"hmmmm.... interesting." said Verath, smiling. "Although I don't know anymore about Dynast than where he lives....."

"I don't know that much about him, either. How about you, Xelkitti?" She didn't answer. She was staring at George, who had finally stopped screaming.

"uhh, Xelkitti? You're not gonna get anymore answers out of that guy. I can tell that his well's run dry. xelkitti? What are you staring at?" But right after Verath said that, he too was looking at George. So was Xelfan12. George had not only stopped screaming, but a strange aura was now surrounding him.

"What the hell? What the hell is he doing?" asked Xelfan12.

"Ummm... maybe we should restrain him a little. just to be safe." said Verath, whipping around the small knife. Instantly, a large blade of ice grew out of the smaller blade, and was released, pinning george to the wall. Verath made a few more swings, and george was completely incapable of motion. But suddenly, the aura around george intensified so much, the ice broke to pieces, and a stretched out, high pitched screaming noise was made.

'What..... The Hell.... WAS THAT!?" asked xelkitti, frantically. But her question was answered as george's body erupted, revealing what looked like a giant gorilla, but with white fur, horns, and rows of jagged teeth.

"as you can see...." said the beast, no longer in George's voice. "I am not a saleperson at all. nor am i a scottsman." He laughed, spraying a cold stream of spit from his mouth. "i am, in fact, a scout for Lord Dynast Grauscherra." He stopped and looked at Xelfan12, Xelkitti, and Verath. 'Ahhh, 3 against one of me? it hardly seems fair for you. Mwahahahaha!" he laughed again, but this time, when the phlegm erupted from his throat, it flew by Verath's head and froze a nearby chair. "Ahhh... I almost forgot! I have a bit of a lisp when I talk...." as he said this, more of his saliva spewed out, freezing a section of the floor solid. "...And as you've probably realized, my spit is a bit.... deadly." The frozen tiled floor broke into pieces, revealing the earth beneath it.

"So, what's your battle strategy? Are you gonna spit on us or something? How second grade..." said Verath, annoying the giant monkey guy.

"Silence!" roared the ape, as he hacked back, and launched a 2 gallon loogie straight at verath. Verath took it on full force, immediately freezing where he stood. Then the ice broke, but verath remained in one piece.

"I too am an ice elemental. And all your stupid tricks will do is to annoy me." He paused, looking at the wad of phlegm before it dissipated into thin air. "And may I recomend some listerene?"

"ARGHH!!!! I'll show you that the minions of the general of Dynast are superior to those of the General of Beastmaster! If you can manage to beat me and my two other comrades, we will give you information on Dynast's exact whereabouts. There, you can interrogate him all you want. He is up for a good challenge. However..." he glanced around, confidently. "I severely doubt that you can defeat me." Xelfan12, Xelkitti, and Verath stepped forward. "No! One on one!" shouted the gorilla.

"Alright...." said Xelfan12, as they all stepped back into a circle.

"listen," said Xelkitti. "We need to beat all three of these guys to get to Dynast. We need to know why he was organizing the takeover of the door-to- door sales companies, and why Xellos wanted us to stop him."

"Does Xellos even know?" asked Verath.

"Of course!" said Xelfan12. "He probably had this all planned out. you know how sneaky he can be!"

"Alright," said Verath. "So, who will fight this guy?"

"I nominate you!" said Xelkitti, grinning. "You're the only ice elemental here. You can't be frozen!"

"damn!" said verath "And may i ask what kind of elements you and Xelfan12 prefer to fight with?"

"Now that is a secret!" said xelkitti and xelfan12 in unison. Verath sweatdropped.

"Alright, I'll go." He stepped toward the giant gorilla.

"you're fighting me? What a joke!" said the beast, once again laughing, and spraying spit everywhere. "I'll take that as an insult. Obviously you think i'm the weakest of the group," said verath, ominously "But I'm not. Especially when i'm using this!" He pulled out a small blue stone on a fine silver chain.

"Ha! What does that do?" asked the beast, obviously not impressed. Verath didn't answer, but instead swung it around a few times. With each swing, the chain and stone grew bigger, until they resembled a mourning star.

"And with this, I can cast spells ten times more powerful than i could before." Verath grinned. "Oh, and did i mention my pistols?" he spun them out, loading them with a click. "this battle may be fun after all..."