Summer Vacation Pt. 5
"It sure smells good," Venus said, opening the bag with the food in it, and sniffing it again.
"Can you keep the bag closed, Venus?" M.K. asked. "It helps keep it fresh."
"Oh, OK, sorry," Venus said sheepishly as she closed the bag.
"So, how good is the food there, M.K.?" Mars asked, "On a scale of 1 to 10?"
"9.5," M.K. said immediately, "It's great! Chipotle has the best food ever!"
"Oh, that's how it's pronounced?" Venus asked, "I thought it was pronounced chip-ottle," She said sheepishly, "Oopsie," She giggled.
"It's OK, Venus," Mandrake chuckled, "Everyone makes mistakes."
"Yeah," Mars nodded. "Hey, remember the last time we were in here, Sis? When Mandrake was tickling you to death?" She giggled.
"Don't remind me," Venus said, sounding stressed.
"Aaww, you know you enjoyed it, kid," Mandrake teased as he poked her side with his index finger. Venus squeaked, and pushed his hand away.
"Hey, don't!" She whined, while smiling. She then poked him back on his stomach.
"Hey!" Mandrake snickered and pushed her hand away. Mars quickly took the bag from Venus, and gave it to M.K.
"You might want to hold this," She said, "They might get in a fight." And she was correct; they did get in a fight. Mandrake turned in his seat, and started tickling her sides and under her arms.
"Hehehehey! Sto-stop! Hahahahaha!" Venus laughed as she tried to push his hands away. In the midst of her laughter, she started tickling her boyfriend's stomach.
"Hey! Ve-Vehehenus! Stahahahap! Hahahahaha!" Mandrake laughed as he stopped tickling her, and tried to push her hands away. "Ma-Mars! Help! Hahahaha!" He fell on his back from laughing when Venus tickled the sides of his ribs.
"Okay then!" Mars wrapped her arms around Venus from behind, and pulled her back.
"Hey!" Venus yelled out, "Let go of me!" Mars wrestled around with her until she had one arm around her, with her other hand holding her arms together by her wrists.
"She's all yours!" The pale redhead said cheerfully as her sister tried to squirm out of her grasp.
"No, Mars! Let go of me!" She yelled. Mars ignored Venus, and kept a hold of her, as Mandrake sat up, and scooted towards them. "Let go!" Venus yelled again, panicking as he got closer and closer to her. "Leave me alone!" Venus yelled at him when he was really close to her.
"I don't think so, little missy," He said as he started tickling her sides and underarms again.
"Eeeehehehehe!" Venus squealed, "D-dohohon't! Please stop! Hahahahaha!"
"Don't stop? Okay then!" Mandrake teased as he tickled up and down her sides faster. Mars unwrapped her arm, and started tickling her sister's ribs with her free hand.
"G-guhuhuhys! Sta-stahahahap! Please! Hahahahaha!" Venus laughed as tears came in her eyes, and she fell back. Mars, deciding to go easy on her, let go of her wrists and stopped tickling her.
Once her wrists were free, Venus immediately tried to push Mandrake's hands away. Mandrake finally drew his hands away.
"Okay, I think you've had enough for the night," He said as he grabbed her hand, and pulled her up. Once she was sitting up, Venus crossed her arms, and glared at him.
"You're mean," She grumbled like a little kid. Mandrake wiggled his fingers towards her, threatening to tickle her again.
"Care to repeat that?" He said, smirking evilly.
"Okay, you're not mean!" Venus squeaked, curling up, and covering her stomach and sides with her arms. Mandrake chuckled, and pulled her in a gentle hug.
"You're just too cute," He kissed her forehead as she breathed heavily from the tickle attack. Venus giggled and blushed from the compliment.
"Oh, we're here!" M.K. piped up she looked out the window, and saw the hotel entrance. "Come on, guys!"
*Epic-The-Series*
"We're back!" M.K. called out from the hall at their room door. "Can one of you open the door?"
"I got it!" Nod called out back. A few seconds later, he opened the door, letting the others in.
"We got dinner," M.K. said, holding up the bag.
"Awesome!" Nod exclaimed, "I'm starving!"
*Epic-The-Series*
The group was gathered in one of the bedrooms.
It had a king-sized bed, with a queen-sized sofa, a tan chair next to it, and large windows with tan and blue plaid curtains. There was a lamp between the couch and chair. The floor was dark blue with tan swirls.
The guys and M.K. except Mandrake sat on the bed. He, Venus, Mars, and Nod sat on the couch, while Ronin sat in the chair.
M.K. was carefully cutting one of the burritos in half, so Bomba and Mandrake could split it. Nod and Ronin were going to do the same thing, while the girls just got taco kits.
M.K. gave one half to Mandrake, and sat back on the bed. The Boggan leader raised an eyebrow, took a bite out of it, and widened his eyes.
"Wow!" He exclaimed, a smile on his face.
"It's good, huh?" M.K. said, giggling at the look on his face.
"Oh, yeah!" Mandrake took a bigger bite after swallowing his first one. Venus decided to try her taco kit; She unfolded one of the soft shells, put in some chicken and cheese, folded it back up, and bit into it.
"Wow, that's good!" She exclaimed.
"Totally!" Mars agreed after biting her own.
"I told you guys their food is good!" M.K. said before eating her own.
"Why don't we have food like this in Moonhaven?" Nod said after biting his half of a burrito, "There should be!"
"That would be nice," Ronin agreed.
After a while, everyone finished their food, and were just lounging around.
"Man, I'm beat!" Nod flopped back on the couch.
"Me too," Venus said as she leaned on Mandrake's shoulder.
"Busy day, huh?" Mars said as she laid on the bed.
"Yep," M.K. agreed, "But it was fun too."
"Totally!" Venus piped up, "I had a great time."
"I did too," Mars said. "Hey, I wonder what Dagda's doing right now?"
*Epic-The-Series*
Back at the house, Dagda was just lounging around. He was full from a nice dinner he barely managed to make, with some instructions M.K. left him. He looked at the list, and saw that it was time for Ozzy to have his bath.
"Ozzy!" The young Boggan called out, "Ozzy! Where are you, you mutt?" He looked for the pug until he found him in M.K.'s room. "Come on," He picked him up carefully, and went down the stairs, "It's time for your bath." He announced as they headed for the bathroom.
At the mention of the word 'bath,' Ozzy began to struggle. He tried to squirm out of Dagda's grasp, but he held him tight.
"Nope! You're getting a bath, and you're going to like it!"
*Epic-The-Series*
A while later, Ozzy ran out of the bathroom, towel-dry and happy as can be. He was followed by Dagda, who was sulking with anger and not to mention, soaking wet.
"Dumb dog," He grumbled as he flopped down on the couch, and turned on the TV, inwardly smirking. 'What Dad doesn't know won't hurt him.'
*Epic-The-Series*
"Maybe he's sleeping," M.K. shrugged.
"He better be," Mandrake muttered, seeing the clock they put on the table say 10:00.
"I'll call to make sure," M.K. said as she took her phone out. "If he doesn't answer, then he's asleep," She dialed her home number and held it up to ear, expecting an answer.
"Can I talk to him first?" Mandrake asked. "Sure," M.K. smiled as she gave her phone to him.
*Epic-The-Series*
Dagda was asleep on the couch, still dripping wet, and with the TV still running, when the phone rang out of nowhere.
"Gaah!" He yelled out as he fell on the floor, "Ow!" He reached up and grabbed the couch, pulling himself up.
"Darn people," He grumbled as he stomped towards the phone, which was still ringing. He answered it, by yelling "WHAT?!" making Mandrake pull the phone away.
"Hello to you too!" He said, jokingly sounding sarcastic.
"Oh, Dad!" Dagda quickly calmed down, "Hey! How's it going over there?"
"Fine," Mandrake answered, "We're back at the hotel."
"Oh, you're done at the park place?"
"Yep, everyone had a great time."
"Anything bad happen?"
"Well, Venus was kicked to the ground during a water gun game, then she went missing a while later."
"She's missing?!" Dagda yelled.
"Not now! Me and Mars found her in a store!" Mandrake said frantically.
"Oh, good," Dagda's heart went back to his normal rate. Suddenly, something made of glass broke loudly on the show that was playing on TV.
"What was that?" Mandrake asked.
"Uh, nothing! Just the uh, TV," The young Boggan said hesitantly.
"You broke the TV?!" Mandrake yelled, making M.K. shoot her head up with wide eyes.
"No! I didn't!" Dagda quickly said, "Something broke on a TV show!"
"Oh, okay," Mandrake said in relief, "Good. Hey, what are you doing awake and watching TV anyway?"
"I was asleep until you guys called," Dagda shrugged innocently.
"Oh," Mandrake said sheepishly, "Sorry."
"It's OK, I'm going to go back to sleep. Bye."
"Bye," Mandrake said before hanging up.
*Epic-The-Series*
Dagda put the phone back on the wall, stumbled tiredly back in the living room, and flopped back on the couch.
"Oh!" He saw that the TV was still on. He grabbed the remote, and turned off the TV, falling back asleep.
*Epic-The-Series*
"Okay, let's go to bed," M.K. piped up as Mandrake gave her her phone back. She accepted it, and put it back in her purse. "You want borrow some of my pajamas, guys?" She asked the twins.
"Sure," Mars shrugged.
"Okay," Venus said, "We can do that."
"Here, Mars," M.K. handed the pale redhead a pair of Batman PJ's, that consisted of a pink tee with the Batman logo on the chest, and black pants with an all-over pattern featuring the Batman logo in reverse colors.
She then took out the pair of Batman boot slippers she wore the night before.
"Thanks!" Mars said, accepting them, then running into one of the bedrooms. She came out a couple minutes later. "They fit me good."
"That's good," M.K. said as she dug around in her suitcase, "Hmm."
"What else do you have?" Venus asked, shrugging.
"How about this," M.K. started, holding up a blue tee with the Superman logo. Venus nodded. "With these?" The green-eyed redhead finished, holding up a pair of Superman booty shorts. Venus slowly took them, and held them up with her eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"What's wrong?"
"Are these classified as shorts, or underwear?" Venus asked.
"I know they're short, but they make good pajama bottoms. Try them out," M.K. said.
"Okay," Venus shrugged as she accepted the shirt too, and dashed into one of the bedrooms. She came out a couple minutes later, clad in the shirt and shorts. "These look good on me?" She asked, posing awkwardly.
"They look great, Venus," M.K. assured, "They're a bit baggy on you, but they look great."
"Okay," Venus looked down at herself awkwardly. "My legs feel exposed."
"You'll be fine," M.K. assured again. "It's only for the night."
"Well, okay," Venus said unsurely. "What do you think, Mandrake?"
"Huh?" Mandrake shot his head up from the couch.
"Do you like these shorts on me?" Venus asked shyly, posing awkwardly.
"What shorts?" Mandrake joked before bursting into laughter. The pale girl stopped posing, and furrowed her eyebrows irritably at him. "I, I'm sorry babe, I'm just kidding," The Boggan leader calmed down from his laughter, "They look great on you, Ven. They're flattering."
"Thanks," Venus smiled shyly. She then started shivering.
"You cold?" M.K. asked in concern.
"Yeah, a bit," Venus said, "But I'll be fine."
"Okay," M.K. said unsurely, "But at least wear these," She pulled out a pair of Superman socks from her suitcase.
"Okay," Venus shrugged. She accepted them, and sat on the couch. Mandrake smiled as the pale girl pulled the socks over her feet. "That's better," Venus said in relief.
*Epic-The-Series*
"Okay, how about we do the same sleeping arrangement as before?" M.K. suggested, "Mars on the couch, me, Dad, and Nod in that room, and Mandrake, Venus and Ronin in the same-"
"No," Mandrake interrupted.
"Huh?" M.K. asked in confusion.
"I'm sleeping with Venus, for two reasons. One," Mandrake held up his index finger, "I am not sleeping with Ronin again. Two," He kept his index up, put held up his middle finger as well, "I am not leaving Venus alone again."
"Well, okay," M.K. said after a second of silence, "We can do that. Can you sleep on the chair, Ronin?"
"I can do that," Ronin shrugged.
"Good," Mandrake sat on the bed next to the very sleepy Venus. "You tired, babe?" He smiled and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
"Yep," Venus yawned as she leaned on his shoulder, "Today was fun, but exhausting."
"Tell me about it," Mandrake gently laid her down on the bed, making sure her head was laid on the pillow, "You almost scared me to death!"
"Sorry," Venus said guiltily. "I didn't mean to almost scare you."
"It's OK," Mandrake smiled, and kissed her cheek, "It wasn't your fault."
"Well, okay," Venus smiled shyly, "But still."
*Epic-The-Series*
After a while, everyone was ready to go to sleep. Mandrake had borrowed a pair of Superman pajamas from Bomba, who went with Batman pajamas.
"Good night, guys!" M.K. said as she walked into one of the bedrooms, clad in Superman pajamas and socks. Mandrake was sleeping with Venus, but he got up a few seconds later.
"Where are you going?" Venus asked sleepily.
"I just have to use the bathroom real quick," Mandrake told her quietly, "I'll be back in a minute."
"Okay," Venus smiled, as she sat up, laying her head on her knees. She decided to stay awake until he came back, but her sleepiness got the best of her as she laid back down.
A couple minutes later, Mandrake came back in the bedroom Venus was in. He climbed on the bed, and smiled when he saw Venus sleeping peacefully, on her side with her hand in front of her face.
But the blanket she was using was bunched up below her feet. And it looked like she was shivering in her sleep, so he grabbed the blanket, and draped it over her small body, up to her shoulders, and his too. It seemed to help, because it looked like she stopped shivering.
He smiled and kissed her forehead after she yawned and rubbed her eyes in her sleep. He managed to get his arm under her body without waking her up, and pulled her up to him in a gentle hug. She smiled, and snuggled her face on his chest, with her hand on his shoulder.
"I love you, sweetheart," Mandrake whispered devotedly as he kissed the top of Venus' head. He rubbed her back under her long hair, and his heart skipped a beat when she moaned happily, and laid her hand on his chest in her sleep. He stroked her long, soft hair, as he drifted off to sleep himself.
*Epic-The-Series*
The next morning, Mandrake was the first of the pair, yet second to last, to wake up. He looked down, and smiled when he saw Venus still sleeping peacefully in his arms.
"Venus, it's time to wake up," He said quietly as he gently shook her by her shoulder.
"Hmm?" Venus looked up at him, her eyes barely open, "Oh, mornin'," She yawned, and rubbed her eyes.
"Good morning, sweetheart," Mandrake smiled bigger as he kissed her forehead. Venus smiled tiredly as she sat up, with Mandrake doing so too.
"Rise and shine, lovebugs!" M.K. called out as she stopped at their doorway, "We're going to the beach!"
"We are?" Venus asked, opening her eyes a bit more, "That sounds fun."
"Oh, it is," M.K. nodded, "You and Mars can borrow a couple of my swimsuits."
"Okay," Venus said as she slid down on the floor. "I'll be back in a minute," She said to Mandrake as she kissed his cheek, then followed M.K. to where her suitcase was.
"Mars already picked one out," M.K. said as they went in the living room, "So did I."
"Cool," Venus shrugged as they stopped at the table. M.K. laid out all of her swimsuits on the couch for her pale friend to see.
"So, which one do you want?"
"Hmm…" Venus looked at them carefully, before making her choice. "That one," She pointed to the one she wanted. "But," She said quietly, "I don't want Mandrake to see it until we're at the beach place."
"Ohhh, going to surprise him, huh?" M.K. smiled widely. Venus just nodded, smiling as well. "Well, the guys already picked out theirs, and we're going to have to buy one for Mandrake."
"Okay, sounds like a plan," Venus said, "Um, can we go to that same place we went to before? You know, where we got our clothes at?"
"Sure, we can go there," M.K. shrugged, "They might have something Mandrake would like."
*Epic-The-Series*
"So, you see any you like, Mandrake?" M.K. asked.
"Hmmm," He looked at the swim trunks carefully, "Anybody have any suggestions?"
"Hmmm," Nod looked at the inventory carefully, before he made a ridiculous choice, deciding to be evil. "How about these?" He held up a pair of Spongebob trunks, with a black waistband. M.K. smiled widely, while Venus stifled her giggles, with her hand over her mouth.
"Nope," Mandrake said, with an annoyed expression.
"Okay," Nod put them back, and looked again. "Ooh! What about these?" He pulled out a pair featuring Rainbow Dash. Venus couldn't hold her laughter in, so she just let it all out, while M.K. let out a few giggles. Mandrake looked even more annoyed.
"Not happening!" He exclaimed angrily. Nod quickly put them back, and was about to look again, when Mandrake spoke up.
"Before you look again, let me give you a warning," He leaned in close to the brunette's face, their noses almost touching, "If you choose anything else ridiculous, I will make sure you will never be able to walk again," He snarled in his face. Nod was silent for a few seconds before speaking up,
"Venus, you choose," He said quickly, nudging her towards the inventory. She rolled her eyes before looking carefully. Unlike Nod, she was planning on going for something less childish and humiliating.
"Oh!" After a few seconds, she saw a good one, and pulled it out, "How about these?" She held them up for Mandrake to see. They were black, and had the Batman logo on the side of the left leg. They weren't humiliating at all. Mandrake looked at them carefully, before speaking up,
"Those look good," He shrugged. Venus smiled excitedly.
"Your loss," Nod joked.
"Hey, I could've been the laughingstock of the whole place if I wore one of those!" Mandrake exclaimed angrily, glaring at him. Nod smiled sheepishly, and raised his hands up.
*Epic-The-Series*
"This is going to be great!" M.K. said excitedly as they rode in the limo to the beach, "You guys will love it!"
"We will?" Venus asked.
"Yep! It's a lot of fun."
"It is?" Mars asked, "What is there to do?"
"You can do anything," M.K. shrugged, "You can play in the ocean, or in the sand."
"Play in the ocean?" Venus widened her eyes, "Wouldn't we drown?"
"I didn't mean literally in it," M.K. giggled, "We just go to where the waves come in."
"Ohhh, okay!" Venus said, drawing out the 1st 'O'.
"Oh, slug bug!" M.K. piped up as she punched Ronin in the shoulder, due to seeing Volkswagen Beetle pass by them.
"Ow!" Ronin held his now-sore shoulder, "What was that for?"
"It's something we humans, er I mean Stompers, do when we see a car like that," M.K. explained, gesturing to the beetle.
"Ohh, okay," Ronin said, getting the idea. He then saw another one, and punched Mandrake's shoulder without saying anything.
"Ow!" Mandrake yelled, holding his shoulder, before he punched Ronin back.
"Hey!" The Leafman general yelled back, before punching him again. This continued for a few seconds before they got in a slap fight. A few seconds later, they got in an actual fight.
M.K. sighed, and rolled her eyes. She took an air horn out of her purse, warned everyone else to cover their ears, and blew it, making the two enemies stop.
"Can't you two get along for 5 minutes?!" Mandrake and Ronin just shrugged, and sat across from each other, not saying a word. Venus leaned her head on Mandrake's shoulder, when he sat next to her.
*Epic-The-Series*
"We're here!" M.K. piped up as the limo came to a stop at the beach parking lot. The group filed out, and looked around at the scenery before them. They saw a large, white-sanded beach, with a clear-blue ocean.
"Wow!" Venus exclaimed, her eyes shining in admiration, "Looks awesome!"
"Sure is crowded," Mandrake remarked, seeing the large group of people there.
"Looks fun," Nod piped up.
"Oh, it is!" M.K. said excitedly, "C'mon, let's go!" The group started to run towards the beach, Venus getting a head-start of course.
"There are some changing booths over there," M.K. piped up, pointing to the red and white striped skinny tents, "Let's change into our swimsuits, guys."
"Okay," Venus said as she grabbed her swimsuit out of M.K.'s beach bag, keeping it out of the others' sights. The others did the same, and they all each went into a changing booth.
*A few minutes later*
The guys got their swimsuits on first, and were currently waiting for the girls to get dressed.
Nod's swim trunks were blue, and had the Superman logo on the left leg.
Ronin's were dark blue with a red waistband, and the Captain America logo on the side of the left leg.
Bomba's were black with a red waistband, and Iron Man on the front of the legs. He also had on a red tank top with The Flash logo on the front.
Mandrake had on the pair featuring the Batman logo, and kept his "I'm a Keeper" shirt on. A minute later, the girls came out of their changing booths.
M.K. had a Tankini top with white and pink stripes, with the bottoms being fuchsia in color, with bows on the sides.
Mars had a grey one-piece swimsuit with a couple unicorns on the front. Mandrake smirked at them, before turning to his girlfriend, and did a double take at her.
She had on a white bikini with a black star on the front of the top, with a black strip underneath, and the bottoms were white with black ribbons tied under her hips. Mandrake raised his eyebrows, and widened his eyes a bit.
"You okay?" Venus giggled as she put her hands on her hips.
"Huh? Oh, I'm fine," The Boggan leader snapped out of his trance, "Y-you look great, Venus. All you girls do."
"Thank you," Mars smiled, blushing.
"Thanks, Mandrake," M.K. smiled as well.
"You really think so?" Venus looked down at herself.
"Yeah," Mandrake smiled, "It's flattering."
"Thanks," The pale girl said, smiling shyly. "Let's pick a spot, guys," M.K. piped up as she headed for the beach, followed by the others.
*Epic-The-Series*
After a while of walking around, the group finally found a good spot.
"Okay, pick any towel you want," M.K. held her beach bag open, letting her friends pick out what towel they wanted to sit on.
Venus picked out a black one with two white stripes near the edge.
Mars' looked like the British flag, while Nod's was white with blue seaturtles all over.
Ronin's had white and navy blue horizontal stripes, M.K.'s had white and yellow-green horizontal stripes, and Bomba's had white and orange vertical stripes.
Mandrake picked out a black one with the Batman logo, which Venus giggled at, because it matched his swim trunks. They laid them all out on the sand, with Mandrake and Venus' right next to each other, and sat on them.
"We can relax a bit before playing in the ocean," M.K. said as she sat on hers, her towel at Mandrake's left side.
"Man, it's bright here," Mandrake complained as he shielded his eyes from the blinding sun. He reached into M.K.'s bag, pulled out a pair of black sunglasses, and laid them over his face. "That's better," He smiled as he laid on his back with his hands behind his head.
"Nice," Venus smirked at him.
"Thanks," Mandrake sat up, and kissed her cheek, "I look so much better in these than Ronin would." Venus giggled, while the Leafman general just rolled his eyes.
*A few minutes later*
"Anybody want to play in the ocean?" M.K. asked her friends.
"Sure!" (Venus)
"I do!" (Nod)
"Me too." (Ronin)
Venus, Ronin, and Nod were the only ones who accepted, while the others decided to stay where they were.
"Nah thanks," Mandrake laid back on his towel with his hands behind his head, "I'll just hang here for a bit."
"Me too," Mars said as she rested her forearms and chin on her knees.
"I will too," Bomba did the same thing Mars did.
"Okay, then!" Venus exclaimed as she ran towards the ocean, with Ronin following her.
"Just join us whenever you want to!" M.K. called out as she ran after her pale friend, followed by Nod.
"We will!" Mars called out back.
*Epic-The-Series*
A couple hours later, M.K., Nod, Ronin, and Venus were still playing in the salty water, while Bomba, Mars, and Mandrake stayed at the sand.
The Boggan leader had dozed off a half-hour earlier, and had the mouth of his bat cloak over his face. Venus was getting bored, and she happened to see him sleeping, so she got a devious idea.
She snuck over to M.K.'s beach bag, quietly opened it, and took out a big bucket, smiling evilly.
"What are you doing?" Mars asked, smirking.
"Shh!" Venus shushed her, still smiling. She went back to the others, and let the waves splash in her bucket, until it was full.
She then walked back to her boyfriend, careful not to spill the water, still smiling evilly. She then splashed the ice-cold water all over Mandrake!
"Gaah! What the?!" He yelled out as he shot up, and spit the salty water out of his mouth,
'Oh, that Ronin is so dead!' He thought angrily before he heard some familiar giggles. He looked up, and saw Venus giggling, and most of all, holding a wet bucket in her arms.
"Ohoho, you are so going to get it now, little missy!" He stood up in front of her, with a really evil smile on his face.
Venus just stood in place, giggling nervously, before she threw the bucket in the sand, and ran off screaming, with Mandrake chasing after her.
"Leave me alone!" Venus yelled as she ran faster. Mars and Bomba just watched them, smiling amusedly.
"Oh, Venus," Mars said, smirking.
By the time Mandrake caught up to his girlfriend, he was too exhausted to do anything to her for revenge. Venus sat on her towel, giggling as Mandrake flopped down next to her, panting and breathing heavily.
"Oh, god," He panted, as the others came back, "I *pant* need to sleep, *pant* for 3 years."
"You okay, Mandrake?" M.K. asked as she sat on her towel.
"N-*pant* No," Mandrake responded, still panting.
"Well, maybe you should get back in shape," Nod said, smirking. Mandrake just glared at him.
"Aww," Venus smiled, and patted his shoulder, "You'll get better."
"And once I do, *pant* you're in huge trouble, kid," Mandrake threatened, smiling evilly. Venus' smile faded away, and was replaced with a nervous expression. "That should be good," Mars smirked.
A few hours later, they decided to head back to the hotel. They had picked up Chipotle for lunch, upon Venus and Mars' request, and played some more in the sand and ocean.
Mandrake had spotted Mildred again, but luckily, she didn't see him. He didn't tell Venus.
After a while, they decided to head back to the hotel, so they changed out of their swimwear, and back into their former clothes.
"Was that fun, or what?" M.K. said, as they filed in the limo.
"Totally!" Venus replied excitedly.
"Man M.K., you should've seen your face when I scared you with that crab!" Mandrake laughed as he sat next to Venus.
"That wasn't cool," M.K. glared at him.
"Didn't you get him back?" Mars asked as she sat at Venus' other side, while Bomba sat next to her.
"I tried, but all he did was eat the crab, alive," M.K. said.
"Eeww," Venus grimaced in disgust.
"Gross!" Mars said, grimacing as well.
"Aww, you baby!" Mandrake teased as he reached above Venus' head, and ruffled her sister's black and red hair.
"Hey!" Mars giggled, and gave him a funny look, while, still smiling, as she fixed her hair.
"You're a baby too, kid," Mandrake teased as he kissed Venus' head. She giggled, and blushed.
"Ohhh, so you kiss her, and mess up my hair?" Mars joked.
"She's my girlfriend, Mars." Mandrake shrugged, "I have to be more gentle with her," He hugged Venus from the side, smiling.
"So, where are we going after this?" Venus asked M.K.
"We're going to pick up our stuff from the hotel, and head back home," The green-eyed redhead told her pale friend.
"Oh, we're going home?" Venus said, disappointed.
"Yeah," M.K. shrugged, "Sorry, vacations don't last forever."
"Aww," Venus whined as she leaned on Mandrake's shoulder, closing her eyes in sadness.
"Don't you miss Ozzy?" Nod asked her.
"And Dagda?" Mandrake smiled as he kissed the top of her head in comfort.
"Yeah, I do miss them," Venus said sadly.
"And we can tell them all about the trip," Mars patted her sister's shoulder.
"That is true," Venus said quietly, slowly sitting up.
"I'll bet Dagda would love to hear about it," Mandrake said, as he poked her nose, making her finally smile.
"Yeah, he would," Venus giggled.
"How's your leg, by the way?" Mandrake asked her, "And your head?"
"They're fine," Venus shrugged, "My head only hurts if I push on it," She then did just that, and cringed, "Ow."
"Well, don't," Mandrake chuckled as he moved her hand down.
"Okay," Venus giggled, "I won't."
"Oh, and there's one more thing," The Boggan leader spoke up.
"What?" His girlfriend dared to ask.
Without another word, Mandrake started tickling her sides and under her arms. Venus squealed, and burst into fits of giggles. He stopped after a minute.
"That's for soaking me earlier, kid," He said as he poked her stomach, making her squeal again, and warp her arms around herself.
"Oh yeah?" Venus smirked as she started tickling his stomach and ribs.
"Hey!" Mandrake yelled out, before he burst into fits of laughter and giggles. Venus stopped after a minute.
"That was for tickling me, dude," She said tauntingly. Mandrake rolled his eyes, while smiling widely.
"Oh, you," He teased as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders, and pulled her closer to him.
"Oh, me," She giggled back as she leaned on his shoulder. She then yawned, and rubbed her eyes with her fist.
"You tired, sweetheart?" Mandrake asked, smiling as he kissed her forehead.
"Mmhmm," Venus said tiredly as she shut her eyes, "Very."
"Well, we'll be taking a plane back home," M.K. spoke up, "So you can sleep when we're on it."
"Okay," Venus yawned as she slowly sat up.
A while later, the limo arrived at the airport. Everyone, with their luggage, filed out, and went in the building.
"I'm going to miss that limo," Venus said as they went inside the airport.
"I will too, sweetheart," Mandrake pulled her close to him, and kissed her head, "I will too."
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Later, the group boarded the plane, sitting in the same seats as last time. And a couple minutes later, the plane launched in the air. Venus leaned back in her seat, yawning.
"I'm so tired," She rubbed her eyes with her arm.
"You can sleep if you want," Mandrake smiled as he wrapped his arm around her. She closed her eyes, and leaned on his shoulder, drifting off to sleep. He kissed the top of her head as she smiled in her sleep.
"So, you had fun on this vacation?" Mars asked him quietly.
"Yeah," Mandrake shrugged, "I did. Except when I got soaked, and when Venus went missing. That was not fun, I tell you."
"Yep," Mars agreed, "That part wasn't fun."
"I'm just glad we found her," Mandrake tightened his embrace on his sleeping girlfriend, and brushed her hair from her face, "I don't know what I'd do if we didn't," He kissed her forehead as she laid her hand on his chest.
"Same here," Mars replied quietly.
A while later, the plane landed at the airport where they first boarded a couple days ago. Venus surprisingly slept the whole time, during the landing.
"Venus," Mandrake whispered, gently shaking her by her shoulder, "We're here."
"Hmm?" We are?" Venus' eyes barely opened, as she yawned, and rubbed the sleep from her eyes.
"Yep, we're almost home," Mandrake smiled as she looked at him with her eyes half-open.
"I wish it lasted longer," She said sadly as she tiredly stood up, with Mandrake's help.
"I know, sweetheart," The Boggan leader hugged her from the side, and kissed her forehead, "Did you have fun anyway?"
"Yep," Venus nodded, "I had a lot of fun. Except when I got lost. That part was scary for me."
"It was for me too," Mandrake agreed as he tightened his embrace on her, "Come on, let's join the others.
By the time they came back to M.K.'s house, it was really dark out.
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Meanwhile, Dagda was wandering around the house. There was nothing good on TV, so he was filled with boredom. Then he just flopped on the couch, groaning,
"I'm so bored!" He yelled to practically nobody. Then the doorbell rang, making him jump. "Ugh, now what?" He grumbled as he went for the door.
He then opened it, preparing to yell at the person, but immediately stopped himself when he saw who it was: It was Mandrake and the others!
"Oh! Hey guys!" He said cheerfully, "How was the trip?"
"It was awesome!" M.K. replied as they filed in, and each took a seat in the living room, "Everyone had fun!"
"I did," Mars piped up.
"I did too," Venus said, "Except when I got lost." Then, a few seconds later, Ozzy came rushing in, greeting the group of friends.
"Ozzy!" M.K. exclaimed happily, as she bent down, and petted the pug's fur, "I missed you!" Venus giggled at their moment, as Mandrake sat next to her.
"You want to hop to bed, Venus?" He asked her, as she yawned and rubbed her eyes.
"Sure, 'night," She hugged Mandrake, then stood up, and slowly went towards the guest room.
"She had a pretty rough day yesterday," Mandrake said to his son.
"I'll bet," Dagda raised his eyebrows, as he sat in Venus' spot, "How did she get lost?"
"It was when we got off the trolleys at this spot," M.K. explained, as she held out the map in front of him, and pointed to Buena Vista Street, "And Mandrake and Mars found her here," She finished as she pointed to Paradise Pier.
"Dang!" Dagda exclaimed, "That's a long distance!"
"It took the rest of the day to get there," Mandrake explained, "We walked there, and Mars found her in a store place."
"Then we went to the beach, and then here," M.K. shrugged.
"Yep," Mars said, "That was fun."
"I'm going to check on Venus," Mandrake piped up, as he stood up, and walked towards the guest room he saw his girlfriend go in. He glanced at the bed, and furrowed his eyebrows when he saw that she wasn't there. He looked around the room, until he caught a glimpse of black and green by the doorway.
The Boggan leader looked there, and saw that Venus had fallen asleep, and was shivering, on the floor. He smiled, and picked her up, like he did in C.A. when she hurt her leg.
He gently laid her on the bed, and draped the two blankets over her body, under her shoulders. She curled up in the blankets, not shivering as much. His smile grew as she moaned happily, and shifted her arm under her pillow, supporting her head. He leaned down, and kissed her cheek, as she smiled in her sleep.
"Good night, sweetheart," He whispered, as he brushed her hair from her peaceful, pale face. He rubbed her scalp, where it hit the ground before, for a few seconds before he went to join the others.
(A/N: Thus ends the first episode of Epic: The Series I've written out. Finally! XD It's not the Pilot though, it's actually the 3rd episode. Plus, Chipotle doesn't belong to me. Speaking of which, here's a free advertisement: Chipotle has the best food ever! I recommend it 100%!)