Land of Ice: Chapter 8

Fun in a Cave

"I'm bored…" Brian complained, while lying on his back and staring up at the ceiling.

"Hey, either we wait out the storm in here, or we turn into ice-cubes." Kyle said, throwing another twig on the fire.

"Can we have fun if we turn into ice-cubes?" Brian asked, sitting up.

"No, you'll be frozen if you turn into ice-cubes, and if you're frozen, then you'll be dead." Maggie replied, scratching Shadow behind the ear.

Brian groaned and flopped back down onto the floor. Matau looked just as bored as Brian. Snowball trotted over and curled up next to Brian. Unfortunately, the wolf's tail also ended up in Brian's face.

"Gross, I got wolf fur in my mouth!" the black-haired demon yelped, sitting up and desperately trying to wipe the fur off his tongue.

Matau started laughing, and Brian shot him a look. When the Air Toa didn't stop, Brian pounced on him, and the two of them started wrestling on the dirt floor. Maggie smirked and joined in the fray.

"DOG PILE!" Dave yelled, jumping into the pile.

He was soon followed by Jake, Onewa, and Sapphire. After a couple seconds, Vakama joined in. Jess, Kyle, Debbie, Nuju, Whenua, and Nokama just sat on the sidelines watching. Nokama, Kyle, and Whenua looked amused at the site, while Nuju, Debbie and Jesse looked like they wanted to hit the wrestling bunch on each of their heads. After about ten minutes, the group quieted down, and Brian and Matau began to get bored again.

"How much longer till we can go out again?" Brian asked.

"Only about, 12 hours, 36 minutes, and 55 seconds." Maggie replied in a sarcastic tone.

Brian growled, and glanced at the snow-covered entrance. Then he got an idea.

"I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves…" the 8 year old began singing. "And this is how it goes…"

"If you start that, I'm going to rip your lips off!" Sapphire threatened.

Maggie snickered slightly as Brian promptly shut up. She then glanced over at Onewa. For a guy made of mostly metal, he was pretty attractive. She didn't even realize that she'd been staring at the Toa of Stone, till Onewa looked at her. She quickly turned away and began trying to act like she'd done nothing.

"I have really got to stop doing that…" she thought to herself.

To be continued…