"Are you absolutely sure this is a good idea?" Gilag asked. He and Alit were standing at the top of a makeshift skateboard ramp made of trash cans, dumpsters, and cardboard that was overlooking the Heartland Canyon.
"Well, no but that doesn't really matter. What matters is that it will be fun." Alit replied grinning.
"I still don't think this is very smart. We could get really hurt." Gilag worried.
"We're barians. Remember how Dumon gave us that lecture about how we can't get hurt easily and how hard our bones are?" Alit pleaded.
"Do you remember how he told us not to get cocky and do stupid things? And that he gave that speech after you ran out in front of moving cars? I really don't like this idea." Gilag reminded Alit nervously.
"Well, you can chicken out but I'm going." Alit said while tightening his helmet strap.
"I don't have a death wish, so I'm backing down. You can go try to skateboard across the canyon. I'll just watch." Gilag jumped down and landed on the ground.
"Sissy." Alit muttered. "Here I go!" Alit jumped on his skateboard and pushed off. He rode down the ramp and jumped into the air. He made it half-way across before he started to drop. "OH CRAP! OH SHIT!" Alit screamed as he fell. There were many crash sounds and Gilag winced at each one. The green-haired barian pulled out a cell phone and pressed the 2 for Dumon's speed dial. Thankfully, Dumon picked up quickly.
"What's up?" Dumon asked.
"Uhhh... Well, Alit kinda wanted to skateboard across the Heartland Canyon. I backed out but he's- well he's lying at the bottom of the canyon." Gilag stuttered.
There was a , "Oh my... I'll be right over there. Misael! Can you get the splint and first-aid kit?" another pause. "Yes, Alit hurt himself. He fell down the Heartland Canyon attempting to skateboard across it." another pause from Dumon's end. "Don't describe our fellow emperors like that. It may have been a foolish venture, but you needn't use THAT language." Dumon hung up. Gilag waited for a few seconds before Dumon and Misael teleported next him holding a few splints, a first-aid kit, and painkillers.
"Where is he?" Misael snapped. Gilag pointed at the canyon.
Dumon sighed. "Come on, let's help him." The three teleported down to where Alit was moaning. They winced as they looked at him. The small barian's leg was twisted at an odd angle and he had various cuts and bruises. "Hold him steady. Gilag, give him some pain meds. Misael, hold his leg at the right angle so I can set it." Dumon ordered. Gilag force-fed Alit the painkillers while Misael jerked his leg into the proper position. Alit yelped in pain while Dumon set his leg in a splint. Misael and Dumon bandaged up his other serious cuts while Gilag held Alit still.
"YOWWWWW!" Alit screamed.
"It's your own damn fault, you moron." Misael snapped.
"Misael, he's in a lot of pain right now so don't antagonize him at the moment. You can lecture him about it later. I know I will." Dumon said with a fierce glare at both of them. "Now Gilag, help me lift Alit up. Misael, open an overlay network to Barian World." Dumon and Gilag hoisted a barely conscious Alit up and Misael opened a portal to Barian World. The four barians disappeared through it and arrived in their home world. Alit was put in a baria crystal for a week. When Vector heard about what happened, he laughed for three hours straight much to the annoyance of the other barians. (Seriously, his laugh gets irritating after five seconds) When Alit woke up, he got the longest lecture ever on not being reckless. Misael kept hitting him when he started to doze off so he could not sleep through it and Dumon asked him a question every few minutes to make sure he paid attention. Alit was bored out of his mind at the end of the talk. He had to admit, Dumon really knew how to make sure he got the lesson learned. The throbbing pain all over was a good teacher too.