a/n Wow these chapters look a lot longer when you first type them, and then
when you look at them on ffn they are so short!! Ahh!!! I have to write
longer chapters!!!!! *bangs head and goes off in search of reviews from
readers with suggestions for poor struggling new author* oh yeah, enjoy
chapter 2! FYI I am using ^ instead of the thought speech symbol because
the symbol doesn't upload right.grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Chapter 2- The Strange Group
Creak...creak. Stupid window. I eased my one leg out onto the tree branch. I reached...and reached...yes! I snagged the limb that danced in the wind just above my head.
"Careful...careful," I reminded myself. With shaking hands, I shut the window, and slowly descended down the tree. For five minutes, I sweated and shook, until finally my foot touched the ground. I reached down, picked up my cane, and swung it over my shoulder. I didn't need it. Yet.
I hopped slowly over to the woods, taking time to hide and make sure my mom hadn't seen me. She is so overprotective of me. I mean, I understand, but it's so stupid sometimes!
Finally, I entered the woods, and climbed a tree where I could see and hear a small group of kids in a small meadow. I often liked to watch them and make up names for them. Although I've figured out their real names, I like to refer to them by what I call "my names" for them.
"Hey, Tobias, I've been meaning to ask you...do you eat worms? I mean, mice tails are long and skinny, worms are long and skinny...it just seems like that's something you'd eat." That's Joke Boy. His real name is Marco, I think, but he's always making stupid jokes, so there you go about his name.
"Marco, buzz off, ok? If he wanted too, Tobias could make cracks about that liver sandwich that you ate yesterday, ya know." That's Super Girl. Her real name is Rachel, but Joke Boy calls her Xena, too, so I'm a little unsure about it. I guess that "Xena" is another one of Joke Boy's jokes. I call her Super Girl because she looks like a super model and acts like she is Super Girl, too.
"Xena, Xena, Xena. You really do like me, don't you? You always make sure to have something to say after every sentence I utter. To me, that spells L-O-V-E! Wooo!" teased Joke Boy.
"Oh, shut up!" cried Super Girl, as she shoved him on his butt.
"Ahhh..." said Joke Boy happily, "Tobias, you've got competition now!"
"Ok, can we get back to business yet?" That was Mr. Parent. I call him that because he always seems to act really grown up and like a dad.
"Jake-boy, let her flirt! It does Rachel some good, you know," said Joke Boy.
"Marco, just get back to business. Cassie has some info for us," said Mr. Parent.
"Yeah, Cassie?" asked Joke Boy.
"Ok," said Nature Gal, who I guess is really Cassie. I call her Nature Gal because she cares so much about nature and stuff. I do too, don't get me wrong! I just am not as passionate as her.
"I think that the Yeerks have a new plan for making Controllers fast. I heard Chapman talking about it as I turned the corner. I made sure he didn't get suspicious, though, so don't be worried, because-"
"Cassie, just get on with it!" sighed Super Girl.
"Ok, ok, I'm getting their," said Nature Girl, "Anyway, Chapman said that there was going to be an assembly of some sort or some sort of club at our school and that once all the kids are infested, they'll move out towards parents, and then from parents to their co-workers, and keep going from there."
^This new situation appears to be a problem.^ Ok, here comes the weirdest person. I call him Alien Dude. He is blue. And weird looking. Like a horse/human/scorpion. The other people call him Ax. Maybe that stands for Alien Xtra Terrestrial. Who knows?
"Wow, what do you know?" laughed Joke Boy, "Ax-man has just won the award for understatement of the year!"
"Seriously, guys, this is a big problem and we have to deal with it fast," said Mr. Parent.
"Ok, so what are we gonna do, Fearless Leader?" asked Joke Boy, "Blow up the school? Kill Chapman? Last time I checked, a lot of these options aren't exactly very smart options. If we blow up the school, they might catch on that there is a very specific reason that we are stopping this. Did you think about that?" Ok, so maybe I was wrong. Joke Boy doesn't always seem to make jokes.
"Gotcha!" Slap. "I just got another mosquito, before it bit me, hopefully. Cassie, can we PLEASE move this meeting back to camp? I mean, at least there's bug spray and a fire which has smoke to keep the bugs away," pleaded Super Girl, "I cannot go around with tons of red dots all over me! People with think I have chicken pox or something!"
"Ok, ok. Come on, guys," said Nature Girl, "I promised mom and dad that I'd be around this afternoon, anyway. They get really worried about me."
The whole group left, including a big red-tail hawk that I am starting to suspect is the person named Tobias. I waited for a few minutes, until they were almost out of sight, then slowly crept after them.
"Ouch!" I had stumbled over a tree root, painfully twisting my ankle. But I didn't worry too much. I've learned to walk through pain, because I don't have another foot to be 'backup' for this foot. Still, the slight injury slowed me down a little. Ok, actually, it slowed me down a lot. Luckily, I had followed these people a ways through the woods before, so I knew the way.
But before I had realized that they'd stopped, I almost stumbled into a small clearing where they were standing. Just in time, I ducked behind some brush.
^Guys, I knew that I heard something. There's someone over in those bushes.^
Oh, no....
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ a/n Ok, like I said in Chapter 1, I am new at stories on ffn so any suggestions are welcome! (Can you tell that I really really really really want reviews??) Ok, working on Chapter 3 (and hopefully it will be longer) REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!! Please *smiles hopefully*
Chapter 2- The Strange Group
Creak...creak. Stupid window. I eased my one leg out onto the tree branch. I reached...and reached...yes! I snagged the limb that danced in the wind just above my head.
"Careful...careful," I reminded myself. With shaking hands, I shut the window, and slowly descended down the tree. For five minutes, I sweated and shook, until finally my foot touched the ground. I reached down, picked up my cane, and swung it over my shoulder. I didn't need it. Yet.
I hopped slowly over to the woods, taking time to hide and make sure my mom hadn't seen me. She is so overprotective of me. I mean, I understand, but it's so stupid sometimes!
Finally, I entered the woods, and climbed a tree where I could see and hear a small group of kids in a small meadow. I often liked to watch them and make up names for them. Although I've figured out their real names, I like to refer to them by what I call "my names" for them.
"Hey, Tobias, I've been meaning to ask you...do you eat worms? I mean, mice tails are long and skinny, worms are long and skinny...it just seems like that's something you'd eat." That's Joke Boy. His real name is Marco, I think, but he's always making stupid jokes, so there you go about his name.
"Marco, buzz off, ok? If he wanted too, Tobias could make cracks about that liver sandwich that you ate yesterday, ya know." That's Super Girl. Her real name is Rachel, but Joke Boy calls her Xena, too, so I'm a little unsure about it. I guess that "Xena" is another one of Joke Boy's jokes. I call her Super Girl because she looks like a super model and acts like she is Super Girl, too.
"Xena, Xena, Xena. You really do like me, don't you? You always make sure to have something to say after every sentence I utter. To me, that spells L-O-V-E! Wooo!" teased Joke Boy.
"Oh, shut up!" cried Super Girl, as she shoved him on his butt.
"Ahhh..." said Joke Boy happily, "Tobias, you've got competition now!"
"Ok, can we get back to business yet?" That was Mr. Parent. I call him that because he always seems to act really grown up and like a dad.
"Jake-boy, let her flirt! It does Rachel some good, you know," said Joke Boy.
"Marco, just get back to business. Cassie has some info for us," said Mr. Parent.
"Yeah, Cassie?" asked Joke Boy.
"Ok," said Nature Gal, who I guess is really Cassie. I call her Nature Gal because she cares so much about nature and stuff. I do too, don't get me wrong! I just am not as passionate as her.
"I think that the Yeerks have a new plan for making Controllers fast. I heard Chapman talking about it as I turned the corner. I made sure he didn't get suspicious, though, so don't be worried, because-"
"Cassie, just get on with it!" sighed Super Girl.
"Ok, ok, I'm getting their," said Nature Girl, "Anyway, Chapman said that there was going to be an assembly of some sort or some sort of club at our school and that once all the kids are infested, they'll move out towards parents, and then from parents to their co-workers, and keep going from there."
^This new situation appears to be a problem.^ Ok, here comes the weirdest person. I call him Alien Dude. He is blue. And weird looking. Like a horse/human/scorpion. The other people call him Ax. Maybe that stands for Alien Xtra Terrestrial. Who knows?
"Wow, what do you know?" laughed Joke Boy, "Ax-man has just won the award for understatement of the year!"
"Seriously, guys, this is a big problem and we have to deal with it fast," said Mr. Parent.
"Ok, so what are we gonna do, Fearless Leader?" asked Joke Boy, "Blow up the school? Kill Chapman? Last time I checked, a lot of these options aren't exactly very smart options. If we blow up the school, they might catch on that there is a very specific reason that we are stopping this. Did you think about that?" Ok, so maybe I was wrong. Joke Boy doesn't always seem to make jokes.
"Gotcha!" Slap. "I just got another mosquito, before it bit me, hopefully. Cassie, can we PLEASE move this meeting back to camp? I mean, at least there's bug spray and a fire which has smoke to keep the bugs away," pleaded Super Girl, "I cannot go around with tons of red dots all over me! People with think I have chicken pox or something!"
"Ok, ok. Come on, guys," said Nature Girl, "I promised mom and dad that I'd be around this afternoon, anyway. They get really worried about me."
The whole group left, including a big red-tail hawk that I am starting to suspect is the person named Tobias. I waited for a few minutes, until they were almost out of sight, then slowly crept after them.
"Ouch!" I had stumbled over a tree root, painfully twisting my ankle. But I didn't worry too much. I've learned to walk through pain, because I don't have another foot to be 'backup' for this foot. Still, the slight injury slowed me down a little. Ok, actually, it slowed me down a lot. Luckily, I had followed these people a ways through the woods before, so I knew the way.
But before I had realized that they'd stopped, I almost stumbled into a small clearing where they were standing. Just in time, I ducked behind some brush.
^Guys, I knew that I heard something. There's someone over in those bushes.^
Oh, no....
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ a/n Ok, like I said in Chapter 1, I am new at stories on ffn so any suggestions are welcome! (Can you tell that I really really really really want reviews??) Ok, working on Chapter 3 (and hopefully it will be longer) REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!! Please *smiles hopefully*
