"I wonder who covered them up?"
"If I tell you, you're not going to like the answer."
".....MOE!!!!!!!!!
MOE!!!!!!!"
"Can you help us?"
"MOE!!!!
…Are you there? MO....
…What are you four doing all huddled together?"
"They….they...they took everything?"
"Who took everything?"
"All the food. Gone."
"Elwin?"
"No. These were some rough group of…..
*BISHHHH….tishhh...tishhh…..tishhh.*
They're back."
"What?"
"They said they would be. Please."
"Stay here, and stay quiet. I'll go talk to them."
"They're just hungry. That's all."
"There is a difference between hunger, and starvation."
"......Where is she?"
"Can I help you, Gentleman?"
"You know who we are talking about. Her husband always brings home the goods; and she's loaded."
"Hands off the Kids."
"Kids?
Why would we...…"
"None of this is your concern, girlie; so if you won't tell us; then stay out of the way."
"Can I interest any of you in a Lollipop?"
*Pish*
"Get that out of my way before I…."
"What about the sharpest tip of this sword?"
"Wooo…woooo….wooo. Easy now. You don't want to start anything you can't finish."
"These babies have never seen a Drop before, which makes me worried if I bought them dull, or just haven't had time to wear them off yet.
Would you like to help me figure out which?"
*Shing...shing*
*Shing*
*Shing*
*Chii..chick*
"I told you. Never start something you can't finish. and when you bring a sword to a gunfight....you neverr win."
*Flip*
*......Ting….ting…ting….ting..
Boof…Ta…ting…ting…ting..*
*Booo…booo…boo…booo…booo*
*..Shiiiiiiiiiiii…..nnnng*
*POW*
*BOOM*
"I got her by the hair. She won't let go."
"I won't....but you will."
*Prick*
.*...Poof*
"Where'd she go? Where'd she go?"
"What the? Does that Ant have swords?"
"SWARM!!!"
"Aaaaaaghhh.
Let's get out of here."
"But they're just...go. Go. Go.
"Those are Fleshers."
"AND STAY OUT!!!"
"Ummm.. Girl."
"Yes?"
"Your sword. It's….."
"It's crying?"
"First drop of blood. But I didn't..…."
"Aaaaaghhhhh!!!! Aaaaaaghhhh.
All we wanted was food, Lady. Not blood."
"Queen ant."
"No. No. Noo. No. No."
"Relax. She's just going to bite your stab wound and heal you up."
"She's going to kill me."
"No she's not. I took the Necklace that Ruby gave me a part of, and gave it to these Ants. Brought them to life."
"But they were already…..
*Crunch*
Aaaaaaaaaaghhhhhh!!!!"
"Hold still. Just a little deeper. And...."
"Huha. Huha. Huha. Huha. Huha.
Get away from me you Witch."
"You're welcome!!!!!!!"