Chapter 3

It seems i can't write long chapters. anybody see the last matrix movie? lots of pretty people and machine, but i didn't really understand the end.

Disclaimer: i don't own the matrix or any of tamora pierces stuff. i do own a fish that floats on her back but freaks out when people get near her. (her name is Buri)

Kel decided it was time to do battle with Alanna; this had to stop. Kel began using the moves she had learned in the Matrix (A/N: Maybe the chamber told her about it.)

Alanna was confused. It looked as though Kel was trying to swat a fly with both hands. After fifteen seconds of this Kel took up what looked like a ready stance.

Suddenly Alanna looked down and spotted what looked like a spider on her leg. She squeaked and froze. Since Kel had done all those cool moves with her arms, she wanted to punch Alanna but knew that it would be better to just run away. Kel compromised by jumping on Sir Payne's stomach on the way out.

She left Payne behind, unconscious and perhaps damaged irreparably, to continue her search for the comics.

"I'm an injured eagle. I have only one arm," said a voice down the hall.

Kel turned to see Daine running towards her, flapping one arm, the other apparently in her shirt. Kel watched her run past and decided she better go kick some dogs before Daine went mad with lack of animals to heal. (A/N-Well, madder)

Kel wandered outside looking for dogs. After kicking three, she decided she needed a break and went to find Peachblossom. Surprise, surprise, he was in the stable.

"Aw, why the long face?" Kel quipped at Peachblossom.

Tobe, not understanding that Kel was just a moron and not psychic, almost fainted in shock.

"Lady, how did you know he was upset?" he asked. "PB was trying to hide it from you!"

Kel looked at Tobe blankly. "I don't get it," she said.

"PB misses Squealan," said Tobe.

"It's his time."

"Squealan's dying?"

"No bird brain, let me finish my sentence. It's his time of the month so he can't come out and get bitten like he usually does."

"So where is he and how soon will he be back?"

Kel ignored the order of the questions. "He'll be back in three to five more days. He's in a cage now, in my lord Raoul's rooms. Wait a second, that reminds me of something. Crap, what was it? Oh, crap! Squealan has been crapping on newspapers. This is no time to take a break. I need to find a crap-free comics section of today's paper!"

The lady sure does talk a lot, thought Tobe as she ran off, punting a dog that was standing in the doorway.

"Oh, long face, I get it!" Tobe cried. (Seriously, he cried, it was a really lame joke, probably brained his damage).

Meanwhile, Alanna had discovered that the "spider" was actually a piece of lint.

I bet Kel would love to hear about this, thought Alanna and off she went.