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Beastfire: Chapter 8! YEAH! I'm back and the other day I had to get two vials of blood drawn! Why? Because those stupid doctors won't leave me alone!

Back in Shuggazoom, the Hyperforce was still fighting the Formless sent after them, and had just about finished. That's when Otto, in all his observance, noticed something.

"Whatever happened to Ivy and Frus?"

"We don't have time to think about that, Otto!" shouted Nova. "We've got Formless to destroy! Besides, the last time I checked, they were fighting them too."

Nova looked outside, but didn't see any trace of them, except a sword, and a large pile of rubble. She smacked her forehead, guessing where they were. She'd guessed that they were dead, suffocated beneath the debris. She had no idea what had really happened with them.

Meanwhile, Skeleton King was still waiting for Frus to decide.

"Remember, Frus," he began. "Her life is in your hands."

Frus was still thinking about it. Which mattered more to him? His beliefs or Ivy's life? After a while, he made his decision.

"Fine. I'll listen," he sighed in defeat.

Skeleton King grinned once again. How Frus was beginning to hate that grin! He snapped his bony fingers and the Minion Mix disappeared. Since he was now free, Frus said one thing…

"SUCKER!" he yelled, taking off and running.

"You will pay for such foolishness," said Skeleton King when he was out of earshot.

The overlord called in Ryuketsu, and told him what to do.

"Kill the girl."

Ivy sat in the cage, thinking. She'd been trying to think of an escape plan, but none came to her. She was so worried about Frus that every time she'd come close to a plan, her mind drifted back to his situation.

"Wait. Am I just gonna sit here and worry my tail off?" she asked herself. "I got my standards! I can't let myself rot in this pit! Aw, crap, I'M TALKING TO MYSELF…again."

However, she was determined to get out of there. It wasn't like she could telekinetically break the cage, and she had no idea if her hydrokinesis or pyrokinesis were working. Frustration was beginning to take over and caused her pyrokinesis to increase her body temperature immensely. She let out a scream of rage as she pounded against a bar to hopefully help relieve her stress. Imagine her surprise when the bar melted and she pretty much fell out of the cage flat on her face. As it turns out, the metal that it was made of had an extremely low melting point, as Skeleton King had assumed that her pyrokinesis wouldn't be working. The mutant smirked to herself. Just as she turned around to leave, she crashed into something large and scaly. She took a good look and saw a dark orange leg, and attached to it was a tailless dragon.

"Maledire."

"No. Ryuketsu."

Ivy thought for a second and, at first, had thought that the dragon was talking about himself. Then, she realized something. "Ryuketsu" was Japanese for "bloodshed", which was so clearly inevitable at the time. She looked up at him and glared. She hovered way up to his face, eyes glowing, and got a large fireball ready. If he wanted to mess with her, she'd gladly help satisfy his punishment addiction. Then, she remembered that he was fireproof…but was he waterproof? She formed a good-sized tsunami and sent it at him. He wasn't affected, but then again, he was only nailed externally. She tried again, this time filling his lungs with water. This actually did the trick. As he lay gasping for air, Ivy came up to his face.

"Dov'è lui?"

Now it was evident that she meant business. She was now asking where Frus was in Italian.

"I can't understand you. Speak Dragon. Please? Since I'm dying," said Ryuketsu weakly.

"NON ME NE IMPORTA UN FICO SECCO!" she screamed in Ryuketsu's face.

She'd just told him that she didn't care, and repeated her question. Ryuketsu didn't know what she said, and died in confusion. But right before he died, he used his last ounce of strength to slash Ivy across the chest and knock her to the ground. She saw the large wound and swore, slowly passing out from the pain, but not the blood loss, as it wasn't bleeding as much as it was hurting.

Frus also had a plan. He'd go back to the room that the cage was in, save Ivy, and get both himself and her out of there. This required going through the whole Citadel, as he'd forgotten which room it was exactly. The place was like a labyrinth! 'This,' he thought, 'is gonna take a while.'

The Hyperforce was still fighting the Formless, but luckily there were fewer and fewer as they progressed.

"Why'd Old Bone Bag stop makin' em?" asked Sprx.

"Something's amiss," said Antauri. "And I am sensing a presence in the Citadel. Something that shouldn't be there. I believe it is Ivy and Frus."

"But they're dead," Nova said numbly.

"I don't think so, Nova. It feels as if they're alive, but one is badly injured."

"Don't tell me. That one's Ivy, isn't it?" replied Chiro.

"Yes, Chiro. After we finish this battle, I will attempt to contact her. But as of right now, I sense that she is unconscious."

Chiro was about to say something else, when Skeleton King, on that one dragon-like creature that he has for a ride, came flying in from seemingly nowhere and took out the Brain Scrambler with the creature's brute strength.

"ANTAURI!" yelled the rest of the team.

However, the Brain Scrambler had only been knocked off of the Super Robot. It was still fully operational, and they all prepared for the upcoming fight.

Beastfire: That's it for chapter 8! Another cliffy! Yay! And, I noticed, it was shorter than usual. Next time, we see Frus on his journey through the labyrinth that is the Citadel of Bone, and see what happens with Ivy, as well as cover some fighting between Skeleton King and the Hyperforce!

Frus: You're probably gonna have me get lost, aren't you?

Beastfire: You know me so well!

Ivy: Dude. I'm gettin' beat up pretty good in this story.

Frus: We ARE gonna be reunited at some point in the story, right?

Beastfire: Of course! It's much more fun to torture the both of you together than apart!

Ivy and Frus: Please review!