The Astro-Zodiacs: Next Generation

Chapter 14: Dangerously Poisonous Scorpions

            Later, after getting the Scorpio amulet, the Zodiacs has left Zeta Tauri and went to Kappa Scorpii. When they landed, they found themselves inside the star. Seeing that they came to the right place, the group saw a sign which read: "Welcome to Kappa Scorpii, home of the most dangerous creatures, the Poisonous Scorpions." The Zodiacs shook their head in fear as they wondered what would happen to themselves.

"Poisonous Scorpions? What are they?" asked Tiffany.

"The scorpions got poison on their DNA, you guys. Just like regular scorpions kills people," Dewey explained, straightening his jacket, "The scorpions' color are purple, they kill people with their dangerous stings, and then-BLEGH!-the people dies instantly poisoned".

"Yikes!" Travis exclaimed, "No way..."

"If I were in China, I would fry those scorpions and eat them alive!" Lauren declared.

Travis looked exasperated as he elbowed his sister, "Don't be silly! Quit it!"

"This is going to be a funeral! A funeral for us! If the scorpions stings us on the legs, this will be our doom!" said Meg.

"Ah, give a break, Meg. You can be the one who will be poisoned instantly," said Ashlyn.

"Let's find the Sagittarius amulet, you guys!"

The Zodiacs agreed as they went to the forest of Kappa Scorpii. Instead of a city, it resembled a forest filled with different scorpions as the inhabitants. Meg covered her mouth in disgust at the sight of some scorpions in the trees, Denver looked fearful, wondering that he came with his friends to the star to find the Sagittarius amulet. Travis and Lauren embraced each other while Lorraine silenced them. Dewey looked around for the amulet and saw a bridge between the other side.

"We gotta go to the other side," Dewey suggested.

"What's that down there?" said Tiffany, pointing her finger to a river below the bridge, filled with sea scorpions.

"Sea scorpions." Dewey replied, "They live here."

"They are from the pre-history, I suppose," said Shawn.

"Let's cross the bridge, you guys. And don't look down!"

The Zodiacs started to cross the bridge in order to reach the other side. Meg looked down and imagined herself falling to her doom as she kept walking. Oh, boy, I will fall to my death and my friends will see me as unpopular! She thought. They kept crossing carefully without looking down as Darkiron watched them from below. With a sinister chuckle, he snapped his fingers and a lightning bolt ended up striking the bridge that the Zodiacs are crossing, shocking them as it began collapsing.

"Dewey, what's going on?!" Becca shouted, grabbing hold of the bridge along with her friends.

"It's Darkiron! He's trying to stop us!" Dewey shouted.

"Why the bridge is struck?! Why I am being grabbed by the seat of my leggings?!" Meg shouted, finding herself carried by Lorraine.

"I caught you from falling, Meg! You were about to die!" She told her.

"We're gonna die!" Jody shouted helplessly.

"We still have to make it to the other side! C'mon, guys! Stick together!" Dewey started to climb first, followed by Becca and Austin.

"I'm coming!" said Tiffany.

"Wait for us, Tiffany!"

"Hang in there, sister!" said Travis, grabbing hold of Lauren's hand.

"Let me climb!" said Ashlyn.

"Denver! Colby! Climb! Climb!" Shawn encouraged Denver and Colby.

The Zodiacs climbed on the destroyed bridge in a similar manner to a ladder, they climbed, climbed until they finally made it to the other side, "Is everyone present?" said Dewey.

"Dewey, Me, Austin, Ashlyn, Meg, Tiffany, Lorraine, Travis, Lauren, Denver, Colby, Shawn, and...Wait! Where's Jody?" Becca asked.

"I'm here!" Jody showed up, climbing the bridge, "I saw the sea scorpions, I daydreamed that I was about to die!"

"Jody! Calm down!"

"Get a hold of yourself, girl!" Ashlyn reassured.

"That Jerk almost killed us!" said Lorraine.

"Let's continue. The amulet might be somewhere," Dewey gestured his friends to follow him, resuming the mission.

"Roger that!" Becca adjusted her jacket.

Moments later, the Zodiacs walked and went into a area where the poisonous scorpions are sleeping, protecting the Sagittarius amulet from intruders.

"Guys! This is it!" Lauren exclaimed, "The Sagittarius amulet!"

"Lauren, be quiet! The scorpions are protecting it!" Dewey warned.

"While they're sleeping!" said Shawn.

"How are we going to get it?" said Denver.

"I think I've got a magnet," said Lorraine.

With the intention to grab the Sagittarius amulet with Lorraine's magnet, the Zodiacs walked quietly as they has hidden themselves in the bushes. Dewey peeked out from one of them and signaled to the young girl to grab the amulet. Lorraine nodded as she gave him a thumbs up, pulling the magnet from her pocket to attract it. The Sagittarius amulet began moving by itself, attracted by the object as it fell from the pedestal. The object began floating and floating and-THONK!-right on the magnet.

"Got it!" Lorraine exclaimed.

"Let me use it!" Denver removed the Sagittarius amulet from the magnet and placed it around his neck. He looked amazed that he found himself using the amulet, "I think that I'm looking like Jupiter."

"This is cool! Let's get the other amulets!" said Lauren before she turned around to see that the scorpions are now awaken, "Oh, boy. I talked so much, didn't I?"

"Run, guys!" Dewey shouted in horror.

Then, The Zodiacs started to run away from the angry mob of scorpions who are intending to retrieve the stolen amulet and kill them all.

"They're gonna kill us!" Meg yelled.

"They think we are intruders! We are their prey!" said Becca.

"I don't wanna be a human pie! I don't wanna!" Denver looked horrified.

"We stole the amulet from the scorpions and they saw us as thieves!" said Dewey as he and his friends jumped to the other side of the forest, with the scorpions on their tail.

"Tell me:how are we going to get out of here before the scorpions will kill us?" Jody asked.

"Right there! Let's use our power to launch themselves out of here!"

The Zodiacs noticed a palm tree and prepared to launch themselves out. Meg took a last look at the scorpions and said: "Whatever you do! Do something! The scorpions are coming to get us!"

The group joined their hands and launched themselves out from the ground, much to the scorpions' shock as they watched their prey escaping from their fate. After leaving Kappa Scorpii, the Zodiacs flew in the sky and landed on another floating planet to take a rest.

"What a angry mob of scorpions! They are the protectors of the Sagittarius amulet!" Dewey remarked.

"Yeah, right. We must rest before we go to the next world," Becca removed her hat and wiped the sweat from her head.

"I gotta comb my hair," said Ashlyn as she pulled out a mirror and a hair brush to comb her hair.

"Which amulet are we going to find, Travis?" Lauren asked.

"Capricorn," Travis replied.