Season 4, Episode 8: Unplugged
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Silver Fox High School
January 9, 2015
8:00 p.m
Darryl's POV
Why on earth is our class trip to the woods in January?! This would seem better suited for an end of year activity. But what do I know?...I'm just an ordinary student, that knows highs of 52 degrees is not camping weather, not even for Los Angeles. Also….why camping?! Going to an amusement park or even any other place would have been better than this! Cause I'm not in the mood to get eaten up by mosquitos or possibly any other wild dangerous creatures that will be lurking about. At least my friends and I will have each other and of course, technology. Even though Brian and Mia were probably heavily against the idea of me being on my phone for a majority of the trip.
"Now Darryl and Alyssa" Mia begins as we pull up to our high school
"During this trip I want you to keep your cell phone usage to a minimum"
Called it!
"But Mia!" I whined pitifully
"No buts! How are you two supposed to enjoy the outdoors when your face and hands are glued to that glowing screen?"
"We just don't" Alyssa simply states "Nature is for the birds anyhow, why should we disrupt their life?"
"You won't be disrupting them, Alyssa!" Tej states "Besides we didn't spend $100 on this trip for the two of you to not even partake in it"
I go bugged eyed at the sound of that price with extreme confusion.
"You guys spent $100 for a camping field trip?!" Alyssa asks with disbelief
The adults nodded in agreement.
"I knew we shouldn't have shown them that permission slip" I muttered to Alyssa irritably
"Well it's too late to back out now" Brian laughs lightheartedly "Now you kids get out there and have fun!"
Alyssa and I both groan simultaneously.
"Alright fine! But if we get eaten by bears, don't say we didn't try to warn you" I said half-jokingly
"Duly noted little brother" Brian replied
We both then forbid our family farewell once more before exiting the car with our belongings and headed inside the school.
Ugh! This was gonna be a long ass weekend.
~The Fast & Furious Family Chronicles~
Bus Ride To Camp Site
Third Person POV
The sophomore class of Silver Fox departed from school shortly after 8:30 and were currently driving down the highway heading north of Los Angeles, and of course, to his confirmation, Darryl observed that all his classmates shared the exact same feeling as him and Alyssa…..irritated to the fucking t! Once that happens there was no stopping them from being drowned away into their phones and music.
Currently, Darryl and his squad were all seated towards the back talking about how much they rather be at home.
"Whoever thought of this trip is idiotic!" Tori voices in frustration
"Exactly! Nobody will be interested in learning how to build a campfire. If I wanted to make an s' mores, I'll just do it in the microwave!" Caleb adds
This causes Jared and Bella's head to spring up in excitement from their youtube videos.
"There's gonna be smores?!" They both asked with hopefulness
"Probably" Darryl shrugs "But that doesn't matter. We're all locked into this stupid trip. Not to also mention that we'll be having class right after our arrival back to LA on Monday.
"Ugh don't remind me!" Marcus utters while banging his head lightly against the seat ahead of him. "I still can't believe our families spent $100 on this b.s!"
"Right?! Darryl and I didn't even know of this information till literally an hour ago!" Alyssa adds "What a waste!"
"Yeah but at least we have each other" Cindy adds
"Agreed. Which I believe calls for a group selfie" Alyssa suggests
"Way ahead of you!" Caleb says turning his phone to camera mode
The teens all crowd together for their selfie and said "Camping life" on the count of three.
"Hey! No more phones!" A chaperone calls out angrily as she approaches the group "Hand them over"
"But….." Darryl begins to rebuttal
"Now!" She projects loudly
The teens all hand over their devices over and could feel a part of them dying on the inside.
"And that goes for the rest of you. Hand over your phones!"
Some of the students resisted but gave up at the possible thought of detention.
"Ugh what a bitch" Bella mutters
"I know. This weekend just got a hell of a lot worse" Darryl states with sorrow
~The Fast & Furious: Family Chronicles~
Camping Site
Darryl's POV
Well, we've all unfortunately made it to this campsite. But now shit is really gonna be miserable without having our phones. At least I wasn't the only one complaining about having their precious device taken away. To be honest I wouldn't be surprised if some students try to steal them back tonight while the chaperones are all sleeping…...I know I would. But till I decide whether or not getting into trouble for this would be overall worth it…..I'm stuck suffering.
As we all piled off the busses, we, took our belongings to our little reserved cabins where at max a group of four within the same gender can share. Meaning that I was bunking with my boys, Marcus, Jared, and Caleb. While Alyssa, Tori, Bella, and Cindy would be in a girls' cabin just right next door to us.
"All right students!" One of the chaperones begins "After putting away all your belongings, report back to the fire pit to go over the camping rules"
We all groan aggressively and I even power kicking a rock in the path. Even though it didn't do any destruction as I had hoped…..it still helped to release some of that pent up frustration.
Once inside our cabin, Jared and Marcus quickly placed their things down and headed back out, hoping to get some smores after the rule meeting, but I knew better than to get my hopes up.
"Ugh! Do we really have to attend this meeting?!" Caleb asks me sadly
I sigh and gave off a hopeless expression.
"Unfortunately," I said "But I mean it shouldn't be too long since I'm sure all the rules were surrounding cell phone usage"
"Hope you're right cause I just want to sleep off this depressing feeling"
"Me too Caleb…..Me too"
Caleb and I open the door leading back outside. We were however surprised to see Alyssa and Tori zoom past us screaming
"BEAR INCOMING!"
"BEAR?!" Caleb and I questioned
And to our worst fear, there was a fucking black bear charging towards us.
"Oh shit! Hold on Darryl!"
But before I could comprehend what was said, Caleb takes hold of my wrist and begins to run us in the direction of Alyssa and Tori. We eventually catch up with them but the bear, however, refused to give up their chase against us four high school students.
"You know I was actually kidding about getting eaten by bears" I panted out tiredly "I didn't think one would actually try to make an attempt.'
"Well, you probably jinxed us, O'Connor!" Alyssa shouts at me "But when we get out this, I'm gonna strangle you!"
"Doubt it! Caleb and Tori just heard that so any attempt you make will be brought to the proper authorities" I answered back jokingly
But Alyssa really did look like she wanted to kill me…...So maybe I'll just shut up for now.
The four us eventually reached the end of the path, which lead to a huge drop to an unknown land. Hopefully, with not more bears, cause all took that huge leap of faith right as that bear tries to a big chunk out of us. They growl in an extremely high octave due to the unsuccessful attempt. Causing me to smirk widely as my friends and I free fell at a rapid rate.
I just hope we don't die. Wish me luck
~The Fast & Furious Family Chronicles~
Unknown Location
"Okay is it safe to start panicking?!" Tori questions with uncertainty
"I think we've gone way past that point!" Alyssa argues as she searches the surrounding area "Because we have no idea where the hell we are!"
"Nor do we have our phones!" Caleb says
Darryl began to pace back and forth anxiously around his friend, hoping that possibly something would come to mind in a means of finding a way back.
"Yes, but who's to say we would have gotten reception?"
Alyssa gives the young blond a glowering expression and approaches him with much to say.
"WELL, NOW IT'S' SOMETHING WE CAN'T TRY! AND NO THANKS TO YOUR JINX!"
Darryl steps back in offense and begins to argue right back at the parker sister.
'EXCUSE ME?! I SAID I WAS JOKING! SO DON'T EVEN DARE TRY TO PIN THE BLAME OF ME! IF YOU WANT TO BLAME SOMEONE BLAME THE SCHOOL! THEY'RE THE ONES WHO FORCED US TO COME ON THIS STUPID FIELD TRIP, TO BEGIN WITH!"
"YEAH BUT YOU STILL SAID IT! MAYBE NEXT TIME KEEP YOUR OPINIONS TO YOURSELF!"
"OH SO NOW I HAVE TO WATCH WHAT I SAY?! OKAY, HOW ABOUT THIS? I HOPE MORE BEARS FIND US AND EAT YOU FIRST!"
Alyssa audibly gasps and with boiling anger lunges towards Darryl. He steps back in just enough time for her to fall flat on the ground. She gets up once more but Caleb and Tori restrain her from killing the young blond.
"Alright, you two that's enough!" Tori speaks out with frustration "We're not gonna get out of here alive if you two kill each other beforehand!"
"Tori's right. Let's just try to quickly think of an escape plan"
The group goes briefly silent till Alyssa speaks up with an idea.
"Got it! What if we try to retrace our steps?"
"But that would then involve us trying to find a way back up to the path…." Darryl says sarcastically "How in the hell do you plan on doing that?!"
Alyssa rolls her eyes "I was getting to that!. Since there's four of us, we can try to lift one of us high enough to reach the path. Then said person could try to find their way back to the campsite
"Or get eaten by the same bear that tried to just moments ago!" Darryl argues
"You got a better idea?!" Alyssa snaps
"Alyssa's right. Even though it's' dangerous…..it just might be our only option" Caleb states
"Exactly! And since Darryl believes he knows everything…..I think he should be the one to get help!" Alyssa suggests
The young blond scoffs and proudly puffs his chest out.
"I'm not afraid of no damn bears!" He states proudly "Let's do this!"
The remaining three teens promptly pull Darryl off the ground and began to direct him upwards. Once he reaches the top he propels himself up onto the path.
"HA! See nothing to it!" Darryl gloats
But he spoke too soon. As the same bear from earlier hears his voice and begins to charge towards him once again.
"FUCK WHAT I SAID! IM SCARED OF BEARS!" Darryl projects in a girlish scream before taking a leap right back down towards his friends.
Darryl lands on his stomach with a hard thud and groans at his incoming wave of pain.
"Ouch!"
"You pansy!" Alyssa name calls "But I guess it's back to the drawing board"
~The Fast & Furious: Family Chronicles~
"DARRYL AND ALYSSA ARE MISSING?!" Brian and Tej scream into their phone call with the principal
"Now Mr. O'Connor and Parker. I can assure that we're doing the best we….."
The principal was interrupted by Brian
"NO DO BETTER THAN THAT! THIS IS OUR SIBLINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! IF THEY ARE HARMED IN ANY WAY SO HELP ME WE'LL….."
Tej then grabs the phone from Brian "BE DOING SOME VERY UNPLEASANT THINGS!"
The principal can be heard gulping nervously on the other line "Like what?"
Brian laughs evilly 'Oh trust me….you don't ever want to find out!"
"Understood. We'll assemble a bigger search party!"
"I like the sound of that!"
Brian hits the end call button and gives Tej a satisfied smirk "That should keep him scared till Darryl and Alyssa are found"
"Agreed. But we're just not gonna sit around, are we?"
"Oh no. We're gonna find our siblings!"
"Sounds like a plan….let's get going!"
~The Fast & Furious: Family Chronicles~
Darryl's POV
After my failed attempt to look for help, My friends and I still couldn't figure any other way out without nearly facing death once more. But why was that bear even still around anyway?! Didn't they have other people to terrorize besides us?!
So what did we do? Just sat in silence huddled together. Cause till one of us came up with another bright idea or became rescued.
I wasn't sure how long we were just sitting there cause to me it felt eternities had passed. Eventually, I just began to count the clouds as they pass slowly by. To be honest, I was jealous, cause at least they didn't have to worry about getting eaten by bears.
'Hey, O'Connor?" Alyssa prompts softly
"Hmm?" I question back
"Listen about earlier…..I didn't mean any of that stuff I said"
"I know…hopefully you realized the same with me. I would never want you to get eaten by bears!"
"Yeah and I know it wasn't your fault about any of this. I guess nearly being killed just has me in a funk"
A chuckle at Alyssa's statement
"Understandable. Do you think we'll ever eventually get past that bear?"
There then a pained growled that came from the bear, that ceased seconds later. I could then hear a familiar voice calling us
"Darryl? Alyssa?"
"BRIAN WE'RE DOWN HERE!"
My brother comes into view shortly after with Tej and few others that I didn't recognize.
"You didn't kill that bear did you?" Tori asks curiously
"No of course not. Just gave it a tranquilizer to make it go night-night" Tej explains
Tori sighs in relief. She may not have like the fact that it tried to kill us, but she still was an animal lover at heart.
"Stay put guys!, We're coming down!" Brian says
"Oh trust me. We won't be going anywhere" Caleb adds
But when we do…..I'm getting my phone back from those chaperones because they better feel pretty damn bad about four students nearly getting killed and couldn't call for help.
For once, cell Phones can finally be deemed as the hero it should be!
End of Episode
