Yay, finally, a brand spankin' new chapter! Sorry I haven't been on the computer in a long, long time, I've just got other things to do before I can have fun with writing this thing. Well, hopefully you guys will enjoy this chapter. :)
Kurama'sFanGirl24- About Billy's mother hating Grim, have you ever seen Grim Vs. Mom? Because that episode explains everything. ;P
Mavet- Glad you think my story is good :D If you think the rating should be changed, then I'll change it. :)
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Apatha2- Wow, that's awesome to hear! I try to write to make it as if the reader is there, or in this case, watching what's happening.
Mrkel- Sure he's a psycho, but perverted? I wouldn't go so far as to say that about Nergal... well, glad you read my story!!
Mandy moaned, awakening from her knocked-out state that had so painfully been brought onto her. She lifted her eyelids to see shades of blazing yellow and orange dancing not too far from her, feeling the warm stone of the floor underneath her. The blonde rubbed her forehead as her vision cleared, trying to figure out what had happened.
"Hi, Mandy." A dull voice said, seeming just beyond what appeared to be a wall of fire.
Mandy's eye twitched, she feared the worst as she waited for the person emitting the voice to reveal themselves. Mandy watched the inside of the enclosure as one part seemed to become thinner, a dark figure becoming clear on the other side.
"Junior!" Mandy exclaimed, everything clicking at that moment.
Junior nodded, hands behind his back casually. "I guess you're wondering why you're here, Mandy?" Nergal Junior grinned evilly as Mandy stepped closer.
Mandy allowed Junior's query to set in before speaking, examining her nails. "No, not really," She said blankly, crossing her arms stubbornly as her gaze was lifted to once more view Junior. Nergal Junior pouted slightly, disappointed. He needed the upper-hand over this Mandy... she was scary just scary that way.
Mandy allowed her eyes to wander from Junior, observing the room she was imprisoned within. "There is no escape Mandy, not unless you'd like to burn to death." Junior's eyebrows furrowed sinisterly, desperate for an attempt to gain more power over the mortal girl.
Mandy twisted her neck to look at the small creature whom had just seemed to have threatened her. She glared at him, fists clenched.
Junior lost his evil atmosphere about him, Mandy's stare quite bewildering. As Mandy watched Junior through narrowed eyes, a few thoughts crossed her mind. Did Billy and Grim know she was gone? Were they even looking for her? She could just see Grim celebrating her disappearance... that bonehead.
Mandy shrugged it off, then began concocting how she would go about dealing with this, turning away from Junior. Mandy inspected the fire around her, realizing that she really didn't understand why she was being kept here against her will. "Hm," She turned to Junior, who hadn't yet moved. She had figured out almost everything, Nergal kidnapping her, keeping her in this fire thing, but why?
"Junior, why did your dad bring you here?" Mandy asked, her cold voice demanding.
The one she was addressing hesitated, his hands revealing themselves from behind his back as they gestured towards his face. "Uh, well," Junior stuttered, "when B-Billy didn't accept my dad's invitation, he wasn't very thrilled... so he decided to do something about it." Junior all of a sudden lost his pathetic helplessness, grinning in a wicked manner as he added as an afterthought, "So, he captured you!" His eyes glowed somewhat, feeling that he was the dominant one at the moment since he had pointed out Mandy's easily done kidnapping.
Mandy stared at Junior, arms crossed. "So you're waiting for Billy to come to my rescue, is that you're big plan?"
Junior shrugged, not exactly involved in his father's 'plan'. Although he figured Mandy's conclusion was correct, and eventually nodded.
"What a fool-proof plan," Mandy stated, her voice flooded with sarcasm, "but I guess Nergal over estimates the intelligence of Billy." She said, almost surprised at how little Nergal knew about his own nephew. But then again, even Nergal was an idiot enough not to know stupid if it slapped him in the face.
Junior raised an eyebrow, unwilling to leave just yet. "So, Mandy, what do you plan to do? Escape is impossible, as you should well know." He held an open palm towards the wall of fire concealing Mandy.
Mandy shrugged, apparently not caring. "Pass the time until one of my two brainless friends decide to find me."
Junior stuck out his bottom lip, tapping his pointer finger to his chin thoughtfully as he folded his other arm behind him. "Well, we could do something in the mean time... you must be bored."
"What do you have in mind?"
Junior shifted his weight, thinking. Mandy shook her head, amused at Junior's naïveté.
"JUNIOR!" A voice rang out through the house, catching the children's attention. "Come down for dinner!"
Junior grunted, then left Mandy alone in his room as he went to meet his family at supper.
Billy crawled down the road, his large nose flattened against the pavement.
"Billy, would you stop actin' like a mutt and be serious for once?" Grim followed reluctantly behind Billy, who was sniffing the ground as if a search-and-rescue dog.
"Ruff!" Billy responded, eyes fixed on the ground, tongue hanging over his bottom lip.
Grim held his forehead with one skeletal hand, the arm supported by his other hand holding his elbow. "Well, Billy, why not we look where I tink Mandy might be?"
Billy began running around Grim on all four limbs, barking madly. Grim grumbled, watching the boy with impatience. "Billy, would you stop messing around?! I thought you wanted to find Mandy!"
Halting, Billy panted up at Grim as the boy sat down, wagging his butt.
Grim eyed Billy warily, "Okay, so I tink we should go look for Mandy in the center of the Earth. After all, that's one of the most likely places she will be, doncha tink?"
Billy tried to reach his ear with his foot, closing one eye in concentration.
Grim frowned, inwardly sighing. "Well, Billy, I suggest we go." With that, Grim lifted his scythe with both hands, plunging the blade into the ground and dragging it up towards him to create an abnormal tear in the Earth. Before he could do anything about it, Grim was pulled into the portal by an unseen vacuum, entering the warm conditions of his destination.
Billy paused his task of scratching his ear with his foot to look at the portal with amazement.
"Oh, oh!" Billy prepared to jump after his buddy, but his action was delayed by the merry sound of the ice cream truck, making his way up the street and into ear-shot of the small boy. Billy froze as the joyful vehicle drove into view, a plastic ice cream cone decorating the top of the white truck. Billy drooled as he chased the ice cream-filled car, digging into his pockets for money. The glimmering portal remained wide open.