Maxie Land Chapter 2-Dennis
(Just so you remember the cliff-hanger, Kai went into Max's bedroom and came out with.......)
"DENNIS!" cried Max happily, his broken leg forgotten. He reached out to take the cuddly toy from Kai.
Dennis was a medium sized creamy coloured mouse with patchy feet and ears, a pointy knobbly blob of a nose, a wide smile, smiley eyes and chocolaty coloured stripes along his arms, legs and ears. He had a patchy, faded pair of orange dungarees on him and a self knitted purple scarf.
"He kinda resembles you max" said Kai giving a rare smile.
"Aww" Max cuddled Dennis, breathing in the dusty smell. "How did you know I had him?" asked Max. Kai just gave a small smile.
"I never dared to tell the other guys or anyone else apart from Mum and Dad about him in case they laughed at me. Michael found him once and kept teasing me about it then dropped him off the balcony and into a tree, but Mum made him fetch it back, I've had Dennis since the day I was born."
Rei came back into his bedroom looking a bit fed up. "The hospital says Max will have to wait, even if he has a broken leg because it's not very important as an emergency in the city said Rei, "a bus crashed into the central train station and the fire's burnt down the art gallery next door, the taxi terminal and one of the first class carriages. They've got most of the police cars and all the fire engines and ambulances there, they say it'll be 12 hours at the least until they're free."
Kai was furious "this city must have more than one hospital! And more than enough ambulances! What did they do in the Second World War!. WE have to get Max to the hospital; there is a tournament in 3 weeks time you know!"
"Where are Kenny and Tyson?" asked Max.
"Still asleep" said Rei "Kenny was up until 12.00pm last night on his laptop. I think he's got a Sonic Hedgehog game he's been keeping away from us."
Kai stalked off. "Where's he gone?" asked Max. Rei shrugged.
There was the sound of running water for a long time.
"I don't think it's the bucket this time" said Rei.
"Tyson better watch out!" said Max.
Kai had filled the bath half full of cold water and had gone into Tyson's room to find him snoring, tangled up in his sheets one arm under the pillow. Tyson was a deep sleeper and didn't feel a thing when Kai dragged him across the landing to the bathroom.
However he did feel something when Kai dumped him into the bath.
Cold. Intense cold.
"Argh!" screamed Tyson; he sat up, clawing at his wet clothes, "Kai!" His long hair was plastered to his face and back and water dripped down his face in front of his eyes. He blew it out of the way. "What the hell!"
"Max has broken his leg, the hospital has no ambulances to spare so some of us are thinking of a way to help Max" said Kai calmly.
"Max broke his leg?" said Tyson, he'd simmered down a little now "let's see" he climbed out of the bath and left a trail of water all the way to Rei's bedroom.
Kai went to wake up Kenny and then to make a scattered breakfast. A bacon sandwich with tomatoes for max, his favourite and cereal for the rest of them.
Tyson finished off the packet. Rei and Tyson had gotten max a little more comfortable and they were all gathered around in Rei's bedroom, Tyson spilling crumbs all over the bed.
Max winced as he shifted positions "owwww, I've never broken a bone before."
"Then you're lucky" said Rei.
"I broke my arm and collarbone in grade 4 once" said Tyson.
"I've broken 14 bones said Kai hollowly "some of them twice."
"How did you do that?" asked Tyson. Kai was silent.
"Shouldn't we be thinking of a way of getting max to a hospital?" said Kenny "we could take a taxi."
"Taxi terminal where all the taxis are kept is on fire" aid Rei.
"Walk?" suggested Tyson.
"Let me repeat Tyson" said Kenny, "he has a broken leg and it is 15 miles to the next hospital."
"Bus?"
"I don't want everyone staring at me!" said Max.
"BBA" said Rei.
"Junior tournament in Paris" said Kenny.
"They'll have cars there" said Tyson.
"We're all underage for driving" said Kenny "we need another type of transport or car."
Kai who had been silent for a while spoke up. "I can drive" he said simply "and I know where we can get a car."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please review! Hope you liked the chapter even though not much happened, should be more action next.
(Just so you remember the cliff-hanger, Kai went into Max's bedroom and came out with.......)
"DENNIS!" cried Max happily, his broken leg forgotten. He reached out to take the cuddly toy from Kai.
Dennis was a medium sized creamy coloured mouse with patchy feet and ears, a pointy knobbly blob of a nose, a wide smile, smiley eyes and chocolaty coloured stripes along his arms, legs and ears. He had a patchy, faded pair of orange dungarees on him and a self knitted purple scarf.
"He kinda resembles you max" said Kai giving a rare smile.
"Aww" Max cuddled Dennis, breathing in the dusty smell. "How did you know I had him?" asked Max. Kai just gave a small smile.
"I never dared to tell the other guys or anyone else apart from Mum and Dad about him in case they laughed at me. Michael found him once and kept teasing me about it then dropped him off the balcony and into a tree, but Mum made him fetch it back, I've had Dennis since the day I was born."
Rei came back into his bedroom looking a bit fed up. "The hospital says Max will have to wait, even if he has a broken leg because it's not very important as an emergency in the city said Rei, "a bus crashed into the central train station and the fire's burnt down the art gallery next door, the taxi terminal and one of the first class carriages. They've got most of the police cars and all the fire engines and ambulances there, they say it'll be 12 hours at the least until they're free."
Kai was furious "this city must have more than one hospital! And more than enough ambulances! What did they do in the Second World War!. WE have to get Max to the hospital; there is a tournament in 3 weeks time you know!"
"Where are Kenny and Tyson?" asked Max.
"Still asleep" said Rei "Kenny was up until 12.00pm last night on his laptop. I think he's got a Sonic Hedgehog game he's been keeping away from us."
Kai stalked off. "Where's he gone?" asked Max. Rei shrugged.
There was the sound of running water for a long time.
"I don't think it's the bucket this time" said Rei.
"Tyson better watch out!" said Max.
Kai had filled the bath half full of cold water and had gone into Tyson's room to find him snoring, tangled up in his sheets one arm under the pillow. Tyson was a deep sleeper and didn't feel a thing when Kai dragged him across the landing to the bathroom.
However he did feel something when Kai dumped him into the bath.
Cold. Intense cold.
"Argh!" screamed Tyson; he sat up, clawing at his wet clothes, "Kai!" His long hair was plastered to his face and back and water dripped down his face in front of his eyes. He blew it out of the way. "What the hell!"
"Max has broken his leg, the hospital has no ambulances to spare so some of us are thinking of a way to help Max" said Kai calmly.
"Max broke his leg?" said Tyson, he'd simmered down a little now "let's see" he climbed out of the bath and left a trail of water all the way to Rei's bedroom.
Kai went to wake up Kenny and then to make a scattered breakfast. A bacon sandwich with tomatoes for max, his favourite and cereal for the rest of them.
Tyson finished off the packet. Rei and Tyson had gotten max a little more comfortable and they were all gathered around in Rei's bedroom, Tyson spilling crumbs all over the bed.
Max winced as he shifted positions "owwww, I've never broken a bone before."
"Then you're lucky" said Rei.
"I broke my arm and collarbone in grade 4 once" said Tyson.
"I've broken 14 bones said Kai hollowly "some of them twice."
"How did you do that?" asked Tyson. Kai was silent.
"Shouldn't we be thinking of a way of getting max to a hospital?" said Kenny "we could take a taxi."
"Taxi terminal where all the taxis are kept is on fire" aid Rei.
"Walk?" suggested Tyson.
"Let me repeat Tyson" said Kenny, "he has a broken leg and it is 15 miles to the next hospital."
"Bus?"
"I don't want everyone staring at me!" said Max.
"BBA" said Rei.
"Junior tournament in Paris" said Kenny.
"They'll have cars there" said Tyson.
"We're all underage for driving" said Kenny "we need another type of transport or car."
Kai who had been silent for a while spoke up. "I can drive" he said simply "and I know where we can get a car."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please review! Hope you liked the chapter even though not much happened, should be more action next.