Underdepth

Chapter 8: An Old Rivalry

Julius had been in a dungeon cell with his red, flame design ukulele, playing "Spear of Justice" on it. "Ya know, this is really getting really boring. Hey, fishface! When am I gonna get outta here!? I'm already gettin' bored, and I've only been here for an hour!" Noila approached Julius' cage with a key to unlock it. "The queen is ready to see you now. I suggest you treat her with the utmost respect. Although she does have her... Weird ways" he unlocked the door for Julius. He was WAY taller than him. Julius looked up at Noila. "Holy mOLY! How tall ARE you!?" "7 feet. How short are you?" Julius looked away and mumbled "4'4....." "Oh well, doesn't matter. Lets go, the queen hates waiting." Julius followed him up the dungeon stairs. "This had better be worth gettin' knocked out." E.C.H.O. was beside Mindy's fish bowl. Mindy gave Julius a cold look, but it really didn't phase him. "So, I heard that you're the proclaimed greatest human hunter." "Oh, a proper explanation as to why I was captured and thrown in a crummy cell wouldn't suffice!?" Mindy was disgusted with his outburst "I don't have to explain anything to YOU! You are beneath me, SHORTY" Julius clutched his chest "OHOHOHOHOHO, You didn't just go there!" "WE'RE GETTING OFF TOPIC, NOBODY CARES. Any who, I need you to hunt down a human. They escaped out of my dungeon, and I need you to bring them back to me." "You serious? A human came down here? How'd they even find this place? Eh, doesn't matter. I'll just get 'em by myself and-" Mindy interrupted him. "Waaaiiit. You're not doing this by yourself. Take Noila and E.C.H.O. with you. Consider them at your disposal. Now I'm going to rest. Do not come back here until you've successfully captured the human. Now G O!" Noila and E.C.H.O. saluted. "Yes your majesty" Julius shrugged. "You got it, royal sushi. C'mon you two. Lets start the hunt." he walked outside the castle with both E.C.H.O. and Noila. Mindy sunk in her fisbowl and took another rest, curling up with her tail.

E.C.H.O. had looked at Julius with a daring expression "I bet I can find the human before you can" Julius scoffed. "You're talking to a professional, Kid. By the time you try to catch up to me, the human will already be within my grasp! so don't even THINK for a split second that you're gonna gettin' em first!" E.C.H.O. just took a deep breath "Look at your size, now back to me. Look at Noila- back to me. Now look at me again-" E.C.H.O. wasn't there "Oop! Where am I? RIGHT BEHIND YOU, NOW LOOK AT ME RUNNING OFF BECAUSE YOU'RE A LOSER! HAHAHAHAHAH!" Julius stood there to process what just happened. Noila, without any hesitation, ran with E.C.H.O. while Julius lags behind attempting to keep up "Slow down! I'm supposed to lead you both!"

E.C.H.O. extended his robotic tail to hit Julius to try to slow him down. But he moved out the way before his tail would hit him. Julius formed two horns on his head and drilled underground, towards E.C.H.O. "WAIT, WHERE'D HE GO!?" Julius rose from the ground beneath him and rose in front of him, only to spin kick him across the face. "Who's the fastest now, huh?" Noila simply stopped and grabbed both E.C.H.O. and Julius "All I ask is that you two stop this nonsense. This terrible fighting isn't getting us to where we need to go." he put Julius down "now, he is going to lead us. He is the only professional that will lead us towards where we need to go in order to capture the human." he put E.C.H.O. down. Julius gleefully smiled and and walked away, but Noila put a hand on his shoulder and pulled him back "Do not think you are innocent in this situation. If you are wrong about being a professional, I will d r o w n you myself without asking the queen permission. Do you understand?" Julius sweated nervously. Noila was much taller than him, so it had intimidated him. "Aaaaaalrighty then. D-don't worry, I'll lead ya the human with no problems! Now follow me!" Julius led them both with pride. Staggering pride "god I hope this works out..."