Chapter 32
Butch carried Ivy to his territory. Ivy tried to fight, but without her powers it was impossible for her to escape the big man's grip. He brought her to a door, which had a strange, creepy mark on it, and opened it. A dim light came thought the doorway and Butch carried Ivy inside.
The first thing that Ivy noticed was all of the body parts strewn across the interior of Butch's lair. On the walls were heads of such creatures as a green cat, a three-eyed bear, and a lion with giant horns. On the floor there were rugs of more oddly colored animals and creatures with wings where there should have been none and tails that were too long or too short or had spikes and blades on them. Perhaps the most disturbing were the intact human corpses, which had similar mutations to the animals bodies, and some that looked normal but presumable had had some sort of powers when alive.
"Do you like my decorations? Most of them are simply imitations of the ones that I had when alive. It is difficult to gain such trophies in this world. Luckily for me, many of the those I killed were too afraid to move on, and I get to chase them around this world was often as I like," said Butch. Ivy would have answered, probably bringing up how sick in the head he was, but the look in Butch's eyes as he spoke was terrifying.
Butch continued speaking. "I am so glad to have found you, for three reasons. You are a mutant and alive at the same time, something that I can not allow, and there is a lot more that I can do with living flesh than with ghosts. Oh, and there are the things that happened to my daughter because of you. Well, shall we begin?"
Meanwhile, Frus was trying to catch up with Ivy. He was following her scent and hoping that she would slow down enough for him to catch up. He still wasn't in the best shape, so he wasn't able to go very fast. Suddenly, Ivy's scent stopped and was replaced by a sweaty stink and huge footprints. And the amulet was in in the dirt nearby. Fearing the worst, Frus picked it up and started to follow to footprints, now breathing through his mouth to escape the smell.
"You're not going to catch up like that," said a voice. Frus turned and saw his father.
"Where'd you come from?" asked Frus.
"That's not important. What is important is that we have a ride," replied Vrust, pointing to a familiar overweight demon. "Don't worry, I made him wash his hands." He pulled Frus onto the demon's back and told the demon to follow the footprints. Although it was fat, it was really fast, and it tore through the trees and out of the wooded area until it reached a marked door. Placing its hand on the knob, it received a shock.
Frus and Vrust heard a sinister voice from the other side of the door. It said, "Well, shall we begin?"