Chapter 8- The Mission

Beastfire: Thanks for reading so far! Enjoy chapter 8!

"Frus, come out!" said Otto.

"NO!" came the voice behind the curtain.

The green monkey reached behind the curtain with his tail. He pulled out a kicking-and-screaming-blonde-haired- pink- clad Frus. The triplets looked at him, sorta freaked.

"Grandma?" asked Seamus. "Why do we have two mommies?"

Aria was too busy trying to suppress her laughter to answer, as was Ivy. Frus shot Otto a death glare. Soon, he, Aria, and Ivy left for the Citadel of Bone. It didn't take long for them to get there. Aria and Ivy took off in one direction, Frus in another.

Skeleton King, meanwhile, was plotting. He'd already tampered with the Super Robot and "rid" himself of one member of the Hyperforce. With the others nowhere to be found, he could easily dominate Shuggazoom. 'Not even their little pets can stop me!' he thought. He could have sworn he heard something small and furry walking around outside his throne room, but disregarded it.

Ivy was lagging behind as Aria sprinted through the many corridors. Aria turned when she heard a certain meerkat fall to the floor, struggling to breathe. She ran back over.

"What's wrong?" she whispered.

Ivy took out her inhaler, then replied after taking a few hits. "Just my asthma," she whispered back. "Ya gotta slow down a little. At least now I see where your son gets it from."

Aria helped Ivy to her feet and they began to look around at a slightly slower pace. Both noticed a door and were overcome by curiosity. They walked over, opened it, and were met with something out of a nightmare...

Frus made his way around the Citadel, silently fuming about the dress. 'Well, masculinity,' he thought bitterly, 'it's been nice knowin' ya.' Of course, the wig really didn't help matters at all. It was beginning to itch like crazy. He soon ran into Sakko, but didn't dare to laugh at him.

"Who are you?" Sakko asked. "You look somewhat familiar."

"Uh..." Frus made his voice sound like that of a female, thinking of Ivy, Aria, and Nova's voices. "I'm...er..." He thought of a random name. "KAYLA! Yeah, that's it, I'm Kayla. I was looking to talk to Skeleton King about a job here."

Sakko looked "Kayla" over and decided to take "her" to the throne room. Skeleton King saw them walk in.

"Who is this?" he asked.

"This is Kayla," said Sakko. "She says she wants to work for you."

Skeleton King looked "Kayla" over. He decided that maybe he could use this newcomer to his advantage and tossed a small uniform to Sakko.

"Have her wear this," he said.

Frus looked at the uniform and thought, 'Oh, GOD! That thing's probably gonna be way too tight!'

Otto was busy, in the meantime, watching the triplets. They were watching the door anxiously, waiting for their parents and grandmother to return.

"Where's mommy, daddy, and grandma?" asked Dylan, worried.

"They're spying on Skeleton King," Otto replied.

"But what if they don't come back?"

"They should."

"But we're hungry."

"Uh...do you guys want some bananas? People keep giving them to us, but we don't like bananas."

The boys giggled.

"We're not on those yet," said Tyr.

"Baby formula?"

"Close. We get our food from mommy."

"Oh...so pizza's out of the question?"

"Uh-huh."

The green monkey hadn't realized that the triplets weren't that different from any other baby.

Beastfire: That's all I got for now. Next time, we see what Ivy and Aria met up with, how Frus...er...Kayla is doing, and how Otto intends to deal with the triplets.

Ivy: Why are you so evil?

Beastfire: 'Cause it's fun.

Ivy: Thought so.

Frus: When this whole spy mission is over, I'm gonna sit back, drink beer, and watch some football.

Beastfire: You do that...please review!