The Adventures of Spyden: Book Two: Time is of the Essence
Disclaimer: HA! I don't own Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (or any characters in it) JtHM and all characters relating to Jhonen's fabulous works. However, I am the creator of Spy, (who is a main character in the story if you couldn't tell) Brion, and Ned.
Author's Note: This is the second book in my Spyden series. I highly recommend you read my other two fics first as they both tie into this storyline.
I would like to thank DanMat6288 for inspiration…and also deviantart's "Paradoxal" for inspiration as well (not to mention the look of the character in question).
Anyway, please R&R.
Now on with the story…
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Chapter six: July 1st part three
Lewin glared at Duchess for what seemed like hours. His sword hovered near her Elephant trunk of a nose. Lewin was expecting to see fear in her misaligned eyes. Yet, somehow, she still retained that same look of superiority, that SHE was the highest form of existence. She didn't seem scared at all.
Lewin's thoughts were battling each other, however.
"Give me one good reason not to kill you right now..." Lewin asked coldly.
"And what's stopping you? You worthless piece of filth! Oh, wait...you couldn't kill me even if you TRIED! You were always the pacifist." Lewin chose NOT to hear that sentence as he focused on Spy, Mac, Bloo, and that stranger (Brion) disappear into the mansion. He then heard some kind of engine from the sky. Lewin searched the sky to see Ned hurtling down into the mansion as well. He ran to intercept, making sure to step on Duchess' face on the way.
"Yeah, right."
Lewin formed his shield again, pointed the gun-end at Ned and fired. Ned stopped before the bullets could hit him, looking in Lewin's direction with an evil smile. Lewin launched himself into the air (via Earth-made catapult). Lewin smashed his shield into Ned, sending him away from the building. Ned easily recovered to find Lewin hovering in the air with him. Lewin had made the same style air-shoes the Spy and Ned both wore. Lewin and Ned clashed swords and shields as the two fought to try to land one hit on the other. Soon their weapons deadlocked bring a moment of rest to both fighters (even if they were still holding the other's weapon back).
"So, why didn't you kill her back there, huh?" Ned asked in a slightly playful voice.
Lewin didn't answer.
"You have such a great imagination; I bet you could probably think of a few thousand ways to brutally murder Duchess, couldn't you?"
Lewin was still silent.
"And yet, even with that great mind of yours, she always managed to beat you. Somehow, Someway, she would always be one step ahead of you."
No answer.
"She took to power too slowly for my patience level; but in the end, she found a way to tear at every fiber of your being...one way or another. Was it that she forced children into making her armies that made you hate her so much? Was it the fact that she had killed Bloo..."
Lewin's teeth started to show.
"Or was it the fact that you LET her destroy everyone you knew."
Lewin's eyes screamed rage.
"Ah, such a nice girl...what was her name...uh, OH YES...Natasha."
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Lewin broke the deadlock in a burst of rage and started to ferociously attack Ned. Ned dodged and blocked every one of Lewin's attacks, smiling all the while. Daggers started appearing out of nowhere and shot at Ned. Soon other larger weapons appeared and lunged at Ned, who was becoming more and more cautious with each new attack Lewin threw at him. Swords, maces, arrows, boulders, tanks, Ice cream trucks, you name it, he threw it (anything that would hurt, that is).
"That's it...give me your rage..." Ned shot a laser at Lewin, only to push him back. Ned then extended him hand toward the ground near Duchess, eyes still locked onto Lewin. Lewin charged back toward Ned, screaming. Ned closed his hand.
The Extremeosaur that Duchess had been riding roared and launched one of its tentacles at Lewin. Lewin was knocked out of the sky from the impact and was knocked out of consciousness when the spiked-bombs that made up the tentacle exploded.
Ned shifted his gaze to the mansion and flew in to find Spy and company.
Duchess ran (as fast as she could) to the foyer as well. "Meet me at the roof, darling, you will have your reward." An approving growl from the Extremeosaur as it headed back to its cage to get a good grip on the house.
Todd found himself backed against the corner of the cage they were in. He had succeeded in his mission, keeping the Extremeosaurs in…but now their full attention was on HIM and things weren't looking so great.
Several snake-like shadows lunged at him; he sidestepped one and plunged his knife into its skull. He lifted himself up on the imbedded knife and stepped on another oncoming monster with great force. Todd sliced his knife out of the first snake and slashed the remaining two lunging monsters. One of the tails of the two he slashed came lunging back and imbedded itself into his left arm.
"Arrrgh, stupid little things." He slashed the thing off his arm; he was down to one good arm. "At this rate I won't last more than 5 minutes."
Five minutes went on with monster heads flying, black blood flying onto the matching floor and walls (and Todd); Body parts falling from their bodies in all directions. Todd HAD survived the five minutes and there were no more monsters…however, in addition to his left arm, his right leg was about ready to fall off and numerous cuts and bruises littered his body as he slumped into the wall of the Extremeosaur prison. That's when he felt it…The sound of heavy footsteps.
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Brion, Spy, Mac, and Bloo rushed through the hallways of the mansion, finally resting on…some floor above the first floor.
"Where are the other Imaginary Friends?" Mac asked.
"Yeah! Shouldn't they be panicking or something? Shouldn't WE be panicking or something?"
"Right now, we should be more worried about ourselves!" Brion answered, "All we have to do is figure out how to get out of here without getting killed."
"Not like it matters, as long as Duchess and Ned are around, they'll just hunt us down until they get their prize." Spy added.
"Gee, thanks. You're shining with optimism today."
"I spy, with my little eye, some sitting ducks!" Ned declared at the end of the hallway. The four turned to look.
"What is he talking about? I don't see any ducks!" Bloo frantically searched the hallways.
"It's a figure of speech, Bloo." Mac whispered to Bloo. Ned continued.
"And I'm in the mood for some DUCK HUNT!" He aimed his arm at the four...well, what used to be four. Brion stood alone against Ned…with what looked like a grenade launcher in his hands. Spy, Mac, and Bloo were barely seen turning the corner to go upstairs.
"Finally, I get to get a piece of you." Brion said with a hint of excitement in his voice.
"Oh, I assure you, YOU'LL be the one in pieces after I'm through with you!" Ned fired his laser at Brion. Brion nimbly rolled forward onto one knee and shot his own (much wider) laser at Ned. He fell to the ground face first to avoid the blast as Brion flung the weapon onto his back and whipped out his twin laser pistols from his upper arms and shot at Ned alternating guns. Ned started to get up only to have lasers push him back down the hallway. He regained his composure and flew at Brion, dodging more blasts from his twin laser pistols.
Ned drew his swords and slashed one into the wall as Brion jumped back, still firing. Ned reflected the shots with his other sword. The shots stopped; Ned looked to see a metal fist crash into his face. Ned flew back a good twenty feet onto the hard-wood floor from the punch. Ned rolled backward to avoid the two fists crashing down on the floor, and jumped back onto his feet. Ned dashed forward and tried to grab Brion's collar…or neck. Brion leaned back, just centimeters from Ned's hand and caught Ned's other wrist coming down on him as Ned spun.
"You probably learned to fight from your sister, didn't you?" Ned found his other wrist caught by Brion, who didn't look too happy.
"That's partially true," he began, "but I've been training myself after you killed her." Brion started to crush Ned's wrists with his metal gauntlets. "You still haven't paid for that, yet. Something I won't let slide again."
"Wow, I feel loved." Brion put on a frown. Ned grinned and lifted his feet and swung his feet into Brion's face, breaking his grasp. Brion found himself against the wall with a fist pointed at him. "Too bad it doesn't go both ways." He charged his laser and the red glow appeared in Brion's face.
"And this is where I come in!" Spy sent a flying kick into Ned's stomach. Brion bolted up.
"SPY! Awesome! Wait…" Brion looked around. "Where's Mac and Bloo?"
"Um…"
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"So, where are we supposed to go again?" Bloo asked in a bored tone.
"Anywhere that looks safe would be nice…" Mac answered.
"THAT'S IT!"
"What's it?"
"The safe!"
"Huh?"
"Madame Foster's gold plated safe."
"Um, Bloo, if we shut that door we'll run out of air…"
"Then we just won't shut the door."
"Then how would that be hiding?" Bloo stared at Mac with an not-amused look. He looked down the hallway and saw a…
"PADDLEBALL!" Bloo dashed to pick it up, "MY PADDLEBALL!"
"Bloo…" Mac sighed in relief, his scream had startled him. Bloo started in vain to "paddle" the ball. Mac shook his head with a smile. He heard a thunder clap and then the sound of rain pelting the sides of the house. He walked toward Bloo and passed a door with a sign on it.
'Stay Away!
Do Not Enter!'
With a slip of paper taped on…
'Keep locked!' Mac remember Bloo's 'Secret Door' incident with the scribbles. Currently the door wasn't locked, contrary to the sign, because they don't have any Scribbles at the moment. Frankie was so happy when Mr. Herriman finally let her get the lock for this room and a few others. Another thunderclap sounded and he felt the house shake, not from the thunder, but from something climbing it…
Suddenly, Mac felt someone pick him up by the back of his shirt and throw him into the room he was staring at. Mac scrambled to the door and heard the 'click' of the lock of the door. Mac's eyes widened.
"NOOOO!" he pounded his fists into the door. "BLOOO! BLOOOO!"
Mac somehow quieted to hear Bloo's voice.
"Hey give me my Paddleball," he tone change from screaming to zombie-like, "Paddleball…Paddleball…Paddleball…" it faded off as Mac began to pound the door again.
"BLOOOOOOOO!" he turned to the window to see the Extremeosaur with it's gleaming red eye sit there. Waiting for something.
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