Willie and Short Round
Okay, so who were these people? Dad seemed to recognize them but I sure didn't. There was a blonde girl in a fancy dress and an Oriental young man. He walked right over to them and the woman just looked at him.
"Indiana Jones. I knew one day you would come crawling back here."
"Willie, it just didn't work out. We had fun though."
"Fun! Fun! If you call jumping out of planes and bugs and people ripping-"
"Willie! I see you're as overdramatic as ever." He turned to the young man. "Shorty?
Shorty nodded and smiled a huge smile. "I'm really not that short anymore Dr. Jones."
"I can see that." Grandpa cleared his throat and all of them turned and looked at us for the first time. Her eyes went directly to me. "Willie, Shorty, these are some friends of mine who came to help us out." He brought them over to us and Grandpa shook their hands.
"I am Dr. Henry Jones Sr. It is a great pleasure to meet both of you."
"My name is Sallah. I am an old friend of Indy's."
"What a coincidence, so am I," she answered.
"My name is Donald. I'm also an old friend of me mate over there."
She nodded and finally turned to me. "Who is this Dr. Jones?" Shorty asked. Dad was about to answer when Grandpa cut in.
"Why this is Sarah Jones. She's his-"
"Daughter." Willie and Shorty said simultaneously.
"So how have things been for you Willie?"
"I'm still performing at the club."
"Shorty, what have you been up too?"
"I just graduated. I've sort of followed in your footsteps and tracked down the Peacock Diamond. I've been pretty busy. Now, what brings you here?"
"That talk is best saved for private. Now let's get out of here."
"Well, I wasn't expecting all of you. So, my car doesn't have enough room for all-"
"Not a problem my dear. Me and my son shall accompany you in the car while our companions here walk to your house."
"Sure. He volunteers us to walk." Donald commented under his breath.
"Sure, that sounds great." They climbed into the car.
"My driving has improved Dr. Jones. I can reach the pedals now." They took off after Willie shouted some directions and we began our hike.
"I never remember Indy mentioning a Willie." Donald said.
"Neither do I." Sallah added. I could tell the two of them were a little miffed at having to walk. It wasn't very far, but they were miffed. We walked in silence until we came to a small house. We walked in to find everyone there laughing and sitting down.
"Well, look who took long enough. We have been waiting for you," Grandpa commented.
"Sorry mate, but it isn't our fault we had to walk. Sallah was dragging his feet the whole way."
We took seats and Indy pulled out a map of China. Grandpa placed his diary on the table. "We caught them up to speed. Now we need to find where in China we have to go. What does your book say Dad?"
Grandpa flipped through some pages until he came to what he was looking for. "'It is one of the greatest marvels built on this earth. It is constantly growing as millions die to build it. Pass to the North.'"
"Well, obviously it's talking about the Great Wall of China," Willie announced. We all turned to her. "I may be blonde, but I can be smart."
"I wouldn't recommend everyone keeping your hopes up that this is a usual thing." Willie looked at Dad, but she just laughed. "The problem with her is most often the noise."
"But the wall is huge. What part are they talking about?" Shorty asked, tracing his finger along a long line on the map.
"That's the question Shorty." We all sat there for a few minutes deliberating and thinking. I thought back to my geography class, the last one I had before I was expelled from that school. We had been talking about Ancient China. My teacher had visited there, and was talking about-
I shot up out of my seat. "I got it!" Everyone turned to me looking a little like I had just given them a heart attack. "What that last part said about pass to the north. It meant the North Pass. The area of the wall that was built to defend-"
"China's capital of Beijing," Dad finished. "The tomb must be under it somewhere. There has to be a way in from inside it. Let's go." We all stood and started to get ready. Willie remained sitting.
"What are we going to do? We can't just break into the Great Wall of China! It's impossible!"
A while later we were entering as tourists into the North Pass. It was very crowded and unlike the tourists we looked a little worse for wear. We split apart and each searched looking for a loose brick or something like that. I walked along the actual wall that was exposed to the world while the others were still in the enclosed area.
You could recognize her anywhere. Her red-hair was swaying in the breeze and she was followed by a group of men. They were walking up to enter the tower. We had to hurry or she'd see us. I quickly ran back to find Donald tapping his knuckles against part of the floor. I kneeled down by him. "What are you doing? This is solid stone and brick."
He shook his head. "This part isn't. It's hollow, as in there's something in it Sheila. Round up our mates while I try to get this open." I obliged and rounded everyone up and led them back to him. We checked that no one was near (they had all moved on to the actual wall) and Dad smashed the brick revealing a hollow tunnel going down. Grandpa almost had a heart attack and passed out then and there. Sallah had to hold him up.
"We have to hurry Dad. That girl was outside." He nodded.
"Follow me only when I say its okay. Don't do anything reckless." I nodded and he slipped through the hole. We all sat silently as we heard feet hit ground. A minute passed before he shouted up the all clear. Shorty was right behind him, and Donald came next. Grandpa stumbled down and was followed by Sallah. Willie paused as I looked over my shoulder. No sign of Red-head, but we were running out of time. She was bound to notice our hole.
"Indy! Is there anything gross down there?!"
"Willie its fine! Now you have to get down here!"
"I don't want to!" There was no time for this. I gave Willie a quick shove and she tumbled through the hole, screaming the whole way down. I quickly followed and noticed security guards coming. I landed on my feet and stood to see pearl steps leading farther down ahead of us. Everyone seems okay, except for Willie who was complaining about how dirty she was.
"Well, let's not stand here. Bring on the booby-traps."
R&R. Sorry a million times for the long wait. We had some family issues and I took some time off. I'm really sorry and put my heart into this. Willie was my least favorite Indy girl (that screaming gets on your nerves). I'll update soon, promise.