"Hey, you guys wanna go mountain boarding today?" Carla asked the following
morning.
"Do I ever!" Otto shouted jumping up.
"Yeah sure," Reggie smiled standing up and whacking her brother around the head.
"This is Double X Mountain. Only girls can go down it." Carla said pointing to the dormant volcano.
"What! That's so sexist!" Otto moaned glaring at Carla.
"Hey! I don't make the legends around here you know. It's just that once a woman threw herself into this volcano when it was still active, her last words were that no man would go near her again in life or in death and since that day no guy has ever made it down here without wiping out or at the extreme killing themselves. But the strange thing is that girls can go down it no problem, many of the tourists that try to go down here that are male have claimed that they saw a woman push them off their mountain boards or their bikes. Even some locals have said it too." Carla said looking up at the dormant volcano.
"So why do they call it Double X Mountain?" Otto asked confused.
"Women have two X chromosomes men have X and a Y. Is that why they call it Double X Mountain?" Sammy asked Carla who nodded.
"Well no dead lady's gonna stop me from mountain boarding!" Otto snapped grabbing his mountain board and beginning to climb it.
"Twist, Squid, you two are coming right?" Otto demanded looking over his shoulder.
"No way dude, I've wiped out on that mountain enough times to know not to doubt the legend." Twister admitted shaking his head. Otto frowned and looked at Sammy,
"Don't look at me! I can feel the bruises just looking at that mountain!" Sammy squealed turning white.
"Fine you Lame-O's just stay here and I'll beat this mountain by myself!" Otto snapped and began to climb.
"Reg, your brother's so not gonna make it, let's show him how it's done." Carla smiled and began to climb shortly followed by Reggie.
Reggie shook her head; her younger brother had fallen off his board in a matter of seconds and was now bouncing down the mountain painfully. Reggie and Carla set off and had a perfect run down the mountain, Carla smirked at Otto who was still recovering from his try at the mountain.
"Um, Carla? What are you doing?" Sammy asked as Carla began to climb another mountain.
"You're the genius, you tell me." Carla replied.
"Well, it looks like you're trying to climb up Capulet Mountain to mountain board down it but you're smarter than to try that." Sammy said coolly.
"Why wouldn't it be smart to go down the mountain then? My brothers and my Dad have all done this so it's not impossible!" Carla growled climbing higher still.
"Well for one, you're taking the hard way up." Otto pointed out. He was right, there was a less steep path up; Carla was taking the path that was vertical.
"Fastest way to the top is a straight line." Carla replied without betting an eyelid.
"But you can't go down that mountain!" Sammy pleaded.
"WHY?! BECAUSE I'M A GIRL?! BECAUSE NO OTHER GORL HAS MADE IT DOWN THAT MOUNTAIN?! IS THAT WHY?!" Carla demanded turning on Sammy.
"Just drop it squid." Twister said quietly, Carla looked from Sammy to Twister then turned her back on them and began to climb again. Sammy waited until Carla was out of earshot before speaking again.
"What's wrong with you? Carla could die going down that mountain! Don't you care?" Sammy demanded.
"Of course I care! But arguing with her when her mind's made up like this will only make her angry and when she goes down that mountain she's less likely to get hurt if she's not distracted, and you making her angry will distract her!" Twister snapped offended at the idea that he didn't care about Carla.
Carla stood at the top of the mountain, the wind whistling through her hair. Carla looked down; she could see four tiny figures that were Reggie, Otto Sammy and Twister. The news crews were here, they always were when a Capulet went down Capulet mountain, there was a rescue helicopter at the bottom waiting to pick her up when she fell. No, Carla thought shaking her head, if she fell. Which she wouldn't. Carla wheeled her mountain board over to the drop that would begin her run down Capulet Mountain. Carla needed speed to make it over Dead Man's Gorge. Carla also felt that she needed her lucky hat but there was nothing that she could do about that right now. Carla took a deep breath and stood on her board so that she was half-on and half off the top of the mountain; one shift in her weight would send her plummeting down and onto the mountain.
"Tell me Carla's not doing what I think she's doing!" Carla's dad shouted jumping out of his car as he pulled up by Reggie, Twister, Otto and Sammy.
"She's going down that mountain if that's what you mean." Twister replied.
"And you let her?!" Carla's Dad demanded looking at Twister who was busy filming her Carla at the top of the mountain.
"You know what she's like when she's got her mind set. HEY! I think she's about to start!" Twister shouted pointing; sure enough Carla plummeted down the mountain face on her mountain-board. They stood in tense silence watching to see if Carla would make it; Twister's camera zoomed in as Carla zoomed around three hairpin turns, only just making the last turn. Twister could just make out Carla's exhilarated laugh as she sped through the path as if she had been born to skate down the mountain.
Carla felt her eyes adjusting as she went through a cave in the near pitch black darkness, she followed her instincts as to where and when to turn. A shaft of light shone at the end of the tunnel and Carla flew through the air and landed perfectly on the slope below. Carla immediately bent lower to gain more speed; she was going to need it if she was going to make it over Dead Man's Gorge.
The crowd below waited with baited breath as Carla sailed through the air over dead man's gorge.
"She's gonna make it! She's gonna make it!" Twister shouted.
Carla sailed through the air; she could hear Twister shouting to her from below. She felt the wind whistling through her braids and making her eyes sting; she could see the ledge coming up, she was going to make it! Carla felt an inch of doubt tug at her mind; she might just make it.
"Dude, she's not gonna make it." Otto said quietly.
Carla felt her stomach sink, she wasn't going to make it! The middle of her board hit the ledge; she rocked forward instantly and gasped. The crowd below held their breath as Carla balanced between a possible fatal drop and victory.
Carla felt the sweat running down her arms, everything seemed to go in slow motion as she watched a drop of sweat fall off of her finger and land on the board. Carla watched the small droplet slide down towards her shoe, suddenly Carla's foot slipped out from under her sending her flying backwards. She tried to jump forward onto the path in front of her.
Carla felt the wind knocked out of her as her stomach caught the edge of the rock-face and sent her sliding down painfully. Carla screamed as she fell into the abyss below as she fell she manage to grab a jutting out rock; she winced as she felt her arms being jerked painfully in their sockets. Carla glanced over and couldn't believe what she saw.
"She wouldn't!" Twister gasped looking through borrowed binoculars.
"What?" Carla's Dad demanded yanking the binoculars away from him. He looked up at his only daughter hanging on for dear life, she was staring at her lucky hat.
Carla looked at the rock around her old lucky hat, there was a rock she could hang onto. She swung her weight and shimmied over to her hat; Carla bit the brim of her hat in her teeth and flicked her hat onto her own head.
"Hey, I taught her that." Tibbs murmured after having appeared from seemingly nowhere.
Carla smiled at the feel of her old hat on her head again, Carla gasped as her lucky hat obviously wasn't working as she saw the rock that she was holding onto cracking, she was going to fall.
A/N: sorry for the cliff-hanger, and sorry for the bad joke! -_-,
"Do I ever!" Otto shouted jumping up.
"Yeah sure," Reggie smiled standing up and whacking her brother around the head.
"This is Double X Mountain. Only girls can go down it." Carla said pointing to the dormant volcano.
"What! That's so sexist!" Otto moaned glaring at Carla.
"Hey! I don't make the legends around here you know. It's just that once a woman threw herself into this volcano when it was still active, her last words were that no man would go near her again in life or in death and since that day no guy has ever made it down here without wiping out or at the extreme killing themselves. But the strange thing is that girls can go down it no problem, many of the tourists that try to go down here that are male have claimed that they saw a woman push them off their mountain boards or their bikes. Even some locals have said it too." Carla said looking up at the dormant volcano.
"So why do they call it Double X Mountain?" Otto asked confused.
"Women have two X chromosomes men have X and a Y. Is that why they call it Double X Mountain?" Sammy asked Carla who nodded.
"Well no dead lady's gonna stop me from mountain boarding!" Otto snapped grabbing his mountain board and beginning to climb it.
"Twist, Squid, you two are coming right?" Otto demanded looking over his shoulder.
"No way dude, I've wiped out on that mountain enough times to know not to doubt the legend." Twister admitted shaking his head. Otto frowned and looked at Sammy,
"Don't look at me! I can feel the bruises just looking at that mountain!" Sammy squealed turning white.
"Fine you Lame-O's just stay here and I'll beat this mountain by myself!" Otto snapped and began to climb.
"Reg, your brother's so not gonna make it, let's show him how it's done." Carla smiled and began to climb shortly followed by Reggie.
Reggie shook her head; her younger brother had fallen off his board in a matter of seconds and was now bouncing down the mountain painfully. Reggie and Carla set off and had a perfect run down the mountain, Carla smirked at Otto who was still recovering from his try at the mountain.
"Um, Carla? What are you doing?" Sammy asked as Carla began to climb another mountain.
"You're the genius, you tell me." Carla replied.
"Well, it looks like you're trying to climb up Capulet Mountain to mountain board down it but you're smarter than to try that." Sammy said coolly.
"Why wouldn't it be smart to go down the mountain then? My brothers and my Dad have all done this so it's not impossible!" Carla growled climbing higher still.
"Well for one, you're taking the hard way up." Otto pointed out. He was right, there was a less steep path up; Carla was taking the path that was vertical.
"Fastest way to the top is a straight line." Carla replied without betting an eyelid.
"But you can't go down that mountain!" Sammy pleaded.
"WHY?! BECAUSE I'M A GIRL?! BECAUSE NO OTHER GORL HAS MADE IT DOWN THAT MOUNTAIN?! IS THAT WHY?!" Carla demanded turning on Sammy.
"Just drop it squid." Twister said quietly, Carla looked from Sammy to Twister then turned her back on them and began to climb again. Sammy waited until Carla was out of earshot before speaking again.
"What's wrong with you? Carla could die going down that mountain! Don't you care?" Sammy demanded.
"Of course I care! But arguing with her when her mind's made up like this will only make her angry and when she goes down that mountain she's less likely to get hurt if she's not distracted, and you making her angry will distract her!" Twister snapped offended at the idea that he didn't care about Carla.
Carla stood at the top of the mountain, the wind whistling through her hair. Carla looked down; she could see four tiny figures that were Reggie, Otto Sammy and Twister. The news crews were here, they always were when a Capulet went down Capulet mountain, there was a rescue helicopter at the bottom waiting to pick her up when she fell. No, Carla thought shaking her head, if she fell. Which she wouldn't. Carla wheeled her mountain board over to the drop that would begin her run down Capulet Mountain. Carla needed speed to make it over Dead Man's Gorge. Carla also felt that she needed her lucky hat but there was nothing that she could do about that right now. Carla took a deep breath and stood on her board so that she was half-on and half off the top of the mountain; one shift in her weight would send her plummeting down and onto the mountain.
"Tell me Carla's not doing what I think she's doing!" Carla's dad shouted jumping out of his car as he pulled up by Reggie, Twister, Otto and Sammy.
"She's going down that mountain if that's what you mean." Twister replied.
"And you let her?!" Carla's Dad demanded looking at Twister who was busy filming her Carla at the top of the mountain.
"You know what she's like when she's got her mind set. HEY! I think she's about to start!" Twister shouted pointing; sure enough Carla plummeted down the mountain face on her mountain-board. They stood in tense silence watching to see if Carla would make it; Twister's camera zoomed in as Carla zoomed around three hairpin turns, only just making the last turn. Twister could just make out Carla's exhilarated laugh as she sped through the path as if she had been born to skate down the mountain.
Carla felt her eyes adjusting as she went through a cave in the near pitch black darkness, she followed her instincts as to where and when to turn. A shaft of light shone at the end of the tunnel and Carla flew through the air and landed perfectly on the slope below. Carla immediately bent lower to gain more speed; she was going to need it if she was going to make it over Dead Man's Gorge.
The crowd below waited with baited breath as Carla sailed through the air over dead man's gorge.
"She's gonna make it! She's gonna make it!" Twister shouted.
Carla sailed through the air; she could hear Twister shouting to her from below. She felt the wind whistling through her braids and making her eyes sting; she could see the ledge coming up, she was going to make it! Carla felt an inch of doubt tug at her mind; she might just make it.
"Dude, she's not gonna make it." Otto said quietly.
Carla felt her stomach sink, she wasn't going to make it! The middle of her board hit the ledge; she rocked forward instantly and gasped. The crowd below held their breath as Carla balanced between a possible fatal drop and victory.
Carla felt the sweat running down her arms, everything seemed to go in slow motion as she watched a drop of sweat fall off of her finger and land on the board. Carla watched the small droplet slide down towards her shoe, suddenly Carla's foot slipped out from under her sending her flying backwards. She tried to jump forward onto the path in front of her.
Carla felt the wind knocked out of her as her stomach caught the edge of the rock-face and sent her sliding down painfully. Carla screamed as she fell into the abyss below as she fell she manage to grab a jutting out rock; she winced as she felt her arms being jerked painfully in their sockets. Carla glanced over and couldn't believe what she saw.
"She wouldn't!" Twister gasped looking through borrowed binoculars.
"What?" Carla's Dad demanded yanking the binoculars away from him. He looked up at his only daughter hanging on for dear life, she was staring at her lucky hat.
Carla looked at the rock around her old lucky hat, there was a rock she could hang onto. She swung her weight and shimmied over to her hat; Carla bit the brim of her hat in her teeth and flicked her hat onto her own head.
"Hey, I taught her that." Tibbs murmured after having appeared from seemingly nowhere.
Carla smiled at the feel of her old hat on her head again, Carla gasped as her lucky hat obviously wasn't working as she saw the rock that she was holding onto cracking, she was going to fall.
A/N: sorry for the cliff-hanger, and sorry for the bad joke! -_-,