You're Not a Bad Person
Chapter 9
Scuzz
Sapphire howled laughing as she 'skipped' down the dusty path from Buzzaton.
"I can't believe he took it!" She laughed dazzlingly, her sentence tangled with laughing and giggling gibberish, and she took a deep breath, wiping the tear away from her mask. It was extremely hilarious; her chest fluttered each time she even thought about Bart's serious face. "But no time for laughing," She calmed down. "He's pissed off; I can feel it in my bones, so I better get going before I'm found dead." She readjusted her hat and flicked it upwards. She's never felt so happy and practically owned a badass like Bart, which amused her. She likes teasing him, she has no idea why, she just does. Smiling, she travelled through the sandy path. She clutched onto her hat as a huge gust of wind nearly swooped her hat off.
Midway the path, she glanced at her pistols. She looked at one of them, and emptied the ammo out, checking it out. She sighed deeply. "I'm nearly out. Well, I never expected a Big bro to chase me down. Maybe I should have backed off. Plus, these pistols can't save me forever, one day, I'll be in trouble. I need a stronger gun, but the General Store doesn't sell any. I'm screwed…" She heard whistling, in which she thought it was the wind, but until she looked over her shoulder, she saw a figure, which was covered in a massive dark blue coat. His face had a metal mask on, which had spikes through and only his eyes were revealed. Sapphire tilted her head. He chuckled.
"So, I heard yea' nearly out of ammo." He said, his voice crackled like dry leaves. She noticed that he was an Outlaw, so she kept her distance.
"And?" Sapphire muttered. The wind gusted between them as the figure laughed.
"Are you interested in anything here?" He pulled his large coat and revealed a gallery of shining new guns. They certainly took Sapphire's breath away.
"Oh my Odd, who are-?"
"The name's Scuzz. If you have the cash for it, you can buy it." He smirked. "Here, have a gander." Sapphire looked closely at the weapons and she giggled.
"Wow, I'm impressed. I still have some Moolah left, so I guess I could find something."
She saw a large silver semi-automatic Rifle, a Shotgun and even more. She felt like a kid in a sweet shop. She glared at him suddenly. "You're not with anyone?"
"Nope, I'm on my own and I have ever since that punkass Packrat Palooka betrayed me."
"Oh…" She wasn't sure who Palooka was, so she just nodded.
"I also know that that jackass Bart is after you."
"Only because I annoyed him all the time." She giggled at that fond memory with her 'gift' to him. Scuzz nodded once.
"Well, I hope yea' get that bastard with these babies." He smirked. Sapphire sighed lightly and gazed. She pulled out a gun that interested her.
"What's this then? I've never seen it before."
"Oh, that's Killer7, a very stable yet powerful .45 magnum." He reported. Sapphire hummed to herself, before looking at another gun. "And that is a beauty. It's the Striker, equipped with the advantages of a wide-shot, its enables faster firing than a standard shotgun." Scuzz smiled. Sapphire felt more considered with the cost of these 'beauties'.
"I'll start with the handguns please. I don't have a lot but I will get more when I get more Moolah," Then she added lowly. "Somehow…" Scuzz held one finger up.
"Ah, check this one out." He showed Sapphire a handgun that was the same size as her pistol. "This is the Punisher. This 9mm handgun with will blast a hole in two enemies!" He exclaimed. Sapphire nodded.
"Looks good, I'll take it."
"Thank you," Scuzz smirked as they exchanged Moolah and Handgun. "Come back anytime, but you'll see me again."
With that, Scuzz walked off, leaving Sapphire blank for thought at first.
"Okay, that was freaky." She smiled at her new toy. She continued to walk down the dusty path. Soon, the path became narrower and a cave loomed over her any moment after. "Hmm, seems like it's the only way. I hope it's the right way." She stopped suddenly, and she felt abruptly paranoid. She shook her head and walked on, the cave lit up with bright luminous yellow mushrooms. But it was until she heard footsteps behind her. She turned around and her heart stopped. She saw Bart, faintly close behind. His Revolver was drawn, but it wasn't pointed to her. She snarled. "Oh no, you've found me. Why not leave me alone, you perv!" She snapped and continued to walk on. But Bart followed her, without saying anything. She turned around. "What the hell are you doing?"
"Keeping an eye on yea'…" came the pointed reply.
"What for?"
"So you don't get my other Outlaws!" He snapped. He reloaded his Revolver, which its sharp clicking noises that echoed and softened in the emptiness of the cave made Sapphire freeze with nerves. She tutted to herself, biting her tongue to stop her replying, but she ignored him. She walked on and he followed her. They soon entered a large cave, the walls were coated with dark green moss, and a strong scent of earth and dirt was in the air. She walked down the rocky path; tallish pillars of rocks were around her. Bart was edging closer up on her, and she began to feel nervous.
A flash and glow of turquoise caught Sapphire's attention. She looked up and smiled to herself. On top of one rock, a pot of crystals glittered delicately. It was so beautiful. She turned and leaned up to it. She was too small, but her fingers were inches away from it. The pot was suddenly snatched away from a hand above her head and she glared back, seeing Bart chuckling viciously, taking the crystals away from her.
"No fair, I found them first!" Sapphire exclaimed angrily.
"Aww, if only you weren't so tiny. I'm so sorry." He sarcastically snickered, walking away. She glared after him. A heavy weight in her heart made her feel annoyed with him. She walked on before him, ignoring him.
"Like I give a damn anyway," She giggled. "I took your Moolah, and used it." She laughed, her bright laugh echoed. Bart snarled darkly.
"You what?"
Sapphire ignored him again, but she stopped when she heard noises. Bart did too. They heard talking, muttering softly in the cave. Sapphire crept up and hid behind a sandy rock. She looked around the corner and saw three outlaws. They were watching some sort of gas tank, or something. A fire was crackling beneath it. One Outlaw burped loudly and Sapphire hummed silently to herself. She smiled when she pulled out her new Punisher. She saw Bart glaring at it from the corner of her eye, but she took not notice. She leaned around the corner and aimed carefully. Bart watched. She pulled onto the trigger hard and it blasted, making the outlaws alarmed.
But, it didn't attack any of the outlaws. Instead, the bullet pierced the gas tank thing and it exploded with a deafening outburst. The Outlaws cried out in pain, their cries rose up inside the cave. Sapphire covered her face with both arms and staggered backwards, the heat touched her lightly. When it cooled down, she looked and smiled proudly.
The outlaws were dead, their Moolah flew everywhere. She giggled, but then Bart hurried past her, pushing her fiercely out of the way. "Move bitch!" He ordered, rushing towards the bags of Moolah and took it, laughing mockingly at Sapphire, but her reaction startled him. She didn't look…bothered. She was examining her handgun, smiling to herself and Bart's features darkened. That handgun is always going to be an outrageous reminder that he was fooled…by a girl! Smirking to herself, Sapphire saw something else. She calmly walked past him and clambered up onto a rock. He stared at her. "What the fuck…" He murmured. She balanced carefully as she slowly walked along the long, smooth pole of a tree that had fallen. It seemed to have fallen years ago, as foliage and shrubbery was growing upon it. Bart folded his arms and watched Sapphire. She hopped over onto another tree that was leaning on top of the other one.
She faced him and smiled. "You need to observe more, Mr. Bartholomew." Then, as she walked along it, Bart frowned to see what she was doing. On the other side of that dead tree, a bigger pot of crystals sat there, gleaming away.
"You Bitch…" he growled. She giggled, taking it and gently putting it in her bag. She jumped down, but she was uneasy with her weight of her pants and she smacked her whole body onto the floor. She coughed and Bart burst out laughing. "You need to observe more, Mrs. Sapphire." He mimicked cruelly.
"Shut it, Mr. Tentacle face." Sapphire muttered, the embarrass heat in her face gathered as she spoke. He grabbed the back of her dark blue shirt and helped her up. She glared at him. "While I was up there, I saw a pot of crystals down there behind that log." She pointed behind her. "Since I took mine, it's your turn."
"Oh, now we're taking in turns?" he muttered lowly. Sapphire shrugged and waved her Punisher to him. He growled, remembering how she got it and she giggled as he rushed past her. "Outta my way," He murmured, walking away.
"Planning to…" Sapphire whispered hotly and rushed forward, holding back her giggling smirk. She heard the faint sound of hissing. The smell of damp stones and running water was in the air. Soon, she encountered a huger cave; the waterfall was striking. She smiled and looked upwards, which seemed to be the only way out. The dark ceiling had an outstanding dance of fleeting blue glimmering light from the water below. A crack revealed the stunning glow of the hot sun. She looked at the wide deep pool in the middle, the faint sun filtered down a meagre glow into the water. "Hmm, I guess I have to go…Up…" She thoughtfully said. There was a long path, twirling its way upwards and it hugged around the circular walls of the cave. She began to walk up, looking at the grassy path and smiled.
"Get your ass back here now, bitch!"
Sapphire looked down and gasped loudly, seeing Bart chasing after her. He's been tricked, again. God, he learns fast, doesn't he? Sapphire's heart pumped harder inside her and raged her to move faster. She hid behind the water fall. She got higher, with Bart by her tail. She stopped and panicked. It looked like a dead end, but she saw something, in which she wasn't sure about.
"Oh no…" She whimpered. A long rope was hanging from her side to the wall to the other. There was only one way to go. Bart was catching up and she knew that that revolver was fully-loaded. She jumped up, clutching onto the rope and she swung herself to one side to the other. The rope creaked and she hurried, panic boiled inside every veins, making her body tremble in fear. She gladly jumped down from it and hurried up. She turned and saw Bart swinging himself along to rope. She growled and hurried even more. She then looked up as she rushed. There was a ledge and she was at a dead end. Another rope was tied from the roof of the cave and from the ground she was on. She cracked her knuckles and jumped up, grabbing onto the rope. She pulled herself up. She screamed in dread when Bart was beneath her. He grabbed onto the rope and followed her.
There was too much weight on the rope and the strain was too much to bear. Suddenly, Sapphire's blood froze as she knew what was going to happen. The rope from above snapped and Bart and Sapphire fell.
At first, nothing happened, but then on the edge of the higher ledge, two desperate hands gripped onto it, black clawed fingers stabbed the ground and Sapphire grunted, heaving herself upwards. She struggled to climb up. She managed to swing her heavy four legs up and then she was so relieved to see that she was on higher ground, and was at the exit of this beautiful waterfall room. She glanced down and giggled softly to herself, seeing Bart in a crumpled heap with the rope on him beneath her. He glared up at her severely, as she bent down and gazed down at him. "My ass isn't going ANYWHERE." Sapphire giggled delicately and with that, she disappeared. Bart roared in fury and bashed his fist onto the ground.
Without hesitation, Sapphire rushed through the exit, smiling to herself. "Aww, he looks SO cute when he's mad…" She paused, but then, her sweetness turned into bitterness and she snarled. "But he's such a bastard…I hate him with a passion!" she snapped, her voice echoed in the hollow valley-like hallway. The valley became narrower, creating a tunnel, set halfway. She must be getting nearer. She giggled to herself, feeling better then ever. "Hmm, now, is this the way out?" It looked like it because it was a single path, and it was getting tighter. Sapphire was too swept up in action to feel claustrophobic or annoyed; besides, she and Joey had always been exploring narrow caves and gullies of the mountains at the Slig Barracks, so this was old stuff to her. The tunnel soon expanded even more and the beaming light from the sun burst out. Here's the exit. She glanced back over her shoulder. No sign of Bart. "It looks like Mr. Tentacle Face is slowing down."
She smirked and faced back, but soon, her smile disappeared when she stared in horror at what she saw beyond her…
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Yeah, if you've played Stranger's Wrath, there's this big-ass cave between Mongo Valley and Buzzaton, plus a large forest which is perfect for Outlaws to ambush. It all took part there :) Anywho, I hope you've enjoyed this chapter like them all. Aww, they both are so cute when they argue like that ^-^
The next chapter should come up very soon :D
Disclaimer: In all respect to Lorne Lanning and his world of Odd, I do NOT own anything in this, I only own my OCs:
OCs in this Fanfic or are mentioned: Sapphire the Big Sis Slig, Rose the Landlady Clakker, Dave the 'Multitasking' Slig and Furlong the big bro Slig, Danni the Vykker and Ruby the Slig.
OCs that are NOT in this Fanfic but are still mine: Arnie the Glukkon, Tony the crawling Slig, Emerald the flying Slig, Sligknot (lol), Kiki the Slig, Grant the Glukkon, Mulot the flying Slig, Aaron the flying Slig, Peter the flying Slig.
OCs owned by friends who allowed me to put them on this: Bart the Big Bro Slig.
