Hey Guys! Well I guess I'm sorry for taking sooo long to update, I was involved in my other story. Oh well! Here's the next Chap!
Chapter 4When we entered the room we went through weird tunnels. It was freaky. Aja said it was called 'sterilization'. We walked through another door and came to a desk. There was a guy standing there in a red jumpsuit. He was something called a vedder. "Hi!" Bobby said cheerfully and held out his hand to shake. Without saying anything, the guy poked a tiny needle into Bobby's pinkie. "Hey!" he said surprised. "What was that for!". I chuckled loudly just to make him feel worse. "You will both need it," Aja said. The delighted smile fell from my face.
After walking through tons of high tech stuff, crossing a really high bridge, and Aja explaining it all, we entered a tiny little square room with two round plate things on one wall. After all the amazing things we saw I was still mad at Bobby. "Look, this is Lifelight," Aja said proudly. "It's the most advanced system on Veelox,". "Yeah, really," I said. "Maybe you should take look outside. It seems like all you guys can talk about is gloid,". "Gloid is a food product and yes, it's very popular. At least it was until people started jumping for their entire lives." Aja said. "Oh, right, well lets get going!" I shouted with excitement. "So I'm guessing we go into the tubes?" Bobby asked. "Yes," Aja said. We did what Aja told us and got into the tubes.
After lying in the dark space for a while I heard, "Hello, Jacqui!". "Ahh!" I screamed. In response I jumped up and banged my head on the top of the cramped cylinder I was lying in. It only was Aja communicating through some speaker. She told us to close our eyes and when I opened them again I saw my family sitting at a big table, like one in a restaurant. Sitting to my left was some little girl who I had
know idea who she was and to my right was Bobby. "Whoa," I muttered. "Is this Lifelight?" Bobby asked dumbfounded. "Well it isn't a hologram, so maybe this is what Aja meant when she said Lifelight creates the perfect reality," I said.
"What's Likemite?" came a squeaky voice from behind me. I turned in my chair and saw that the little girl was trying to talk to me.
"Excuse but, do I know you?" I asked in a kind voice. "It's me, Shannon," she said like I should have known that. I decided to play along and said, "Oh, I was just joking! I knew it was you!". "Hey Shannon," Bobby said as casually as he could, "Tell mom and dad that we're going to go find a bathroom,". "Why?" she asked. "Please Sharon? Uh I'm mean ummm Shannon!" I said. Nice one Jacqui. "Okay, but you're acting very strange today," she answered. "Thanks, bye!" Bobby said and pulled me away from the table.
We kept walking until we found a nice, quiet corner in the restaurant. "Look, are you still mad at me?" Bobby said with desperation. "Maybe," I said disrespectfully. "Why?" he asked.
I let my guard down and said, "Well, I guess this is just hard to believe. I mean, look at me. First I'm on a little school field trip, then the next thing I know, I'm fluming off to some imaginary land where people waste their lives pretending to have a perfect life! Well, they should learn that life isn't always perfect. Like how my life isn't perfect! Bobby, I don't know what to do anymore! Should I just go home and forget about travelers and territories and Saint Dane! Or should I fulfill my duties as a traveler and help you?"
"I can't really make you do anything, so you have to decide, but I do want to say that being a traveler isn't all that bad! I've gotten to see some amazing things and meet some amazing people that are now some of my closest friends," Bobby said. "I think… um, I think I'm gonna stick to it!" I said finally. "That's great!" Bobby said. "Glad to have you on the team!"
"Let's get back to dinner," I said. On our way back we talked about what we would have to do save Veelox. Plus Bobby explained some traveler stuff and told me about Loor, Spader, Alder, Gunny, and of course, his uncle Press. I pretended not to know about any of it even though I already knew everything he did!"I'm guessing we know each other, you know, in this jump?" I said. "I guess. Let's just play along with what everyone else says. Okay?" Bobby suggested.
Before I could reply I heard, "Hey guys! Where have you been?" my mom asked. "Oh Susan," Mrs. Pendragon said. "They were looking for a bathroom,". "Oh, alright," she replied. "Don't they look so cute together?" my mom whispered. Or should I say tried to whisper. It was so loud, that her voice carried over to the opposite end of the table where Shannon squealed "Ewwww!" "I agree with her!" I said, trying to hide some embarrassment. "So Mrs. Paul, how have you been?" Bobby asked trying to change the subject.
"Well, Jacqui went to summer camp and actually danced with a boy!" she said, barely able to contain her excitement. "Mom!" I said angrily. "Oops!" she said and lightly clasped her hand around her mouth. My mom and Bobby's started giggling. It was scary. Even Bobby had to keep himself from snickering just a little. "No way!" Shannon said unbelievingly. "Boys are icky!". "Yeah boys are icky!" I said loudly, shoving Bobby lightly.
"You can say that again," came a voice from behind us. "Huh?" I exclaimed surprised. "Hey!" Aja Killian said. "Aja?" Bobby said surprised. "How can you be here?". "I'll explain back in the real world," she said calmly. "Time to go,". "What? Already?" Bobby whined. "Just a few more minutes?" I asked. "I'll never ever, ever, comment on your annoying cockiness and crude remarks again?". "Hmm," she pondered the deal. "I guess it's worth it,". In that instant, she vanished. "Jacqui, Jacqui!" Shannon said, annoyed. "Who are you talking to?". "Oh I was just… talking to my imaginary friend, uh… Bob!" I said, stuttering. "Yeah! Bye Bob!" Bobby said, playing along. "Okaaaaay," she said. "Whew," I whispered. "Let's head out for the car then," my dad said.
With that, we all got up and walked to the exit of the restaurant, which just happened to be Olive Garden. I loved Olive Garden. Too bad we didn't get there earlier. I love the pasta!
As we were about to walk out of Olive Garden, everything went black. "Huh?" I said surprised. I started groping around and felt something hard and cold. I jerked my hands back in and fell on my back.
"Calm down!" Aja scolded. "You're going to hurt yourself. Or even worse, damage the equipment!" "What a nice welcome," I said sarcastically. "Uh-Uh," she said. "You promised to end the comments!" "Whatever. Just get me out of here!" I yelled with frustration. "Get me out of here, what?" she said obviously trying to test me on how far I would go until broke my promise. "Get me out, please," I grumbled. "As you wish!" she said. A few minutes later light flooded back into the chamber.
Sooooo, how was it? Not too bad, ehh? Well, sorry to say, but updates might not be coming too soon. Hehe. Sorry again! Please review!