Hello once again! Here's part 7 to my story and I apologize for the big, or should I say, massive delay.
Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Raccoons.
Nightmares part 7
With the sun still shining in the sky, and the sense of adventure still in the air, the 4 friends continued on their way to Deadman's Cliff. For the majority of the way, since their small break by the trees, not much was said, except for small trivial things such as weather, basketball and even peanut butter.
Bert, however, was occasionally giving a sideways glance towards Lisa. Ever since their little talk by the trees, Bert felt that maybe Lisa could do this whole cliff trip after all. Yet the soft voice in his heart, told him to still keep an eye on her, in much a way, a father keeps an eye on a daughter when just starting to ride a two-wheeler. For most of the time that Bert looked over (about 50 times) he saw nothing unusual or eye opening. In fact Bert could see that Lisa looked very confident and even saw her skip a little in her step.
"I guess she's alright," Bert concluded in his head. "But I'll still stick by her, I made a promise to her after all."
Moreover, Lisa, was in fact, feeling much more confident and calm about Deadman's cliff, after Bert's little heart to heart talk by the trees. Yet she still had a feeling of dread deep down inside her. A feeling that told her that something horrible was about to happen, cliff or no cliff.
"Why am I getting this feeling?"Lisa thought bitterly to herself. "I don't get it, I felt calm and relaxed by Bert, but then all of a sudden, as soon as we start walking again, that feeling comes back! It doesn't make any sen…"
Lisa's train of worrisome thoughts was suddenly interrupted by something moving over her tail. Lisa turned her head and saw Bert's tail wrapped around her tail, while Bert gave a sly grin. Lisa quickly turned her head back around and blushed a deep crimson red.
"Oh, damn him"Lisa now thought playfully to herself. "How does he know that I'm worrying? It's like he's feeling vibes off me or he senses it, or something!
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Finally, after about 10 more minutes, Bert and everyone else, started to see Deadman's cliff in the distance.
"There it is!" Bert exclaimed.
"Deadman's cliff!" Bentley yelled excitedly.
"One of the highest points in the Evergreen forest!" Cedric added in.
"It's… really… something." Lisa quietly remarked as her tail and head drifted off to the side.
"Well come on time's a wasting!" Bentley commanded impatiently as he ran ahead towards the cliff.
"Wait Bentley!" Cedric called as he ran after him. "You don't quite know the way! You could easily get lost or fall or lose a limb and it'll be on your head!"
Bert and Lisa just rolled their eyes and continued heading towards Deadman's cliff. Only now they changed their movements from a walk, to a jog.
"Oh boy! We're almost there!" Bert exclaimed between breaths.
"Yeah… almost." Lisa replied almost silently as she looked up towards the cliff.
"I can't wait to see how these babies fly! I'm betting mine will be the best! It's got the happy go lucky, Bert Ace Pilot touch!" Bert cheered as he became lost in his own little fantasy.
Lisa looked towards Bert and giggled to herself. "And they say teenage girls are a mystery."
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Before long, Bert, Lisa, Bentley and Cedric arrived at the bottom of Deadman's cliff and started to walk upwards towards the cliff's sky breaking point. As they walked more and more towards the top, Bert began to notice Lisa's face turning a deathly white and her eyes becoming wide with terror, as he noticed her gaze falling upon the ground below.
"Umm… Lisa?" Bert asked. "Are you alright? I mean…"
Lisa took a small gulp before looking back at Bert.
"O-o-oh y-yeah everything's f-f-fine." Lisa replied in a broken stutter. "Why w-wouldn't I b-b-be?"
"Well first of all," Bert began casually with a laugh. "Your sounding like porky pig's brother in law on a bad day and two, I can see your hands shaking."
Lisa looked down and saw that her hands were indeed shaking again.
"That's weird. How come I didn't notice that before?" Lisa thought to herself.
Bert sighed. "Look, Lisa I know this way more scarier now that were practically here, but you gotta get past your fear. You gotta fight it!"
"I know, but how?" Lisa asked sounding a little defeated.
Bert thought it over for a moment before he thought of something. "Well there is this one way that usually works for Ralph when he's faced with his fear of clowns."
"Ralph has a fear of clowns?" Lisa asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, something to do with balloons and Stephen King, but that's not the point! The point is, that when Ralph's feeling really scared by them, he just closes his eyes, takes a few deep breathes and goes to his happy place."
"You mean that little spot in your mind, you escape to?"
"Exactly!" Bert replied. " But, It's just an idea. I mean, it usually works for him and I thought that it could help for you.
"Well it's worth a shot." Lisa closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths.
"Did ya find it?" Bert asked after a few moments of silence.
Lisa remained silent for a bit before opening her eyes and giving a smile.
"Yep got it." Lisa confirmed.
"Good" Bert turned back towards the cliff and started walking back up, when all of a sudden, he felt something grab him by the shoulders, turning him back around, before feeling the all too familiar warm lips upon his. Bert stared up to see that it was Lisa, giving a sly grin.
"Wow, that was great! But just out of curiosity, what was that for?" Bert asked raising a furry brow.
"Well, you told me to find my happy place and I did and it's being here with you."
Bert chuckled and gave Lisa another passionate kiss to which Lisa happily returned.
"Come on. Those planes aren't gonna fly themselves now, are they?" Lisa asked as she started to jog forward towards the top.
"No they certainly won't." Bert replied and smiled to himself before catching up to Lisa.
But unknown to Bert, Lisa, Bentley and Cedric, a hooded figure stood on the top of the cliff, looking down at them. The figure gave an evil grin before retreating back into the trees and pulling out her walkie-talkie.
"Badger base come in. This is eagle eye over." The figure quietly called into the machine.
There was a short silence on the other end before a deep, dark and sinister voice answered.
"This is Badger base. What's your status? Over."
"It looks as if we have some unexpected visitors heading our way." The figure noted.
"I see. How many are there?" The voice asked.
"There are four of them, three raccoons and some weird pink looking dude." The figure replied.
"Do you know why they're here exactly?"
"No, but I think I overheard them say that they were flying some model planes of some sorts."
"I see, well… just keep them busy until I get there, understood?" The voice asked.
"Yes, master." The figure replied with a strange smile appearing on her face.
"Oh and one more thing, no lethal force whatsoever until me and the others get there. I want them alive and breathing. If you so much as cut their ears off, I'll rip out your heart and lungs with my own bare hands and shove them down your throat! You got that?" The voice asked in a threating tone.
The figure sighed. "Yes sir."
"Good, I'll be over there momentarily. Badger base, over and out." The voice warned before cutting off from contact.
The hooded figure sighed and turned off her walkie-talkie before putting it back into her jeans pocket.
"God, he's such an asshole sometimes." The hooded figure growled as she clenched her fists and teeth together.
Suddenly, she heard four voices approaching the top of the cliff. The hooded figure peered out from behind a large bush and saw that it was the three raccoons and the pink four eyed man. The figure quietly sunk back behind the bush and pulled out a very large handgun.
"Well, looks like we meet again, Lisa." The hooded figure noted evilly to herself as she loaded the gun. "And by the looks of it, I can see that your boyfriend's gonna suffer too."
Okay, words cannot describe how sorry I am for the very late update, but I have had a huge case of writer's block sweeping over me as well as other events such as exams and work and vacations, which have kept me away from my writing. But I once again thank all of you for your patience and I do hope you enjoyed that chapter. I am planning, and hoping, to get the next chapter up in about a month or so. So stay tuned!
Until then: Peace!