Chapter 7: The Narrow way I (The search)
The next day, the Art class adventurers woke up by the annoying sound of the mysterious guide cutting something.
"Wake up, breakfast is ready" Roberto said.
"What is that smell?" Sid wondered.
"It smells great!" Stinky told Sid.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's eat!" Harold hungrily said and walked to the guide. They all ate what Roberto cooked without asking what it was, hunger dominated their thoughts.
"This is good, really good" Simmons cheerfully complemented "What is it?"
"Thank you, thank you, it is Yauhitl testicles and guts" Roberto answered without a hesitating.
The whole class stood still, unsure if they heard right till Eugene got up running behind a bush and vomit. The sound of his puke falling on the ground dazed everyone's stomach, making them throw up as well. Some did not mind, like Phoebe, she thought it was quite interesting. Harold would eat anything he could put in his mouth. And Wartz was thrilled to eat exotic food.
"Are you trying to kill us?" Helga exploded once her puke was through "Why would you give us such a disgusting thing to eat!"
The crew had to eat their own food, the same goo old sausages and energetic fake food, but it was better than eating testicles of some odd animal whose name was hard to pronounce.
After their meal, they made deeper into the wild. Rhonda had a bad experience once again and used Harold to carry her.
"Watch it!" Rhonda grunted as a leaf smacked her "Ouch! Harold! Be careful! "She said hitting his nape.
"Hey! I'm trying! It isn't easy carrying you through these unstable grounds!" Harold complained.
"Oh shut up and keep your eyes on the road… look out! Aggh!" And Rhonda got hit by another branch.
They strode for a while, but something was missing.
"Where is Arnold?" Sheena suddenly asked. Helga's heart skipped a beat when she heard Sheena.
"Arnold!" some yelled searching around.
Oh no! My love! How could we leave him behind! How could I leave him all alone in this creepy jungle! Helga lamented as she remembered the night before with the moon and stars.
Gerald felt quite angry at him, telling himself "Why didn't you tell me you were leaving? Why wouldn't you ask me to come?"
"Oh no! This is bad, really bad!" Mr. Simmons regretfully said. Wartz didn't say anything, he just stood by a tree with an angry look on his face.
"Oh Christ, what are we going to do? Poor Arnold must be madly scared!" Simmons continued.
"Relax relax, we will look for him, he mustn't be far away" Roberto said "Let's hope he doesn't get eaten though"
"Eaten!" Helga cried.
"Oh calm down little girl, we'll find him"
They went back to the campsite, the guide knelt searching for clues.
"This way!" he claimed, the rest followed through a narrow way that led to an open field with a hill on the end. Helga remembered the place, she could even see herself and Arnold on that hill. She felt terrible, horrible thoughts spread through her head I don't want to lose you she bit her lip and held tears from escaping her eyes.
They stopped on the hill and peeped out only to see the grand height and the lake at the bottom that looked deep. Roberto calculated the hill was 100 meters high.
"It seems the odd shaped boy went down" the guide predicted.
"Are you saying Arnold climbed his way down this tremendously high hill?" Mr. Simmons asked feeling the vertigo take over his body.
"That's right, and we will go down as well if you want to find him"
Some students were terrified of the idea of climbing down like Phoebe and Rhonda, unlike Helga, she already was making her way down. She did not care if the others followed, she only wanted to find her wandering love.
Using all her wit, she managed to climb down the 100 meters and jump into the shiny lake. Everyone was amazed at Helga's ability and will to find their missing classmate.
"Wow, Helga is crazy" Stinky said astonished.
"How desperate must she be to find Arnold?" Sid added.
"What are you waiting for you boneheads?!" Helga shouted swimming in the lake "Let's go!" she insisted.
"Alright teens, you heard the lady, follow me" Roberto said guiding the way down.
They slowly descended the rocky mount, it was moistly full of moss.
"Don't look down, don't look down" Eugene muttered and slipped with the humid moss making him fall. Eugene screamed but Sheena was able to grab his leg using all her strength.
"Don't let me go!" Eugene begged.
"I am… trying" Sheena gasped "Some one… hee… help me… I can't hold on.. any longer…." But no one could help, they would fall along Eugene if they tried to do such a risky stunt like that "I can't hold on…" Sheena's face became red, but suddenly Eugene said calmly.
"It's alright Sheena…. You can let go, don't worry about me" he swallowed saliva when he looked down at the far away lake.
"No… I can't let you go… I won't!" She yelled shaking.
"But you will fall off too if you don…Aaahh!" Eugene and Sheena yelled as they fell down. Everyone gasped as they saw them fall. Splash! The tension filled everyone's worried mind, Sheena and Eugene did not come out of the deep water. Bubbles came popping from beneath as they finally ascended gasping for air. Both began to laugh hugging each other.
"We're ok!" Sheena and Eugene shouted. The students and adults felt relieved and continued to climb down.
When they finally did and jump in and out of the lake, they followed once again the guide as he examined the grounds going deeper and deeper through the wild and into the dark forest.