[Scrab-Meat]

Chapter 3
The Swig Within

In that very instant Skeeb was frighten to death curled up in his dark cage. The Clask was approaching and it only knew one thing, and that was to have the Swig for dinner within the cage shrouded by shadow. Skeeb's two white beedy eyes blinked and just as the Clask was makeing its final snap Skeeb quickly took his tail wraped it around a small bucket filled with rocks which was a weight for the cage, which was sitting in his cage and threw it towards the spot light knocking out the power in the arena and turning the entire arena pitch black. The crowed grew silent and a huge scream was heard within the darkness. The screams turned into crying and suddenly there was the sound of silence. For a few minutes there was silence and Skeeb's fellow inmates were ancously awaiting to see what has transpired in front of them.

One of the Blug guards went and turned on the emergancy lights of the facility which made everything look red. Sarlast, the Blugs and the rest of the crowed were absolutely stunned on what they saw in the middle of the ring. And what they saw was disturbing indeed. It was Skeeb in a different likeness with his tail relentlessly eating the clask whole. As Skeeb finnished his unlikely meal he began to shrienk back down to his normal Swig self and let out a small cute little burp and said. "Oops... excuse me!"

Sarlast stunned by this odd sight ordered the Blugs to take Skeeb away back to his holding place. "Ladies and Gentle Gluks do to unlikely events regaurding the....the Swig the show has been canceled. Now get out of here!

Back at the holding facility Skeeb sat in his cage as his friend Bass was put next to him. They started to talk about what has just transpired.

"Skeeb what was that?" Skeeb answered "I dunno! I feel that I may be growing into something different, something scary and dangerious. I feel hungry all the time like I want to devour everything in sight and when I am scared I turn into that thing you saw at the circus."

"Is that normal for you Skeeb? I mean your a Swig and all but I would never imagine you turning into a monster that eats from your tail."

Skeeb answered, "Well eating from my tail is a normal thing for us Swigs. Swigs like me always have a second mouth I just would hide it from everybody all the time because I was afraid that if anyone were to find out about my true self I would be killed for being a freak of nature. Look at myself I look harmless but when I get frighten I turn into a rageing serpant. I feel at times though I'm not suppose to be like this and that something happened to me years back when I was born in my Swig family. As far as I know Swigs are not suppose to turn into monsters. Granted Swigs have two mouths one for speech and the other for food thats normal but turning into a freak of nature is out of the ordinary for me. I must go to my family and find the truth about myself. I have to get out of here."

"Well I understand Skeeb we do have to get out of here and I have a mate who just might be able to help us."

"Who?" said Skeeb

"The Gabbit Noom but we have to find him first. He is being held in another part of the facility. I think he is in the zoos."

"We must go to the zoo but how do we get out of these cages with The Blugs everywhere?"

Meanwhile back in Sarlast's office the mighty Keeper sat in his leather chair over looking the rest of the vast Freak Dome out of a huge window. It was sunset and in the distance there was a Blizzard. He was thinking about Skeeb and his amazeing ability to turn into a monster. As he puffed away at his pipe a Blug walked into his office.

"Sir the Swig is in his holding place." "Very good, now leave me so I may think!"

Just as the Blug was walking through the doors Sarlast asked the Blug a question. "What do you think of the events that occured this evening?"

"I am not sure I know what you mean sir."

"Nevermind Leave me now!" He stood facing the window once again and looked out of the windows and puffed away at his pipe. In his mind he was amazed at the Swig and his Doctor Jakel and Mr. Hide routine act. And then to his amazement he grined an evil grin. For that night he devised a plan that will make himself the richest Keeper alive. Sarlast began to talk to himself.

"Ah yes, the Swig oh how perfect he is or should I say odd he is! When I get through with him, heh I will be most rewarded!"