Vico Express is still rushing, trying to get to the bus in the first place. But, suddenly, they stopped abruptly. Eragon, Blodhgarm, and other kids who does not expected this to happen get a difficulties for stopping in time. The result: they fell.
Eragon get up to his feet and help Blodhgarm and the other. However, when Eragon was trying to help Vico, the said boy shook his head with a terrified expression on his face while massaging his foot.
"What scares you? Did you hurt?" The young rider motioning Blodhgarm to come closer.
Vico tries to say something, but, what came from his mouth is not words, but an unstoppable monotonous voice,
"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-"
"Pardon?" Eragon cannot understand what is he trying to say.
" -aaaaaaaaaaa-my legs hurt-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-
This time Blodhgarm is searching for any damages in Vico's legs.
"-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-''
"Your legs hurt? But, why did you sound like that?"
"-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa- I don't know-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-"
The other kids is watching Vico by now,
"Vico, what happened?" Adam asks
"-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-"
"His legs hurts." Eragon answered for him.
"-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-"
"So, what makes him sounds like a broken radio?" Cheese starts to get annoyed.
"Don't be annoyed Cheese. It is his expression when he, physically gets hurt. So, it's kind of his painful yell. And it lasts hours." Adam said.
"What did you say?"
"It lasts hours."
"No, before that."
"It is Vico's painful yells."
"What? Are you sure?"
Adam nodded,
"Yes I am. I've heard him before. And while 'normal' human's yells are loud and high-pitched, Vico's painful yell is monotonous and long lasting."
"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-"
Eragon turn his attention to Blodhgarm,
"So, Blodhgarm, is there something wrong with him?" Eragon whispered.
Blodhgarm face showing confusion, then he grins, like holding a laugh from escaping his lips,
"No, there is nothing wrong with him. He just get a cramp on his leg. Maybe, he never run as fast as he did before."
"Well then, what makes him sounds like that?"
"I have no idea." Blodhgarm's grin get wider.
Then, there are bursts of laughs from the kids.
"Vico, I am sorry for laughing at your misery.. but, you sounds so funny!" Lily said, laughing with a regretful face.
"-aaaaaaaaa-it's okay Lily-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-" Vico smiled to Lily.
Eragon could see Lily smiled back to Vico.
"Lucky you! Makes Lily laugh could save you from hell in the judgement day!" A boy shouted.
Eragon look at Lily's face, and found out that Lily just smiling. A bit-annoyed-smile.
The sun almost set when they finally reach the bus. Greeted by Jason and friends.
"Yo! Where have you been? What took you so late to arrive here?!" Jason asked to no one particular.
"Sorry, Jason. My legs had been hurt." Vico answer, feeling responsible for his row's late.
Jason's face turned to a worried expression,
"Are you okay now?"
Vico just nodded, then asked Jason,
"Have you find Rocky yet?"
"Yes, we have. He was sleeping in the bus when we arrived here, and after he awakes, he stated that he does not know anything that happened to us in this few days. And, he said that he didn't care about what happened to us as long as we are still alive."
"That man! I wish to punch him! He is still responsible about our well being until we get back to our school! We've paid him!"
"Relax Vico! That is who he is. We can't hope him to change immediately. Besides, we have to do some explanation to our hosts."
The boy who stood in front of Eragon-Adam, turned around to face Eragon and Blodhgarm, followed by Cheese, Lily, and Vico.
"So, this is a bus."
Eragon and Blodhgarm took a step closer, and another one, and another one, to get a clearer view of a 'thing' that has a eeally strange name.
What Eragon recognized first is, this 'bus' shaped like a box. It has many windows and many seats. He does not too impressed at all.
But, when he look with his mind, he could sense that the 'bus' has many electricity. With machines that looks more complicated than any machine that exist in Alagaesia.
"So, how did it works?"
"Ummm, well, I don't know the details, but, this thing moves because the energy from the gasoline movements- or something like that- make the machine moves, causing the wheels to move, and makes the bus moves." Vico answered.
"Gasoline?"
"It's kind of special oils."
"Special?"
"Well, to get that humans should 'dig' down the earth very very very deep, with huge equipments. Those equipments dig trough the earth's soil, deeper, deeper, and deeper until we found the layer that contains the materials which can be turned into gasoline. Usually this works done on the sea shores."
What?
"You just said that humans dig down the earth? On the sea shores?"
"Of course, why?"
"Do you use magic? Do they use magic?"
"Magic? No! There is no such thing like ma-" Cheese stoped when a pebble floating right in front of her nose.
Cheese confused. Why is this pebble float? So, she reach to the pebble, then move her hand above it, below it, and both sides of it, then he circling her hand over the pebble, searching for a rope or wire or anything that support the pebble. But, she found none. The other kids who watch this surprised.
"Who did this?"
"Me"
"How?"
"Magic." Eragon smiled while opening his shining palm.
The kids now are dumbstructed.
"That's sooooo cooooooool! Would you teach me? Please?" Vico begged to Eragon and Blodhgarm.
Would you Blodhgarm? You are more experienced
No Eragon, I think you are the one who should teach him. Well, as your training to teach the riders in the future.
"Fine. But, this is not that easy. You should be focus and determined."
"I promise."
"Fine. But, you haven't answer my earlier question.."
"Oh, yes. Human do that, and more." Vico answer with a teasing smile.
"More?"
"Yeah, like makes a flying vehicle, build tall buildings, makes satelites, telescopes, ma-"
"Telescope?"
"It's like a device used to takes the pictures of the space from outside of the earth."
"I do not understand it."
Vico was about to explain again, but stoped by Cheese.
"I think it will be easier to understand if we show it to you."
"I agree, but, not now. We'll show you the picture of it and the picture it takes. And some picture of where we come from. Would you like it?"
"Why not? Right Eragon?" Blodhgarm nudged Eragon's shoulder.
Eragon still confused about Blodhgarm's cheerfull attitude,
"Ye..yes right. We do love to. And I have some important issues to tell you."
"Really? What's it?"
"The Queens and The Kings from Alagaesia-it is where we came from-would like to see you. Maybe, it is the right time to explain your world to us. Is that convenient for you?"
The boys and the girls' eyes were still glazed.
"Are we going to meet Kings and Queens personaly?"
"Well, no. You are going to meet them by a scrying mirror."
"Scry? What's that?"
"Well, you should see it by yourself." Eragon smile.
"Okay, so, what are we going to do now?"
"Hey! Cheese! How about our bus?" Jason yelle frombehind the bus.
"OH HELL! THE BUS! Is it safe if we leave it here?"
The kids were silent. Absolutely clueless about their surrounding.
"Well, there is some wild animal inside this forest." Eragon stated.
Cheese's face become deathly serious, and yells to the kids,
"You heard hum guys! Let's bring this bus with us!" Cheese said while stepping the ladder to go inside the bus.
"Umm.. Cheese?"
"What?"
"We don't have any fuels.."
Cheese's face dropped,
"Well we should bring this bus with us no matter what situation we're in. Our stuffs are inside this bus, 's stuffs are here too, even our school's music equipments and emergency supplies are he- THAT'S IT! Oh God! Why did I forget that!" with that, Cheese rushed to the side of the bus.
"Hey, Cheese! What were you saying?" Jason asked while trying to catch Cheese.
"I said, we have supplies in our bus! And that means, we have gasoline in our bus' baggage!"Cheese said while pullingbth lever that attached to the side of the bus.
And when it openned, Eragon could see many boxes and storage with weird shapes, and there are medium sized drums with a cap on it.
Eragon saw that when the boys see those drums, they immediately rushed and lift one of the drums together. Then they put it on the ground. Adam said,
"Do you want to see what makes this bus works? Well, here it is. This is the gasoline."
Eragon and Blodhgarm take their steps towards the already openned drum.
The smell hit their sensitive sense.
And Eragon immediately get a glimpse of Angela's face in his mind, with her various stuffs and things.
"So, what we should do to make this liquid move the bus?"
"All we have to do is put the liquid to inside this hole." Jason said while openning a cap on the bus' side.
"Let me do that then."
Eragon starts his enchantment and the liquid starts to flow from the drum to the hole.
After a few moments, there is a shout from the bus,
"It's full! Come on guys! Get inside!"
Eragon stopped his magic, and Jason closed the hole with it's cap.
"Come on Eragon, Blodhgarm." Adam draged them to their seats.
A/N: Please let me know what you think okay? :)
