Chapter 3 - Mega Ouchies
It was little after dawn when the alarms went off. It appeared to be a normal Formless attack. The monkeys exited the Super Robot, followed by Ivy and Frus. It would have been easy to destroy Formless with the Robot, but difficult to get a chance to do so, with all of the people running around.
As usual, Nova began punching Formless into pulp, Sprx began blasting them, Antuari used his claws, Otto sliced through them, and Gibson used his drills. Ivy set many formless on fire, and Frus, seeing this as a good chance to test his new power over stone in battle, created waves in the ground that slammed into Formless, crushing them. Soon the battle was over.
"That was easy," said Sprx. "You'd think that there would be a monster or something." No sooner had the words been said than a giant red lightning bolt crashed into a building nearby. The team turned in that direction, only to receive a blast from behind. As the smoke cleared they saw a girl with a giant laser and a battery pack standing there. Across from her, an old man in robes holding a large metal rod walked towards the team. Apparently he had created the lightning.
Just as the team began to split up to attack, another person appeared on each of the two open sides. One wore all black and appeared unarmed, and the other, who seemed to have rotten skin and was wearing rags, held a scythe.
"Gibson, Sprx, attack the girl with the blaster. Nova, Otto, go after the huge man dressed in black. Chiro, you and I will fight the creature with the scythe. Ivy, you and Frus attack the sorcerer!" said Antuari. The team split up and began their separate battles.
Gibson and Sprx dodged the girl's blasts and fired shots of their own. It seemed like a stalemate, until some more formless erupted from the very ground and attacked as well. Nova and Otto jumped at Morgue, who was the huge man in all black, and were simply caught and slammed together repeatedly. Antuari jumped at the zombie he had chosen to fight, and was quickly slashed by its scythe. Chiro used his Chiro Spearo, and landed a direct hit. The burnt flesh didn't even concern the creature, which jammed its blade into Antuari and applied pressure until he stopped moving, then jumped at Chiro. Even though Chiro was far back, it was there almost instantly. It began slashing Chiro, who tried to respond with puches that were effortlessly dodged. It flipped its scythe around and hit Chiro with the handle. The zombie then put Chiro's limp body over its shoulder. Some Formless picked up the shallowly breathing form of Antuari. Frus' power didn't work on the old man's staff, and he and Ivy were zapped by crimson lightning. Ivy started using fireballs, but the old man was remarkably agile, and he easily jumped out of the way. Then Frus created a block of metal that tripped the man, and pulled some stone up from the ground to make a wall, which the man crashed into. Ivy used a huge fireball to take him down. However, she and Frus were now outnumbered. They were knocked out and carried off. The old man was taken away as well.
Upon arrival at the ship, the monkeys and Chiro were placed in a dungeon for Skeleton King to do with them as he pleased. Ivy and Frus were taken to separate cells. Standing on the other side was Rose.
"Hello there, Frussy," she said.
"Let us out of here, now!" yelled Frus.
"Hmm, I'll let you out. And you'll be my mate, Frus!" hissed Rose.
"What! No way!" exclaimed Ivy and Frus.
"You see, you don't really have a choice. If you don't, Morgue gets Ivy," explained Rose. A light appeared over the huge man, who appeared to be pulling the legs off of an insect. When Rose gestured, his zombie friend carried over a squirrel. The man put the poor creature's head into his mouth, crushed its skull, and spat it onto the floor. Ivy and Frus gasped.
"N-No! You can't!" yelled Frus.
"The only way that you can save her is to be mine-forever! As an added bonus, I'll even let her pick a monkey to take with her," said Rose. She had a wide grin on her face.
Frus spoke in a defeated voice, "O-Okay, Rose. Just don't hurt her."
The pink weasel squealed and opened Frus' cell door and dragged him towards a specially prepared bedchamber. Just before she closed the door, she whispered to Morgue, "Torture her. I keep my word, but I never said that she'll be in good condition when she leaves. And after that, you can kill that failure of an old man." The huge man grinned and went towards Ivy's cell.
Does Frus have a plan? Will Ivy be okay? Is Rose really in control? And what will become of the monkeys and Chiro? Find out next time! Now, please review.