GC: Raising a ruckus 12

Chapter 12: Spiders Part Three: The Truth Behind Squishy


"I repeat. I hate ugly monsters," Lire emphasized as she grabbed her composite bow and pointed it at the spider. "This would hurt. Better run."

"Squishy!" Ryan yelled in hopes of confronting the blond, elven archer. "Lire! Please no!"

"Oh but there's no stopping me, Ryan dear," She added, slowly stretching the bow. "I don't like competition."

"B-But!"

"Hehe. Hit it with your best shot Lire!" Arme cheered while hopping up and down. Man was she short.

In the mean time, Lass entered the dining room, apparently knowing of the ongoing commotion. "What the hell?"

After garnering everyone's attention, Squishy crawled over to where the thief was and began rolling over. It was probably trying to "impress" Lass.

"Aww. Squishy likes you, Lass!" Ryan announced.

"You named a spider Squishy?" Lass asked with an emotionless tone, causing the spider to bite him slightly. Ouch.

Squishy must've been really poisonous considering that Lass had turned completely green immediately after getting nipped. Luckily, Sieghart, Amy and Jin were still in the dining room. They were a great help in lifting Lass all the way to the clinic at the other side of the castle. Sad to say, he won't die on the way, so his haters would have to wait for another one-hundred years if they want to see his funeral.

"Bad squishy!" Ryan scolded as he spanked the spider on the head, lightly. Oh but that's not all the torture itsy-bitsy will receive.

"Oh Ryan! Look what I've got!" Arme announced. The orange-haired elf nearly fainted when he saw the mage holding a gigantic chain saw, made by yours truly. "You know what these things are for, right?"

The druid gulped. "Y-Yeah."

"Unfortunately, this won't be used for ripping a tree into half."

"W-What? Then what are you gonna use it for?"

"That spider of yours might be a good guinea pig right now"

Squishy cringed at Arme's words. Lire, on the other hand, celebrated inwardly.

"Arme! Have mercy!" Ryan protested, wrapping his hands protectively over the gigantic spider.

"Mercy won't be needed right now. Heaven forbids it," Arme retorted as her lips twisted to form an extremely sadistic smile. "Tick. Tock. Time is ticking Ryan. Get up before I slice you in half as well!"

"W-Wait Arme! T-That's going a bit too far!" Lire cried, hovering over Ryan in an instant.

"Make way Goldilocks! I'm not in the mood to play 'innocent little mage'" The purple-head threatened. Once she was about a foot away from the creature, she turned on the chainsaw. Lire and Ryan marveled at how huge the object was compared to Arme. They wondered for a moment about where she got the strength to actually carry something that big.

When they both realized that there was no other choice but to leave Squishy alone, they both jumped away and waited for a greenish fluid to fill the room.

For a moment, they heard nothing but the crackling of a few broken circuits.

"Huh?! A robot?" Arme cried, backing away and turning off the chainsaw. "How on earth?"

"Yes. A robot," Ronan announced as he entered the dining room, thus earning a nasty glare from Arme, Lire and Ryan. "D-Don't kill me! It was Elesis' idea!"

"Yup! All mine! No flaws to it! The Erudon family hired a highly-experienced engineer to create this monstrosity," Elesis added while appearing from behind Ronan.

"So how did you plan it all out, miss I-know-everything-about-torturing-people?" Arme huffed, crossing her hands in a disappointed manner.

"Simple. When we went to Silver Land for the first time, I realized Lire's dislike for ugly creatures, and more of your fear of anything scary. So when I got the chance, I urged Ronan to buy a robot spider and position it in the continent so that when Ryan sees the darn, realistic thing, he will take it along with him. Its completely fool-proof!"

When Elesis was done blabbering, a sheet of paper escaped from the remains of Squishy (poor thing). Without hesitation, Lire picked it up and read it aloud:

"Upon reading this note, the mission of this robotic spider is hereby proclaimed over. We suggest you dispose of the remains quickly, for if you don't heed our instruction, you may suffer a severe consequence. Please bare with us if you were not informed of the fall-out you may face once you purchase this robot. Thank you for your co-operation..."

"You didn't tell me there was a side-effect!" Elesis yelled as she threw a fist at Ronan.

"Hey! Don't blame me! Just follow the instructions and dispose of the creature!" The magic knight barked back before checking on the others. He was astounded when he found out they had left after Lire had read the note.

"We're dead," Elesis and Ronan muttered to themselves.

KABOOM!

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Oh wait a second. Before you go, let's move back to the clinic where the thief is resting.

"So you're saying that Squishy is a robot? How on earth was it able to poison Lass?" Sieghart questioned.

"I don't know. Maybe the engineer aimed for perfection and decided to insert some poison into Squishy," Arme answered, still trying to rid herself of the memories when the robot was alive... and moving... And other details which might make you puke.

"Its amazing though. That thing was realistic," Mari commented. Pfft. She could do better than that though.

"How are Ronan and Elesis?" Jin asked after hearing the explosion.

"They are on their way here," Ryan replied. "Fortunately, no trees were harmed in the incident."

"Those two kanavan freaks may want seek vengeance on us later for leaving them in the dining hall," Lire added.

"Now where's my fried chicken?" Sieghart spoke, --apparently having lost all interest in the conversation-- eyes scanning here and there for a trace of food. Hmph... He could get what he wants in the next chapter.