CHAPTER THREE: THE HIVE!

-Ryoko dashed down the metallic hallways, and they turned to more cool-blue, hallways. She heard the dripping of liquid, as if from some leaking pipes, but there were none in sight. Ryoko herd some buzzing, as if from a type of insect.

"Filthy arthropods," Ryoko thought grudgingly to herself, "I ought to squash them like bugs!"

-As Ryoko turned the corner, she saw the next few monsters were actually gigantic tarantula-killing wasps. Ryoko has heard of these bugs before; they would sting the tarantula to death, then lay their eggs in its body, so the larva could eat them from the inside out upon hatching.

This time, they were the size of human beings.

-Ryoko reminded herself that her friend, Nana was killed by the foul beasts created by the same sinister entity. These bugs had to pay with their lives, whether or not they committed the foul deed. It was part of her mission anyway...no...it was part of her destiny.

-The giant wasps were floating and buzzing about this area of the complex, blissfully unaware of the enraged frontier justice that they were within seconds of receiving. One of the wasps finally noticed something with its antennae after Ryoko darted from corner to corner; there was something in their hive that wasn't a wasp. Before the wasp could emit the pheromes that would alert the other bugs of Ryoko's presence, the girl sliced off both of the evil creature's antennae, causing the beast to squeal in pain and shock. This, however, alerted the attention of other wasps.

-"Bring it on you sons of bitches!" Ryoko screamed as she readied the stinger of her victim like a spear. As the wasps flew in, she removed the tip of the stinger, and threw it. The stinger hit one of the other wasps in the eye, causing it to squeal an agonizing squeal as it crashed into the other wasps, knocking them to the ground. Ryoko pulled out a Molotov cock and threw it at the wasps, causing them all to burn slowly and painfully.

"Crash and burn!" Ryoko chuckled to herself.

-Ryoko saw the wasp queen just up ahead...but now she didn't have any wasps to guard her. Ryoko got a big grin on face as she withdrew another wasp's stinger, and lurched towards the wicked mutant insect. The queen screeched in fear, and emitted tons of pheromes to attract the other wasps, but they were dead, so there was nothing that they could do. The angered mercenary girl lifted the stinger as high as she could, then brought it down as hard as possible into the queen's seminal receptacle duct. The wasp queen let out a terrifying screech as bug blood spewed forth from the brutally injured abdomen of the massive insect.

"Did I penetrate your hymenoptera too hard?" Ryoko giggled with rage.

-Ryoko withdrew her knife, and decided to put an end to the wasp brooding abomination. With one massive, swift thrust to the back of the bug's head, she penetrated the foul thing's cerebral ganglia...but the creature still lived. she then ran her knife down the head, to the thorax, then back to the abdomen, leaving a blood-spewing crease as she went along. When she was done, she stomped on the insect's back, causing one anguished scream after another before the queen was split directly in half, putting an end to her and her evil brood.

That's one monster brood given the flyswatter, but there are still several broods of foul beings that still live and threaten the town and forest...and that really bugs Ryoko!

A.N: Sorry it took me a while to finish this chapter, but I got distracted since some people are visiting my house. Don't worry, it's not Gilfred or anything...these people just want to help! Bee sure to watch for the next chapter, and thanks for your time and consideration!

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~Talos Angel, the fanfic-writing yukkuri~