Tower buddies: chapter 12
Chapter 12: that one really awkard moment when you meet your old boss after you quit and neither of you are very enthusiastic about their situation
"Hey, you seen that Toad?"
"No, He's been sulking in that cave outside of town for a week."
The cloaked Sasha was listening to these rumours with great interest. Could it be who she thought?
She was sitting in an inn, when the door opened.
A pink newt walked in. "I suppose you're wondering who I am."
The bartender continued washing his plates. "Not especially-"
"I," she began. "Am the great GENERAL YUNAN! SCOURGE OF THE SAND WARS, DEFEATER OF RAGNAR THE WRETCHED, AND THE YOUNGEST NEWT EVER TO ACHIEVE THE RANK OF GENERAL IN THE GREAT NEWTOPIAN ARMY!"
"…"
"And this is why i hate coming out to the boonies," she sighed. "Anywho, I am here for the disgraced captain grime."
Sasha froze. She was here for that too. But she wasn't going to let some deranged royal bootlicker beat her to it. She left the bar as subtly as she could.
Yunan turned. "I'll be back soon." And she left through the window.
"Why she gotta be so extra?" The bartender asked to himself, staring at the opened window she crawled out of.
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Sasha stared at the cave enterance, where some crunching sounds were echoing out.
She entered to find… grime? But he was a disgrace. He was covered in beetle dust, and munching as he was looking at sasha's phone… Of course. He said he'd 'lost it.'
"Well, look who we have here," growled Sasha.
Grime turned around, and didn't seem scared at all. Just done. "Ugh. Who is it?"
Sasha pulled of her cloak. "Hey, boss," she said, "i'm looking for a raise, and you're going to give me it."
Suddenly, a silhouette fell from the roof.
"Ah, the disgraced captain grime. And some sort of creature. Thank you for leading me here. Well, I, am GENERAL YUNAN, SCOURGER OF THE SAND WARS, DEFEATER-"
"Yeah, i've heard this before," Sasha said.
"Ugh. Anyway, Grime, you're under arrest for both the abandonment of your post, and for the false arrest of three innocents! And you, creature, are probably under arrest for fraternising with the criminal!"
"Oh, me?" Asked Sasha. "One, I'm not with him. Two, I was one of the creatures they locked up and I'm here for revenge."
"Oh," said Yunan, "that's nice. How about we team up to kill him?"
"Kill him?" Sasha asked. "Nah, I don't kill. As much as I despise him, i was just gonna steal all his stuff and ruin his dignity. But i'd be happy to arrest him."
"Wow, I'm touched," said grime, sarcastically.
"This doesn't mean I like you," Sasha said with venom in her voice. "You're lucky I'm holding this 'Yunan' back."
"About that." The newt smiled. "I'm sorry, but I need to kill him." And she flashed her claws.
"Well, It seems we've come to a disagreement." Sasha pulled out a pink sword.
As grime tried to tiptoe away, Sasha absent mindedly threw a dagger right in front of him. "We're not finished, grime."
"Oooohkay."
And the battle began. Yunan jumped behind Sasha using her tail and Sasha dodged out of the way. She then proceeded to trip yunan over, and hold her sword to her neck.
Yunan smiled and tried to trip sasha over with her tail, but she noticed and in her panic, cut the tail off.
"OW!" She shouted. "That's gonna take at least a month to grow back!"
And Sasha smiled. "Looks like i've won."
General Yunan smiled. "Finally, a worth opponent. Just what i joined the army for."
Sasha went to tie Grime up. "And Yunan? Don't worry, he'll still be brought to justice. But his time is not yet. Death is too good for him. I'll see you in newtopia."
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"Thank you for saving me," said grime, walking out of the cave with Sasha.
"Don't mention it. I may hate your guts, but i'm not gonna kill you."
Grime hesitated. "And Sasha?"
"What?"
"I'm sorry about what happened to your friends at the tower."
Well, that was something, thought Sasha. At least he's apologising.
"You know, part of it was my fault."
Grime raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"Well," began Sasha, "I should have stuck up for them more. And i guess… when i saw you sulking, i saw myself. Anne gave me a second chance, so maybe i should too."
She paused. "But I'm not as nice as Anne. So I'm giving you one chance, and one alone. I'm lonely as frog right now and could use the company, but you hurt my friends again and it's over for you. Just remember who won the duel just now- it wasn't the high ranking officer."
"Sasha, You can trust me. And again, I'm sorry. I mean it. That whole cave experience was humbling for me."
"Well," sasha said, looking onwards, "to newtopia we go,"