The Uratian Tomboy

Chapter 4

"Oh my Jesus, where in the hell did Ivy go?" Muse groaned.

"Do you know what Ivy is doing?" I asked.

"Oh, she's at work." Jack replied.

"What does she work as?" El asked.

"A bounty hunter." Muse, Osric, Jack, and Finnian replied in unison.

"What..." El says, dumbfounded.

"She's really good at what she does, so she gets a lot of requests. Ivy is usually out of HQ, so it's not entirely strange she's not here.

All of Nerd Nation, excluding Ivy, El, and I were in a somewhat small room that looked like those interrogation rooms in cop movies. A table in the middle, lights off except for a small light shining over the table, chairs on either side, and I don't know why they decided to tie El's and my hands together.

"Question, why this?" I asked, raising my tied hands to get my point across.

"Just for the effect." Finnian replied. When she said that, I had to put on the you-have-to-be-kidding-me look. They untied us at that.

"Guys, could we turn on the lights? You know there's a chance I'll become blind." Muse complains.

"Muse, I'm pretty sure the dark doesn't affect your eyesight, unless you try to read in the dark or something." Osric points out.

"Seriously, Osric?" Muse asked.

"Your welcome, Muse!" Jack yelled. Once the lights were turned back on, a figure appeared out of nowhere, of course, scaring the living daylights out of me, again. Once again, I may or may not have kicked the figure, this time, in the head. Once again, I say sorry like I just killed someone.

"I'm so, so, so, so, so, so, sorry. You scared the living daylights out of me and I just acted on instinct and I probably kicked you in the-" I was saying before I was cut off with a punch to my stomach. Of course it hurt, but I didn't say it did because I deserved it. I mean, come on, I kicked someone, possibly in the head, just because they scared the hell out of me.

I looked at the figure and noticed that the figure was a she, who had long blue hair and red eyes. She was looking at me with narrowed eyes, and didn't seem affected too much, and seemed to be deciding whether to punch me again or just let it slide.

"Who are these two?" Ivy said, turning her head to the others and pointing at El and me.

"Zanobia Marland and Elwood Rockwell." Osric said.

"Why are they here?" Ivy asked.

"Because they wanted to join." Muse said.

"Where is the food?" Ivy asked.

"Downstairs. I finished the last bag, so we had Finn get another bag while she was out." Calypso said.

"Thanks. I'll be back with food. Then we can interrogate them." Ivy said as she went down the stairs.

"You did get another bag, right?" Calypso asked.

"I think so." Finnian said before Ivy yelled, "What the hell guys! There's no fucking food! Caly, I'm going to kill you!"

"On second thought, you're dead, Caly." Finnian pointed out.

"Thanks, pray for me so I don't go to hell." Calypso said, making the sign of the cross.

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"Okay, we will start before anyone gets killed. Ivy, restrain yourself, damn." Finnian said, looking back at Ivy, just to make sure she wouldn't kill Calypso.