Chapter 8
"So… what's the plan?" America asked.
"Plan? I don't really have one…" I admitted. "I'm still not clear on what we are actually here for…"
"Isn't it obvious? We're on a tropical island in the jungle. Unless Germany just wanted to bump all of us off, we're looking for a lost treasure!" America shouted, a little louder than necessary. I could hear England faintly yelling at America for waking him up.
"A treasure?" Spain questioned. "Like a pirate treasure?"
"Not exactly. Actually, I'm not sure what kind of treasure it is. But no matter what, I, the hero, will be the one to find it!" America declared.
"It would be helpful if we knew what we were looking for though…" I sighed. "Oh well. I guess it adds to the suspense. Now where should we start?"
"Hmm… I've got it! In the movies, the treasure is always hidden behind a waterfall! There must be plenty of them on this island!" America suggested.
I raised my eyebrow. I, for one, lived on an island, and I knew no one would be stupid enough to put a precious treasure behind a waterfall, mainly because life is not a movie and there is usually not a cave behind it, just a solid wall that hurt like heck to run into. Also, how would one get it back out again?
"Well, I guess nothing hurts about checking, but I doubt it will be there." I tried to reason, but it seemed like the headstrong American already had his heart set.
~Few moments later~
"You found a waterfall. Now what?" I asked. We were standing on an edge overlooking a rather large waterfall.
"Hmm… what a hero does best! Fly!" America positioned himself like he was about to jump.
"I don't think that's such a good idea amigo. I'm pretty sure there's only rock back there." Spain reasoned.
"One will never know until one tries! And besides, the hero never gets hurt and is never wrong either!" America shouted as he leaped into the waterfall… and immediately fell to the bottom.
"Are you okay?" I called down to America, who hadn't resurfaced yet.
His head popped out of the water for a brief moment. "Yeah, I'm fine. But Spain was right about it being rock back there. Which means we should move onto the next one and check!"
Oh dear… I thought solemnly. How long is it going to be before he seriously injures himself…?
