Chappie 3

2D groaned as he lifted his head up from the hard floor. He blinked a few times and rolled over to get up. He realized he must have been out for a long time since it was dark. Slowly, he felt his way along the walls and to the door. He opened it and it was still dark. Either there had been a power cut or it was already night.

He crept through the lobby and the corridor to the car park. He glanced at Murdoc's Winnebago as he entered his room. He knew that Murdoc had smashed his face into the wall. Still, he never felt like hating him. This was probably due to his brain damage when Murdoc had run him over twice with a car. That was also the reason he was called 2D. 2D meant two dents that he had in the back of his head from the car.

Once inside, he grabbed the ice pack he had been using previously and held it against his pulsating forehead. He looked in his mirror and saw he had a huge bruise there as well as a long cut.

He sighed and fell back on his bed. Despite he had slept through most of the day, he needed to rest his painful head.

He tossed and turned but couldn't drift off to sleep. Not just because of his head. He hadn't been sleeping well for a few weeks now. He had heavy bags under his eyes. He decided to take some sleeping pills. What else could he do? He sat up and reached over to his small bedside table. He fumbled for the pills in the dark but managed to get two. He never liked swallowing pills with water. He said it made them too mushy. So he quickly put the pills in his mouth and knocked his head back. This caused his head to pulse even harder.

He grumbled and laid back down.

"Shibui…(cool…)" Noodle whispered as she read one of her comics. She was under the covers of her bed with a torch. She did this quite often.

Suddenly, she heard a noise and quickly turned her torch off and hid the comic under her pillow. She pretended she was still asleep. She opened one eye and saw it was only Del, coming through her door. She let out a short sigh, sat back up and continued to read her comic. She didn't need the torch because Del glowed quite brightly since he was a ghostly spirit.

"What you doin' up?" Asked Del, peering over her shoulder "You know you're meant to be in bed, yeah?"

"Wakatteru.(I know.)" she replied, engrossed in her comic.

"Well, I thought I might as well give you a heads up. Russel is comin' down to check on you. I suggest you get to sleep before he gets 'ere."

Noodle gasped silently and threw the torch under her bed. She forgot about the comic and it fell to the floor. She pulled the covers over her just as Russel walked into the room. Del quickly disappeared too.

Russel decided to check on Noodle since he was getting himself some food like a chicken leg or two. He peeped in for a few seconds and went back to bed, chewing a chicken drumstick.

Alas, Noodle had already fallen asleep, it turns out she was quite tired.

Russel's alarm clock sounded. He turned over, reached out, and tapped the button on top of it. It was only 7:30. He didn't bother getting up.

He suddenly shot up as he heard a low rumbling noise. He looked out the window. It seemed normal. He felt the ground cracking beneath him. A long crack formed along his walls. Then, without warning, the wall gave way and a wave of water ripped through. His eyes widened and he was swept away as the massive power of the water crashed into him with great force.

The water broke down his door and he was taken with it! He realized Noodle had come up beside him. She was holding onto a plank of wood from a wall. She didn't looked to alarmed or worried. In fact, she started to surf the wave through Kong Studios.

Murdoc slowly went past them, trying frantically to swim against the water. He then had to switch directions as heavy debris came rolling towards him. It missed him by inches. He stopped paddling. What was the point?

Suddenly, 2D's hand broke through the water's surface. Noodle grabbed it and heaved him onto the wooden plank with her.

"This is your F. fault!" Murdoc snarled at 2D.

"'ow could it be my fault?" he replied.

They veered around a corner and picked up speed. The four were then thrown out of the lobby and onto the ground outside. Russel landed first on his back. Noodle slid down on her makeshift surf board. 2D crashed face first into the ground and Murdoc was thrown into a tree.

They stayed still, trying to figure out what just happened. Finally, Russel got up "What the hell happened?" he asked, twisting his shirt, draining it of water.

Noodle brushed herself down and squeezed the water out of her hair. With great effort, 2D lifted himself up.

"Noodle, are ya 'urt?" He asked, emptying his ears of water.

"Iie, wa daijobu, Arigatou. Anata wa?(no, I'm ok, Thank you. And you?)" she replied, smiling.

"I'm awright." He smiled back.

Murdoc pulled away from the tree. He had left a face print in the tree bark. He didn't say anything, he just grumbled.

2D turned to Russel "Per'aps da water mains broke?"

"Well, whatever it was, the whole of Kong Studios is flooded."

"So what do we do then?" Murdoc shouted at them.

"Well…uh… There ain't much choice…" 2D sighed.

"……" Russel obviously didn't know what to say.

"Shiranai.(I don't know.)" Noodle added.

"What about findin' a hotel?" suggested 2D. The other two nodded in agreement.

"The nearest hotel is miles away you F. dumbass!" Growled Murdoc. It was easy to see he was stressed.

The four had no choice. They began there long walk to find a hotel. All of them, soaking wet and dripping. Murdoc was the third in line. He took a quick glance at his family photo that he managed to save from before the water swept him away. He sighed and tucked it back in his trouser pocket.

Noodle was walking happily and comfortably ahead of Murdoc. 2D was happy that she was back to her happy go lucky self. He hated seeing her miserable.

"How much longer?" Russel called from the back to 2D at the front.

"Not long now!" He called back.

"You said that half an hour ago…" Russel murmured under his breath.

About another two hours into their journey, Noodle was still bouncing along happily, while Russel was practically dead on his feet. If it wasn't for them being wet, they would be boiling hot by then.

2D squinted as he looked on ahead. Much to his surprise, it seemed that there was some kind of animal walking towards them. It looked like a moose.

Murdoc raised his head up and stopped dead when he saw it. His eyes widened and an evil grin spread across his face. The moose looked at him. It's eyes were open lazily. Murdoc grabbed a nearby tree branch and began to charge at the moose. It didn't move. However, just as Murdoc got close enough it started to gallop away. Murdoc chased it. The group just looked on and watched the chase.

Suddenly the moose stopped and Murdoc ran straight into it. He fell back and landed hard on the ground. By the time he regained his focus, the moose had already trotted away. He got up and brushed dirt off his shirt.

"Hehe. Had a nice fall?" Joked Russel while Noodle and 2D managed not to laugh "What is it with you and mooses anyway?"

"Shut it." Murdoc grumbled.

"What was a moose doin' out 'ere anyways?" 2D asked Noodle.

She shrugged.

Eventually, after another five minutes of walking, they saw a building on the horizon. It was quite tall and seemed yellow in colour. As they came closer, they realized it was a dog shelter and they could hear all the barking and howling.

"Yeah, great place to stay with dog piss all over the floor and dog crap everywhere…" said Murdoc.

"Who said we were stayin' 'ere?" replied 2D. He had never quite liked dogs. At the age of three, a fluffy pink poodle that was barely bigger than a breadbox chased him. He had been nervous around dogs ever since.

"Me and Noodle are tired, we have nowhere else to stay. We might as well rest here for a while and then carry on." Russel suggested.

"But I don't like dogs!" protested 2D "Noodle, are you really dat tired?"

"Hai, sumimasen. (yes, sorry.)" She and Russel went inside with Murdoc following reluctantly. 2D sighed and followed too. Russel was right. They just needed to rest for a while. That's all. Besides, what's the worst that could happen? The dogs are all in cages. Also, as long as there aren't any rabid poodles in there, he should be ok, right?