Venno Rapter - The Hellish Series Returns - Series Two

The Entangled Webs (Story 17 - Chapter 1)

Somewhere in the outskirts of Terronto: 

Nearing Midnight:

With ???: 

On the outskirts of Terronto, hidden inside one of the many abandoned houses that was deemed for demolition years ago but was still standing, were a group of Plant denizens of all different subspecies. 

Or at least, a small handful of whoever was left of what was supposed to be the new up and rising Plant Gang in the city of Terronto. There were only twelve out of the original twenty Plant denizens left, about eight of them having gone missing after seven of them had been sent out to retrieve a large folder delivered in a PO box, and the eighth one had been tasked with causing a distraction somewhere else in the city while the other seven looted the central postal service. 

This was about two weeks ago, and nobody had heard of any of their whereabouts ever since they left the hideout. 

It was as though they had all disappeared. 

And pacing back and forth in the large living room was none other than the leader, a very tall Rose Thorn Plant denizen. 

He appeared to look as though he was the Phantom of the Opera himself, a long cape made with flowing rose looking leaves. The left side of his face appeared to be a mask, the eyebrows of said mask being a single thorny vine. Underneath the two eye holes of the mask were multiple moving thorny vines. The right side of his face appeared normal with his single normal eye. 

Sitting on the sofa were a shorter Rose Thorn Plant denizen, supposedly his son, and his boyfriend, a Vine Plant denizen who had the inability to speak now due to his burned out vocal cords. 

The shorter Rose Thorn denizen, his son, appeared as though he was one of the three musketeers, his mask covering both his eyes, and on his head was a musketeer hat that matched the colors of his magenta rose petals, the same colors as his father’s only a few shades lighter. 

“Señor, we finally have word of our missing comrades” called a tiny Cactus denizen as he rushed into the abandoned house via the small open window. 

The tall Rose Thorn denizen quickly whirled around and snarled as he snatched the tiny Cactus denizen up so quickly that the sudden movement shocked and frightened nearly everyone in the room. 

“Get on with it” snarled the tall Rose Thorn denizen, his eyes narrowing as he glared at the tiny Cactus denizen hanging from his clenched fist. 

The tiny Cactus denizen whimpered in fear as he nodded, his fallen hat clutched tightly in his tiny hands. 

“Y-Yes, Señor. I-I managed to find out w-what happened to them, and you w-wont believe what I f-found!” exclaimed the tiny Cactus denizen. 

The tall Rose Thorn denizen growled angrily as he shook the tiny Cactus denizen, now more impatient. 

“I told you to GET ON WITH IT! Not stutter out a delay” growled the tall Rose Thorn denizen as he stopped shaking the tiny Cactus denizen who was now trying not to cry in fear. 

“Y-Yes, sorry Señor. All I-I found out was t-that they’ve b-been captured b-by the B-Bounty Hunter Agency! I-I got no word on w-what h-happened after that!” exclaimed the tiny Cactus denizen as tears began escaping his eyes. 

Everyone in the room gasped in shock, some muttering in fear at the news just given to them. 

“Papá, if they were caught by the Bounty Hunter Agency, then chances are we won’t be getting them back!” exclaimed the smaller Rose Thorn denizen, having clutched the Vine denizen’s vine-like arm worriedly out of instinct.