Chapter 6: Arson!
It was a few days after the funeral when Barney woke up to a nightmare. He heard a evil laugh and smelled the horrible smell of burning furniture as his stuff burned. For some reason his smoke alarms had failed to go off. He had a sneaking suspicion that the one responsible for the fire had messed with them. "Hahahahaha! You're dead loser!" Said a voice and he looked up and saw the unmistakable face of one of the Cumber brothers. "YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS!" He screamed.
The hedgehog continued laughing and ran out of the house leaving him trapped in his room. Realizing he had no other choice he moved burning stuff out of the way until he was in front of a window. He winched as he opened the window and climbed out. He could feel himself getting lightheaded from the smoke he had inhaled and when he was a few feet away from the house he fell down into unconsciousness.
Sly was outside walking alone thinking about things when he saw the burning out. "Oh my God!" He gasped. He ran over and saw Barney barley breathing on the grass. He ran to the house next door and frantically started banging on the door. Lights were turned on and the door was thrown open by none other then Gerald Pomtin's mother, Lana. "What's the meaning of this it's two in the morning!?" Exclaimed. Gerald who had been woken up as well looked in confusion at his mother. "I'm sorry to bother you, but Barney Archer's house is on fire and Barney is unconscious outside." Sly told her. Lana gasped and hurried to her phone and called the fire department. She then called Jeanette and Yumi's house and told them about the fire.
A few minutes Jeanette, Yumi, Bentley, and Murray all arrived in the Cooper van. When Jeanette saw Barney unconscious on the grass she ran over to him and burst into tears. "Barney no!" She cried. "I can't lose you to!" Sly and Yumi walked around in circles while waiting for the fire department to get there.
Bentley and Murray watched the burning house in silence, while Lana and Gerald looked on with grim faces. Finally after an unknown amount of time a fire truck and an ambulance with sirens blazing came around the corner. "Oh good finally!" Yumi said in relief.
The fire fighters jumped out of the fire truck and quickly got the fire hose onto the fire hydrant while the paramedic's worked on Barney. Everyone watched worriedly as they tried to revive Barney. They were just about to give up hope when he took a big breath. Everyone including the paramedic's sighed in relief. Jeanette of course threw herself on him while crying. "Careful there Jeanette. He's hurt still." said Bentley gently. "Bentleys right. Besides, they need to get him to the hospital." said Yumi.
"I suppose your right."Said Jeanette. She stood up and the paramedic's put Barney on a stretcher and brought him into the ambulance. The gang hopped into the Copper van and drove as fast as they could to the hospital .
A/N- This would of been up sooner but the internet here is acting up. I am officially 25 today! :D