The Wasp Chronicles #1: Into the Hornet's Nest

Duel of the Fearless & The Arrival of Dinovespa

Louis: We were chased into the nest-like cave where there were buzzing noises everywhere.  I finally realized something: This was no cave; this was a huge hornet’s nest.  Giant wasps were flying everywhere and I was on a mission: AN EXTREME RISK OF URGENCY. “Clément, c’est une risqué d’urgent!”  “What?” Clément asked me.  “This is a risk of urgency!” I explained to him.  The wasp leader, Apsevregit (Tigervespa), told us to surrender, but I refused to surrender.  “I angellahc uoy ot a leud fi uoy era ylurt a sselraef redael(Translation: I challenge you to a duel if you are truly a fearless leader)!”  I announced in Hornetian. “I tpecca ruoy angellahc, tub, era uoy erus er’uoy ton gnikam a evarg ekatsim, rednaltuo(Translation: I accept your challenge, but, are you sure you’re not making a grave mistake, outlander)!”  “Ho, m’I ton (Translation: Oh, I’m not)!”  I was ready to fight him with the spear of souls that Clément and I had successfully intercepted, when, all of a sudden, I saw Blossom fighting off a female Hornetian.

“Blossom,” I shouted, “What are you doing?”  “I’m not fighting off this crazy wasp lady, if that’s what you’re asking!”  She explained in a sarcastic tone.  Before I knew it, the female Hornetian grabbed Blossom and tried to choke her.  “Pots! T’nod truh reh (Translation: Stop! Don’t hurt her!)!”  “Ehs sevresed to eid, sselnu ehs staefed em ni a Leud fo eht Sselraef (She deserves to die, unless she defeats me in a Duel of the Fearless)!”  Apparently, the only way Blossom was going to survive was to fight the Hornetian female, QueenVespa, Tigervespa’s wife, and defeat her.  Suddenly, a vicious swarm of furious hornets attacked us.  Out of nowhere, an immense hornet the size of Texas hovered in.  At first, I thought it was DinoVespa the Great, but remembering that DinoVespa the Great was as massive as Asia, I realized it couldn’t be the legendary beast.  It was another wasp affected by the molecular growth elixir.  The fowl creature actually grew four more feet.  As it did, Tigervespa duplicated himself, which meant that both Clément and I had to battle Tigervespa.  Tigervespa pulled out an energy blade and I drew out the Spear of Souls.  We fought and fought, he struck at me with his sword, and I lashed out at him with the spear.  Meanwhile, Blossom was engaged in hand-to-hand combat with QueenVespa.  I thought about something strange—how were Justin and Stella doing with the others? (Okay, so I’ve gotten over Stella after I caught her making out with Justin on the ship).

Anyways, the harrowing duel between me and Tigervespa had ended when, surprisingly, I overpowered him with the mysterious Spear of Souls.  The Spear of Souls had blasted an eerie light ray from the crystal and the super blast hit Tigervespa, which instantly weakened him to his last breath.  “Uoy evah… netaeb em. Won, I evig ym… srewop ot uoy (Translation: You have… beaten me. Now, I give my… powers to you) *sighs*.”  Suddenly, I felt an energy surge flow through me, and I was a lot stronger than I was when we were shipwrecked.  But, my celebration fell short when QueenVespa was choking Blossom with her manicured claws while holding… THE SPEAR OF SOULS!  How’d she get the spear?  I noticed that the Spear of Souls was still in my hands, but how did she get another spear.  Wait a minute.  That crystal on her spear looks like a ruby. *gasps* The Ruby of Misfortune!  I had to save Blossom, but before I could, QueenVespa struck me with the Spear of Fates (Legend has it, when the Ruby of Misfortune is combined with the Staff of Chance, it creates the Spear of Fates, which, like the Spear of Souls, has mystical powers) and the Spear of Souls fell out of my hands.  “Clément, Blossom, go save the others.  Leave without me!”  “No!” Clément shouted.  “We can’t leave without you.  Besides, I still have a score to settle with Miss Wasp Freak!”  Blossom proclaimed.  Blossom picked up the Spear of Souls and attacked QueenVespa.  “Wow, when she’s ready to throw down, she’s ready to throw down!” I stated.  They were wrangling inside the nest and the grubs got agitated.  At last, Blossom decimated QueenVespa, but our perils were not over yet.  Somehow Vance Darkwile survived, even though we saw him fall off the narrow bridge.  Apparently, he had… wings!  How in the world did he get wings and antennae?

“Join me in world conquest, and I will grant you all the opportunity to be at my side as bodyguards!” Vance Darkwile uttered to us.  “Jamais! Nous n’aidons jamais toi, Vance (French for: Never! We will never help you Vance)!”  “Fine! Looks like I’m going to jest terminate y'all to dust!”  He proclaimed in a country-like accent. “Destroy them!”  He commanded to the large wasp.  The wasp was ready to attack us, when, all of a sudden, the white, sandy ground started trembling rapidly; it felt like an enormous earthquake.  Out of nowhere, we all heard an earsplitting buzz.  It was DinoVespa the Great.