Chapter 29: Showing the ropes
I wonder if people will put Game Host x House Host as their favorite couple soon. Oh well, here's the next chapter, and cheers for new characters which puts our number to 20 people exploring Silent Hill at once. I wonder if that's a new record? Enjoy!
At Henry's apartment
"They've been at it for an hour and a half, and for the fiftieth time would you three stop trying to listen in." Douglas said
Heather, Maria, and Cynthia were sticking their ears on empty glass cups planted firmly on the wall which separates them from the bedroom.
"We've pretty much discussed everything type of topic we can think of, and now the only thing left to do is go back to Silent Hill...or whatever that hole will take us." Christopher said
"Relax we aren't in any rush." Maria said
"Yes we are in a rush. We all want to leave as soon as possible, and listening to Christopher's story means that we have a possible rescue mission. I don't know about you, but I'm taking this seriously." Alex retorted
"Yeah, but you know how those play out in the end right? What makes you think it will be different with Christopher?" Harry said
"Yeah I-..." Alex went quiet unable to respond.
After sharing their stories with one another the group had a pretty decent understanding of how thing ended for everyone, and though most of the time it did end in a happy ending. They still feel like they lost something, or discovered some horrible truth. Alex remembered how James was so scarred by whatever happened he refused to tell parts of his story, and he ended up skipping large portions of it. Of course Alex couldn't blame him since he himself is guilty of admitting to accidentally killing his little brother. He was only thankful that no one question what Josh was doing on the opposite team they were fighting. This of course led him to another problem. What are they hiding? Are they also guilty of the death of a love one? What if his new friends who he was getting along so well were actually insane killers that the crazy town called together. What if death is all they deserved for their sins?
"Alex? Hey what's wrong? Why are you spacing out on me?" Elle said
Alex shook his head away from his thoughts to concentrate on Elle who's head was inches away from touching his own.
"Fine, fine...I was just planning, that's all." Alex lied
"Nah he was thinking about what Henry, and Eileen are doing right now." Heather teased
"So what? We all are." Maria admitted
No one denied Heather, and Maria's accusation.
"I should be there with them! I mean Henry was nice enough to wait for me, he took me in when he could have just had his way, and left me passed out, and he even waited for me to wake up so I can properly thank him!" Cynthia argued
"Um~ I think you could do better than Henry." Lisa said
"But he's the nicest guy I've ever met! I want to do a lot of favors for him..." Cynthia purred
"Well can't you see he's taken! Eileen his girlfriend-no lover." Elle said
"I can share, and at first I didn't care who she was until I saw those sexy green eyes of hers...ah~ I felt a little jolt in my body looking at them." Cynthia explained while sounding like an excited school girl.
"Even I kept that to myself, but she's right. Eileen's green eyes are so seductive I'm a bit jealous." Maria admitted
"*Hmph*...tramps." Angela muttered
"I heard that!" Both Maria, and Cynthia exclaimed simultaneously
The immediately turned their concentration on Angela.
"Now why would you say such a silly thing? Trying to act cute, righteous? What do you think Cynthia?" Maria said
"I think she wants our attention. We shouldn't neglect such a sweet girl with so much potential." Cynthia responded
Both Girls were closing in on Angela
"What are you d-doing! Back off!" Angela commanded
"Come on...leave the unstable person alone, or else who knows what will happen." Heather said
"That's what we want to find out Heather." Maria explained
At this point Both women cornered Angela near the wall. Cynthia grabbed Angela's left wrist, and before she could retaliate Maria grabbed hold of her right wrist.
"Let go of me, or I swear I will cut you two to the bone." Angela threatened as calmly as she could.
"Empty threats, you know you love this." Maria teased
"You just don't know it yet." Cynthia finished
"Stop it!" Angela exclaimed
For some reason Angela herself could not explain she began breathing heavily, her temperature rising especially knowing that James was watching, and her heart was beating faster, and faster. These girls knew exactly what they were doing whether it was a man, or a woman.
"We're just going to give you a body massage to cheer you up a bit" Maria assured
"Yeah honey. Only someone really grumpy, and sore would call two beautiful women such as ourselves tramps." Cynthia said
Everyone pretty much expected a sort of BFF relationship instantly happen between Maria, and Cynthia, but who knew it would have happened so quickly? The two friends were even finishing each others sentences.
"S-sto~p" Angela gasped
"We haven't even started yet." Maria said
Before anything more could be done everyone heard the bedroom door finally open with the couple inside coming out. Henry had his usual bored expression, but his haired looked a tad damp with what they hoped was merely sweat, and he was also fully clothed, and ready to go. Following closely behind him was Eileen who looked exhausted, but wearing a weak, yet cheerful smile on her face. Henry was holding her hand the entire hand to prevent her from collapsing on the floor, and just like him, Eileen hair was also damp, and she had a new layer of make up on.
"So...done rekindling your relationship?" Travis said
"Yes...we rekindled it four times actually." Henry openly said
Eileen blushed a deep red, and turned her face away from everyone.
"So ready to go?" Alex asked
"Yup." Henry merely said
"Good. I don't know why, but things were going very...hot around ever since you two left." Heather explained
"S-sorry." Eileen shyly, and weakly squeaked
"*Sigh* maybe next time..." Maria said letting Angela go.
"Yeah I can wait...besides the center of my attention just returned." Cynthia said while also letting Angela go.
"(Now I'm even more excited seeing Henry like that. I'm afraid I'll lose my mind, and go crazy on him.)" Cynthia thought to herself
With both girls off of Angela personal space, she was able to slowly recover from her sudden fluctuation of emotions. Still it wasn't enough to keep her standing as her legs felt like jelly, and she was now on her knees sweating slightly, and her face blushing, and still warm.
"Are you okay?" James asked
Normally he wouldn't care if Angela was hurt, or in danger, but being accustomed to how Maria charms not only himself, but other people he has grown to feel pity for those who were not used to Maria's sudden advances.
"I'm a little confused actually...how did they..." Angela said while being lost in her sudden feelings
"Maria has that effect on anyone...*Sigh* come on I'll...help you up." James muttered in defeat, and extending a helping hand to her
Giving James one of the biggest puppy dog eyes of gratitude he has ever seen a girl give him when he helps she grab hold of James' hand, and picked herself up.
"I find that just shaking it off would make the effects disappear faster." James advised.
With that he released Angela, and went back to his lover Maria who immediately began cuddling him while Alex explained one last time about their weapons, and ammo.
"Well I'm glad both of you are armed, but what about you Christopher. What did you prepare yourself with?" Alex asked
"A flashlight, a notebook, and a picture of my wife, and daughter. That's all I ever carry when I explore Silent Hill. What are you guys keeping from me that you're not telling!" Christopher said then demanded
"Well explain on the way, but right now I need to ask if any of you have a pare weapon you can loan for Christopher." Alex asked
There were no volunteers, and the team only answered with awkward glances at each other hoping that one of them would give up their only defenses against the monsters.
"Well...alright then I guess you can have this golf club I found on some forest. To be honest I almost forgot about it after I found my Pulaski ax." Alex offered
"He searched through his coat, and found the golf club still in good condition. Christopher reluctantly took it, and figured it was better than nothing, and he already had a similar club at home so he already felt accustomed to it.
"I'd use it sparingly uh~...Christopher since it breaks eventually." Henry warned
"He could always use his fists if it comes down to it." Travis explained
"That's stupid." Heather argued
"Well he's not taking my wands once it breaks!" Laura exclaimed
"You're going to have to give that up sooner, or later." Elle said
"Why!" Laura complained
"Well you gotta share don't you?" Elle explained
"Aw~" Laura moaned, but agreed to do so...eventually.
"Okay then, before we get distracted by something else I say we make a single file towards the hole right now." Lisa said
"I suppose so." Cybil agreed
"There's twenty of us now. Wouldn't the large number just burden us when enter claustrophobic conditions?" Harry question
"I'm sure they'll fix all that." James explain
"That just raises further questions James. Who, and what will fix that?" Maria asked
"...If only we had the internet with us now..." James responded
"Internet?" Alessa repeated looking puzzled
"Oh it's a place where evil, yet stupid trolls, and wise elders come to discuss, and battle among one another while delivering information through an invisible electrical web that connects the entire world to a global argument of minds mostly causing hurt feelings, and acts of rage, and violence." Heather explained
She was met with a confused Alessa, and a curious Little Walter.
"That was completely ridiculous." Angela commented
"Well what part of my explanation did I get wrong?" Heather asked sound unmoved my Angela retort
"The part where-...when you explain-...huh..." Angela stammered, but unable to come up with a comeback
"That's the internet for you...it's all one big mindfu-" James began
"Hello! the line had already moved, and we're the only ones who hadn't left yet!" Douglas announced
"They looked around, and noticed that they were in fact the only ones in the room. Not wanting to be left behind Heather, James, Angela, Douglas, Alessa, and Little Walter ended their conversation early, and crawled through the hole following their friends.
"Hey this tunnel curves around a bit." Harry noticed
"They do that sometimes...no real reason though." Henry explained form close to the back of the line
"Was it alright to just leave them there?" Eileen asked
"They'll come, no need to worry we'll just wait for them on the other side." Cybil assured
After crawling for what only seemed like a couple of seconds the tunnel went completely black despite multiple flashlights beaming, and the team including the ones left behind found themselves bunched together in the cramped bathroom of the subway.
"This is a sign that we're overpopulating the area!" Lisa gasped
"Hang on I almost got the door open." Elle called out
"Hang on Tina!" James heroically exclaimed
Doing his best to reach into his coat he pulled the suffocating cat out of his coat, and lifted her over his head above anyone else. Tina merely meowed, and wiggled her little legs in confusion, but was grateful for her master for the air to breathe.
"Got it!" Elle assured
The door opened, and a rush of people began exiting the room, but now they were crowding the empty hallway like it was rush hour.
"I thought you guys said they will accommodate us." Douglas complained
"Let's not go back into that pointless argument again." Travis said
"Alright who should I fry first!" Laura challenged while staring at the empty hallway.
"...Sorry Laura no invisible monsters here." Henry explained
"If I remember correctly we started from...there." Harry said pointing at the right since he was facing the wall opposite the bathroom door.
"So that leads us left then." Heather said
"Well this is new...where's the empty bar?" Douglas asked no one in particular
"These tunnels are mostly one way. They never take us to the same place twice except for my apartment it seems." Henry said
"Maybe your apartment is under some sort of Indian burial ground, or something." James assumed
"Maybe my old one, but my new one's different...it's under what used to have been a mental asylum, and some say that the presence of those who lived, and died there still linger." Henry told
"...Do you honestly expect one of us to beli-" Laura was saying
"Henry! Why didn't you say something when we moved in!" Eileen gasped, clearly sounding worried
"...Relax I had a few spare candles which were more than enough to exorcise the lingering spirits." Henry made up on the spot.
"Oh thank goodness." Eileen said quickly relieved
"So gullible." Maria teased while being out of earshot of Eileen.
"Neither Silent Hill, or Shepherds Glen own a..." Wheeler said trying to guess what it is
"Subway station." Henry finished
"Yeah that. So where the hell did this subway come from?" Wheeler asked again
"We're in Ashfield where our old apartment building use to be." Eileen explained
"This is ridiculous I'm not gonna find my wife here! We need to get back to Silent Hill." Christopher said
"Relax, once we finish up here I'm sure we'll be led back to Silent Hill." Travis assured
"Or be sent somewhere completely different." James added
"Or be sent somewhere completely different." Maria repeated
"Do you think your wife crawled through one of these holes?" Cybil asked
"No, not a chance. Like I said I've been walking, and exploring every building I could enter looking for my wife, and daughter, and I never once saw a hole until now." Christopher explained
"Can't tell if it's the right place, at the right time for you, or wrong place at the wrong time." Douglas said
"You could say it's the best of both worlds." Henry dully said
"We'll we have to start sooner, or later. We can't just talk our way out of this." Wheeler said
"Though we tried multiple times." James adressed
"Wheeler is right lets get this done, and over with." Alex said motioning everyone to move forward
Walking close together like a tour group the team walked several they reached what looked like booths to purchase subway tickets, or coins, but of course they were empty, and the floor littered with useless, unreadable pieces of paper.
"Relax it's pretty much a one way trip here...unless this is the second time around portion." Henry informed
"How many times have you been here?" Lisa asked
"Twice." Henry answered
"So you've visited this place before you bumped into me?" Cynthia said for the sole purpose of wanting to speak to him.
"Before I met you-oh! Yeah, yeah...sure." Henry lied
"(Geez how am I going to break the news to that one...without causing a panic. I guess if she's not trying to kill me I can just leave her ignorant like that, but now she's coming on to me a lot. Can't tell which one would make this trip more difficult.)" Henry thought to himself
"Henry? Henry!" Alex called out
"Uh-what?" Henry quickly said as he began to focus on Alex
"Stop daydreaming, you're our guide here." Alex reminded
"I wasn't daydreaming I was ignoring you." Henry blatantly said
"Well that cheered me up." Alex sarcastically said
"Were do we go Henry? Down the stairs, or straight ahead." Elle asked
"Oh that's all? Just straight ahead for now. Well get back to those later. I just want to pick up a few things." Henry instructed
"Why couldn't you just say that when I asked you the first time." Alex said
"Because I wasn't daydreaming." Henry retaliated
"I swear he's losing his edge." Alex mumbled to himself
"I bet he was hiding some whiskey in his room, that hog." Douglas assumed
The team deciding to follow Henry's orders ignored the stairs, and went straight ahead to where the hallway would end. Upon entering the last portion of the hallway they were met with loud static coming from their trusty radios which apparently have infinite battery life, or something. Of course they didn't need the radios to tell them that there were a pack of 3 Gumheads. They walked upright with a hunch as they sluggishly walked all across the hallway almost blind. Their second head in their chest twitching left, and right as the main bodies moved. Yet despite the loud static from the radios it seems as if they hadn't noticed the large crowd yet.
"Oh my god!" Christopher said clearly frightened yet fascinated by the sudden life forms
"Great...the annoying ones." Henry muttered bitterly
"Never seen those before. Are they new, or something?" Wheeler said
"Depends on what your definition of 'new' is." Henry answered
"They sound like-" Travis began
"Monkeys yeah, but tell me what part of all of that looks like a monkey to you?" Henry finished
"...I suppose the tail I guess, but...wait is that a second head?" Harry said
"Yeah, but totally pointless, it doesn't even bite. Still I hate these things." Henry said
"Are two headed creatures common here? I mean I remembered a two headed dog once." Douglas said
"They seem pretty...dumb." Maria figured
"'Seem' is the key word in your sentence." Henry said
"Are they special compared to other enemies?" Cybil said
"Oh, yeah they are." Henry said
"Am I still dreaming! Is this real life?" Cynthia blatantly asked
"I thought we were clear on this. Yes Cynthia it's real, and those things will kill us if we don't kill them first." Henry explained
"I don't know Henry, they seem almost plain to me." Alex said
"Yeah...hey I got an idea! Why don't we take Christopher here, and help him fight these things so he could be useful." Travis suggested
"You want me to kill another living being!" Christopher gasped
"They're not people Christopher, just a bunch of apes. We are beating a bunch of apes with blunt objects until they die from blood loss, or concussions" Angela explained
"P.E.T.A will have your ass on a stick, roasting on an open fire if they heard what you just said." Douglas joked
"You know what I mean." Angela said
"Look, think of it as self defense. They'll attack you once they see us, so it's better to hit them first." Lisa said
"Preemptive strike." Elle said
"Yeah a sneak attack basically. Besides the faster we get through them, the faster we can save you wife, and daughter." Lisa finished
"I want to take a whack at them!" James said readying his Great Knife
"Holy crap..." Douglas gasped staring at the wickedly large blade
"That thing is bigger than a claymore! How can you even carry that thing." Christopher said
"I'm stronger than you think." James said
"Okay so James will help you fight, and I can help you as well. You can just take care of one enemy right?" Alex said
"G-got any advice?" Christopher asked sounding a tad nervous
"Hit them before they hit you." Alex said
"Great let's kick ass!" James declared
Five minutes later
"Why? Why didn't you tell us they could steal our weapons!" Alex shouted sounding dumbfounded
"Must have slipped my mind." Henry said innocently
The group were just outside the tunnel staring intently at the three Gumheads who took Christopher's golf club, Alex's Pulaski ax, and somehow James' Great Knife. They even managed to beat them slightly with their own weapons which caused Alex to instinctively call for a strategic retreat. Basically they were caught off guard, jacked, then they chickened out of the fight like a bunch of scared little girls.
"See, this is why I prefer enemies without arms." James insisted
"Wow. Sorry for being rude, but that was pathetic. Was it always like this?" Douglas asked
"We were doing fine until Walter attacked us at the mall." Heather admitted
"Plan B anyone?" Elle said
"Didn't think we needed a plan B." Alex admitted
"I'll show you a plan B!" Wheeler exclaimed
Loading his shotgun he stomped towards the now armed Gumheads.
"Life is a bitch!" Wheeler announced
Before the Gumheads could turn their heads, and face their opponent. Wheeler shot his shotgun, pumped, and repeated until all the enemies were either missing both their heads, or lost their arms, and legs entirely. Needless to say they bodies were unaccustomed to such a powerful gun so they fell easily.
"Too bad you won't know that." Wheeler finished while giving his shotgun a final pump, and putting it away.
"Well at least I stopped the bleeding from your wounds." Lisa said doing a final check up of all three losers, or Alex, James, and Christopher to clarify.
"Pick up your weapons, and begin your walk of shame you three." Henry instructed
"It could have happened to anyone!" Alex said defensively
"Ri~ght" Heather said sarcastically
"Alright Henry coast is clear, lead the way." Cybil said
"It won't be long." Henry dully assured
Walking for several feet Henry lead the team to the end a part of the hallway which cut to the right. Though it was obviously a dead end they did find a nutrition drink on the floor.
"Wait, that's a different label than the others. Will it have the same effects as the others?" Travis said
"...Sure..." Henry nonchalantly said
After that brief pause the team where at the end of the hallway which split to two hallways on each side, but both blocked by junk.
"Someone should tell whoever threw these here that this is not the city dump." Maria said
"Yeah, we're nowhere near New York...why is there so much garbage blocking our path?" Henry said
"Hey those weren't there when I came here." Cynthia said
"You've been passed out for a long time I'm afraid." Henry explained
"It sure feels that way. My body doesn't feel as flexible as it was last time I was awake. I guess I should do some stretches, or something." Cynthia teased
"That could wait." Henry said
"I won't wait long." Cynthia hummed
Eileen was once again losing confidence in their relationship, and was unable to retaliate to Cynthia's advances. She hoped Henry could keep his guard up against Cynthia for just a little longer.
"Hang on there's something on the staircase to the left." Henry said
Walking alone he climbed the stairs, looked down, and picked a shiny object off one of the steps, and then walked casually back down.
"I got it." Henry simply said
"What is 'it'?" James asked
"A sliver bullet." Henry dully said
"Pure, silver, ammo type of bullet?" Travis said
"Yup." Henry answered
"Who are you going to shoot with that?" Lisa said
"Victims...takes them out in one hit...until they touch the ground, then they get right back up again." Henry said
"How does that work?" Laura asked
"...I don't know...I just know the silver bullets are really effective." Henry admitted
"Are they blessed, or something? You gotta know." Heather said
"Maybe, we'll probably find some more if you look around carefully enough, but right now we're done here. Sorry for the delay...and the embarrassment." Henry said looking at the three losers.
"It. Could. Have. Happened. To. Anyone." Alex repeated
The silently snickering team amongst each other much to Alex, and James discomfort went back to the stairs where Henry quickly realized something.
"We need a coin to get through here..." Henry said
"Tokens right? For the subway?" Lisa asked
"Yeah...now what?" Henry said completely unsure of what to do
"...We could use mine." Cynthia offered
She flashed a Lynch Street Line Coin, and twirled around her very talented fingers before tossing it to Henry who caught it with ease.
"Huh...well thanks Cynthia." Henry said trying to sound polite, but not grateful
"Anytime." Cynthia said
"Now then let's keep going." Henry said
With the gate unlocked thanks to the coin, the team descended to the much darker lower levels
"Hey Henry how come I don't have a weapon?" Cynthia asked as they climbed down the stairs
"That's a good question, and the answer is because...well you didn't ask earlier on." Henry answered
"Well you wouldn't happen to have something to give me, unless you want to be my hero for a little longer." Cynthia teased
"I have a pick ax, but it's too heavy for you, and I gave my pistol to Eileen." Henry explained
"Well Henry if you don't mind of course...I can give her my riding crop. If that's okay with you." Eileen suggested
"That's really sweet of you Eileen. Sure I don't mind I'm not afraid of you trying to shoot me accidentally with my pistol anymore." Henry assured
Eileen wordlessly handed her Riding Crop to Cynthia.
"Well this is all nice, and kinky, but does it even hurt theses monsters?" Cynthia asked
She swung the Riding Crop a couple of times taking delight in something she has seen, but never had a chance to use. Unfortunately she wasn't looking where she was swinging which caused her to accidentally friendly fire someone.
"Ah~! My leg!" James shouted in pain
The sudden pain caused him to lose his balance, and come crashing down the stairs as they were about to end. Luckily Henry was able to pull himself, and Eileen close to the wall so James can collapse on the floor without injuring anyone, but himself.
"...I stand corrected, I love this thing." Cynthia said
"James? Are you alright? Just groan in pain if you're okay." Maria called out
"Ugh~" James groaned
"Alright he's fine, I forgive you Cynthia." Maria cheerfully said
"I'll help him up..." Harry groaned.
After James recovered from his fall the team found themselves with multiple path choices.
"I thought you said this was linear? Travis reminded
"It is...one path is a dead end, and the other leads us forward." Henry explained
"...That's called a maze...not a linear path." Lisa said
"...This conversation never happened." Henry said flatly
"He's really losing it..." Heather whispered to Cybil
"I guess he's still recovering from shock, or something. I mean he's not superman after all." Cybil whispered back
"Anyways, we go downstairs to the subway trains. If I'm right we'll find our next clues down there. Not the mention the exit." Henry explained
"What about the room on this floor?" Harry asked
"Pointless, and plus I can hear growling, and I don't like that." Henry warned
"More dogs then?" Alex said
"Yup." Henry casually said
"We can take them!" Maria assured
"Yeah! Let us redeem ourselves!" James pleaded
"Let you fight a pointless battle? Sure why not, it could help distract me from my own thoughts right now." Henry replied
"What does that mean?" Eileen curiously asked
"It's complicated...let's just see if James, and Alex still got it." Henry simply said
Without any warning Alex rushed towards the room wielding his Pulaski Ax with James following close behind with his Great Knife. Sure enough they found a Sniffer just minding it's own business until two crazed men with vengeance in their eyes came out of nowhere, and began attacking for no reason it could comprehend. The only positive the Sniffer felt was the quick death it was given as it fell in defeat.
"Nope...too easy you're both losers still." Laura teased
"You're grounded missy!" James announced
"Last time you said that, our conversation went completely random, and you ended up grounding yourself. Do you really want to repeat that?" Laura warned with a snickering smile.
"I had fun listening to both of you." Maria admitted
"Not sure what you guys were talking about, but I came back from the room, and killed a second dog while it was sniffing the ground with it's tongue. Also I found another drink." Alex dully said
"Great work." Henry congratulated with very little enthusiasm.
The team done with talking, climbed even further down to find the subway tunnel very similar to the previous one.
"*Cough*rip-off*cough*" Heather was heard coughing
"Yeah, because all subways have to be original, and completely different looking from one another." Henry retaliated
"Looks like a complete wreck here. There's no way one of these subway trains are going to work, are they?" Angela asked
"It's not a hundred percent safe, but one of those does in fact run, but we'll worry about that when we get to it. Right now there's a snack machine that we need to look at." Henry said pointing at the machine itself
Once every was accounted for they walked the few feet they needed to get a closer look at the machine.
"Anyone got any change?" James randomly asked
Everyone shook their heads, and once again they were stuck with a puzzle.
"Relax...there's a box inside the subway cart that has the coin we need." Henry assured
Upon saying that everyone heard a distinct groaning echoing from one of the subway trains.
"What the hell was that!" James cried out
"Victim...oh crap how are we going to get through that thing while traveling through narrow gaps while making sure that thing stays down long enough for us to get by it." Henry said
"Not to mention that those things can't die, and they'll eventually get back up before even half of us can get past it." Maria continued
"Well let's get the box first, and like you said Henry. We'll figure that out when we get there." Douglas said.
"I'll get it...it's not like it's bolted to the seat, or anything when I last saw it." Henry said
"You'll be alright?" Christopher asked
"Yeah, it won't come from here, just where we may need to go." Henry explained whiled entering the train
He came back several seconds later holding a small childish toy box with a rusty lock, and chain wrapped around it.
"The coin is inside, and wouldn't you know it I don't have the key because we missed something." Henry said sounding like he just given up
"We'll just lock-pick it" Elle said
"You broke all your equipment trying to unlock the front door in Henry's apartment." Alex reminded
"I got it! We'll use Tina!" James exclaimed
"The cat?" Lisa said sounding puzzled
"Yeah, every time there's something out of reach Tina was able to retrieve it for us. So why not let her try to get the coin." James suggested
"Sure why not, I could use a laugh." Henry said sounding doubtful.
Placing the box on a bench James woke Tina from her peaceful nap, and placed her next to the box. She looked up at her master with her eyes gleaming with annoyance at being disturbed. James did not get the message his cat was giving him.
"Alright Tina unlock the box!" James confidently ordered
Tina looked at the box, then at James, and concentrated on the box again. Everyone had already began to look doubtful of James idea which made Tina who owes her life to him feel sorry for him again. So she decided to give it a shot even though she had no clue what she was looking at. She tapped at the lock playfully enjoying the noise the chains made when they clinked, and clanged, but it didn't work, and to be fair the constant noise the humans were making every time she did something serious was a little annoying. Especially when they make that "aw~" noise. Further investigation showed a weirdly shaped hole at the center of a block so she started playing with that. Her paw was too big to completely fit inside so she used her claws to make up for it. Finally she had all her claws in the hole, and began moving them roughly around as the chain made the amusing noise she liked. Then all of a sudden she heard a clank from inside, and the block released it's grip from one of the chains which at that point she heard everyone gasping behind her. Then out of nowhere her master picked her up before she could continue playing with the new toy.
"She did it! I knew she could do it!" James exclaimed proudly
"I don't believe it!" Douglas cried out
"Now I definitely seen everything!" Wheeler declared
"That is one seriously talented cat." Henry said
"I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it just now." Christopher said
"Three cheers for Tina!" Laura cried out
"Hooray!" Alessa, Heather, Maria, Elle, Lisa, Eileen, and James cried out
"Is there nothing that cat can't do." Travis said
"Well I won't say anything just yet, but I like to see her open a can next." Cybil said
"I wish I was that cat..." Angela silently said as she saw James lovingly hold his new companion.
"Why didn't any tell me we were hanging out with a magic cat!" Cynthia said
"...Magic? Yeah! She should be my pet since I'm a witch now!" Laura insisted
"I wish I was that helpful." Alessa said
"...Yeah..." Little Walter added
"We should reward her with something." Eileen suggested
"Yeah! We'll give you a all the cat nip, scratching posts, and tuna you want." James declared
Tina was unsure of what they were talking about, but she was glad that she pleased her master somehow, and if he is happy, then Tina can finally continue her nap undisturbed. So with her job done she hopped from James' hands, and landed back into his coat.
"Alright we got the coin, and...yup, it's really dirty. We'll have to clean it." Henry told everyone
"Are you serious?" Heather said in disbelief
"Yeah it's dirty, the machine won't take it. We'll have to go back to my place, and clean it." Henry explained
"Ugh! It seems like a lot of work for an item." Maria said
"Yeah it sucks I know, but after this we're just about done here." Henry said
"Well are there any nearby holes here?" Travis asked
"Oh, yeah I think there is. Come on, I'll show you." Henry said leading the team again.
End of Chapter
Sorry it took so long I was busy with personal stuff. Anyways I'm done, not gonna say much here, but another thanks for your patience, and helpful reviews. Way more to come next chapter. (This one was setting it up.)
