SUPERNATURAL FURRIES
Chapter 19: Mystery Spot
"Billy disappeared," said Krystal. "We should go look for him."
"Really?" said Renamon. "Shouldn't we be hunting down Slagar the Slaver and getting the Colt?"
"We will, after we find Billy," said Krystal. "He vanished at the Mystery Spot."
They walked over to the Mystery Spot. Marvin, the owner, had drunk 37 beers. He turned toward Renamon. "YOU'RE HERE TO ROB A DEFENSELESS DRUNK!" he said.
"No!" said Renamon. "I…"
Marvin shot Renamon. She was blasted against a wall and fell to the ground dead.
"NO!" said Krystal. "Not like this…"
Krystal woke up in the hotel.
"Krystal!" said Renamon. "Rise and shine."
"What's going on?" said Krystal. She read the newspaper about Billy vanishing at the Mystery Spot. "I'm getting a sense of déjà vu… Renamon, let's not go to the Mystery Spot."
"Why not?" said Renamon.
"It's cursed," said Krystal.
They walked down the road when Renamon got hit by a car. Marvin was driving.
Krystal woke up again. She was inside the hotel room, and Renamon was still there.
Krystal and Renamon were eating pancakes at a diner.
"Renamon," said Krystal, "I think I might be in some sort of time loop."
"Like Groundhog Day?" said Renamon.
"Yes," said Krystal. "You die at the end of each one, and then I wake up."
"So…" said Renamon, "if I still live at the end, will the time loop stop?"
"I guess it will," said Krystal. "Let's avoid the Mystery Spot and look for Billy tomorrow, if tomorrow ever comes."
"And be extremely careful crossing the road," said Krystal. "A drunk driver killed you last time."
They stopped at the road. Marvin drove by. He cursed at Krystal and Renamon before crashing into a building and going up in a ball of flame.
"There," said Renamon. "He's dead, so he won't shoot me or run me over."
Renamon took three more steps before a desk fell out of the sky and flattened her.
Krystal woke up again.
"So you think it's a time loop like Groundhog Day?" said Renamon. "Well, what did I order for breakfast?"
"Pancakes," said Krystal.
"Then I'll have sausage," said Renamon. "Different day already."
She took one bite of sausage and began to choke.
"Renamon?" said Krystal.
Krystal woke up again.
"What, we can't go to breakfast?" said Renamon, who was in the shower.
"You'll thank me when it's Wednesday," said Krystal.
"Whatever that means," said Renamon. A few seconds later, Krystal heard Renamon slip and fall.
And woke up again.
"These tacos taste funny to you?" said Renamon at the diner.
Krystal woke up again.
Renamon plugged an electric cord into a wall and got electrocuted.
As Renamon walked by an open manhole, a killer fish bit her tail and dragged her inside. Blood sprayed from the manhole as Krystal watched.
Renamon got struck by lightning.
"I'm destroying this place once and for all!" said Krystal, smashing the Mystery Spot with an axe. Marvin was tied up.
"Krystal, what are you doing?" said Renamon as she walked toward Krystal as she was in the process of swinging the axe. Blood sprayed the wall and Renamon fell dead.
On the 231st Tuesday, Krystal noticed Ted Coleman, eating strawberry syrup instead of maple syrup.
"Strange," said Krystal. She had a sudden suspicion. "Renamon, do some research on this Billy guy who disappeared."
Renamon researched him. "It seems he wasn't a very nice man."
"How so?" said Krystal.
"That's an understatement," said Renamon. "He stole ice cream from children."
"Aha," said Krystal. They turned toward Ted, but he was gone.
As they were walking, Dogmon appeared.
"GRRRRRRRRRRRR!" he said.
"But… you're dead!" said Renamon.
Dogmon jumped up and mauled Renamon.
Krystal woke up again.
"I know what you are!" Krystal said to Ted. "You're a Trickster. That's why you killed Billy."
"I don't know what you're talking about!" said Ted. "I have a wife and five kids!"
"We've killed one of your kind before," said Krystal, holding up a stake.
Ted's form changed into that of the Trickster they had previously encountered. "Actually, you didn't," he said.
"How did you…" said Renamon.
"The Trickster you stabbed was an illusion created by me," said the Trickster. "Krystal, I sent you into this time loop because you'll never be able to save Renamon."
"Stop the time loop or I'll kill you," said Krystal.
"It stopped being fun after the last 35 Tuesdays," admitted the Trickster. He snapped his fingers and disappeared.
Renamon survived all till the night, and when Krystal woke up, it was Wednesday.
"Let's go hunt down Slagar and get the Colt," said Krystal.