Chapter 5
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The next morning, they all had their bags packed, and had left at around 8:00AM. They were to walk to the next village because their bus had broken down again. Steth told them that he would see them again shortly, and with that he left.
"Stupid bus..." Mumbled Tyson to himself. As he spoke, his voice was deafened by a horrific sound beside them. Everyone looked up and froze in their tracks. A huge amount of rock was falling off on of the mountains, and was heading towards them! No one could move.
"Run!" Kai yelled to his team mates, and pushed them aside to get them started. After that, they ran for their lives. Tyson was at the back, with Kai. "You shouldn't eat so much! You're out of shape, Tyson." Kai managed to yell over the sounds of the falling rocks. The rocks were getting frightfully closer and closer.
"Why aren't you running faster then???" Tyson screamed back, while he huffed and puffed and panted as he ran.
"Because as your captain I am supposed to make sure that your lives aren't in any danger!" He said with some difficulty.
Ray was at the front of the group along side max, and The Chief was trying to keep his footing as the ground shook beneath them, with Dizzi tucked safely inside his jacket.
"Hurry up, run faster you guys!" Max glanced back for a few seconds, then concentrated on running. Everyone was pumped with adrenaline and was running faster then they could ever imagine, even Tyson!
The rocks crashed behind them, and when Ray looked back, Kai, Tyson, and the Chief weren't there. The rocks came to a complete halt, they were a variety of sizes. At the vision of the laptop lying open the cold hard ground, Max's mouth hung open.
"Tyson! Chief, where are you?" Ray ran to the pile of rocks, and started to pick them up and throw them aside. Max got to his knees, and helped by removing rocks as fast as he could.
"Dizzi?" A voice from somewhere in the rubble spoke weakly. Max pushed aside a few big rocks with Ray's help, and they found Kenny. He wasn't hurt, surprisingly, only shocked. "Dizzi!" He ran to his laptop as he got back his breath from running.
"Where's Tyson? Tyson!!! Tyson!!" Max yelled, and feared the worst. And got to his knees, his head down.
"Guys? Over here, guys!" A muffled sound came from behind the rocks, and they rushed behind it to find Tyson pulling rocks from on top of the limp form of Kai.
"Well, you could help me!" Max and Ray both nodded and helped him take the rocks off from on top of Kai. When they finished, they pushed him into a sitting position.
"Hey, Kai, buddy? Are you alright?" Tyson looked down at him with an odd expression on his face.
"Yeah, you ok?" Ray and Max both said in unison, and were relieved when Kai's eyes fluttered open.
"First of all..." Kai began and propped himself in front of a rock. "I'm not your buddy, and secondly, I'm fine." They helped him get up, and went back to Kenny who was smiling happily because his laptop wasn't damaged.
"We should keep going, and faster. That could happen again!" Kenny looked at each of them with a worried expression on his face.
"Yeah, let's go. We sure were lucky that we didn't die because of that." Tyson looked back at the mess, and hurried up to the rest of the team. By the afternoon, everyone was irritable. Tyson was complaining of hunger, Max said his legs were too tired to go any further, Kenny was worried that his laptop would melt because of the immense heat and sunlight boring down onto them, and Ray was really thirsty. And Kai was annoyed by their complaints.
"Come on, let's just stop somewhere, I'm starved!" Tyson looked warily at the ground, and nearly tripped on Max as he fell to the ground. "You okay, buddy?" He stopped, and leaned over Max, who sat up, and rubbed his knees.
"My legs are killing me! Can we please stop." Max squinted over to Kenny and Ray who had stopped, and walked back to Max. Kai stopped too, but dismissed their complaints.
"We should keep going...Fine, stay here. Don't go anywhere." Kai headed off into a huge forest on the side of another mountain.
"Where are you going?" The Chief asked, but they heard no reply, so he shrugged, and sat down. "I brought us some food, I knew this would be a long journey." he handed everyone a sandwich, and they all sat down.
Meanwhile off in the forest, Kai was following the sound of rushing water. He found a stream after a few minutes of searching, and sat down on a rock on the edge. He pulled off his black shirt, and winced. There was a large gash on the side of his chest. He set aside his shirt, and splashed the cool water over his body. He passed his hand over his face, and sat beside the water, holding his side. He wrapped his scarf around his chest, and watched as it soaked up a little bit of blood. He replaced his shirt, and splashed his face with water one last time, and drank a little bit. He stood up carefully, and found his way back to the team.
"Hey, Kai, we saved you a sandwich." Max smiled over at Kai who seemed to ignore that they were even there. He sat down on a rock, and watched them.
"I'm not hungry." Was Kai's only response. He closed his eyes, and tried to cool himself down by not moving.
"Yay, more for me!" Tyson went to grab the sandwich, but Max pulled it away. "Hey! I'm still hungry! What gives?" He frowned at his friends who merely laughed at him.
"We might be hungry later, too. We should save it." Kenny laughed again, and put the sandwich back in his bag. He swung it over his shoulder, and sighed. "The only thing missing from that was a nice glass of water."
Ray nodded. "I know what you mean, I'm dehydrated." He wiped his forehead, and squinted under the sun.
"There's a stream." Was all that Kai said, and pointed to the forest.
"Yes! Could you show us where it is, exactly?" Ray smiled over at Kai, who simply groaned.
"Hn..." He stood up, and went into the forest alone. Everyone soon caught up. He led them to the familiar little pond. He didn't bother getting any more water in case he showed weakness.
They all splashed around fro a good hour, while Kai simply stood and stared away. "Come join us, Kai! It's fun!" Tyson smiled in his direction, but Kai ignored him. He held his arm to his side, and felt the pain it gave him. He regained his composure, and sighed. Tyson ignored his loss of composure, and continued to splash around in the water. After an hour, they all left the forest, and continued on their way to the next village. The heat dried them off in no time, and left them soothed and relaxed as they continued on.
Kai ignored them the whole way, and thought to himself as he felt the loss of blood finally getting near to affect him. He could see a tiny blood stain on his side. He hid it by crossing his arms.
In the evening, they stopped again. They weren't even close to the village yet. Tyson was so happy when he bit into his delicious chicken leg. He was in heaven the whole time that they ate. Kai didn't eat, once again. He found a small cave, and firewood for a fire. He sat down inside the small cave, and leaned against the rock wall. He closed his eyes to think.
"Umm... Kai?" Kenny ventured into the cave, and looked down at the captain. He waited a second before Kai's eyes opened.
"Yes." Kai looked at him curiously.
"We - we thought you would be hungry. You haven't eaten all day! It's not good for you, especially when it's this hot out!" Kenny got back his courage, and handed Kai the sandwich, and a bottle that they had filled with water from the stream. Kai took them with no emotion. "Are we going to be staying here all night?"
"If we have to." Kai said matter of factly. "Thank You." He closed his eyes once more, with his arms folded against his chest. The Chief left Kai alone, and rejoined the rest of the team.
"What did Kai say?" Asked Tyson in a friendly voice because he had just eaten ALOT of food. Almost all that was left in Kenny's bag.
"Nothing. Except we might be staying in that cave over there, if we need to. I don't know what he meant, though." Kenny sat down beside a boulder, and found a little bit of shade there. He opened up his laptop, and started to talk to Dizzi.
"Well, if we're staying here then I'd love to go have a look around before the sun sets completely. That forest over there looks so kool!" Max exclaimed, and the others nodded.
"Hey, did you guys notice that Kai didn't have his scarf on?" Ray said suddenly.
"Well, yeah, but maybe he was hot with it on. The weather did change from freezing to boiling hot." Kenny said over Dizzi's analysis. "Oh, sorry Dizzi, what did you say?"
"I said, it should only take us about 5 more hours of walking, the village is just around that tall mountain you see in front of you. Not too much longer." Dizzi replied.
"Well, I say we stay the night. It shouldn't be too bad, and we need to rest awhile longer anyway. We need to conserve our energy." Tyson smiled, and held his right hand to his stomach. "And I don't think I could budge one inch after eating all that."
"Good point." Ray laughed, and the others joined in. "Maybe we should go tell Kai?"
"Nah, Kai won't bother leaving without us, we're his team after all!" Tyson replied, he knew that Kai wasn't one to leave his team behind without a reason. But then again, he never really had a reason for everything.
"Let's go look around!" Max jumped up, and Ray followed him over to the forest.
"Hey, guys, wait up!" Tyson scrambled to his feet, and nearly tripped over Kenny, but Kenny didn't seem to mind. He ran after them, and caught up with them after a few seconds of running.
"Hey, can you hear that?" Ray looked around, and startled the quiet of the forest. "It came from over there!" He pointed over near a bush.
"Hear what?" Tyson looked around, and picked up a funny shaped leaf that was on the ground in front of them.
"Oh, I hear it too!" Max hurried off in the direction that Ray had pointed, followed by Ray. Tyson dropped the leaf, and it fell graciously to the ground as he followed them off deeper into the forest.
They arrived right in front of another stream, but it was a little bit deeper, and moved along slowly. Tyson noticed a few fish swim by in the slow current, and he sat down on a large rock.
"Kool! This is awesome! Another stream, man I was getting thirsty already." Max dipped his hand into the water, and sipped it up. He licked his lips, and smiled happily. "This stuff tastes better than the other stream! I can't explain, it just tastes better!" He took another handful of water, and drank it.
Ray crouched next to the stream, and tried some, too. "Hey," He exclaimed. "This stuff really is good!" He went back for more water and when he was full, he sat down next to Tyson. "You should try some!"
"I'm not really thirsty." Tyson took the time to looks around. "It really is beautiful in here!" They all agreed, and just sat there in peace. Everything was so quiet and peaceful, that they all fell asleep on the rocks.
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The next morning, they all had their bags packed, and had left at around 8:00AM. They were to walk to the next village because their bus had broken down again. Steth told them that he would see them again shortly, and with that he left.
"Stupid bus..." Mumbled Tyson to himself. As he spoke, his voice was deafened by a horrific sound beside them. Everyone looked up and froze in their tracks. A huge amount of rock was falling off on of the mountains, and was heading towards them! No one could move.
"Run!" Kai yelled to his team mates, and pushed them aside to get them started. After that, they ran for their lives. Tyson was at the back, with Kai. "You shouldn't eat so much! You're out of shape, Tyson." Kai managed to yell over the sounds of the falling rocks. The rocks were getting frightfully closer and closer.
"Why aren't you running faster then???" Tyson screamed back, while he huffed and puffed and panted as he ran.
"Because as your captain I am supposed to make sure that your lives aren't in any danger!" He said with some difficulty.
Ray was at the front of the group along side max, and The Chief was trying to keep his footing as the ground shook beneath them, with Dizzi tucked safely inside his jacket.
"Hurry up, run faster you guys!" Max glanced back for a few seconds, then concentrated on running. Everyone was pumped with adrenaline and was running faster then they could ever imagine, even Tyson!
The rocks crashed behind them, and when Ray looked back, Kai, Tyson, and the Chief weren't there. The rocks came to a complete halt, they were a variety of sizes. At the vision of the laptop lying open the cold hard ground, Max's mouth hung open.
"Tyson! Chief, where are you?" Ray ran to the pile of rocks, and started to pick them up and throw them aside. Max got to his knees, and helped by removing rocks as fast as he could.
"Dizzi?" A voice from somewhere in the rubble spoke weakly. Max pushed aside a few big rocks with Ray's help, and they found Kenny. He wasn't hurt, surprisingly, only shocked. "Dizzi!" He ran to his laptop as he got back his breath from running.
"Where's Tyson? Tyson!!! Tyson!!" Max yelled, and feared the worst. And got to his knees, his head down.
"Guys? Over here, guys!" A muffled sound came from behind the rocks, and they rushed behind it to find Tyson pulling rocks from on top of the limp form of Kai.
"Well, you could help me!" Max and Ray both nodded and helped him take the rocks off from on top of Kai. When they finished, they pushed him into a sitting position.
"Hey, Kai, buddy? Are you alright?" Tyson looked down at him with an odd expression on his face.
"Yeah, you ok?" Ray and Max both said in unison, and were relieved when Kai's eyes fluttered open.
"First of all..." Kai began and propped himself in front of a rock. "I'm not your buddy, and secondly, I'm fine." They helped him get up, and went back to Kenny who was smiling happily because his laptop wasn't damaged.
"We should keep going, and faster. That could happen again!" Kenny looked at each of them with a worried expression on his face.
"Yeah, let's go. We sure were lucky that we didn't die because of that." Tyson looked back at the mess, and hurried up to the rest of the team. By the afternoon, everyone was irritable. Tyson was complaining of hunger, Max said his legs were too tired to go any further, Kenny was worried that his laptop would melt because of the immense heat and sunlight boring down onto them, and Ray was really thirsty. And Kai was annoyed by their complaints.
"Come on, let's just stop somewhere, I'm starved!" Tyson looked warily at the ground, and nearly tripped on Max as he fell to the ground. "You okay, buddy?" He stopped, and leaned over Max, who sat up, and rubbed his knees.
"My legs are killing me! Can we please stop." Max squinted over to Kenny and Ray who had stopped, and walked back to Max. Kai stopped too, but dismissed their complaints.
"We should keep going...Fine, stay here. Don't go anywhere." Kai headed off into a huge forest on the side of another mountain.
"Where are you going?" The Chief asked, but they heard no reply, so he shrugged, and sat down. "I brought us some food, I knew this would be a long journey." he handed everyone a sandwich, and they all sat down.
Meanwhile off in the forest, Kai was following the sound of rushing water. He found a stream after a few minutes of searching, and sat down on a rock on the edge. He pulled off his black shirt, and winced. There was a large gash on the side of his chest. He set aside his shirt, and splashed the cool water over his body. He passed his hand over his face, and sat beside the water, holding his side. He wrapped his scarf around his chest, and watched as it soaked up a little bit of blood. He replaced his shirt, and splashed his face with water one last time, and drank a little bit. He stood up carefully, and found his way back to the team.
"Hey, Kai, we saved you a sandwich." Max smiled over at Kai who seemed to ignore that they were even there. He sat down on a rock, and watched them.
"I'm not hungry." Was Kai's only response. He closed his eyes, and tried to cool himself down by not moving.
"Yay, more for me!" Tyson went to grab the sandwich, but Max pulled it away. "Hey! I'm still hungry! What gives?" He frowned at his friends who merely laughed at him.
"We might be hungry later, too. We should save it." Kenny laughed again, and put the sandwich back in his bag. He swung it over his shoulder, and sighed. "The only thing missing from that was a nice glass of water."
Ray nodded. "I know what you mean, I'm dehydrated." He wiped his forehead, and squinted under the sun.
"There's a stream." Was all that Kai said, and pointed to the forest.
"Yes! Could you show us where it is, exactly?" Ray smiled over at Kai, who simply groaned.
"Hn..." He stood up, and went into the forest alone. Everyone soon caught up. He led them to the familiar little pond. He didn't bother getting any more water in case he showed weakness.
They all splashed around fro a good hour, while Kai simply stood and stared away. "Come join us, Kai! It's fun!" Tyson smiled in his direction, but Kai ignored him. He held his arm to his side, and felt the pain it gave him. He regained his composure, and sighed. Tyson ignored his loss of composure, and continued to splash around in the water. After an hour, they all left the forest, and continued on their way to the next village. The heat dried them off in no time, and left them soothed and relaxed as they continued on.
Kai ignored them the whole way, and thought to himself as he felt the loss of blood finally getting near to affect him. He could see a tiny blood stain on his side. He hid it by crossing his arms.
In the evening, they stopped again. They weren't even close to the village yet. Tyson was so happy when he bit into his delicious chicken leg. He was in heaven the whole time that they ate. Kai didn't eat, once again. He found a small cave, and firewood for a fire. He sat down inside the small cave, and leaned against the rock wall. He closed his eyes to think.
"Umm... Kai?" Kenny ventured into the cave, and looked down at the captain. He waited a second before Kai's eyes opened.
"Yes." Kai looked at him curiously.
"We - we thought you would be hungry. You haven't eaten all day! It's not good for you, especially when it's this hot out!" Kenny got back his courage, and handed Kai the sandwich, and a bottle that they had filled with water from the stream. Kai took them with no emotion. "Are we going to be staying here all night?"
"If we have to." Kai said matter of factly. "Thank You." He closed his eyes once more, with his arms folded against his chest. The Chief left Kai alone, and rejoined the rest of the team.
"What did Kai say?" Asked Tyson in a friendly voice because he had just eaten ALOT of food. Almost all that was left in Kenny's bag.
"Nothing. Except we might be staying in that cave over there, if we need to. I don't know what he meant, though." Kenny sat down beside a boulder, and found a little bit of shade there. He opened up his laptop, and started to talk to Dizzi.
"Well, if we're staying here then I'd love to go have a look around before the sun sets completely. That forest over there looks so kool!" Max exclaimed, and the others nodded.
"Hey, did you guys notice that Kai didn't have his scarf on?" Ray said suddenly.
"Well, yeah, but maybe he was hot with it on. The weather did change from freezing to boiling hot." Kenny said over Dizzi's analysis. "Oh, sorry Dizzi, what did you say?"
"I said, it should only take us about 5 more hours of walking, the village is just around that tall mountain you see in front of you. Not too much longer." Dizzi replied.
"Well, I say we stay the night. It shouldn't be too bad, and we need to rest awhile longer anyway. We need to conserve our energy." Tyson smiled, and held his right hand to his stomach. "And I don't think I could budge one inch after eating all that."
"Good point." Ray laughed, and the others joined in. "Maybe we should go tell Kai?"
"Nah, Kai won't bother leaving without us, we're his team after all!" Tyson replied, he knew that Kai wasn't one to leave his team behind without a reason. But then again, he never really had a reason for everything.
"Let's go look around!" Max jumped up, and Ray followed him over to the forest.
"Hey, guys, wait up!" Tyson scrambled to his feet, and nearly tripped over Kenny, but Kenny didn't seem to mind. He ran after them, and caught up with them after a few seconds of running.
"Hey, can you hear that?" Ray looked around, and startled the quiet of the forest. "It came from over there!" He pointed over near a bush.
"Hear what?" Tyson looked around, and picked up a funny shaped leaf that was on the ground in front of them.
"Oh, I hear it too!" Max hurried off in the direction that Ray had pointed, followed by Ray. Tyson dropped the leaf, and it fell graciously to the ground as he followed them off deeper into the forest.
They arrived right in front of another stream, but it was a little bit deeper, and moved along slowly. Tyson noticed a few fish swim by in the slow current, and he sat down on a large rock.
"Kool! This is awesome! Another stream, man I was getting thirsty already." Max dipped his hand into the water, and sipped it up. He licked his lips, and smiled happily. "This stuff tastes better than the other stream! I can't explain, it just tastes better!" He took another handful of water, and drank it.
Ray crouched next to the stream, and tried some, too. "Hey," He exclaimed. "This stuff really is good!" He went back for more water and when he was full, he sat down next to Tyson. "You should try some!"
"I'm not really thirsty." Tyson took the time to looks around. "It really is beautiful in here!" They all agreed, and just sat there in peace. Everything was so quiet and peaceful, that they all fell asleep on the rocks.