Chapter sixteen: Camp.
Everyone got off the ship together. Mariah, Mariam, Hilary and Isis were in high spirits, chatting and giggling like there was no end to it. They all kept together, close to Isis. Between the lads however it seemed to be a lot more tense. Kai and Tyson sending death glares at each other and Max and Ray constantly avoiding them. Kenny however was just impatient to get to camp.
They spotted a handsome youth around a year older than Kei and Isis with a card with Bladebreakers written over it. He was leaning casually on a land rover, he noticed them and smiled. Nearly all the girls felt their heart skip two beats, and start going all starry-eyes. Isis just smirked and tapped Mariam and Hilary on the back.
"You two, your boyfriends are only over there." She whispered in their ears. Noticing the faces on Max and Tyson. Mariam and Hilary nodded, though still slightly starry-eyed.
"Yeah, and we've seen the magazines they have. We aren't stupid..." Hilary told her vaguely. Isis rolled her eyes, though giggling.
The youth came over to them. An overconfident smile written all over him. She observed Max and Tyson bristle slightly.
"Hey, so you're the Bladebreakers?" He asked, observing Isis with a seductive eye. "And you are?" He asked her, taking her left hand and kissing it. She whipped it away, a pink tinge in her cheeks.
"I'm the fifth blader." She told him, slight embarrassment in her voice.
He smiled at her.
"Ah yes... So you are the Sliver Phoenix, they never told me how beautiful you are." He told her in the same voice.
"Er..." She trailed off, not knowing how to react. Lucky for her Kai scowled and slipped his arms around her waist.
"Do you mind?" He growled at him. The youth lost his composure for less than a minute.
"Well if I had known..." He told him. "My name is Hairo. I'm your guide; I'll take you to your camp." His voice grew more serious, though he still had that seductive glint in his eyes.
Isis shivered for some unknown reason.
"We'd better get going them shan't we?"
They all climbed into the land rover, it was a tight squeeze and it was Kenny's misfortune to be stuck between Tyson and Kai. Tyson was still glowering over what Kai had done when Hairo had tried to hit on his cousin. No-one was looking forward to the journey.
"We'll be there in about ten minutes! Not to long." Hairo grinned as they all sighed.
It was going to be a VERY long ten minutes.
They finally arrived at the camp. Two medium sized tents a camp fire and a wash room to be more precise. Everyone got out the Land Rover; the journey had been next to unbearable and everyone was glad to get out.
Mariam and Isis bagged the biggest tent before anyone else even got out. They crept inside to find four sleeping bags, along with two cool boxes in the corner and crate of pans. Hilary and Mariah came in, laughing at the horrified expressions on both girls faces.
"What's wrong?" Hilary asked them.
"I can't cook." They both said in unison. Mariah burst out laughing, hysterically rolling on the floor. Hilary giggled along side her. Mariam and Isis frowned, embarrassed.
"It's not funny!" Mariam told them, her emerald eyes full of fear because of the metal saucepans in the crate. Ray and Tyson came to see what the commotion was.
"Er..."
Mariah looked up then burst out laughing again.
"What's going on?"
"I think Mariah finds it funny on the fact we can't cook." Isis went bright red.
Ray chortled, instantly receiving threatening looks from both Mariam and Isis.
"Hey! Come on even Tyson can cook. I'm sure Chief can look up some recipes and stuff that you can follow." He told them encouragingly.
Tyson just looked offended at the 'Even Tyson can cook.' Part.
"That wasn't funny Ray."
"Sorry Tyson."
Everyone laughed quietly.
"So have you checked out your tent?" Mariah stifled her laughter.
"Yeah, we have four sleeping bags. We came into ask if you had a spare one." Tyson asked them hopefully.
"Nope, sorry." Isis told them. "Can't you ask Hairo if we can have another one?"
"He's gone already." Ray frowned.
"What? So we're stuck here?" She replied; her eyes wide with panic.
"Yup." Tyson nodded his head sorrowfully. "I'm so hungry! I haven't eaten anything since breakfast." He groaned, once more completely changing the subject.
"Well you'll just have to wait won't you? We need to check how much food we have and how long we have to stay here." Hilary warned.
Tyson just groaned.
They all got out of the tent. Kenny was on Dizzy as usual, upgrading Tyson's beyblade. Kei was just sitting down on one of the log benches that had been placed near the campfire. A scowl was written over his face.
"So erm... Who wants to check this place out?" Mariam asked them. Everyone agreed, except Tyson and Kenny; they were just interested in getting Tyson's blade sorted out. Hilary decided to stay with them, not really wanting to go out into the jungle.
So Kai, Ray, Max, Mariam, Mariah and Isis all walked down a small dirt path. All talking as they ambled along in the sunshine. No one really noticing just where they going.
No one noticed the clouds above them grow darker as they entered the rainforest.
