A distant night bird mocks the sun
Chapter 29 Taking the long way home
Because of the trouble Micky had caused,the trip back home to California took way longer than expected. And with the sun having already set over the horizon,Mike decided that instead of driving any further the five of them check into a motel room for the night.
Managing to find a motel a few miles up the road from their last pit stop,Mike pulled into the parking lot and told the others to stay in the car, while he goes to see about getting a room .
Alone in the monkee mobile with the others, Stephanie mostly kept to herself as the three remaining monkees argued over whose fault it was for getting them kicked off the train.
" It's Micky's fault we got kicked off the train. "Said Davy
" My fault? " Micky said in shock "How is it just my fault,when the three of you are just as guilty?"
" You're forgetting one thing Micky, you're the one who opened the door ,and the one who played around with the car's horn."said Peter
" Are y'all really gonna argue over who did what again?Cause if that's how living with y'all is gonna be, then I'm asking Mike to take me back home to Texas."Stephanie said as she hopped out of the car
Leaving the guys behind,Stephanie went to go find her brother who was just heading back after finally managing to get a room for the night. Wondering what his sister was doing out of the car,Stephanie just rolled her eyes which made Mike realize that the others must be arguing over something.
Putting an arm around his sister's shoulder, the two of them went back to the car and told the others to follow them. When they got to the outside of where they would be staying,everyone jumped the second something ran past their feet.
" What in the world was that thing?!"Micky asked clutching his chest
"I don't know. "Mike said still grossed out "But I will say that Im glad it's too dark, so we don't have to know. "
"Whatever that was,I just hope there isn't any more of them anywhere around here."said Davy as he looked around outside
"You shouldn't say that Davy,you can never tell if there isn't more of anything unless you see it for yourself. "said Peter
"Not to sound rude or anything but,can we please go inside cause I'm kinda tired."said Stephanie
Despite not wanting to take any chances as to guess what lies behind that door,Mike slowly turned the key inside of the lock and slowly opened the door. Before going in all the way, Mike looked around the room to make sure everything was fine.
With the room seeming to be alright,everyone eventually went inside the room where there was two beds,an old arm chair,and a small black and white television set. Shutting the door after they were all in the room,Mike suggested that they all get ready for bed since they had a long drive home in the morning.
Taking turns getting ready for bed,the guys let Stephanie go first. Heading to the bathroom, Stephanie flicked on the light first and then went inside. While she was in the bathroom, Stephanie heard strange squeaking and scratching noises coming from the bathtub.
Slowly pulling back the shower curtain, Stephanie screamed as loud as she could and then ran out of the bathroom and clutched onto Davy who just happened to be the next person in line for the bathroom. Noticing that his sister looked white as a ghost, Mike decided to ask her what she was so afraid of.
" Steph? what's the matter?"asked Mike
" There's. ... something. .. in... there....something. ... big...and .....very .....hairy...."Stephanie said as she dug her nails into Davy's arm
"What'd you suppose it is?"asked Davy
" There's only one way to find out."said Micky
" And what's that? " asked Peter
" One of us has to go in there and, find out,and I think Mike should be the one to do it."said Micky
" Hang on a minute, why does it have to be me?"asked Mike
" Because you're the one who got us the room,so why shouldn't you do it?"Micky asked as he crossed his arms
"I wouldn't of had to get this room, if you would have just stayed out of where you didn't belong. "said Mike as he now stood face to face with Micky
" Is this really the time to be fighting right now?"asked Davy "Haven't we done enough already?"
While the three of them were going back and forth semi arguing, Peter and Stephanie were paying close attention to the door where they both heard the squeaking and scratching noises, which soon the others heard as well.
Since they eventually needed to get some sleep,Micky went over to the bathroom,opened the door and saw two giant rats run out of there. Jumping on one of the beds,Micky who had a fear of rats looked over at Mike and the others.
" Um Mike? Can we get the hell out of here please?"asked Micky
" I'm with Micky,can we please get out of here? "Stephanie asked as she joined Micky on the bed
"Let's go,we can drive home in shifts if we have to."Mike said as he opened the door
Leaving the room as fast as possible before the rats came back from wherever they were, Micky just happened to be the last one out of the bedroom when the rats ran right by his tennis shoes. Screaming as he ran out the door and leaving it wide open, Micky jumped into the back of the monkee mobile and told Mike to floor it.
Although Mike had just lost thirty dollars on the motel room,he quickly got out of the parking lot and back out on the road.