Me: Welcome to Chapter Three!
Chiro: My feet hurt!
Me: Hasn't anyone picked you up yet?
Chiro: YOU HAVEN'T MADE ANYONE PICK ME UP!
Me: Okay, Okay! I just made a mistake! Sorry!
Chiro: Apology accepted.
Me: Well don't worry! Someone will pick you up!
Chiro: I just wanna get home.
Me: The faster we get started the faster you'll be home.
Chiro: Okay.
Me: I don't own SRMTHFG!
Chiro: Please Read and Review.
Chapter Three: First Ride
My feet felt like I had been stepping on sharp glass. I moaned. Not a single person had pulled over to pick me up. I guess no one ever noticed a kid on the side of the road with his thumb up. But I guess walking is better then being captured by the kidnappers again.
I stopped and held my thumb out again. Maybe I'd get lucky today. Just then a bolt of lightning came down and it began to rain again. I let out a distressed moan and put my backpack over my head, still trying to hitch a ride.
A car flew past me and showered me in dirty puddle water. I let out a cry.
I was about to start walking when a blue car pulled up. The driver, who was female, rolled down her window and said, "Hop in. I'm sure getting a ride with me would be better then walking in the rain,"
I opened the door and sat in the back seat. The woman began to drive. "Thank you," I said.
"No problem," she said. "Are you a runaway?"
"No," I said. "I was kidnapped. I just wanna get home,"
"Where do you live?" she asked.
"Shuggazoom City," I said.
The woman let out a whistle. "Shuggazoom City?" she said in a questioning manner. "That's an eight day journey from car!"
"Where am I?" I asked.
"Highway 83," the woman said. "Just after the exit for Koloville. You've got a long ways to go kid,"
"My name's Chiro O'Neil," I said. "What's your name?"
"My name?" she asked. I nodded. "Emily," she said. "My name is Emily Pickett,"
"Emily," I said. "Where are you going?"
"To Douglas," Emily said. "It's a two day journey by car. I can take you half way there but I warn you, Douglas is a dangerous place,"
"Is there a pay phone in Douglas?" I asked.
"No," Emily said.
"Then I'll just go there to get some food and use the toilet," I said. "Then I'll keep on hitchhiking to the nearest town with a phone,"
"Parents going to pick you up?" Emily asked.
"Not sure," I said. "You know the Monkey Team?"
"I've heard of them," Emily said. "Heard they're being led by a boy,"
"Do you know the boy's name?" I asked.
"Sure it's…" Emily trailed off. "His name is Chiro O'Neil. You're the Hyperforce leader!"
"Sure am," I said.
"I've heard a little about you," Emily said. "You're an orphan?"
"Yup," I said. "My Ma and Pa died years ago. My mom died when I was seven. My dad died when I was ten. But Antauri and Nova are my parents now I guess,"
"That's nice," Emily said.
"Yeah," I said.
"What do you do on the team?" Emily asked.
"A lot of stuff," I said. "I have to help Otto build stuff and Gibson make medicine when he needs help. I help Nova train and Sprx clean the robot. And I help Antauri by doing my best in everything I do,"
"Isn't Otto the green one?" Emily asked.
"Yup," I said.
"He's so cute!" Emily squealed. "My friend gave me a picture of him last month. He's just adorable!"
"He gets that a lot," I said.
"Really?" Emily asked. I nodded my head yes. "Doesn't surprise me,"
"I can't wait to be home," I said.
"Miss the monkeys don't ya?" Emily asked.
"Yup," I said. "The monkeys are my family. It sucks being the one that kidnappers go after. Last time I was kidnapped I went partially blind,"
"How did that happen?" Emily asked.
"The team had just rescued me a week before," I said. "They were going to hide me with some of my friends. We met up with them and the next thing we knew the street was blown to smithereens. I guess I hit my head so hard on the concrete I damaged the nerve cells that allowed me to see. Gibson was able to repair my vision though and now I just need glasses to see correctly,"
"Life can be a bully sometimes can't it," Emily said.
"Tell me about it," I muttered. "I have to protect Shuggazoom City and be the leader of the Hyperforce. How can I do that if I'm hitchhiking home?"
"Don't now kiddo," Emily said. "But I do know a old saying about leaders that might help when you get home?"
"What's that?" I asked.
"A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but ought to be," Emily said. "A famous quote by a woman on Earth name Rosalynn Carter,"
"Yeah," I said. "It'll help in the long run," I yawned and my eyes began to droop.
"Go to sleep kid," Emily said. "You're going to need all the strength you can get tomorrow,"
"Thanks Emily," I said. "You know, you're the first person who picked me up," If Emily made a reply I wouldn't know. I was fast asleep in seconds.