Disclaimer: Sorry this chapter took so long to update. (I made it extra-long to make it up to you!) ^_^ A lots been happening. I just started my freshmen year at high school so things have been hectic. Anyway, enjoy! And be sure to leave a review!
P.S. I'm planning on redoing the first 6 chapters of the story. I wrote them when I was very inexperienced at writing. The new versions will be much better, I promise.
So over the course of the next couple of weeks, Dr. Sloth trained Carolyn extensively. He was hardly the kind and nurturing teacher. But she did learn a lot from him. (Hard to believe you can learn something from a man that looks like an overgrown rooster).
He trained her in weapon combat…
"So let's see what kind of weapon you're good at using." Sloth said rummaging through a large steel box.
"What do you mean?" She asked curiously. Normally she snapped back and insulted him, except when she sensed she could learn something from him. And once she was out of his service she would take her vengeance on him. But for now she figured she should learn as much as she could from the mad doctor and put it to use.
"Every human being is born with a natural skill for using some kind of weapon. For some it's guns or slings. For others it's swords or bows and arrows. Now let's see…Ah yes! I found it!"
The next thing Carolyn knew, he was pointing a gun right at her face! She screamed and shielded her face.
"AH! DON'T SHOOT! PLEASE DON'T SHOOT!"
Sloth laughed and lowered the gun. "Just testing. Trying to see how much moral fiber you have. Not much hmmm? Most of my pupils didn't scream until after the fifth time I did that."
Carolyn glared at him angrily. "In some countries it would
be legal to kill you for doing that."
"That's why I don't travel. Now take this gun and try to hit that target over there." He pointed to a target that was hung on the wall.
"Okay…" She said taking the gun and holding it in her hands.
Suddenly a voice rang out in her head. "That weapon won't do. It's not your destiny to wield it. More appropriate weapons will be provided later, but for now pick a better one."
"I don't think this one will suit me." Carolyn said without thinking.
Sloth stared at her. "How do you know? You are a child! You
know nothing!"
"It's just a gut feeling I have."
"Well forget the stinking feeling and
shoot the damn target!"
"Okay…here goes." Carolyn gulped. Her hands were shaking as she pointed the gun towards the target. She pulled the trigger. The force of the bullet flying from the weapon shoved her back and she landed on her butt with a thud. The bullet had hit the other side of the wall, far from the target.
"Okay, so you were right. ONCE!" Sloth snarled, not bothering to hide his disgust at her failure.
"I'm sorry." Carolyn whimpered as tears began to well up in her eyes.
SMACK!
Sloth struck her hard across the face. She stared at him in wonder at his
cruelty.
"If you ever cry in front of me again…"
He growled furiously, "I'll slice off one of your ears. I will not tolerate a
crybaby like you!"
It went on like that for almost an hour. Sloth would force Carolyn to try a different weapon, and each time she failed he'd yell and she'd start to cry. Then he'd slap her again.
Finally Sloth knelt down in front of her and asked, "Why do you cry so much?"
"It's a problem I've always had." Carolyn sniffed as she touched her cheek. It stung badly from its harsh punishment. "Whenever someone yells at me or raises their voice, I fall apart and start to cry."
"Well you need to learn how to stop it," Sloth ordered, "If you can't hold in your tears you're not much good to me!"
Carolyn nodded weakly. She'd show him! She was more than a worthless crybaby and she was going to prove it to him!
Sloth handed her a pair of numchucks. She swung it as hard as she could, but it snapped back and bonked her on the forehead.
"IDIOT!" Sloth yelled slapping the back of her head, "That is NOT what I taught you!"
Carolyn could feel her tears beginning to build up behind her eyes, but she forced them back and glared hatefully at Sloth.
"You know…" She growled furiously, "You've been yelling at me and slapping me for nearly an hour…AND I'M SICK AND TIRED OF IT!"
Sloth seemed stunned by her sudden courage. This gave her enough time to kick him across the face.
He shoved her back down into a sitting position. "STRIKING YOUR TEACHER IS NOT PERMITTED!" He snapped. But she could tell he was proud of her. She had finally cast aside the weak little child inside her that had been holding her back. Now she could finally become a true warrior.
Sloth lifted a wooden sword from inside the box. He looked
at it and frowned. "I wonder…" He turned and handed it to her. "Try this."
Carolyn took the sword. In an instant she felt like this was a weapon she COULD
wield. She swung the sword with ease. Sloth immediately snatched it away. He
was smiling.
"Excellent! So a sword is your weapon of choice. Good, I'll
have a real one given to you when we set out to Mystery Island."
Carolyn rolled her eyes. "I don't understand you at all…"
"Nor I you."
He trained her and Katie in combat…
"Okay Carolyn, let's get right down to business. How are your stealth skills?"
Carolyn grinned. She looked a little smug. "Oh, my stealth
skills. Watch this!"
In an instant Carolyn had thrown on the exact same outfit Katie was wearing
over her own clothes and had a wig the same color as Katie's hair on. Sloth's
eyes widened.
"Hey! Either I'm drunk, or there are two Katies!"
"What are you talking about? You're always drunk!" Katie said frowning.
"Oh yeah… So who's the real Katie?"
Carolyn's grin widened. She pulled off the wig revealing her short blond hair. She
bowed so low her head touched the ground.
"Hey, you're pretty good at that." Sloth said sounding
impressed. "Let's see how you are at combat."
He walked up to her. "What would you do if I did…THIS?!" He grabbed her from
behind in a headlock.
"H-Hey! Stop it! I can't move! Let go!
OW!" She cried as she struggled to pull free. "HELP! YOUR ARMPITS STINK!"
"Shut up and find a way to break free!" Sloth ordered.
Carolyn's mind raced. The stench would kill her if she didn't do something soon. Suddenly she felt a surge of instinct that she'd never felt before in her life, flare up in side her. It was as if some skills had been buried inside her mind had suddenly been unleashed. She reached up and grabbed his head from behind. Then, with one lightening-fast motion, she flipped him up over her head and onto the ground in front of her.
Sloth stared at her in shock. Her eyes were narrowed and the color of her eyes had changed from pale blue to gold. Her fists were clenched at her side and power was radiating from her body. She was hovering just above the ground and her face wore a look of bloodthirsty hate.
"NOW DIE YOU FILTHY SCUM!" A voice from within Carolyn screamed. It sounded like her voice only it sounded like it was coming from a grown woman. Carolyn lunged forward. Her hand was jutting outward like knife, ready to plunge it into Sloth's stomach.
Sloth didn't give her the chance. His hand whipped into his cloak. A second later a small knife flew from his hand and straight at her. It missed its target (her heart) and nicked the side of her face. The pain seemed to reawaken Carolyn. She stopped in midair and lowered to the ground in a sitting position. Her eyes had returned to normal and there wasn't anymore power flowing from her.
"That hurt you know." She growled rubbing her sore face.
"Don't you remember what you just did??" Sloth asked in amazement.
"What?"
"YOU VIOLENTLY ATTACKED ME YOU PSYCHO
BITCH!"
"DON'T CALL ME A BITCH!"
Carolyn's eyes narrowed. Sloth felt himself slam into the ground. Carolyn had flung him into the concrete floor using her psychic abilities.
"Why you little…"
4 hours later…
Real Carolyn (who happens to be the writer): *humming*DO DO
DO DO! DO DO DO D-
Real Katie: CAROLYN!
Real Carolyn: Sorry….
"You have… completed the training." Sloth gasped in pain. Over the last four hours the two of them had been beating the shit out of each other. Finally Carolyn had come out victorious.
Katie held up Carolyn's arm as a sign of victory.
"YEAH! I'M THE GREATEST! WHOO!" Carolyn cheered.
"You do seem to have a natural talent for this sort of
thing." Sloth agreed, "Are you sure you haven't done this before?"
"I told you before, it's my first time
fighting for real. Once this lousy trip is over I can return to my normal
life."
"You never know." Sloth said grinning
evilly, "This could be the making of you. How about it? When we've collected
all the shards how about joining me? I could definitely use a warrior with your
skills."
"Shut up Sloth!"
"Shutting up!"
They walked out of the training hall.
"Soooo…how are we gonna get to Mystery Island?" Carolyn
asked as they walked. "A high-tech spaceship? Teleportation? We gonna take over
the island and then go see it?"
"Actually we're just taking a bus and
then a boat." Sloth responded.
"Aw…a boat…" Carolyn groaned shoving her hands into her
pockets in frustration. Then her eyes lit up. "Will there be snacks on the
boat??"
"Sure, why not?"
"Sweet…"
"Oh by the way, a group of treasure hunters are also seeking the shards. They'll resort to any means to steal our shard. They may even try to kill us. That's why I trained you in combat. They will be powerful competition."
"Aw man…" Carolyn grumbled, "Competition…" Then she grinned. "Will I get to hurt the treasure hunters?"
"Sure, why not?"
"Sweet…" Then Carolyn frowned. "Wait a minute! You can't use public
transportation!"
"And why not?" Dr. Sloth snapped
looking down at her angrily.
"You're a wanted man! If you use the bus or go on a ship then we'll have the police on our ass! Me and Katie are no problem, but you'll stick out like a sore thumb!"
Sloth coughed slightly. "Well…I WAS a wanted man…But I haven't done anything evil to make myself recognized lately…I'm a…dare I say it? …A has-been."
Carolyn couldn't help it. She burst out laughing. She clutched her stomach doubled over in uncontrollable laughter.
"Shut up you little twit!" Sloth roared. He swung his fist at her but she ducked and ran down the hallway still laughing her head off. Sloth chased after her shouting numerous threats at her.
"Hurry up old man!" Carolyn taunted. "You'll get left behind!"
"I'LL KICK YOUR ASS IF YOU DON'T STOP MOCKING ME!" He roared. "SHOW SOME
RESPECT FOR YOUR TEACHER!"
"This is respect!" She laughed. Suddenly she ran into a wall and fell over. "SHIT!"
"Pathetic!" Sloth laughed, "AND YOU CALL YOURSELF MY STUDENT!" Just then he ran into a pole.
"And look who's talking. MY TEACHER THE UNCOORIDNATED MORON!"
"You're both morons!" Katie yelled from down the hall.
"So how are we getting down to Neopia?" Carolyn asked as she put an ice pack to a growing lump on her forehead. "Are we gonna use a spaceship?"
"No. We'll be using the Ultra Velocity Sphere Transporter." Sloth grumbled as he rubbed his own head, which was in even worse shape.
"Sounds cool." Katie said smiling. She turned to Carolyn. The lump on
Carolyn's forehead had gotten even bigger. "By the way, Carolyn? Dolly Parton
called your forehead, she wants her boob back."
Carolyn stuck her tongue out at Katie as a response.
"Oh by the way, your sword is finished." Sloth said to Carolyn. He pulled out a silver sword with a silver handle and held it up.
"Oooo. I like swords." Carolyn said grinning as she made a stabbing motion with her hand. "Stab, Stab! You're dead! Heh."
Sloth started to hand her the sword but Katie frantically shook her head and Sloth recoiled.
"Oh. I see." Sloth said putting the sword back in his cloak. "Little rascal
aren't you?"
"Shut up." Carolyn growled in
disappointment that she couldn't chop off Sloth's head. "Now let's use this
sphere transporter thing and get this hunt over with!"
They went to the main hanger of the space station. Countless ships littered the area. Many Grundos were working on them. Some of them whistled when Katie and Carolyn walked by, but Carolyn made a rude gesture with her middle finger that shut all of them up. They came to a large steel ball that was on some sort of pole going down into a large hole in the floor.
"Here it is." Sloth said gesturing towards the machine.
"THAT'S it?" Carolyn asked in disbelief. But now that she looked more closely she noticed that there was some kind of door on the sphere.
"Yes!" Sloth said sharply, "Now get in!"
Without another word, Carolyn, Katie, and Dr. Sloth all climbed into the machine. The door sealed shut behind them.
"Seatbelts! NOW!" Sloth roared. Katie and Carolyn quickly grabbed two black straps and buckled themselves in.
"So how's this thing work?" Carolyn asked curiously.
"It's quiet simple really." Sloth said with a hint of pride in his voice.
"The clamp holding the sphere in place will release and the ball will shoot
down the pole towards Neopia, faster than the speed of sound. Then it'll…"
"WHAT?!" Carolyn and Katie screamed at
once. Before anyone could say anything else the sphere shot down towards Neopia
at a lightening-fast speed. And all of its passengers were screaming their
heads off.
