Orchid

We Fight With Turkey Legs

Ah, hell, I think as I look at them.

Who exactly is them, you ask?

A boy and a girl. No older than eighteen, but their faces bear the grace of maturity.

The boy has deep brown eyes and spiky ink-dark hair. His skin is polished maple. He wears a leather biker's jacket with a skull on it and simple black pants. He is DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS.

The girl has golden-brown hair and light green eyes, and her face is smattered with freckles that actually look pretty. She wears black yoga cutoffs and a purple jacket.

The two of them might actually look normal. A couple in love. If it hadn't been for the jackals snarling behind them and their vicious expressions.

"Who the hell are you?" I shout. I'm tired of being a baby. I'm a Spirit elementalist, for chrissakes.

The girl cocks her head, and her ponytail swings behind her like a blade. "I go by Persephone, and this is Anubis. We both have affinities for earth." Her green eyes are not empty, and neither is the boy's.

"And you serve Lycaeon." Hero adds. She snorts.

Persephone ignores her. "I am also gifted with a Mystic. So is Anubis."

"Wait." I hold up one finger. "Are you actually a goddess, and what is a Mystic?"

Anubis tosses his head in scorn-his face illustrates his mockery. "No, you imbecile. I expected better of a Spirit elementalist. A Mystic is a special blessing power-telekinesis, stuff like that."

"So...aren't you going to kill us?" Hero voices my thoughts.

"Good question," Persephone says. "No, we're not. We're not Evil's servants."

I glance at the jackals behind the pair. "But...."

Anubis lowers his voice. "The jackals, me, and my mate are spies. We were sent by Airillia to get you, Hero, and your other comrades the hell out of here." He glances at Persephone in guilt. "Though we didn't anticipate you here. We were sent only to rescue Hero."

"Hero, they're allies." I tug on Hero, whose jaw is tight, but she loosens and starts to eat. I grab at some food too.

"One more question. Why didn't the armor melt with Kent, the guard?" I demand.

"Fiyah-proof." Kyo pops in for a visit.

"You've been eavesdropping!" I cry.

"For food." Kyo starts eating too.

"That's nice to know," rumbles a voice.

The real enemy has also popped in for a visit. Lycaeon gives us all a smile laced with poison.

"Well, well." Lycaeon seizes Persephone by the neck. Anubis cries out.

I grab a turkey leg from a dish and fling it at her face. It smacks her in the eye.

"That was my mascara and eyeliner!" Enraged, Lycaeon goes into Evil-frenzy mode and stamps her feet and in the midst, drops Persephone.

I slide by Hero. "Nice," she compliments as she twirls a turkey leg.

"Thanks." I smile.

The jackals are lunging at Lycaeon and bite at her. Lycaeon screams and our little gang runs out of the room.

"What next?" Persephone's face is bone white from the neck-grab.

I face her. "We free Solara, and then we're off to see Tsukune. We gotta establish favor with him. Hero, you know where Tsukune is, do you?"

"Yup. In a pineapple at the bottom of the sea," she mutters.

"That's Spongebob." Anubis looks insulted.

"And...." Hero blinks. "I WILL NOT LEAVE UNTIL I HAVE KICKED THAT TWERP'S ASS!"