Me: Uh… I'm sorry for not updating! I really am! I'm a terrible procrastinator. If I don't update, please give me a nudge so I will. A couple things before I begin. One a special thanks to Eduardo Clergy. If you didn't point out Huggy, he wouldn't have made an appearance here. ^^ Second, all reviewers, please please, point out my mistakes! I do want to improve. Thirdly, I'm forced to say I don't own WordGirl...
Fourth, the beginning a bit less action, but I felt a re-cap would be good. Fifth, I said a couple of things meaning two… oh well! Anyway, please enjoy.
"I thought you were capable of getting up in the mornings." Becky said in the hall.
"I am!" I snapped back, in a teasing tone.
"Than how come I had to force you to get up?" She replied.
I stuck out my tongue, because I couldn't think of anymore comebacks. She simply laughed merrily. Maybe everything would be alright, I though walking down the hallway. Maybe this could work out happily.
"Hello, Tobey. Anne." A slightly cold voice said. I turned around to see Violet. She looked at me disapprovingly. Maybe Violet will stop looking at me like that.
"Hello Violet." I said lightly. "How are you?"
"Fine." She replied, still slightly annoyed. "I see you two are doing well." She noted.
I looked down and noticed Becky's and mine hands interlocked. "Yeah…" I mumbled out, unsure of what to say. I can't tell her the truth, yet I didn't like appearing as the villain in this situation. I took one look at Becky/Anne, and tried sending her a message of 'Help-me-out-please?'
She nodded, apparently understanding what I meant. "Violet, could I speak with you?"
"Sure…" She replied "That's alright."
Becky/Anne smiled back at me grabbing Violet's arm, like she did when they were younger. "Bye Tobey! See you at breakfast." She took off with Violet, leaving me behind.
I paused. What would Violet think of the news? Would Becky mind if I listened in, to hear Violet's reaction? …Probably not. After a few minutes of following her, I figured she didn't mind at all. Either that or she didn't know I was following her.
"Umm… where are we heading?" Violet asked.
"Preferably some place where we can be in private." Becky replied.
Violet looked slightly confused, from my view behind a comer. Then for a split second she saw me. I quickly ducked back, and held my breath.
"Is something wrong?" Becky asked.
"What? Oh nothing… I thought I saw something, my mistake." Violet laughed nervously.
"Oh ok."
"Hey, would my room be suitable? Dani is at breakfast by now, and it's relatively quiet there."
"That would be great." As the footsteps receded, I finally let out my breath. This was a warning. I should turn back now. Apparently my logic didn't seem to work, for I continued to follow.
Following down I noticed the hospital, or the old art room. It used to be filled with paints and easels, and had a smell of paints.
Now there were cold white sheets on cots. You could here the beeping of the few hospital equipments we had. Once in a while you could hear a cough. The stench of medicine had flooded the room.
"Here we are." Violet said stopping in front of a room right next to the hospital. "Will this do, Anne?"
"Oh yes!" Becky responded. She looked both ways before heading in.
Seeing as no one was looking and that they had headed in, I rushed beside the door. The first thing I heard was, "So what is this all about?" I assumed the voice was Violet's.
"Well… um… have you heard of the superhero, WordGirl?" A voice that had to be Becky's responded.
"Of course she was- and still is- my best friend, Becky!" Violet snapped sternly. She had remained loyal to the city and her friend for all this time.
"Violet… I'm Becky…"
There was only silence for a few seconds as the words sank in. "Becky?" Violet finally asked. Then a loud revelry was heard. There were so many sounds I couldn't make anything out. After the noise level dwindled I heard Violet ask, "But- wait how did you get here? And where's Bob?"
My heart sunk. Bob? I never thought about him… nor did I want to. The stupid monkey always bugged Becky, WordGirl, and I whenever we were having a nice moment together.
"Well…" Becky's voice trailed. "When I left the city, we, my family and I, all changed identities. All of our choices were for different reasons. I chose Anne Page, because it was a message. Anne was a character in a Shakespearean play from the book Ms. Libri gave me. My mom was Alison, who was an old friend of her. My dad chose Rick… still have no clue why, and TJ wanted to be, TJ the 'Totally Awesome,' but we changed it to Sam Page."
"And Bob?"
"Well, there not much you can do to disguise a monkey. The only thing we did get him was a monkey license and renamed him Bill."
So far the stories were the same, except Violet's had a bit more detail.
"Anyway, about three months later, my family heard about the city's state… and TJ, Bob, and I all wanted to do something, but my parents were a bit scared. We knew that the city was in terrible shape… that war was going on, but we thought we could help."
"So you weren't astonished by the conditions?"
"I was shocked seeing the status of the city… I knew it was bad… but not this bad."
"Well… I'm glad you're here. But TJ? Bob? Where are they?"
There was a pause behind the door. Now I was intrigued. She never mentioned what had happen to her brother, or her monkey… I never even thought of them.
Finally after a moment Becky said quietly, almost to the point I could barely hear, "I left them."
I blinked. She couldn't have just left them. Violet said exactly what I was thinking, "What?"
"It's just that Bob is too old. He may be experienced in fighting, but he's slowed over the years… I don't think he could keep up. TJ is only sixteen. He's too young. I mean- he doesn't have any skill at fighting, and I couldn't stand it if he got injured."
"So your parents just let you go on your own?" Is Violet really that naïve?
"Not exactly…"
"You ran away?"
There was silence for a reply.
"So you ran away, back here, and left your family?" Violet summarized. "Only you would do that Becky."
A half-hearted laugh echoed in the room. "I guess…"
I figured it was time for me to leave, until I heard, "What about Tobey?"
"What do you mean…?" Becky's reply was.
"You know what I mean! You kissed him! And you're letting him cheat on you with Anne!" Whoa what! I was not cheating!
"Violet one, Anne is me. Two, he knows. Three, technically when I left we said if I could come back… maybe we could have started dating…"
"And you're back…"
"I know but-"
"Whatcha' doing?" A voice asked besides me.
I literally jumped up. I wheeled around. A girl, probably Dani, was standing. Her brown eyes reflected curiosity. "Uh…" I had no words to explain the situation.
She rolled her eyes and brushed bit of black dirty blonde hair out of her face. Dani then knocked on the door. "Violet!" She called
I panicked. "Shush!" I tried to quiet her.
"There's a stalker outside!" Dani said.
"Stalker?" I echoed angrily.
"Should I do the usual or do you want to meet him?"
Behind the doors a scream of "WHAT!" was heard. Not good… I immediately took off. Unfortunately too late…
"Get back here!" Becky/Anne called. She grabbed my arm and squeezed it hard.
"Ow!" I shouted out. Her nails dug painfully in my arm.
"Tobey?" Her rage seemed to soften, along with her grip on my arm. Becky let out a sigh of relief, before she realized that I had followed her. Dani's look showed confusion, Becky's reflected anger, and Violet looked amused by it all.
"Hey… Anne." I mumbled out. "Violet…"
Dani looked at Violet, then glanced at Becky, then turned to me. "Okay… can someone explain?"
I could feel my throat constrict. "I was waiting for Violet. I figured since she has trouble getting up, I was going to wake her. When I heard someone in there I decided to wait outside. Simple as that." I lied.
Dani looked at me trying to decide if what I said was true. "So Violet, you know him?"
Violet smiled. "Of course I do! That's Tobey, my friend."
Dani nodded. "Oh… well you all might want to get to breakfast… it's almost over."
All three of us looked at each other. Becky smiled sweetly. "That's a good idea, thanks, Dani isn't?"
Dani smiled. "Yep! It's short for Danielle, but I prefer Dani. See you." She went inside the room, leaving Violet, Becky, and me in the empty hall.
"So… breakfast?" I said.
Becky glared at me. "So you just happened to be waiting for Violet… after I told you that I was going to talk with her? And it just happened that you were waiting by Violet's door?" She jabbed her finger in my chest, her voice was flooded with sarcasm.
"Uh…" How to deal with a livid Becky? Well I knew how to make her even more livid… but that wasn't a good idea. I glance at Violet for help. She shook her head. I gulped. "I-I just wanted to know..." I thought about their conversation, "What did you mean by 'but'?
Becky's anger was not forgotten. "What do you mean?" Her eyes still had fire in them.
"When you were talking about me-"
"So you were listening in?" She said still furious.
Violet decided to cut in. "Dani could easily hear what's going on. Why don't we just go down to breakfast and relax?" She said calmly.
Becky turned away from me. "Fine. She did look back and add, "Don't think we aren't talking about this later."
Oh great… she's here for only a couple a days and I already made her angry. After a while of walking awkwardly silent down the hallways, we arrived at the cafeteria. A few of the cooks were starting their breakfast, and were genuinely surprised by others at this late. We did manage to get a bowl of cold porridge.
We ate quietly and quickly. I was finishing my bowl, when a loud frantic male voice called, "Violet, I need you IMMEDIATELY!"
We all turned and I was taken aback. There was James, and, unlike his normal entrances where it would be like a huge party, he was panicked. His black hair was ruffled, his brown eyes bulged, and even his breath was ragged. In his arms there was a girl. Her black hair hung towards the ground, you could barely see any signs of life from her. I could barely recognize her.
"Donna? Is that her?" Violet breathed rushing over.
"Yes. We were attacked. The Whammer! He hit the car, and we escaped that, but he continued after us. He managed to wham Donna, and she hit the ground hard. Her head was bleeding." James said without even stopping for a breath. "Do you think-"
Violet was looking at her head. I just now notice the crust of blood on it. "Maybe… come on to the hospital. We might be able to help." She started to speed-walk out the door; a new air of determination around her. James followed her quickly.
"Who's Donna?" Becky asked.
"She's James's sister." I explained. "One of four actually. Now go to Mercy, and if you ask her why you are late, explain that Donna is hurt. I have to go." James back meant new supplies, but now also meant explaining to Little Lucy and Emily, the two sisters who were not on the team, that their sister got injured. Lucy, who was only 14, would find out at the hospital, since she was a nurse-in-training. I, however, had the job of telling Emily, who was in Technology, and was only 16.
I walked, well ran, down to the Lab. Upon entry, I could see the entire group was filled with joy. People rushed gathering supplies, tinkering with projects, discussing theories. I looked around and saw Emily smiling grabbing her project, which looked like a pair of metal boots. "Emily I need to talk to you." I said walking over.
She looked nervous. "Please-please don't have me stop my invention-" She stuttered out.
"It isn't-"
"I know it hasn't worked out yet, and it blew up… twice-"
"Twice?" I shook my head. "No it has nothing to do with your project."
"Oh…" She said. "What a relief." She set down the boots on her worktable. "'Cuz I know these will come in handy." Emily said proudly.
"It's about Donna." I said hoping to grab her attention.
She stopped. Her eyes wide with fear. "D-Donna?" She whispered.
"She's in the hospital. I didn't hear all that happened, except it had something to do with The Whammer." I said.
She stepped back. "No… no… not Donna. Can I? I have to see her!" She said clearly frightful.
"Of course." I said kindly.
"Thank you." She quickly ran out.
Everyone seemed phased by her exit. "Where she go?" Asked Johnston.
I figured it was best they heard now. "Donna got injured."
Several whispers were heard.
"Donna?"
"The sarcastic loud Donna?"
"The tough one?"
"I thought it be Hestia who would get hurt…"
"Settle down! STETTLE DOWN!" I yelled over the whispers. "Now we'll have to wait for information. So I suggest we all get back to our projects."
More mumblings were heard.
Today was not going that well.
Me: And the excitement builds! Ok James's has four sisters. All were mentioned. Although, one of the four sisters was only mentioned at the end. I hope you enjoyed it, and review! I promise I'll be better on the updating! Oh and this chapter, I'm not too proud of… it just seems… I don't know…
