"Where's the grub? You're meant to be cooking today!" Lex plonked himself down opposite an annoyed Salene. It was two days after Patsy's birthday and no one had realised the food situation.
"Don't take it out on me! If there was something to eat I'd cook it!" Salene said aggressively.
"Can't I neck the other chicken?" He said thoughtfully. "Go and find it Ryan!" He ordered and Ryan started to walk off.
"You can't eat it! You ate the other one, can't you remember how much upset that caused?" Trudy shouted.
"Look, it's only a chicken!" Lex knew he was aggravating the others.
"It's a pet!" Danni said.
"So?" He shrugged.
"Lex, they're right, and anyway, even if we do eat the chicken, it won't make much difference to how hungry we are. There's too many of us." Ryan sided with the others.
"Thanks mate!"
"All we need to do is go and trade for food. A few of us can go this afternoon - we've got batteries, haven't we Jack?" Bray asked.
"What, so you're gonna go and trade for tins again. I'm sick of beans!" Zandra complained.
"Zan, it keeps us alive doesn't it!" Salene asked, and then realised her mistake. Bray was looking glum again. "Sorry...I mean..." She trailed off.
"Can't we get something more extravagant than tins for a change? You know, like when we went to the farms for your wedding feast Zandra." Dal reasoned.
"Good idea!" Danni looked up.
"Who's going then?" Bray asked. "Me, Dal and Lex?"
"I'll come. I mean, I need to visit someone." Danni said.
"Okay, the four of us then." Bray stood up. "Well, what are we waiting for?"
"Where is it exactly that you need to go?" Bray and Danni were talking on the way.
"To see family. My cousin lives over in the direction of the farms. You know the farm run by those girls? Alice and that lot, I think? It's a little bit further along from there." Danni explained.
"Okay. We should go after we've got the food."
"Thanks" She smiled.
"Uh...where are you going? Home's this way!" Lex pointed.
"We're making a quick detour." Danni explained.
"Says who?"
"We do. Oh, and Lex, home is that way." Bray said, and the others started laughing. They set off up the road, but soon had to stop. A group of Demon Dogs was coming towards them, and with only four of them and all the food they didn't stand a chance against them. They turned and walked quickly the other way, back to the Mall before the Demon Dogs saw them.
"Hey, where'd Danni go?" Dal suddenly noticed.
"Oh no. She's tried to get past them...those Demon Dogs. She wanted to go and see her cousin." Bray didn't think much of her chances.
"Great!" Lex sighed.
"Well it's nice to you you're worried Lex!" Dal said sarcastically.
"But we're almost half way home! Do we have to go and find her now, with all this food?" Lex asked. Bray shook his head.
"No, we're a liability with all this." He waved his hand towards the food. "I think we should take this lot back to the mall, then search." He looked at Lex to see what he thought of the plan.
"Yeah. Sure. Whatever." He shrugged.
[b]PART 24[/b]
"Danni's missing. I think I know where she might be, but she could have been captured. Okay, so who volunteers to go and look for her?" Bray asked the others when they got back. He looked round to see who had put up their hand. Dal and Ryan. "Oh, and Lex, you're coming." He added.
"Why?" Lex asked defensively.
"It's your job. Security."
"But what about us, the ones who stay here? What if we get attacked?" Zandra was paranoid.
"Ummm...Ryan, can you stay and guard them?"
"Sure." He replied.
"Can I come too?" It was Chloe.
"It's a long walk, are you sure you want to help?" Bray asked.
"Yes." She nodded.
"Well if Chloe goes, I go. Oh, and Bob too, he could help." Patsy said. Bray thought for a moment. Was it wise to take them? Hmmm...the more the better really, and he almost knew where Danni would be. At her cousins...or with the Demon Dogs. Also Bob looked as if he could do with a walk.
"Okay, you two...three can come then." He decided.
"What! They won't help us!" Lex was amazed.
"They might. And it'll do them good." Bray said.
After they had eaten quickly, the group set out.
"Are we gonna split up, or what?" Lex asked.
"No. Firstly because whoever goes with you would get bullied and maybe never come back. Secondly, you would head straight back to the mall," Bray paused to see the guilty look on Lex's face. "And thirdly, I think I know where we're headed."
"It should be around here somewhere. Danni said it was just along from the farm." Bray looked around, but suddenly Bob ran off ahead of them, Patsy and Chloe in tow. "I guess he's found something. I told you it'd pay to take them.
"He's probably chasing after something fat and fluffy." Lex shrugged.
"I don't think so! Look, Patsy and Chloe have found something!" Dal Pointed. The girls were waiting up ahead with Bob, waving their arms madly. The others jogged to catch up with them.
"Look, Danni's there!" Patsy smiled. "Good boy Bob!" The group walked into an opening in the trees. There were buildings, and a fire lit in the middle. Sure enough, Danni was sitting by it.
"Are you okay?" Dal asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Look, I'm sorry about running off before...I should have told you really, but you wanted to get away from the danger. I really wanted to visit..." Danni stopped when she saw Bob run off towards a small building. A girl was coming out, Danni's cousin. "Hey, you know each other!" Danni shouted across to her when Bob started getting all overexcited, but the girl was as white as a sheet. She dropped the two mugs of coffee she was holding. "Guys, this is..." Danni started.
"Oh my God...but you're...but..." Bray whispered, as his heart almost stopped beating.
"Don't take it out on me! If there was something to eat I'd cook it!" Salene said aggressively.
"Can't I neck the other chicken?" He said thoughtfully. "Go and find it Ryan!" He ordered and Ryan started to walk off.
"You can't eat it! You ate the other one, can't you remember how much upset that caused?" Trudy shouted.
"Look, it's only a chicken!" Lex knew he was aggravating the others.
"It's a pet!" Danni said.
"So?" He shrugged.
"Lex, they're right, and anyway, even if we do eat the chicken, it won't make much difference to how hungry we are. There's too many of us." Ryan sided with the others.
"Thanks mate!"
"All we need to do is go and trade for food. A few of us can go this afternoon - we've got batteries, haven't we Jack?" Bray asked.
"What, so you're gonna go and trade for tins again. I'm sick of beans!" Zandra complained.
"Zan, it keeps us alive doesn't it!" Salene asked, and then realised her mistake. Bray was looking glum again. "Sorry...I mean..." She trailed off.
"Can't we get something more extravagant than tins for a change? You know, like when we went to the farms for your wedding feast Zandra." Dal reasoned.
"Good idea!" Danni looked up.
"Who's going then?" Bray asked. "Me, Dal and Lex?"
"I'll come. I mean, I need to visit someone." Danni said.
"Okay, the four of us then." Bray stood up. "Well, what are we waiting for?"
"Where is it exactly that you need to go?" Bray and Danni were talking on the way.
"To see family. My cousin lives over in the direction of the farms. You know the farm run by those girls? Alice and that lot, I think? It's a little bit further along from there." Danni explained.
"Okay. We should go after we've got the food."
"Thanks" She smiled.
"Uh...where are you going? Home's this way!" Lex pointed.
"We're making a quick detour." Danni explained.
"Says who?"
"We do. Oh, and Lex, home is that way." Bray said, and the others started laughing. They set off up the road, but soon had to stop. A group of Demon Dogs was coming towards them, and with only four of them and all the food they didn't stand a chance against them. They turned and walked quickly the other way, back to the Mall before the Demon Dogs saw them.
"Hey, where'd Danni go?" Dal suddenly noticed.
"Oh no. She's tried to get past them...those Demon Dogs. She wanted to go and see her cousin." Bray didn't think much of her chances.
"Great!" Lex sighed.
"Well it's nice to you you're worried Lex!" Dal said sarcastically.
"But we're almost half way home! Do we have to go and find her now, with all this food?" Lex asked. Bray shook his head.
"No, we're a liability with all this." He waved his hand towards the food. "I think we should take this lot back to the mall, then search." He looked at Lex to see what he thought of the plan.
"Yeah. Sure. Whatever." He shrugged.
[b]PART 24[/b]
"Danni's missing. I think I know where she might be, but she could have been captured. Okay, so who volunteers to go and look for her?" Bray asked the others when they got back. He looked round to see who had put up their hand. Dal and Ryan. "Oh, and Lex, you're coming." He added.
"Why?" Lex asked defensively.
"It's your job. Security."
"But what about us, the ones who stay here? What if we get attacked?" Zandra was paranoid.
"Ummm...Ryan, can you stay and guard them?"
"Sure." He replied.
"Can I come too?" It was Chloe.
"It's a long walk, are you sure you want to help?" Bray asked.
"Yes." She nodded.
"Well if Chloe goes, I go. Oh, and Bob too, he could help." Patsy said. Bray thought for a moment. Was it wise to take them? Hmmm...the more the better really, and he almost knew where Danni would be. At her cousins...or with the Demon Dogs. Also Bob looked as if he could do with a walk.
"Okay, you two...three can come then." He decided.
"What! They won't help us!" Lex was amazed.
"They might. And it'll do them good." Bray said.
After they had eaten quickly, the group set out.
"Are we gonna split up, or what?" Lex asked.
"No. Firstly because whoever goes with you would get bullied and maybe never come back. Secondly, you would head straight back to the mall," Bray paused to see the guilty look on Lex's face. "And thirdly, I think I know where we're headed."
"It should be around here somewhere. Danni said it was just along from the farm." Bray looked around, but suddenly Bob ran off ahead of them, Patsy and Chloe in tow. "I guess he's found something. I told you it'd pay to take them.
"He's probably chasing after something fat and fluffy." Lex shrugged.
"I don't think so! Look, Patsy and Chloe have found something!" Dal Pointed. The girls were waiting up ahead with Bob, waving their arms madly. The others jogged to catch up with them.
"Look, Danni's there!" Patsy smiled. "Good boy Bob!" The group walked into an opening in the trees. There were buildings, and a fire lit in the middle. Sure enough, Danni was sitting by it.
"Are you okay?" Dal asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Look, I'm sorry about running off before...I should have told you really, but you wanted to get away from the danger. I really wanted to visit..." Danni stopped when she saw Bob run off towards a small building. A girl was coming out, Danni's cousin. "Hey, you know each other!" Danni shouted across to her when Bob started getting all overexcited, but the girl was as white as a sheet. She dropped the two mugs of coffee she was holding. "Guys, this is..." Danni started.
"Oh my God...but you're...but..." Bray whispered, as his heart almost stopped beating.
