothy asked, trying to remain cool.
"A creature of Grimm?" Richard pondered aloud.
"And a big one at that" Mary added.
"Thank you, Captain Obvious and Lieutenant Duh." Timothy rolled his eyes, "Any other astonishing facts you would like to lay upon us?"
"Ya'll, look over there, there's an egg." Scarlet said, her gun already aimed at the creature.
"Dear god, why did I join the idiot brigade?" Timothy moaned, then hit his head against a nearby tree.
"No, ya dunce, it's the treasure." Scarlet said, as she butted Timothy with her gun. He looked up, confused. Scarlet explained: "Eggs are like treasure chests. They're full of gold." Mary's face lit up.
"That must be it!" See said.
"Must it?" Timothy sighed.
"Can't be anything else." Richard pointed out.
"Can't it?" Timothy asked, sighing again.
"Let's go gets us an egg!" Scarlet roared as she opened fire on the beast.
