Alright! Ch. 3! Sorry this one took longer- I was doing a lot of things, and I was also trying to think up exactly how what was going to happen next was going to happen. I've also been real busy– starting school again soon -- gawd, why can't Christmas break last longer? Anyway, I'll be putting up new chapters a lot more often when school starts. XD I know that sounds weird, but the way my writing abilities work is, when I want to get my mind off of something, I write, so I'll be wanting to get my mind off of school- trust me. That also means that my writer's block will go away. Yay! - anyway, without further ado, here it is! Ch. 3!!
The boys sat silently, when suddenly they heard a scream. They looked up and saw Tea, who was hugging herself tightly, panting, and almost crying. Yugi immediately went over to her.
"What's wrong, Tea?!" He exclaimed, a worried look on his face.
"I just had a nightmare- the most horrible..." she whispered.
"What happened?" Joey piped up. Tea looked up at Joey, tears forming in her eyes.
"You got bit by a snake..." she looked down, "and died..." Joey blinked, his chocolate eyes directed in Tea's direction. He then started to laugh. Everyone looked at Joey with a kind of 'are you insane or something?' expression.
"That's not gonna happen, Tea," Joey laughed. Tea shook her head.
"You're probably right... but still," Joey could only laugh some more.
"Tea, don't worry yourself, I'll be fine," Joey stood up. "So, what do you guys say to going out and finding something to eat- or maybe looking for the other people that were on the tour?" Joey suggested. Yugi, Tea, and Tristen looked at each other.
"Alright," Tristen stood up. "Better than just sitting here, waiting for death to overcome us," he walked over to the door.
"But..." Tea protested, "what if one of us gets bit by a snake or something? Besides, the others on the tour might've been bit and died already anyway..." she shivered at the thought. Tristen closed his eyes and shook his head.
"Tea, don't worry. We'll be fine," he looked over at Yugi. "How about we split up? Yugi'll come with me, and Tea can go with Joey?" he suggested. Yugi and Joey nodded, while Tea shook her head. The three boys sighed.
"We shouldn't split up!" Tea exclaimed. "You guys watch those horror movies! Every time the group splits up, they get caught, or die, or something!"
"Those're MOVIES, Tea!" Joey retorted. Tea started to tear up.
"I don't want anyone getting hurt!!" She clenched her eyes shut and shook her head violently. "No, no, no, no, no, no!!!" Joey sighed.
"Fine, I'll go on my own, and Yugi and Tristen can go together. You can stay here," Joey said. Tea shook her head.
"No! I'll go! You can't go alone!!" She stood up and ran over to Joey. Joey nodded.
"Glad that's settled. Now, let's go! Tea and I'll look for food and water, and you guys can look for the other tourists. If you happen to run across some food, grab it and bring it back- we meet back when it starts to get dark, okay?" Everyone nodded in agreement.
They walked out, and into the jungle-like forest. After a bit of walking, they finally split up, saying fond 'good-byes' like they were leaving each other for good, or one of the two groups was going to die or something. Joey and Tea trudged on, Tea staying close behind Joey, almost holding onto his arm. They were silent, thinking.
"Joey, how do you think we'll get out of here?" Tea broke the quiet moment. Joey shrugged.
"I'm sure we'll be fine even if we don't find a way outta here in the next week or so, Tea," Joey assured her. Tea nodded.
"You had better be right..."
The two soon came onto a large pond-like swamp. Greenery surrounded the small body of water, and algae could be seen in the water. Tea shook her head.
"That is way undrinkable," she stated. Joey nodded.
"Well of course, who knows how many snakes have been in there. But, usually there's a sort of river, maybe a stream, that flows into a swamp like this," the blonde looked around. "Question is, where is that stream?" Tea watched Joey warily, when suddenly he stepped toward the swamp.
"Joey, you're not going in there!? Are you?!" Tea shrieked. Joey let out a laugh.
"I'll be fine, you watch. I'm just going to look around. I'll be dry before no time anyway. Besides, I wanna see how deep this goes," Joey took a step forward into the murky water. He slipped a little, but kept his balance.
He took another step forward, and soon he was up to his waist. He looked around while being in the water, walking to the center of the swamp, the water still at about his waist.
"Tch, this water isn't even that deep anyway," he mumbled, looking around. He walked farther.
"Joey!! Don't go too far!! I don't want to be alone over here!!" Tea pleaded. Joey sighed, rolling his eyes.
"Alright, alright, Tea. I just want to see..." He took a few more steps forward when suddenly the ground he stepped on slipped out from below him. He tripped back, but got back up, sputtering and coughing.
"Joey!! Are you alright?!" Tea exclaimed from the bank. Joey nodded, shaking his arms a little from the water. "Joey, come back to the bank!!" Tea pleaded. Joey let out a sigh. But there was one thing he couldn't help but wonder...
'What the hell was that?!' The blonde, still stricken with questions, turned and started to wade back to the shore, when suddenly, he felt something smooth against his waist for a moment, but then it disappeared. He blinked, looking around.
"What the-?!" suddenly, a large snake jerked up from underwater right next to him. Joey could hear Tea shriek. The snake swung forward at Joey-
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And Joey held up his hand. The snake's fangs dug into the back of his hand, and all the way through. Joey let out a scream of pain. The snake wouldn't let go. Joey grabbed the snake's jaw and pushed inward. The snake released it's grasp, and Joey pulled the fangs from his hand, and threw the snake into the water. As he did so, he ran back to the shore, where Tea was now crying. She took Joey's bitten hand and examined it. Crimson liquid dripped to the ground. Tea cringed.
"Joey..." she whispered. Joey rolled his eyes a little.
"Just a snake bite," he replied. He tore his shirt at the bottom and started to wrap it around the wound. Tea shook her head quickly. She ripped from the bottom of her shirt and wrapped it around Joey's wound as well. Joey let out a sigh.
"Are you happy now, Joey?" Tea asked. The blonde blinked, confused. "You asked for excitement, and now you got it. And you might die, too," Tea wiped her eyes. Joey sighed again. He stood up.
"Come on, let's get outta here before Monty Python decides to come back," he let out a laugh. Tea looked up at him with a sort of, 'this is NOT time to be FUNNY, Joey!' and he sweatdropped. He held out a hand, she took it, and they were on their way back.
They soon reached the small building, and went in, knowing they were safe from pretty much any harm in there. They sat down, and waited for Yugi and Tristen's return.
The two boys, almost immediately after they sat, came walking through the door, Tristen with a large bag of some sort, and Yugi with what looked to be some of the greenery out in the woods. They both set their findings down.
"Well? What about you guys?" Tristen asked. "You don't get anything unless you have something to put in the share bin," he joked. Joey held out his bitten hand, and Tea tossed in some vines. Tristen blinked at Joey.
"So what? You're telling me that Joey here doesn't have anything, and the only thing you guys found were vines?" Tea looked down sadly.
"Tristen, we found a small swamp, and Joey went in to look around for a stream that ran into it. He didn't think a snake was going to jump out of the water and bite his hand," she looked up at him, eyes pleading. "Tristen, Joey might be really hurt, and we came back here as soon as we could, so please, don't give us a hard time," Tristen let out a sigh.
"I was joking, but alright," he reached into the bag. "Found this on the car we came in on, it has some medical stuff in it, here," he pulled out some bandages. Joey removed the two pieces of clothing that were now soaked in the crimson blood. Tristen took out some water, and some disinfectant, and cleaned it up. Joey flinched at the disinfectant, and then wrapped the bandage around it.
"You'll be okay bud," Tristen smiled, patting the blonde's forearm. The group looked over at Yugi. Yugi nodded to the roots.
"They're good eating, promise. And Tristen, don't hold back on the other food we found either," Tristen let out a sigh, digging into the pack and pulling out jerky, and some different fruits.
"We'd better eat the fruits first," Joey stated. The others nodded, and soon were engorged in eating the delectable, (A/N: to them...) colorful, juicy fruits. Food... how great it tasted.
Little did they know it wouldn't last for long.
Pain and suffering await the four.
There! Voila! Sorry!! So so so soooo sorry! I came down with the chicken pox right when I was in the middle of writing this -- I hate them, they're HORRIBLE. Never EVER get the chicken pox when you're thirteen! It's not fun! Anyway, read and review please! Thanks!