Ai-yah! Six projects in one month-so not fair! Who's with me?
Apparently no one, since the only person reviewing me is my best friend, and I'm threatening to kill off her character if she doesn't review me!
Come on guys! I work hard, and I want to know that people appreciate it.
Shuai and Yao jump out of the cart.
Lee hobbles out of the cart, still holding her aching back, from the fall.
Shuai looks in the forest and sees something.
Shuai: Hey!
She runs over to the forest, and pushes a branch aside, revealing a path.
Shuai: There was a path here the whole time!
Lee finally looks up, and sees what Shuai is doing.
Lee: Shuai, NO!
Shuai turns around to see a giant boulder rolling down the path, straight at her!
She screams.
Ling and Lee both rush forward.
Ling pushes Shuai out of the way, and Lee kicks the boulder, so it rolls into the hole.
Shuai runs to Yao.
Ling: Lao Shings set traps so outsiders can't invade their territory.
Lee: We've gotta be more careful around here, understand?
Shuai, and the others nod.
Lee: Okay, Ling?
Ling: Yeah?
Lee: Since you seem to know so much about the traps, why don't you walk ahead, and make sure there aren't any more?
Ling: What makes you think I know anything about them?
Lee: You seem to know enough about the Lao Shings to know their strategies. Care to explain that?
Ling turns, and walks down the path.
Ling: I'll yell if there's a trap.
Lee: I bet you will.
Ling smirks at her as he exits.
Lee turns to the guys.
Lee: Okay, spill. What's he hiding?
Yao: Huh?
Lee: Ling's hiding something. I know it.
Chien Po: Um….
He glances nervously at Yao, who shakes his head.
Chien Po: We don't know anything.
Lee: (sarcastic)Well, that's not completely obvious.
She turns and walks down the path with the girls.
Chien Po and Yao both sigh with relief.
Lee: (To girls) Are all men this stupid, or is it just the ones I know?
E Liu: Lee!
Lee: What? I actually wanna know!
E Liu rolls her eyes.
E Liu:(To Shuai) She's doomed to be single forever.
Lee: Oh, not THAT again!
Ling comes jogging back down the path.
Ling: Lee?
Lee: Any traps?
Ling: No, but I did find something that might be a problem.
Our gang of six stares at the rickety old bridge Shuai and Yao were on the night before. It spans a ravine roughly thirty-five feet, and forty feet across.
A quickly moving river lies at the bottom.
Shuai looks at the bridge in fear.
Shuai: Youngest first.
Lee and E Liu: Okay.
A pause.
Shuai:(To Lee) Aren't you gonna go?
Lee:(Scoffs)Heck no! You're the youngest!
Shuai whimpers.
Yao: Relax Shuai, Ling'll go first.
Ling: I will?
Yao:(angry) Yeah, you will.
Ling: Says who?
Yao: Mr. Fist, that's who!
He cracks his knuckles, menacingly.
Ling backs away quickly.
Ling: I'm not goin', you go!
Yao: I'm not goin', you go!
Ling: I'm not goin'. You go!
Chien Po:(Over their arguing) Guys, cut it out. This isn't getting us anywhere.
They continue to fight.
Lee: HOLD IT!
They stop, and stare at her.
Lee: I'm thinking of a number.
Yao: 11!
Chien Po: 8?
Ling: 4!
Lee: You got it Ling.
Ling: Yes!
Lee: Which means you're the first to go across.
Ling: Ye….say what?
Shuai snort-laughs, and E Liu also chuckles.
Lee: I said pick a number. I didn't say what you'd win.
Ling pouts for a moment, then begins to go across, cautiously.
He makes it about halfway, without a single creak from the bridge.
Ling: (To others) I think it's safe.
Yao: Alright Lee, you go next.
He and Shuai looks at each other and laugh quietly.
Lee looks at the two of them like they're insane, then begins to cross the bridge too.
Ling, nearly at the end, begins to walk with more confidence now.
Suddenly, the rope breaks!
Ling falls, but his ankle gets twisted in the ropes, leaving him dangling in mid-air.
Lee: Ling!
She runs towards him.
Shuai:(To Yao, frantic) B-But you said…!
Yao:(Equally frantic) I know! This wasn't sposed to happen!
Lee runs across the bridge, but a board breaks beneath her.
She grabs onto another board, and tries to pull herself up.
She glances over at Ling.
Ling is trying to reach up, and grab the rope, but he pulls his arm back in pain.
Lee pulls herself up.
Lee: Hang on Ling!
Ling: Like I have a choice!
One side of the bridge breaks, but Lee hangs on to the other side.
She 'monkey-bar-climbs' over to Ling, and helps him sit up.
Lee: You okay?
Ling: Forget that, we gotta get off this bridge!
They begin to untangle his leg.
Lee: (Sarcastic)No, really? I thought we could stick around for a bit!
Ling: Can you please not be sarcastic when our lives are at stake!
The other side of the bridge breaks, causing the side Lee and Ling are on, to fall, and swing to the other side of the chasm, so it's now hanging vertically.
E Liu: Up here!
Ling and Lee look up, to see a rope being lowered to them.
Ling reaches up for it, his leg now untangled.
He manages to grab a hold of the rope.
The others cheer.
Chien Po: Hang on, I'll pull you up.
Ling grabs on to Lee's hand, but she slips, and falls back, hanging on to the bridge.
Lee: (To Chien Po) Pull Ling up first, I'll be okay.
Chien Po: You sure?
Lee: I'm sure.
Ling: Lee!
Lee: Shut up and climb, Ding-A-Ling.
She grins, and Ling begins to climb, unsure.
Lee sees the rope almost breaking, and glances nervously at Ling, as he reaches the top.
Chien Po begins to lower the rope again.
Lee sees the bridge about to break.
Lee:(Praying) Please Mama, don't let me drown.
Ling sees how nervous Lee looks.
Ling: Lee? You okay?
She glances up at him, and suddenly, the bridge breaks.
Lee shrieks as she falls in the water.
E Liu: LEE! (To others) She can't swim!
Ling heads for the cliff.
Yao: Ling, what the heck are ya doin!
He grabs Ling and hold him back.
Ling: Yao! Lemme go!
Yao: No way! If I do, then you're gonna do somethin' stupid and get yourself killed, and it'll be my fault!
Ling: Yao, how many stupid things have I done in the past?
Yao: Too many to count.
Ling: Am I dead yet?
Yao: Forget it Ling, I'm not letting go!
Ling:(fake gasp) What's that!
He points behind the others.
They all turn to look.
Ling slips out of Yao's grasp, and slides down the rope, jumping into the water.
He swims after Lee.
Yao: LING! I swear, if you die, I'll kill you!
Ling laughs slightly, then spots Lee struggling to stay afloat, just up ahead.
Ling: Lee! Hang on!
Lee fights to keep her head up, but she loses that fight, and is swept under the water.
OWOWOWOWOW! Carpal tunnel:) Shoot, seven pages! I'd better get a review after that!
Owowowowow….. (Blows on aching hands)