Chapter 3- dude that's just nasty

It had been 2 days since they had taken refuge from the storm. Clover and Ke-Apho both looked awful; they rarely moved and ate vast amounts of the little the dragons could find in the barren mountains.

"Aww man…." Clover groaned "…I can feel it movin' around"

"i aS WeLL" Ke-Apho said patting his chest.

The cave had changed, because String didn't bring her jounal/spellpad with all her magic in, she had to transfer what she could remember and write it upon the walls, it was weird…but it looked nice!

Clover sat there starring into space as Striker fussed around her. A sudden crack stopped everyone in their tracks.

"Aaargh!...its…it's…" she was cut off as soon as she fell to the floor. Thunder seeing this stumbled over and wrapped her slender black and purple tail around her chest, pulled Clover to her feet and squeezed as hard as she dared.

"Jesus Christ! Mistress hold on…that thing is coming out one way or another" Thunder shouted over the screaming hybrid (brid of hy)

"oH By THe GoDS… iTS eSCaPiNG THRouGH HeR WiNDPiPe… iTS CHoKiNG HeR !" Ke-Apho shouted clumsily shifting towards where she stood

"Aaaaarrrgh…..SPLUCT" screamed Clover as the chestburster shot from her mouth,

"SHIT?" Tip shouted as he caught the black creature in his leather side-bag,

"Ooyyyyy" she mumbled as Thunder released her grip from her waist.

With that over, everyone turned their attention to Ke-Apho who had yet to produce a chesty

"WHaT?" He asked shifting nervously

"Stupid thing …stop moving!" Tip shouted while he was pinning down the chesty that came out of Clover as it tried to escape, "oh shit" it escaped down, and sped down the right tunnel, whizzing past Striker.

"OY YOU GET BACK HEAR!" Striker yelled tailing the speedy chestburster.

Everyone now turning back there attention to Ke-Apho, waiting hopefully, making him nervous

"oH…huct" he was sick on the stone floor, a metal encased chesty fell from his crab mouth (along with other things). Everyone gathered round the steel plated chesty,

"Ummmm……dude,… I think its dead!" Tip exclaimed

"Noooo" Clover replied sarcastically. She kicked it across the floor, it rolled around making a chinking noise as it hit some stones, there was a tense silence. It was broken by the girlish screams of Striker galloping up the right hand tunnel, "What is it Striker?" she asked impatiently

"It's…gotten…bigger…much…bigger…" he panted, pointing his tail down the tunnel

"Don't be such a wuss" String sneered crossing her arms "its only about 2 foot at the most…" but she was cut off by a shrill shriek, that beckoned down from the tunnel. Everyone fell silent and looked at String "well…ehe…maybe a bit bigger?" she added grinning weakly

"Look…whatever comes out of me is my responsibility" Clover said plainly, Tip suddenly staggered back in shock

"Oh my god…Clover…responsible!" he said making her growl

Ignoring his spiteful words, she stormed off down the echoing tunnel muttering evil thoughts on Tip, and everyone just stared after her in puzzlement

"What's she gonna do Striker?" String asked

"Well, it seems that she is taking a more…physical approach of dealing with the serpent" he said scratching his green leg

"WHAT!" Tip shouted confused

"Basically numnuts, she is gonna fight that thing" String retaliated, gesturing to hit him,

"SHe iS iN No CoNDiTioN To FiGHT" Ke-Apho said rising to his feet and walking towards the passage

"Neither are you!" Thunder said catching her teeth on his netting and dragging him back towards everyone,

"WeLL i CaNNoT JuST LeT HeR FiGHT LiKe THaT……JuST LooK aT HeR!" Ke-Apho said deeply concerned looking down the tunnel mournfully

"Look…Clover can take care of herself, purified or not she still is a stubborn cow with the brain-power of a ……" Tip stopped mid sentence, just as well because Ke-Apho stood over him, cracking his knuckles and glaring down through his mask

"JuST GiVe Me a ReaSoN" he said

"Ehehehehe…." Tip whimpered stepping back

CDH: well I thought that that last bit was funny…… but the next chapter I'm working on at the moment and I'm…a…very…slow…typer ehehe……SO LIVE WITH IT!