Chapter 2: Boredom/Problems

Three hours later…

"Look, I don't care. Just make sure it gets done, okay? You don't, and it's your ass, and trust me, you have not seen me pissed. Don't push me into that position, got it? Bye." Mikel said angrily as he came into the house. He got looks from the whole family when he came in, which confused Mikel until he looked at himself. "Oh, sorry." Mikel said as he dragoned down-apparently the anger got him going, if you know what I mean.

"How'd it go?" Jake asked, knowing what happened. "Where to begin? Other than the fact that the music isn't done, my producers are idiots, and the sound board is fucked up…I say it went pretty well." Mikel said, still showing his anger. "How bout yall? What's been going on while I was going on?" he asked, trying to keep the subject off him. "Boredom-no calls." Jake said, referring to training. "Hmm…old dude finally caught on to a holiday. Well, I'm gonna.." Mikel started before he slipped on the stairs, twisting his ankle. "Fuck. Not during the holiday." Mikel said before wincing in pain.

At the hospital…

"How bad is it?" Susan asked when the doctor came back from the x-rays. "Well, he suffered a minor sprain. He should be fine within a week, but I suggest he stay off it until Christmas." The doctor said, which got a reaction from Mikel and Jake. "What? But.." Mikel started before he sat down in defeat. "You sure?" Jonathan said to the doctor, which he replied with a nod. When the doctor, Jonathan, and Susan left, Jake's phone rang, which was from G. "Aw fuck. He's not going to like it…especially how it happened too." Mikel groaned as he got up from the bed and started limping around. "Sorry, but we have to go." Jake said to him as they got ready to leave. "Alright, but what about-forget it. Let's go." Mikel replied as they left the room.

10 minutes later…

"Kid, where ya been? The old man doesn't like it when-oh." Fu said before seeing Mikel with bandages on his ankle. "Yeah, yeah. I'm injured-so sue me." Mikel said bitterly while waiting for a reaction. Mikel walked to G, showed the injury, and waited for yelling-it didn't happen. "It's not serious, but be more careful." Lao Shi said as he went for his tea. "Wow..didnt see that coming." Mikel thought as he sat down. "So, why did we come here?" Jake said as he sat down as well. "Yeah, what's up? Something going down?" Mikel said, being concerned. "Well, put it this way-fail, and Christmas is cancelled." Fu said loudly, summing up what was to be said. "What? Wait-no." Jake started before looking at Mikel, looking for a response. "How?" was all that Mikel could muster, still thinking on too many things.

"Ok, so let me get this straight. He somehow, in someway, got captured, and we have to get him out? And you don't even know who's involved?" Mikel questioned while still trying to get the facts straight. After getting what he thought were nods, Mikel groaned helplessly to the chair. "Can I say one thing? This is not what I was hoping for this Christmas…" Mikel complained as he thought of the task they had at hand.

Just filling in the pieces, that's all. Yes, he's injured-big whoop. Amazing how stairs can mess up your ankle…oh well.