The Child of Ravens

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Ryoko

Warning: Cursing, Violence

In many cultures, dragons are also associated with water and rain, and are said to have control over the elements.

"That's the trick to pulling noodles, huh?" Pigsy explained, Spider Queen absentmindedly listening as she brushed out Rumble and Savage, Mo leaning on her side and purring contentedly. "You gotta' use just the right pressure."

"Pigsy, hun, I don't think your husband is listening," SQ pointed out, taking a brief pause to point the brush towards the snoring scholar, who had somehow formed a pulled of drool, within his own scarf. "And besides, the kids are probably upstairs, goofing off or bugging Cai to teach Monkey Boy more tricks like they've been doing all morning."

"Huh?! Tang! Wake up!" Yelping as the chef's yell made him jolt awake, Tang groaned in dismay.

"I was having such a nice dream too..."

"What, was it about Pigsy giving you free noodles?" Laughed the demoness, as she finished off the male twin, and moved to his sister.

"N-no..."

"It was!" Pigsy yelled out, no actual heat behind his words. "I don't give out free noodles Tang, and one day, you're going to have to pay that tab of yours!"

Sparing a glance towards Monkey King, Spider Queen sighed in exasperation, finding this whole trip to be quite sketchy, but not saying much on the matter since she'd rather not waste her breath on the simian. 

So, after she'd finished up, SQ made her way up the ladder to where the kid's sleeping quarters were, only to find it barren, an ominous shiver running up her spine, as the spider woman quickly made her way downstairs and towards the front of the van, interrupting Pigsy's yelling, "Have either of you two seen the kids or Sandy?"

"Wh--no. I thought you said they were upstairs?" The chef questioned, raising a brow, but feeling slightly nervous at the expression on SQ's face. 

"I thought so too, but when I went to check, nobody was up there."

Slamming a foot on the break, Pigsy parked the car and made his way up the ladder, before frantically coming back down storming outside, both demon and scholar following behind nervously, watching as the pigman paced. 

"We couldn't have left them behind at camp, right?" Tang asked, biting his lip.

"No, no. Something's wrong, I can feel it," Tightening his hand into a fist, the trio's heads all shot up in unison when they heard the cries of wild animals, spotting an approaching figure that appeared in the shape of a scorpion.

"Shit! It's another demon!" Spider Queen was quick to grab both the males by the wrist, dragging them back into van, and slamming the door shut just seconds before the demon made contact with the vehicle. Tang gulped and latched onto his husband in fear, looking up at the sound of the enemy, which'd now moved to the roof.

"Now would be a really good time for Monkey King to wake up!" 

"Unfortunately, we've all come to learn, that trying to rely on that chimp isn't a very good idea Tang," Rummaging around for her double bladed weapon, Spider Queen growled when she found that it'd been moved. "Gods above, where did you two move my weapon?!"

Neither appeared to be listening, as Tang cried out in fear, "We're all going to die! We're all doing to die! The two of us aren't made for the action stuff Pigsy! We're sidekicks at best, and you know it!"

"Oh great Buddha above, stop crying and wake that useless monkey up!" Spider Queen snapped, foregoing looking for her weapon--since it was probably in some obscure place she wouldn't find until the last minute--and storming over to grab Wukong by the collar, shaking him furiously. "Wake up useless! Stop sleeping and start beating up the threat outside!"