(A/N – Yeah! Eight reviews! I dunno if that's good or not, but yay! Anyhoo...
no one cares! lol... Well, chapter 14! Yeah, we're in Kennywood... you all
gotta check it out! It is cool! All of the water rides are the best!
Especially Raging Rapids... okay, enough blabbity from me, read and please
review! )
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN: "We're gonna die!"
Around 10 AM that morning, we walked through the underground gate to Kennywood's main entrance. For about an hour, we went on some slow-paced rides to get Jack, Will, and Elizabeth ready for an afternoon or roller coasters and thrill rides. They loved the place overall, but we had to do a lot of that evil 'e' word (See! I didn't say explaining! Oh, fudge...) After a ride on the Old Mill boat ride, we sat in the picnic pavilion next to the oldest ride in the park, Noah's Ark. We ate some fries (Jack about choked because he shoveled down so fast) while watching the magician on the stage at the front of the sunlit pavilion. "For the next illusion, Leo Stupendo will require an audience member!" the magician said (I know... lame name, huh?). Hands all around shot up, including JP's and Jessica's. The magician called JP up on stage (JP fell on the stairs... good job, goober! lol...). "And your name is?" Leo Stupendo asked. "I'm JP!" JP yelled into the microphone. Applause broke out, and the magician had JP assist him in a corny card trick. JP, full of card tricks himself (whoa... whooda thunk?), blew the magician's cover. "Dude, you're doing it all wrong. You missed the main part of the trick. See, you're ten of hearts should be a seven. Common mistake... I'm sure with more practice you'll catch on, buddy!"
-- 12:30 PM --
After humiliating Leo Stupendo, JP showed the entire audience how to perform the trick correctly. The crowd shouted for JP to stay and do more, but he refused and jumped off stage. He came running through the tables and we left the pavilion, loud applause following us.
Anyhoo, we were in line for the Pirate Ship ('It's the Black Pearl's sister ship!' Jack said. Oh please...) after three spins on King Kahuna. The ride was a lot of fun, but the third time around, Elizabeth got sick, and... yeah...
"Please wait for the bar to lower," the ride operator said over the intercom.
"Oh my God! They've trapped me again! How in the bloody 'ell do ye' get out o' here?!" Jack yelled. He began furiously jerking up on the bar, but I just laughed.
"For the millionth time, it's there to keep you safe," Lindsay, told him.
"Oh yeah..." Jack said. The ship began to move, getting higher and higher with each swing. Will and Elizabeth had their hands in the air like everyone else, including Lindsay, Jessica, and me.
"C'mon, Jack! Put your hands up! It's great!" Jessica yelled. Jack screwed up his face, and he shook his head.
"That is the stupidest thing I could ever do here. Will, stop that. You look like a eunuch..." Jack said. Jack folded his arms and leaned back into the seat while the rest of us let out cheers of excitement and happiness.
And so, the ride continued. Lindsay and JP noticed that we'd been on a long time when they saw two ride operators arguing in the control booth ('who cares! this is great!' Elizabeth yelled.). Soon after, the ride operators announced that the ride was broken down.
"We're trapped!" Lindsay yelled.
"I've only been tryin' to tell ye' that forever now!" Jack yelled. "Not my fault ye' bloody idiots won't listen to me!"
"Well, you're crazy! We've got good reason not to listen to you!"
"I'm only crazy when I'm drunk!"
"Which is every day of your life!"
"You know what? I'm gonna shoot you..."
"Erica!"
"What?"
-- 1 hour later --
The Pirate Ship was closed the remainder of the day. We had to jump out of the ship to get off of the ride ('Abandon ship!' Jack yelled from the top of the mast.), and we spent a bit of time recuperating on Raging Rapids and the Turtles... We were in line for the best roller coaster in the park, the Phantom's Revenge. The pirates were getting restless...
"So, when do we get there?" Will asked.
"We should be there soon, right?" JP asked.
"About twenty more minutes," I said. We passed the time by playing Blackjack on JP's cell phone (Which amazed Jack and Will since they're card players). When we were finally in the ride pavilion, we stepped into the lines for the two front cars. Jack was getting used to the safety bars now, and we started slowly up the chain lift.
"How high up does this thing go?" Elizabeth yelled up to us.
"You have no idea..." Lindsay said.
"Is it fast?" JP asked.
"Oh yeah..." I said.
"Sweet..." JP replied.
"I want rum," Jack said.
"You always want rum!" Jessica said (Miss Luckypants is sitting next to him! *green with total envy*).
"So? Is that a problem?
"You're obsessive!"
"You're loud..."
"You're smelly!"
"Hey, only the feet are smelly. Nothing else..."
"Yeah, right! I'm about to die! Warn someone before you decide to leak toxic gases into the air!" Jessica said, pinching her nose shut.
"Oh c'mon, Jessica... you smell worse!" Lindsay said.
"Lindsay, I'm not discussing my toxic butt fumes, I'm talking about Jack's! Oh, God!" All of the sudden, the clicking of the chain lift subsided, we raised up our hands (except for Jack), and the screaming began. We went down a corkscrew turn, up a hill, an 'S' bend, and then down the 300 foot drop.
"We're gonna die!" Will yelled from behind me.
"So long, laddie!" Jack yelled up to Will. Cheers of excitement came from the rest of us as we hit the rainbow turn. We went right into the caterpillar bumps (Jack and Will still screaming like girlie-girls...haha... losers...), groans of pain coming from behind me (yeah, I'm sitting alone! *tear* hey, but I get the front seat! *smile*).
"I'm gonna spew!" Jack yelled.
"Dude! Turn your head! Don't do it down my back!" JP yelled.
-- 5 minutes later --
"You've got no sense of adventure," Elizabeth said as we left the roller coaster. Jack scowled while clutching his stomach. "OR a strong stomach by the looks of it..."
"I'm a pirate. Perfect sense of adventure and really strong stomach, thank you," Jack said. Elizabeth smiled as we stepped onto the Pittsburgh Plunge Shower Area (balcony that gets covered in water when the ride has a huge splash – that basically is the ride... ride up in a big boat, go down and make a huge splash).
"Oh really?" she asked. Elizabeth hit Jack in the stomach, and he went running for the garbage can next to the Dippin' Dots cart. Elizabeth smiled and continued walking.
"Pirate... yeah, right..." she said. We followed her to the world famous roller coaster known as the Thunderbolt and stood in line. JP looked excited to ride it as Will and Elizabeth had been, but as for the rest of us, we were experienced riders.... Jack finally joined us in line and spun around at the sound of the screams. His eyes widened in terror.
"Ah on... you aren't pullin' me on another one o' them death traps!" Jack said, turning to get out of line. We held him back, and Elizabeth smiled.
"Hmm... what happened to the great sense of adventure?" Elizabeth asked. Jack jaw dropped. He took that comment as a challenge. When in line, he and Elizabeth grabbed the front seat. I didn't think either of them would win, but Elizabeth proved me wrong...
When we left the Thunderbolt, we headed for the Pitt Fall. The tower rose 287 feet up with four seats on four sides. We approached the black and yellow tower, and Elizabeth gulped as she looked up at it. Jack smiled slyly.
"Not too full of yerself now, huh, Elizabeth?" Jack asked. Elizabeth was now the jaw-dropper, watching with shaking nerves as the people rose up slowly and then came plummeting to the bottom.
"What's up with this one?" JP asked us.
"It's cool...you go up in a minute, and you fly down in three seconds," Jessica said. Elizabeth gulped again as screams filled the area. Will comforted her as Jack laughed. I turned to JP and told him more about the ride.
"By the end of the ride, your stomach's in your throat..." I said.
"What?" Elizabeth choked out.
"Not literally..." Lindsay said. "It's what it feels like." Before long, the seven of us were on the Pitt Fall. Lindsay, JP, and I rode with Will (who complained that Jack was spending to much time with Elizabeth), and we left Jessica with Jack and Elizabeth... what a combo...
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-- I know it's bad, but you'll like the next one better. Well, cya in the next chappie. Please review! --
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN: "We're gonna die!"
Around 10 AM that morning, we walked through the underground gate to Kennywood's main entrance. For about an hour, we went on some slow-paced rides to get Jack, Will, and Elizabeth ready for an afternoon or roller coasters and thrill rides. They loved the place overall, but we had to do a lot of that evil 'e' word (See! I didn't say explaining! Oh, fudge...) After a ride on the Old Mill boat ride, we sat in the picnic pavilion next to the oldest ride in the park, Noah's Ark. We ate some fries (Jack about choked because he shoveled down so fast) while watching the magician on the stage at the front of the sunlit pavilion. "For the next illusion, Leo Stupendo will require an audience member!" the magician said (I know... lame name, huh?). Hands all around shot up, including JP's and Jessica's. The magician called JP up on stage (JP fell on the stairs... good job, goober! lol...). "And your name is?" Leo Stupendo asked. "I'm JP!" JP yelled into the microphone. Applause broke out, and the magician had JP assist him in a corny card trick. JP, full of card tricks himself (whoa... whooda thunk?), blew the magician's cover. "Dude, you're doing it all wrong. You missed the main part of the trick. See, you're ten of hearts should be a seven. Common mistake... I'm sure with more practice you'll catch on, buddy!"
-- 12:30 PM --
After humiliating Leo Stupendo, JP showed the entire audience how to perform the trick correctly. The crowd shouted for JP to stay and do more, but he refused and jumped off stage. He came running through the tables and we left the pavilion, loud applause following us.
Anyhoo, we were in line for the Pirate Ship ('It's the Black Pearl's sister ship!' Jack said. Oh please...) after three spins on King Kahuna. The ride was a lot of fun, but the third time around, Elizabeth got sick, and... yeah...
"Please wait for the bar to lower," the ride operator said over the intercom.
"Oh my God! They've trapped me again! How in the bloody 'ell do ye' get out o' here?!" Jack yelled. He began furiously jerking up on the bar, but I just laughed.
"For the millionth time, it's there to keep you safe," Lindsay, told him.
"Oh yeah..." Jack said. The ship began to move, getting higher and higher with each swing. Will and Elizabeth had their hands in the air like everyone else, including Lindsay, Jessica, and me.
"C'mon, Jack! Put your hands up! It's great!" Jessica yelled. Jack screwed up his face, and he shook his head.
"That is the stupidest thing I could ever do here. Will, stop that. You look like a eunuch..." Jack said. Jack folded his arms and leaned back into the seat while the rest of us let out cheers of excitement and happiness.
And so, the ride continued. Lindsay and JP noticed that we'd been on a long time when they saw two ride operators arguing in the control booth ('who cares! this is great!' Elizabeth yelled.). Soon after, the ride operators announced that the ride was broken down.
"We're trapped!" Lindsay yelled.
"I've only been tryin' to tell ye' that forever now!" Jack yelled. "Not my fault ye' bloody idiots won't listen to me!"
"Well, you're crazy! We've got good reason not to listen to you!"
"I'm only crazy when I'm drunk!"
"Which is every day of your life!"
"You know what? I'm gonna shoot you..."
"Erica!"
"What?"
-- 1 hour later --
The Pirate Ship was closed the remainder of the day. We had to jump out of the ship to get off of the ride ('Abandon ship!' Jack yelled from the top of the mast.), and we spent a bit of time recuperating on Raging Rapids and the Turtles... We were in line for the best roller coaster in the park, the Phantom's Revenge. The pirates were getting restless...
"So, when do we get there?" Will asked.
"We should be there soon, right?" JP asked.
"About twenty more minutes," I said. We passed the time by playing Blackjack on JP's cell phone (Which amazed Jack and Will since they're card players). When we were finally in the ride pavilion, we stepped into the lines for the two front cars. Jack was getting used to the safety bars now, and we started slowly up the chain lift.
"How high up does this thing go?" Elizabeth yelled up to us.
"You have no idea..." Lindsay said.
"Is it fast?" JP asked.
"Oh yeah..." I said.
"Sweet..." JP replied.
"I want rum," Jack said.
"You always want rum!" Jessica said (Miss Luckypants is sitting next to him! *green with total envy*).
"So? Is that a problem?
"You're obsessive!"
"You're loud..."
"You're smelly!"
"Hey, only the feet are smelly. Nothing else..."
"Yeah, right! I'm about to die! Warn someone before you decide to leak toxic gases into the air!" Jessica said, pinching her nose shut.
"Oh c'mon, Jessica... you smell worse!" Lindsay said.
"Lindsay, I'm not discussing my toxic butt fumes, I'm talking about Jack's! Oh, God!" All of the sudden, the clicking of the chain lift subsided, we raised up our hands (except for Jack), and the screaming began. We went down a corkscrew turn, up a hill, an 'S' bend, and then down the 300 foot drop.
"We're gonna die!" Will yelled from behind me.
"So long, laddie!" Jack yelled up to Will. Cheers of excitement came from the rest of us as we hit the rainbow turn. We went right into the caterpillar bumps (Jack and Will still screaming like girlie-girls...haha... losers...), groans of pain coming from behind me (yeah, I'm sitting alone! *tear* hey, but I get the front seat! *smile*).
"I'm gonna spew!" Jack yelled.
"Dude! Turn your head! Don't do it down my back!" JP yelled.
-- 5 minutes later --
"You've got no sense of adventure," Elizabeth said as we left the roller coaster. Jack scowled while clutching his stomach. "OR a strong stomach by the looks of it..."
"I'm a pirate. Perfect sense of adventure and really strong stomach, thank you," Jack said. Elizabeth smiled as we stepped onto the Pittsburgh Plunge Shower Area (balcony that gets covered in water when the ride has a huge splash – that basically is the ride... ride up in a big boat, go down and make a huge splash).
"Oh really?" she asked. Elizabeth hit Jack in the stomach, and he went running for the garbage can next to the Dippin' Dots cart. Elizabeth smiled and continued walking.
"Pirate... yeah, right..." she said. We followed her to the world famous roller coaster known as the Thunderbolt and stood in line. JP looked excited to ride it as Will and Elizabeth had been, but as for the rest of us, we were experienced riders.... Jack finally joined us in line and spun around at the sound of the screams. His eyes widened in terror.
"Ah on... you aren't pullin' me on another one o' them death traps!" Jack said, turning to get out of line. We held him back, and Elizabeth smiled.
"Hmm... what happened to the great sense of adventure?" Elizabeth asked. Jack jaw dropped. He took that comment as a challenge. When in line, he and Elizabeth grabbed the front seat. I didn't think either of them would win, but Elizabeth proved me wrong...
When we left the Thunderbolt, we headed for the Pitt Fall. The tower rose 287 feet up with four seats on four sides. We approached the black and yellow tower, and Elizabeth gulped as she looked up at it. Jack smiled slyly.
"Not too full of yerself now, huh, Elizabeth?" Jack asked. Elizabeth was now the jaw-dropper, watching with shaking nerves as the people rose up slowly and then came plummeting to the bottom.
"What's up with this one?" JP asked us.
"It's cool...you go up in a minute, and you fly down in three seconds," Jessica said. Elizabeth gulped again as screams filled the area. Will comforted her as Jack laughed. I turned to JP and told him more about the ride.
"By the end of the ride, your stomach's in your throat..." I said.
"What?" Elizabeth choked out.
"Not literally..." Lindsay said. "It's what it feels like." Before long, the seven of us were on the Pitt Fall. Lindsay, JP, and I rode with Will (who complained that Jack was spending to much time with Elizabeth), and we left Jessica with Jack and Elizabeth... what a combo...
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-- I know it's bad, but you'll like the next one better. Well, cya in the next chappie. Please review! --