A/N: Haha...Albel didn't die…at least not yet. XD He's not even injured really…except maybe his pride. XD Fayt is a jerk…and a sissy at the same time. XD jeez…I need to work on my Fayt…Albel's in character but Fayt's not. Bad Fayt! Get in character. XD anyway...moving on…
Disclaimer: yadda yadda…same thing as always…a disclaimer about me not owning…I have let me see…a bunch more disclaimers to go. XD oh yeah…and thanks to J.K. Rowling this time for inspiration. XD
After spending a grueling morning killing rabid dust bunnies, Fayt was tired of fighting and ready to take a break. Albel had wandered off and Fayt went to go look for him.
Fayt found Albel in the kitchen, in deep concentration, writing something hurriedly on a piece of paper, then erasing part of it and swearing under his breath.
Fayt grinned. "Aren't you afraid that piece of paper will grow fangs and bit your fingers off?"
Albel glanced up at Fayt, a vacant look in his eyes. He hadn't quite come out of his little world yet. "I brought this from home," he said absently. He went back to being hunched over his paper
Fayt frowned, slightly curious. "What are you writing?"
Albel glanced up, slightly annoyed. "I'm figuring out how much money we have left to spend."
"But I think we have enough food for the week."
"Yeah, but I'm tired of instant soup and coffee and all that crap. Go order us a pizza, Fayt."
Fay pouted. "Do I look like your slave?"
Albel considered. "After I just saved your ass, I don't think it would be too much trouble."
Fayt rolled his eyes. "Fine, I'll do it."
After Fayt had called in the order, Albel went back to ignoring him and calculating money on the piece of paper. Fayt sighed and sat down on the couch, muttering angrily at Albel.
Twenty minutes later the doorbell rang. "Would you get that please?" Albel's tone was polite, but his eyes showed that he would not let Fayt say no.
"Fine, I'll get the door," Fayt growled. He padded across the room and down the hall to the door. Under his breath he muttered, "Damn idiot can't even get his own pizza. I have to call for it; I have to answer the door. Lazy bastard."
With a heavy sigh, Fayt opened the door, prepared to chew out the pizza boy. But it was not a pizza boy at the door.
Fayt's eyes widened in horror as they rested on the giant black spider. It was at least as tall as the giant plants, and perhaps twice as long. Its huge bloated abdomen was smooth and hairless, glinting in the afternoon sun. It looked at Fayt with its row of eight tiny eyes balanced over a set of huge razor sharp teeth which were covered in blood. It also had huge pinchers that it snapped at Fayt menacingly.
"Sh-sh-sh-sh-" Fayt stammered.
The spider lunged for him.
"Shit!" Fayt shrieked, slamming the door. "Albel!"
Fayt raced back down the hallway to the kitchen. "Albel, come on! Get a gun or something! There's a giant spider. It's HUGE! It could eat us both and a car in one gulp. It could eat our house too!"
Albel looked at Fayt with surprise. "Okay, slow down. Take a deep breath. I can't hear a word you're saying. You're too excited."
Fayt took a deep breath and then began shouting again. "There is a GIANT spider out there! It could eat us!"
Albel sighed heavily. "Right. I'll go get ammo." With a mischievous glint in his eyes, he picked up two kitchen knives, one in each hand.
They stepped out the door. "Where'd it go?" Fayt muttered uneasily. "It was right here."
"Aha!" Albel said triumphantly.
Fayt whirled around fearfully. Albel was pointing to a three foot long spider crawling up the wall. "You're right, Fayt. This guy is big. I don't think he could really eat us though, unless he did it limb by limb."
Albel laughed as Fayt paled and with a quick flick of his wrist threw one of the knives, impaling it neatly through the spider's abdomen. The spider squealed in pain and oozed green body fluids.
"I'm going to be sick," Fayt muttered.
Albel grinned. "Oh, look. There's another one." Fayt turned away in disgust as Albel threw another knife. "Ha-ha, got him!"
Fayt's eyes widened as he looked at the wall opposite to the dead spider. "Uh, Albel? I think we have a problem."
"Hmn?' Albel stepped back closer to Fayt and his eyes lit up as he looked at the pizza box on the ground. "Oh good, pizza's here. But where's the pizza boy?"
"The giant spider at him," Fayt whispered.
"Fayt, those things aren't that big."
"Look," Fayt said softly. He pointed to a large bloodstain on the wall.
Albel frowned. "That means nothing. It could have been there yesterday from that girl Sophia. There's no body to prove it."
Fayt shrieked and Albel turned just in time to see a bloody arm tumble from the roof. He winced. "Yeah, I think you're right, Fayt. Something ate him."
With his hand on Fayt's shoulder, Albel slowly stepped backward into the street, gently pulling Fayt with him. Albel finally stopped, his hand tightening on Fayt's shoulder. "Damn, that thing is huge."
The huge spider was stretched out almost across the whole roof, its jaws covered in blood and a few fragments of limbs lying beside it. A few tiles had been scrabbled away by its sharp legs.
Albel's face tightened with resolve. "Stay here, Fayt. I'm going to run in and get something to fight this monster. Do you have a gun in your house?"
Fayt thought. "No, but there is an oriental sword over the mantle."
"That'll do." Albel raced inside and returned clutching the sword.
"Wish me luck," Albel said calmly, blowing a kiss to Fayt who just scowled. Albel climbed up a tree close to the house and jumped down onto the roof.
Albel performed a complicated series of dodges across the roof that kept him from the spider's grasp most of the time. The spider did manage to grab Albel's leg with its pinchers once. Albel wriggled out of it, tearing part of his jeans and leaving a long bloody gash. Albel finally managed to jump over the spider and land on its back. With a determined look, Albel plunged the sword deep into the spider's back. The spider gave a scream of pain so loud; Fayt had to hold his ears. The spider bucked, knocking Albel off. Albel did a back flip in the air, kicking at the spider's face. The spider bellowed in pain and chased after Albel. Albel waited until the spider was close and hacked of its nearest leg and skirted out of the way. Albel continued around the spider's body until he chopped of all its limbs and then plunged the sword into the spider's head. It screeched again and then lay still.
Albel calmly stepped away from the spider, licking green ooze off his blade.
"Don't do that!" Fayt yelped. "That's a poisonous spider."
Albel looked indifferent. "Oh really? Maybe that's why it gave me so much trouble." Suddenly he swayed and fell, sliding down the roof.
"Albel!" Fayt cried, running forward.
Albel reached the edge of the roof and as he started to fall off, he became cocooned in a huge silk thread, and became attached to the underside of the roof. And Fayt's world went black.