Chapter one: Damn it!
Buck came back a week later claiming that he- and I quote, "Forgot something he had to do." and we ended up going ice-skating together. Not just him and me. Soph came too, she had to, and I quote, "Keep an eye on that dude."
"Hey, Bumble Bee! Check me out!" I did a fancy move with my weasel spine. "Pretty neat, huh?"
"Yeah, Now watch me trump you." she did a move ten-times better than mine. "Neater huh, Red?"
"Yeah whatever-" my sentence was cut short by Buck yelling and carrying on. "Easy tiger, you'll hurt yourself!" I warned.
"Yeah, whatev-" his sentence was cut short by the ice cracking under Sophie's feet.
"Shit!" I yelled, grabbing Sophie by the hand. I got her just in time.
Buck skidded to a stop next to us and sighed in relief. "Wow, good thing she caught you. You almost died." he grinned and leaned on his knife.
Sophie and I gasped at the same time and glared at Buck.
"What?" he shrugged.
I woke up on the ground, next to a cave of some kind, and Buck's face awkwardly close to mine. "Damn it, Buck!" I yelled. Buck popped up and looked around. I smacked him in the back of the head, "Where the hell are we?" oh, I was pissed.
"Ouch! Well how the hell should I know?" he snapped. Then he continued looking around. "We're right next to the Chasm of Death." he stated. "Wait, why did your eyes get red and your tail get all bushy?"
"I'm one sixth mongoose… How did we avoid this place last time I was here?" I asked, freaked out a little that I couldn't use my amulet… in fact, I couldn't find the damn thing! Oh we were screwed beyond hell! …also, I had no idea why I'd said that mongoose thing, Ray did say he'd programmed good excuses to questions into my noggin, maybe that's it.
"I honestly have no idea." Buck answered.
"Hey, what's all the yelling about?" Sophie groaned, appearing out of a bush with burs and scratches all over her. "looking for these?" she held up the magic necklace and Buck's knife.
"Forget that! What about you?" I ran over to her and told her to sit down. "We've got to get you fixed up, right now."
"Damn. We need to get her into some cave or something." Buck stated.
"Why?" I asked, still irritated with him.
"It looks like rain, her wounds could get infected." Buck explained.
"Okay, let's get her someplace else then," I helped Sophie up and whispered to her, "We're really in the doghouse now, aren't we?"
(Author's note: Sorry this chapter was a midget, I'll try harder in the next few chapters!)