Anyway.. We get close to the office... and as soon as we get to the proper limb, another transmit comes in saying we need to go to the 'Outer Edge Bar off of twisted bark and red left street'. Apparently we are being requested. I say to myself, there are more squirrels in this tree than nuts... It must be a full moon. We realized the office had been compromised, someone had deliberately got us out of the gauntlet we were about to walk into blindly.
Changing direction, off we flew... As we arrive we see scarabs hanging just outside the Bars doors,
"...this don't look good," Lucy says,as we land and 'casually' go in past them. Just on the inside we come face to face with this Green looking slim Beetle with long antenna and pincers.
"May I help you?, The green beetle asks us. ...I mean now a days you can't tell what's what or who's who anymore. So I always say 'stay silent till until your sure,' Round ending me, comes Lucy flashing her I.D..
"Oh.. here I thought we had some live wings to play with tonight." The beetle says smugly.
Lucy looked at the Green beetle and says in a very smooth voice,
"You wish you could rub these wings, honey... We got a transmit to be here."
"Oh ..." The greenish beetle says, adding, "third hole to the left, yes, they're waiting on you, Good luck though, there's some tough looking beetles in that den."
Following the directions we enter the hole... But before we can even get through it, we have Scarabs stopping both of us. They instantly grab our Zappers and now suddenly we're defenseless... and out numbered as two other's have their own zappers pointed at us. All of a sudden out of the blackest area of the room we hear this voice,
"...well look who it is, Parker Beetle.... And who is this flighty Buggette with you? Is that your new main squeeze?"
Out of the shadows we heard this female's voice, it's of one I, Parker Beetle had not heard in a long time. She was an Ex of mine. She's one of those Beetles who went to the bad side of the tree, got mixed up with the scarabs and weevil's. Her name... Jewel Beetle.
"So, your still hanging with this crowd I see." I said as she snips at her security force,
"Give them there zappers back boys... This one and I have 'history',"
Lucy June looks over Jewel and says to me,
"This is what you were rubbing wings with... THIS? ...Wow, you must have been desperate back then,"
I looked at her and stated,
"It was a long time ago..." As we were both handed back our zappers.
So as we're putting our zappers away and move on into the bar area, Jewel slip behind the bar.
"So, mind if I make you a drink Parker Beetle? I take it, it's still 'The usual'?" Jewel asked.
"Sure, why not." Parker almost mumbles, casually stepping up to the small bar.
"(sigh), something's never change... water on a spoon.... Should I make it 'Two'?" Jewel Beetle asks eyeing Lucy,
"I'll take an amber honey..." Lucy June bug announces.
"...amber honey... Okay, you sure your sidekick's old enough to drink amber honey?" Jewel almost giggles at her. Lucy looks at her, as one antennae beginning to twitch again, she says back,
"Give me a reason, just one... and you'll be missing one of your receptors... Honey!"
"Oh Parker... She's a tough one! So, you went from soft and sweet to hard and um, Raunchier. I bet she don't like you trying to wrap your wings around her, so sad."
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MAPLEWOOD
Aksiyon'It a bugs life' told of an old time detective call Parker Beetle. It of a tree were all the insects gather but Maplewood is like the worst tree around... A tree where you could easily die at any moment but it's action draws you in like a bug zappe...
