The Reed II: Chapter 6
Ariel opened the band cupboard and took out a box of clarinet reeds.
"Not THAT one! Take the cheaper kind!" Charis shrieked, putting it back and snatching up a different box.
Just then, Ian dashed in and ran to his luggage. The two girls watched astounded as he pulled out about eight or so movie DVDs from his bag.
"You mean you brought your mov... Hey! Spaceballs!" Charis' eyes lit up as she saw the cover of her favourite film.
All eight DVDs were now out, and Ian frantically opened the cases one by one, only to discover that each individual disk had been broken into two.
"No...no..." the boy was near to tears as he stared down at about $100 or so worth of broken DVDs, thinking of what his father would do to him if he found out.
Ariel and Charis looked at him, looked at each other, and decided that they better not hang around. Slowly, holding onto the box of clarinet reeds, they turned to go, leaving Ian behind.
The trombonist had a nervous breakdown and broke into tears, clutching half of Star Wars Episode 5 in one hand.
MEANWHILE...
"I've had ENOUGH of this!" David yelled in anger, flinging down the kitchen tongs and running towards the door. The Reed returned to bask in the fire.
"David! Wait!" Martyn came after him, grabbing him by the shoulders and refusing to let him go as they stood by the closed door.
"What's the POINT?" David wanted to know. "There's just no point in all of this... The Reed just keeps going back and back and...
Suddenly, the door swung open, knocking both boys unconscious on the floor.
Ariel and Charis entered, wondering why it everything was suddenly so quiet.
"Uh...David? Martyn?" Ariel closed the door and saw the two squished behind.
They stared.
"I have a bad feeling about this."
There was a faint crackling sound, and their attention was turned back to the fire.
The Reed was splitting, and as the two girls watched, amazed, each half began to grow into a new Reed.
Charis suddenly realized that they better do something.
"Take it OUT!" she screamed at Ariel.
"B... how?"
The kitchen tongs were nowhere to be found, as they soon discovered while scrambling around on the floor. While crawling under the table, Ariel and Charis heard a new voice...
Oh Master, what is thy bidding?
The girls exchanged puzzled and 'what-on-earth?' looks.
Wipe them out. All of them.
There was an evil laugh.
Yes, Master!
Slowly, Charis crawled out from under the table to get a better look at what was going on. And she saw both Reeds on the table above her... not moving. They apparently had not noticed her, yet...
The clarinetist carefully opened the box of clarinet reeds, and in a sudden burst of reflexes, reached out and clamped it down on the table, trapping a Reed.
Look...Aaah!
The other escaped, aware of the danger it was in, as Charis triumphantly shut the box with the murderer inside.
"I got it! I got it! I GOT IT!"
Behind the door, Martyn slowly returned to consciousness.
"What hap..."
Suddenly, the door burst open again, knocking out Martyn. Ian ran in, breathing hard and cursing away.
"WHERE IS IT? Where is it, the little..." he calmed down as he surveyed the scene before him.
"I got it." Charis was breathless, as if unable to believe what she had done. "It's in the box. Martyn was right. It can't teleport past other reeds."
"The problem is," said Ariel, getting up from under the table, "We don't know which one it is. The master... or the apprentice?"
You will never destroy me, pitiful human scum. And I, The Reed, shall rule supreme.
"Definitely the master."
"What're you going to do with it?"
Charis sighed.
"I don't know. I thought that maybe we can bury it somewhere; it seems unlikely that it can escape from underground encased in a box of reeds..."
"I'll do it," volunteered Ian, "anything to get that...that..." He rattled off yet another string of swear words.
"And after we destroy this one, there's still the other Reed. We have to find it too... and destroy it," Charis continued.
"What if we fail?" Ariel asked.
Charis took a deep breath, and looked down at the box of reeds she held.
"We must succeed."
TO BE CONTINUED... 7 reviews before next update. Sorry.
Wildmage42: Ten years? Ok, then you're not way off. In other words, I'm somewhere between 7 and 28 years old. I'm still schooling, so I'm less than 20. That makes me somewhere between 7 and 20 years old.
Hdl: What d'you mean, 'dots'?
Shepherdmoon: Thanks for reviewing! Review again in your own account. It will be greatly appreciated. =D
Imjustanaltosaxplayer: Ok, I might put in a few more altos...
Amanda: Yeah, same thing. Saxophones AREN'T the most overlooked instrument in the band. The triangle is. And with regards to my story, I have the feeling that I've already chased all the brass people off... that's why none are reviewing...
Calvin the Trumpeteer: Thanks for your review!
Kathryn: Give me some X-Men quotes, then! ^_^ I can't remember that many... and I haven't watched Les Mis, though I have the tape. I have too many tapes.
CmrAwks: What are you wondering about? *stares* NO, I don't have SARS... yet. I think. I've got a fever, if your REALLY want to know... *cough* *sneeze* *hack* *puke* *bleeargh* Reason why I haven't been updating is because I'm currently working on a LOTR fic. Joint production. It'll be posted soon, not on my account though.
Ariel opened the band cupboard and took out a box of clarinet reeds.
"Not THAT one! Take the cheaper kind!" Charis shrieked, putting it back and snatching up a different box.
Just then, Ian dashed in and ran to his luggage. The two girls watched astounded as he pulled out about eight or so movie DVDs from his bag.
"You mean you brought your mov... Hey! Spaceballs!" Charis' eyes lit up as she saw the cover of her favourite film.
All eight DVDs were now out, and Ian frantically opened the cases one by one, only to discover that each individual disk had been broken into two.
"No...no..." the boy was near to tears as he stared down at about $100 or so worth of broken DVDs, thinking of what his father would do to him if he found out.
Ariel and Charis looked at him, looked at each other, and decided that they better not hang around. Slowly, holding onto the box of clarinet reeds, they turned to go, leaving Ian behind.
The trombonist had a nervous breakdown and broke into tears, clutching half of Star Wars Episode 5 in one hand.
MEANWHILE...
"I've had ENOUGH of this!" David yelled in anger, flinging down the kitchen tongs and running towards the door. The Reed returned to bask in the fire.
"David! Wait!" Martyn came after him, grabbing him by the shoulders and refusing to let him go as they stood by the closed door.
"What's the POINT?" David wanted to know. "There's just no point in all of this... The Reed just keeps going back and back and...
Suddenly, the door swung open, knocking both boys unconscious on the floor.
Ariel and Charis entered, wondering why it everything was suddenly so quiet.
"Uh...David? Martyn?" Ariel closed the door and saw the two squished behind.
They stared.
"I have a bad feeling about this."
There was a faint crackling sound, and their attention was turned back to the fire.
The Reed was splitting, and as the two girls watched, amazed, each half began to grow into a new Reed.
Charis suddenly realized that they better do something.
"Take it OUT!" she screamed at Ariel.
"B... how?"
The kitchen tongs were nowhere to be found, as they soon discovered while scrambling around on the floor. While crawling under the table, Ariel and Charis heard a new voice...
Oh Master, what is thy bidding?
The girls exchanged puzzled and 'what-on-earth?' looks.
Wipe them out. All of them.
There was an evil laugh.
Yes, Master!
Slowly, Charis crawled out from under the table to get a better look at what was going on. And she saw both Reeds on the table above her... not moving. They apparently had not noticed her, yet...
The clarinetist carefully opened the box of clarinet reeds, and in a sudden burst of reflexes, reached out and clamped it down on the table, trapping a Reed.
Look...Aaah!
The other escaped, aware of the danger it was in, as Charis triumphantly shut the box with the murderer inside.
"I got it! I got it! I GOT IT!"
Behind the door, Martyn slowly returned to consciousness.
"What hap..."
Suddenly, the door burst open again, knocking out Martyn. Ian ran in, breathing hard and cursing away.
"WHERE IS IT? Where is it, the little..." he calmed down as he surveyed the scene before him.
"I got it." Charis was breathless, as if unable to believe what she had done. "It's in the box. Martyn was right. It can't teleport past other reeds."
"The problem is," said Ariel, getting up from under the table, "We don't know which one it is. The master... or the apprentice?"
You will never destroy me, pitiful human scum. And I, The Reed, shall rule supreme.
"Definitely the master."
"What're you going to do with it?"
Charis sighed.
"I don't know. I thought that maybe we can bury it somewhere; it seems unlikely that it can escape from underground encased in a box of reeds..."
"I'll do it," volunteered Ian, "anything to get that...that..." He rattled off yet another string of swear words.
"And after we destroy this one, there's still the other Reed. We have to find it too... and destroy it," Charis continued.
"What if we fail?" Ariel asked.
Charis took a deep breath, and looked down at the box of reeds she held.
"We must succeed."
TO BE CONTINUED... 7 reviews before next update. Sorry.
Wildmage42: Ten years? Ok, then you're not way off. In other words, I'm somewhere between 7 and 28 years old. I'm still schooling, so I'm less than 20. That makes me somewhere between 7 and 20 years old.
Hdl: What d'you mean, 'dots'?
Shepherdmoon: Thanks for reviewing! Review again in your own account. It will be greatly appreciated. =D
Imjustanaltosaxplayer: Ok, I might put in a few more altos...
Amanda: Yeah, same thing. Saxophones AREN'T the most overlooked instrument in the band. The triangle is. And with regards to my story, I have the feeling that I've already chased all the brass people off... that's why none are reviewing...
Calvin the Trumpeteer: Thanks for your review!
Kathryn: Give me some X-Men quotes, then! ^_^ I can't remember that many... and I haven't watched Les Mis, though I have the tape. I have too many tapes.
CmrAwks: What are you wondering about? *stares* NO, I don't have SARS... yet. I think. I've got a fever, if your REALLY want to know... *cough* *sneeze* *hack* *puke* *bleeargh* Reason why I haven't been updating is because I'm currently working on a LOTR fic. Joint production. It'll be posted soon, not on my account though.