Ch. 5, Death of a tent
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" Those are stalactites, and these are stalagmites." Calvin explained. They were about five minutes in the cave.
" How do you remember? I always have a hard time." Sasami asked.
" Well, for stalactites, I think of the T as one pointing down, and the M for stalagmites as two pointing up." Calvin said, "Hey, you know that show, Ripley's believe it or not? Some guy made an organ in a cave by carving the rock."
"Wow." Suddenly, the rope became taught.
"Aw crap, this as far as we go." Calvin said.
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After a little bit of backtracking
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"That cave didn't have a lot in there." Calvin said.
"I thought it was fun. The cave by my house only goes to this pool of water, and it's a straight walk, no twists or turns like that one." Sasami said.
"Say, have you ever seen The Exorcist?" Calvin said with a grin.
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About 35 minutes later
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"This is all true?" Sasami asked. They were watching the movie on Calvin's laptop.
"Well, kinda. It was a boy possessed, not a girl." Calvin said. Suddenly, there was a faint yell, and a few seconds later an explosion hit a tree next to the tent. It fell and destroyed part of the tent. By some miracle, nothing was damaged (except the tent) and no one was hurt. The tree hit the end of the tent, landing next to Calvin's sleeping bag. Calvin stared at the tree, and Sasami thanked Tsunami, and was mad at Ryoko (who else?). "What the hell happened?" Calvin asked.
"Uhh, Umm, Ball Lightning! It must have hit the tree!" Sasami said nervously. 'Let him buy it, let him buy it.' Sasami thought.
" I've heard of ball lightning doing stuff like this! Wow!" Calvin said, "But now I got no where to sleep."
"Uhh, maybe you can stay at my tent." Sasami said.
"Uh, okay." Calvin said. Sasami got up and grabbed Ryo-ohki (still acting like a stuffed animal).
"I'll just have to tell everyone back at camp." Sasami then walked off. When the coast was clear, Hobbes became alive again.
"That thing that she had, It's alive! It started walking around and sniffing all over the place when you went to that cave." Hobbes said.
"Right Hobbes, and my parents bought me at the flea market." Calvin said.
"I'm serious." Hobbes said.
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About three minutes away from the Masaki camp
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"Something's funny about that stuffed animal?"
"Miya!"
"But I didn't notice a thing."
"Miya meow!"
"Oh well, I hope Mr. Masaki is alright with the idea." After some walking, Sasami entered the camp. Nobuyuki and Tenchi were sitting at a table (Washu set one up) and were covered in soot. " Did Ryoko and Ayeka get in another fight?" Sasami asked, already knowing the answer.
" Yeah, but they stopped when one of the blasts hit in front of us. But they already did enough damage. One blast went into the woods, and another on destroyed some boats over on the shore by a small shack." Tenchi said.
"Well, you know that blast that went in the woods?" Sasami asked.
"Yeah?" Tenchi said, not liking where this was going.
" Well, I met another camper, and it destroyed his tent." Sasami said.
"Oh no." Tenchi said, and put his forehead on the table.
"Well, now he does not have a place to sleep, and I thought, Why not here?" Sasami said.
"Well, the more the merrier." Nobuyuki said. Sasami went back to Calvin's tent.
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Ch. 6 Welcome to Paradise
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Sasami had arrived at Calvin's tent (or the remains) as he finished repacking his stuff.
"It's okay, they said it would be fine." Sasami said. Calvin jumped slightly, as he did not hear her when she walked up.
" Cool. I still can't believe I saw ball lightning. That was awesome!" Calvin exclaimed.
" Yeah, that was, uh, pretty incredible..." Sasami said nervously. "...Lets go, there should be enough room in my tent."
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Half hour later
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They arrived at the edge of the camp, and no one was around. " Well, I guess my sister must be with Tenchi, and Ryoko wouldn't be far. Mr. Masaki might be with them, too. Mihoshi must still be asleep, and Washu's still doing who knows what." Sasami explained as they walked up to the tent. Calvin was amazed as he entered the tent.
"WOW, THIS THING IS HUGE!!" he exclaimed.
"That's a, uh, optical illusion. It only looks big..." Sasami lied, hoping he would buy this one. They walked into one of the smaller rooms. "...This is where my sister and I sleep. You can set your stuff here."
"Sure, I'm kinda tired, I think I'll take a nap." Calvin said. Sasami nodded and walked off. He opened his bag and pulled out his sleeping bag. "You can stop stowing away, where in here." Calvin said to Hobbes. Hobbes climbed out of the duffel bag and stretched.
" I hate it in there..." Hobbes said. Calvin did not hear him, for he had already fallen asleep.
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A few hours later
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Calvin woke up and saw Hobbes had also napped. He got up and walked outside where he saw Sasami and a strange older woman with purple hair. He couldn't hear what they were saying, so he went around into the woods and hid behind a tree, directly behind the two.
" I'm just worried sister, he said he saw a tree ship. It could have been yours, or Dad's."
" Well, we haven't been as discreet as I had hoped, but we've made up for it. I just hope Mihoshi or that demon don't blunder and expose us, and I can see them doing so."
"Please don't call Ryoko a demon, Ayeka. It makes her seem evil, and she's a nice person."
" Around you, maybe. But we are getting off track. If he finds out, it could jeopardize how we live here, and you know Earth is not ready for its realization of Jurai. Once they find out the way it was planned, this planet opens up to many other planets, and vice versa. They still have years to go before Father makes contact."
"I know, could you pass me some of that seasoning, this fish is just about ready." Calvin couldn't believe his ears. His new friend was an alien, and from the way it sounded, they were royalty.
"Hmm, looks like we got an eavesdropper." Calvin heard someone say behind him. He spun around and came face to face, so to say, with another woman. Only she was upside down. Calvin looked and saw she was floating.
" HOLY S..." he said as he jumped back, only to hit his head on a tree. He passed out cold.
" What was that!?" Ayeka yelled. Ryoko floated out of the woods with Calvin strewn over her shoulder.
"Sasami's little friend here was listening in on your conversation. I think he heard everything." Ryoko said.
" We should get him to Washu, that looks like a bad bump on his head." Sasami said as she pointed to the golf ball sized lump on the back of his head. So Ryoko floated over to the tent with Sasami behind her, and Ayeka worried. 'Did he hear everything?' she thought.