Author's Note: Hey y'all! I'm back with another chappie! YAY! Sorry for keeping you waiting, PLEASE DON"T KILL ME! I tried to add a little humor, but tell me what you think! Anyway, On with the chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own the awesome Danny Phantom, but I do own this awesome plot!.. Sort of..
Chapter 8
The Journey Begins
First Beach, Lost Island
Sam's POV
My eyes snapped open. I jumped out my place, and looked around. The others seemed to get out of their sleep, and look around in their seats.
"Did you guys just hear that?" Star asked, getting up like all the others. We stood in silence for a moment, looking around. After a minute of nothing, we all seemed to relax.
"Okay," Valerie said, irritated. "Look, we're gonna have to write about what's happening on this island, just to remember. Here, Dash," she went to the gun box, and lifted up my journal. There were a lot of empty papers, and a pen. She handed it over to Dash. "Take notes of what's happening right now."
Looking around again, we didn't see anything.
"How do you spell nothin'?" he asked, looking up from the paper.
"I was sure I heard something," I muttered, looking around.
After another moment of complete silence, Dash said, writing down, "More nothin'."
"Let's just get back to sleep," Paulina said, getting comfy on the log. I stood two seconds looking around, and as Dash said, there was 'Nothin'."
As I was heading back to sit on the log, I heard something breathe heavily. This time, when I turned around, there was a skeleton standing in front of me.
I stumbled against the logs in shock, accidently falling onto Danny's lap.
"What?" Danny asked, as shocked as I was when I stumbled on his lap. "What's wrong, Sam?"
I tried to speak, but all that came out was gibberish.
"Speak Goth," Dash said, clearly annoyed. "What could possible make you – "
That's when Paulina screamed. She obviously saw it, since she pointed at it, and said, "There!"
Everybody turned around, and saw the skeleton for the first time.
"Holy crap," Dash said, getting up slowly, like everyone else. "This definitely wipes the 'nothin' off my list."
The skeleton, whose bones were covered with dirt, and his eyes flamed red. He didn't make a move; he just stood there, staring at us.
"What do you think it wants?" Kwan asked, moving closer.
"I don't know," Valerie said. "Food or something? If it even eats."
"I don't think it's here for food," Danny said. My heart pumped like a drum against my chest. Paulina and Star whimpered, hiding behind Dash and Kwan.
"Maybe it's just scared," Tucker said, moving closer. "Like when it comes to spiders. You're always scared of them, but they're actually the ones scared from you."
"What are you doing?" I asked him when he started walking ahead of me and to the skeleton. "Are you crazy?"
"Maybe," he said. "But this island can make a guy lose his sanity."
He closed up to the skeleton. "Hey there," he said, which made me think he really did lose his head. "Don't be scared. We won't hurt you. Could you help us? We're trying to search for a way off this island."
The skeleton titled his head, looking at him with what seemed to be a puppy-dog pout. I don't know how he did that, considering he's a skeleton and all.
"See?" Tucker turned to us. "Completely harmless."
But when he was looking at us, the skeleton's eyes flashed red, and the look on his face – Is that even possible? – appeared to be a murderous one. Before anything could happen, the skeleton let out a huge growl. The one that would make your hair fly off your neck and into the air.
"Yep," I said, my hair still up. "Definitely harmless."
"Can we run now?" Star asked, still hiding behind Kwan.
"Okay," Tucker said in a hoarse voice. When he said that, Paulina and Star went into a shrieking fit, running around the beach like a three year old would do with a clown.
Upon hearing the screams, the skeleton started going mad, attacking us from every side.
"What are we gonna do?" I yelled, dodging a kick from the skeleton. Without wasting time, Danny went to the gun box, and got out a gun. He aimed it the skeleton, and pulled the trigger. The bullet went right through its bones, landing on the sand.
"Okay, I don't think the guns would work," Danny said, dropping the gun back into the box.
"Then maybe we're just gonna have to do it the old-fashioned way," Valerie said, running towards it and kicking it in the shin.
"Now, I like that idea," I said, heading closer to the skeleton, jumping to direct forward kicks into his skull.
"You know Kung Fu?" Danny asked, looking a bit shocked. He wasn't shocked from Valerie because she does all this ghost hunting.
"Nope," I said, spinning in the air and directing another kick into its face. "Tae Kwan Do."
I quickly picked up one of the broom sticks (aka fish poles), and hit the skeleton on its legs. That wasn't much help.
I ran towards him, and gave him the stick. "Hold this," I said, handing him the stick. He looked confused, but before he could do anything, I held the rope, and started spinning around the skeleton. He looked around at me, clearly not understanding what I was doing. When the rope came to an end, he realized that I had tied him up.
"That outta hold you," I said, tightening the rope. He started spinning around, trying to get out of it.
"Nice work, Sam," Tucker commented, watching in amusement as the skeleton tried to find its way out of the rope.
Then something weird happened, the skeleton suddenly let out a shriek, one that came make you deaf, and then… disappeared. I'm not kidding; it just turned into sand – grey sand, since it was night – and just vanished.
"Well, that was weird," Dash said.
"Thank you Captain 'Duh'," I said, turning back to where the skeleton was supposedly tied up.
"That's it," Danny said, shaking his head. "We are gonna go around this island, because there is something going on here."
He started heading over to the ship, me and the others following behind.
"Where are you going?" I asked, climbing up the ship with him. He started heading towards that cabins. After a few minutes, he got out with what seemed like three or four backpacks, and one of them seemed like it was filled with something.
"Okay," Danny said as we headed back towards the beach. "Everybody go change. Girls, your clothes bag is over there by the gun box, guys, I got some clothes here. Okay, everybody put away whatever can be useful on this trip in these backpacks, and then we'll be good to go."
While everybody looked confused, I rolled my eyes, and started heading towards the Girls' clothes bag. I got out the black bikini, the same white shirt, and some beige shorts I found. I went through some trees, and in almost thirty seconds, had the new outfit on.
I got back out to camp, realizing that the others had gotten into the trees to do the same. I got one of the backpacks and started heading towards the logs. I got my tool belt, and wrapped it around my waist. I put the girls' clothes bag in the backpack where the boys kept their clothes. I got another backpack, put some fruit in, and put the fish into a bag, then put it into the backpack. I got some of the bottles of water we had and pushed into another one of the backpacks. I separated everything into a bag, making sure I got everything. There was one extra bag. What could be missing?
"I think you're missing something," I heard Danny say from behind me. I looked up from where I was crouching in front of the bags, and saw Danny pulling the box of guns. Oh right, the guns; almost forgot about those. "Here, let me help you."
He got the empty backpack, and started stuffing all the guns and rifles into it. I filled the bag with the equipment in every possible space it can hold.
"I think that just about does it," he said, closing the bag. There were a few guns still in the box. Gesturing to them with his head, he said, "We'll carry these with us, just in case we run into more of those dinosaurs."
I got a gun, and put it into one of the spaces in my tool belt.
"Do you think we're gonna be okay?" I asked him after a moment of silence. "I mean, we almost got killed by one dinosaur, what are we gonna do if we walk through the woods with more than one of them?"
"This is you and I you're talking about," he said, a reassuring smile on his face. "As long as we're together, everything is gonna be okay."
It may have been my imagination, but I thought I heard something in his tone. I wasn't able to make it out, but, it was just, there… we locked gazes, and I seemed to be lost in his sky blue orbs. We started leaning in, our faces only a few inches apart.
What are you doing? A voice said at the back of my head. He's your best friend! Stop fooling around Sam!
I ignored that voice. It was just my inner conscious that wanted desperately to ruin my life. Danny and I were inches apart, but sadly, before we could close the gap, Valerie came to us.
"Hey, guys," she said, making us break away quicker than you could say 'Dinosaur'. She was now wearing – apparently what she could find – beige shorts, with a red t-shirt with the initials 'Kick-Ass' on it. "Where are all the bottles of water?"
"Uh," I said, trying to get the dizziness of the recent events out of my head. "I stuffed them all in this backpack." I pointed to the backpack, and Valerie took out a bottle, and started heading towards the others, who were either tying their shoelaces or getting ready.
"I-uh," Danny said nervously, rubbing the back of his neck. "I better go give them the backpacks. Let's hope we get out alive."
He got up, and headed to the others. After being dazed, thoughts exploded on me. What was he doing - was he going to kiss me? – Does he like – scratch that – love me the way I do?
I blinked. "What just happened?"
You were about to kiss your best friend.
Great, you're back. Why can't you just disappear like these past few days?
I'm only here to stop you from ruining your friendship with Danny. We both know that it's the most valuable thing you ever have.
But what if he feels the same way I do?
Maybe. But is it worth ruining your friendship?
I guess you're right – wait a minute! No, you are NOT right! If he feels the same, then it might turn into something beautiful, but if we stay like this, than our feelings would have to be buried deep inside, and I'm no therapist, but I'm not sure that's even healthy. Besides, who are you to tell me what to do in my personal life?
I'm the little voice inside your head that won't let you forget.
Wait, aren't those Hilary Duff's lyrics?
Just don't do anything you might regret.
Here's something I won't regret: Go away.
After a minute of silence, I didn't hear anything. Stop giving me that look! So, I hear voices, but so what? Most great woman do!
Anyway, I got up from where I was resting, and started heading to the others. I carried one of the backpacks, and stepped into their conversation.
"Are you sure we're gonna be okay?" Star asked Danny, who was handing out what was left in the box of guns, and handing them to the others. I had already had a gun, so he hadn't given one to me.
"Trust me," Danny said, giving the last gun to Star. "We're going to be just fine."
"Okay," Valerie said, putting the gun in her pocket. "Let's go."
We stood in front of the trees, taking deep breaths.
"Well," I said. "Here goes nothing."
A/N: There you go! Yeah, I sort of now that almost every chapter ends with a cliff-hanger, but that sort of builds up the tension and curiosity! Anyways, I don't promise another update until at least next month, cuz I'm kinda travelling to Alexandria! Yay! I've been travelling it for almost every summer of every year, but I guess it's like a second home to me! Anyways, please review! They make every author smile!
Peace out!
