~Randy's POV~
I woke up in a small crate with Dora's head resting on my lap and Sammy and Diego. In the corner leaning against each other, faces inches apart. With the position there in now and how often those two got in arguments at the museum you would think there married.
I tapped Diegos shoulder to wake him up, and gently shook Dora awake. They needed to be aware of where we are to help get out. Suddenly my memories of what happened flashed through my mind and I began freaking out more than I already was. We had been kidnapped by people for an unknown reason to me, and trapped with people who I wouldn't exactly call 'friends', Dora is the only one I would really call a 'friend', and that's because we talk a little and we did a project together.
The others woke up with the same fear I felt, except Dora, she seemed oddly calm to begin.
Dora ripped some of the paper off the side of the crate and looked outside "I think, were being unloaded from a plane" Dora said, still a little sleepy, I guess she hadn't fully woken up yet.
"we can't be on a plane" Sammy said, not believing Dora, she ripped some paper off the side and looked out before freaking out. "Oh, my God, we're on a plane! Oh... We've left the country without ID. We need to alert the US consulate."
Dora and Diego began talking to each other in Spanish, Sammy seemed to understand what they were saying, I was just sitting there confused.
"Why did I take Mandarin? What are you guys saying?" I wasn't given an answer and was just left clueless, all I know is something about treasure hunters.
"We gotta get out of here" Diego said urgently and Dora pulled out a huge knife and used it to pry open the lid of the box.
"Oh, look, Dora brought a knife on the field trip, everybody." Sammy monotonously said, I don't understand why she doesn't like Dora, she's trying to help us get out of here and back home.
"I see three mercenaries. Armed. Wait, there's a fourth. I think he saw me" Dora explained and quickly sat back down, "He's coming for us" she began panicking.
We heard someone opening the box and we all crowded on one side of the box. I tried to go further into the corner, Sammy doing the same on the other side, Diego and Dora crowded between us, it wasn't going to help us in the long run, we were going to die either way, it was more us all taking comfort in eachother and feeling safer when we're closer.
The top of the box was pryed open with a Crowbar and a man looked inside and said "Dora! It is you!" I'm guessing he knew Dora from when she was younger as she didn't seem to recognise him at all.
"who are you?" she asked confirming my suspicion that she didn't recognise him.
"I'm a friend of your parents. I'm rescuing you, Dora! Come with me if you want to live..." he said, in that moment, the truck started and the man fell from the crate.
"where did he go?" Sammy asked.
"did he die?" I added.
"I'm OK," the man said as he opened the crate again, "we have to run, come on"
We got out the crate and ran towards a warehouse.
"My parents did not sign a permission slip for the jungle! Why are we here? Where's the museum? Why, why, why?" Sammy yelled, she seemed to be having a mental breakdown.
A fox wearing a blue mask then started chasing us, well more specifically, chasing Dora.
"Hey! That fox just swiped my map!" Dora yelled wanting to get her bag and map back from the fix that stole them from her.
"What part of, "The fox just swiped my map" don't you understand? Come on, help me!" Dora said as she did some epic moves, getting on the plane, rolling down part of the plane to get her bag on and sliding under a plane propeller, all while chasing a fox that had stolen her map. She's amazing.
Sadly, Dora couldn't get her map back from the fox. "get her." one of the missionaries said, referring to Dora. We all ran out searching for our rescuer, but it seemed like he had just left us.
After a few seconds of panicking, he came by with a truck, we all jumped in and he sped off, driving along a long straight road and then driving into the field just off the side. We heard the missionaries continue driving along the road. I threw up out the side of the car, luckily I wasn't in the middle seat, if I was, someone would've been in for a nasty surprise.
"Are you kids okay?" the man, who rescued us asked.
"not really" I replied regaining my composure.
""Not really"? Understatement of the century. I was just kidnapped and chased by bad guys! And a fox with a mask! Everyone saw that, right? Like, why does that fox need to remain anonymous? Who is gonna recognize one specific fox?" Sammy yelled, she was clearly not happy with the whole situation, well none of us were, but Sammy is clearly taking this the worst. I guess it makes sense though. Dora lived in the jungle for sixteen years, and Diego lived there for a while too, it made sense that me and Sammy would take this the worst, its new to us.
"How did you know my name?" Dora asked the man.
"You were an infant the last time I saw you. My name is Alejandro Gutierrez. I'm a professor of ancient languages at San Marcos University in Lima, Peru. Your parents and I were in constant contact during their time here. Then two weeks ago, your parents' calls stopped. Since then... silencio." Alejandro explained.
"That means silence." Sammy said to me, pointing out the obvious.
"Yeah. I got that one." I replied.
"They haven't answered any of my sat phone call for weeks, either." Dora said, explaining how she still hadn't heard from her parents. I still remember how worried she looked when her parents hadn't picked up, she was nearly crying.
"Your father sent me this just a week before, in case I could help."Alejandro claimed
"Papi's journal!" Dora looked so happy to see the journal.
"So I came here to make sure they were okay. Tracked them this far. I've been staking it out, hoping for a sign from them. And then I saw you poke your head out of that crate and I said to myself, "Dora!" Dora the... kidnapped teenager!" he explained.
"But how did you recognize me?" Dora asked.
"Well, you look sort of exactly the same." Dora's smile dropped slightly. "But... I'm afraid I have no idea where to find your parents."
"Don't worry. I can track my parents in the jungle. Let's go!" Dora claimed, confidently.
" Hold up. Or we could call the local police and have them come rescue us with, like, a SWAT team." Sammy stated, clearly just wanting to get home as soon as possible. It sounded like a good idea.
"Hmm. Yeah, that sounds like another solid option." I add.
"Of course! Hello? 911? Can you please come and get us? We're at the corner of Rain and Forest" Alejandro joked.
"Okay, I get it! I just want to go home." Sammy whined, I couldn't blame her.
"We're gonna die out here. Look around you. This is the kind of place where people die."
"I mean, in a way, every place is the kind of place where people die" Dora says with a smile on her face, it was kinda scary.
"Okay, well, that's a bummer notion." Sammy blankly stated.
Finding Dora's parents is our best chance at getting home. So we leave to go find her parents and get home.
Authors note: 4 chapters today, that's alot for me, I hope you enjoyed this, the next chapter will have our hero's enter the jungle...(pokemon reference)you might not get it and it's not great, but it's 2am I need to sleep. Thanks for reading, I'll post another chapter tomorrow.