OMG I'm sooo sorry for the long wait! My dead laptop was holding my stories hostage, thank goodness for friends who work in Best Buy Geek Squad!!
I was really surprised at the nice reviews I received from all of you considering I really used up a lot of brain cells trying to remember things from the show. Heh heh heh…..
Well, same as before that reviews are welcome as are constructive ideas and such.
AT THE AIRPORT IN NOME: 12:35
Stretching out his stiff muscles from sitting so long, Nosedive stood in the busy airport lobby. Wildwing had volunteered to fetch their bags and had told him to start looking for the hotel people who were supposed to pick them up.
"Any sign of them yet?" a voice asked suddenly behind him causing Nosedive to practically jump out of his feathers.
"Geez Wing! You almost gave me a heart attack." He grumbled as his brother shook with laughter.
"A little jumpy are we? I'd never guess that you'd be so easy to scare considering we deal with 'ol Dragon Breath, who is ugly enough to give ANYONE nightmares, and you don't even break a sweat." Wildwing chuckled as he wiped a tear from his eye.
A call from the double doors of the lobby got their attention and they walked to the front door to be greeted by a smiling man holing a sign with FLASHBLADE written on it.
"Mister Flashblade and guest , I presume?" he asked wile making his smile impossibly wider.
"Uuhhh, yes?" Nosedive replied, a little freaked by his wierd grin.
"Please step in gentlemen, I'll just place your bags in the trunk and we'll be on our way to Resort." the man said and he took their bags from them and turned to the car he was standing beside. Nosedive and Wildwing both raised their eyebrows at the sleek black limo that the man fairly pushed them into and they soon found themselves on their way.
After a surprisingly quick check-in Nosedive and Wildwing were shown to their room and began to unpack. The brothers were soon "oo-ing" and "aaahh-ing" over the various ammenities they found in their suite.
"Hey Bro , check this out!!" came Nosedive's excited voice as he discovered the hidden mini fridge. Chuckling to himself, Wildwing opted for a soak in the heated pool to soothe out the kinks from sitting so long and talked Dive into ordering room service instead of eating out.
About two hours later, Nosedive was still in the shower when his brother's voice called to him from the bedroom.
"Hey Dive, they don't have your soda do you want something else instead?" called Wildwing through the bathroom door.
"Naw, I think I saw a soda machine on the way up here so I'll just grab one from there." he called back. Soon after, the door opened and Nosedive stepped out, rubbing a towel on his wet hair. He ran a comb quickly through his gold locks and grabbed his wallet from the dresser.
"Back in a sec." he said to Wildwing who was currently hypnotized to the TV after discovering a marathon of his favorite show, CSI: New York, was on. He waved a hand to show he had heard and was soon drawn back into the show. Nosedive padded down the hall in his socks and quickly found the soda machine.
On the way back to the room, he popped open the can and decided to stop by the Help desk to see if there were any fliers on things to do that were offered by the Resort. He passed by a bulletin board that had a rather colorful arrangement of flyers and different ads. One really caught his attention that read "SEE THE GORGEOUS WILDLIFE OF ALASKA IN THEIR NATURAL HABITATS!" Nosedive figured that it would be fun to take a guided tour to all the sites of wild animals and take some really cool pictures.
Taking a copy of the flyer to show his brother, Dive raced down the hall to the room and after a few moments of discussion, he managed to convince his brother that it was perfectly safe and promised that he wouldn't freak out when the animals came close.
"What does the tour include?" Wildwing asked later as they munched on their dinners. Bringing out the flier, they read that the tour consisted of an hour long nature hike and then a ride down the white river, all with an experienced mountain guide with each group of people. Looking at his brother out of the corner of his eye, Wildwing was amazed that he'd want to do anything that dealt with water. As they lived on Puckworld where everything was always frozen, neither he nor Nosedive could swim. Wildwing could tread water if nessecary due to his early years when his father would fill their large tub in the house, but Dive had never learned and Wildwing had a bad feeling.
"Are you sure about the river ride? I mean, we could go skiing instead..." Wing began hesitantly. He knew that his younger brother was embarrassed about not knowing how to swim and had learned to tread lightly around the topic.
Nosedive tensed but turned to his brother and rolled his eyes.
"Wing, I'll be wearing a lifejacket AND I'll have both you and an "experienced mountain guide" with me. I'm pretty sure I'll be o.k." he said sarcastically, but Wildwing could hear the slight nervousness to his voice. They decided it was time to hit the hay and rest up for tomorrow's adventure.
They soon fell into a deep sleep where Nosedive was plauged by visions of him being under icy water and he could feel himelf sinking deeper and deeper into the cold darkness.
Well, there you go! Please let me know what you think about the chapter and I promise I'll update faster.