Beastfire: Here's chapter 31! ENJOY!
The group headed for Maria's territory. That fat demon was still digging for nostril gold and was walking next to Frus. He presented his nugget to the mongoose.
"Look, it's yello. Want some?" the demon offered.
Frus forced a polite grin, but utter disgust was in his eyes.
"Oh, uh...gee, thanks...Ivy? Little help?"
Ivy telekinetically blasted the demon to some unknown location and began walking next to Frus. He hugged her gratefully.
"Thank you."
Ivy just shrugged and returned the embrace. When she turned around, she was face to face withSprx.
"Whaddya want this time, Sparky?" she groaned.
The red monkey looked angry. "How do you expect to get us home?" he demanded. "YOU'RE the one who got us here in the first place!"
"Yeah," replied Ivy, "but who blew out Muerto's eardrums? Me! Who kicked the crap outta Ryan? Me!"
"But whose sorry butt are we usually stuck saving? Yours! Who's been holding us up this whole time because she can't go two seconds without getting hurt? You! In other words, we don't need you, BURDEN!"
His words hurt Ivy more than any demon, enemy, or Mafioso ever had. She would have cried, were it physically possible for her. She simply glared at him and got right in his face.
"FINE! I don't need to take this abuse! Especially not from a deficiente like you!"
The meerkat whipped around and stormed off. Sprx just snorted.
"She'll be back when she needs someone to save her again," he scoffed.
Frus shoved him to the ground with one paw. There was a look of pure death in his eyes.
"Look what you just did!" Frus shouted.
"What? Told your girlfriend the cold hard truth? Someone had to tell her!"
"You made it sound as though she's weak! I'll be the first to inform you that she's not! I'm gonna go find her..."
Frus left in search of Ivy. Speaking of Ivy, she'd wandered into a wooded-type area. She heard a twig snap behind her, assumed the worst, and ran for her life. She tripped over a rock and the amulet (which she'd given to Frus to hold onto before the fight but he gave it back after) went flying off of her and landed in a pile of dirt. She was just about to retrieve it when she felt herself being lifted by a big man. He looked a lot like Lorena, but a bit older. This was Lorena's father Butch. He too was a mutant hunter and had been closely monitoring his daughter's activities. He stuck a microchip in her flame, causing Ivy's powers to shut down.
"So, mutant, we finally meet..." he sneered, leaving with her.