Chapter 4
Espio finally arrived to Spookstown, home of the wretched sorcerer, Venom the
Wolf. He was standing near the back of the castle.
"I had a feeling this would be where Rox took Salley," he thought to himself. He
then turned invisible and walked towards the back.
Ratchet and Lawrence were there too, still feeling envious about Rox.
"I still don't understand why Venom would choose that kitsune to be his
colleague," said Ratchet. "I mean, it's always 'Rox this, Rox that'. What about us? Are we
like…chopped liver?!"
"I know," said Lawrence. "I hate him too. Venom needs to gives us more respect."
"But how can we if—" Suddenly, the two imps felt like they were choking and then
being lifted up in the air.
"What's going on?!" asked Lawrence.
"I don't know!" said Ratchet. The two imps struggled to get down, but couldn't.
Then, they were pushed against the wall.
Suddenly, a magenta chameleon appeared and glared at the imps.
Ratchet and Lawrence screamed feeling shocked to see him.
"Oh my God!" Ratchet yelled. "It's the purple iguana!"
"Chameleon, Ratchet!" Lawrence yelled back.
"Whatever—"
"SILENCE!!" said Espio. The two imps were quiet. "Where is Salley?!"
"We ain't telling you a thing," said Ratchet.
"Yes," agreed Lawrence, "because our master trusted us and we're not failing him
again."
Espio faced Lawrence. "Oh really? I think you morons are too dumb to even keep
a secret from your enemies."
Lawrence was shocked. "Dumb? Well, sir, I happen to have a very strong and high
IQ. They don't call me Lawrence the Imp II for nothing. I read a lot of books all the time—"
Espio was starting to get very annoyed with Lawrence's smart talk.
So was Ratchet. "There goes Lawrence and his sophisticated words again." he
thought.
Finally, Espio shouted, "SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!"
Lawrence stopped talking. "Well, excuse me," he mumbled under his breath.
Espio faced Ratchet. "And you, I can tell that you're not a good liar. So, talk."
Ratchet didn't say anything, but was nervous about blabbing out the truth.
Espio looked into his eyes. "Don't try my patience, imp."
Ratchet was even more nervous now. He shuddered.
Lawrence saw this and was afraid that Ratchet might say it. "Don't do it, Ratchet,"
he spoke near the corner of his mouth.
Ratchet was trying to handle the pressure.
"I'll give you three seconds to tell me before I slice both of your necks off with my
kunai," said Espio. "Three…two…"
Ratchet couldn't take it anymore. "She's inside the lab! Venom's about to do an
experiment on her!"
Everything went silent. then, Espio dropped the imps on the ground and felt
shocked. "I've got to find and save her before I'm too late." He rushed to the front side of the castle
and went inside. Ratchet and Lawrence were left lying on the ground.
Lawrence glared at his brother. "Thanks a lot, Ratchet. Now we'll be huge trouble,
just like last time when you kidnapped that rabbit-girl." (A/N: Read "Cuteness and Stupidity" for
more details).
"I told you," said Ratchet. "I was love struck."
"You weren't supposed to be!" The two imps continued to have their argument.
Back inside the lab, Venom was still dealing with Salley.
The cat-girl said, "I'll never join you, Venom! Espio'll come and rescue me and
once he does, you'll be sorry."
"Sorry?" said Venom. "I think I'll be thrilled because soon, his fate will be sealed."
Salley gasped. Then, Venom walked away from her and to a table filled with a lot of
chemicals and test tubes.
He picked one of them up that has a boiling green liquid inside. Then, he poured
in some type of red liquid into the test tube. The new chemical was a brownish-purplish
color. He then walked back to Salley.
The cat-girl was scared. "What's that?!"
"A special formula that I created just for you to drink." Salley didn't want to taste
it, but Venom held the tube near her. "Open your mouth."
Salley shook her head and kept her mouth shut.
"I said open it!" Venom was getting impatient.
"I'm not going to," Salley spoke near the corner of her mouth.
Venom put his hand near Salley's lips. "I don't want to have to force you to do it,
but you leave me with no choice." Venom used his fingers to make Salley's mouth open. then, he
put the formula towards it.
Before Salley could drink it, a magenta chameleon burst the door down on the
floor.
Venom let go of Salley and faced him. "You!"
"Espio!" Salley screamed.
"Let her go, Venom!" said Espio.
"I don't think so." Espio growled and kicked Venom in the stomach causing him
to fall to the floor. He also dropped the test tube and it broke and the formula spilled out of it.
Then, Espio ran to Salley and un-cuffed her from the chair. "Let's get out of here."
Espio picked Salley up and ran away from the lab.
Venom slowly got up and yelled, "ROX!!"
The kitsune appeared in a few seconds flat. "You called, Venom?"
"Salley's escaped with her boyfriend! Find and capture them!"
Rox smirked and shape-shifted into a cobra and slithered away.
The next chapter'll be the huge battle scene. It's cool. And I have one author's note; I'll be turning
15 in two weeks! Bye-bye, peoples!
