Disclaimer: I do not own the lost world nor anything pertaining to it or its contexts
I was awoken at about 1:50pm by a sailor. The seas had been favorable as well as the wind. Currently we were camping. This was only the first half of the trip; the second half was yet to come. The crew was nervous for all through our trip on the canal the natives of this land began to play their savage drums with fierce determination. Patty and Evangeline were cheerfully decoding the savage drum menu of each person. Me, Flo, Liv, and Tony were described as to thin and therefore not good for eating. On the bright side our bones could be used for some fine jewelry. Robbie, Alex, Evangeline, and Patty were described as perfect for the main course. We were all satisfied when they no longer spoke of the menu. I did not add that they also said the main course would be perfect with a side of hyena. I didn't know who was more offended us or the hyenas.
When dawn approached we immediately set sail and landed on our final part of the journey. After crossing a raging river we came to the same spot where Challenger stood facing the sheer like mountain which was in fact the plateau.
"well Alex, being our Chart Drawer what do you think of our position so far?" I asked. "well, all we need to do now is get over that tall mountain and we should be on the plateau." Alex summarized.
"Awesome" Ana added.
"Yup, just fantastic" Flo said sarcastically. "Isn't this the same spot where the previous expedition got attacked by natives?"
"Check it out," Tony began, "While I ready our state of the art 3000x hot air balloon and these lovely chicks help me out; Robbie, Evangeline, and Steph can aim their sniper guns and shoot any natives that dare cross our path. Then we get in and launch our gigantic balloon. As we soar over clouds I'll be surrounded by girls and beers……"
"Tony" Patty interrupted.
"…and we'll all be showered in …."
"Tony", we all screamed.
"What?" Tony answered.
"Enough with your fantasy because your not getting any" Flo said effectively bursting his bubble.
"To bad man" Robbie said to Tony as we went to grab his gun.
"Yeah man I thought it was the perfect picture" Tony remarked mournfully to Robbie.
After Tony's detailed fantasy, which was a little to much info for us, we all got to work.
Unfortunately after moments of blissful jungle soundtrack the forest became silent.
"Do you hear anything?" Evangeline asked
"No, that's odd" Robbie commented "everything's just gone silent."
"Well guys, you know what they say if you can't hear it then something's stopping it" I said.
"In other words were not alone" Evangeline said.
"Yup"Robbie responded, "alright everyone seems like we have company"
"Hurry up" Tony scolded
"You hurry up" Flo retorted
"There they go again" Ana commented
"Will you both just shut up"Liv stated
"And work"Alex mumbled
"Hey" I whispered to Evangeline and Robbie. They moved over to my position. All three of us were crouched behind a boulder. I pointed into the jungle at several shadowy forms who seemed to be half black half white.
"Hey, look their half black and half white like Michael Jackson" Robbie commented.
"I wondered if they dangle their kids" I said next.
"Imagine the plastic surgery they must have done, not to mention their Neverland ranch which you can never leave" Evangeline laughed.
After our temporary laughing fit we turned serious. We were out numbered by 10 munchkins. And I mean Munchkins with some serious spears. From experience on other explorations we knew not to underestimate them.
"Well this is new, I thought they would be taller" Robbie observed.
"Too bad Michael Jackson's not here he'd have a field day" Evangeline responded.
"Ok ok guys enough fun, seriously they look pissed off"I said.
As if some invisible barrier had been let loose the munchkins attacked us from all sides.
"ow nasty little buggers"Robbie said as he kicked one off who had just bit him.
"Better get a rabies shot" I said
Evangeline and I could barely suppress our laughter.
"We can't waste any more fire power" Evangeline remarked.
Shooting and running we made it back to the balloon just as Tony was preparing for lift off. We took off as we fought spears and little people trying to get into the balloon. Those hanging on to the balloons ropes were immediately cut off.
As our balloon entered the clouds we started spinning out of control and if that wasn't enough we plummeted several feet which left us screaming and holding on for dear life.
Finally we seemed to move from the system and the thundering which a moment ago drowned out everything else faded into the distance. In front of us we could make out the tree top of tropical palm trees and vegetation. We all thought the worst was over until the balloon decided it wasn't finished yet and took another plummet to the ground shrouding everything in darkness.