Yeah! I've written the second chapter and in record time for me too. I'm still not exactly sure where I'm going with this (I never plan ahead!) but if you have any suggestions or ideas then they'd be most welcome….as long as there not from Cat…….no offence honey!
"Do you think she's gonna be okay?"
'What the……is that me thinking that or someone else speaking?' The complete blankness had started to slowly be replaced by THE most excruciating headache I've ever had. Lots of little dots and swirls of colour flashed through my head, along with a whole load of pain. I tried to swim up through it, focusing on regaining use of my limbs and opening my eyes. The voices around me started to become clearer though no less confusing.
"I think she's unconscious. She has a nasty looking scrape on the back of her head. Probably fell and knocked herself out."
"Okay let's take her back to the plane. We may need to get her to a hospital."
Suddenly all I could feel were huge solid arms lifting me up. Everything, even the darkness, seemed to spin. I could hear what sounded like a faint jingling of metal, like chains.
'What the hell is going on?' I tried to say it out aloud but for some reason my mouth didn't seem to be working. A sudden panic gripped me. 'Who the hell are these people? Were they the ones that nearly crashed into me?' I wanted to struggle, to scream and escape from whoever these people were who firstly, tried to kill me by landing on me and now wanted to abduct me. With a huge effort I managed to open my eyes a little.
The bright sunlight sent a searing, blinding pain which managed to push the headache a notch or two up on the unbearable painometer. I made a little yelping sound as I tried to concentrate on the looming, shadowy figure that was carrying me. Slowly the shape began to form into a face with dark brown eyes and a wide-ish nose. Something glittered around his neck, shiny and bright. The face scold down at me with a strange look of annoyance mixed with concern.
"Hey Hannibal, I think she's starten to wake up." The voice was harsh and deep and unmistakably American. It's also oddly familiar………and who the hell is Hannibal? I closed my eyes and opened them again, focusing back on the face.
'Oh my God!' I screamed in my head, though it never quite made it off my lips. 'I'm dreaming……..I'm dreaming………this so isn't real………' I tried to escape; feebly squirming in his arms in an attempt to break free of his grip. I began to kick my legs and he dropped me to the ground. I groaned as my body hit the grassy floor. The adrenaline was coursing through me now, making my muscles feel like they were on fire. I tried to scramble up onto my feet but for some odd reason I seemed to have lost all sense of balance. I began to fall over again and two strong pairs of arms grabbed me from either side and slowly laid me on the ground. A calm voice very close, spoke to me.
"It's alright, don't be frightened. We're not going to hurt you. You just need to sit down for a second."
I blurrily looked in the direction the voice came from. There was a man in a light brown suit kneeling next to me. His tan was darker than his jacket, making his blue eyes and his white molars stand out even more. I shook my head in disbelief. If this wasn't a dream then I don't know what was. I tried to speak but my mouth just opened and closed, and again making me oddly aware of the fact that I must look like a fish.
"Maybe we should introduce ourselves!" I dragged my eyes away from the man to my left and focused on the person standing in front of me, silhouetted by the sun. He was wearing dark grey trousers and a checked shirt with a lighter grey jacket on top. His white hair seemed to pick up golden highlights from the sun, making a radiant halo around his head. The faint smell of tobacco drifted towards me. "I'm….. John 'Hannibal' Smith" I finished off for him. Everything went quiet around me. The man's face was completely expressionless. Then suddenly he grinned,
"Nice to see somebody knows my name. Though if you don't mind me asking……how exactly did you come to know it?"
I stared up at him for a second, the complete bewilderment no doubt clearly written on my face. Turning to the man kneeling beside me I stared straight into his eyes. He squirmed a little, obviously uncomfortable under my scrutinizing eyes.
"And you're Lieutenant Templeton "Face" Peck." Face's eyes nearly popped out of his head with surprise. He began to open his mouth, a question forming on his lips. But before he could ask I turned away and looked towards the large figure on the other side of Hannibal.
"And you're Sergeant Bosco BA Baracus, and……..where's Murdock?" I started looking around for him. Hell you'd think that if I were dreaming I'd at least have my favourite character in it, right? I heard a voice chirp up from behind me.
"Hey, I'm right here!" He was standing right behind me. I couldn't help but smile at the sight of him. He was wearing almost the exact same clothes that he always wore; a brown leather jacket with beige trousers and a baseball cap.
"Ah there he is, Captain HM Murdock! Hey is Billy the invisible dog with you?"
"Na," Murdock smiled back at me, seemingly unfazed by the question. "I had to leave Billy at home, can't take him on the long flights."
"Hey Hannibal, how come she knows so much about us. She even knows the name of that crazy fool's dog!" BA's voice seemed a little edgy making it sound even more threatening.
"I don't know BA, but I was just thinking that myself. Would you care to enlighten us?" The question was aimed at me, and emphasized by a sweeping motion he made with his cigar.
"Because you're the A-Team!" I said it a little too enthusiastically which made my head throb even more. I paused for a second, trying to push out the pain to form a coherent answer. "And I'm not sure if I'm dead or if I'm dreaming……..or if I'm just going insane……." At this point I couldn't help but giggle, which made my stomach turn, "……but you're here and I'm pretty sure I'm either going to throw up or pass out……or both!"
Out of the three options my body chose number two. I quickly crawled over to one of the bushes and after a brief second of resting I said hello again to my breakfast.
Anyway that's chapter 2 down. Hope you like it and fingers crossed chapter three will be up in no time!