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Ch. 8

Golden Monkey Gooooddd.

When Alfeegi opened his door and saw the basket, he freaked out. Literally. Alfeegi, after all, was the first victim of the tea and reliving his horrors wasn't good at all for the newly released psychiatric patient. That's why, on the next day, Alfeegi dumped it on Kai-Stern.

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"Ack! Alfeegi! I don't want it!" Kai-stern protested as he struggled to get away from the tea. Alfeegi pressed it more vigorously into his arms. "Take it. I'm sure as h that I won't!" He screamed. Kai-stern was beginning to be pushed back.

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"JUST TAKE THE CURSED THING YOU FOOL!!!!"

"Yes sir."

"Good. Now get it away from my sight." Alfeegi stalked away with a rush of exhiliration of getting rid of the basket. Kai-stern looked down at the straw basket. The poor thing looked like it went through one of Queen Rasealene's makeovers. As he studied the contents, he noticed a small packet sticking out. Before he could poke it, Rath came flying around the corner. He was prepared to hug Kai-stern, but then he saw the basket. He screamed and ran the opposite direction. Kai-stern had watched all of this with great interest. "Hmm...I wonder.."

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The black dragon officer lay across his bed, patting a soaked towel to his forehead. He hadn't fully recovered from the incident yet and was jumpy and nervous. His conscience could be anywhere and everywhere. It could be hiding in his closet, under his bed, in his bathroom, behind the shower curtain, near the window, under his blankets, on the ceiling, behind the bookcase, next to the door, across the-

"Tethesus?"

Tethesus jumped and banged his head on the wooden post. He cursed very un-Tethesus like and groped around for the wet rag. Kai-stern popped over and smiled curiously at him. "What's wrong? It's not like you to skip out on securing the castle," He grinned yet again. "Nor is it like you to get scared at every little thing." Tethesus managed a withering glance then grabbed the towel. Kai-stern hefted the basket onto his bed. "I know what will cheer you up! A nice cup of hot tea!"

Kai-stern was kicked out in 20 seconds. Offended, he decided to pay a visit to each of the dragon knights. The results were the same. Rubbing his sore backside, Kai-stern decided to retire to his chambers and get some rest for his new assignment.

Dumping the basket onto his bed, he went and took a nice long shower. After his session with his rubber ducky, he made himself a nice cup of- "Golden Monkey?" Kai-stern raised an eyebrow. He never liked tea, alcohol was what he was hooked on. However, ever since Alfeegi found his stash of Budweiser, Kai-stern hadn't had a sip at the dragon castle. Before he took a sip, someone bashed open the door.

"Kai-stern?" asked the Dragon Queen sweetly. Kai-stern smiled and put down his cup. "Hello Lady Rasealene." He bowed. "What do you need?" He asked in a pleasant voice. Rasealene smiled then her sweet face dropped. "My gosh, it stinks in here. What is this, a pig sty?" She asked rudely. Kai-stern blinked. He had never ever heard the Dragon Queen like this. "Are you alright my lady?" He couldn't help asking. Rasealene fixed her icy eyes on him. "Of course I'm alright! You're the one who is not alright, with your alcoholic habits," She sniffed. "Honestly, I should send you to a rehabilitation center." She smirked nastily, then swept out of the room.

Kai-stern was shocked. "I never saw her like this before." He mumbled to himself while gazing at the sloshy liquid in his cup. "Is it just me or did everyone change when I came back?"

Rune ran by his room screaming about tea demons.

The blue dragon officer sweatdropped. "Okay...everyone did change." He frowned and sipped his liquid.

"Ew! What is this stuff? What happened to the booze dude?"

Kai-stern choked on the Golden Monkey (sounds weird). His eyes widened in surprise to see his clone stare distastefully at the tea. "Excuse me?"

"You heard what I said, what happened to the beer?" The clone asked impatiently.

"Who are you?"

The clone rolled his eyes. "I'm your Conscience." He replied, then slammed the mug down. "Who drinks this stuff?" Kai-stern was snapped out of his daze. "You don't have to be so rude, it's actually quite good and strong." Conscience yawned. "Yeah whatever, but I need alcohol."

"Why?"

Conscience became dangerously close to Kai-stern. "Because in your mind, I'm the alcohol addict." He whispered. Then he burst out laughing. "But enough of me, it's time to say what is wrong with you." Kai-stern glared. "Nothing is wrong with me." Conscience groaned. "And this comes from Mr. my-arm-is-rotting-because-I-did-a-stupid-thing. Trust me, there are a lot of things wrong with you."

Kai-stern scooted his chair a foot away from Conscience. "If you ask me, the wrong thing is you." He said slowly. Conscience started raiding his dresser. "I need alcohol!" He screamed. "See? There's my point." Kai-stern pronounced. Conscience stopped throwing boxers around the room. "You're the one who made me this way." He said, his voice low and gravelly. "And I'm going to die soon because of you." He left Kai-stern with his mouth open. "I didn't do anything to you." Kai-stern protested.

Conscience threw a sock at him. "Be quiet, if you didn't take a sip of that Wrotham Pinot Sparkling Wine (real wine!) then I wouldn't be this emotional wreck." Kai-stern looked guiltily away from Conscience's piercing gaze. "It was peer pressure." He complained. Conscience snorted. "You are such a wimp. Didn't you hear my voice telling you not to give in?" Kai-stern feigned ignorance.

Conscience let ouf a cry of happiness as he lifted the only can of Budweiser wrapped in socks. Kai-stern lunged. "Beer!" He yelled. "No! My beer!" Conscience screamed as he struggled.

After a few hours of fighting, Conscience finally threw Kai-stern at the wall. He jumped back on Conscience and started pulling his short spiky hair. In retailation, he threw a teapot on Kai-stern's head. The dragon officer picked up a chair and started hammering Conscience with it. It was sad that all this violence was happening because of one can of Budweiser.

Kai-stern was thrown at the wall once again and was knocked out. Conscience grinned, opened the Budweiser and-

dropped it.

His eyes went round with horror as the aluminum can fell to the floor and spilled its contents.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" He screamed and writhed. Suddenly he disappeared in a plume of smoke.

Kai-stern opened his eyes and gingerly got up. He staggered to his desk drawer and opened it. He picked up a can of Budweiser. Grinning, he opened it and-

dropped it.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

Hallo, it's been a long time buddies. lol. Kai-stern is so stupid right? I had fun writing this chapter. Review if you like it.