((Thanks for all the reviews! I appreciate them all so much! Okay... this
chapter isn't as funny as I could have made it- I only had 3 hours of sleep
last night and I'm kind of dozing off, so sorry... I've decided I'm changing
this one's rating to PG. Nothing is really wrong with it except for mild
cursing and a bit of oddity that I put in... Oh yeah; if any character in
this or any other fic of mine ever seems a little out of character just let
me know so I can stop it- please. Okay then. Here we go...))
Chapter Five: Alligator Rock
"I'm so tired from last night..." Marco moaned as the group piled into the limo once more. Gordon nodded a quiet reply. They were all tired- but as usual, the band had played great! And Gordon had to admit- his light show and the special effects were a lot more awesome this time than the other performances- he had reprogrammed the light show in the spare time they had had in Cincinnati while Lawrence and Freddy were getting the eraser and grape removed...
"Hey Dewey- where are we going today?" Summer asked through the "radio" (the button thing that allowed talking to occur between front and back seats).
"We're heading to the Everglades, guys!" Came Dewey's excited voice crackled back. "It's just west of Miami, so we should get there pretty quick."
"Awesome!" came from various people.
"As long as I don't get another tick..." Summer shuddered.
"As long as I don't get another stalker!" Gordon could hear Freddy murmur. When had Freddy had a stalker?
"It's too bad the car ride isn't longer- then we could actually get some sleep..." Leonard complained.
"Oh well. It's too crowded to sleep anyways..." Zack told him. You'd think they would have picked up another limo for us by now, Gordon thought as they passed through a much more interesting scenery...
A little while later, the limo pulled into a parking lot. As the group exited the stretch, they took a look around...
Murky water could be seen, that looked a bit like Eleni's coffee, and poking out of it were reeds and plants that looked like they would jump out and strangle you at any moment.
"This place rocks!" Katie smiled. Gordon could see an arena, where a man was wrestling a humongous crocodile to the ground.
"Poor thing!" Michelle gasped as the man held it down- gaining "ooh's" and "ah's" from the anxious crowd.
"Okay- we can either take one of those giant fan boat mabobs or... we can walk along the pathy thing..." Dewey told them as he looked at an information brochure.
Just then, a big... thing slid past them in the water. Gordon looked at it, wondering how they had invented that thing... It basically was a railed- in platform with a big throne-like chair that had a ginormous fan behind it. VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM...
Ugh! That was the most annoying sound he had ever heard! He covered his ears with his hands- and so did others.
"I vote we walk!" Alicia exclaimed. And so they did...
"Dewey- I am baking up in the sun, here!" Frankie cried. Gordon nodded in agreement from behind him. The sun seemed to have been turned up 50,000 degrees as they trekked on the dirt path that lead through the middle of the boggy, wet, sunny swamp.
"Errr..." Dewey growled in reply. "Dudes- we haven't seen a thing, have we?"
"No." The group chorused back.
"I thought there were supposed to be alligators and snakes and stuff here!" Freddy moaned from behind Zack- who was behind Gordon at the end of the line.
"Yeah- I wanted to see the huge reptile that made such nice boots!" Billy chipped in- gaining a few odd stares. Gordon shook his head in disbelief.
"It's so hot out. They all must be in the water cooling down I guess..." Gordon told them.
"Ugh. I wish I had a muffin. I'm starving." Katie groaned.
"Katie- shut up." Zack snapped at her, passing in front of Gordon and Frankie. "We all are! Dewey- when can we go back?!"
"After we see an alligator! We didn't come here for nothing!" He replied stubbornly. The group continued on...
"Hey Gordon..." Freddy whispered to him.
"What?" Gordon whispered back.
"Let's try to scare them by going in the water and hiding." Freddy grinned mischievously.
"Are you crazy? Do you think I'd do anything you suggested after what happened to Lawrence and you?"
"Yeah. Besides- it'll be funny! What could go wrong?"
"Oh- I dunno. Let's see. We could get eaten by an alligator, get bitten by a snake, get arrested for breaking some national park rule, drown..."
"Alright, alright! I get your point. But come on! All the alligators are somewhere else or we would have seen them by now. It'll be funny!"
Gordon thought about it. Freddy had a point. This group could use some livening up. Why not?
"Fine."
Freddy nodded as the two silently climbed down the sticky, muddy bank into the stomach-deep water. Gordon let out a shiver at first, but then he realized that the water was actually pretty warm. Freddy raised his arm and brought it down into the coffee water.
SPLOOSH! Gordon could see Marta and Summer jump up. The group froze as Gordon and Freddy hid behind some tall, grass.
"What was that?" Tomika wondered aloud.
"Freddy- maybe it was that Catherine girl..." Gordon could hear Zack laugh out. "Wait- Freddy? Guys... Freddy isn't back here!"
"Neither is Gordon!" Frankie shouted. Through the tan, yellow of the grass Gordon could see Dewey pushing his way back.
"Where the hell are they?" Dewey scratched his head.
"Oh my God! What if they got eaten by an alligator or something?!" Summer screeched.
"God... Freddy!? Gordon?! Where are you?!" Everybody was crying- looking down the bank. Gordon could see Freddy cracking up. But Gordon didn't think it was funny at all...
What did I get myself into? He scolded himself. Just then... Sploosh. It was a smaller sploosh from far off but then...
"Freddy..." He grabbed his friend's shirt sleeve, tugging it. Gordon's eyes grew wide as he pointed a ways off. "Freddy, please tell me that that dark, moving shape in the water is Zack or someone..."
Gordon could see Freddy's eyesight follow his own. Sure enough, there was a long, dark, shape making its way towards them through the coffee water. And when dark ridges poked up out of the water, Freddy's eyes grew wide as well.
"I would like to tell you that, Gordon, but unfortunately I'm too busy screaming, HOLY SHIT! GET OUT OF THE WATER!!!!!" And with that, the two waded as fast as they could to the bank.
"I heard them!"
"There they are!"
"Freddy! Gordon!"
"AHHHHH!!!" They were too busy to pay attention to the others- they were running down the path as fast as they could.
"Hey look- an alligator!" Gordon could hear Billy point out plainly.
"Wait up you guys!"
Soon, they were all back at the parking lot, panting by the side of the limo.
"You idiots! Why were you in the water?! Are you two okay?" Marta demanded of them.
"It was funny as heck until there really was an alligator!" Freddy cried innocently. Gordon could feel the stinging glares of band members alike.
Zack shouted, "It's too bad that stupid gator didn't eat you guys. Then it wouldn't have been funny!"
"You two had us worried sick, man!" Dewey yelled at them. Gordon cringed, "Sorry... I'm sure we'll all look back at this in five years and remember how stupid it was... Hey you know what song this reminds me of? That Crocodile Rock song... Except it's the Alligator Rock..."
"Gordon. Shut up and get in the limo. You too, Freddy." Dewey shook his head. And even though everyone was nice and pissed off and worried and stuff on the way to the airport, almost every single one of them had the Crocodile Rock song playing in their head... ((Okay. I know. Really pathetic. Oh well...))
Chapter Five: Alligator Rock
"I'm so tired from last night..." Marco moaned as the group piled into the limo once more. Gordon nodded a quiet reply. They were all tired- but as usual, the band had played great! And Gordon had to admit- his light show and the special effects were a lot more awesome this time than the other performances- he had reprogrammed the light show in the spare time they had had in Cincinnati while Lawrence and Freddy were getting the eraser and grape removed...
"Hey Dewey- where are we going today?" Summer asked through the "radio" (the button thing that allowed talking to occur between front and back seats).
"We're heading to the Everglades, guys!" Came Dewey's excited voice crackled back. "It's just west of Miami, so we should get there pretty quick."
"Awesome!" came from various people.
"As long as I don't get another tick..." Summer shuddered.
"As long as I don't get another stalker!" Gordon could hear Freddy murmur. When had Freddy had a stalker?
"It's too bad the car ride isn't longer- then we could actually get some sleep..." Leonard complained.
"Oh well. It's too crowded to sleep anyways..." Zack told him. You'd think they would have picked up another limo for us by now, Gordon thought as they passed through a much more interesting scenery...
A little while later, the limo pulled into a parking lot. As the group exited the stretch, they took a look around...
Murky water could be seen, that looked a bit like Eleni's coffee, and poking out of it were reeds and plants that looked like they would jump out and strangle you at any moment.
"This place rocks!" Katie smiled. Gordon could see an arena, where a man was wrestling a humongous crocodile to the ground.
"Poor thing!" Michelle gasped as the man held it down- gaining "ooh's" and "ah's" from the anxious crowd.
"Okay- we can either take one of those giant fan boat mabobs or... we can walk along the pathy thing..." Dewey told them as he looked at an information brochure.
Just then, a big... thing slid past them in the water. Gordon looked at it, wondering how they had invented that thing... It basically was a railed- in platform with a big throne-like chair that had a ginormous fan behind it. VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM...
Ugh! That was the most annoying sound he had ever heard! He covered his ears with his hands- and so did others.
"I vote we walk!" Alicia exclaimed. And so they did...
"Dewey- I am baking up in the sun, here!" Frankie cried. Gordon nodded in agreement from behind him. The sun seemed to have been turned up 50,000 degrees as they trekked on the dirt path that lead through the middle of the boggy, wet, sunny swamp.
"Errr..." Dewey growled in reply. "Dudes- we haven't seen a thing, have we?"
"No." The group chorused back.
"I thought there were supposed to be alligators and snakes and stuff here!" Freddy moaned from behind Zack- who was behind Gordon at the end of the line.
"Yeah- I wanted to see the huge reptile that made such nice boots!" Billy chipped in- gaining a few odd stares. Gordon shook his head in disbelief.
"It's so hot out. They all must be in the water cooling down I guess..." Gordon told them.
"Ugh. I wish I had a muffin. I'm starving." Katie groaned.
"Katie- shut up." Zack snapped at her, passing in front of Gordon and Frankie. "We all are! Dewey- when can we go back?!"
"After we see an alligator! We didn't come here for nothing!" He replied stubbornly. The group continued on...
"Hey Gordon..." Freddy whispered to him.
"What?" Gordon whispered back.
"Let's try to scare them by going in the water and hiding." Freddy grinned mischievously.
"Are you crazy? Do you think I'd do anything you suggested after what happened to Lawrence and you?"
"Yeah. Besides- it'll be funny! What could go wrong?"
"Oh- I dunno. Let's see. We could get eaten by an alligator, get bitten by a snake, get arrested for breaking some national park rule, drown..."
"Alright, alright! I get your point. But come on! All the alligators are somewhere else or we would have seen them by now. It'll be funny!"
Gordon thought about it. Freddy had a point. This group could use some livening up. Why not?
"Fine."
Freddy nodded as the two silently climbed down the sticky, muddy bank into the stomach-deep water. Gordon let out a shiver at first, but then he realized that the water was actually pretty warm. Freddy raised his arm and brought it down into the coffee water.
SPLOOSH! Gordon could see Marta and Summer jump up. The group froze as Gordon and Freddy hid behind some tall, grass.
"What was that?" Tomika wondered aloud.
"Freddy- maybe it was that Catherine girl..." Gordon could hear Zack laugh out. "Wait- Freddy? Guys... Freddy isn't back here!"
"Neither is Gordon!" Frankie shouted. Through the tan, yellow of the grass Gordon could see Dewey pushing his way back.
"Where the hell are they?" Dewey scratched his head.
"Oh my God! What if they got eaten by an alligator or something?!" Summer screeched.
"God... Freddy!? Gordon?! Where are you?!" Everybody was crying- looking down the bank. Gordon could see Freddy cracking up. But Gordon didn't think it was funny at all...
What did I get myself into? He scolded himself. Just then... Sploosh. It was a smaller sploosh from far off but then...
"Freddy..." He grabbed his friend's shirt sleeve, tugging it. Gordon's eyes grew wide as he pointed a ways off. "Freddy, please tell me that that dark, moving shape in the water is Zack or someone..."
Gordon could see Freddy's eyesight follow his own. Sure enough, there was a long, dark, shape making its way towards them through the coffee water. And when dark ridges poked up out of the water, Freddy's eyes grew wide as well.
"I would like to tell you that, Gordon, but unfortunately I'm too busy screaming, HOLY SHIT! GET OUT OF THE WATER!!!!!" And with that, the two waded as fast as they could to the bank.
"I heard them!"
"There they are!"
"Freddy! Gordon!"
"AHHHHH!!!" They were too busy to pay attention to the others- they were running down the path as fast as they could.
"Hey look- an alligator!" Gordon could hear Billy point out plainly.
"Wait up you guys!"
Soon, they were all back at the parking lot, panting by the side of the limo.
"You idiots! Why were you in the water?! Are you two okay?" Marta demanded of them.
"It was funny as heck until there really was an alligator!" Freddy cried innocently. Gordon could feel the stinging glares of band members alike.
Zack shouted, "It's too bad that stupid gator didn't eat you guys. Then it wouldn't have been funny!"
"You two had us worried sick, man!" Dewey yelled at them. Gordon cringed, "Sorry... I'm sure we'll all look back at this in five years and remember how stupid it was... Hey you know what song this reminds me of? That Crocodile Rock song... Except it's the Alligator Rock..."
"Gordon. Shut up and get in the limo. You too, Freddy." Dewey shook his head. And even though everyone was nice and pissed off and worried and stuff on the way to the airport, almost every single one of them had the Crocodile Rock song playing in their head... ((Okay. I know. Really pathetic. Oh well...))