Chapter Two: What is Jellylorum's role in this?/the Centre of Operation
"She's most likely not to be trusted," Dem agreed.
"What're you doing, spying on us, Jelly?" Bomba demanded, approaching the older queen, and looking as menacing as she could. Jelly didn't seem frightened in the least of the bat.
"I was hiding from that bat," she replied nonchalantly.
"I doubt it," Bomba muttered.
"What was that?" asked Jellylorum.
"Nothing," Bomba insisted. "Let's go try and find out where the bat came from," she suggested. Silla and Exi nodded, but Dem was more reluctant.
"I think we should tell someone before we leave. We never know what might happen, especially after that bat killed Cettie."
"I'm not quite dead, yet!" Cettie insisted weakly.
"Oh, you'll be dead as a doornail in a moment or two," Bomba replied.
"I think I'm gonna make it," Cettie continued.
"I doubt it," Bomba said. "Let's go. Jelly can take care of her daughter."
Later....
"Maybe we should find a centre of operation first," Dem suggested.
"Might be a good idea," Silla agreed.
"Can you think of anywhere, Exi?" Bomba asked. Cettie knew the neighborhood they were in better than the rest of them.
"We could use an abandoned warehouse. It's small, and wouldn't be that hard to protect," Exi declared.
"Works for me," Dem replied.
"Then, show us the way, Exi," Bomba proclaimed.