Chapter 4:

Creatures in the City 2:

Mini Bert answered the phone with an up beat and distinct, "Hiya!" that only he could pull off.

"Mini Bert," said the voice of the Principle, "There was a disturbance in the plaza, two hunters, one with Booma claws, and the other with dragon claws. They attacked several citizens and one hunter. All but one are dead now. You must catch the suspects, for we feel that they may be related to the incidents on Ragol."

"Incidents? Like what for example." It wasn't a question, it was a demand.

"Now's not the time. One of the men was headed for the slums, to an old hut. We don't think he'd be up for another run quite yet. Find him."

"Gotcha!" He replied and hung up. He then clicked the speed dial for Dale Bert, and told Dale to meet him at the edge of the Slums. Logan on the other hand, was probably back at the house in the Hunter's District, and Logan had probably had a chick over, and had disconnected the phones. Mini glanced at the elevator. What a waste, slow and useless. He put a foot up on the railing, and jumped down a four-story drop onto a house below, landing on the tip of the Vengeance Blade. He liked to do things with style. All the roofs on Pioneer 2 had flat roofs, and so Mini jumped from roof to roof for about a minute, seeing as his house was a short walk from Vahn's apartment. When Mini got to his house, he found Logan on the couch making out with a Newman girl.

"Logan, get up, we got work to do," Said Mini Bert.

"Can't you see that I'm busy?" Said Logan between kisses.

Mini Bert grabbed him by the scruff of the neck, and pulled him out from under from under the girl. He smiled as Logan struggled to get out of Mini's grasp.

"Weapons, armor, now," Said Mini as he set Logan down. Mini himself changed from his official armor to lighter metal pads for his arms, chest knees and shins. He also got out a tattered Sea Green cloak that matched his hair. Logan got out his hunter armor, and his Demolition Comet.

Logan looked at Mini for a second, and started laughing, "You look like such a dork!"

Mini Bert had already called Dark Magician, who said he would wait for them, "I don't care what I look like, because it's a God/Battle."

"Really? Geez, that looks pretty weird for a slot. Aw hell, to the car!" Said Logan enthusiastically, and then he added, "I'll call you tonight baby!"

Their car was a Konestu Falcon, an pretty fast as cars go, meaning it took 15 minutes to get from one side of pioneer two to the other in normal traffic, but since they were in a hurry, they simply flew over pedestrian streets, and were at the edge of the slums in a matter of minutes.

Mini's trigger finger twitched. He was hoping for a fight. He pulled out a Suppressed Gun, the Vengeance Blade was to cumbersome. Logan had his Demolition Comet ready, Dale a Hildbear's Cane, and Dark Magician an Agito. Mini looked at the gore that ran thought the unfinished sewer system of The Slums. The Slums were never part of the layout for Pioneer 2, but was an unfinished residential area that had never been given a second thought after Pioneer two had been launched.

Dark Magician growled and walked along, looking at the blood, following it to their target. The others followed him, unnerved by the innards scraped along the wall. They soon came along a small shack that had once been the Speakeasy, Falz. Bodies were stacked up in front of the building, they had been gutted.

"HAHAHAA! DEATH DEAHT!" Said a voice from within the shack.

"Bastard. . ." muttered Dark Magician.

Mini busted the door. They rushed in and saw a man with scaled skins on and dragon claws. Mini fired and Dark Magician and Dale shot Gibarta at their foe.

"Fools, all the fools aboard this dammed ship will DIE! LEAVE OUR HOME IN PEACE! LET US LIVE OUR LIVES!" said the man, "I AM LORD DRAGON, AND YOU SHALL PAY."

"GURRAH! BURN IN HELL!" Yelled Vahn from behind the group.

Vahn shot at Lord Dragon even after he had telepiped out.

"VAHN, WHAT THE IN THE NAME OF THE GODDESSES ARE YOU DOING HERE?" screamed Logan.

"He killed him. . . He hilled Victor. . ." said Vahn under his breath. And for the first time in a long time, he cried.