—bricked for late update— I have been so busy with school it's not even FUNNY. But, I have a three-day weekend! HURRAH FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING! WHOO.
Astera Snape: Oh yes, Tyson's gonna be very protective. - You can't hate the brotherly lovvee…—bricked— Ahem, either way, Brookie to a chibi? Nyaaa…They still need to fix the switcher. There's gonna be A LOT chaos, specially during this chapter because they are messing with it! —
BeyMistress05: Don't feel bad—I didn't even understand…and I wrote it! XD
Chapter 13: Picking up the Pieces: Marble Style!
——3 hours later…
The gang finds themselves still on a dirt road, the sides of the paths littered with lush, green trees. They were only a few feet away from the lake, which was on the right side of them.
"…So…tired…" Moses muttered, looking at the ground as he dragged his feet. Since he was in the front, everyone was able to glare at him without him knowing, "Apparently, I forgot my strength was pitiful as a 12 year old…"
"Maybe we should stop and rest…the chibi's all are barely keeping up…" Judy pointed out as everyone turned around, seeing the chibi's collapsed on the ground or barely moving as they walked.
"Might as well…" Max said, sitting down Indian style as a chibi Ray crawled up onto his lap and collapsed, leaning against Max's, or Spencer's, chest.
Spencer sat down across from Max and leaned on a tree as Bryan laid down beside him, sprawled out on his side, Tala curled up using Bryan's stomach as a pillow. All of the girls headed towards the lake, while all of the chibi's curled up or sat near someone they trusted—such as Kai with Spencer, Bryan, and Tala, or Ray and Hiro with Max and Tyson.
"…Let's go for a swim!" Mariah suggested, glad she was a girl again.
"…I refuse to until I'm normal again…" Ming Ming said, glaring.
"…Uh-huh, I don't think I could, anyway…" Hilary said, sighing and looking sadly at her wings. "On the upside…I can fly. :D I've always wanted to fllyy…"
"Make like a bird and fly away, then!" Emily snapped, glaring.
"…Good point…" Mariah said ignoring Emily and Hilary's quarrelling as Gemini walked past them, heading towards the water. "What are you doing?" Mariah asked the teen bent down and reached his hand into the water.
"I saw something." Gemini replied simply, swirling his hand in the water, his eyes fixed on a spot in the lake. "But I can't reach it. It's over there." Gemini motioned to the middle of the lake, which wasn't too far.
"Why not just swim to it?" Emily asked, fiddling with Lee's shirt, which apparently was bugging her. "How can he stand this?" Emily asked to no one in particular.
"I can't swim," Gemini pointed out. "It'd be like a suicide death wish…"
Girls: —sweatdrop—
"Err…anyways…" Gemini chuckled nervously. "What should we do about the marble?"
"Heading into the town is the best idea this situation can call for…" Emily said, sighing. "Stupid vest…shirt…thing!"
"Just call it a shirt-vest and SHUT UP!" Mariah yelled, getting extremely annoyed with Emily's complaining.
"Hey, girls and Gemini, c'mon!" Tyson yelled. "We're heading out!" The girls scrambled up to him, Gemini following slowly and reluctantly.
/Ever get that…feeling something BAD is about to happen/
——XX——
"Where…are…we…" Max asked groggily as he opened his eyes slowly.
A pitch-black room thwarted his attempt to see.
"T-Tyson!" Max asked worriedly. Being able not to see freaked the American-to-Russian out.
"Shh, I'm right here…" Max's eyes quickly adjusted to the dark and he saw his teammate and best friend hovering over him. "You all right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," Max said as he sat up. "What happened, man?"
"We're not sure—Gemini's taking a walk around. Somehow we ended up in a ware—" The lights flicked on, "—house…?"
"I found the light switch!" Tala exclaimed happily, jumping up and down. Bryan sighed,
"Show offy bitch…" He mumbled and glared.
"I can't be a bitch—I'm male and I'm not a dog!" Tala retorted playfully—Bryan just glared colder at the red cat.
"Hey, where are the chibi's?" Max asked, not seeing the hyper bunch.
"We're not sure. I think whoever—or whatever—got us and took them somewhere else…" Tyson said sadly.
"Worried?" Max asked. Tyson nodded,
"Yeah, but…" Tyson was cut off as the door swung open and Gemini raced in,
"Guuyss…" Gemini said, jumping from one foot to the other, "We gotta get out of here!"
"Why's that?" Robert asked.
"Because…" Gemini started, still jumping, "This is where Jubilee and I got our parts for the switcher!"
"So?" Spencer asked, leaning on the wall.
"…Boris lives here…" Gemini summed.
Everyone: O-O WHAT
"…Didn't he get eaten?" Oliver asked.
Mystel nodded, "Yeah, I thought he did…By that snake about…—counts— 6 chapters ago…"
"…Meh, good point………Well, we should still get out of here…I have another reason." Gemini stopped jumping, seeing as he wasn't as anxious to get out now.
"…And that would be…?" Garland asked.
"Just because…" Gemini summed. "Oh, and the chibi's are outside."
"…Then what are we waiting for?" Moses asked, jumping out the window.
Everyone: O-O
"…Use the door and the flight of stairs?" Spencer suggested.
"Oh yeah…" Everyone slowly walked out, talking to each other about random things.
——XX Once out…and 1 hour later…
"There! The city! The city!" Mystel said hyperly, bouncing up and down.
"Really?" Moses asked, "I mean…uh…OF COURSE!"
"Oh give it a rest…" Garland said, glaring as the gang quickened their pace.
——XX In the city.
"So, we should we look?" Tyson asked, his …err… older (?) brother resting on his shoulders.
"Glass Store!"
"Toy Store!"
"Marble shop!"
Came the different replies.
"Well…uh, how about we go into 4 separate groups? One group…" Judy started, "Can go to the glass store…"
"The next group can go to the marb—Is even such a thing as a marble shop?" Max threw his arms up.
"…Yes, there is!" Mystel said, huffing. As you can guess, he suggested it.
"O…kay…And then the third group will go to the toy store…seems reasonable…" Tala started. "But…where'd you get the 4th group from, Mrs. Tate?"
"At least 3 of us are gonna need to watch the chibi's…" Judy stated. "Unless we're going to bring them with….us….?"
Everybody left.
"…" Judy just shook her head and walked off, also…but she was going to the bookstore. —gasp— :O What a bad mother —bricked—.
——XX With Tyson, Hiro, Kai, Tala, and Bryan…the first group.
"All right, so where are we headed?" Tala asked, ignoring the stares of by-passers.
"The—" Tyson was cut off.
"We are NOT going anywhere with FOOD," Bryan said, glaring…and also ignoring the stares of by-passers.
"…I was gonna say the toy store…" Tyson admitted. Hiro laughed,
"Let's go! Let's go!" Tyson looked up at him, seeing as he was riding on his shoulders.
Tala snickered, "Remind you of someone?" Tala asked, looking up at Tyson as he jumped onto Kai's lap, who was riding on Bryan.
"…I was like this?" Tyson asked, shocked.
"No, I was…referring to Kai…" Tala admitted, sighing.
"Oh, right…" Tyson blinked as Kai pouted and continued to pet the red kitten on his lap.
"Where are teh others?" Hiro asked as Tyson looked up at him.
"Oh, uh, they went off in different directions…" Tyson replied, smiling.
——XX With Mariah, Hilary, Ming Ming, Mathilda, Julia, and Emily…the second group.
"…Hm, so where should we look?" Ming Ming asked, putting his hands behind his head.
"Glass shop?" Hilary asked, sitting on Emily's shoulder.
Mariah shrugged,
"How about we…totally blow that off and head to the salon?" Mariah asked hopefully.
"…"
——XX With Spencer, Max, Ray, Michael, Rick, Lee, and Kevin…the third group.
"Why are we in like…5 or 6 groups if we going to originally group into 4?" Spencer asked, feeling out of place.
"Dunno," Max replied, shrugging.
"Either way, should we go to the glass shop? I'd like to get out of Emily's body…" Lee said, sighing.
"Glass shop or toy store?" Rick put out two hands and weighed them. "Hmm…Glass store wins for me," Rick said, stuffing her hands in her pocket.
"No! Toy store!" Ray said, smiling and jumping up and down while holding Kevin.
"…Goooddd going…Now we're gonna have to break his dreams of going to a place filled with nothing but toys…" Michael said, sighing.
——XX With Moses, Brooklyn, Kenny, Oliver, Johnny, and Miguel…the fourth group.
"…You know this group is really random…" Moses said out of the blue.
"Awww, shut up…" Miguel said, sighing.
"Guys, c'mon, calm down and chill out…" Brooklyn said, limping after them.
"Yeah…you know, though," Oliver started, "Why are we in like…5 or 6 groups if we going to originally group into 4?"
"Oliver…" Moses glared. "SHUT UP…"
"You were temperamental as a 12-year old, weren't you?" Kenny asked, sweatdropping.
"…" Johnny just shook his head and ran slightly ahead of the slow teens.
——XX With Robert, Romero, Raul, and Enrique…the fifth group
"Why does everyone's names start with 'R' except for Enrique?" Romero asked randomly.
"…"
——XX With Garland and Mystel…A.K.A The Outcasts :D
"Why are WE the outcasts?" Mystel asked glumly, kicking a can while he stuffed his hands in his sash—not pocket, SASH.
"I have no clue," Garland said, looking around. "…is it just me or do you feel…watched?"
Mystel looked around.
"It's just you."
WHEE.
I finished.
And I'm lazy and kept the beyboys locked up in my closet.
So, R&R please.
T-LW-T
P.S:
Sorry it was…kinda short. —sweatdrop—
