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Chapter Ten: When Nature Attacks
"My feet hurt!" Ashley Q. cried after about ten minutes of walking through the brush. "Are we there yet?"
"Does this look like camp to you?" Lawson asked her, who was about ten feet in front of her. This was getting ridiculous... "We're probably not going to get there any time soon."
"You mean we have to do this all day?! I'm going to kill over!"
"I'm not that lucky," Lawson muttered to himself.
"Can we at least stop and rest or something? My feet are killing me!"
Lawson looked behind him and saw that she DID look like she was having some problems. After all, she wasn't used to being out in this kind of environment. "Oh, fine. But only for a few minutes. I wanna get out of here ASAP."
"Gee, you're so nice," Ashley Q. remarked sarcastically as she plopped down on a boulder. Then she thought, "I should have worn my favorite shirt--Boys are stupid...throw rocks at them!"
It wasn't long after she thought this that she heard something move behind her. Frustrated, she turned around and saw...
"Aww...a kitty cat!" she cooed as she picked up the little creature and put it in her lap.
"A what?" Lawson asked, looking at what she had found. He nearly croaked at what she was holding. "Uh...that's not a kitty cat."
"What are you talking about?" Ashley Q. asked him coldly, still petting her new "pet". "Of course it is."
"It's a freakin' baby mountain lion!" he exclaimed. "Put that flea- bitten thing down and get rid of it!"
"Mountain lion?" she asked. "I think you've been out in the sun too long."
"Listen, girl. That is a filthy, disgusting, mangy, wild animal!"
"I'm gonna name it Fluffy."
"NO! You're not supposed to name it!" Lawson argued. "Once you name it, you start getting attached to it. Now put that thing back where it came from, or so help me, I'll--"
He shut up when he saw this huge mother mountain lion standing behind Ashley. And this momma looked mad that this human girl had her baby. Lawson started backing up slowly.
"Uh...Ashley? Don't make any sudden moves. There's a mountain lion momma behind you."
"What?" she asked, turning around, only to come face-to-face with a full grown cougar. "AAAAAHHHH!!!"
She screamed and dropped the "kitten" and ran for her life, bulldozing Lawson out of her way. The angry lioness roared then started going after her. Lawson started running after Ashley.
"I told you not to make any sudden moves!" he shouted at her as they started climbing this huge tree.
"You didn't say anything about screaming!" she shouted back.
The lioness almost caught up with them. She growled and tried climbing the tree, but she wasn't that interested. Ashley and Lawson stared down from the branches as she laid down a little ways from the tree with her baby.
"Now what, genius?" Ashley snapped.
"Do the world a favor and shut up."
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"Man, I am really started to get worried about those two," Vince told Ashley B. from inside the van. "They should have been back HOURS ago!"
"They probably just got lost or something," Ashley B. replied, but she was actually starting to worry herself.
"I mean, something bad may have happened to them. They could be dead, knocked unconscious, fatally wounded--"
"Stop it! You're scarin' me."
"Oh, sorry. Man, I'm bored. I wonder if the radio still works."
Ashley B. shrugged, then leaned over to fiddle with the dials. Nothing. Then she remembered that she had brought her own boombox to listen to once they reached Talladega and stayed in a hotel. She dug it out from under the seat and switched it on. It had some static, but it still picked up some stations. She finally found a song by "Pink", opened the windows, and set the boombox on the roof. Vince thought that was pretty stupid, but whatever.
"Why did you even come on this trip anyway?" he asked her.
"Well, duh! Because my friends were going, and I didn't want to stay in town all by myself."
"Yeah, me too," Vince confessed. "I don't even like NASCAR."
"For real?" Ashley B. asked. "Neither do I!"
"Are you serious? Good, that means we don't have to talk about it. Do you like any sports?"
"I like watching basketball. I'm kinda into the Pagans."
"No way! That's my favorite team! Jamaal Van Johnson rules!"
"Nah, I'm more of a Marques LeBard fan."
"Oh, whatever!" He paused. "Did you hear something?"
"What are you talkin' about?"
"I thought I heard something...howl," he said with a confused look on his face. "There aren't any wolves out here, is there?"
"I don't know. I hope not," Ashley B. answered, starting to get worried. They looked out the windows and much to their horror, a pack of five wolves had emerged from the forest and were surrounding the van. They must have heard the radio and decided to check things out. Uh-oh...
"Quick, close the windows," Vince informed. "If they get in here, we're goners."
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"Bob, I'm getting tired," Ashley A. moaned. She felt like they had been walking for hours. All this walking was making her hot, even in this mountain weather, so she dug a ponytail-holder out of her pocket and put her blonde hair up.
"Don't worry, we can't be much farther from...somewhere," Bob assured her, although he was getting pretty tired himself. He prayed that someone would come driving by and they could hitch a ride with them. Presently, that's exactly what happened. An eighteen-wheeler hauling furniture came driving by and stopped just ahead of them.
"Whoa," Bob thought. "I guess prayers do get answered."
"Do you think he'll give us a lift?" Ashley asked him.
"I hope so. Come on, let's see."
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Chapter Ten: When Nature Attacks
"My feet hurt!" Ashley Q. cried after about ten minutes of walking through the brush. "Are we there yet?"
"Does this look like camp to you?" Lawson asked her, who was about ten feet in front of her. This was getting ridiculous... "We're probably not going to get there any time soon."
"You mean we have to do this all day?! I'm going to kill over!"
"I'm not that lucky," Lawson muttered to himself.
"Can we at least stop and rest or something? My feet are killing me!"
Lawson looked behind him and saw that she DID look like she was having some problems. After all, she wasn't used to being out in this kind of environment. "Oh, fine. But only for a few minutes. I wanna get out of here ASAP."
"Gee, you're so nice," Ashley Q. remarked sarcastically as she plopped down on a boulder. Then she thought, "I should have worn my favorite shirt--Boys are stupid...throw rocks at them!"
It wasn't long after she thought this that she heard something move behind her. Frustrated, she turned around and saw...
"Aww...a kitty cat!" she cooed as she picked up the little creature and put it in her lap.
"A what?" Lawson asked, looking at what she had found. He nearly croaked at what she was holding. "Uh...that's not a kitty cat."
"What are you talking about?" Ashley Q. asked him coldly, still petting her new "pet". "Of course it is."
"It's a freakin' baby mountain lion!" he exclaimed. "Put that flea- bitten thing down and get rid of it!"
"Mountain lion?" she asked. "I think you've been out in the sun too long."
"Listen, girl. That is a filthy, disgusting, mangy, wild animal!"
"I'm gonna name it Fluffy."
"NO! You're not supposed to name it!" Lawson argued. "Once you name it, you start getting attached to it. Now put that thing back where it came from, or so help me, I'll--"
He shut up when he saw this huge mother mountain lion standing behind Ashley. And this momma looked mad that this human girl had her baby. Lawson started backing up slowly.
"Uh...Ashley? Don't make any sudden moves. There's a mountain lion momma behind you."
"What?" she asked, turning around, only to come face-to-face with a full grown cougar. "AAAAAHHHH!!!"
She screamed and dropped the "kitten" and ran for her life, bulldozing Lawson out of her way. The angry lioness roared then started going after her. Lawson started running after Ashley.
"I told you not to make any sudden moves!" he shouted at her as they started climbing this huge tree.
"You didn't say anything about screaming!" she shouted back.
The lioness almost caught up with them. She growled and tried climbing the tree, but she wasn't that interested. Ashley and Lawson stared down from the branches as she laid down a little ways from the tree with her baby.
"Now what, genius?" Ashley snapped.
"Do the world a favor and shut up."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Man, I am really started to get worried about those two," Vince told Ashley B. from inside the van. "They should have been back HOURS ago!"
"They probably just got lost or something," Ashley B. replied, but she was actually starting to worry herself.
"I mean, something bad may have happened to them. They could be dead, knocked unconscious, fatally wounded--"
"Stop it! You're scarin' me."
"Oh, sorry. Man, I'm bored. I wonder if the radio still works."
Ashley B. shrugged, then leaned over to fiddle with the dials. Nothing. Then she remembered that she had brought her own boombox to listen to once they reached Talladega and stayed in a hotel. She dug it out from under the seat and switched it on. It had some static, but it still picked up some stations. She finally found a song by "Pink", opened the windows, and set the boombox on the roof. Vince thought that was pretty stupid, but whatever.
"Why did you even come on this trip anyway?" he asked her.
"Well, duh! Because my friends were going, and I didn't want to stay in town all by myself."
"Yeah, me too," Vince confessed. "I don't even like NASCAR."
"For real?" Ashley B. asked. "Neither do I!"
"Are you serious? Good, that means we don't have to talk about it. Do you like any sports?"
"I like watching basketball. I'm kinda into the Pagans."
"No way! That's my favorite team! Jamaal Van Johnson rules!"
"Nah, I'm more of a Marques LeBard fan."
"Oh, whatever!" He paused. "Did you hear something?"
"What are you talkin' about?"
"I thought I heard something...howl," he said with a confused look on his face. "There aren't any wolves out here, is there?"
"I don't know. I hope not," Ashley B. answered, starting to get worried. They looked out the windows and much to their horror, a pack of five wolves had emerged from the forest and were surrounding the van. They must have heard the radio and decided to check things out. Uh-oh...
"Quick, close the windows," Vince informed. "If they get in here, we're goners."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Bob, I'm getting tired," Ashley A. moaned. She felt like they had been walking for hours. All this walking was making her hot, even in this mountain weather, so she dug a ponytail-holder out of her pocket and put her blonde hair up.
"Don't worry, we can't be much farther from...somewhere," Bob assured her, although he was getting pretty tired himself. He prayed that someone would come driving by and they could hitch a ride with them. Presently, that's exactly what happened. An eighteen-wheeler hauling furniture came driving by and stopped just ahead of them.
"Whoa," Bob thought. "I guess prayers do get answered."
"Do you think he'll give us a lift?" Ashley asked him.
"I hope so. Come on, let's see."
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