If you don't wish to be hippie bait,

Then you will read,

CHAPTER 8

The band had seen it all in this desert. Giant Elvis, John Baystow, Johnny Depp, and even a nerdy pickle be killed (sobs, MIKEY) but nothing would prepare them for what lay ahead in….BUM, BUM, BUM…..the next few chapters!

"Dullard…. put that down….."

"NO!"

"Drop it!"

"NO!"

"YES!"

"NO!"

"THAT'S IT!" Murdoc tackled 2D to the ground, and snatched back his anti-cross. 2D had taken it after Murdoc had thrown a cactus at his head earlier that day.

-FLASHBACK-

2D had been asking a question all day. The dreaded question when traveling.

"Are we there yet?"

"grrrr….No."

"Are we there YET?"

"No."

"Are we-"

"FOR THE HUNDRETH TIME, NO!" Murdoc picked up a small cactus and hacked it at 2D's head. It stuck firmly in the moron's spiky blue hair and the needles dug in.

"OWWWWWWIE! GET IT OFF!" 2D ran in circles pulling desperately at the cactus. Noodle glared at Murdoc, then went to help 2D as he ran away screaming.

-END OF FLASHBACK-

So the idiot had snatched the anti-cross and was preparing to 'drop' it in the sand, when Murdoc noticed and practically ripped his bony arms off for it back. 2D stood up and dusted himself off. Murdoc stroked the anti-cross motherishly and muttered to it.

"It's okay, daddy missed ya. Yes he did! Yes he did." Russel (once again) rolled his pupil less eyes and pushed Murdoc ahead.

"You Satanists are odd, ya know dat?"

-3 hours later-

"I'VE FOUND US SOME DINNER!" Russel yelled and ran towards something in the sand pitifully. Noodle, 2D and Murdoc exchanged glances, then slowly stepped forward.

"No offense Russel, but ya sound a bit like a starvin hobo after he found a severed arm in the dumpster," 2D laughed then looked to see what Russel was chasing. A snake was coiled up in the sand.

"Awwwwman….it's just a snake," Russel sighed and then thought for a while. "hmmmmm…..can you eat snakes?" Murdoc picked up the serpent and pet it on the head.

"No….you can't……"he mumbled and continued to stroke the snake's scaly head.

"Since when do you care bout animals?" 2D questioned.

"It's not just an animal…snakes are Satan's creatures! Sure, I'd kill a deer bunny, but not a snake!" He put the snake on the sand.

"Mudds that's our dinner!" Russel yelled and tried to chase it. Murdoc grabbed his pudgy shoulders and pulled him back.

"RUN BEATIFUL ANIMAL! RUN!"

"MURDOC STOP BEIN STUPID! KILL IT!"

"NEVVA!"

"NOW!MUDDS!"

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"

A loud high-pitched scream made everyone turn. Noodle was holding her ankle in pain. And the snake was nowhere to be seen.

"NOODLE!" Murdoc bolted forward and knelt beside Noodle.

"Was she bitten?" 2D asked and received a glare from Murdoc.

"No Dullard…She's graspin her damn ankle in tears because IT'S A NEW DANCE MOVE!"

"Oh good, I thought she was hurt!" 2D smiled in relief.

"NO DIP SHE'S HURT!" Murdoc stood up and was about to strangle him when Noodle cried in pain again. "Noodle luv, let me see," Murdoc pulled her hands off of the cut. The bite was a mixture of blood and green venom that seeped in quickly. Also, one of the snake's fangs must've fallen out when it bit, because deep in Noodle's ankle, was the sharp, poison soaked, fang. Murdoc reached forward and carefully tried to grasp it.

"OWWW! Murdoc-sanuma please stop! That hurts!" She cried and tried to pull back. But no matter how much strength she used, her leg wouldn't move at all.

"It must have been that kind of snake that paralyzes the victim, than the venom can spread faster," 2D announced. Everyone stared at him with wide eyes.

"Wow, Dullard's a goldmine of information aint e?" Murdoc said, then returned to removing the fang embedded him Noodle's leg.

"W-what's going to happen 2D-san?" She asked shakily.

"You're gonna get weaker and weaker and weaker and weaker and then you're gonna die," 2D replied as if it was nothing at all. Then obtained angry glares from Murdoc and Russel. "Uhhhh…I mean…..uhhhh….You'll be fine!"

Well that's Chapter 8 for ya! WEEEE! Hope ya liked it! I decided to cancle, or at least delay the fic I mentioned in my last chapter for another one but chappie 9 of this will be up soon! Until then Tally-Ho! (flies away dangling on polka-dotted umbrella.)