Chapter 4

Go Fish

+Front Yard OF H.Q.+

"No way,NO!"
"Oh come on,Shrimp. I think it's a good deal."

"'Good Deal'? Your lucky I'm even willing to negotiate with you! And stop calling me shrimpy!"

"I will whenever you grow up." Vampress replied with a grin.

Doktor Frogg and Red Menace sat in lawn chairs a few feet away. Voltar had demanded privacy for his discussion with Vampress. Frogg and Red obliged.

"So you have a crush on her,eh?"

"Ahh,yes,but please keep a lid on it."

"A lid on what?"

"Just be quiet...please..."

"Right-o doc!"

Voltar and Vampress seemed to reach an agreement. Seeing this,Frogg and Red sat up.

"Well?" Inquired Frogg.

"*sigh* She can stay."

"YES!"

"FOR NOW! Vampress told me she won't be here long. Her stay is temporary."

Frogg's smile faded. Red remained joyous.

"Oh boy! A new team mate! OH we are gonna have SO much fun!!"

Red grabbed all three of them and brought them into a group hug. The force of his hug squished Vampress and Frogg together,making them both blush heavily.

"Alright,that's enough,Red." Voltar gasped.

"Oh,sorry guys..."

He put them all down. Frogg and Vampress still with red faces.

"So,ahh...I guess...Welcome...Hehe" Frogg stumbled over his words.

"Thanks doc." She gave him a sweet smile that made him feel warm.

He smiled back.

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+Skullososs' Ship+

"Skullmandoes! Find her,and bring her back here! Destroy anyone that gets in the way!"

"Sir yes sir!"The large group of robotic soldiers exclaimed. While in single file,the minions marched into space pods then launched off. All having the same . Skullososs stood watching his minions. He worried for his daughter. Who knew what dangers she had gotten into. What horrors she may face...

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+Living Room Of H.Q.+

"Do you have annny...three's?!"

"Go fish."

"Aww,fudge..."

"Um,I'd hate to break up this exhilarating whirlwind of events,but when do we get to the evil-doing?"

Voltar,Frogg,and Red looked up from their place on the floor,playing cards and board games lay around them on the floor.

"Do you have any idea how hot it is outside? We'll get our evil doing on tonight,when it's less humid!"Voltar proclaimed with his index finger in the air.

Vampress rolled her eyes. She leaned on the table and put her chin in her palm. She stared at the fools she now called her team mates.

"I'm bored..."

"You can play cards with us!" Red said happily.

"No thanks. I'll pass. I think I'm gonna go for a walk." She said pushing her chair back and getting up.

"Psst...Frogg."Voltar whispered.

"Voltar."

"Follow this girl. We still can't trust her fully."

"You...want me to...follow her?"

"Yes now go!" Voltar gave the doctor a hard push.

"Don't worry Doktor Frogg,we can play more later!" Red said smiling.

"Eh,yes..."

Frogg walked out the front door then closed it behind himself. He saw her,she was already half way up the street. He quickly began to sneak in and out of bushes,following her.

~Voltar couldn't have picked a worse person for this. I'm already unlucky,but this girl...Jeez~

He noticed she was heading for a small empty park. He continued on her trail,making sure to keep some length of distance between them. Once they reached the park,she sat down next to the water. He watched her,feeling guilty about doing so but at the same time he enjoyed looking at her. He almost felt like thanking Voltar for assigning him to this mission.

"I know your there,Frogg."

"AHH!!" Frogg,who was unknowingly leaning way too forward for his own good,fell forward through the bushes and landed on the grass next to the girl. He sat up quickly,his face bright red with embarrassment,twigs and leaves stuck out from his hair.

"Your a character,Frogg"

"Ahh..Well...I..."

"Do you always stutter or does it only occur around girls?"

Frogg stared at her. She smiled.

"It's okay. Your just shy. Don't worry about it."

He cleared his throat. "Thanks..."

They sat quietly for a few moments,listening to nature,a sound that Doktor Frogg usually paid no mind to. But now,it seemed to sound so nicely. Finally,he spoke.

"Voltar made me follow you."

"No duh. I heard every word."

"You...you did? But you were-"

"I wouldn't be much of a vampire if I didn't have super senses."

"Oh...about that. How're you not bursting into flames right now?"

"I'm just half vampire. A bunch of sunblock usually helps. Without it though,well. It'd really suck for me."

"Half vampire? What else are you?"

Her smiled faded. "To tell the truth,I don't know."

"Oh..sorry."

"S'all right...how about you? How'd you get those fancy hands?"

"Oh these?" He lifted them up,the three claws spun with a wiiirrrr noise. "It's a long story."

"I'd like to hear it sometime." Her smile appeared again. He smiled too. This one wasn't nervous. It was one that was filled with genuine happiness.

"Well we better get back. Voltar wasn't kidding,it is hot outside."

"Yes."

They sat in the quiet.

"Aren't you gonna help a lady up?"

"Oh,oh I shouldn't I can be quite the klutz."

"Oh,you can't be worse than my dad." She held her hand out in front of him. He looked at her,unsure. Then took her hand in his claw.

"Wow,they feel pretty neat."

~She likes my claws!~

Frogg's legs began to feel like jelly as he helped her up. He feared the worse. He knew how awful his luck was,and he'd hate to hurt her.
He swallowed deeply and pulled her up,biting back his fears.

"Um,why are your eyes closed?"

Frogg,who didn't notice till now that his eyes had subconsciously shut,reopened them to see they were both standing side by side,hand in claw.

"Oh. Haha...we're okay!"

Vampress cocked an eyebrow.

"What,you expected something terrible to happen?"

"You have no idea." He replied.

So they left. They both stayed quiet for a while,thinking about the conversation they had. Both minds were foggy. But the fog soon vanished.
Out of the sky came 3 red ships. All crashing to the ground,making Frogg and Vampress duck for cover.

"What in the world?! Is that...Skullmandoes!?"

"Oh no,not dad."

"Dad?!"

"Did I forget to mention that I'm the only child of Skullososs?" She grinned sheepishly.

Frogg stared back,slack jawed.

"Y-your his..."

"Young lady! Come out here right this instant!!"

Frogg and Vampress peeked over the bush they hid behind. Skullososs climbed out of one of the pods.

"Why didn't you tell me?! I didn't even know Skullososs HAD a daughter?!"

"Hehe,guess it never came up."

Skullososs came marching towards the bush they were in. Frogg shivered in fear.

"This is not gonna be good..."