Chapter 8: Wake Up Call
Once again, I have had writers block for a while (okay, this story was more laziness) but I'm out of it and I'm ready to update!
It was about 12:30 in the afternoon. Our group was still fast asleep. They didn't get much sleep, because they had little conversations throughout the night that kept them from shutting their eyes. Even so, it was very hard to find a comfortable spot in a pile of leaves and dirt. I bet you they would have slept in until about 2:00pm without noticing, if something didn't wake them up.
If you listened closely, you could hear someone or something, walking toward them. Crunches of leaves, and breathing sounds gave it away. Thinking that it was just Spud's little praying mantis friend, no one bothered to see what it was. It wasn't until Haley finally got annoyed with the noise, that she looked up and realized what it was.
Haley's tired faced soon, turned into paranoia. The creature had two giant huge red eyes. His body was brown and looked like an alien. To add more to the scary factor, he also had a pair of sharp teeth that were also foaming, and his hands were glowing a hard pitch black. The creature's body was hunched over, and it crawled slowly on four legs, as if it was about to attack his prey. His mouth growled with anger, loud enough to wake up the rest of the crew.
"Huh…what!?" Fu rubbed his eyes from the sudden wakening. He then looked to his side, to see the creature staring right at them. "Woah…" he started backing up, Trixie and Spud repeated his actions. "Chuprea!" He called out. Haley turned over, and noticed everyone was about three feet away from her.
The Chuprea noticed his prey was no longer still, which meant it was time to attack. He ran on all his legs, over at the fresh meat.
Standing up, Haley Long was no longer as scared as she was before. She dragoned up and a puff of pink smoke surrounded her. The smoked continued forward, right at the creature. Once the smoke cleared, you could see her soaring over to the Chuprea. She grabbed onto his arms, and stared to shove him backwards. The Chuprea saw what she was doing, and pressed all his strength forward, pushing Haley backwards. He also shifted his arms back and forth, trying to knock off the dragon. Haley's claws pierced into his skin, making his brown wrinkly arms start to turn red.
Finally, he couldn't take enough; he press down on his fingers, making the blackness on his hand start to glow. This glowing sensation burned Haley's little fingers, burning all the way up to her arms. Because of the two scars she had on her left arm from the werewolf yesterday, it seemed to bother her even more, forcing her to drop down one arm. With the advantage, the Chuprea yanked backwards his arm, swinging Haley off of him. She almost fell back almost hitting a tree, but she stopped herself and remained floating in the air.
Fu, Spud, and Trixie all couldn't help but watch Haley defend them. It would probably be safer if they made a run for it, but that would only risk them getting separated from one another. However, Fu could not stay there, and watch Haley do all the work. He searched through all his wrinkles, until he found a small bottle with red dust in it.
"Hey!" He yelled, getting the Chuprea's attention. Once his blood red eyes were locked on Fu, he tossed the bottle right on his body, making a cloud of red dust brush up to his face. Fu laughed; to the enjoyment that the Chuprea looked as if he was going to sneeze, to death. But he just bent back his head, preparing for it.
With the Chuprea distracted, it seemed like the perfect time for Haley to strike. But she was still quivering from the last attack the Chuprea did. After a quick shake of her head, she was ready to go. She flew forward, right at the beast. But just as the Chuprea took a step over to Fu, Trix, and Spud, he quickly turned around and aimed his palms forward. A dark beam came out from his hands, and made a direct hit to Haley. Haley flew backwards, banging right into the tree. She fell downward sliding on the trunk, out cold.
"HALEY!!" The three of them yelled out, trying to call to her. But no matter how loud they would yell, Haley would not move.
As his main threat was now gone, the Chuprea now went forward, slowly crawling over to Fu, Trix, and Spud. They continued to scoot backwards, until they ran right into a tree. Running was not an option, right now.
"Hey Fu, don't you have any more of that red stuff….?" Trixie spoke in fear. The Chuprea slowly came closer to them.
Fu gave one useless look into his fur. "Ahh sorry, that was my last bottle of cayenne pepper." He spoke out.
Trixie grabbed Fu's flab on his face. "WELL DON'T YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN USE!!!?" She screamed out.
"Not anything, that would be helpful here…" He tried laughing it out. Trix dropped Fu on the ground, and their attention turned back to the creature. He bent back his butt, preparing for the tackle.
"Haley!! We could really use a dragon, right about now!!" Trixie yelled once again. Still, Haley didn't move. Suddenly, the Chuprea jumped right in front of them, showing out his giant teeth with foam dripping all over them. The group let out a quick scream, and hid behind the tree. Spud grabbed onto his praying mantis, tightly.
Their screams of terror startled the young dragon. Haley opened her eyes wide, and then they slowly got smaller. Once Haley's vision started to reappear, she noticed the Chuprea over by the tree her friends were hiding by. She got up, and pushed down on the beast's back.
The Chuprea fell on top of his chest, and quickly turned his head. He flipped over, knocking off the dragon from his back. He then bent down his knuckles, and threw out his arms at the direction of Haley.
Giant black fireballs shot out from his hands. Each one, barely missing Haley. She flew upward and downward, avoiding the 6 balls he through out at her. By the 6th one, Haley blew out her fire absorbing the black fire the Chuprea threw out. Her flames of fire continued, all the way to his arms. He grabbed his right hand, soothing the singe he just got. Then Haley dashed right at the Chuprea, giving him a 'hi-yah!' kick right in the stomach. The Chuprea flew backwards, going deeper into the forest. The creature got up, and looked back at Haley. But the Chuprea rapidly turned around, running from their campsite. Guess he will just have to find lunch, somewhere else.
Haley dragoned down, and ran over to her friends. He kept her right hand, over her left arm. "What was that thing!?" Haley wondered.
Fu Dog noticed her scars were now bleeding again. He pulled out a small container of white jelly, and patted his paws on the container to open it up. He dapped a bit on his paws, and stood up on two paws and put it on Haley's wounds. "That was a Chuprea, similar to the Chupacabra of South America." Fu coutinued to wipe the jelly until it was completely over each of Haley's scratches. "There, that should stop the pain." He said. He then gnawed on her dirty skirt, until a small piece ripped off. Haley tied the piece of cloth around her arm. The dirtiness of the skirt might make it sting more, but at least it wasn't out in the open so it could get infected.
"Thanks Fu." Haley whispered.
Fu gave a smile to her, but then his mind wandered off on another topic. "Wait, what time is it!?" He stared up at the sky, looking up to the grey clouds. No one knows how he did it, but he was able to give an estimated time. "It's almost 1:00!!" He yelled out, they slept in latter than they suppose to. "Look, we only have 8 hours to sneak into there, free the dragons, and get out! We need a plan." Fu dog dropped down to the ground, and grabbed a stick with his mouth. He then began drawing a map of the place.
"Ahh Fu, how do you know what this place looks like?" Trixie crossed her arms. Last she remembered, Fu didn't even know where the Drametas lived.
Fu eye Trixie. "It's just a sketch okay!?" He yelled out. He drew an imaginative replica of what the warehouse might look like. "Okay, the dragons are probably going to be in the middle here, we have to find them, and free them before the Drametas find us."
"But Fu, if the Drametas skill is tracking people, don't you think they'll find us?" Haley had to ask.
Fu dropped the stick in his mouth, and looked up at Haley. "The thing about Drametas is, they only can find what they are looking for. As long as they don't find us, they won't find us." He trotted forward, to the end of the forest. But for the three, that made no sense. "Okay, every one set with the plan!?"
"That was the plan! Okay, run it through me again!!" Spud yelled out. As usual, he wasn't paying attention.
"No time, let's just go already!" Fu pulled back the tree branches out of the way onto the next island. Fu jumped down, only the rocky terrain below. Trixie and Haley followed.
Spud, on the other hand, didn't jump yet. He set down his praying mantis friend, looked over at him to his side. "You gotta stay here little buddy!" He said, almost in tears. The praying mantis turned his head. "I told myself I wouldn't cry!" He wiped his eyes, whining out his sorrow. Finally, Spud jumped down, and didn't look back. The praying mantis looked at his friends walking away, and ran back into the thick jungle.
Sorry it took me a whole week to update this story. I had 3/4 of the chapter done on Sunday, but I didn't have any time to finish it until today. Next chap shouldn't be that long of a wait.