Chapter 6

Senel and the girls were still wringing their hands at the hospital.

"Ugh...this waiting is hard!" Chloe said.

"I know, but we have to lay low," Senel said.

Harriet entered the waiting room and joined them. "Hey, why are you all sitting around in here?"

"We're waiting for Alcott to finish the antidote for Will," Senel told her.

"How is Will doing?" Shirley asked.

"He's...he's hanging in there." Harriet didn't dare to mention the battle with the Terrors that had just taken place.

"I hope Moses and Jay are all right," Grune said.

"Oh yeah, they're just fine!" Harriet insisted.

"They're probably getting freaky on the coffee table," Norma said. She immediately grabbed her head and squatted down low.

"Norma? What's wrong?" Chloe asked.

"Hmm?" Norma stood up and scratched her head. "Oh...it just feels weird when you're not getting hit by Teach."

Alcott and Elsa entered the room, Alcott holding a syringe.

"Here you are, Senel," Elsa said. "This will get Will back to normal...but..."

The party looked at her. "But?"

"You have to inject it into his...into his...oh, I can't say it! You tell them, Father!"

"It must be injected directly into his buttocks," Alcott told them.

"His what!?" the party gasped.

"The serum must be injected directly into the flesh," Alcott said. "And the buttocks are the biggest mass of flesh on the human body. You should consider yourselves lucky that I was able to make this serum."

"Well, I guess that's true," Senel said. "All right, let's get back to Will's house."

Everyone noedded, then left the hospital.

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Moses and Jay shared some passionate kisses in Will's living room. As they kissed, Moses caressed Jay's body, eventually sliding his hand behind Jay and lightly squeezing his rear end.

"Um...Moses?" Jay said nervously.

"Hmm?" Moses responded in between kisses.

Jay looked up, cold sweat forming on his forehead. "Moses..."

Moses stroked Jay's face gently with his free hand. "What's up, Jay?"

Jay looked up as the transformed Will stood directly above them. "M-Moses..."

Will sprang up and landed chest-first on top of Moses. Both Moses and Jay cried out in pain.

"Oh hell..." Moses groaned.

"Will...please get off," Jay muttered. "Please..."

Will only lowered himself, sniffing at Moses' ear.

"Ahh!" Moses cried. "Will, quit sniffin' my ear!"

"Moses, do something!" Jay exclaimed.

"Whaddaya want me to do?"

"You're a beast tamer, aren't you? Surely you can train him to obey you."

"Hey, Will ain't no beast!"

Jay let out an exasperated sigh.

"Hey, that was a cute sigh," Moses said, abruptly changing the mood.

Jay gave him a wide-eyed look. "What?"

"You know what that means, right?"

Without waiting for an answer, Moses kissed Jay passionately again.

Just then, Senel and the girls entered the house silently. They froze as they saw Jay laying on his back on the table, Moses on top of him, and Will on top of Moses.

"What the..." Senel muttered.

The girls only gasped.

"What are they doing?" Chloe asked.

"This is our chance." Senel held up the syringe and snuck up silently behind Will. Then he thrust the needle into Will's behind, quickly injecting the serum. Will howled in pain.

"Ahh!" Moses and Jay screamed, startled by Will's outburst.

Senel threw Will off the table. "Are you two all right?"

"Yes, we're fine," Jay said flatly.

He shoved Moses off the table and sat up. Moses hit the floor with a thud.

Norma skipped over to the table. "Ah ha! This time we caught you red-handed! You can't deny it now!"

"No, it's not what you think," Jay said.

"It's not? Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure! You saw how Will had us pinned down!"

"Well, maybe Teach was just joining you in the act."

Jay sighed again.

Finally, Will stood up, back to his Norma self. "What just happened?"

"Dad!" Harriet ran over and embraced him. "You're back to normal!"

"How do you feel?" Senel asked.

Will scratched his head. "Well, other than the pain in my rear, I feel fine."

"Thank goodness," Shirley said.

Senel looked around at the house that now lay in ruin. "Well, it looks like we have a lot of cleaning up to do."

"Well, if you'll excuse us, Moses and I need to go to the Oresoren village," Jay said.

Moses threw him a look. "Why we gotta go there for?"

"You'll see when we get there."

"Oh, I get it!"

Jay rolled his eyes. You have no idea.

"Well, I'll see y'all later!" Moses called.

"Thanks for looking after Will," Shirley responded.

Jay started to leave, but paused by the front door. "And Moses...I would appreciate it if you would keep your hands off my butt."

"Huh?" A look of shock spread across Moses' face. The rest of the party raised an eye as well.

Moses turned to the party. "Did he just say that out loud?"

"Let's go, Moses." Jay left the house, and the bandit followed.

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Jay and Moses arrived at the Oresoren village.

"Jay! Jay! Jay!" the Oresoren cheered as he walked by.

"Just look at 'em cheerin' like you're somethin' special," Moses grumbled.

"You don't think I'm special, Moses?" Jay asked. "You broke my heart."

Moses grinned. "You know I'm just kiddin'. You're my sweet little brother, after all."

They walked to the back of the village and entered Poppo's workshop.

"Greetings, Jay," Poppo said.

"Poppo, I really need your help," Jay said.

"Certainly. What can I do for you, Jay?"

Moses pouted. It's all about Jay, Jay, Jay. It's never about Moses. No...

"Moses and I have had the misfortune of being stuck in this chain," Jay said. "We'd appreciate it if you could get it off."

Poppo looked at the chain. "Oh my, that's a really strong chain. I have just the thing to unlock it."

Jay knelt down, placing his shackled hand on the floor. Poppo took some lockpicks, picking inside the keyhole. Finally, the chain opened, and Jay peeled it from his wrist.

"Hey!" Moses protested. "What about me?"

"Here, Moses," Poppo said. "I can unlock yours, too."

Moses knelt down so that Poppo can pick the locks. When he was finished, Moses took his chain off as well.

"Ah, thank you," Jay said.

"You're quite welcome," Poppo responded. "I'm glad I could help."

Jay shot a quick glance at Moses, then quickly fled from the shop.

"Hey!" Moses yelled, taking off after him.

Jay ran around to the back of the village, running into Quppo's house. He immediately ran up the spiral stairs to his room with Moses close behind. Upon reaching his room, Jay slammed the door. Moses crashed into the door and tumbled back down the stairs.

"Moses!" Quppo and Pippo approached him. "Are you all right?"

Moses sat up. "Yeah, I'm fine. I can't believe Jay wanted to get away from me that badly."

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Jay let out a sigh of relief as he leaned against his door. He went over to his bed and climbed onto it.

Peace at last...
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Will received the title of Rarest Monster

The End