Author Notice: I do not own the song, Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash. Just to let you all know that and that I don't get sued.
XIX: Our Story
There was a knock on the house's door. Mr. Avalon walked towards the door in his robe yawning and opened it up. There was a police officer with two teenagers blushing a lot filled with embarrassment. "Mr. Avalon I presume?" the officer said, "Would these teenagers belong to you?"
He looked at both the teenagers and back at the officer. "Not really," he said, "But they are both friends of my daughter and the boy is currently staying with me, but the girl I heard is staying with her mom somewhere else. I'll take the boy, but the girl should go to her home."
"Yeah," the officer said scratching his head, "There is a problem with that. You see, we do things a bit different down here. Punks, show him." They both sighed and raised one of their arms. The boy's right arm and the girl's left arm were hooked together by a rubber hand cuff.
"You see here," the officer cleared his throat, "When we catch two teens together out past curfew, we cuff together for a while as punishment. While both are chained together, no one in town is allowed to acknowledge their existence."
"WHAT?" both teens said.
"It's tough," the officer continued, "But everyone who has had this punishment has never been out past curfew again. You are serving this sentence for 5 days."
"But what about us?" the girl said, "We can't be chain together! How will I shower or change clothes without him seeing me nude!"
"What about me?" the boy said, "I need my privacy and this doesn't help me at all!"
"Your sentence will be served under the watch of this man," the officer said walking away from the three, "I'll inform your mother, miss, of what has happened to you. I'm sure she'll understand this completely." Then he vanished into the darkness.
Mr. Avalon shut the door and looked at both of the teens. "JD," he said to the boy and then he turned to the girl, "Madison. What were you to doing?"
"Night swim," both of them said looking at the floor, "Just wanted to take a night swim. Didn't think it would hurt anyone or get us into trouble."
"Well," he said to both of them, "As long as both of you are ok, that's all that matters. But in the morning, I will have to tell everyone. If I don't, they'll make their own guesses on why both of you are chained together. Madison, you may sleep in JD's room with him. Tomorrow is going to be a big day for both of you." He then both left the teens allow in the foyer.
JD finally spoke after a short pause, "Well, what do you think?"
"I think I'm going to need to find a blindfold for you," she said, "I cannot have someone watching me shower. Plus, I will not stop showering in order to wait 5 days when we are released from this chain."
"No," he said, "What about that monster that teen talked about? He said something killed his friends in the cove, right? What do you think is out there?"
"It seems very similar to that story from that book Skeleton Crew," she said, "I'm not that sure. We have to warn people about what is happening in there!"
"Didn't you hear the officer?" JD said, "No matter what we say, no one in this town is going to believe us or even listen to us! It'll be as if we are invisible. But we should be able to tell our friends, right?"
"Right," Madison said with a sigh of relief, "Maybe they might be able to do something, right?"
"And that's what happened last night and why they are chained together," Mr. Avalon said finishing after explaining what happened last night to everyone. Everybody then stared at Madison and JD who raised their hands showing the cable.
"That doesn't seem legal," Sakura commented.
"I knew it was a bad idea bringing him along," Tory said rolling his eyes and then leaving in the room with Sakura's dad.
Only Sakura and Dot were left in the room with Madison and JD. Dot was shaking her head disappointedly. "What?" JD asked her, "What are you expecting? That we both wanted to get caught?"
"No," she said, "That's not my problem. It is the fact that both of you were together."
"What?" JD asked shocked, "You think I went out to meet her? No! I would never do that! We just met there by surprise."
"Can I explain what happened?" Madison asked him, "I'm right here too."
He looks at her and smacks his head with free hand. "Damn it!" he said, "I keep forgetting you are right there. Sure, go ahead."
She smiles at him turns to Dot who she frowns at. "I'll make this simple for you," she said with a sneer, "We did not meet each other last night you dumb blonde!" Dot's eyebrow cocked upwards, Sakura's jaw dropped, and JD shook his head disapprovingly.
"And furthmore," she said with a wicked smile, "I want to take note of this. I…. I love him!" She grabs his right arm and pulls him closer to her. She then hugs him tightly and sticks her tongue out at her.
Dot explodes with rage and screams, "WHY YOU LITTLE SKANK! I WILL NOT LET YOU HAVE HIM! HE'S MINE!" She grabs a hold of JD's left arm and begins to pull him away from her. Madison counters by pulling JD back towards her.
"MINE!" both girls scream at one another.
"The thing I wish for right now is peace, quiet, and pain killers," JD mumbles, "Illegal or legal. It might help me right now."
"Madison!" Sakura said to her, "I have never seen you act like this before! You have jealously, anger, lust, and envy all at the same time! That's not really you!"
"I always can't be the damn little kind girl you always like!" Madison growls through her teeth and she tries to pull JD back, "Now you just f off! Alright? This is just between me and Dotty girl!" Sakura is horrified.
"JD!" Sakura said to him, "Do something!"
"Ok," he said and then said to both of the girls, "Can't we settle this peaceful?"
"NO!" both of them screamed at him.
"Well I tried," he said shrugging. All of sudden, there was a great pain in his arms and tearing sound. He looked back at both of the girls; they had torn his arms off!
"NO!" he screamed sitting upwards and looking around. He was on his bed and it was the middle of the night. He sighed happily; it was just a crazy dream. He wasn't attached to Madison and both of those girls didn't tear his arms off.
"Something wrong?" someone asked him. He looked around and found Madison under the covers next to him. He screamed and fell off the bed. When he hit the bottom of the floor, Madison rolled off bed and fell on top of him.
"Get off!" he yelled at her. She stood up yanking him up as well. That's when he saw it. Both of their arms were tied together.
"It's not a dream?!" he yelled shocked, "NO!"
"Well of course it is not a dream!" Madison said with a giggle and then a sad sigh, "We are stuck together for 5 days. This won't fly with my mom. Oh yeah, in the morning we will need a blindfold. Since we are stuck together and we both have to shower, one of us will have to wear the blindfold while the other one does their business. Then we can switch!"
"So this is not a dream?" he asked her, she shook her head no, "DAMMIT!"
Then something occurred to him. "Wait a minute," he asked her suspiciously, "I had this strange dream and all… I need to check something. You don't… perhaps… have a crush… on me? Right?" She shook her head no, but if the lights were on, he would have notice that she was blushing.
"Those rowdy teenagers," grumbled the police officer that had arrest the two, "Always sneaking off into the middle of the night and disobeying the rules. Heck with all of them." He pulled up to the hospital in his portal car. He got out and headed inside.
He went up to the nurse behind the desk and said, "Excuse me, but a bit ago, a teenager was brought here. He was found floating on the raft in the middle of the cove. Is it possible for me to speak to him? I need to find out what happened out there."
"I'm sorry sir," she said, "But that will have to wait."
"Why?" the officer asked.
"You see," the nurse said clearing her throat, "He's… in a bit of shock at the moment. You can try to talk to him, but you'll pretty much get nothing out of him. He is also acting a bit unstable."
"…" he mumbled and then the officer said, "May I at least see him?"
"You may as well," she sighed, "But, you'll still get nothing out of him. Please follow me." She got from her spot and led the officer to the teenager's room. She opened the door and he went inside.
The teenager laid on the bed with his eyes wide open with shock. They didn't even blink. "Excuse me," the officer said clearing his throat, "I am Officer Toramizu of the town's police department. Can you tell me your name?"
"…" the teenager mumbled.
"I need to talk to you and have answer a couple of questions," the officer said pulling out a notepad from his pocket and pencil, "Do you know the teenagers that were with you this night?" There was no response.
"You can nod your head yes or no if you would prefer it that way," the officer said, "So, yes or no?" There was a long pause, and then the teenager's head shook no.
"Ok," he said writing the answer down on the pad, "You don't know those people. This question will need you to answer in words, alright?" Then teenager shook his head yes this time.
"Fine," the officer continued, "Do you know what happened tonight?" There was no response. None at all for a long time.
Suddenly, the teenager's pupils widen and he began to shake like he was having seizure. "NO!" he screamed, "NOOOOO! STOP IT! STOP THIS KILLING!"
"OFFICER!" the nurse said running in after hearing the commotion, "You have to leave now! This is no time for you to be visiting! I told you he was unstable!"
He is shoved out and the door slams behind him. The officer turns and looks in through the door window. The teenager continues to scream, "STOP IT! IT'S COMING! IT KILLED HIM ALL! IT'LL KILL US ALL! WE GOT TO ESCAPE! IT'S COMING!"
"Stay calm sir!" The nurse said abstracting a needle from the tray next to the bedside and admitting it into the boy's arm. Soon, the teenager passed out.
"And that's what happened last night and why they are chained together," Mr. Avalon said finishing after explaining what happened last night to everyone. Everybody then stared at Madison and JD who raised their hands showing the cable.
"That doesn't seem legal," Sakura commented.
"I knew it was a bad idea bringing him along," Tory said rolling his eyes and then leaving in the room with Sakura's dad.
Only Sakura and Dot were left in the room with Madison and JD. Dot was shaking her head disappointedly. "Hmm…" JD asked her, "This seems very familiar to my dream last night."
"You know," Dot said, "I have a problem with this. It is the fact that both of you were together."
"What?" JD asked shocked, "You think I went out to meet her? No! I would never do that! We just met there by surprise."
"Can I explain what happened?" Madison asked him, "I'm right here too."
He looks at her and smacks his head with free hand. "No!" he said, "If this keeps going on like this, an exact replica of what happened last night in my dream will happen! No one wants my arms ripped off!"
"Um…" Madison said looking at him funnily, "I really don't know what happened, but I'm going to take anyways."
She smiles at him turns to Dot who she frowns at. "I'll make this simple for you," she said with a sneer, "We did not meet each other last night you dumb blonde!" Dot's eyebrow cocked upwards, Sakura's jaw dropped, and JD shook his head disapprovingly.
"Now here comes the storm," he said sighing.
"Madison!" Sakura said upset, "Why are you acting like this?"
"Remember?" she replied sweetly, "If I don't release my anger on something, I'll explode. No one wants to wipe my blood and organs off the wall, do they?" Sakura sticks her tongue out and leaves the room annoyed.
"Fine!" Dot said to JD abruptly, "You can have this tramp of girl to love and cherish! I never want to see you again!" She gave him the finger and stomps out of the room.
JD looks blankly in front of him and then said, "Ok… what just happened now?"
"I believe she just flipped you off," Madison said with a frown, "I don't like those kinds of gestures you know."
"Whatever," JD said sighing, "We have to warn everybody about the monster in the water!"
"Who is going to listen to us anyways?" Madison said with a sigh, "We just drove away two of our friends and the police officer said no one in town while we have this chain on us!"
"We'll just cut it off!" JD said.
"Can get into even more trouble then what we are already in? Not a single chance! Another thing! We have no proof that this so called monster even exists! What if it is nothing and that guy was just off the deep end?"
"Well we got to check out for sure right? I say we got out and start finding this proof! To the cove!" He started to move, but Madison grabbed a hold of the chain and pulled him backwards.
"No way!" Madison said blushing deeply, "I can't go out… looking like this! I look like a tramp that just woken up from a deep sleep!"
"Where do you girls come up with this crap?" JD said shaking his head, "You look fine, let's just…"
She grabbed the hair on his head and pulled him towards her face. She gave him a dark look and said, "I… demand that I get to get ready for the day!"
JD looked in her eyes. They looked stone cold and it looked like she would slaughter him if he wouldn't agree with her. "Fine!" he said quickly, "We'll do what you want to! Just don't kill me!" She just giggled happily.
Madison walked along the beach in her swim suit while JD followed her in his same shirt and pants he slept in. They all looked around and saw people were giving them ice cold looks. "Ever feel like you don't belong?" JD whispered to Madison.
"Sure!" she said, "I felt that after I tried out for Karate Club in school! You should of seen some of those boys faces!" She led on until they reached a dock with a little shack with a sign that said, "Boats for Rent."
"Excuse me sir," Madison said to the older man behind the counter who was reading his newspaper, "Could it be possible to rent a boat from you?" The man ignored her and continued to read his paper.
"Excuse me?" Madison said sweetly, "Please answer me or I'll have to use force to get you to notice me, alright?" The man gave a small chuckle in response, but continued to ignore her.
"Fine by me!" she giggled. She grabbed the man by the neck so quickly that JD only saw a blur of her hand. She then pulled him out over the counter and tossed him hard onto the deck. She then jumped onto the guy's stomach and looked into the eyes.
"So," she said, "Will you talk to me now?" The man nodded quickly.
"My I rent a boat?" she said.
"TAKE IT!" he shouted quickly so he wouldn't get hurt, "FREE OF CHARGE!" She smiled and pulled the guy back onto his feet.
"Take wasn't hard now was it?" she said. The guy handed her a pair of eyes to a boat. She then walked away with JD who was still in shock from what just happened.
"Asshole," the guy mumbled about Madison.
"Something wrong?" Madison then said to JD after noticing him being very quiet, "Did I do something to surprise you?" Surprise was too much of a small word for this case. It was more like did I just blow you away with an atomic bomb just now?
"Hell you did!" he said shaking, "Where did all of that come from anyways?!"
"I studied karate and many other forms of martial arts," Madison said with a smile, "Mom wanted me to learn how to defend myself from perverts and freaks of nature. That' why I joined karate club silly!" JD just kept staring at her shocked. He didn't want to do anything what would piss her off.
They arrived at a small row boat with a motor engine that needed a key to start up. "This must be it," JD said looking around, "There isn't any other boat out here."
"Alright!" Madison said jumping into the boat pulling JD into it as well, "Let's ship off and do some exploring of the cove! I'll be the captain! You can be the first mate. Is that alright with you?" JD sat up and nodded.
She smiled and started up the boat. Soon, both of them began their search of the cove.
They drove around for a while until they reached the raft where they were last night. JD stepped on it first along with Madison. "So," JD said looking around, "This is where we were last night. It doesn't seem out of the ordinary."
"That's because it is daylight out here," Madison said, "Nothing creepy is suppose to be out here during the day. Haven't you seen all those horror movies? The monster is going out during the night."
"Yeah yeah," JD said looking around, "Nothing." He then spotted something on the raft's left edge. It looked like black thick, gooey oil.
"What's this stuff?" JD said pointing at the goo, "Was that here last night?"
"I don't remember," Madison said moving over and touching the goo, as soon as she touched, she pulled her hand back in pain, "Whoa! That stuff is hot! It literally burned part of my hand!" She held out her hand to show him. He looked at it and saw that some of her skin on her fingers was literally missing.
"Ow," JD commented looking at her hand and back at the black substance, "We better take a sample and looked at it back at the house."
"How are we going to do that without our skin burned off?!" Madison said. JD dragged back to their boat they rented and pulled out the mini toy shovel and pail he brought. He carefully scooped up a sample from the raft and into the bucket.
"What are we going to do with this now?" Madison said putting her hands on her hips, "It's not like we can send a sample to CSI and see what Greg can come up with!"
"Oh yee of little faith," JD said jumping back into the boat, pulling Madison back in with him, "Remember, I am a college graduate. Besides mastering in Biology, I have a degree in Chemistry. I'll be able to find out what this stuff is!"
"Humph," Madison said, "Well aren't you a Mister Know-Everything!" He chuckled and drove the boat off back to the pier.
Later that night, a teenage couple in a rowboat rowed slowly into the middle of the cove. There was no one in sight. There was no noise except for the quiet music drifting out of the boom-box.
Love Is A Burning Thing
And It Makes A Fiery Ring
Bound By Wild Desire
I Fell Into A Ring Of Fire
"Could you not play that country crap?" the girl said to the boy, "It's very annoying."
"But the song is a classic," the boy said, and then said with a grin, "Plus, I can't change the song! This song just keeps playing over and over on this boom-box. I could never fix the problem." Both of them laughed.
I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire
I Went Down, Down, Down
And The Flames Went Higher
And It Burns, Burns, Burns
The Ring Of Fire
The Ring Of Fire
The boat came to a stop. The boy pulled in the oars and dropped the anchor into the water. "Isn't this so romantic?" he said to her, "To be together under the light of moon?"
"It is sweet," she said with a smile, "But I'm worried. Aren't we going to get caught? You know, last night the police caught three teenagers outside past curfew. They might put us in jail for the night."
"Don't sweat it," the boy said moving closer to the girl, "The only worse thing they can do is to chain us together and that wouldn't at all be a bad thing. Right?" She made a devilish grin and moved in closer to kiss him on the lips.
I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire
I Went Down, Down, Down
And The Flames Went Higher
And It Burns, Burns, Burns
The Ring Of Fire
The Ring Of Fire
They laid on the bottom of the boat holding each other tightly and kissing passionately. All of a sudden, there was a splash from the right side of the boat. They sat up and looked around the area.
"Did you hear it?" the girl said, "I think someone is out here!"
The boy looked around the surrounding area with the flashlight he brought, but he saw nothing. He smiled and embraced her again. He whispered into her ear, "There's nothing out there. Don't worry about it. Let's continue, shall we?"
The Taste Of Love Is Sweet
When Hearts Like Ours Meet
I Fell For You Like A Child
Oh, But The Fire Went Wild
There was another splash and girl pushed the guy off. "There is something out there!" she said shivering, "We got to get out of here!"
"Don't be such a wimp," the boy said trying to kiss her again, but he was slapped against the face hard. It left a huge stinging red mark against his right cheek.
"Don't you screw with me," the girl said going over to the right side of the boat to pull the anchor up, "Everything is starting to get scarier! We got to get out of here!" As she began to the pull the anchor up into the boat, she saw a multitude of many colors in the water flashing. Bright red, dazzling yellow, brilliant blue… her mind began to twirl and everything seemed to float away.
I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire
I Went Down, Down, Down
And The Flames Went Higher
"So…" she said drifting away from reality, "Colorful… must.. get closer…" She reached her hand for the water and touched. Her hand began to burn. She screamed as she continued to stare into the water as she tried to pull her hand out. All the colors flashing over and over again seemed to make her forget the pain and then she began to reach with her other hand.
"NO!" the boy said trying to pull her back into the boat. She shoved away from her and threw the rest of herself into the water to get closer to the colors. She screamed louder realizing the blinding colors had vanish and were replaced by black burning oil in the water.
The boy watched from the edge of the boat with a terrified look on his face. He watched his girlfriend screaming in pain in the water as she slowly sank into the abyss. Soon, she stopped screaming when only her head was visible. She was dead.
And It Burns, Burns, Burns
The Ring Of Fire
The Ring Of Fire
"What the hell," the boy said shivering as he watched his girlfriend disappear out of sight, "What the hell is going on?!" He grabbed the flashlight, looked over the edge, and looked out into the water where is girlfriend disappeared. There was an oily substance surrounded in blood.
"What the hell is going on?!" he shouted. All of a sudden, the oil substance all of a sudden from below where he looked over the edge, the goo shot off at his face, and grabbed it. He screamed in pain as he was pulled over the side and into the dark water below.
I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire
I Went Down, Down, Down
And The Flames Went Higher
And It Burns, Burns, Burns
The Ring Of Fire
The Ring Of Fire
And It Burns, Burns, Burns
The Ring Of Fire
The Ring Of Fire
Author Notice: Sorry about the late update, it was hard to write this chapter. The music I choose for this chapter, did you like it? Did I put it in the right place to match it up with the scene? I like to know your opinions.
Last year is over and so is December! It's time to announce the final Top 5 Stories of the Month for last year! The winners for December are:
1. Haunted Memories By: HeroOfDarkness2005
2. Calvin At Camp By: Blue Paratroopa
3. Crystal: The Legend of Jotho By: Katie Legends
4. Emerald: The Legend of Hoenn By: Katie Legends
5. Razzle Bedazzled By: Flamewind
I need help! Last month, only 7 separate updates from all of my stories! I only reviewed 7 stories last month! I need to find more stories to read! I'll take any suggestions form any category now!
Now my award show. I'll be looking over all the contestants and I'll put up the winners on my profile and I'll announce them in my stories! So stay tuned!
I'll keep the next chapter a secret. See you then!
Next to Come: XX
Date: 1/6/07
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