Twitterpated (Bambi x Ronno)

Chapter 6- Sewer Venting

Every living creature in the world needed to eat something, no matter the environment, no matter the conditions. It was a painstaking fact that all needs had to be met, so matter what stinking, filthy corridors they had to crawl through to meet it. After the disgusting experience of unclogging a passageway, the trio was forced to endure a few hours of Ronno's complaining. He always had something new to say, going such lengths that Drexel was nearly quivering with pressure, mere seconds away from viciously attacking the deer from above. It was only when the pangs of hunger befell them both that Ronno finally said something other than a hostile quip.

"I'm hungry." The fawn groaned.

Drexel ruffled his feathers, trying to cool himself in the humid air. "Well that makes two of us."

"Three!" Bambi perked up, happily trotting along in the green water. "Two comes after three, right?" His bouncing movement made Drexel stumble, as the bird was nesting on his head.

His partner pushed ahead, kicking a splash of muck at the annoying fawn. "Shut up, and what are we supposed to eat down here anyway? I don't think anything's edible."

"Not to us, anyway." Drexel said absently.

The group stopped in their tracks, Ronno turning around to face the dove. "Wait, are you saying there's more down here?"

"More what?"

"More things like us." The deer raised an eyebrow, leering at the bird with a questioning eye. "We aren't alone down here, are we?" The dove hesitated back slightly at Ronno's advance, nervously shifting his tail around.

"Well..." The dove trailed off, sweating under his plume. "Humans tend to... flush things. There might be a couple fish or two or... alligators."

"An alli- what?" Bambi cocked his head.

"These uh- these giant reptiles that... eat stuff." Drexel sighed. "They're big, and extremely dangerous. I really dread coming across one down here."

Ronno stiffened at the news. "There's deer eating beasts down here and you didn't tell us!?"

"I thought it'd be fine!" Drexel jumped into the air, hovering in front of the stag's face. "It's a rare occurrence and frankly, I didn't want to give you two anything else to worry about!"

"Typical man dumping evil monsters into the sewers." Bambi scoffed, pulling a disdainful look. "Whatever, if we can handle dogs, we can handle... whatever these things are."

"They don't dump them." The dove glided over, landing on the fawn's back. "At least not always. They just sort of end up down here, no one really knows why."

"So we should at least find something to eat before..."

"We became their meal?" Ronno cut off his sentence with a sarcastic jeer. "Great idea, princess. And word of advice, I don't think these things are aware of your royal standing." Said the fawn, bitterness leaking off his tongue.

"Can you give it a rest, please?" Bambi turned his head around at him. "I'm starving too, you jerk."

"Jerk? I'm dying here!"

"Then just hold on!" The young prince pled, getting increasingly aggravated by his companion. "I'd... rather you didn't die down here."

"Yeah," Drexel agreed. "Because we'd have to drag your body."

"Drex!"

"What?"

While Bambi struggled to keep the two from ferally ripping one another to shreds, they climbed through the sewers until the path stepped up to a hardened ground. Drexel called it "concrete," and said it was a solid sign they were nearing the way out. Regardless, the three animals were just happy to get out of the rancid water. The corridors became drier, but also darker, with towering walls leaking some foul substance.