DAMN!!! I GOTTA PAY MORE ATTENTION TO WHAT I'M WRITING!!!!
ALRIGHT! Chapter 4 is here and its gonna hurt so bad if you didn't read the other chapters.
. . .So just for those of you who don't know what's happening, here's a brief summery.
Jay and Senel are locked in a tool shed behind Will's house. No one knows where they are and everyone's looking in the wrong places. If they don't find them in time they'll probably starve, seeing as neither had any breakfast the morning they got locked in that place. Or even dinner the night before! Who are they tryin' to impress?
This chapter is a little more drama filled and full of teary parts. (jus the kind of mood I was in. no im not gothic!!!! XO)
So just read and. . .whatever. Have fun!
Chapter 4:
Again, darkness had fallen into the sky and coated the town with night as the town slept. Senel could see the moon full through the window from the area he was resting. It was once more the only light in their wooden prison. Jay was asleep on the floor strait across from him in a fetal position snoring and twitching in his sleep. Senel figured out the first night there that Jay happened to chit-chat allot in his sleep. And his kick hurt really bad too. That was mainly why Senel slept so far away from Jay during the night.
Senel let out a heavy sigh as he rolled over onto his side with his hands behind his head. He tried everything he could to think of some way to break out of the shed. The screaming and banging didn't work, and neither did the side trip through the window. Senel thought numerous times to dig under the doorway. But that was pointless, seeing as the floor was pure concrete. If they only had something sharp and pointy they could pick the door unlocked and get out.
But there wasn't anything there for that kind of plan.
Jay's stomach let out a loud growl which woke him up. He hugged his abdomen as Senel sat up yawning and stretching his arms and legs. Jay first noticed the searing cold surrounding him and that it had turned to nighttime. He sat up against the wall rubbing his eyes. He and Senel hadn't eaten anything whatsoever or even slept in a decent bed for the past two nights, and it was beginning to effect their thinking and movements. They were both becoming weaker and Jay assumed that if they didn't get out soon there wouldn't be anything left for anyone to find. His stomach snarled again. Jay stuck his hands under his armpits and shivered from the sudden drop in temperature.
"I don't understand anything anymore!" Senel shouted quietly between chattering teeth. "Its always so damn hot in the daytime, but when the sun goes down we nearly freeze!"
Jay didn't reply. He merely sat still shaking as frosty sensations gripped him tighter and tighter. It was becoming to painful to ignore.
"Jay?" Senel asked when he noticed Jay staring at the floor unemotionally. Jay's head tilted a bit to the left as he continues to shake from pain and agonizing chilliness. Senel watched him tensely as Jay's eyes closed slightly and he began to fall sideways weakly.
"JAY!!!" Senel lunged forward on his knees and caught him just before he hit the hard floor.
"Jay! What's wrong!? Say something!!!" he pleaded as Jay moaned slowly and his eyes opened completely again. Senel lifted Jay up off of the floor and propped him up against the wall he had been lying against.
"S-sorry. . ."Jay stuttered. "I just got really tired for a moment." He looked over to Senel who was kneeling beside him with a worried look on his face.
"You're getting way too weak! When was the last time you ate!?"
"I don't know. Maybe three or four days ago."
"Then its no wonder you can hardly stay conscious." Senel got up on his feet and walked quickly over to the door. "We need to get out of here before both of us end up to weak to move!" Senel brutally turned the knob without hesitation. When he realize it wouldn't budge, he kicked it two times and fell to the floor shaking his head furiously.
"Senel, don't worry about it. One of us can stay up every few hours for the rest of the nights so we'll know if someone comes by. You're probably just as tired as I am. Right?"
Senel stared down at his fist for a few seconds before answering. "Alright. But let me keep an ear out first. I don't want you nearly passing out again."
"Fine with me." Jay said smiling as he leaned his weight back against the wall. Senel slumped back down the door as well.
It only took Jay about a minute to go back to sleep. When Senel was sure he was out, he groaned in an annoyed tone and fell on his back to the floor. He thought nervously to himself while trying his best to stay awake and keep a look out.
What if nobody's even looking for us? Or what if they nobody even has a clue where we? What if no one finds us!? Then what? We just lie around in here until someone needs to get a stupid gardening tool!? Then we'll just be a big pile of dusty old bones! That's a nice thought. Will, Moses, Shirley, Norma, Chloe, and Grune all look back and wonder who we were and where the hell we went! Damn it! We gotta get out of here!
Suddenly, Senel heard a gnawing noise coming from the outside of the shed. He peeked out the bottom of the door for the second time to discover nothing there again. Senel jumped to his feet as the noise grew louder. He looked over and between a few boxes to try and find the obnoxious sound, but there was nothing suspicious about his surroundings.
"Jay. Jay!" Senel whispered to the sleeping boy. At first Jay just moaned tiredly and tilted his head back a little, ignoring him. Annoyed, Senel nudged him in the leg in effort to wake him. Jay woke abruptly and rubbed his heavy eyes.
"What!?" he asked through a yawn.
"Jay! There's something going on outside! I think someone or something's trying to get in here! What do I do!?"
"Just dispense with it."
"D-dispense . . Huh?"
Jay rolled over and let out another yawn. "Don't pay any attention to it."
Senel rolled his eyes and continued to search for the noise. "Oh, you're just full of genius, aren't you?"
After about ten minutes of meaningless searching, Senel gave up and laid back on the side of the wall opposite of Jay. He exhaled deeply and huddled his legs close to him to let some of the cold away.
He tried everything he could to stay awake, but soon, he was again on the floor with his eyes closed and his head filling with clouds.
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"We need to hurry, guys! Its nearly midnight!" Norma yelled to the others while running up ahead. They had all nearly gone through half the Earth Monument and still hadn't found either one of the two boys.
"Norma, slow down! Do you want to overlook something and miss them?" Chloe asked her. Norma stopped and waited for the others to catch up to her. They were near the area where it seemed like being outside and the moving tiles beneath them showed pictures of grassy areas and floral dipictions.
"You sure do seem worried, Bubbles." stated Moses as he searched his surroundings carefully.
"Of course I am! Senny and JJ have been gone for almost two days!"
Shirley bowed her head as they all continued up the path. "I hope their all right. I couldn't bear to have them hurt and be this worthless in such a situation."
"What do you mean, Shirl?"
"Its just like what happened during the circumstances with Vaclav and his army. I couldn't do anything but stand back and watch as you all gave up so much to save me. And Stella, of course. Senel risked his life to save us, and in the end, he lost so much. I don't want us or anyone to go through what he did."
Will cut off the doom and gloom converstation just before entering the next and last room. "You won't. None of us will. We're going to find them before anything happens to make us regret anything."
"Right! Lets go get those two!" Moses cheered running through the doorway Will had opened.
After everyone else had reached the dead end room in the monument, they discovered Moses standing dumbstruck in the middle of the floor.
The area was empty.
Everyone stared around the diserted room not making a sound. Later throughout a few moments of disturbing silence, Norma complained silently in her squeaky tone.
"I. . . I don't understand. There's no where else they could be. Where could they be!?"
"This ain't good. This means they ain't anywhere near the city!" Moses stated with his gaze still pointed straight ahead in disbelief. "Will! What do we do now!?" he asked desperately to his friend standing next to him.
"I'm not so sure now." he said with doubt filling his voice rapidly. "If they aren't near the city, then that means something is terribly wrong."
"My, this is a problem!" Grune said with a bit of worry. Though you could never tell from the smile on her face.
Shirley looked around at everyone in the room with tears filling her eyes. "Do any of you think they could have been kidnapped?"
Norma stared at her for a few seconds. "C-come on, Shirl! Our Senny? Our JJ!? Kidnapped!? There's no way! Right!?" She looked at the others for backup, but no one said a word.
"Not together anyway. One of them must have been either killed or hurt real bad." Moses gulped down a lump in his throat as he slumped his head and stared down at the floor.
"Red! Don't say things like that!"
Will shook his head and walked back towards the exit. "Let's head back to my house and think of what we can do tomorrow." He sauntered out not waiting for the rest of the party to reply.
"Whats wrong with Will?" Moses asked with pain still striking his face. "His face looked stone cold."
Chloe took a few steps closer to the doorway and stared off into space. "He really is worried. I can see why. . ."
"Why, C?" Shirley asked standing next to her.
"Coolidge is the first of us Raynard ever met. He knows him better than us. It would pain him badly to see anything happen to him."
"So Will sees Senel as his son! Just like our little Harriet!" Grune chimed out of nowhere. "How nice!"
"That seems like one way to put it." responded Chloe. Moses sniffled a few times then sneered a bit. "That is what we are, ain't it? One happily family!" He then ran out the door calling to the others to follow.
"Okay! Okay, Red! We're coming!"
Norma and Grune hastily followed. Just before leaving, Shirley stopped Chloe by grabbing her arm.
"C. I can see what you meant about Senel and Will, but what do you think you and the others think about Jay?"
Chloe smiled sweetly. "I'm sure we all think of him as our little brother, Shirley. Especially Sandor."
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Around one o'clock, Senel awoke from his hour long sleep. He raised his heavy head from the floor and rubbed his crust filled eyes. The room was stilled dark to him as his eyes began to adjust to the newfound color. Senel sat up against the door listening carefully for any movement outside. He noticed Jay was still asleep on the other side of the shed, for he saw movement from across from him.
Senel yawned long as he stretched his arms above his head telling himself not to fall asleep again. Jay would kill him if he missed the chance to get out of the annoying building. Especially since he was the one to lock them in there in the first place. At least Senel could be the one to break them out.
Senel leaned his head on the door and looked around the shed. He closed his eyes and thought about where the others could be and how he could get their attention. Or at least let them know where they both were. As Senel sucked in a deep inhale, he heard the low growl of an unknown force. It sounded to him like a type of monster. He quickly lifted his head in search of the suspicious noise.
He found it fast.
A rat, or maybe an ugly dog, lay perched on top of Jay's stomach. Razor sharp talons gripped at Jay's shirt as the so-called "rat's" red eyes. It was staring straight at his face with its red eyes as it showed its long, yellow teeth. Senel relized immediately that the strange monster was about to attack.
"Jay! Jay, wake up!" Senel whispered as loudly as he could without alarming the threat. Jay moved his arm a bit as the monster watched with growing anger.
He got to his knees and crawled slowly to Jay's side to get rid of the ugly beast. Its gaze lost the sleeping boy and began to stare down Senel.
Suddenly, Jay awoke and noticed the abnormal sized object on his stomach. He began to let out a cry of alarm, but Senel covered his mouth before any sound could escape. Jay shook with fear as Senel reached out to the unknown animal with his other hand still clamped on Jay's mouth. The beast's lunged at Senel, still on top of Jay's abdomen, and fastened it sharp teeth around his wrist. Senel's hand left Jay's face and grabbed onto the monsters neck. Blood began to drip down Senel's arm along with another strange, black colored liquid. Jay knew right away that this liquid was poison being injected into Senel's blood streams.
"Senel, kill it quickly! YOU'RE ARM!!!!" Jay warned as Senel began to huffed and growled from newly gained pain.
He then picked up the heavy monster with his good arm and pinched it's neck causing it to let go of him. Senel threw the beast against the wall hard. It landed with a loud roar and slid down the wall into one of the open boxes.
They both knew it was dead.
Jay jumped to his feet and ran to Senel's side. He was gripping his arm soon before loosing the energy to sit up and he fell back onto the box behind him.
"Senel! Move you're hand so I can get a look at that bite!" demanded Jay. Senel's eyes closed tight as Jay removed his hand revealing four deep incisions on the top and bottom of his wrist.
"Damn. . .it was too strong. I couldn't get it off of. . ." he paused to take a deep, struggled breath. "I couldn't get it off of you or me."
"Don't talk. You need to save you're remaining strength." Jay pulled out a hankerchief from his back pocked and whipped the blood and poison from Senel's wound. He then wrapped the blood stained hankie around his wrist to halt the bleeding.
Senel let out an agonized groan while Jay tucked in the excess cloth underneath the other wrap.
Jay gently lifted Senel's weak body down to the floor. The poison had already clawed its way into Senel's entire body and was now causing him unimaginable pain.
"Damn. Now we're really in trouble." protested Jay. "You don't even have the energy to move anymore. None the less walk."
"I'll. . .be fine. I can take a little poison. I'm just glad th--" he swallowed hard in the middle of his sentence as his eyes squinted close again. ". . .just glad that it didn't bite you. Heh. . .you're tiny body couldn't live for a minute."
Jay laughed sorrowfully looking down at Senel. "I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult."
"You should try both. . ."
Senel's body fell limp just after his remark. His head fell back against the surface and his arm twitched uncontrollably from sufferance. Jay hovered a hand over Senel's mouth to ensure he was still breathing.
He felt a slight puff on his hand every second or so. He also took his pulse, which was beating at a slightly slower level.
Jay stared down at his unconscious friend. "Its not you're fault, Senel." Jay whipped his eyes as a felling of uselessness swept over him. "I shouldn't have been so pathetic. I could have at least fought myself! You didn't have to do that, you damned idiot!"
Jay sobbed quietly over his friend as tears rolled down his cheeks and onto his and Senel's clothes. He cried for himself and for Senel. He knew that if the others didn't find and get them out soon, his friend would die from the fatal amount of poison. And also, Jay couldn't handle watching someone pass. It brought back to many terrible memories from back in his childhood.
What will the others think of me? What will they think when they see him lying on the floor like this and me still alive and hopefully at least breathing!? Of course they'll think I'm weak and can't even help take care of the person right next to me!!!
"You weak bastard!!!" Jay screamed at himself clenching his fists on his shorts. His nails dug into his skin and red blood soon soaked his fingertips. Now he had to stay awake no matter what. Senel's life was now in all their friends hands.
He knew now it was all up to the others. There was nothing left for him to do. . .
To all my fans (if I have any) sorry it took so long for this chapter to get here!
chapter 5'll be here soon, if I can get the right words in maybe soon.
WISH ME LUCK!!!!!!