Chapter 4: From the Sidelines
Part 1: Jack
Jack and Joe were in heaps of trouble. They were backed against a fence, with Bob and Blue breathing down their necks. Jack looked and saw Bob in front of him, and Joe next to him. Jack had a plan, but it would only work if Joe was paying attention to him and not just Blue in front of him.
Meanwhile, Joe was trying to think of a plan of his own. He weighed his options. He was thinking hard. i Well, I'm stuck in Bob and Blue's field, with a guy I just met. Blue is standing in front of me with a pitchfork. Bob is standing in front of Jack with a hoe. I could hop the fence and run, but that wouldn't work Bob ran track through college, and would catch him easily. I don't know what to do… /i He decided to just stay alert, and hope for a miracle.
Jack was watching Bob, as he crept closer. It was almost time. He waited, he was counting in his head. i Just a little closer…closer…closer. Aaaaaaaaaaaaand…Now! /i He dove for Bob's feet. He tripped him up, and caused him to fall, knocking him out cold. He grabbed the Hoe.
"Joe, heads up!" He tossed it at him. "Hold him off, I'll go get help!"
Joe was fighting Blue with the he that Jack gave him. i Wow! Jack is full of surprises, isn't he. I knew I liked him for some reason. /i Joe thought. He knew he could hold off Blue, because him and his brother had taken up fencing.
Jack was running towards the police station. All of a sudden, Nina jumped in front of him.
"HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! I'm Nina, you must be the new farmer!"
"Yes, but…"
"There's another new farmer, and she's a girl"
"Okay, But I need to…"
"So, you want to watch me strip?"
"No, I…What?"
"Just Kidding, but, do you want me to introduce you to the farmer girl? Her name is Jill!
Jack couldn't take it anymore. He pulled out his sickle and sliced her in the arm. He needed to save Joe.
"Sorry, but…" Jack realized that she was unconscious, and couldn't hear him. He kept running.
Jack got to the police station.
"Help! Someone is trying to kill us!"
"What?" An officer fell off of his chair.
"Someone is trying to kill us."
"Don't worry, I'm Officer Bubba, I'll help!"
Jack and Bubba ran to the Blue Sky Ranch, while Jack was unaware of the impending trouble that Joe was getting into.
End of Part 1
Chapter 4: From the Sidelines
Part 2: Jill
Jill had just gotten out of jail, and was already making friends. Nina had volunteered to show her around.
"So, where do you want to go first?" Nina was open to suggestions.
"Well, I appreciate your offer to show me around, but all I need you to tell me is where to find…"
Jill dug in her pocket for a little slip of paper. She started to read it.
"Michael's…Junk Shop?" Jill was confused.
"Oh…well, it's over there. But, why do you need to go there?"
"I'm looking for Ann."
"Ohhhhhhhhhh…she just moved into the junk shop a couple of weeks ago. She was talking to me about having a sister…Hey! Her name was Jill just like you! Ann said she would come to the village soon…maybe she can introduce us. Wouldn't that be cool?
"Nina, that i is /i me. She's my big sister."
"Ohhhhhhhhhhh, Cool!"
"Whatever, I'm gonna go."
Jill headed for the Junk Shop. She passed the beach, and decided to take a load off and lay down.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! This feels soooooooooo nice!" Jill was enjoying herself.
Ray had come to Flowerbud village just recently. He was a great fisherman. He competed in the Cisco Bassmaster Classic every year, and won it every year. One day, he was training in a place called Forget-Me-Not valley, on the Forget River. He was thinking about his life. How he wasn't filling it to the brim. He had gotten everything in the world he ever wanted. Fame, Fortune, Publicity, and all the chicks he wanted. He realized, though, that he wasn't happy. He had just caught his 12th snelt, oh how he hated those fish, when he spotted a boy, running across the bridge. He was yelling something. Ray could just make it out… i I'm going to change my life, find my own destiny /i ' Ray had realized, that's what he needed to do. So, he hopped on the first train to Flowerbud Village.
When he got there, he first checked out Sunny Lake. That's where he met Basil. Ray had met Basil right away, and they became instant friends. Ray found Basil kind, but also kind of shut to the outside world. Whenever Ray asked Basil about his life, Basil changed the subject. He wanted to know more about him, but Basil wouldn't let him. Ray always wondered what he was hiding.
Ray was on the unknown Flowerbud Island. Or, that's what he named it. They say that this island is known only by people who know where it is, although it isn't even half a mile off of the mainland. The reason he found it, was because he was walking along the beach, and spotted a dolphin on the pier. He fed him some food, and the dolphin gave him a ride. He was done fishing for the day, and hitched a ride on the dolphin back to the mainland. But, to his surprise, when he got off, there was a girl there. And she was staring at him! Ray was panicking, because he thought that the island would be exposed.
"Hello" She said, rather playfully.
"Yo" Ray said.
i Yo! What is this, big Chris' tavern? You don't start off meeting someone by saying Yo! /i Ray was a wreck in his mind, because he never really had to introduce himself to girls. They all already knew him. He was a star fisherman, and was on TV all the time for endorsements.
"Where did you come from?" She knew. He could feel it
"Nowhere, really." i Be mysterious. Wait! That's what girls are supposed to do! Oh, nooooo! /i Ray was battling himself.
"Okay, I'm Jill!"
"I'm Ray, but you probably already know that…"
"How could I, silly? We just met!"
i D'oh! /i "Umm…yeah, how foolish of me, I'm Ray!"
"We've already established that!" She was giggling.
i Ugh! I'm completely bombing this chance /i
"Say, are you doing anything tomorrow?" Ray couldn't believe what she just said
"Uhhhh…I have to go…See you?"
"Sure…" She was disappointed.
Ray ran off. He saw Basil watching and ran over to him.
"Hey, Basil…"
"Ya blew it, man."
"Huh?"
"With that girl. She was interested. I could tell from here!"
"She was?"
"Jeez, you're almost as hopeless as Officer Bubba!"
"Who?"
Basil just sighed
End of Part 2
