Chappie 12

"So, where d'ya wanna go?" 2D asked. I was in the bathroom doing my hair because I had already dressed in my best top and mini-skirt and I always liked looking nice when I went out somewhere for a celebration.

"Je ne sais pas." I murmured. I was concentrating on a huge clump of knots in my hair. The way I usually resolved a hair problem was tugging.

"What?"

I groaned and squealed as I got frustrated and started yanking my hair. I suddenly tripped on the slippery floor and landed on my back. 2D came to the door quickly and helped me up.

"What's wiv' da squealin'?" he asked.

I sighed "I got a horrible bloody bunch of bloody knots bloody stuck in my bloody hair…"

"I'll get 'em out." I turned around and he began fixing all the knots "Tell me if I 'urt ya, awright?"

"O.K." It took about a minute and I didn't feel a thing. He handed me a brush and I combed through my hair swiftly "Thanks." I said while brushing it.

"Nah prob. I dun' like it when ya all stressed."

"I don't like it either."

He walked out of the bathroom. Was he going to get changed? I hoped so. I didn't want him going out in a three day old T-shirt with God knows what on it.

"Oi! My shirt's missin'!" I heard him call.

"Where'd you last put it?" I asked as I put my lip-gloss on.

"I 'ad it right on da bed 'nd now it's gone."

I glanced down and the shirt he was looking for was on the floor "I found it." I picked it up and handed to him "You aren't very organized, are you?"

He was half-way getting into his T-shirt and one of his eyes peeked out and I could tell he was smiling "So, where d'you wanna go?" he repeated squeezing his head through the narrow hole in his shirt.

"I dunno. I haven't been around here before so…" I shrugged "Nowhere too fancy but somewhere where Murdoc won't be encouraged to cause trouble."

"'e 'as bin kicked outta ev'rywhere I know of… Pre'aps Noods'll know somewhere?"

"Well, as long as it isn't too costly then I don't care where we go."

"I know! I know I know!" Noodle yelled from the back of the car seat. Everyone was in the car apart from Murdoc who was taking his time and hadn't come out yet.

"Where?" I asked. I sat in between Russel and Noodle.

"No where! We go for a long drive for fun!" She made a gesture with her hands.

"'vats a good idea, Noods. No one can f'ink o' anywhere 'nd wiv' Murdoc drivin' it'll be fun." 2D said turning around from the front passenger's seat.

I gulped "Murdoc's driving?"

"Yeah, why ya lookin' worried?"

"Well, does he have a driver's license."

"O' course… I f'ink."

"She's just worried cos' we're in the Geep." Russel said, leaning on the saftery bar in front.

"Ah, 'vat would make sense."

The "Geep" was a really big jeep that the Gorillaz drove in their music video 19/2000 and Murdoc was the driver. The track had loopy-loops, jumps, and a gigantic moose at the end. You ask me why and I will kill you. And in that video, Murdoc wasn't exactly what I'd call a good driver and… He knows it.

"'urry up Murdoc!" 2D shouted.

"I'm comin' 'old yer 'orses you bloody faggot." Murdoc came out chewing on a toothpick. He didn't open the door or ask where we were going he just jumped over it and started the ignition…

The car lurched forward as if it was heaving or gagging and roared loudly. Murdoc smiled deviously and slammed his foot down on the accelerator. The Geep skidded side to side then raced down the mountain from Kong Studios and on to the Highway.

Murdoc weaved in and out of cars going forever faster with no sign of slowing down. Did the Geep even have brakes? I glanced at Noodle and Russel they seemed calm as if they always went out for a super-speed-no-brakes car ride. I couldn't sit down, I dared not, it was safer to hold onto the bar in front of us.

Curses bellowed from drivers as Murdoc threaded through the patchwork of cars. And he didn't hold back at returning the insults.

"Shut yer trap you over inflated cow!"… "I can use the middle finger too ya know!"… "Oh yeah? F. you!"… "Shut it!" He then stood and continued his ranting.

"Oi, calm down." 2D said pulling Murdoc back down into his seat.

Murdoc could see 2D's point, even as a Satanist, he didn't want to endanger us… Well, he didn't want to endanger himself anyway.

He suddenly did a sharp turn right and I flew into Russel's side. He didn't feel a thing but my head was starting to pound. I shook my head and looked up. We were on the 19/2000 route…

A vast loop stretched out before us and Murdoc didn't hesitate in putting the Geep into turbo. Much to my surprise, the car went even faster. I breathed out, got a tight hair tie, and tied my hair back to ensure no one's eyes were flicked at. My hair could be deadly at times especially in plats! I put on my leather black gloves and swapped my hoop earrings for little sheep studs so I had one red, one blue, one pink in one ear, and one white, one black and one green in the other. I gripped the bar tightly as we began our speedy ascent on the loop.

Noodle began to hum the 19/2000 tune and it turned to her verse "Get the cool… Get the cool shoeshine… Get the cool… Get the cool shoeshine…"

It seemed to happen in slow motion. The flip of gravity played a five second havoc on my head but then it snapped clear and I felt livelier. Hyperness? Probably, as I felt like hopping up and down and squealing "bbbbb BUHNEEEEH!" which was a new phase I was going through.

We slowly reached the end of the loop and bounced over a small hill. Murdoc began to make the car swerve viciously from side to side, flicking me, Noodle and Russel around in the back.

"Yer havin' a good time yet?" Murdoc asked me, looking into his rear - view mirror, and grinning away.

"It's the best time I have had since… I was last in a state of hyperactivity!"

"Like I said before," Russel added "You're always hyper."

I gave him a hard nudge in his side "Very funny but, oh no! Guess what. It was so amazingly funny I forgot to laugh."

"Bridge outta orda'." Yawned 2D. He seemed bored or was he tired? It wasn't that late, it was only… I didn't have a watch.

"Yeah yeah, I know. I can remember stuff ya know." Murdoc shifted gears and bounded up the bridge and over the gap.

It was literally silent. The engine made no noise neither did anyone else. I peered over the side. The monkey was down there, sleeping on his branch. One of his eyes popped open and he spotted me. He sat up. I waved and he seemed to smile, his tail flicking mindlessly left and right. He reminded me of 2D. Cute, cuddly, blue… Sort of simple looking and vacant.

The 19/2000 track reminded me of Noodle, eccentric, amusing and unpredictable.

We landed heavily on the other side. My head bumped into Noodle's. It hurt me more because she was wearing her headset, which was hard and acted like a helmet.

"Arigatou…" I murmured, rubbing my head.

"Dou-itashimashite!" she replied giggling.

"We passed by some lever thingies that were very big and pumped up and down simultaneously in a rhythm. They stretched out as far as the eye could see. I tried looking down to see where they were rooted but it looked to be covered by a yellowish haze. The pumpy thingies reminded me of Russel. He always worked so hard non-stop. Tough, hard, and a little vacant looking.

The Geep went under a rocky archway that seemed very out of place on a motorway road area.

2D stretched and laid back a little while Russel and Noodle kept strong grips on the safety bar. Murdoc's head suddenly jerked to the right as a sign caught his attention…

† Salvation up ahead

1 mile

He then stared at a church up ahead. He snickered devilishly. He charged at the church to crash into it. The others weren't panicking so I stayed cool. I knew that a UFO guarded the church and no matter how many times Murdoc tried to destroy the church, the UFO would rise up and intervene.

He reached it within spitting distance, growled as the UFO began firing and jerked the wheel to the left so hard the car spun and stumbled. The wheels left hot, smoking tire tracks around it as Murdoc regained his control and fled from the UFO.

It gave chase for about three miles, Murdoc avoiding its projectiles with surprising agility. Eventually, the UFO stopped and hovered slowly back to the church.

I became nervous as I spotted some corkscrews in the road up ahead. My hands hurt from gripping the leather bar so hard so I wrapped my arms around it like Russel did. I braced myself for the first corkscrew, feeling the pull of gravity shift from left to right. It did this several times. I looked back up. We started to climb and large hill.

And that was when I saw the huge horns of the moose… It towered high above us with it's head in the clouds, literally. As we approached, the clouds dispersed. Unsurprisingly, it reminded me of Murdoc. It's eyes, left pink and right black. It chewed some sort of vegetation and looked very dull and dim-witted. A gob of drool dripped from it's mouth and narrowly missed the car.

Murdoc skidded to a sharp halt. I fell back, my hands tired from holding onto the bar for so long. I sat up and saw Murdoc reaching for the Missile engage button. 2D clasped his hand around Murdoc's wrist and pulled it away from the button.

"Not 'vis time."

"But the bloody f'ing is just standin' there!" Murdoc protested.

"We got turned into toast last time because the moose sneezed the missiles back at us." Noodle said gazing at the moose's massive head.

"I agree with D. No moose-shooting. Wait for hunting season." Russel added.

Murdoc looked at everyone becoming increasingly impatient, waiting for someone to let him blow the moose up. When he saw he was well outnumbered, he sighed "Alright, fine. But only cos' it's Sam's birthday…" he paused "'nd t'would be a shame to get her mini-skirt all dirty 'nd black." He winked at me. I smiled nervously.

He dropped back in his seat and gently tapped the accelerator to creep underneath the moose without riling it.

As the evening of fun drew to a close and after more loopy-loops, corkscrews, and other motorway antics, we drove back to Kong Studios.

"I dunno 'bout you guys but I enjoyed today. Not just because of the presents and that it was my birthday or that we totally burned off all the rubber on the Geep's tires, it was because I spent the day with my best mates."

Everyone smiled.

"At least we don't smell like toast that 2D burns in the morning!" Noodle giggled.

"So what? Russ still eats it!" 2D replied.

"I'm the only one who can eat it." Russel added.

"The moose is like Murdoc." Noodle said. It seemed completely random.

Murdoc raised his eyebrow "'ow?"

"The eyes, dullness…" Noodle began.

"The smelliness…" Russel continued

"Da dull-wittedness." 2D added.

"Don't forget lazyness!" I chuckled.

Again, everyone laughed apart from Murdoc who just grunted.

"Yeah yeah yeah. I don't care. Insult me if ya'll want, it doesn't affect me."

"Trust us Murdoc," 2D started "We all know 'vat!"

It was weird, 2D and Murdoc had had a little tiff earlier, and yet they seemed normal now. I hoped they stayed like that.

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