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Chapter 20

Jerry, Violet and Agent One ran for their lives the mind worm was right behind them despite being odd round things that by logic should go slow. Mind worms did not at all go slow nor did Agent Smith. She chased after them like a mad woman her hair flying with the speed, she was going at showing them her pointed teeth and Violet swears the old woman was laughing like an evil witch at this rate it won't be long before either of them is taken out.

"Jerry, you need to switch. If we keep our hands together, we will stop with you, but the mind worms won't be stop just Smith."

"Okay, switch."

The world went still the colour faded and it went dark to blue. Smith paused just in time too because she was deadly close to the back of Violet head. The mind worms kept going though and one flung itself at Violet, but before Violet could attack it the same fairy from before moved in and zapped the creature with her wooden wand.

She zapped and zapped taking out mind worm after mind worm leaving nothing behind, but green ooze. Soon the mind worms had been taking out leaving the fairy victorious.

"Disgusting bugs they are," the fairy said wrinkling her face in disgusted. She noticed Smith frozen in the middle of her chase. "Nasty old woman too. No, good human she is and no good mother either. Bad, bad, bad."

Violet was about to say thank you, but Agent One cut her off before she could.

"Ah, don't say the t word," Agent One said wisely. "Never thank a fairy no matter what they do and never hand out your name."

"But why?" Jerry asked.

"Because that word means nothing to us," the fairy said her hands on her hips as she nodded her head. "We expect something in return when we help. We give something and you give something back."

"Like a trade?" Violet asked. "How come?"

"Because of awful humans word means nothing. Humans make it sound like it does. They say it all the time, but never mean it. Never, never ever mean it. But returning something of value is enough."

"I don't think I have anything to return," Violet said. Her mind thinking back on what to give the fairy.

"I've got some honey in my backup. I will offer it to you when we find a place to rest my dear," Agent One said. "On our behalf."

"Honey will do just fine."

"What about names?" Jerry asked.

"Names have power," the fairy said. "A fairy never just hands a human their name nor does a human give a fairy their name otherwise we can use it against you. So, no names and no thank you's either."

Jerry shrugged his shoulders, but nodded his head. Violet gulped once she saw more mind worms coming down the hill.

"Hurry, hurry you need to make a run. The bad woman frozen for now, but the mind worms aren't. Keep her frozen until she no longer knows where you are."

"Sounds like a good idea. Come on," Jerry said.

One, Violet and Jerry headed down the hill with a run as the fairy followed them zapping the mind worms away. They got to the bottom of the hill, but Violet paused seeing as three mind worms, we're waiting for them. One let out an awful screech it sounded like a yell.

A yell so loud and powerful that it hurt Violet ears. She covered them up along with Jerry and One covering their own ears.

The mind worms behind them we're destroyed and the fairy attempted to destroyed the mind worms in front of them, but the mind worm to the left shot out something green from its mouth. The green stuff headed right for the fairy and she soon found herself stuck to the ground stuck in sticky green ooze. She wiggled herself out of the ooze struggling all she could to get out of it and Violet went down to help the small fairy.