Giraffe Girl And Nutty J Giraffe Girl moved with grace, Nutty J bounced and gambolled in her wake. Giraffe Girl exuded coolness and composure, Nutty J smiled and grinned and shouted and laughed. Spikey the old vampire saw them coming, for a moment he considered eating them, but that would be unfair, they were his friends after all. "Where are you two going ?" asked Spikey as the girls approached him. "We're off to do super hero things," said Nutty J, and then..."Guess what I just thought of ?" Spikey frowned, he glanced around and tried to garner inspiration from his surroundings. "Er, you were thinking that.......that.......tree is very tall." He pointed at a very tall tree. "Nope." Nutty J grinned, then she curled herself into a ball and shouted "I'm a pill bug." "What's wrong with you ?" said Giraffe Girl as Nutty J giggled and wriggled at her feet. "You're so weird." "Neek neek neek," neeked Nutty J. "That's pill bug for 'I am fine thanks for asking.' " Spikey looked around, he had been quite happy before his friends had arrived. He had been thinking of going on a hunt for his dinner, perhaps a bite from the neck of a Fat Cat or one of the Equal Pigs would have done for dinner, but they would have run far away from all the noise that Nutty J was making. There was a small flock of Eleventh's still circling by the stand of tanse trees, but again, Giraffe girl was friends with many of them and would only get upset if he ate them. "Well," he said. "You've made all my dinner run away, so shall we go and rescue someone ?" Nutty J bounced to her feet and gave him a lopsided salute and a lopsided smile, Giraffe Girl pushed an errant strand of her otherwise perfectly coiffered hair back into place and yawned. Spikey drew the doorway, he put his index finger on the ground and then stood up drawing an imaginary line, when his finger was higher than his hair he moved his hand to the right and then brought his hand down to the ground again three feet to the right of where he had begun. His knees made little popping noises and he grunted as he stood back up. Nutty J pushed past him and with both hands flat and fingers spread she seemed to push at the space in between the imaginary lines Spikey had drawn, and a door appeared. there was darkness beyond it, as Nutty J pushed the door was driven back, it didn't hinge at one side and swing open like normal doors do, but just pushed out into the space beyond as if it were on heavy rollers. The small girl peered out into the dark alleyway, the vampire looked over her shoulder and the tall girl stood aloof behind them, pretending disinterest but looking intently from the corner of her eye. "It's dark," said Nutty J. "Yes oh mistress of the bloody obvious, it is indeed dark, and raining before you feel the need to mention that as well." The vampire pulled his cloak over his head, his eyes could be seen glowing blood red from under the cowl. "Do you have to do that ? It frightens people," Nutty J rummaged in her pocket for a rain hat, but found a bag of candy mice instead, she tried to balance them on her head, the others exchanged a knowing and faintly exasperated glance. "I like frightening people, people should be frightened of vampires." Nutty J pinched his cheek and grinned. "But you're such an old softie." "If you do that again I will be forced to consume you." He raised a hand towards the doorway. "Shall we ?." Giraffe girl pushed past the pair of them, Spikey put his hands on his hips and pursed his lips. Nutty J laughed, then they both stepped through. The rain poured down, although it was a sultry night and they would be soaked to the skin long before they felt cold. Water poured from blocked gutters and leaky downfalls, it poured in a most determined manner from above shaping spatter halos around streetlights. The rain came from all directions, as it hit window ledges and fire escapes it splashed sideways into their faces. Nutty J began to dance in and out of the puddles, and after a moment's though Spikey joined in. Giraffe girl sighed loudly and shook her head, but as she followed the laughing, splashing pair up the alley and into the street beyond she dipped her toes in the deeper puddles when she thought the others wern't looking. Nutty J stopped at the end of the alley, there was a broad street beyond which would hold at least four lanes of traffic when the weather was worth driving in, she cupped her left hand to her right ear and her right hand to her left ear and leaned to one side listening intently. "Can you hear anything ?" said Spikey. "Pardon ?" "I SAID CAN YOU HEAR ANYTHING ?" Nutty J took her hands from ears, "No, nothing at all." "Oh you two," Giraffe Girl strode out into the street and with each step she got taller, as she stepped off the pavement she was six feet tall, in the middle of the road she could have looked into the upper windows of a double decker bus if one had happened to be passing, but all the busses were tucked up nice and warm in the bus depot. When she reached the other side of the road her legs had become long and spindly, her beautiful big blue eyes had become beautiful and very big brown eyes, two little horns had emerged from beneath her hairline and a light dusting of golden fur had emerged along her forearms and up her neck.