Chapter 5 - Shaking
A month. Could time move any slower? It's been like four whole freaking weeks! And every day is longer. Harder. Worse.
Every day I get a visit from Miley. She tells me what's happening in the gossip world. I don't need any info on the real world stuff. I get to spend two hours watching the news every morning. I think my brain is in overdrive. I even think something about Iraq just oozed out of my ear.
I sighed in frustration. Genie glanced over at me, checking on me. He was like a body guard these days. He never left the room, unless I had to go pee. Then he'd help me get to the bathroom and stand by the door. What, was I gonna fall and drown in the toilet? I can see the headlines now.
But still, I wasn't going to need help much longer. I mean I can already walk pretty good on my own, but I still think I need someone to spot me. Just so I don't hurt myself too badly.
I heard a rythmic knock on the door. "Come in." I exclaimed, sitting up in the stupid hospital bed. I swear, the thing was getting more uncomfortable every second. It's mocking me.
"Someone sounds bored." Miley commented while strolling over to her chair.
"Entertain me then." I replied, a smile lighting up my face. She giggled before starting the daily dish.
"Well, Sarah told Oliver that Dandruff Danny said that Amber and Ashley might feel sorry for you. I know, total rumor right? That's not even possible for boneheads to feel compassion."
I laughed, she was right. Amber and Ashley would never take their minds, if they had any, away from how their new manicures look to think about me.
"Anyways, Oliver said that Sarah's been conductin gthis new weather machine thing. Sounds dorky but I might check it out later, for Sarah's sake. Then Julie from English, not Julie from Math, said that..." Miley stopped talking mid-sentence.
A faint roaring sound could be heard. I glanced at Genie. He had a weird look on his face as he walked over to the window. He opened his mouth to talk, but nothing came out. Or if it did, I couldn't hear it over the roaring. It had gotten so loud that I felt like I was at a monster truck rally.
The room even felt like it was shaking, just like if I was right down in the dirt arena with the trucks.
I heard a crash and looked over, one of the medical thingys that beeps had fallen to the gound. Was the room really shaking?
"Lilly!" Miley yelled over the roaring, if I hadn't seen her mouth move, I wouldn't of known she had been talking.
I saw Genie vanish in a puff of blue smoke...what a weeny.
"Earthquake!" Someone from outside the room yelled. It was loud and clear. It sounded like Genie. Maybe he'd poofed into the hallway outside?
I jumped out from under the sheets in the bed and being the klutz I am, fell straight to the ground. Miley dropped down to my level and tried to help me up, but the room was shaking too badly.
"The doorway!" Miley yelled, "We have to get to the doorway!"
A chunk of some hard stuff landed on the other side of the room. It took me awhile to figure out that it was a part of the ceiling. Isn't this suppose to be a hospital? What the hell type of hospital falls to the ground at at stupid little quake?
"Miley!" I yelled, why wasn't she moving? I pushed her towards the doorway, crawling my way behind her. My legs hurt at the suddon movement, I'd been taking it easy for too long I guess. Four whole freaking days too long!
"Genie!" I yelled, not caring you heard me yelling out for a so called mythical creature. "Genie!"
Miley finally reached the doorway, but when I looked away from the floor to her my heart almost froze. She had a look of pain and horror on her face. Why was all this happening?! Genies, sharks, hospitals, earthquakes?! What next?! Am I gonna sprout wings and fly to Brazil to become a professional pancake maker?!
My vision was becoming blurry with all the shaking. My ears were staring to hurt from all the louds crashes and thuds and the constant roaring that seemed to be getting louder. Wait, why was there a roaring to start with. And why is it getting louder? Am I going crazy?
"Oh my freaking god!" I heard someone yell. It kinda sounded like my doctor. "Tornado! There's a tornado outside the hospital!"
Huh, well how about that. An earthquake and a tornado at the same time. What are the odds of that?
Miley and I looked at each other. We were holding onto each other for dear life while we huddled in the doorway. We began to scream, just like they did in the movies. Only I could pick out the fear in ours.
The thuds and roaring got louder. I watched as a giant crack formed across the wall of my hospital room. I watched as it stretched farther, and farther, and farther, until it went all the way across the big white wall.
I felt the air in the room begin to cirrculate. Pieces of paper and little items and flowers from stray vases began to whirl around in the room and outside in the hall.
Where the hell was my genie?
I watched the top half of the wall fly away with a loud ripping sound. Outside it was dark. I didn't even look, too afraid to see, but the look on Miley's face said it all. It was big. It was scary. It was threatning.
And it was after the wrong girl.
I smiled darkly, yeah, come on you stupid tornado. Take me away. I don't care, just as long as you leave Miley alone. I'll go. I'll dance with you. I'll take you down too.
I must be going crazy.
"Lilly!" Miley yelled. I snapped out of my small moment of craziness, the drugs must be kicking in or something.
I looked into Miley's eyes. Tears were rolling away from them. Her hair was flying around her madly, the wind carrying it around. Dirt was smeared across her left cheek, she looked like she'd been in a fight.
I grabbed her hand, sanity coming back to me now, and began to try and fight the wind. I crawled out of the doorway and into the hospital hallway. There were people everywhere, all on the floor. Walking was impossible.
Items and papers were flying around everywhere. It was a mad house.
I spotted Genie setting down an old lady behind the stone like counter, a place she'd be safe. Of course he could walk and carry people.
"Lilly!" He yelled when he spotted me and Miley making out escape towards him. "Make the wish! Please, Lilly, I don't want to ruin your life even further!"
"What?" I shouted over the roar. What was he talking about? Did he think these freak accidents were his fault? Or...were they?
I turned to make sure Miley was okay. She was still right beside me, still in almost shock. Oh, how badly I wanted to save her. How badly I wanted to kiss her.
"Lilly, I'm so sorry for all of this!" Genie yelled, getting on his hands and knees like we were. "If I wasn't here none of this would be happening."
"What are you talking about?" I yelled back in confusion. I was so confused I felt like crying. But I think I already was. I mean, how more screwed can my life get?
Genie gave me a, I-should-know-this-look, just like all my teachers did.
"It's common sense that a genie will bring bad luck! That's why you can't keep us around for ever!" He yelled back.
"Common sense?" I yelled back hysterically, " Well sorry, that I'm not Buddha and didn't know that you were my ticket on the death express!"
"Lilly! Just use your wish already before everyone in this hospital is dead!" Miley shouted, anger falling across her features.
She's right. I have to wish for something. Something good. Let's see, um...okay, how do I get a hospital full of people to safety, including Miley, and possibly all of Malibu. I could wish for the tornado to be gone, but what about the Earthquake? I could wish for them both to be gone! But that's not life changing. That's not significant.
It clicked. My lightbulb came on. I jerked my head up to Genie, a look of pure determination on my face. With hard, serious words, I yelled out my final wish.
"Genie!" I yelled over the loud roar and screams. I glanced at Miley, she had her eyes closed tight, ready for whatever that was going to happen. I swallowed hard, tears running down my face, and I had no idea why. "I wish you were free! I wish that you will never have another master again!"
The shaking stopped. A cloud of blue smoke engulfed myself and Miley, who's presence I was always aware of. I couldn't see anything. I couldn't hear anything. I couldn't move. I couldn't blink. I couldn't see anything but the blue smoke. I couldn't even tell if I was still alive. I couldn't even fell my heart beat.
...darkness...
AN: Okay, so when I updated the last chapter, I realized all my chapters started with S, so I wanted to keep the trend going XD Also, I know my story has a lot of weird action in it, and I'm sorry if it confuses you. Plus! My spell check isn't working, so sorry if anything I missed in my proof reading is wrong.
Hope you enjoyed the story so far! And let me just tell you, it's about to take on a much more mellow and soft side. So say bye bye to the action! XD