Chapter 4: Shockingly Strange
Again thank you A-Roq this chapters for you!
"Hurry up!" Rosie squealed impatiently almost beetroot. I sighed and rolled my eyes mentally (it was best not to aggravate her in these situations or she might charge) grabbing some books from the locker. I had to leap back as she triumphantly slammed it shut, the blonde in me went to turn a key and almost slapped myself as comprehension dawned…dun dun dun there was no key! I still hadn't got used to that random fact.
I turned round to see an empty space where Rosie ought to have to been Jesus Mary and Joseph that girl could move when there was a Ray shaped object involved. I energetically plodded down the front steps (woo hoo freedom…until we got caught!)
"So what are you going to wear?" Rosie babbled excitedly, I looked up astounded (she was as mad as a drunk badger …planning an outfit for breaking and entering!).
"Err no offence Ro…but why are you planning an outfit!" she looked over disbelievingly at me as we trudged up the large driveway to hell sweet hell.
"Well Ally we are going to see him ya know!" she rolled her eyes as if she couldn't quite believe I'd been so dumb. Struggling with the key and the lock that seems to know when I want to use it. I said irritably,
"Right so you're planning on just gate crashing?" she was silent as I sped upstairs and had the quickest shower of my life (only 30 minutes whoa I beat my record! The eoh would be proud!). By the time I'd actually got dressed into an interesting something that both her highness and I approved of (red top, normal black skirt and surprisingly black boots and actually straight hair! Which to me was a bloody miracle with make-up of course). I felt more like I was dressed for a wedding than a break in.
We left at nine; Rosie avec le scary pink beret directed us to the mansion and some mansion it was. A narrow drive led up to a grand, magnificent brick mansion set in glossy green grounds. All this I was unable to appreciate as Rosie directed me to climb the huge gate in a skirt. Marvellous.
Eventually we made it although my hair wasn't straight anyway and joy of the world as if from nowhere menacing grey thunderheads speedily rolled in it began to pour down. Rosie however seemed to be ignoring this and was impressed with the fact that Ray lived here.
"Oh my god, this is sooo cool!"
"Right."
I mumbled through gritted teeth as we trudged up the road blue light and a resounding crack like lightening suddenly sounded to the slight left of Rosie. Screaming she ran towards something large, menacing, metallic and bulky it looked like something out of star wars many more came up from the ground and simultaneously began to fire at us. We sprinted back towards the gate as fast as our skinny and used-to-a-car legs would carry us, trying to dodge every sinister sound behind us.
We neared the gate with the guns blazing down upon us until we were confronted with the stubbornly shut and unmoving gate, shivering, panicking and fearful.
An obvious thought occurred to me as comprehension dawned; perhaps we could try and climb the gate. I looked to Rosie and gestured for her to climb but she was isolated with fear staring straight down the barrel of the gun directly in front of her. I grabbed the arm nearest to me and tried to leap up and climb, getting the gist, finally Rosie followed.
We ran away unharmed until we couldn't see the institute. The rain had finally lifted leaving us cold, afraid, exhausted and bedraggled. Without a word we separated and went our own ways. The house had suddenly had become the safest place known to man.