"May I be frank, wait a minute I am Frank... I've never really understood love, but I feel it and embrace it, even if its unrequited."

"I don't question my orders, yet I have a feeling he ordered the bombing of the beach, an attempt on your life...?"

"Perhaps it was a misunderstanding..."

Frank the Dick's fly started to beep...

" Who is he? Are you working for him? Why does he want me dead" and as Muffy looked at his fly..." Why is your fly beeping?!"

"Its a micro cell phone," he said " Its The Man With No Name, maybe you should answer it ..."

"Humm" thought Muffy as she looked at his fly, it was beeping and visually vibrating now, "maybe I should" she said and reached out to unzip his fly and reach inside.

The Private Dick coughed, cleared his throat and said, " I believe its voice activated, just talk to the fly."

The Unknown Operative was laughing at the scene unfolding in the Sage's Cave. He then activated the phone so Muffy could hear him.

"Muffy, I'm glad you are alive. I had mistakenly thought you wanted to kill The Dame With The Same Name." he spoke

"Muffy, Muffy my dearest sister." The Dame With THe Same NAme broke in.

...

" I would never hurt my sister" Muffy responded..thinking darn it, it would have to be voice activated! "I can hear Betts in the background..I'm so glad she is safe!"

"Frank? Is there a way we can go immediately to her?"

Frank feeling delirious with the softest caress of Muffy's hand, didn't hear her at first.

"Erm, my scooter died coming for you, perhaps the Sage may be able to help us..."

Boldly leaning into her, he pressed his lips upon hers...

Muffy's eyes flew wide with the shock of Franks lips on hers...
Momentarly, she was stunned..Catching her breath, she backed away.
" Yes," she shakely breathed..."let's find Sage."

Stoic as ever, Frank took the rebuff by Muff in stride.

Just then Sage arrived leading two pygmy elephants, "Best I could do on such short notice I'm afraid, but hey will get you to LAnd's End."

So the intrepid pair got on their mounts and rode hard without a word, reflecting upon the kiss...

Muffy climbed on her pigmey elephant and touched the whip to his ear..she was determined to put as much distance as she could between Frank and herself...but they were heading back into the wilds where they would be along. Was that what she was wanting? Still feeling that kiss even now, with the cave slowly disappearing behind them.

"Well Dame Betts is this as good as it gets?" asked The Unknown Operative.

"Will we nurture this love or shall fear rise up like it appears it has done for your sister?" he questioned.

"My dearest Hawkeye, I have waited a lifetime for you." she replied.

"I can only hope that our love will continue to grow." said The Lame Dame With The Same Name.

"As for my sister... so many skeletons in her closet, its a wonder she isn't dead herself."

Muffy rode in silence.So many thoughts going through her head.."It is easy for a man to confess a love he may or may not feel" she mused.
" Surely, he has mistaken my past as a weakness in me, but that is not true...I am more than ready to show him once and for all, that I am not a meer weak woman running scared at his touch. I am what I am and no man will see me scared! Not of him or the many tasks that lie before me!"

In a earthy bass voice Frank began croon...

"BAby please don't go
Baby please don't go
Please don't go down to NAwlins
Yanno it hurts me so"

"How could I have doubted his love for me?" Muffy thought. "He's not like any of the 1000s of others..."

" He may not be like my past affairs of the heart or twat...but even so, he's up to something" thought Muffy.
" He's working for the Operative With No Name...and I still think that is trouble for me and for my sister Betts....I'll play along until we reach Lands End"

Something inside The Dick snapped, no longer capable of coherent thought, he began to grind his teeth...

Unbeknown to him the Unknown Operative had a cyanide capsule tooth implanted in his jaw...

Frank N. Curt's mouth began to foam as he convulsed and fell of his mount, dead before he hit the ground.

Muffy set fire to the drift wood and grass that made up the pyre to cremate Dick..She had shed tears as she got him ready for burning. In her own way, she had loved him. He had always been there for her, but at the same time, he worked for the highest bidder, even against her if the credits were high enough. So she cried for a friend lost, and thanked heavens that another enemy was gone.

A young man with a wandering eye walked up to The MAn With No NAme and handed him a note. With a curt not went on his way.

The Dick is Limp. Permanent. The Man With No NAme raised a brow and began to wonder what had happened. He crumpled the note and flicked it towards the ground, it vaporised before it hit.

"What is it my Dearest?" inquired The LAme Dame With The Same Name.

"Just business, My Love, just business." he said

"Another Daquiri, Love?" he smiled.

"I've been waiting for you." The voice came from the shadows.
" You have something I want, and I want it now!"

Muffy searched the darkening suroundings, searching for the man that was speaking to her...finally he moved just a fraction and she spied him.

"All that I have are these two worn out pigmey elephants, you're welcome to one, if you like." Respondes Muffy.

" Hee hee, it's not elephants that I will have."

"Then you are more the fool than I thought Buster Buraham. I have nothing that you shall ever take from me!" Reaching into her boot, she drew the emerald and diamond encrusted knife, "Come and see your doom!"

Brother Ken Hymen was so glad he didn't have to take a vow of abstinence. He didn't think he could forsake his greatest pleasure of popping cherries.

His new employers actually encouraged it. Who knew that the Church was full of Hedonistic Sluts?

Though he wondered why they chose him to seduce and betray this Crone called Muffy The MAnslayer. That thought was cut short with a knock at the door. Brother Bum Bugger was delivering a brand new Sherry Cherry.

"Wwwwhen yyyou get the job done, I wwwwill have sssomeone even more sssspecial for yyyou." Bro. Bum Bug stuttered.

" Ohhh Miz Muffy, you ain't gonna hurt me, girlie. I just need to know a little bit of infomation. Didn't mean to scare you, I just want to talk...now put that pretty knife away and sit for a spell"

"I'm fine where I am, thank you. I have nothing that needs to be devulged to you, so be on your way." Muff held her ground.

" Now girlie, I just need to know the whereabouts of one gentleman (snickers) by the name of Brother Ken Hymen..that's all". He was inching closer as he spoke.

At the name of Hymen, Muffy's lifted a shapely brow.."Brother Ken
, hummm, hadn't thought of him in years...he still raping and killing the poor women of the Church?"

" Why would I know anything of him?"