It was snowing. It was freezing. It might have been as cold as the ice age was. Snow and ice everywhere. In the midst of the icy land 3 guys stared in bewilderment as two other guys ran through the snow, bare-chested. The guy in front was barking loudly at the guy who followed him.
"FASTER! FASTER! EVEN AN OLD LADY RUNS FASTER THAN YOU!"
"SHUT UP! IT'S FREEZING!"
"SUIT YOURSELF, I'M GOING TO CONQUER THIS BLIZZARD!"
"WAIT UP! I'M COMING!"
"Mon, those guys are crazy."
"I bet I could do better than those two."
"Yeah right Daniel, I'd like to see you try."
"Kofi? Want to join them?"
"NO WAY!" Kofi yelled laughing.
"Jack?" Jack shook his head. "Weaklings, if you had a good diet you'd be strong enough to conquer a blizzard."
"You do realize those two are just plain insane right?" Jack said.
Daniel just shrugged it off and took off his jacket and shirt. He jogged a little before running after the two. Jack and Kofi stared at each other.
"Maybe he's insane too?" Kofi said questioningly.
"Man, I've seen those two on tv, daredevils they called themselves, jumping through burning tables, eating scorpions and stuff."
"I've seen it too mon! IT WAS WICKED!"
"ARE YOU NUTS? DO YOU KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THAT WAS!"
"Well.. it was entertaining.."
"ENTERTAINING? ENTERTAINING!" Jack screamed. "GOD! I'M STUCK WITH A BUNCH OF MORONS."
Kofi smiled. "THE LAST ONE TO REACH THE GROUP IS A COWARD!" he yelled, quickly taking off his sweater.
Jack just stood there watching him run away, dumbfounded. He shook his head and turned around. He scoffed and kicked a piece of ice. The five of them, Adam, Christian, Daniel, Kofi and Jack himself woke up in the middle of nowhere, they were more than likely in Antarctica. All 5 of them had light amnesia, which was an odd thing in itself, adding waking up in Antarctica to it was just plain insane, Like their minds had been swiped and their bodies dumped. And now the idiots went and ran through the snow and ice, without anything on top and without a care in the world, like nothing's wrong. Jack sighed, they'd probably starve if they don't eat after their little 'workout.' Jack hadn't looked where he walked and looked around. He stopped as he saw a group of musk oxes. like a natural predator he waited for one of the oxen to seclude itself from its group. As soon as one of the oxen was alone Jack jumped out and attacked. While doing so he was surprised at himself. His body reacted without him knowing. His right fist balled up and he slammed it against the ox' head. His left hand quickly followed and before Jack could register what he was doing, the ox laid on the ground, motionless. Jack stared down, he grabbed the Ox' hair and dragged it behind him.
"DAMN YOU DANIEL!" he yelled, realizing Daniel was a vegan. He looked around, it was more than likely there weren't any plants growing in this kind of climate. And even if he did find a plant, it was more than likely inedible. Jack sighed. Making a fire would be hard too. He hadn't seen any bushes or trees. He sighed, they were going to die. He looked at the four guys lying on the ground. Adam was the first to look up.
"Hey coward, nice to see you back." He said chuckling.
"I went to look for food, in case you didn't notice, you guys are probably hungry now and we're in the middle of NOWHERE! Now the problem is, there are no trees, thus we can't make a fire and I haven't found any other edible stuff other than this ox either. "
"Thanks but no thanks." Daniel mumbled.
"HEY! WE'RE STUCK IN ANTARCTICA! WHAT'D YOU EXPECT? A 5-CLASS MEAL? IF YOU DON'T EAT YOU'LL DIE!"
"So we'll have to eat… raw.. Ox?" Kofi asked.
"I got this." Adam said, getting up. "Everyone get back."
Christian was the first to back away. The others slowly followed, looking weirdly at the two. Adam laid down. Christian quickly moved to his side, not wanting to face Adam's head. He motioned the others to follow him. Adam took a deep breath.
"Ok, here we go." He mumbled.
Kofi, Daniel and Jack jumped back. Christian laughed as he looked at the three speechless men. Adam's feet flared up, and his body propelled itself forward. Adam stopped a few feet away after he crashed in an ice block. Christian walked over to the ox. He looked over at Adam and gave him a thumbs up. Adam nodded and walked back. Christian smiled and looked at the other guys.
"Step back guys, the master is going to work." He rolled up his sleeves. His right arm changed into a blade. The guys followed his arms movement with their eyes and heads and before they knew it pieces of sliced up meat laid in front of them. Christian dusted his hands off. He turned and smiled. "Dinner's ready."
"I'm not hungry."
"But you got to eat mon, you'll die."
"I'd rather die." Daniel mumbled, looking away from the Ox.
Adam reached them and sat down. "I can propel myself around the island after we eat, I'll look for anything plant-y. and hopefully civilization."
"We're in ANTARCTICA! People don't live here! It's a miracle we're alive! We should be death! It's like -100 degrees!" Jack answered.
"How about eskimo's?"
"ESKIMO'S DON'T LIVE IN ANTARCTICA!"
"Geesh, sorry." Adam mumbled, he reached out and grabbed a piece of meat. "Bon appétit."
The others sat around him while Daniel sat with his back towards the group. They ate in silence until Daniel broke the ice.
"So.. what's up with you two anyway. Propelling? A sword for an arm?"
"We have superpowers, didn't we tell you?" Adam asked, munching on a piece of meat.
"Err.. No, you didn't."
"Oh well, you know now. No biggie."
"No biggie? It IS kind of a big deal. You, you can propel yourself, maybe you can get us out of here? I mean, I'm going to die pretty soon, how long have we even been here?"
"If only I could." Adam mumbled. "Not sure, a few days?"
"How did you guys even find all that energy to go and run around?" Jack mumbled.
"We're awesome." Adam and Christian mumbled simultaneously. They looked up and stared at each other. "Eeeeyyy!"
"Great minds think alike!" Christian said laughing.
"Well, I'm done, guess I'll go look around." Adam said, standing up.
"Want me to come with you?" Christian asked.
"Nahh, I'll be fine by myself."
"Don't think you're going to find anything though. What are you even hoping to find, there's no way in hell there's civilization, there's animals around we can eat, no need to go scan this place for that, and I'm pretty sure there are no ice free zones."
"I don't know mr. buzz kill. But I'm sure we'd feel pretty stupid if one of use were to survive while the others died and then find out there was a way to get back home all along."
"Besides, maybe there are others like us." Christian added.
"I was thinking the same thing mon!" Kofi exclaimed.
Adam looked around. "We could use some chicks."
The guys laughed. "No seriously, we need some girls. Well, I'm off, see you guys soon!"
Adam left. The remaining 4 guys looked around. They sat in the cold snow. Daniel fell asleep as soon as he hit the snow. Kofi jumped up and ran towards him.
"Wake up!" he said harshly, shaking Daniel.
"I'm tired, what do you want?"
"I thought you were dying, you haven't eaten anything."
"I'll survive. Now leave me alone."
Kofi went back to the spot he sat earlier and looked up. Christian was making a chair out of snow, which quickly turned in ice as he smoothed the snow. Jack just sat there, his head buried in his hands, resting on his knees. There wasn't much the guys could do but hope, wish and pray for a miracle. Kofi was the second to fall asleep, Jack following not much later. Christian looked at the guys. He couldn't sleep. He looked around, he was bored, that was when he spotted the remainders of the ox. He grabbed the fur and removed some of the muscle tissue still hanging loosely on the skin. He laid the –slightly burnt- fur down and picked up Daniel. He laid him down next to Jack and went to pick up Kofi. He sighed as he had put him down. Those guys were deep sleepers. He grabbed the fur and wrapped it around them. He stared down at them. He chuckled softly as he felt like a mother. He turned away and walked back to the remainders. He picked up a few of the ribs and took them back to his ice chair. As he waited for 1) one of the guys to wake up or 2) Adam to return, he sharpened the ribs, turning them into throwing knives.
Adam returned and crash landed in a pile of snow. He got up and ran towards Christian.
"GREAT NEWS!" he yelled, he looked to his left. "What are you? A mother?"
"I just checked, I had a dick, so… no." Christian chuckled. "What's the news?"
"Wait up, I'll wake the others first." Adam said.
He walked towards the trio. He jumped up and landed horizontally on the three guys. The three shot up, exclaiming a loud umpf. They grabbed their stomachs and all glared at Adam, who in return smiled cockily as he got back to his feet.
"Guess who's going to be worshipped like a king in 2 minutes?" he said smirking.
"I can tell you no one's going to be worshipped, but you'll feel like a king, king Tutankhamen." Daniel murmured, cracking his knuckles.
"Okay, I won't say anything." Adam said. "Let's go Christian, let's leave these losers behind."
"Ey mon! I didn't say anything! I want to hear the great news!" Kofi said.
"Well, if you insist." Adam said, smiling broadly. "I found a better spot for us to stay."
"ARE YOU SERIOUS!" Daniel yelled.
Adam held up his hand, "As I was saying before I got rudely interrupted. A better spot. NO ICE. And NO SNOW! It was a freaking forest! TREES AND PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE!"
"You sure you didn't just fell asleep?" Jack asked.
"No! I'm serious man, I even saw signs of other human beings being there, not too long ago either! Let's go, there was more than enough rabbit food for Daniel over there. Plus it wasn't as windy or cold as it is here!"
"I believe you." Christian said.
"Me too!" Kofi said.
"Well I don't." Daniel said.
"Stubborn ass." Adam mumbled. "Suite yourself, you can follow us or not, but it can't get any worse than this."
and with that being said the group left.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
No animals were hurt in the making of this chapter.
Spin off news;
It'll be a story involving cooking and with a bit of action added to the mix.
Read next week to see the protagonist of the spinoff make his appearance in the 'savageland.'
