Beastfire: Hope you enjoy chapter 21!

Back in Maria's territory, Ivy and Frus had run out of stuff to talk about, so they were bored again. With nothing better to do, they were locked together in a staring contest, neither one showing signs of blinking. Ivy was determined to make him crack, though. Her staring unconsciously turned into the use of the Bambi eyes. Frus' concentration began to waiver. Finally, he blinked. Ivy just smirked. Soon, Vrust walked in.

"So, how are you doing?" he asked both of them.

"Not bad," they replied in unison.

"Just kinda bored," said Frus.

Vrust thought of something that would both cure their boredom and make them really happy. He went to the bed Ivy was in, picked her up gently, and put her in the same one as Frus. They began to kiss immediately, and Vrust decided to leave them alone.

Meanwhile, Maria found herself surrounded by monsters. Most in her situation would either cower in fear, or have their poker face on. She, however, had a smirk on her face and was the very picture of cockiness.

"Do you honestly think you slackers can beat me?" she chuckled...right before taking 3/4 of them out in one kick while the others tried to beat on her.

She threw those ones off her back and was easily gaining the upper hand, until another huge demon came by and grabbed her by the throat.

"Hello, Maria," he said. "Remember me?"

Maria would have answered, were she able to breathe. She kicked the demon, forcing him to let go of her throat. However, he just wrapped his arms around her in a way that she couldn't escape, hand over her mouth. She was able to free her mouth just enough to scream for help before it was trapped beneath his hand again and he started to drag her off. No matter what she tried, she couldn't free herself.

Saga was experiencing some problems as well. More monsters had surrounded him, and he wasn't as experienced as Maria with them, so it was problematic. He had some success, though. He saw Sprx and Ygrene run past him.

Sprx was running for his life from a possessed dragon. Ygrene was trying to fight the demon inside of him, but was having a hard time. Sprx hung a left at one point and ran back for Maria's territory. Luckily, he was so fast, he went unnoticed.

Otto had run out of Maria's territory, but got lost. He was currently in an area filled with rock stars that died in plane crashes...and we all know there're a LOT of them! Sprx looked around on his way back and saw Saga fighting still and Maria being taken by the demon...the one that killed her 113 years before. He decided that the best option was to go ask Vrust for help and he ran back in...unaware that a snake monster had followed. He headed straight for where Vrust was, while the snake went into Ivy and Frus' room. They'd finished making out, when the snake slithered in. It was about 30 feet long. Ivy clung to Frus and screamed at the top of her lungs.

Beastfire: Heehee...CLIFFY! I am so evil...well, please review and Emec, update soon!