A small episode for you (Well, smaller than usual) due to me running out of ideas and deciding to work on the next one instead.

Flame and Squirtle continue with their plan, but suffer a few complications. One of which is Squirtle's odd behaviour.

Episode Thirteen: Operation Murder

Now the first thing that stood between us and Moron's demise was the Wall Demon. I wanted to blast it down but Squirtle insisted we simply opened it quietly so Moron wouldn't hear us coming. When I asked how we'd convinve it to open, he laughed and pointed to a handle. 'Ah, so thats how it works. I know your weakness now Wall Demon,' I said mentaly, grinning.

I noticed that although it was too high up for me to reach, if me and Squirtle combined our hieghts then we'd be able to open the Wall Demon easily. I stood up against the 'door' and went down on all fours. I looked over my shoulder to tell Squirtle my plan and found him staring at me. It was kind of unnerving

"Look, I know I have a nice tail but can you stop looking at it like that?" I asked, wondering what the heck was wrong with Squirtle today. Maybe he'd hit his head or something.

"Climb on my shoulders, I'll lift you up so you can reach the Demon's handle," I told him, glad when he snapped out of his trance and did what I said.

After I had made sure he wouldn't fall off, I rose back up on my hind legs. I had to prop myself up, using my tail, to prevent me from falling backwards from the extra weight. (Luckily I have a sturdy tail, thanks to my reptilian body. I wouldn't recommend trying it if you have any other kind of tail. Actually, go ahead. I could always use a laugh)

After a few fumbles, and a few encouraging curses from me, Squirtle managed to get hold of the handle and the door swung open. But it swung inwards and knocked me over as it did so, leaving Squirtle hanging for dear life. (I told you those door things are evil.) I managed to get back to my feet and told Squirtle to jump, I'd catch him.

Naturatly, I got out of the way as he jumped. I'm not stupid enough to stand under a falling shell. But, after he got up and stopped whining, Squirtle was okay. So we moved onto phase two of Operation Murder. (Squirtle came up with it, I wanted to call it Operation Rip Moron's Annoying Head Off. He said it was too long and it had to be kept simple) We snuck out of our room and found ourselves in a long corridoor, with many Wall Demons leading off into other rooms.

I concentrated and managed to dim my tail flame while Squirtle navigated his way to the waiting room. There was no Wall Demon leading too it, giving us a clear view of Moron sitting on a large red thing that Squirtle called a Sofa. (What is it with you Humans and weird names for things?)

I was about to let rip with a long range fireball when Purfume walked into the room. (You may have noticed my use of both her names, I call her by her Human one when the stinky stuff isn't as strong. In this case, I could smell it from my position in the corridoor.) Moron got up from his seat and engaged her in a conversation, now I would have taken my shot anyway but something prevented me from risking harming her. I guessed it was the stinky Purfume stuff and vowed to get rid of it at the earliest opportunity.