The Crooked Blade Ch-8

           "K-K-K-K-Klayton?!" Klyde exclaimed as he pulled away from Klayton and stared down at the dagger that was lodged into his shoulder. Klyde's eyes widened even more when he relaized he couldn't pull it out. Klayton causually walked over to the builder and placed an arm around his shoulder "Oh my, that's stuck in pretty deep isn't it? Now tell me the way to the Radio Station and I'll take you there... wouldn't want you to faint on the way..." he said wiggiling the dagger handle with a bored expression. Klyde broke away from him and made another attempt of trying to pull the dagger out of his shoulder "Y-You stabbed me! How could you stab a fellow 'hoodian?!" he grunted as he tried to pull the weapon out, but failed pitifuly. Klayton crossed his arms and took the builder by the shoulders and began to walk him out of the Explosive shack.

          "Oh come now, we don't want you to get even more injured now do we? Which way?" Klayto's fake sypmothy was replaced with a harsh tone as he growled out the last words. Shaken and horrified, Klyde pointed a quivering finger twoards the Purple Swirly Cave "Th-th-that way..." he stammered. Klayton grinned and walked over to the cave, dragging Klyde along side him. Once they decended into the darkness, Klyde asked again "Why did... how could you... stab me?" he was bewilered and stunned. "How?" Klayton asked and suddenly pinned Klyde up against the wall of the cave by the collar of his shirt "Because If a certain someone had told me where Kat was you wouldn't have a dagger in your body! Everything would've been a whole lot easier! But you just want to build problems now do you?" Klayton growled. The statement confused Klyde "Wh-wha...!" he was cut off when Klayton moved onward, still dragging him along his side.

         After Klyde was forced to open the door, the duo noticed that there was no bridge, but a staircase on the other side. And at the bottom of these stairs was a very depressed looking Kat and sleeping Cornflakes. Klayton pulled Klyde back into the cave with him. "How do we get across?" he demanded. Klyde flinched and responded "K-Kat... has to change the stairs to a bridge..." he informed reluctantly. "Then tell her to do so, or my sword might find a new holder..." Klayton threatened. Klyde blinked in disbelife until he was shoved back into view of Kat. "Uh... hey! Kat! Y-yoo-hoo! Up here!" Klyde called down. Kat slowly looked up "Hey Klyde... oh you want the bridge right? I'll change it..." Kat responded. Klyde's heart sank as he saw how much Kat had changed. "What's wrong with her?" Klayton demanded again.

         "She's upset... since something wrong with her friend... but... I've never seen her like this... she's not her usual cheery self... it kinda... makes me sad too..." Klyde reponded sadly as he watched Kat walk into the area where the button changes the stairs to bridge. Suddenly the steps changed a formed a bridge, where yet again Klayton took him by the shoulders and dragged him along. Once Kat stepped out of the area her eyes widened and then narrowed once she caught sight of Klayton. "Oh great... what do you want? To make me more miserable?" Kat crossed her arms. Klyde was taken aback by the sudden venom in the usually happy-go-lucky 'hoodian. "Not at all, I've come to tell you that I'll be protecting you from now on... from all those horrible beasts out there like that... weasle and that other thing..." Klayton informed.

          Kat sent a cold glare and suddenly snapped. She stomped up to Klayton and stood on her tipey-toes, to make her seem taller. And out of nowhere, sent the back of her hand across Klayton's face whom in shock, released Klyde whom backed away in an instant. "Listen here ya jerk-butt! I don't need you to protect me! I'd rather be eaten by Victoids! The only terrible beast out there right now is you! And its not Mongoose's fault that I got hurt Mr. Macho-Macho-'I have special abilites and a sword'-MAN! Maybe you should've done yer job and fought that weasel! And the only horrible beast you there is YOU! Ya gots it memorized?" Kat boomed. Klyde just stood there in more horror and slowly backed away from the two, then realized that the dagger was still in his shoulder and made an attempt to pull it out again.

          "Now.. you see here!" Klayton began angirly, the words used by Kat were obviously not the ones he wanted to hear. "No, YOU see here!......!" Kat finally noticed Klyde trying to pull out the dagger "What the FUNK? Now you're hurting my friends?!" Kat said walking over to Klyde. "I-Its oka-"

           "No! Its not okay! Klay-jerk over there is being a stupid butt!" Kat growled. Suddenly it was an all out war between Klayton and Kat, the two aruged like an old married couple and Klyde watched on in horror when suddenly something broke the two up.

            "HEY! Stop that yelling up there and get down here! Mongoose is up!" Kork yelled up. "M-Mongoose?!" Kat said suddenly regaining her happiness, all the anger and sadness seemed to disapear and Kat suddenly darted away, changed the bridge to a staircase and fell down it with Klayton following the 'hoodian. Klyde was stunned, and a few moments later darted down the stairs as well, bracing himself for the coming storm.