Dumon groaned as he finished setting up the last chair around a huge round table in a more stable place of Sargasso. "That's the last one," Dumon sighed.
"Good, now we can FINALLY have a meeting with Earth's leaders." Nasch sighed.
"I still don't get why they wouldn't settle for meeting with Dumon in the lab," Merag scowled.
"'Cause they're stupid humans incapable of seeing the big picture of how time is of the essence when you're DEALING WITH SLIME ALIENS FROM OUTER SPACE!" Misael cried in exasperation.
"Let's try not to say anything that could offend them when they come tomorrow," Nasch ordered.
"Not my fault if they let themselves be offended by me telling them the truth..." Misael muttered.
"Misael..." Nasch said in a warning voice.
"Fine..." Misael groaned.
"Are we done? Please please please PLEASE tell me we're done with this!" Alit begged.
"For the first time in the- how long has it been Dumon?" Nasch asked.
"Seven hours and fifty-three minutes since you started and four hours and thirty-five minutes since I got here," Dumon reported.
"-about eight hours you've been asking, the answer is finally yes," Nasch said.
"YES!" The other barians covered their ears at Alit's scream.
"Pipe down!" Misael snapped.
Vector got his insaner-than-normal glint in his eyes as he quickly pulled something very large out from underneath his cloak and set it on Alit, giggling in twisted delight.
Alit turned his head to see what Vector had set on him and found himself staring into the eight black eyes and sharp mandibles of a gigantic hairy spider the size of a large house-cat. Alit's eyes opened wider than any of the other barians thought was possible. In fact, Dumon had mentally put on his to-do list to make sure Alit's eyelids and eyes weren't damaged, right after removing the spider as quickly as possible.
"AHHHHHHHH!" Alit's terrified scream could probably be heard in Astral World as he flailed around maniacally attempting to get the arachnid off of him. Naturally, the spider didn't like that. Rearing back, it opened its large mandibles, dripping with saliva and venom, lunged forward and...
Closed its jaws on thin air because at that moment in time, Dumon had grabbed the spider and was holding the confused creature in the air, away from Alit. Alit leapt up on Gilag and held on tightly, much to the larger barian's shock. Merag, meanwhile, was holding her can of pepper spray over a curled into a ball Vector with his hand over his eyes and screaming in pain.
"Oh Don Thousand, WHY DID YOU DO THAT?! It burns!" Vector half-whined half-screamed.
"You put that... thing on Alit!" Merag snapped.
"It's a genetically engineered spider of mine and it was a prank!" Vector complained.
"What would it have done to him if it had bit him?" Dumon asked while cautiously petting the arachnid. The spider seemed to enjoy it and made a sound that was almost similar to a purr. Dumon blinked almost in surprise and kept petting the spider.
"It would've just made him experience terrifying hallucinations," Vector said.
Dumon stroked the spider a bit longer then asked, "Answer me honestly on this one, does this thing have any bloodthirsty killing sprees or extremely violent tendencies like your other genetic creation? Like the bunnies?"
Vector blinked in shock, "Uh, no. That's why I put her on Alit. It wouldn't be any fun for her to attack him immediately. He needed to see her first, then freak out and in doing so cause her to attack."
"Oh, so it's a girl?" Dumon said.
"Yep."
"Have you named her?"
"Um... no. Why?" Vector asked.
"Well, if she's not deadly or vicious, would you be okay if I kept her as a pet?" Dumon asked.
Vector made a choking sound that barians usually make when their breathing has just been disrupted. "What?!" his cry was in chorus with the other emperors.
"You want that thing as a pet?!" Alit cried from his safe perch on Gilag's shoulders.
"She's actually quite fascinating. And gentle if you don't terrify her. I'll train her to be more used to sudden movements so she doesn't freak like that again," Dumon said while petting the spider who was still purring very loudly.
"So SHE doesn't freak?! What about me?!" Alit complained.
"She was just as scared of you as you were of her," Dumon assured him.
"If you really want to keep her..." Nasch sighed.
"I do, thank you my king," Dumon said.
"What do want to call her?" Misael asked.
"Mrs. Sunshine?" Vector asked mockingly.
"NO!" Dumon leveled a glare at Vector before thinking for a minute, "I'll call her Mygalo, it's based off the name of an infraorder of spiders."
"Hey! Anyone else forget about me?!" Alit whined.
"What?" Nasch asked tiredly.
"I am very traumatized right now. Can we please go to earth and get ice cream so we can celebrate finishing the meeting room and maybe calm me down in the slightest?" Alit begged with kawaii eyes.
Nasch groaned but gave in,"Fine. Dumon, go get..." Nasch tried as hard as he could not to say 'that demon thing from hell', "Mygalo settled in your palace then come join us on earth."
"Of course," Dumon bowed before teleporting away.
"YES!" Alit cheered happily. Nasch sighed, he had a feeling he was going to regret this.
…...
Nasch was regretting letting Alit go to the new all-you-can-eat ice cream bar and then let him buy candy. The barian leader honestly had no idea what he had been thinking. If not for the fact that he hadn't eaten anything that day and had agreed to go when he was in his barian form, he would've thought he'd been slipped something by a certain carrot-head. Actually, that still might be possible. You could never rule out anything as "impossible" around Vector.
Dumon was staring with him wide eyed at the scene in front of them, "So my king, we're not going to let him go to the meeting?"
"He's bouncing off the walls, literally. And we're outside so he's bouncing off the exterior walls of houses. I doubt he'll have stopped bouncing by the end of next week, much less tomorrow," Nasch groaned.
"This is kinda embarrassing," Merag cringed.
"Gee, KINDA?!" Misael gaped, "Even I'M surprised he is THIS hyper right now! Especially after his run in with..." Like Nasch, he tried not to call Dumon's new pet something offensive, "Mygalo earlier."
"And people are starting to stare," Dumon tugged on Nasch's sleeve while watching the humans who had started to stare.
Nasch groaned as Merag yelled, "What's the matter?! Never seen someone on a major sugar-high before?! Get moving, nothing new to see here!" the people who were staring suddenly became interested in their feet and had someplace to go.
"WOO-HOO! THIS IS AWESOME!" Alit screamed as he pushed off a brick wall.
"Dude. Calm down," Gilag gaped as he watched Alit rocket off buildings. At this point Dumon just gave up and hid his face in his scarf.
Alit landed on the ground and jumped up when he suddenly froze in mid-air, his eyes widening in an expression of pure horror. Then he bolted really really fast. The other barians stared at the spot he had just been and Dumon uncovered his face to look behind them to see what had startled Alit so much. Only one person was on the street, consequence of Merag's yelling earlier(she wasn't called the ice queen for nothing, although Vector did like to substitute a word that meant a female canine in place of queen which would earn him immense pain all over and discomfort in certain lower regions but that's another story) and it was someone Dumon recognized at once.
Dr. Ares Juliosu.
Dumon cocked his head in confusion. Why the heck was Alit so panicked to see Dr. Juliosu? A quick sweep of the area provided no other triggers that could have set Alit off like that. Dumon furrowed his brow in confusion. What the heck...?
"Why did Alit get freaked out over that guy?" Merag wondered, voicing Dumon's own question.
"Who IS he, anyway?" Nasch asked.
"His name is Dr. Ares Juliosu, he's one of the scientists helping out with the war against the Maldorians. But Alit's never met him..." Dumon mused.
This added to the barians' confusion, all except Vector who was cracking up. "What? You haven't figured it out yet?! Jeez, for a smart guy, you sure are incredibly dense, Dumon! With Misa-chan, Gilagoo, Ice B*tch, and Fish-for Brains I am not surprised in the slightest but with you, I'm kinda shocked! Did those fourteen years make you dumber?"
Dumon grabbed Misael's arm as he lunged at Vector but couldn't restrain Merag who kicked Vector in the uniquely male body part in the lower region, "What do you that we don't Vector?" Dumon asked, trying to keep from snapping at being called dumb.
"A lot of things~" Vector giggled while he was bent over.
"And to think, we didn't know how lucky most of us were not to have him in our lives this past fourteen years." Nasch growled.
Vector gasped and put a hand to his chest, "That- that is so- so MEAN, Naschie-poo!" Vector's lower lip trembled and he sniffed as tears came to his eyes, "I- that- I- That almost made me think we- we weren't- We weren't friends!" Vector burst into tears.
"I would be feeling a whole lot more sorry right now if you hadn't killed me and almost all the other emperors in the numbers war and thought you actually meant one iota of what you just said." Merag crossed her arms.
Vector whimpered, "But- but I- I really do mean what I'm saying! P- please believe me..." Seeing their unsympathetic faces, he wiped the crocodile tears from his eyes and straightened up, "Damn, I thought I could fool you guys that time."
"Maybe if we didn't LIVE with you, you might be able to," Nasch pointed out with an eye roll.
"Back on the original subject, what did you figure out about why Alit was scared of Dr. Juliosu?" Dumon asked.
"Mmm... now Dum-Dum-chan, can't you figure this one out on your own~?" Vector giggled.
Dumon closed his eyes and counted to ten. When he stopped counting, he concentrated and thought carefully. Let's see, why would Dr. Juliosu cause Alit to freak out? I shouldn't flat out put Alit not knowing Dr. Juliosu off the table. Maybe Alit does know him. But from his life with his father or...? Dumon froze solid as he recalled a certain fact Alit had let slip when they found him amnesic in the alleyway. His mouth flapped open until he finally managed to say two words,
"Oh shit."
Annnnnnddddd... I'll leave it hanging there. Please review!