Hi guys, I'm baaaack :D
I'm sorry this took so long, there's been a major glitch in my laptop, it like crashed or something (I'm not tech savvy).So now I gots a brand new one :)
Well, I want to thank all you guys that read and reviewed Velocity. This happens to be the sequel.
So, for those of you who didn't read Velocity, Ellie's a homemade character. She lives with her father, Malcolm and her brother, Peter, across the street from Richie. She's a bright and spunky 16 year old girl, who has the power to run at super fast speed. She is the costumed heroine known as Velocity. When we left off, Velocity and Static had teamed up to save the school from the Metabreed and things were going quite swell. Virgil and Ellie had developed a bond of friendship, even though they bicker frequently. Richie and Ellie had developed a bit more than friendship and are now dating.
So what next you ask? Well naturally nothing goes right. So lot's of conflict, llama references and shenanigans are in store.
Disclaimer: I don't own Static Shock, yadda, yadda.
"Can we count on our conversations, to restore us like energon cubes? Made one wish for a permanent kiss that would echo through these bones like arsenic. I can figure out the point of anything just not as quick as I can mess up my life. With all my dreams hooked to hospital machines, I think, 'let's try redefining beautiful.'"- Point of Extinction by Motion City Soundtrack.
"Well, this is relaxing. Here I am, underneath the stars, nothing but the sound of crickets and the howls of coyotes yearning for the flesh of the youth." Eleanor Covelli said with enough sarcasm in her voice to make Simon Cowell look like a kitten. Richie Foley and Virgil Hawkins sighed as they listened to Ellie start again. The little blond had been reciting every potential danger of their camping trip (ranging from: poison oak to lyme disease) since they arrived in Blackwood forest three days ago. They had this coming though. It had been their own fault for insisting she come along.
It was as simple as this. The Hawkins family had been going on their annual "End of School Camping Trip" for as long as Virgil could remember. Virgil and Sharon were always allowed to bring a friend along. So ever since second grade Richie had tagged along as Virgil's comrade. This year was no different. Virgil and Richie excitedly began plotting various pranks, activities, and general tomfoolery for the upcoming trip.
Now what happened was: Adam caught strep throat. Sharon had no one else to invite, due to the fact all of her friends were on vacation. So she suggested that they bring along Ellie. Of course, Virgil and Richie quickly agreed to this plan and invited her. Now, the extent of Ellie's camping experience was spending the night in a tent outside in her friend's backyard once. She made this quite clear in the beginning, but Virgil and Richie assured her that it wouldn't be a problem. So they packed up the car and headed out for their three day trip.
The first day, everyone went out hiking after setting up the intricate tents, and they ended up getting lost for three hours. When they returned, Ellie and Richie were sunburned, Virgil and Sharon were covered in poison ivy and Robert was entirely scot-free.
The second day, while they were out fishing, their site was visited by wild animals that made off with the granola bars, potato chips and trail mix. The teenagers were mortified that their snackage was gone but luckily, Robert had stored the package of hot dogs in the cooler with all the bottles of water, so they had some food left.
Now on the final day, nature decided it would be a good idea to unleash a hurricane on this pitiful little camping trip. The wind was so violent, no one could leave their tents. It was also roaring so loud, that they had to communicate via walkie talkie. If things weren't bad enough, at some point in the afternoon, a particularly savage wind lifted Virgil and Richie's tent right off the ground and they both went on a magic tent ride and landed nearly 50 feet away. Luckily, Ellie had managed to run to their rescue when she heard their shrieks of terror over the walkie talkie. She managed to rip open the tent and pull them out right before the wind picked up and blew the tent away again. Robert and Sharon marveled at Ellie's quick reflexes as they all caught their breaths.
Anyway, the storm had settled and the three teenagers were now crammed in Ellie's Disney Princess tent where they had basically reached the point of extinction. They were cold, tired, exhausted and longing for air conditioning. At this point, even Ellie had the disposition of a sour gummy worm.
"Virgil, could there be anymore static electricity in this tent?" Ellie hissed uncomfortably as the blanket shocked her for the thousandth time that night.
"Gee, I don't know, let's zap you with a few thousand volts and find out." Virgil snapped.
"You're a shock away from being booted out of my tent, Hawkins." The speedster growled.
"Would you two stop fighting? Let's just go to bed, dream we're somewhere better than this and then in the morning we'll pack up and make that dream a reality." Richie reasoned.
"Easy for you two. You'll sleep through the night. I'll sleep two hours and my body will wake me up." Ellie pouted, "Stupid adrenaline imbalance." She muttered under her breath.
"You think you've got it bad? I'm the one who had to watch you grope Richie all day long and my iPod's dead so I couldn't even block out the moans of ecstasy." Virgil said.
"It's called tickling!"
"Yeah, give it a different name, that'll lessen my mental scars."
"You're just mad because you're on the Snow White side of the tent!" Ellie said, "She's a trollop! No one like's her!"
"I don't know if I should be more disturbed that I'm sleeping in a princess tent or that you just used the word "trollop" in a sentence."
"I think you should be disturbed that your face looks like-!" Ellie was cut off as a pale hand clapped over her mouth. Richie pressed his forehead against hers.
"Ellie, love of my life, I am nanoseconds away from turning into a cannibalistic serial killer and making this camping even more painful and disastrous than it already is. So if you and Virgil could cease your bickering and let me get some sleep so this desire to slaughter can pass, it would be greatly appreciated." Richie said in a calm tone and then removed his hand from her mouth.
Ellie smiled and couldn't resist the sexual innuendo, "What part of me would you eat first?"
"Okay!" Virgil said, "This is clearly like the trampoline incident, I'm going to need 6 years of hypnotherapy before I can repress this."
"Must you always bring up the trampoline incident?" Richie rolled his eyes.
"…what's the trampoline incident?" Ellie asked curiously.
"Sorry, we swore an oath never to speak of it again." Virgil said, "Next topic: Let's figure out away to murder Ellie and make it look like a tragic camping accident."
"Excuse me Sparky, there was enough static electricity in this cheap Wal-Mart tent without you in it. And now that you are, it has reached intolerable levels. If anyone's getting murdered it's you." Ellie hissed.
"That's it. I'm going to sleep in a bear cave where it's safe and calm." Richie announced and began to unzip his sleeping bag.
"No! You can't leave me alone with the human carpet! He might shock me again!"
"I'm sure you'll live."
"No I won't, look at him." Ellie turned around to stare at Virgil. He had taken out some sharpies and was drawing a rather detailed picture of himself drowning Ellie. "He has dreads Richie, that's the hairstyle of deceit, you know. And for some strange reason beyond my comprehension, he finds me annoying." She said.
"The mind boggles." Virgil said without looking up from his drawing.
"He's a meanie pants." Ellie concluded, "And since you are my designated lover, you are forced to stay here and protect me from every potential danger that might occur." Richie's mouth opened and he let out an aghast scoff.
"Every potential danger? Geez, could you make my job any harder, Velocity?" Richie asked with his arms crossed. Ellie looked thoughtful for a moment and tried a way to make her ludicrous theory sound more reasonable.
"Okay, you're right there." She agreed, "But hey, would it kill you to dress up in yellow tights and wave some pom poms around and cheer me on for once? It would certainly make my fights more enjoyable."
"Mine too." Virgil grinned.
"You are not putting up a convincing argument to keep me from going to the bear cave." Richie scowled.
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry. This horrid trip has me cranky, let's just cuddle quietly." Ellie surrendered and thrust herself against Richie's chest, "And Virgil you can use my iPod to block out our moans of ecstasy if you want."
"Oh dear god…"
It was still raining the morning of their departure. The clouds were thunderous and pouring down gallons of rain water, but the winds were less fierce. Although packing up their camping items was still a gruesome and treacherous task. After three hours of laborious work on empty stomachs, the exhausted campers piled into the car. Robert and Sharon got into the front seat and Virgil, Ellie and Richie all smushed in the backseat. The three teens were exhausted, but that's what happens when you choose arguing about nonsense in favor of sleep. They peeled out of there as fast as Camry could. Their first priority was food. And even though Robert was opposed to fast food, they stopped at the first McDonalds they saw. They opted to take the drive thru and spare the world their grungy and dirty appearance. Once that was out of the way, they drove and drove with fantasies of hot showers and cozy beds. Tension and excitement were building up as they passed the last few trees and exited the rural town of Blackwood and entered the metropolitan area they called Dakota. They could have jumped for joy. But oh what a let down it was…
All kinds of sirens were blaring. There were destroyed cars that had caught fire on the side of the road. Shattered windows decorated the pavement in front of various buildings. Thugs running around in ski masks were more abundant than the cops. The Hawkins family exchanged solemn glances, the chaos and mayhem was grimly similar to the Dakota Gang Riots that had taken place several years earlier.
"What the hell is going on?" Ellie voiced what everyone was thinking. Robert Hawkins turned on the radio to the news station as he cautiously drove forward.
"…bringing in previous scientists to try and correct the problem. But it would appear that a news reporter has unearthed that Alva Industries has dangerous amounts of the "Bang Baby Gas". The city has been in a complete uproar about safety conditions for the past 2 days, causing a riot at Alva Industries…"
"Alva Industries… oh my god, my dad!" Ellie gasped in a panicked state, "I have to get to a phone!" Without thinking Ellie opened the door of the slow moving car and quickly ran out.
"Ellie, no! It's not safe!" Robert called after her. It was too late though, she was already sprinting down the block. "We have to go get her, Malcolm left her in my responsibility."
"Pops, it's no use. Ellie's fast, we'd never catch her." Virgil reasoned.
"It'll be okay. She can handle herself." Richie said, but there was anxiety laced in his voice as he watched the gust of wind kick up the moment Ellie disappeared into an alley.
Good first chapter? I thought it was a bit short but I wanted to leave it off all dramatic and whatnot. Don't be shy, reviews make my day :)