Hiya, it's me again (duh duh duh) I sort of just had an idea the other night and decided to run with it, here goes...
CHAPTER 1
A shrill ringing sound penetrated the silence, apart from the occasional noise of a cow or the howling of some distant creature, it was the only sound.
Alex woke with a start, for a few seconds he was completely disorientated and tense before he realized where he was and let out a relieved blow of air. He was on Paulo's ranch for the holidays with the rest of Alpha force. The room he was in was large, painted a very light orange with random and highly miss match items of furniture seemingly scattered around the place. On the ground next to him Alex made out the sleeping form of Hex. And on his other side, slightly elevated on a bed, was the loudly snoring Paulo. He glanced at his watch; 4am.
"Why on earth am I awake?" It was then the offending sound became apparent; the phone was ringing.
"Bloody hell." he groaned, before tossing his cotton sheet aside and kneeling to wake up Paulo.
Li's eyes snapped open, she was alert and focused even though she had just woken. Her ears zeroed in on a harsh ringing sound.
"The phone!" she exclaimed. Her shout was rewarded by a grumbling and groggy Amber waking and dishing out a ferocious scowl in her friends direction.
"For gods sake Li!" Li ignored the comment.
"Come on, we've gotta wake up Paulo." the room the two girls occupied was similar in sizing and colour, the only major difference being the furniture, in this room the only furniture was two mattresses and a built-in wardrobe. Amber hauled herself out of her bed and ventured out into the hallway after Li.
By now Alex had woken Paulo which, subsequently roused Hex from his slumber.
"Paulo, mate your phone's ringing."
"Dios! Let it ring out amigo, they can call back later." Alex was about to insist he answer when the door creaked open and the two girls bustled in the door.
"What is this? A slumber party?!" Hex groaned to emphasise his point.
"I'm assuming that was rhetorical." Amber remarked.
"Good morning would have done just as well grumpy guts."
By now the ringing had stopped and the five just looked at each other before Alex broke the silence.
"What are you doing in here?" he aimed the question at Li and Amber.
"We were going to tell Paulo to get his lazy ass up and answer the phone." answered Amber. Paulo was about to hit back at Amber when the phone rang again and all eyes turned to Paulo.
"Forget it." he said, rolling over away from his friends. "I will not get up for some estùpido person calling this early." Li was quick to react, in an instant she was next to the lazy Argentinians bed and shoving towards the floor.
"Get. Up!" she said, her voice strained at the effort of moving a resisting Paulo. Paulo felt himself being pushed, he knew that he would soon fall and so he finally surrendered and stood up to stretch.
"Hey Hex, you're looking a bit vertically challenged, are you gonna get up or do I have to go all Li on you? Quipped Amber.
Paulo and Alex rolled their eyes and left the room in search of the phone, leaving Li and Amber alone on a mission to get Hex up. In the hallway the two boys shared a guilty look,
"Poor Hex." they said in unison
"Who on earth is calling?" Li asked no one in particular. The three were now sitting up on the ancient, squeaky mattresses the two English boys had been sleeping on.
"It's been at least 10 minutes and I hate waiting." she sulked
"Don't I know it." muttered Hex. Amber grinned at him.
"I am fed up, let's go see what's happening." Li crossed the room towards the door and just as she grabbed the handle the door burst open to reveal a grinning Alex and a beaming Paulo. It was the latter who explained,
"Pack your bags chicos, we've got a mission!"
There you have it- chapter 1! Let me
Know what you thought, I am completely open to constructive criticism so fire away.
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