This is just a tryout for a new LPS horror story, inspired by Wormtail96's unfinished story, Space Monkey. I got the idea as I was taking my Algebra 1 exam. *Insert any form of exasperation, laughter, or sarcasm here*

"Where's Minka?"

Penny Ling was looking all over the place, obviously in search of everyone's favorite pink spider monkey. She scratched her head in confusion, her lightly tinted purple-gray eyes shining in desperation, which lightened up in hope when she spotted Zoe and Pepper walking into the daycare center, just recently ending their 'BFF time'.

"Zoe, Pepper, have you two seen Minka anywhere?" the purple and white panda asked as she walked over to the lilac dog and gray skunk.

"I'm afraid not, darling," Zoe apologized.

"Yeah, I haven't seen her either," Pepper added. A mischievous smile suddenly crept onto her face as she began to raise her voice so it rang out throughout the pet shop, catching the attention of a certain hedgehog, gecko, and mongoose playing Poker near the far side of the daycare. "How about we ask somebody who's closest to Minka? Perhaps a certain, oh, I dunno, hedgehog?"

"Seriously, Pepper," Russell grunted in exasperation. He turned away from his two friends to face the peckish pet; Vinnie leaned closer to peek at the hedgehog's cards. "What do you want?"

"I'm trying to find Minka so I can show her a creative and fun way of painting," Penny Ling answered just as Pepper readied to reply. "but I can't find her anywhere. I know she came in earlier, and I'm getting worried. Please say you'll help..."

Sighing, Russell turned back to Vinnie and Sunil, just after Vinnie quickly sat back up. "I'll be back, guys."

"Why can't those girls just figure out their own problems for crying out loud?" Vinnie muttered, flinging his hand of cards down on the ground in frustration.

"At least it won't be for long, right, Russell?" Sunil asked in his thick Indian-accent as his friend stood up.

"With these girls, we never know," he couldn't help but comment silently.

"Yeah, it's not like we can't totally hear everything you three are saying over there!" Pepper called in irritated sarcasm.

Choosing to ignore the comment, the hedgehog began looking around the daycare center for the artist monkey. He finally detected a noise followed by some movement in the hole of the slide play station. He trotted up to it and climbed up the slide, then sighed when he found Minka sitting with her back turned to him, limply tracing a single finger on the wall. An unknown paint, dark colored, was spattered all over the place, mainly on her tiny paws and wrists, which strangely literally dripped down her long arms like water.

"Minka, didn't you hear Penny Ling calling for you?" Russell asked. He waited for a response and lowered his eyebrows into a frustrated glare when he didn't receive one. "Minka, can't you hear me?"

"Is that you, Russell?" Minka finally spoke in a horribly out-of-character tone of voice; instead of bubbly and excited, she sounded tired and even almost death-like. This made a shiver travel down the hedgehog's spine.

"Uh... yes. Yes, it's me." Russell wiped away a single sweat drop trickling down the side of his head. "Minka, are you feeling okay?"

Instead of answering, the monkey began to rock back and forth, eerily humming a tune that would sound very lively if Zoe sang it. Russell shuddered, yet he forced himself to climb all the way through the hole.

"Minka, are you okay?" he repeated more strictly. He still didn't get a response. "Minka, answer me!"

He watched as the monkey reached out her paw to grab a long, flat object on the floor next to her. Russell stepped in closer and felt his blood turn to ice when he realized it was a sharp knife. Minka carefully placed the blade on her wrist, then, swiftly and carelessly, sliced a large gap into her flesh, watching limply as fresh warm blood spurted out of the wound.

Russell gagged, just barely managing to keep down his lunch. He watched in horror as Minka placed her free hand on the wound, slowing down the spurting, and used the scarlet red liquid to continue painting on the wall. The hedgehog looked at all the splotches of paint on the walls and monkey and realized with a jolt as if he were struck by lightning...

...that it wasn't paint at all.

It was Minka's blood.

"M-M-Minka..." Russell finally managed to find his voice, which was quivering just as hard as his knees and even his quills. He felt strangely cold all over and multiple beads of sweat were trickling down his head. Swallowing hard, he continued hesitantly. "Wh-Why are you doing this to yourself...?"

The monkey ignored the hedgehog's question. She just continued her humming, still rocking back and forth slowly. After about half a minute, she stopped.

"You still here...?" she rasped, her soft voice spreading over Russell like a shadow, threatening to swallow him up in a pit of never-ending darkness that would forever haunt his soul.

"Y-Yes..." Russell squeaked like a kitten who lost its mother.

"In that case..." Suddenly, Minka's head quickly snapped into a full 180 degrees, smiling wickedly. Blood was spattered all over her face and her razor-sharp teeth were stained in blood. Her light pink hair was messy and sticking out in all directions, also stained in blood, and her right pigtail was gone, as well as the light blue beaded hairband. A knife was jabbed halfway through her left eye, still bleeding fresh blood, while the other eye started right into Russell's soul, her light blue iris and pupil shrunk down as if she were a serial killer. "Do you want to see my painting?"

Quick flashes suddenly overtook the horrified hedgehog. In a heartbeat, he saw all the daycare pets brutally beaten and murdered under the vicious claws and teeth of Minka Mark. Eyes were slashed, throats were ripped out, and stomachs were torn open. The insane monkey stepped aside and showed Russell her 'masterpiece', which was simply two horrifying words written in blood.

You're Next

Letting out an ear-splitting scream, Russell backed away from the monkey as quickly as he could, realizing too late that his hind paw had slipped on the slide, causing him to lose balance and tumble down the slide. He landed hard on his back, then sat up, staring at the hole in horror.

The images he just saw flooded back to him in quick flashes, only this time he heard the screams of his pet friends and the psychopathic laughter of their tormentor during the Littlest Pet Shop massacre. He began to breath hard as the last image scorched into his mind.

You're Next

"Russell!"

The hedgehog let out a wail and blinked, realizing it was all just his imagination.

In reality, all five pets, Penny Ling, Zoe, Pepper, Vinnie, and Sunil were looking at him in concern, confusion, and worry.

"Russell, are you okay?" Sunil asked with full concern and worry, even a little tint of fear mingled with his foreign accent.

"We heard you scream and saw you tumbling out of the slide play station," Zoe explained.

"Then you were breathing hard and kept staring at the hole," Penny Ling added.

"We tried to get your attention, but you wouldn't look away," Pepper fretted.

"Man, whatever it was, it must have been bad because you were actually crying," Vinnie finished.

Russell blinked and felt a semi-warm liquid trickle from his eyes down his wet cheeks. He really had been crying.

"What happened, Russell?" Penny Ling whimpered. "Is Minka all right?"

Minka. The name... That very name...

The name of the insane monkey who threatened to destroy everything he loved and held close to him...

The name of the once so sweet and innocent pet whom he actually developed a strong liking to...

The name of the vile creature who swore to kill him with two simple words...

You're Next

A/N: Yeah, I just wanted to try this new idea out, and to be honest, I REALLY like it! I am ALL over gore and torture and whatnot, as well as LPS, so... yeah, this is what happens when you are a sadistic teenager with no life whose summer vacation is just about to start. XD

I hope you all like this creepy, disturbing, psychopathic, yet unique story. :D

One more thing to mention. Yes, this does strongly involve Russinka (RussellXMinka), but how this plays out... You'll just have to see.

Please like, favorite, follow, review, and do whatever it is you want to do. I always appreciate any feedback and reviews for this story. ^^