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Eventually the frogs are finally killed off. It seemed all the monsters were gone as the mold strikers retreated back into the shadows. But Dark look terrified, knowing it wasn't too long unti the day the red moon would come.

Sterling flopped onto his butt with a sigh. "That's it. I'm going to retire." Slime dripped from his bare arms and a few spores still stuck to him. He looked around for his trench coat and found it just out of arms reach, covered in slime from where the slime frogs had gotten to it.

He slumped forward, eyes closed as he caught his breath and cradled his arm to his chest. There was still no feeling to it.

Jenna walks over to Sterling and touches his injured arm. It tingles vilolently and painfully as the senses come back into it.

Dark looked at Sterling, grimly, with his eyes closed slightly.

Sterling ground his teeth as the feeling returned to his arm; why was pain always the first sensation. But it finally eased. "Thanks."

Feeling someone watching him, he glanced at Darkness. "What is it, Darkness?"

''The red moon, Sterling.'' Was all he said, his black color slowly returning as his blood started to return.

"Oh, right." For the first time, the older Hunter sighed, his mood dropping. He'd been in plenty of worse-case scenarios, but this was probably the worst.

Covered in slime, surrounded by demons, and somehow still human. "Don't worry about it, Darkness. If you eat me...I won't hold it against you." He looked at Jensara. "I don't believe we were ever introduced. I'm Sterling."

''My name is Jensara, spawn of Lucifer. Nice to meet you, Sterling.'' She replied, bowing slightly. ''I'm a icy fire user; Sorry about your arm. I'm not good at using human technology. I'm used to hand to hand combat, honestly.''

"Spawn of-?" He groaned. "It just keeps getting better. No, thanks for your help with my arm. I'm better when it comes to vampires or werewolves. Demons really aren't my thing." Well, they were quickly becoming his specialty.

"I'm going to pass out here for a few hours. Would you or Darkness like to take first watch to ensure that we don't get overrun by more slime creatures, or worse?"

''I'll take watch, my son looks tired.'' She replied, nodding. ''Yes, I'm a spawn...You nearly tried to kill me.'' She retorted, then stakes out the entrance and keeps watch. Her eyes glowed eerily, as she stalked the entrance.

Darkness passed out aswell, while Elder fell asleep.

"Yes, well, your kind have nearly killed me." Sterling muttered, his eyes closing.

He slept surprisingly well for being where he was and covered in what he was. When he stirred a few hours later, he was stiff and sore and felt battered. But he managed to prop himself upright and find his trench coat which had dried stiffly due to the ooze. He scratched at his arms and grimaced. He would need a bath sometime soon. Fortunately, the sun looked like it would be rising soon.

Jenna was still awake, and was washing her dress in the nearby stream. Sterling could thankfully only see her backside, where her thick hair showed only her wings. A dead slime was near her, with a spike impaled through it's belly. Jenna cleans the dress still, crouched down with her tail curled up behind.

Darkness groaned, stirring awake and bruised.

Elder slowly awake, rubbing his hand over his mouth, yawning.

Sterling noted the others waking and then slowly got to his feet. "I'm gonna go clean up," he muttered, staggering towards the stream. He headed sufficiently far enough from Jensara that he wasn't invading her personal space, and he didn't bother to look at her.

He peeled his shirt off and knelt down to plunge his hands into the water. It was cold, but not unbearable. He quickly scraped off the dried ooze and then washed his shirt.

Jenna finished cleaning her dress and slides it back on, shaking off. She looks at Sterling, then goes to washing her hands, the claws brittle.

Darkness and Elder stirred awake, before getting up. Both were covered in fresh slime as a large eel slithers into Sterlings jacket.

Sterling kept his eyes focused only on what he was doing. If something was going to eat him, he really didn't want to see it coming. He wet his hair down, slicking it back and feeling more ooze there from his slog through the slime marsh. And then he rolled up the legs of his trousers to wash his legs.

That done, he wrung out his shirt and slipped it back on before going to get trench coat.

"If you guys need to clean up," he said to Elder and Darkness, "the water's not too cold."

The eel curls up behind his neck as a tingly sensation started racing through his back.

Sterling picked up his trench coat and slung it over his shoulder to carry it back to the stream, when he felt something tingle against his neck.

His eyes widened briefly as he realized what it must be... An eel! And he remembered how potent those were. He grabbed for it, intending to sling it off. Assuming of course, he wasn't paralyzed by it beforehand.

The eel zaps him in shock, or tries to.

Sterling grimaces as the familiar tingle and electric shock traveled down his back. For a moment his entire body locks up, overridden by the electrical impulses travelling through his body.

And then he's on the ground, passed out cold. The jacket sliding from his hand, and revealing the culprit of his unconsciousness.

The eel crawls out and slithers up Jenna's spine before zapping her. She gacks in pain then fell over, also ko'd. It does the same to Darkness and Elder quickly, then disappears back into the water.

This was ole Zapp 'zappy' Slimeel.

Sterling lay there motionlessly, unconscious. The ground beneath him absorbing the water from his still-damp shirt.