Marco
It was the last day of school. What more can I say? People were acting nuts; littering classrooms with food and drink, chatting consistently in the halls, and of course having a HUGE shaving cream fight after school.
And I was so gonna be a part of it.
"Come on Jake! Everyone's gonna be there!" I whined. We were in Cassie's barn. Yeah, the big building that acts as a home for horses, cows, and smelly little pigs. Of course, Cassie's parents don't own a normal barn. Oh no. They had to go over the top.
Her parents are both vets and her barn is actually the WRC. (That stands for Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic) Their family finds injured animals on the side of the road or in the woods and nurses it back to health in their barn.
Let's see what we've got today: A burnt badger, two disease ridden bats, three deer with broken limbs and such, four insanely hungry wolves, and FIVE RABID SQUIRRELS!! ((Twelve days of Christmas, only backwards. Haha :P)
Sorry, I tend to break out in song every once and a while.
Anyways, Jake was insisting on holding a meeting during the shaving cream fight. He said 'Erek had news that could be important information about the war'. Yes, Jake. COULD be.
Jake shook his head. "Marco, you know where I stand with this. I'm not budging." He told me sternly, crossing his arms over his chest like he does when he's ticked off. I whimpered and gave him my signature puppy dog face.
Nothing. Not even a twitch.
"Jake, Marco's right. We need to have a break. We've been diving into battles for almost two weeks straight without coming up for air." Rachel agreed. Jake's face softened.
"I don't know you guys. Erek said-"
"Oh, why don't you just go and screw Erek, Jake? He never lets us have any fun!" I replied, mimicking Jake and folding my arms as well. Jake's face grew stern again.
"No, Marco. And that's final." He stated and began to walk out. Then, just as suddenly, he stopped and whipped his head to the side. He didn't move. Heck, I don't think he breathed. He slowly turned to face us again. His face was pale.
"Do you guys hear that?" He asked with wide eyes. I listened. When I didn't hear anything, I grew impatient.
"Jake, I don't hear anything. Now will you please rethink it and-" Rachel stopped dead. I think by that point everyone had realized what had taken Jake mere seconds to see. There was no sound. We were in a barn full of twenty plus animals, and there was no sound.
The animals were literally frozen in their cages.
"Ellimist." Cassie breathed. Jake just nodded, and suddenly he was standing before us.
"Aww, shit!" I exclaimed.