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Chapter 11- Guess Who's Back
Mandarin sat in his cell in the off-world prison he'd gotten to know so well and pondered a new revenge scheme. Now, more than ever, he wanted to make that little black and blue hairball pain. She was gradually making him less of a man…er…monkey and would likely teach her children to do so.
In a separate cell, Bloodstone was likewise plotting against them. He wanted revenge on Dylan for pounding him into the ground, Tyr and Seamus for being the kid's brothers, and Ivy and Frus for being their parents. He knew they should have just killed the little whelps…he KNEW it! But did they? No! Of course not!
Naithair, in his own cell, also wanted nothing more than retribution against Seamus, who looked like his mother who the snake still held a grudge against. He wanted to destroy Frus as well for "crimes against snakes" as he liked to call them. This serpent wanted to see some bloodshed…okay, more like LOTS of it!
As the three of them concentrated on how they'd exact their revenge, two forms entered. They were those of Tony and Lorena.
"Lorena?" Mandarin asked. "Tony? How did you-"
"I already freed Tony from prison and it's your turn. We can get the mutant and the freak to surrender."
"Haven't we tried that?"
"No. We've tried to make her suffer. But to make them both suffer, we need to exploit their weaknesses…and between the two of them, they have three little weaknesses. Yes, three young, little weaknesses."
The mutant hunter went to each of the cells and shot at the bars with a triple shooting water cannon (as the bars were made of pure electricity). The bars shorted out and any restraints that were on them snapped off. The five of them ran to a hangar, found a ship, and stole it, heading for their destination…or rather…target…
"And that's what happened," Frus said, finishing the description of his ordeal with Lorena.
This was the first time he'd told of it, and Ivy began to inspect him for any wounds. Imagine the look in her eyes when she discovered the laser burn in his shoulder. When she saw it she winced in empathy, touching it gently. Frus also winced, only in pain.
"That sucker's gotta hurt. It looks like a 2nd degreer," she said.
"I sincerely doubt that 'degreer' is a real word, Ivy," said a certain blue monkey.
"Shut up, Gibson," came her retaliation. "How bad does it hurt?"
"Not too bad," said Frus trying to put up a tough façade. "It still kinda stings, but-"
Ivy rushed out of the room and brought back a small jar. She took some of the gelatinous substance out and massaged it into the burn. At first, Frus expected it to make the stinging even worse, but he was in for a surprise. It didn't hurt at all, but instead left a soothing, cooling, almost supernatural sensation on the burn.
"What is that stuff?" he asked.
"Well, when I got it, it was hydrochloric acid, but I'd been practicing that spellbook. This was my first success. The spell was one that would heal burns within seconds. I tested it on Ygrene on the way to find Tyr."
The team, Frus, and the triplets looked at Ygrene, who was outside and getting ready to return home. The dragon nodded, confirming, that this was true.
"I admit that I thought she was going to kill me at first when she mentioned putting a spell on it," he told them. "But she's actually becoming quite the accomplished witch."
"Actually," began Sprx. "I think she's something that rhymes with witch, but I can't say it. There's small children around."
As Ivy left the room, Ygrene said goodbye and left. The meerkat came back with a spellbook and flipped to a random page. She smirked as her eyes glowed an aqua color and looked at Sprx.
"Ozzoihgnis!" she yelled.
Sprx began to laugh…until he developed a bad case of the hiccups. Ivy shut the book and had the most smug look on her face, finally sticking her tongue out at him.
"Take-hic-it-hiccup-off!" Sprx protested.
"Elamron!"
The red monkey had returned to normal.
"Hey, she IS getting pretty good at it!" Frus exclaimed.
"Hey, Sparky, be glad I was feeling generous and only put a small jinx on you," said Ivy. "If I wasn't in such a good mood, you'd be puttin' the moves on some guy named Bubba right now. Capische?"
The monkey nodded, hoping to escape this mutant/witch's wrath. Before another word was spoken, a spacecraft touched down outside. A voice came from it.
"Hello again, mutant! Freak! Come on out!"
"Or what?" Frus challenged. "You'll destroy everybody? Yeah, like we haven't heard THAT one before!"
"Actually, we'll come in to get you out!"
"Hey!" Ivy yelled. "If ya want it, come and get it!"
These 5 were more than happy to take her up on her most generous offer.
Beastfire: And this is where I leave you for this chapter. Next time, we see the fight.
Ivy: Can't those guys cut us a break?
Frus: Well, of course not! They hate us with a passion.
Tyr: I hope you kill them, mommy!
Ivy: Me too, Tyr.
Dylan: Yeah! If they all live, they could still get us!
Frus: (picking Dylan up and hugging him) Don't worry. We'll get those (bleep)s.
Seamus: YAY!
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