Chapter 28

Chapter 28

          As Annabelle and Nixie prepared for their journey home, trouble was brewing on the opposite side of the forest.  The rotten stench of an evil plan was filling the nostrils of Varkus and Kroy.  They had been in discussion over what to do with Gwen. 

“Brother, she can’t be stopped by just us, you saw what she just did to you! I will say, it was hilarious but she is powerful,” Kroy said with a wide grin on his deviously charming face.

“You don’t say?” Varkus replied sarcastically, stroking his chin.

“This calls for a plan…an evil one.  The most evil of evil plans ever! The most explosive, evil, vile plan of all kind that will live on for years to come!” Kroy was now standing on the table and laughing hysterically until he started coughing.  Varkus rolled his eyes,

“Well, what do you have in mind, genius?” Varkus asked as Kroy was catching his breath.  Just as Kroy opened his mouth to speak, the door slammed open.  Both men froze.

      Standing in the doorway was a very attractive, mid thirty year old woman.  She stood there with her hands on her hips and hazel eyes locked on both men.  She had sleek, dark chocolate brown hair which went to right above mid back in length.  She had on a skin tight shirt, made out of dead vines.  Her skirt was a little above her knee, it was made of crow feathers and was torn.  Under that she had on a pair of cobweb leggings.  On her thin legs she wore a pair of black gladiator styled sandals which here tied half way up her calf.  She had very pale skin along with heavy eye makeup and long black nails.

   “What on earth is going on in here? You two are grown men, I should never hear this much commotion from both of you at once!” she yelled strictly at both of them.

“Sorry Miss Elphina…,” Kroy said apologetically.

“Yeah, sorry mom…,” Varkus added.

“You two are enough to make me lose my mind, which I’m surprised hasn’t happened yet with the hogwash you two have come up with!  Now what is going on here?” Elphina’s deep voice echoed off of the rotting walls in the small room.  Kroy was the first to reply,

“Varkus is having girl problems,” he said laughing hysterically until he fell to the floor.

“That’s it!” Varkus took off his cape and with the single motion of his hand he grew tree branches through the floor, locking Kroy in a cage.

“That’s not fair!” Kroy whined from inside his cage.  Elphina’s mouth dropped at what they were doing.  With that she grabbed Varkus by his ear, using her hands she smashed through Kroy’s cage, also grabbing his ear and dragging them both out of the room.

      After walking into the room across the hall, Elphina slammed Varkus on one stool, and Kroy on the other.  Both were rocks carved to make a chair, and on opposite sides of the room from each other.  Elphina didn’t sit, as she stood in the middle of the room, totally silent.  After a few moments, Elphina sighed before speaking.

“Now, would one of you tell me what is going on?” she said, eyeing up Varkus.

“It’s a long story…I think Kroy could sum it up better…,” he said quietly.

“Ok, Kroy would you care to explain what happened?” she said sternly.

“Gladly.  Basically, Gwendolyn came over, literally beat Varkus to the ground, and left.  So now Varkus and I have decided we need an evil plan to get rid of Gwendolyn once and for all,” Kroy replied.  Elphina walked over to Varkus who shifted uncomfortably in his chair at her gaze. 

“Varkus, she was here?” the anger in Elphina’s voice was very evident.  Varkus swallowed hard,

“Y-yes, but I had no idea! The guards had to of let her in!  Some of our Crognards got to their side of the border and that’s what attracted her,” Varkus pleaded.  With that Elphina nodded slightly, and without saying a word she sat down.