Chapter 7- Questions
Beastfire: Hey, here is chapter 7, for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!
Ivy heard something behind her, as did the others. She thought it was nothing, until the rest of the group looked worried. She noticed the looks on their faces.
"Uh…what's up?" she asked.
Frus was pointing to the area behind her.
"Bone Bag's right behind me, isn't he?" she asked, sort of dreading the answer.
Frus, Aria, Otto, Larry, and the triplets nodded. Ivy turned to see a leg. Looking up, she saw it was attached to Skeleton King. She laughed nervously and backed over to Frus, still holding her sons. The overlord sent some energy toward all of them. He was met with a bunch of metal spikes flying at him, some fireballs, green saws, claws, and a certain brown monkey throwing a stick at him. True, Larry wasn't much of a fighter.
"Only one of you filthy primates is here, I see? And your little pets have reproduced!" Skeleton King laughed.
Ivy flew at SK and punched him in the face, having set the boys down in a corner, only to be hit back to the others. She wiped the blood away from her face with her arm and healed, then went after him again. That was when Skeleton King was hit by an idea. He aimed a blast at the roof of the cave and brought it down on everyone else in there. Not seeing any movement after doing so, he'd assumed they were all dead. He walked off to his Citadel of Bone, laughing to himself. Little did he know, it'd take a lot more than that to kill this group.
A few moments later, a piece of debris was moved out of the way by a green saw. Otto climbed out. There was a metal shield on the ground, and protected by it were Frus, Aria, Ivy, Tyr, Dylan, and Seamus. Larry, however, wasn't as fortunate. As all that were under the shield came out, they noticed a tail sticking out. Ivy, Frus, and Aria pulled the tail, bringing Larry out.
"Is he breathing?" asked Frus.
"Nope," Ivy replied.
Aria checked Larry's pulse.
"He's dead," she stated.
They picked up the boys silently and noticed that there was a dent against the wall where Larry last stood. Ivy went up to it and hovered so that she could put her finger on the line.
"We'll always remember he was that tall," she said.
They left the cave and it was nighttime.
"Already?" asked Otto.
"Yeah," Frus replied. "Time goes by quicker on Tserof-7."
Otto yawned, "I'm tired anyway."
He went into the Super Robot and poked his head out.
"Coming, Frus?"
Frus remembered the promise he'd made…okay, more like a blackmail deal. He sighed and walked in after Otto. Ivy watched them go in and was both curious and suspicious. She tried to follow them, but Aria, holding all three boys, stopped her.
"I wouldn't go in after them," said Aria. "They're doing some male bonding."
Otto climbed into his bed. Frus walked over and pulled a blanket up over Otto, then turned to leave.
"Y-you forgot to check for monsters!" said Otto, cowering in his bed.
Frus rolled his eyes and looked under Otto's bed.
"No monsters, Otto," he sighed.
"What about the closet?"
Frus checked in there too.
"No, Otto, there're no monsters in the closet. Can I go now?"
"But you forgot my story!"
"Okay…once upon a time, there was a green monkey named Otto who really needed to get a life. THE END!"
The mongoose left the room only to be met by an annoyed Ivy.
"Uh…hi, Ivy," he asked nervously. "What brings you out here?"
"What were you doing in there?" she asked suspiciously.
"I was…tucking Otto in," he muttered.
"How come?"
"Felt like it?"
"It didn't sound like you felt like it."
Frus didn't know what to say next.
"Erm…ohdoyouhearthatIthinkIhearmothercallingmeBYE!"
The mongoose ran off. 'He's been acting really weird lately,' thought Ivy. 'First, he basically disappeared for a week, and whenever I found him, he seemed exhausted and wanted me to leave. Something's up…and I plan to find out what it is…'
Night passed and the new morning came. Otto yawned loudly and came out. Ivy noticed him.
"Hey, Otto?" she asked, making herself as cute as possible.
"Huh?"
"Can you tell me why Frus was tucking you in last night?"
"He lost a bet."
"No, that's not possible. If he did, he would have told me. He didn't tell me, therefore, he didn't lose a bet. Tell me the truth, Otto…you wouldn't lie to me, would you?"
Otto didn't know what to do.
"Uh, I'm sorry…Otto's not here right now. Please leave a message after the 'beep'. Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep."
The green monkey walked away, whistling. Ivy was determined to find out. She went to find Aria next. She found her with the triplets, playing. The meerkat landed near her.
"Hi, Aria," she greeted.
"Hello, Ivy."
"I have a question."
"Go ahead."
"Has Frus told you anything lately? Something he doesn't want me to know?"
Aria was thinking of a way to answer when Otto burst in through the door. Unfortunately, Frus had crept in through the door and was hiding behind it at the time. The green monkey had a look in his eyes that, quite frankly, disturbed Ivy. Yes, he had a plan.
"I thought of something," he said with a grin.
"Uh-oh," muttered Ivy.
"I think someone here can spy on Skeleton King."
"Do you remember what happened last time? I got caught!"
"What if I were to send you and Aria both? She's been there most recently."
"And what are you gonna do if Frus is watching the kids?"
"I'll watch them, 'cause he's gonna be the distraction."
Frus popped out from behind the door.
"Say WHA?" he asked.
Otto hid something behind his back. "And I have something for you to wear."
"L-like what?"
The green monkey pulled out…a pink frilly dress and a blonde wig. Frus nearly fainted.
"YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!"
"I am serious!"
"THAT SAILOR SUIT WAS ONE THING, BUT I AM NOT GONNA WEAR THAT DRESS!"
Beastfire: That's chapter 7! Next time, we see the spy mission. How will it go? Find out in chapter 8…
Frus: ranting about the pink dress
Ivy: Well…it's gonna be distracting, that's for sure…please review…