Back for chapter 3, and this one's…different. As always I don't own Skull girls just plot.
It was a typical day for Nadia Fortune, the infamous cat burglar, that was until she found herself and Minette dangling over a giant pool of hot fudge. How'd
she get in this situation you may ask? Well it all started seven hours ago when a certain person entered Yu-Wan's place. It had been a normal business day
as always when she entered the building: The princess of Canopy. No not Parasoul, she's far too polite to barge into the headquarters of her archrival. No it
was Umbrella, the younger more gentle of the princesses. The young one walked into Yu-Wan's and upon seeing Nadia smiled and pointed her living umbrella
at her and said.
"Freeze you criminal scrum!"
Nadia just looked at the young girl in front of her with a scowl before grinning and grabbing the girl in a bone crushing hug saying.
"Kido! Long time no see!"
To most people's surprise, and Parasoul's dismay, Umbrella had nothing but warm fuzzies for the cat burglar. Unlike her older sibling, Umbrella had no ill will
towards the kitty criminal in fact she rather enjoyed the company of Nadia.
"I finally managed to get away from sis and her boring stuff! I wanna go on another adventure!"
Umbrella cried as she jumped about the diner. Nadia laughed at the child and agreed to find something to do.
"How about we go get some ice cream?"
About five minutes later, Nadia and Umbrella returned with no ice cream in sight. Minette took this as a sigh of end of days, or that Nadia had argued with the
ice cream vendor over toppings again.
"Minette… could you do us a tiny little favor?"
Nadia asked, doing her best "kitty cat face" to get her way. That alone caused Minette to question what Nadia had done this time, but the cat came pre-
purred this time. Umbrella had taken her shot the second doubt showed on the fish-girl's face, doing an even more adorable "cutesy face". Minette tried to
remain strong, she really did, but her will broke and she said.
"Okay… what do you need?"
Nadia smugly grinned at her victory, and explained what had happened.
"See we went to get ice cream at a vendor like always, and along the way we met this whack job who gave us a map. Said it led to the long lost ice cream
flavor, and once that was said the kiddo here demanded we risk my fur to find it. "
Almost at once Minette sighed and knew what her part of this craziness was.
" So let me guess, you want me to ask Yu wan for time off so I can join you on this pointless adventure?"
The other two nodded and, seeing as they wouldn't take no for an answer, Minette went to go ask Yu wan. Once all three left, however, they were soon
followed by a familiar face who was also aiming for their treasure.
"Those mooks think they can get the best of me? I ain't no Daffy Duck, and this sure as hell ain't duck season!"
The cartoony psychopath known as Peacock cried as she began to chase after the three girls, cronies and gun at the ready.
"So Nadia….do you have any idea where we're going?"
Hours later, Nadia had led the trio into the posh neighborhood of Maplecrest looking lost.
"Of course I know where we are! I can feel that treasure getting closer with every paw-step! Now hush up and turn left!"
The cat burglar hissed in annoyance…only to see that if they went left as she wanted they'd have fallen into an open manhole. Minette glared at her and
snatched the map out of Nadia's hands, and started to properly navigate them. Nadia would have argued over that, in fact she tried to with her famous
"Mew can't be serious!" line, but Minette simply glared at her. Within that stare, Nadia could sense her friend was saying "Say one more cat pun, I dare you."
So she let the map go. As opposed to her companions, Umbrella was filled with delight at the prospect of discovering a new flavor of her favorite threat.
"What do you think it'll taste like Nadia?"
The young princess asked her feline friend, who started to think It over and then drooled.
"Maybe it's sardine flavored! Ya know I knew a guy who kept on saying sardines had magical properties or something. Kind of a nutcase if you ask me."
The other two cringed at their companion's ideal of the treasure, but laughed at her tale of encountering a strange "tyrant". After a while Minette had
managed to lead them towards the right path: a strange and quite obvious hole in the ground outside of town.
"Seriously? Was a map even needed?"
Umbrella asked, not noticing Minette's worried look. The fish girl looked at Nadia and asked in a worried tone.
"We're not going down there are we? Curiosity did kill a cat you know!"
Nadia just grinned at that and retorted with.
"Well Curiosity and I have a thing in common then. Let's mew this!"
Without warning, Nadia leapt into the gaping maw with no thought's toward the result.
"Is she always this fun?"
Umbrella asked Minette as they too prepared to follow Nadia.
"I wouldn't say fun but yeah, she's always like this."
As they prepared to follow Nadia, they sensed something wicked behind them. Before either girl could react, they both knocked out by a talking anvil with
boxing gloves.
"Did I do good boss?"
Andy anvil asked Peacock as she assisted him in tying up their catch. The crazy toon grinned and bit off her cigar end as she answered.
"Ya did good Andy. Maybe this time you can sleep outside of the box."
Nadia would have noticed her lack of friends if she hadn't been dumbstruck by the sight ahead of her. Upon landing from her drop (and pulling herself
together) she was greeted by a land made entirely out of sweets. The floor was ice cream; a soda river flowed beside her, giant cookies and slices of cake
filled her vision. So in other words, she did her species proud by Om nom nomming everything in sight. This went on for a good while, and when Nadia finally
noticed that Minette and Umbrella were missing she heard them screaming. At once she grew tense, and knew something had gone wrong. She followed her
friend's screams, and found them hanging above a vat of hot fudge. It was then that Peacock debuted, and Nadia was confused as to her being there.
"What are you doing here loony toon? Don't tell me you still have a sweet tooth at your age?"
Nadia teased as she readied her claws. Peacock got steamed at that comment, yet she replied none the less.
"I know for a fact that whatever is in this candy land is gonna cost a million smackaroos! And the day I let Muffin of the dead and her friends get it first is the
day I stop watching my shows!"
Peacock then drew her gun and with a crazed laugh she opened fire on Fortune season. Nadia gracefully danced between the bullets and laser blast, and once
she got close enough she ripped her arm off. The severed limb then shot out a flow of blood that, strangely enough, acted like a sword of sorts. In a rather
impressive move, Nadia rushed right into Peacock and slashed her gun in two, and kicked Peacock back. Not to be outdone by Nadia, Peacock quickly reached
into her hat and pulled out her ace card: a whistle. She blew on it and five seconds later a steamroller fell on top of Nadia.
"Wow. That was anti-climatic."
And thus we return to the beginning with our Heroines dangling over a vat of melting doom, and the treasure endangered by the villain.
"Can't say I expected us to go out like this. I always though yarn would do me in…damn tasty string."
Nadia said as they were slowly lowered towards their doom. Minette simply sighed and secretly wished for the lowering to hurry. The two were so caught up
in the action, they failed to notice Umbrella's living umbrella eating at the ropes. Unlike her sister's Krieg, Umbrella's strange living weapon got more powerful
by "eating" things. It still functioned very much like her sister's, but if it "ate enough objects or attacks it power was multiplied. Soon the living weapon ate
through the ropes, startling Nadia and Minette greatly, and managed to quickly "slurp" up the hot fudge seconds before they all fell into it. Peacock, who had
remained in order to insure of their demise, grew worried and nearly hi-tailed it at this point. But unlucky for her, Nadia had jumped into action and subdued
her.
"Alright you 90's reject! Where's the map?!"
Nadia asked Peacock, who only stuck her tongue out and replied.
"My cronies got it cat! By now they must have found that ice cream!"
And Peacock was right…sort of. At that moment both of her cartoon cronies, Andy anvil and two ton Tommy, ran towards them screaming their heads off.
"What the hell is wrong ya mooks? Did you find it or not?"
A pissed off Peacock asked her cronies, only for the answer to come chasing after them. Apparently the lost ice cream flavor preferred to be lost, as it had
somehow formed into a giant golem like creature.
"Well… this is new."
Nadia said as she released Peacock. The group looked terrified as the giant blob of blue ice cream roared in rage, except for Umbrella who had a look of pure
bliss. Just as they started to form a plan, the ice cream golem stuck the cartoon cronies and absorbed them.
"Of course you know, this means war."
A very enraged Peacock said before she started participating in "Ice cream season". Nadia followed suit, or at least tried to seeing as her claws just got stuck
in the monster. Even all of peacock's bullets and Umbrella's attack did nothing to the beast.
"Okay, new plan…. OM NOM NOM!"
Without warning, Nadia tossed her severed head at the creature and began to …well nom. To her delight, the monster tasted incredibly delicious and once the
others joined in the thing was toast. After several minutes the monster was gone and the cartoon cronies were freed. But with no treasure anymore Peacock
exited stage left, leaving Nadia and friends to go home empty handed. When they returned to Yu-wan's, however, Nadia was surprised to see Umbrella in a
good mood.
"What's up kiddo? We didn't bring back anything…except a major headache."
Umbrella answered with a warm smile.
"That doesn't matter; we still had fun and only got mild tooth rot."
She then hugged Nadia in a touching scene… only for her sister to barge in the dinner and ruin it.
"You! I knew you were a thief, but a kidnapper too Fortune? Return my sister to me at once!"
Parasoul demanded as she aimed Krieg at Nadia. The cat lady grinned and simple retorted.
"Same old, same old huh?"
-Litter box leavings-
Nadia could sense her prey from a mile away, even from her hiding place in the shadows. A door opened beside her, and Nadia flinched as she saw her prey
right in front of her. See carefully began to get into pouncing position, her prey not noticing her at all. Without a moment's notice, Nadia sprang from the
shadows and dug her teeth into her prey.
"OW! Nadia! For the last time, stop trying to eat my fin!
" A very annoyed Minette said as she tried to pry a cheerful Nadia off her head-fin.
" I can't help it Minette! It's just teasing me!"
Nadia responded, earning a sigh from Minette as the Dagonian went to call animal control…again.
Sorry for the long delay with this! Next up however Nadia joins the circus with the Diamond Dynamo herself: Cerebella! And someone else
will join in on the fun, an OC I think would fit into the Skullgirl's world quite well (I may even do a side story with her and Cerebella as the
stars.) And a digital cookie for anyone who can guess the I.D of the "tyrant" Nadia mentioned. Until then, read and review!