Chase practically fell down the mountain herself as she raced down to where
the rock Zippy had been standing on had fallen. She couldn't see Zippy as
there was a large dust cloud at the base of the mountain now. She prayed
Zippy was alright, she couldn't bare to think of what she would do if Zippy
wasn't alright.
Everyone else was also hurrying down the mountain, Zero in the lead. But none of them were as fast as Chase-after all she was Chase; she'd been running to and from people all her life. When Chase had arrived at Camp Lakeway she had been the youngest in D tent. All the other girls hadn't really liked her because the leader of D tent at the time, Forge, hadn't liked her. Chase had never had any friends at Camp Lakeway, and the only people that were really nice to her were Friction and Whipped Cream, though they were always too busy to hang out with Chase at all.
"Hey Emily, get out of the way!" the girls would say, stepping on the back on Chase's shoe then pushing her into the dirt.
But then Forge left and was replaced with a girl named Alicia, who was imediatly nicknamed Rogue as she seemed to hate everyone. But Rogue didn't help the problem of Chase having no friends. In fact it only made things worse as all the girls seemed to like Rogue more than Chase as she was tough. Chase hated it at Camp Lakeway-but that all changed when a girl named Nyssa arrived. At first Chase didn't like Nyssa-she was too bouncy.
"What'chya' doin'?" she would ask Chase whenever Chase was writing a letter to her mom. Nyssa would always lean over Chase's shoulder and read what she wrote, making Chase very annoyed.
One time Chase got so annoyed she shouted at Zippy. "Would you stop reading what i write to my mom!? It's MY letter and MY business so just go away!"
Nyssa had stared at Chase in shock with big sad eyes. "Sorry," she had said quietly, before leaving the tent.
Chase hated yelling at people and the fact that Nyssa never bothered here anymore was more annoying than when Nyssa had bothered her. Chase payed more attention to Nyssa after that and found that she was a really sweet girl. So Chase appoligized to Nyssa about snapping at her.
"Really?" Nyssa had said very quickly. "I'm really sorry about reading your letters and annoying you-I mean they were your letters and you were right; it was none of my business to read them and i guess i just annoyed you all the time 'cause i've been kinda lonely ever since i got here and-"
"Whoa, slow down Zippy," Chase had said, and the name had stuck, and so had their friendship.
Now Chase's heart raced like crazy as she jumped onto the level ground where Zippy and the rock had fallen.
"Zippy?" Chase said, squinting through the dust. Suddenly she saw Zippy's black hair spread out over the ground before her. "ZIPPY!" Chase screamed running over to her friend.
Luckily the rock hadn't fallen on top of Zippy, but her eyes were closed and Chase couldn't feel her breath.
"Zippy........" Chase cried, tears pouring from her eyes. "Zippy........" She lay her ear over Zippy's chest and to her relief could here her heart beating. But the tears wouldn't stop, and niether would the fearful beating of her heart; she couldn't bare to see her closest friend like this.
"Zippy, Zippy please wake up!" Chase sobbed. "Zippy! Oh god, Zippy!"
The others made it to the level ground and raced up to the place where Chase sat sobbing.
"Zippy!" Zero cried, hurrying to her side and checking her pulse as Chase had done.
"Well?" Lei asked, looking on the verge of tears herself.
"She's alive," Zero replied. "Just unconscience."
"Zippy, wake up!" Chase cried again.
"Chase she's alright," Static said, kneeling down next to Chase. "Stop crying."
But Chase couldn't stop-she the sobbing was lessend but tears still streamed from her red eyes.
"You don't know that she's alright!" Chase snapped, her lower lip trembling. "You don't know anything!!!" She got up and walked away from everyone else; she couldn't stand seeing Zippy that way.
Fidget walked over to her. Most of the other members of D tent hadn't thought this was a good idea as Fidget was always bitchy when she had her period, but Fidget insisted on it.
"She'll be alright," Fidget said, standing right behind Chase. "She's tough, and you know it."
Chase stood there a moment, her back turned on everyone, but then to everyone's (but Fidget's) surprise Chase turned around and hugged Fidget, crying into her shoulder.
"Zippy?" Zero said, gently stroking Zippy's hair. "Zippy, wake up."
Everyone was silent for a while, just watching-then...........
"Huh?" Zippy said. Her voice was very quiet and cracked as she squinted up at everyone.
"Zippy!" Zero cried, constraining himself from grabbing her and squeezing her tight.
"What happened?" Zippy asked quietly, rubbing her forehead.
"You fell," Static replied.
Chase stopped sobbing into Fidget's arm. "ZIPPY!" she screamed again, running over to Zippy's side. "Oh my god! You're alive! You lived! Are you okay? Oh my god!" Chase started crying again as she gently stroked Zippy's cheek to feel the warmth of life in it.
"Yeah...............I'm okay," Zippy replied. She tried to sit up but instantly fell back. "My head!" she moaned in agony.
"Just lay down," Chase said.
"No...............we hafta go................we hafta get home," Zippy insited.
"But Zippy you're in no condition to start walking again," Lei said.
"But we hafta go!" Zippy cried. "We have to!"
"Zippy you can walk all that way!" Chase said.
"We.........hafta.....................go," Zippy closed her eyes again.
"I could carry her?" Xray suggested.
"We could take turns carrying her," Squid suggested.
Chase stared at him. Ever since Zippy had fallen she had completely forgotten about her love for Squid but now it came back and stabbed her in the heart like an arrow. She wouldn't mind being carried by Squid. She looked back at Zippy who was breathing heavily in her sleep.
"Okay," she replied.
So it was settled; Squid was going to carry Zippy first, then Xray, then ZigZag.
Squid bent down and to lift Zippy up, but first paused as his eyes met Chase's. She was so beautiful, even when he cheeks were covered in tears. He probably would have kissed her then and there if he didn't want to make her mad. He loved her too much to break his promise, he just wished she loved him back.
Squid picked Zippy up and everyone began moving away from the landslide, out towards the desert, the sun, the road home.
Everyone else was also hurrying down the mountain, Zero in the lead. But none of them were as fast as Chase-after all she was Chase; she'd been running to and from people all her life. When Chase had arrived at Camp Lakeway she had been the youngest in D tent. All the other girls hadn't really liked her because the leader of D tent at the time, Forge, hadn't liked her. Chase had never had any friends at Camp Lakeway, and the only people that were really nice to her were Friction and Whipped Cream, though they were always too busy to hang out with Chase at all.
"Hey Emily, get out of the way!" the girls would say, stepping on the back on Chase's shoe then pushing her into the dirt.
But then Forge left and was replaced with a girl named Alicia, who was imediatly nicknamed Rogue as she seemed to hate everyone. But Rogue didn't help the problem of Chase having no friends. In fact it only made things worse as all the girls seemed to like Rogue more than Chase as she was tough. Chase hated it at Camp Lakeway-but that all changed when a girl named Nyssa arrived. At first Chase didn't like Nyssa-she was too bouncy.
"What'chya' doin'?" she would ask Chase whenever Chase was writing a letter to her mom. Nyssa would always lean over Chase's shoulder and read what she wrote, making Chase very annoyed.
One time Chase got so annoyed she shouted at Zippy. "Would you stop reading what i write to my mom!? It's MY letter and MY business so just go away!"
Nyssa had stared at Chase in shock with big sad eyes. "Sorry," she had said quietly, before leaving the tent.
Chase hated yelling at people and the fact that Nyssa never bothered here anymore was more annoying than when Nyssa had bothered her. Chase payed more attention to Nyssa after that and found that she was a really sweet girl. So Chase appoligized to Nyssa about snapping at her.
"Really?" Nyssa had said very quickly. "I'm really sorry about reading your letters and annoying you-I mean they were your letters and you were right; it was none of my business to read them and i guess i just annoyed you all the time 'cause i've been kinda lonely ever since i got here and-"
"Whoa, slow down Zippy," Chase had said, and the name had stuck, and so had their friendship.
Now Chase's heart raced like crazy as she jumped onto the level ground where Zippy and the rock had fallen.
"Zippy?" Chase said, squinting through the dust. Suddenly she saw Zippy's black hair spread out over the ground before her. "ZIPPY!" Chase screamed running over to her friend.
Luckily the rock hadn't fallen on top of Zippy, but her eyes were closed and Chase couldn't feel her breath.
"Zippy........" Chase cried, tears pouring from her eyes. "Zippy........" She lay her ear over Zippy's chest and to her relief could here her heart beating. But the tears wouldn't stop, and niether would the fearful beating of her heart; she couldn't bare to see her closest friend like this.
"Zippy, Zippy please wake up!" Chase sobbed. "Zippy! Oh god, Zippy!"
The others made it to the level ground and raced up to the place where Chase sat sobbing.
"Zippy!" Zero cried, hurrying to her side and checking her pulse as Chase had done.
"Well?" Lei asked, looking on the verge of tears herself.
"She's alive," Zero replied. "Just unconscience."
"Zippy, wake up!" Chase cried again.
"Chase she's alright," Static said, kneeling down next to Chase. "Stop crying."
But Chase couldn't stop-she the sobbing was lessend but tears still streamed from her red eyes.
"You don't know that she's alright!" Chase snapped, her lower lip trembling. "You don't know anything!!!" She got up and walked away from everyone else; she couldn't stand seeing Zippy that way.
Fidget walked over to her. Most of the other members of D tent hadn't thought this was a good idea as Fidget was always bitchy when she had her period, but Fidget insisted on it.
"She'll be alright," Fidget said, standing right behind Chase. "She's tough, and you know it."
Chase stood there a moment, her back turned on everyone, but then to everyone's (but Fidget's) surprise Chase turned around and hugged Fidget, crying into her shoulder.
"Zippy?" Zero said, gently stroking Zippy's hair. "Zippy, wake up."
Everyone was silent for a while, just watching-then...........
"Huh?" Zippy said. Her voice was very quiet and cracked as she squinted up at everyone.
"Zippy!" Zero cried, constraining himself from grabbing her and squeezing her tight.
"What happened?" Zippy asked quietly, rubbing her forehead.
"You fell," Static replied.
Chase stopped sobbing into Fidget's arm. "ZIPPY!" she screamed again, running over to Zippy's side. "Oh my god! You're alive! You lived! Are you okay? Oh my god!" Chase started crying again as she gently stroked Zippy's cheek to feel the warmth of life in it.
"Yeah...............I'm okay," Zippy replied. She tried to sit up but instantly fell back. "My head!" she moaned in agony.
"Just lay down," Chase said.
"No...............we hafta go................we hafta get home," Zippy insited.
"But Zippy you're in no condition to start walking again," Lei said.
"But we hafta go!" Zippy cried. "We have to!"
"Zippy you can walk all that way!" Chase said.
"We.........hafta.....................go," Zippy closed her eyes again.
"I could carry her?" Xray suggested.
"We could take turns carrying her," Squid suggested.
Chase stared at him. Ever since Zippy had fallen she had completely forgotten about her love for Squid but now it came back and stabbed her in the heart like an arrow. She wouldn't mind being carried by Squid. She looked back at Zippy who was breathing heavily in her sleep.
"Okay," she replied.
So it was settled; Squid was going to carry Zippy first, then Xray, then ZigZag.
Squid bent down and to lift Zippy up, but first paused as his eyes met Chase's. She was so beautiful, even when he cheeks were covered in tears. He probably would have kissed her then and there if he didn't want to make her mad. He loved her too much to break his promise, he just wished she loved him back.
Squid picked Zippy up and everyone began moving away from the landslide, out towards the desert, the sun, the road home.