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Chapter 2: Into the Amazon
After arriving in Brazil, Marc had looked back at the cages holding the teens. Then, he turned to face Robbie.
Marc: Stop the truck, Rob.
Robbie: What? Why? We're almost there!
Marc: I can't do this! Look at them. Do you realize what we are doing?!
Robbie: You never had a problem with killing those toucans and other birds a few weeks ago.
Marc: This is different! They are foreign to this land! We are taking them from their home, and KILLING THEM! Pull the truck over!
Robbie looked over at Marc like he was crazy, but obeyed, and pulled the truck over to the side nearest to the Amazon.
Robbie: What are we gonna do, Marc? Free them? They won't survive ten minutes in the Amazon.
The teens watched on at the two adults fighting over how they should handle the situation.
Marc: Well what do YOU think, Rob?! We take them to their deaths? At least we won't witness their deaths.
Emily: (Whispering to Bucky) I prefer whatevers in the Amazon than Verm-Tech…
Bucky: (Whispering back) Don't we all?
Marc: We are freeing them and that's FINAL!
Marc gets out of the truck, and opens the back doors, taking the cages, and going to the edge of the forest.
Marc: Go on. Be free!
The 6 teens just kind of stayed there. Robbie then got annoyed quick.
Robbie: What, are you deaf? Get out of here, before we change our mind.
Robbie then kicks the porcupine teens into the forest.
Marc: Are you sadistic or something?
Robbie: Nope, I work for Verm-Tech.
Marc: Same difference.
Back with the teens, they fell down a steep hill into an opening. Quillo had looked around after getting up.
Quillo: Did he say the Amazon? Like the rainforest.
Spike: (Sarcastically) No, the website. DUH it's the rainforest!
A weird looking bird then landed in front of them.
Spike: Oh good, a friendly local. Let's ask him for help. Maybe he can point us back to Indiana.
Spike then approaches the bird.
Spike: Sir. Do you know the way back to Indiana, by any chance?
The bird looks over at Spike.
Bird: Qué es esta Indiana?
Spike twitched his head at this.
Spike: English?
The bird then makes a "pfft" sound with his beak.
Bird: Los turistas.
(Author's Note: Using Google Translate, I was able to find the real Spanish translations for "Where is this Indiana?" and "Tourists")
Spike then turned around, dumbfounded, and rejoines the group.
Spike: D-Did I hear that right?
Rachel: Did you forget we were in a different country?
Bucky: Come on guys. Surely there's one, JUST ONE, local who can speak English.
The 6 teens then go up to a sloth, who is hanging from his arms and legs on a tree.
Emma: Um, excuse me…Do you know where Indiana is?
Sloth: De qué estás hablando?
Author's Note: "What are you Talking about?"
Emma: Thought so.
The teens then go up to a toucan, whose feathers are ruffled.
Emily: Do you know where Indiana is?
Toucan: Pensaron que estaba loca …Ya verán! El final se acerca!
The teens look at the ecstatic toucan, and slowly back away.
Suddenly all of the animals in the opening find hiding spots, as if something bad was coming their way.
The toucan from before sees that the teens are still in the opening.
Toucan: Estas loco?!
(Author's Note: "Are You Crazy?!")
Spike: (While making sign language with his paws) We do not speak your language!
The toucan hides further in the tree.
Bucky: Guys, this place is a bust. We need to find someone who speaks English, or we're never getting home!
Not seeing the group of mixed animals, animals much bigger than him, coming up to the teens, Bucky continued.
Bucky: Seriously. No one learned English? That's ridiculous! It's always nice to have another language under your belt.
Emily: Bucky…
Bucky: That's like almost finishing a video game and then saying, "I'm not going to complete the last level"!
Spike: Bucky…
Bucky: WHAT?!
Quillo fearfully pointed behind Bucky. Bucky looks behind him, seeing a coral snake, a python & a cobra looking menacingly at the teens.
Bucky: …Hi?
The coral snake leans his head towards the other two animals.
Coral Snake: Qué, son estos niños estúpidos?
(Translation: What, are these kids stupid?)
Python: Jefe, creo que son nuevos.
(Translation: Boss, I think they're new)
Coral Snake: Ah, chicos nuevos, eh?
(Ah, New Guys, huh?)
Spike: D-Definitely!
The three predators laugh.
Coral Snake: Supongo que mejor les enseñamos una lección.
(Guess we better teach them a lesson)
The coral snake then reaches his neck out to bite Emma.
Spike: GET AWAY FROM HER!
Spike then hits the coral snake with all of his might. That was a big mistake, as the coral snake looked angry.
Spike: Oh…Uh, sorry. You just… tried to kill my girlfriend, and…Yeah… (To the others) RUN!
The 6 teens then run away from the three larger animals. The coral snake then leans his head over to talk to the other 2.
Coral Snake: …Conseguirlos…
(Translation: Get them)
The python and cobra then chase after the six teens.
Rachel: We gotta find somewhere to hide!
Spike then sees a hollow tree and pulls everyone inside.
Quillo: Do you think they saw us?
Emma: Let's hope not…
The python is seen by the teens outside of the tree.
The python looks around for a good five minutes. During these 5 minutes, the 6 teens felt like they held their breath. The python leaves, but not before calling out for the "boss".
Python: Los perdiste jefe!
(Translation: Lost them boss!)
The python then slivers back to the other two.
?: You know, you 6 are horrible at hiding. This is, like, the most obvious spot.
The 6 teens are surprised by the voice that did not sound like any of them.
Spike: Was that you, Bucky?
Bucky: No…Was that you, Quillo?
Quillo: Nope.
The 6 teens run out of the hollowed tree, as the mysterious voice, in which had a Spanish accent, revealed itself.
?: Hey, why are you guys running away? I'm friendly.
Every single one of the teens gasp.
Bucky: Did he j- Did he just speak English?
Emily: I think he did…
?: Skip? Skip! There you are!
A middle-aged porcupine reveals himself, and goes to the animal, which was a teen-aged otter.
?: What did I tell you about running off? You could get hur-
The porcupine then turns around to see the 6 teens.
Spike: Dr. Liam?
Dr. Liam: Y-You guys? Dear god. You guys are alive! I was worried the tornado killed you!
The 6 teens go up to Dr. Liam, giving him a big hug.
Dr. Liam: Oh my…Ike will surely be happy to see you guys!
The 6 teens then looked sad. They had then remembered what had happened to Ike.
Dr. Liam: What's with the sad faces?
Emma then looked down at her necklace, which she had never taken off since it was given to her before…Ike's death.
Emily: Don't you remember? Ike's…not here anymore.
Dr. Liam then realizes what's going on.
Dr. Liam: Oh…you guys don't understand. Ike's still alive. He's actually back at my camp…Oh, this is Skip, a native to the Amazon. He can speak both English & Spanish. I actually traveled all this way to study the lives of Amazon creatures.
Skip: They were hiding from something.
Spike: A group of snakes.
Dr. Liam looked concerned at the moment.
Dr. Liam: I was…worried about that.
Rachel: What were you worried about?
Dr. Liam: From what I hear, that snake group is the Venemo Mortal Snake Gang.
Skip: Venemo Mortal means "Deadly Poison".
Dr. Liam: They terrorize little creatures for the fun of it. You are lucky you survived…But enough of that. Ike regrets not saying goodbye to you. He'll want to see you.
Spike: Dr. Liam…
Dr. Liam: Enough talk. Lets head to my camp!
The 6 teens, Skip & Dr. Liam head to the camp, which was about 3 miles away from where they were.
When they arrive, big surprise…no Ike.
Dr. Liam: Huh, must have gone out to get some food…
Emma: (whispering to Spike) I need to get some air.
Spike: Ok, be careful.
Emma then goes outside of the camp and sits down near the edge of a cliff, and looks on to the horizon. She then looked down at her necklace. Her eyes started to well up in tears. She then punched the rock ground with her paw in a fist.
Emma: DANG IT! Why did it have to be him…? He was so nice. He didn't deserve it.
Emma then decided to lay there for 5 minutes before rejoining her friends.
Rachel had not seen the black widow spider about to bite her.
She had felt the little spider legs crawling on her shoulder too late.
The spider had bitten Rachel on her shoulder. The piercing pain had instantly hit her.
Rachel: OW!
Rachel had rubbed her shoulder.
Dr. Liam: (Concerned) What happened?
Rachel: Something bit me!
Rachel realizes she had killed the spider.
Rachel: It looks like a black widow.
Dr. Liam: A black widow?! You do know those are greatly poisonous, right?
Rachel's voice goes from calm to worried in .2 seconds.
Rachel: Wait…POISONOUS?! Oh my gosh…Do I look like I'm dying?!
Everyone shakes their heads no. Rachel then calms down a bit.
Rachel: Ok…Maybe the poison isn't that deadly to porcupines…Funny…I don't remember there being two Quillos…
Dr. Liam: Uh-oh…That's the first symptom of poison: blurry vision. Rachel, how many fingers am I holding up?
Rachel: Uh…3?
That was the second symptom: slow mind. He was holding up 2 fingers on his paw.
Rachel: (Slurred) Why are you all looking at me funny?
Dr. Liam: Slurred speech. That's another symptom.
Emily: You're a doctor! Help her!
Dr. Liam: I never learned how to work with poison! We have to think of something fast. If my studies are correct, the poison from the black widow will kill her in 4 hours!
Skip: Mr. Liam. I know a witch doctor near here.
Dr. Liam: Skip, witch doctors are dangerous. They aren't even real doctors.
Emily: Yeah, that seems risky. We don't want our sister to be cursed.
Spike agrees. However, Bucky, Emma & Quillo strongly agree with going to the witch doctor.
Quillo: Guys…Rachel means the world to me. If I lost her…I don't know if I could live with myself.
Rachel looked at Quillo.
Rachel: (Slurred) You…Y-you speak funny.
Emily, Spike & Dr. Liam seem beat, and agree to take Rachel to the witch doctor.
Skip, Emily & Quillo pick Rachel up as the group goes to the witch doctor.
When they arrive at the witch doctor's house, they see a masked animal, with a purple cloak with orange stripes at the bottom.
(Author's Note: I based this appearance of the witch doctor off of the witch doctor that appears in Scooby-Doo, Where are You?)
Witch Doctor: Qué deseas?
Quillo: Skip, you speak Spanish, what did he say?
Skip: He said What do you want? (To the witch doctor) Nuestro amigo ha sido envenenado. Necesitamos tu ayuda.
Witch Doctor: Cómo sabemos que no eres uno de ELLOS?
Skip: I was worried he'd say that.
Dr. Liam: What'd he say?
Skip: He said, "How do we know you are not one of THEM?"
Quillo: What does that mean?
Skip: His tribe and that snake gang have been in a feud for 2 years now. (To the witch doctor) No somos uno de ellos.
The witch doctor crosses his arms.
Witch Doctor: No te creo.
Skip: (Angry) What d'ya mean you don't believe me?
Witch Doctor: Bueno, hay una cosa que podrías hacer…Tráeme el diente de una de esas serpientes malditas, y te ayudaré.
Skip: He said if we bring him the tooth of one of those snakes, he will help us.
Spike: You mean we have to KILL one of the snakes?!
Dr. Liam: It's the only way. Spike, Emily, Bucky, with me. Skip, Quillo, Emma, tend to Rachel while we're gone.
Skip: Yes sir.
The 4 porcupines then go off to find one of the snakes.
Lucky for them, the python (Who's name was Paul) was asleep.
Spike and Dr. Liam had snuck up to the snake and…
POINT!
They had both quilled the python, instantly killing it.
Spike: Alright, Em. Help us with this thing.
Emma: On it.
The three porcupines then pulled out the tooth of the python and carried it to the witch doctor's house.
Witch Doctor: Bravo! Por favor, trae a tu amigo dentro.
Skip: He said to bring our friend inside.
Skip, Quillo & Spike all pick Rachel up and go inside.
When arriving inside the hut that the witch doctor lived in, Bucky sees a shrunken head of a snake, and screams.
Skip: Don't worry. It's just for decoration.
Bucky: Oh yeah. Paintings, family photos…A SHRUNKEN SNAKE HEAD!
Spike: Remember Bucky, we don't know their culture.
Bucky: I know…
After Rachel is laid down on a table, the procedure begins. First, a sort of green liquid is given to Rachel. She drinks it, and starts to get sleepy, before going into a deep sleep.
Quillo: Hang in there, Rach…
Witch Doctor: Vuelve, tonto!
The witch doctor then pushes Quillo back, and grabs something from the highest shelf from his cabinet. It was a jaguar pelt. The witch doctor then rubs the pelt over Rachel's body.
Skip: I've seen this procedure done on one of my old friends before. He's sensitizing the skin for the next step.
And, out of literally nowhere, the witch doctor started chanting some weird thing:
Witch Doctor: Ooga shaka, ooga ooga ooga shaka!
The witch doctor repeats this line 3 to 5 times, and starts to raise his hand, causing some form of steam to come from Rachel's body.
Dr. Liam: YOU NEED TO STOP THIS! THIS IS NOT HOW YOU PERFORM MEDICAL PROCEDURES. YOU COULD KILL HER!
Quillo: Please, stop sir!
The witch doctor ignores them, and keeps raising his hand, until the steam stopped coming from Rachel's body.
Skip: Don't worry, Mr. Liam. He's removing the poison from Rachel's blood.
As the procedure is almost complete, the room begins to spin, the others begin to levitate, and once all of the steam is in the witch doctor's hand, he gives a simple blow, making the "poison" fly away into the air.
The witch doctor then opens Rachel's mouth, and pours a purple liquid.
Witch Doctor: Le tomará unas horas despertarse…
Skip: He said that it will take a few hours or so for her to wake up.
So, the witch doctor invited the others outside for something to eat.
Dr. Liam, needless to say, was not happy with the witch doctor or Skip.
Dr. Liam: Skip, you told me this man was a witch doctor. That stuff he did in there was straight up black magic!
Skip: But Mr. Liam, isn't that what Witch Doctors do?
Dr. Liam: Witch Doctor's are supposed to do these ancient rituals, with herbs and spices and junk. What he did was none of that!
Skip: I-I-I'm sorry, Mr. Liam.
Dr. Liam: (Sighs) It's ok, Skip. I still wonder where Ike went. I swear he was taking a nap when you ran off…
There it was again. What was this guy talking about? Ike was dead.
3 hours pass, Rachel wakes up, lying on a table.
Rachel: What the…
Rachel then walks outside, and sees the others.
Quillo: Hey, Rach.
Emily: Do you feel better?
Rachel: I feel funny, but…I feel ok.
Emma: Thank heavens!
Bucky: You had us worried for a second!
So, the others explained what the witch doctor had done to save her life.
Rachel: You mean to tell me that he lifted some kind of air out of me?! That's weird on so many levels!
Quillo: What matters is that you are alive.
Emma had gotten up.
Emma: I'm gonna find some lake or river or something to drink out of. I'm parched.
Spike: Ok. Be careful.
Emma had left the group. And headed west for a river she had heard flowing.
Once she had arrived at the river, she had kneeled down to get a drink, but was frightened by the voice behind her.
?: Hey…
She almost falls in, but the figure behind her grabs her paw last second, and pulls her back up.
?: You ok?
Emma: Yeah I'm fine. Thank y-
Once she had seen who it was, she couldn't believe her eyes.
Ike…
Author's Note: CLIFF. HANGER! This is one of the longest chapters I've ever wrote, PERIOD! And, once again, I owe it to starwars4life, who I actually messaged for help on this chapter. Hope you guys are excited to see what happens next!
Until next time!