The night air was chilling Medeusa was heading for
the Starlight Lounge. She wanted a cup of Cheyla’s ‘special brew’ as she called
it, to warm her chilled bones. As she got closer she could see the light
shining through the windows. She could hear the laughter within. “Ah they
think they can have a party without me. Well we will just see about that!” She
reached for the door handle. Before she could turn the handle it jerked open
and she found herself on the ground. It took a few seconds to realize what happen.
“Get off me you crazy lion!” Medeusa shouted. He was slobbering all over her. She heard loud laughter as she looked up. She
saw Deighv. “Laugh at me will you!” she snarled at him.
“Awe it’s all in good fun.” Deighv was laughing so hard his inside’s hurt.
Medeusa glared at both of them. Deighv reached down to give her a hand up. “Okay Busy you had your fun. Let the lady up.”
BusyLion looked at Deighv, “I see no lady.”
Medeusa lost her temper. “Get off me before I make a coat out of you!”
“A what?”
“A coat!”
“Hmm… that’s not a bad idea.” They turned to look and Dancerbabe715 was standing at the door. “I could go for a nice, soft lions coat.” Her eyes gleamed as she looked at BusyLion.
“That’s enough! I will have none of this talk at my lounge! One more word about a coat and I will make a special brew out off all of you!” Everyone knew when Cheyla showed her fangs, she meant business.
Deighv helped Medeusa up. She mumbles under her breath, “you will pay for this lion.” She glared at Lion.
“Awe where is your sense of humor?” BusyLion laughed as he swatted at her long, long hair. All the sudden he felt someone clip off a piece of his mane. He whirled around and Dancerbabe715 had the clippings in her hand.
“Where is, your, sense of humor Lion?” She grinned an evil grin and walked back inside. Deighv and Lion looked at each other. Then they heard Medeusa’s evil laugh.
“I would be careful if I were you Lion.” She turned and walked inside the lounge. Deighv and BusyLion watched her as she walked in. She went at sat by Dancer. They both looked at Lion and smirked. It gave him the chills.
“Cheyla, one of your special brews.” Medeusa called out, not taking her eyes off Lion.
“I told you, I told you not to mess with her,” they turned to look and Kyra was doing a hundred miles a minute. Talking so fast no one could barely understand what she was saying.
“How many cups has she had today?” Deighv looked at Cheyla.
“You know Kyra, always has a cup in her hand.”
“Must have been a special blend, she is really wired right now.” They all watched Kyra as she was running all over the place, chatting to everyone and anyone.
Cheyla looked away real quick and Deighv caught her look. “What did you do to Kyra’s coffee?”
“Well I…You know…”
BusyLion and Deighv both stood there waiting for an explanation. Kyra was never wired up like this before. Busy crossed his paws. Deighv started tapping his foot. “Well. We are waiting.”
“Okay, okay. I gave her an extra shot of espresso. The place needed to be cleaned up a little after that party we had.”
“So you gave her an extra shot?”
“Well two.”
“Two!” BusyLion and Deighv said at the same time. They shook their heads and went back to the table. Watching Kyra was making them both tired.
"I wonder what Dancerbabe715 and Medeusa are talking about?" BusyLion nudged Deighv.
Deighv looked over they did seem to be having an interesting conversation. "Oh probably some kind of potion or something like that. They are always trying to conjurer up something. I wouldn't worry about it Lion."
"Easy for you to say, you didn't see that look." He shivered when he thought about that look. Busy saw some people get up and leave and they left a lot of scrapes on their table. Soon he forgot about Medeusa and Dancerbabe715.
Things seem to settle down and get back to normal. Deighv was flirting and BusyLion went around taking all the scraps off of the tables. He got close to Medeusa and Dancerbabe715's table and he stopped dead in his tracks. They both pulled out a pair of scissors and said “Clip, clip.” They gave him that evil grin. The way they looked at him, gave him the chills. BusyLion glanced over at Deighv, but he was too busy flirting.
“What’s the matter? What’s the matter.” Kyra tugged on his tail. She still was talking so fast moving about. Not being able to sit still. He lost his thoughts of Medeusa and Dancer and started chasing Kyra around. Trying to catch her, with this much caffeine in her it was a challenge. And the challenge would be fun.
Deighv saw BusyLion chasing Kyra. Medeusa and Dancerbabe were in deep conversation. He started getting bored. He figured he wanted a little more excitement. So he snuck over to Medeusa and Dancers table. “Hey ladies.”
They both looked at each other. “What’s on your mind Deighv?”
Deighv cleared his throat, “as you can see Lion is preoccupied right now.” He just looked at them.
“So what of it?” Dancer replied. Deighv just glanced at their table. They both looked where he was looking. And both of them grinned. Deighv made his way back to his table. He couldn’t wait for the excitement to start. Only one thing worried him and that was Cheyla. She had to be distracted. If anyone messed up her lounge, she would have them for a snack. Deighv raised his glass, “Cheyla,” he called out.
“What can I get for you Deighv?” she smiled as she walked over to his table.
“I think I want another one of your special brews. Might want to put on some food for Lion as well. I know he will be real hungry when he is done chasing Kyra. You don’t want him eating any of your customers, now do you?”
Cheyla looked at BusyLion and Kyra. Kyra was moving so fast that BusyLion had a hard time trying to catch her. “No, I don’t want him eating my customers. I will start a big …steak,” she cringed at the word steak.
“Now remember he likes it rare.”
“My kind of lion.” She smiled and went to fix a steak. Deighv knew she would be gone a while. And she left just in time. Medeusa and Dancer started sneaking up on Lion with scissors in their hands. BusyLion was so into trying to catch Kyra he didn’t see the two sneaking up on him. Deighv sat back. He had a huge grin on his face just waiting. Medeusa held up her hand, she started the count down with her fingers. Dancerbabe was getting ready watching her. They were both grinning ear to ear. Thinking what a fine coat that lion would make.
Medeusa put down one finger, then another. When she put down her third finger both she and Dancerbabe pounced on BusyLion. He roared and Kyra stopped. Deighv started laughing. Cheyla came through the doors at the same time. She forgot to give Deighv his drink. She saw what was going on and all she could see was red! Blood Red! Fur was flying everywhere. Kyra was escaping the flying fur and Deighv was laughing.
“STOP!” everyone froze in mid action. They all looked Cheyla’s way. Her fangs were out her wings were spread. She was on the attack. Deighv tried to sneak out the door.
“I said STOP!” she bellowed. Medeusa and Dancer hid the scissors behind their backs. They were covered in lion’s fur. Kyra quickly moved over to Cheyla.
“What ya gonna do? What ya gonna do?” she quickly said moving about. She saw how angry Cheyla was. “Count to three, count to three.”
Cheyla took a deep breath and closed her eyes. “One, two, three!” She counted slow trying to calm down. She heard a creek and opened her eyes. All she saw was the door swinging shut. She glanced around and not a soul in site and the place was a mess. Kyra peeked from around the corner. Cheyla smiled.
“Need some help?” She cautiously came from around the corner.
Cheyla took another deep breath. “Who started this?”
Kyra thought for a minute. “I really don’t know, I was busy, so busy.” She yawned.
“No time for that Kyra. We have to clean this place up. Here drink this.”
Kyra took the drink from her hand and took a sip. She smiled and took a bigger sip. Soon she was zooming around the lounge cleaning things up. Cheyla was cleaning up all the broken items in the lounge. The more she cleaned the madder she got. There was lion fur everywhere. She went and found a piece of paper and a pin. She poked her finger and wrote in blood. ‘Wanted one BusyLion’. She put it in the window. She could see the shadows of all them out there. She moved away from the window. They carefully walked up to the lounge and read the note.
“Why, Why me?” BusyLion questioned.
“Well she said you were her kind of Lion.” Deighv laughed.
Medeusa and Dancer looked at each other. “Your fur was all over the place.”
“No thanks to you two.” He growled.
Deighv started snickering. But they all knew how mad Cheyla was. They also knew they would pay for making a mess in her lounge. But all that could wait. Right now Dancer and Medeusa wanted and nice Lions coat. They picked up their scissors and went after him again.
BusyLion jumped back. “I need to hide.” Lion looked around. “I will lay low for a while.” He turned and fled.
Deighv turned to Dancerbabe715 and Medeusa. “Ya know he has to sleep sometime.” And he grinned, what a trouble maker he was. The two girls grinned and quietly started to follow BusyLion.
BusyLion knew he was being followed, it was an instinct. He hurried ahead and hid behind the bushes, waiting. He could hear conversation in the distance. He had a keen sense of hearing. He listened as the voices got closer. He crouched down. He jumped out with a roar! He startled Dancer and Medeusa. “Why are you following me?” he growled at them.
They grinned that evil grin. “We want our coats.” And pulled out their scissors.
“Wait!” he swatted at them.
“We don’t have time to wait.”
BusyLion was usually an easy kind of going Lion. But this was getting out of hand. He had to put a stop to this. With his keen sense of hearing, he looked beyond Medeusa and Dancer. He saw Deighv hiding in the bushes. He was chuckling. BusyLion stood on his hind quarters. He was so big! Medeusa and Dancer looked way up at him. They dropped their scissors. Neither of them really noticed how huge he was. He looked down at them, “We need to talk!” he growled. He swooped both them off their feet and headed for is den.
“All done, all done.” Kyra looked around. She was very pleased with herself. She stopped long enough to take another drink.
“They place looks wonderful Kyra. Now where is that Lion?”
“Why? Why do you want BusyLion?” Kyra scooted around her. Just as she said it, they heard a rapping on the kitchen door. Cheyla and Kyra went to the back and opened it. There stood, BusyLion, Medeusa and Dancerbabe.
“We need to talk.” Lion said.
“You forgot your... steak, Lion.” She cringed at the word as she tossed it to BusyLion.
BusyLion was so hungry he forgot what he came for. After he chowed down on the steak, he was licking his paws. He looked up and everyone was staring at him. “What? I was hungry.” Everyone rolled their eyes at him and turned, they headed for the lounge.
“I want to know who started this non-sence?” Cheyla announced.
“Who isn’t here?” Dancerbabe replied.
“It’s Deighv, it’s Deighv!” Kyra was fluttering around everyone.
“You really need to stop giving her your double shots, Cheyla.”
Cheyla’s face turned a little pink, trying to look innocent. She cleared her throat. “What about Deighv?”
“Every time chaos broke out who was around laughing at it all?”
“Deighv told me it would be funny to scare Medeusa when she came in.”
“He also told us, BusyLion was so busy chasing Kyra…”
“I get the picture.” Cheyla said. “He told me Lion would be hungry after the chasing Kyra, so I went to make him a…a…”
“Steak, a steak.” Kyra quickly said.
“Yeah, that. He knew I would be distracted.”
“So what are we, going to do about this?” Lion looked at everyone.
Medeusa and Dancerbabe gave each other that look. “I don’t like that look. It makes me think fur coat.” BusyLion shuttered.
“Oh, now, now Busy. We have another hunt on our minds. Besides, your fur will grow back.” They both started to laugh.
“Listen up everyone. I will give this warning only once. You mess up my Lounge again all of you better hide for a long, long time.”
“Understood.” Everyone nodded in agreement.
“I have some special venom that will make his skin fall off.” Medeusa grinned.
“I have some bamboo. We can shove them under his nails and pop them off one by one, pop,pop,pop.” Dancer said as she made a popping sound. BusyLion and Kyra shuttered at the thought.
“Now, now this is Deighv.”
“Yes we know.” They grinned.
“Listen, we all have to live on this planet so let’s try to be a little civil.” BusyLion said.
“You’re such a party pooper Lion.” Dancerbabe rolled her eyes.
“Well someone needs a level head.” He lifted his head.
“And you think your it?” Medeusa laughed.
“Okay, okay enough. Settle your differences later. Right now we need to teach Deighv a lesson.” Cheyla glared at everyone. Everyone started to settle down and get to business. They started to discuss what they were going to do when the door opened. It was Deighv. He had a smile on his face.
“How is everyone?” He said grinning.
“Fine Deighv just fine.” Kyra yawned.
“Time to refill her cup.” Cheyla went and got her pot of coffee.
“Only one shot this time.” Medeusa said.
“Oh give her a double. What’s the harm?” Deighv chuckled. Everyone looked at each other. Yeah they really needed to do something.
Dancerbabe cleared her throat. “We are sorry for messing up the lounge last night. Aren’t we Deighv?”
“Umm… yeah sorry.” Deighv shrugged his shoulders. He was looking at the new customers walking into the Lounge. He didn't sound sincere. Medeusa and Dancerbabe grabbed Cheyla at the same time. She started showing her fangs. They had to calm her down. BusyLion was distracted swatting at Medeusa’s hair again.
“Stop that Lion!” she kicked at him.
“Sorry, but it’s so, so playful looking and so alive at times.” He watched it sway back and forth. It almost hypnotized him.
“I know, I know what we can do!” Kyra was spinning around.
BusyLion put his paw on his head. “Stop spinning, I will lose my lunch!”
“What do you have in mind?” Dancerbabe asked.
“Well, you know how Deighv likes to flirt. He is always flirting with the girls. Whats the harm of a little flirting back?” They all nodded their heads. Then Medeusa whipped her head around and looked at Dancerbabe and Cheyla. As she did Lion swatted at her hair.
“That is a great idea Kyra.” She grinned, that evil grin. She looked at Dancerbabe. Dancerbabe grinned she looked at Cheyla.
“How does some ‘live’ entertainment sound for tonight Cheyla? You got a pole?”
Cheyla was confused for a second, and then she caught on. “A wonderful plan and yes I have a pole.”
“A pole?” BusyLion was confused. “You mean like a fishing pole? Fresh fish does sound good.” He licked his chops.
“No, no a dancing pole.” Kyra squealed as she went twirling around.
Everyone looked at Cheyla. “I swear I only gave her one shot!”
Deighv was so into checking out the new customers he didn’t realize the others were talking about him. They were discussing details on how to teach him a lesson. They had to be careful because Deighv wasn’t easy to fool.
Later on that night the normal crowd came in. BusyLion was checking out the tables. Deighv was checking out the ladies. He saw something strange. “Cheyla,” he called her over.
“Yes Deighv?” she gave him a false smile.
“What’s that for?”
“What’s what for?”
“That!” he pointed at the pole.
“Oh, oh the pole.”
“Yes the pole.” He sarcastically said.
“Well, I decided to try something new. Maybe bring in more customers.” He turned and Cheyla was standing behind him.
“Need another drink? Another drink?” Kyra asked.
“Yes, get him another drink…on the house.”
Deighv grinned, “That’s kind of you.”
…if you only knew… Cheyla smiled, “you’re a good customer Deighv. Are you going to stay for the entertainment?”
“Well of course I will.”
Kyra came back with his drink. She set it down and quickly spun away. Cheyla went back to the bar. She gave the signal. BusyLion moseyed over to Deighv and started grooming himself.
“So have you heard anything about this new entertainment?”
“Nope.” Lion said licking his paws. The lights dimmed and the music started. Deighv jaw dropped when he saw Medeusa come out. Her hair was long and flowing, she had on a skimpy outfit. The way she was moving to the music Deighv was in awe. She walked up to the pole and started to pole dance.
“That’s, that’s Medeusa. Isn’t it BusyLion?”
Lion glanced at her. He was hypnotized by her long flowing hair. Then he felt a thump at the back of his head. Kyra was there. “Pay attention Lion.” She whispered.
Lion shook his head. “Yes looks like her.” And he went back to grooming. A few seconds later Dancerbabe715 comes out. Her hair was piled on top of her head, with ringlets falling down. She to had on a small skimpy outfit. She was making the same move Medeusa was as she walked up to the pole. Deighv was shocked. They were dancing slow and in a very sexy manner. Deighv almost jumped of his chair.
The girls looked right at Deighv and started moving his way.
“They are coming over her Lion!” He could barely contain his excitement.
Lion glanced, “so they are.” Deighv couldn’t believe how calm Lion was. The girls looked at Deighv. He saw fire in their eyes. He was licking his lips, just staring. They were more beautiful then he thought. And man they could move. When they got to the table they reached out and took Lion by the paws.
“What, what's going on?” Lion looked surprised.
“Dance with us,” Medeusa said in a low sexy voice.
“Please Lion.” Dancerbabe715 said as she ran her fingers through is mane.
“What about me?” Deighv stood.
“Don’t rush, your next.” They chuckled.
Deighv sat back down and watched as they led Lion to the dance floor. But they kept going. They were headed for the door. This confused Deighv. Next thing he saw was Kyra. “Need another Drink? Need another Drink?”
“Yes.” He replied but not taking his eyes from the door. Soon it opened and Medeusa and Dancerbabe walked in. Deighv almost fainted. They had BusyLion’s mane around their necks.
“No, no, no.” he said in shock.
They headed his way. They had a wicked grin on their faces. He saw blood on their hands. He turned to run. And he ran right into Cheyla. “Going somewhere? Don’t you like the entertainment?” She grinned evilly at him. He looked back Dancerbabe and Medeusa were reaching for him.
“No, no. Let me go!” they were laughing at him.
"Don't you want to go see what happened to Lion?" Dancerbabe laughed.
"He does make a nice coat." Medeusa grinned as ran her hands down the mane around her neck.
Deighv was struggling. But he felt weak. The room started spinning. He heard Kyra say, “Think I gave him enough?” Cheyla
started laughing. All he could hear was laughing, laughing, laughing. Then
things went dark.
Deighv was shivering so bad it woke him up. He just laid there trying to think. He was cold and shaking. He jumped when he remembered what happened. “Lion!” he shouted out loud. He sat up to fast and got light headed. He looked around, he was in his house. He ran to the window. Everything looked the same. He ran to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. He looked the same but his head was pounding.
“A dream, must have been a dream.” He said out loud. He looked at his clothes and they were dirty. He decided to jump in the shower. Maybe the warm water will help his pounding head. He took a hot steaming shower. Got out got dressed and headed for the Lounge. As he was walking he saw flashes of things in his mind. He stopped and shook his head a few times. But he disticntivly remembers laughing all kinds of laughing. He finallly got to the lounge. He reached for the door handle and slowly opened it. Everything was going in slow motion it seemed. Even Kyra seemed to be moving slow. He stepped inside and stared at everyone. BusyLion was there, his mane still intact! He was clearing off the table scraps. Medeusa and Dancerbabe were at a table deep in conversation. Cheyla was at the bar talking to customers. He jumped when Kyra came up to him. “You, you okay Deighv? You don’t look so good.”
“Umm…umm… I am fine. I think.”
“Want a drink?”
“No!” he shouted and that got everyone’s attention. He remembers Kyra asking about a drink last night. But everything still was all fuzzy. Was it a Dream?
“Geez Deighv.” Kyra pouted and spun away.
Dancer and Medeusa started laughing. They walked up to him. “Looks like you have seen a ghost.” Dancer said. Deighv eyes went into the direction Lion was at. Lion seemed ok.
“What happened last night?” He looked at both of them.
They looked puzzled at him. “What do you mean?”
“Nothing never mind.” He turned and went to the bar. Images of Dancerbabe and Medeusa ran through his head. He glanced back at them. But they kept on walking. He went to turn and out of no where it seemed Lion was there.
“You seem a little out of it Deighv.” BusyLion jumped in front of him.
“You’re okay, you're okay, you got your mane!” He reached for BusyLion’s mane.
BusyLion jumped back. “Of course I got my mane. But I should be asking, you, if you’re okay.”
“Is everything okay Deighv?” he heard Cheyla’s voice.
“Fine, fine. I think.”
“Well either you are or you’re not. Looks like you have seen a ghost.”
Again he looked at Lion. “Umm…I think I need some coffee. Got a bad head.”
Cheyla put her hands on her hips. She looked angry. “You went to that other lounge didn't you?” she snapped at him.
“Umm…umm… I don’t think so.” He tried to think, but nothing seemed to come to him. Just flashes everything seemed disoriented in his mind.
“Well either you did or you didn't.” Cheyla glared at him.
“Just get me some coffee.”
Cheyla turned in a huff. Deighv looked at Lion. “Did anything strange happen last night?”
Lion was cleaning his paws, grooming himself. “No nothing strange why?”
“What did I do?”
Lion stopped what he was doing and looked at Deighv. “How can you not remember? Cheyla almost had all of us for lunch she was so mad we messed up her lounge.”
Deighv thought, he remembered that but not much after. “How did I get home?”
“I don’t know you tried sneaking out the front door. Cheyla caught you. Thank goodness for Kyra. She calmed Cheyla down told her to count to three. When she closed her eyes we all took off. I don’t know where you went.”
Medeusa and Dancerbabe were eves dropping. They were snickering. They looked over at Kyra and winked at her. She smiled and went about her business. Deighv was trying to remember but he couldn’t. Cheyla voice broke his train of thought.
“Hey Deighv, I got an idea how to bring in new customers.”
Deighv wasn’t really listening to her, he was trying to think.
“Live entertainment.”
Deighv froze and turned white as a ghost. He slowly looked up. ”What?”
“You know live entertainment. Maybe some dancers…” Everyone was staring at him. Then they all burst out laughing.
Deighv finally figured out what was going on. He looked at everyone and stood up. “Lesson learned, for now.” He grinned. Everyone turned to walk away. Medeusa and Dancerbabe turned back and winked at him. He shook his head. “They are good, real good. But no one can beat the master. All in good time my friends, all in good time.”
The End.