Chapter 13: Lizard Trap

The next morning, Gloria and Jessica called Melissa to see if they could talk. She agreed to talk to them and they decided to meet at her house. Ashley and Caitlin were also called. By the time Gloria and Jessica reached Melissa's house, Ashley and Caitlin were already there. They all met in the family room and sat down. "So what did you want to talk about?" Melissa asked.

Gloria told everyone about what had happened last night. "You're lucky to be alive," Ashley said after she was done.

"Yes, you are," Caitlin added.

"What kind of monster was this?" Gloria asked.

"We are talking about an ancient monster here," Melissa said, "and what you saw was a thunder lizard."

"A thunder lizard?" Gloria echoed.

"A thunder lizard," Melissa went on, "is obviously an electricity lover like me. They've existed since the time of the dinosaurs. Legend has it that the lizards had a leader by the name of Thunduro who believed he got the power of electricity by the gods and that he was destined to have it. He passed down his power from high ranking thunder lizards to lower ranking ones, which is how they got their electric power. But once the first people came, they had to learn to live with it, which they did. They lived in peace with the humans…until something terrible occurred. As time went on, more humans started to inhabit their homeland. They still lived in peace with them. But for no known reason to them, their kind started to decrease drastically. They didn't understand why thunder lizards were starting to disappear. But one day, a thunder lizard was exploring and saw a human targeting another lizard. The young one didn't understand why the human was doing that. Suddenly the human shot the lizard, instantly killing it. The young lizard saw even more humans skinning it and cutting its flesh up. It ran back in fear and told the others what had happened. The sudden betrayal would change history forever.

"Lazerik, part of Thunduro's bloodline, was furious! After all these years, the humans had betrayed them. So they prepared for battle. The humans were unaware of what was going on, but they were going to pay greatly for what they had done. After a week of preparations, the thunder lizards attacked. The humans were surprised, but fought anyways. This war, known as Thundering War, existed far more longer than the arachnoids' war and the hellhounds' war. This went on for 35 years! Both sides fought hard, but naturally the thunder lizards were winning. The humans left the lizard's homeland and went to find another place to live. Millions of humans, maybe even billions, were killed in this war alone. But a few humans stayed behind for they weren't going to give up that easily. The thunder lizards were happy about their victory. They celebrated their victory but as they did, the remaining 15 humans devised a plan for revenge. A few days later, the leader was found dead. This made the thunder lizards very angry. Lazerik's heir was the one to take his place. His heir was a female by the name of Tikera. Well…anyways, she ordered a search for the killers. The thunder lizards found the last humans and kept them captive. To give them a final lesson, the thunder lizards literally tore them to pieces. So basically they would literally tear the flesh off piece by painful piece while they were alive. It kinda reminds you of the infamous Vlad the Impaler a.k.a 'Dracula.' I mean, he did basically torture people. Anyhow, soon after, the peaceful thunder lizards were corrupted by all this violence. They were pleased to get their vengeance and they hated the humans even more. They were basically killing any humans they encountered, young and old. Eventually the humans returned and the thunder lizards continued causing havoc. But Tikera ordered them to go underground. She didn't want them to be bloodthirsty. She moved them to an underground cave. Since then, they've adapted to living underground and they've stayed there, away from civilization. But they're still not their same old selves. Generations to generation have become emperor or empress of the thunder lizards. Century to century, they've tried to become peaceful again. But they have failed to change their violent personality.

"The thunder lizards have become more ferocious. Their eyes were originally red, but now the madder they get, the darker it becomes. Though the eyes become darker red, when they go berserk, their eyes will become a glowing white. And when they're angry, they become extremely powerful. They become totally out of control and merciless. Someone, most likely the same one we've been trying to find out about, has made them even more vicious and has released them. But we can't kill them. We have to get them to become the peaceful race they once were. They could also prove to be powerful allies when we fight this guy."

"Wow. That was much longer than the others," Jessica noted.

"So how are we supposed to find them?" Caitlin asked.

"Easy," Melissa simply replied.

"Well apparently they're not all that easy to fight," Ashley reminded her.

"No! I mean we have to set a trap," Melissa said. "Thunder lizards love electricity. They're attracted by it. We need to set an electric trap to lure them to us. You people need to study monsters more. Anyway, if we kill one, we have to do the same thing we did to that one Crypt Fiend unless we can catch one and get it to talk."

"Ok. So let's do it later k?" Gloria asked.

"Ok," Melissa, Ashley, Caitlin, and Jessica agreed.

Once again, Ation was watching the screen. "Darn it! They've already figured how to lure them over," he said. He was using some kind of spell to secretly spy on them.

"Maybe you shouldn't have made it so damn obvious. You should've known about that girl Melissa. You should've chosen something else," Abby explained.

"Who asked for your opinion?" Ation asked.

He turned his back on her. Abby mocked him in a stupider way. Ation felt something on his pants. He looked down to see a rat. "What the?" he said.

He brushed it off with his hand. The rat fell on the floor and started running away. Ation got up from his chair and was going to step on it when Abby pushed him really hard, knocking him down. She picked up the small rat and yelled, "Don't you dare hurt Lizzy!"

"Lizzy? You've named that stupid thing?" Ation asked.

"Her name is Elizabeth. But I call her Lizzy and sometimes, but rarely, Liz. You've got a problem with that?" Abby growled.

"Yes I do," Ation answered. "You're a servant. You know you can't have any pets! Gimme that!"

He snatched the rat, placed her on the floor, held her tail and was about to step on Lizzy again when Abby cried, "No!" She grabbed him by the neck and started choking him. She dropped him to the floor and did a body slam. Ation couldn't breathe but Abby body slammed him again, not caring if he could breathe. Then she picked up Lizzy and held her close.

Ation got up and was still gasping for air. "Don't ever touch Lizzy again!" Abby shouted, "or I'll rip your goddamn balls off with my bare hands, goddamn it!

She left with Lizzy and went to her room, or more like cell. Ation was going to say something, but fell on the floor. He was still gasping for air.