Day 4: Bonfire


"Odd…"

"What?"

"You can't do this…"

The gang was in the forest, near the manhole, and they were camping for the weekend. Hopefully, it was legal to camp there.

Odd and Ulrich were currently in an argument about the food they were supposed to cook.

"I can cook simple stuff like marshmallows, come on!"

"Don't use all of it, idiot! What if you burn it?"

"Nonsense!" Odd dumped one of the contents of the bag of marshmallows in a pan which was held above the fire by a net tied to three metal poles on the ground: a makeshift barbecue-thinggy.

"We're going to starve…" Jeremy mumbled, as Aelita cuddled close to him, her stomach grumbling.

"I'll get the meatballs!" Odd announced, as he fished inside a thermos bag. "Here it is!"

"What the heck are you doing!" Ulrich screamed, grabbing the frozen box containing the small pieces of food. "Why did you bring meat on the camping trip!"

"Because nothing screams camping like a bunch of meatballs!" Odd insisted, pulling the lunch box back in his hands and dumping them all near each other on the net.

"I'll get some veggies" Yumi mumbled, as she stood up and walked towards one of the bags.

As she was grabbing a few carrots, she saw them bickering again, this time about who was the best cook.

"Have you got a problem or something?" She yelled at them, exasperated, making them stop quarreling. "Because you guys are so hooked on being the best that you forgot several things on our way here!"

"Not several" The samurai mumbled. "A few…"

"Most of our food, a sleeping bag, a plate, a bottle of water, one of the tents" The ninja counted on her fingers. "Also, both of your jackets, Kiwi – God help him if Jim finds him! – and your common sense!" she glared at them both as she gave the carrots to poor hungry and tired Aelita. "We've been standing here for hours waiting for something to eat and it's nearly 10 p.m.! We're starving!"

"Yeah, sorry about that" they both said in unison.

"So, peace out and try to cook something!"

"Why us?" Odd protested.

"Because it was both your idea to go camping!" Yumi answered, bitterly. "And we three are dying of hunger, anyway, because we were the one who did all the jobs while you bickered; so there" she then slumped near her tent, arms crossed.

The two boys frowned a little; then they both sighed and looked at each other.

"Friends?" Ulrich stuck his hand out.

"Sure" Odd smiled and shook it. The two then turned back towards the bonfire.

"So, what's the next step?" The samurai asked.

"Leave the cooking to me, you prepare what doesn't need to be cooked"

Ulrich nodded and grabbed a few bags; he searched inside them, but didn't find anything.

"Hey! Where are the chips!"

"What?" Odd ran towards him and looked in the bag he was searching. "Wha…but this isn't the bag!"

"Then which one is it?"

"The green one!"

"No the green one was for clothes!"

"You mean you buried our chips amongst pants and t-shirts?"

"I wasn't thinking!"

"I can tell!"

They sat there, bickering again for about two minutes. Yumi shook her head and sighed, exasperated; she then paused, as a weird sent caught her nostrils. She sniffed again, hoping she was wrong.

She wasn't.

"Guys!" She exclaimed. "The food is burning!"