by I'm Not Mister Mxypltk
Berlin, Germany:
"I can't believe them," K'tl said to himself, as Tobias Christopher, Marv Velo, and Danny Hearn walked toward the crypt. "I just can't believe them."
"Are you coming, M'xy?" Tobias said, looking back at K'tl.
"Be right there, honey!" K'tl said with a sweet voice. "Damned fools..."
As they descended to the crypt, Danny seemed uneasy. Velo, carrying a lantern to light the way, noticed this.
"Are you sure we're handling the M'xy situation correctly?" Velo asked, making sure M'xy wasn't listening.
"What else could we do?" Danny asked in a low voice. "If it wasn't him, he would have already blown our heads."
"If it's him and not something else, then why do you suppose there's darkness coming from his eyes instead of light?"
"He's just playing us, Velo."
"Exactly," Velo muttered. "He's playing with us..."
Danny opened his mouth to say something, when he heard a loud sound coming from behind. He looked back and noticed that the crypt door was closed.
"What the--?" Tobias said.
Danny didn't remember opening a door on his way in, but that wasn't important now. He looked at M'xy.
"Did you do that, M'xy?" Danny asked, impatient.
"Did I?" he replied with a grin.
"Cut the crap," Velo said, looking as pissed as he could look.
"All right, if you insist!" K'tl started elevating as he said this.
K'tl stared at Danny, who was standing next to a statue. Danny stared back at K'tl, confused. K'tl closed both eyes for a second, and there was a loud explosion.
"DANNY!" Velo yelled.
After hearing the explosion, the next thing Danny saw was the floor.
AAAH! Hal screamed inside Danny's head. He sliced our head off! We're just a head lying on the floor!
"We're still alive, Hal," Danny said.
These are our last seconds of consciousness before dying, Dan! Before dying, I've got something to tell you, Dan... I--
"If we're just a head lying on the floor, then how come my ribs hurt so much, Hal?"
Hal had no answer.
As Danny started getting up, he realized that Tobias was standing next to him, looking at M'xy. "Sorry if I pushed you too hard, Danny. I forgot about your ribs," T.C. said, without letting down his guard.
Danny saw the statue he was standing next to and noticed that it was decapitated. The pieces of rock that had been its head were all over the crypt. Danny realized that if it wasn't for T.C., that would have been his head.
"Uh, no problem, Tobias..."
Now there was no doubt in the mind of Velo, T.C., and Danny that this was K'tl floating in front of them.
"Whoops, sorry about that, Dennis!" K'tl said as he started floating around the three men in circles, increasing his speed as he went. "Let me make it up to you. You said before that the book was top priority, right? I'm gonna make the search for the book a lot easier!"
Danny couldn't wonder what he meant for more than two seconds, when things around him started exploding.
"I'm clearing the way for you to look!" K'tl exclaimed. He was having fun with this, and the rest could tell. All this time posing as M'xy taught him a new kind of insanity. He remembered the days when he wouldn't even smile, and thought of all the fun he had been missing.
"How did we ever beat this guy?" Danny said, as he and the others dodged flying pieces of debris.
"Actually," Tobias said, "M'xy did."