Matt: It may not seem like it at the moment, but there are already a LOT of plot points going on as it is.
AlecReyes19: Yeah, I thought it would really help the story if they appeared. After all, having someone with telekinesis and mind-reading on your side is a MAJOR advantage.
With that said, on with the story.
Ever since the four children had escaped Inspector Cranium, Sheena and Jillian had been carrying Billy, who at that point had once again fallen unconscious as a result of the hit from the rock, while Jackson trailed behind.
Jillian groaned loudly. Even with Sheena to help her, Billy was incredibly heavy, which was shocking considering how incredibly skinny he was.
"Geez, does your brother weigh a thousand pounds or something?" Jillian asked Sheena, who just shrugged in respond.
"Hey, thank YOUR brother," Sheena eventually stated. "He's the one who got the bright idea to throw a rock at my brother."
"For the last time, it was an accident," Jackson called out from behind the three, but Sheena ignored him. "He and Cranium were only inches apart."
"Speaking of which, why would we just leave him there?" Jillian asked. "He's our worst enemy, and when he gets up, he's just going to resume chasing us."
"Leave it to Jackson," Sheena sneered, gesturing to Jackson behind them.
"Well what was I supposed to do, kill him?" Jackson asked. "That's not something I'm willing to do, even to someone trying to harm us!"
At that moment, a muddy hand burst out of the creek the four children were standing in and grasped Jackson's leg. Jillian and Sheena screamed.
"Ah, kill it!" Jackson shouted as the muddy hand tugged on his leg. Without a second thought, Jillian released Billy, who dropped onto the creek with a hard thud, and raced over to her brother. Slamming a foot onto the muddy hand, Jillian successfully forced it to release her brother.
"What was that?!" Jackson freaked out. Suddenly, more mud-covered hands and arms began to burst out from the ground around the terrified children. Howling and moaning, muddy, eyeless faces began to burst from the creek.
Jillian, Jackson, and Sheena hugged each other as the muddy monsters began to crawl out from the creek. "There are dozens of them," Sheena cried out as they were practically surrounded by the monsters.
In the panic, the three children had forgotten that Billy was still unconscious and on the ground. Sheena eventually turned around and noticed that a few mud monsters were beginning to encircle Billy.
"Billy, no!" Sheena cried out and, releasing herself from Jillian and Jackson, she body slammed the mud monster nearest to Billy. Sheena was a small, scrawny girl, but the force of the blow caused the mud monster to stumble backwards. Both he and Sheena collapsed on the ground.
Billy began to stir. Sitting up, he rubbed his sore head. "Oh, what happened?" He asked before noticing he, Sheena, and the twins were surrounded by monsters. "Oh, fish sticks," He choked out, then face palmed at the weird pun he just made.
"Billy, what are we going to do?" Sheena asked as the mud monsters began to surround them. However, Billy was simply shaking with fear as the monsters trudged around them.
Suddenly, two bright lights shown out, attracting the attention of the mud monsters and the kids. Kevin's truck drove in through the creek, barely avoiding running over the monsters.
"It's the Mud Monsters!" Courtney cried out, pointing a finger at them. "And there are dozens of them!"
"Oh great, away from the zombies and into the mud pile," Cassie groaned sarcastically. "Great driving, Kevin!" The older boy huffed in response.
Billy and Sheena began banging their fists on the door of Kevin's truck. "Let us in, let us in!" They both shouted out as the Mud Monsters began to advance onto the truck.
"Are you kidding me?" Kevin cried out, rolling down the windowsill. "I already have six punks and a wolf in the backseat and some brat with red hair next to me! You think I have room for you guys?"
Kevin felt eyes on him, and turned around to see everyone in the backseat glaring at him, even Wolf. "What, its not like there's room for them to fit in the backseat," Kevin retorted with a huff.
Wolf growled at him. Reluctantly, Kevin swung the door open and Billy, Sheena, Jillian and Jackson all scrambled over Kevin's lap and began squishing themselves into the backseat with the other kids.
"Ouch!"
"Ooh, pardon me!"
"Watch the hands!"
Eventually, Billy and Sheena found themselves lying uncomfortably on the ground while Jillian and Jackson were sitting on Eddie and Hat. Courtney couldn't help but smirk at Eddie.
Eddie glared at Courtney. "When they get off of me, I will personally-" He was cut off when a Mud Monster slammed his face against the windowsill and groaned loudly. Instantly, Kevin backed up the truck out of the creek.
"What were those things?" Sheena asked, shifting a bit with all the kids feet resting on her.
"They're Mud Monsters," Eddie explained. "You must have stumbled into Muddy Creek."
At that point, Courtney began to monologue. "Legend has it that there were two neighbouring villages, one in the city and one in the forest. The city villagers hated the forest villagers and treated them poorly. One stormy night, a rainstorm caused the creek in the forest to overflow, burying the village in a mudslide, killing all the-"
Charlene slapped a hand over Courtney's mouth. "Enough, we have more to worry about then the history of a bunch of dead people!" She cried out.
"Hey, keep it down back there or you'll all be walking the rest of the way!" Kevin threatened from in the driver's seat.
"So, where do we go now?" Cassie asked.
"Hopefully, back to the city," Kevin explained. "It's better than out in the forest."
Suddenly, an idea popped into Billy's head. Rising to his feet, he said, "Wait, stop the vehicle!"
Kevin abruptly stepped on the breaks and Billy yelped as he was flung forward and crashed against the front window panel, though not hard enough to break the glass. Kevin stifled a chuckle.
"Ow," Billy groaned, stumbling backwards and onto Charlene, evoking a gasp of pain from the latter. "Wait a moment, I know…where to go."
"And where would that be, genius?" Kevin asked.
"I'll point out the directions," Billy said drowsily. "Go left onto the road, and I'll keep directing you from there."
Reluctantly, Kevin drove off in the opposite direction of the city and down the road of the forest.
"Billy, where are we going?" Sheena whispered.
"You'll find out," Billy reassured with a grin.
Well, that's the end of the chapter. Sorry if it's not very long. Once more, suggestions are accepted.