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The following is a bit of alternative fiction based on certain characters from the Xenaverse. It is not meant to infringe on anyone else's rights. If you don't agree or disapprove, please go read something else.
The muck was thigh high on Salmoneus and he had to say he wasn't enjoying the walk through the swamp. "You're sure this is the quickest route?"
Penho carefully pushed a frond to the side, "Not the quickest, not really the safest, but" She turned and smiled at him wickedly, "Unless you like being treated as lunch meat. . ." she let the words trail off. Melosa seemed to glide through the water. Her lover, Oriena, was holding her crossbow above water. Their skirts were soaked and the blonde was looking particularly grim.
She was sure she'd just felt a nibbling at her ankles. Oriena didn't like it, though Izzy had said the predators were asleep this time of day. Nibbles in Tartarus, unless delivered by Melosa, just didn't seem like a good thing.
Sal flicked a bit of swamp weed from his beard, "No. No thank you. I'll keep walking." Splish, "Slogging, I mean." Penho gave him a delicious grin and pressed him forward.
"Just wait until I get you alone, I'll make it up to you." she purred as he passed by. He felt something stroke along his backside and gave her a startled look. Both hands were where he could see them. There was another pat, "Move along, Sal, we haven't got all day."
The merchant grinned and sloshed forward. Now he had motivation to continue on.
The daggite who was some distance ahead made another of its gigantic leaps, landing ungracefully on a tiny piece of dry ground. It clawed its way up, and stood precariously, looking for its next dry bit. There weren't that many. She'd missed a couple of times and had to paddle (unhappily) in the smelly water. Now Tok was uncomfortably caught by leaffy fronds that seemed too pull tighter, the more she tried to wrestle free. She howlwhined to Izzy. The expression on her face was pitiful. Izzy moved forward quickly.
Marcus who'd been through stuff like this before, though not necessarily on Tartarus, remained stoic. He seemed to blend into the background, making little sound, save for small ripples as he moved. He smiled at Perdicus who was trying to follow his example. They both looked a lot less tired than earlier and they stayed close to each other.
Xena also moved with little sound through the murky dank liquid. She was just glad her sword was dry, though she hated having to do this in her leathers. She stayed close to front with Izzy. "How soon?" she asked impatiently.
"Soon," the red Tartaran said. "I just want to get us around their territory. I'm not feeling like dealing with those bitches today."
"mm." Xena responded. She could understand that. They moved in relative silence. Xena heard the fish passing by and hoped they were fishies. She couldn't believe she was about to do this, but. . .,"want to play twenty questions."
Izzy stopped abruptly. "What?" She goggled at Xena. The warrior moved past her.
"You heard me," Xena said, keeping her expression neutral. "Twenty questions."
The redhead twohorned woman stared at Xena, then shook her head. She couldn't help the grin that crossed her face. "Animal, Vegatable or Mineral."
Xena smiled, dragged her sword from its sheath and hacked at a plant, "Oh, Animal, definitely."
Izzy felt something familiar warm within her. It felt. . .right. ..good. "Two footer or Four?" She moved to help Xena hack and physically pushed back the greenery that was in their way.
Xena grinned, "Two." The grass stain would come off later. The daggite whuffled against Xena's hair gratefully and shook out its disentangled tail. Xena patted its head, gently stroking its horns. The daggite purred and leaned against the mate of her mistress. She wuffled her again. Then Tok began looking around for high dry ground.
"Is it an Amazon?" Izzy started in on the game with a twinkle in her eye. She was going to win this round. She just knew it. Xena smiled.
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These pages were last updated: February 23, 1998
İFebruary 1998