Chapter 11
"What are you doing out here, it's freezing cold" Steph says wrapping her arms around his waist, Chris is standing outside throwing stones across the ice covered lake they had been swimming in and sunbathing near just a few days before. Now a thick cover of ice has formed on it, thick enough to walk on.
"You think this is cold, try growing up in Canada" Chris laughs skimming another stone over the surface making it hit the others and sending them sliding all over the place "Are you scared?" Chris says turning to face her and wrapping his arms around her tightly.
"Yeah, I just want to go home" Steph says looking at him "But I'm glad you're here, and in a way even though there is all this stuff going on. If we'd never come here I would never have had the guts to act on how I feel about you" Chris leans down and kisses her softly "I love you"
"I love you too," Chris whispers as they kiss again. Adam coughs loudly and starts clearing his throat trying to get their attention, Steph pulls away from him and rests her head on his chest. "What do you want?" Chris laughs looking over to Adam who stands looking innocently at them. "You wanna go skating did you say?"
"No, I didn't say anything" Adam replies looking at Chris like he's gone mad, he looks over at the lake and then back at Chris "Oh no, no way! Stay away from me!" Adam yells as Chris lets go of Steph and runs towards him "Don't make me kick your ass Jericho!" Chris dives at Adam and grabs his foot before dragging him along the ground towards the frozen lake "Adam doesn't want to go skating!" Adam wails, Chris grabs hold of his coat before throwing him across the surface like he had been doing with the stones making Adam scream.
"Adam, dude you scream like a girl!" Chris laughs as Adam finally hits the cliff with a thud and sits up on the ice; he frowns at Chris as Chris and Steph stand laughing watching him. Adam tries to climb to his feet but the ice is too slippery and he can't stand up.
"I'm stuck!" Adam yells trying again to climb up trying to use the cliff face as support but slipping and falling flat on his back "and it's cold!" he says feeling the ice start to go through his clothes onto his skin. "Chris you ass!"
"Come on, it's just like skating. Just push yourself up like you would if you'd fallen over during a hockey game or something," Chris yells at him and starts laughing again watching Adam's failing attempts. Steph puts her arm around his waist and lays her head against him; Andrew comes out after hearing all the noise outside.
"I didn't play hockey!" Adam shouts getting frustrated, Chris sighs. He steps carefully onto the ice and starts walking towards Adam, he holds his hand out to him and pulls him up "You're an ass Chris Irvine and now I'm cold!" Adam laughs as they go back to the edge and onto the land.
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"Everything I do they turn into a game, or get out of!" Mr. Shan yells slamming his fist down on the table.
"You can't break them Shan, you might as well give up now. You can see it works, let them go" Vince says watching as Mr. Shan studies the maps "They are stronger than you" Mr. Shan's bony fingers clench into a fist as he turns to face Vince McMahon.
"NO ONE IS STRONGER THAN ME!" He eyes becoming wide with fury, he turns back to face his wall of screens watching each of them carefully one after the other "No one.." He mutters to himself.
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"Hey Chris" Andrew shouts from the mouth of the cave "Paul wants to talk to you" Chris looks over to where Steph is jumping on the ice trying to show Adam how say if is. Chris jogs towards Andrew and goes inside.
"Hey Paul, what's up?" Chris says sitting down in front of him wondering what he wanted to talk to him about, he watches as Andrew walks over too to join them and sits down as well on the floor. Chris looks at them both confused "What's wrong?" he asks again.
"We've just been talking and we wanted to talk to you without Steph, she'll get worried otherwise" Paul says shifting his weight so he's closer to the warmth of the fire "It's getting colder all the time and the way it's going we aren't going to survive out here, we aren't prepared for these kinda temperatures" Paul mumbles staring into the fire sadly.
"Yeah I know, I've been thinking about it a lot too" Chris admits, it had been on his mind for a while. Even if they did have cold weather clothing and shelters they would still suffer at the rate the temperature was dropping, they had no chance as they were "So what do we do?"
"We have to get out of here," Andrew says pulling his knees in towards him "All we have to figure out is how, the boat wont be here for ages yet.."
"Two weeks, five days, sixteen hours and 45 minutes" Paul chimes in, Andrew and Chris look at each other and then back at Paul "I've had nothing else to do, I can't walk, I cant collect firewood, I cant find us food! All I can do is count, count down the time till we can get out of here," Paul says glumly looking down at the floor. Chris puts his head in his hands trying to think. "I've also worked out that the temperature has been dropping by about 5 a day, that means that by the time the boat comes for us it would have dropped well 95 below zero, maybe more. Nothing can withstand temperatures of that" Chris closes his eyes and sighs
"We're gunna die aren't we?" Adam says as he walks into the cave with Steph, Steph walks over to Chris and sits in his lap as he holds onto her tightly.
"No..We're not going to die!" Chris says firmly looking up at the others "There must be a way of here!"
"What are you doing out here, it's freezing cold" Steph says wrapping her arms around his waist, Chris is standing outside throwing stones across the ice covered lake they had been swimming in and sunbathing near just a few days before. Now a thick cover of ice has formed on it, thick enough to walk on.
"You think this is cold, try growing up in Canada" Chris laughs skimming another stone over the surface making it hit the others and sending them sliding all over the place "Are you scared?" Chris says turning to face her and wrapping his arms around her tightly.
"Yeah, I just want to go home" Steph says looking at him "But I'm glad you're here, and in a way even though there is all this stuff going on. If we'd never come here I would never have had the guts to act on how I feel about you" Chris leans down and kisses her softly "I love you"
"I love you too," Chris whispers as they kiss again. Adam coughs loudly and starts clearing his throat trying to get their attention, Steph pulls away from him and rests her head on his chest. "What do you want?" Chris laughs looking over to Adam who stands looking innocently at them. "You wanna go skating did you say?"
"No, I didn't say anything" Adam replies looking at Chris like he's gone mad, he looks over at the lake and then back at Chris "Oh no, no way! Stay away from me!" Adam yells as Chris lets go of Steph and runs towards him "Don't make me kick your ass Jericho!" Chris dives at Adam and grabs his foot before dragging him along the ground towards the frozen lake "Adam doesn't want to go skating!" Adam wails, Chris grabs hold of his coat before throwing him across the surface like he had been doing with the stones making Adam scream.
"Adam, dude you scream like a girl!" Chris laughs as Adam finally hits the cliff with a thud and sits up on the ice; he frowns at Chris as Chris and Steph stand laughing watching him. Adam tries to climb to his feet but the ice is too slippery and he can't stand up.
"I'm stuck!" Adam yells trying again to climb up trying to use the cliff face as support but slipping and falling flat on his back "and it's cold!" he says feeling the ice start to go through his clothes onto his skin. "Chris you ass!"
"Come on, it's just like skating. Just push yourself up like you would if you'd fallen over during a hockey game or something," Chris yells at him and starts laughing again watching Adam's failing attempts. Steph puts her arm around his waist and lays her head against him; Andrew comes out after hearing all the noise outside.
"I didn't play hockey!" Adam shouts getting frustrated, Chris sighs. He steps carefully onto the ice and starts walking towards Adam, he holds his hand out to him and pulls him up "You're an ass Chris Irvine and now I'm cold!" Adam laughs as they go back to the edge and onto the land.
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"Everything I do they turn into a game, or get out of!" Mr. Shan yells slamming his fist down on the table.
"You can't break them Shan, you might as well give up now. You can see it works, let them go" Vince says watching as Mr. Shan studies the maps "They are stronger than you" Mr. Shan's bony fingers clench into a fist as he turns to face Vince McMahon.
"NO ONE IS STRONGER THAN ME!" He eyes becoming wide with fury, he turns back to face his wall of screens watching each of them carefully one after the other "No one.." He mutters to himself.
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"Hey Chris" Andrew shouts from the mouth of the cave "Paul wants to talk to you" Chris looks over to where Steph is jumping on the ice trying to show Adam how say if is. Chris jogs towards Andrew and goes inside.
"Hey Paul, what's up?" Chris says sitting down in front of him wondering what he wanted to talk to him about, he watches as Andrew walks over too to join them and sits down as well on the floor. Chris looks at them both confused "What's wrong?" he asks again.
"We've just been talking and we wanted to talk to you without Steph, she'll get worried otherwise" Paul says shifting his weight so he's closer to the warmth of the fire "It's getting colder all the time and the way it's going we aren't going to survive out here, we aren't prepared for these kinda temperatures" Paul mumbles staring into the fire sadly.
"Yeah I know, I've been thinking about it a lot too" Chris admits, it had been on his mind for a while. Even if they did have cold weather clothing and shelters they would still suffer at the rate the temperature was dropping, they had no chance as they were "So what do we do?"
"We have to get out of here," Andrew says pulling his knees in towards him "All we have to figure out is how, the boat wont be here for ages yet.."
"Two weeks, five days, sixteen hours and 45 minutes" Paul chimes in, Andrew and Chris look at each other and then back at Paul "I've had nothing else to do, I can't walk, I cant collect firewood, I cant find us food! All I can do is count, count down the time till we can get out of here," Paul says glumly looking down at the floor. Chris puts his head in his hands trying to think. "I've also worked out that the temperature has been dropping by about 5 a day, that means that by the time the boat comes for us it would have dropped well 95 below zero, maybe more. Nothing can withstand temperatures of that" Chris closes his eyes and sighs
"We're gunna die aren't we?" Adam says as he walks into the cave with Steph, Steph walks over to Chris and sits in his lap as he holds onto her tightly.
"No..We're not going to die!" Chris says firmly looking up at the others "There must be a way of here!"