Hey everyone another chapter is up! I also give another thanks for White Hunter, candy-apple14 for reviewing and also (Guest) as well. Anyway Roshan and his friends have left their homes and are on their way into the jungle to see what amazing discoveries lie within the island. So just sit back, relax and enjoy the chapter!
It was afternoon deep in the heart of the jungle as Roshan, Rowan, Newt, Minho, Lolo and Kodak were making their way through the trees under the nice cool shade. Due to the humidity outside, the kids decided to stay and walk under cool for a while as they traveled on. Roshan kept his daze on everything around him as he looked up into the shaded trees. As he was looking up he couldn't help but smile before feeling a cool breeze gusting through his face and body. It felt…sort of like…freedom. It had been so long since Roshan has been out in the wilderness with friends and for the first time in his life he didn't have to stay back at the campsite. Roshan closed his eyes as he continued traveling through the forest along with the rest of the group. Meanwhile Kodak, the older boy who was lacking in the back, had his arms around the injured midsection that he was hit on as he angrily frowned remembering what Ragnar said to him back there.
"…bastard" Kodak angrily muttered to himself
Roshan could hear Kodak in the back as he turned his head around to check on him. Kodak didn't response back as the older boy hid his face away to ignore him trying to hide the pain. Roshan raised a brow before turning his head back forward.
"I wonder what's eating Kodak; and why does he have tears in his eyes?" Roshan thought to himself
"What's the matter shank is that buster bothering you again?" Minho asked if Roshan was okay
"Oh no I'm fine. It's just that I'm curious, though; have you ever seen Kodak in pain?" Roshan asked if he knew something suspicious about Kodak
Minho snorted with mockery. "Without that frown he's still a pain"
Minho laughed under his hand leaving Roshan shaking his head as he continued to walk. Minho soon stopped and realized something was wrong and he gave his friend a shove in the shoulder.
"Hey, what's up with you?" Minho asked
"It's nothing really. It's just that…I'm kind of worried for him" Roshan replied
"Worried? About Kodak? Ha, I think you're caring for him a little too much" Minho confirmed
"It's not that I don't care about him, it's just that I think he was hurt by someone else" Roshan confirmed back
"Oh really, that doesn't compare to the amount of other teenagers he's hurt since dawn of time. He's a low-life, a jerk, a maniac Roshan you know that" Minho pointed out
"Well whether or not he's a jerk he can still be resourceful. I know he can" Roshan replied back
(PLAYFULLY LAUGHING)
Lolo was playfully riding on Rowan's back as the two girls skipped along the through the forest. To make it more fun, Lolo got off of Rowan's back grasped the older girl's hand and began swinging her around in circles. Both girls shrieked out in delight as they played along before Rowan swung Lolo of the ground and flung the young girl right on her back again.
(PLAYFULLY LAUGHING)
"That was fun!" Lolo cried out joyously
"Yeah but next time I'll toss you around, how do you like that?" Rowan said teasingly
"I say…you don't even have the flaws to do it" Lolo replied teasingly
"Is that challenge or an insult?" Rowan asked teasingly
"Both if you bring them together" Lolo teasingly replied
(BOTH LAUGHING)
Roshan happily watched the two girls play around as the boy kept his eyes on Rowan once again. Roshan sensed in Rowan's eyes that she loved being in the wilderness so far and that she was having a good time without making a single excuse. This made Roshan felt a lot more comfortable seeing that somebody else, like him and his friends, wanting to explore the wildlife.
Minho kindly shoves Roshan in the shoulder again which got his attention. He teasingly raised his eye-brows up and down, then gesturing his eyes to Rowan before quietly giving him the 'love' whistle sound.
(WHISTLING WITH LOVE)
Roshan frowns and shoves Minho back with his elbow. "Shut up Minho"
(MINHO CHUCKLING)
As the day went on, Roshan and his friends made some remarkable discoveries while journeying through the island. While traveling, they've discovered a ginormous waterfall near the valley as the trio made across its large spring river by jumping across its stone heads that laid above the rustling water. After that the trio journeyed through the corridors of the large rocky mountain slops by using their rock-climbing skills by helping one another up as they go. Soon as they all made it to the top of the mountain, their eyes popped up in excitement and such amazement when discovered an amazing view of the entire landscape of the island including the ocean view up ahead. Roshan felt his heart racing inside; he thought after so long he wouldn't ever see anything beautiful like this. So with keeping that good mood, Roshan lifted Lolo up and placed her over his head and onto his shoulders so that the young girl could see the view a lot better.
Soon the day started to come to an end, as they sun slowly began setting over the horizon leaving the evening sun to shine for the last final moments.
Soon the trio made their way back into the forest under the shades of the trees again. They all stayed quiet for the time being before one of them realizing something odd that happened on most of their journey.
"Hey Roshy, can I ask you something?" Lolo asked her friend
"Sure Lolo" Roshan replied back
"How come the jungle is so quiet?" Lolo asked him
"What do you mean?" Roshan asked him
"I mean…well…have any of you ever seen something fantastic like this so muted?" Lolo asked her friend
The young girl's question soon got everyone involved making them all stopped in position before realizing that she was right. The trio looked all around for a moment when realizing they hadn't heard a single bird singing or even a bug cricketing in the sky nor the forest within the whole jungle.
"Okay now I have a question…what happened to the wildlife today?" Newt asked
"I don't know? I mean it's not like they've could have just hibernated early for the winter, they should be roaming out into the wild like how they should be" Rowan commenced
"But as far as we're concerned about this, I don't think there's an explanation at all" Minho replied
Roshan turned his attention away for the moment using deep thought to himself. He didn't think all the animals would have disappeared like this; or come to think of it, maybe it was something more than that. The boy expressed a frown on his face before turning back to his friends.
"I think I know why" Roshan called out
Everyone including Kodak looked at Roshan thinking he has a better solution of what might have happened to all the animals.
"What is it then?" Newt asked him
"I believe in all the time that we've been here so far, our people must have already launched a warpath with them" Roshan answered
"Meaning?" said Newt felling confused
"We've probably threatened them all into hiding…again" Roshan explained
Satisfied by this, Roshan, Rowan, Newt, Minho and Lolo showed a sign of guiltiness and looked down at the ground feeling bad about this. Everyone, except Kodak who was chuckling with his hand covered over his mouth.
(SCOFFING)
Showing mockery, Kodak made his way towards Roshan with a dissatisfied expression.
"Seriously are you still stuck in make-believe land? You've been wasting your time with this for so long; creatures here are nothing but dumb excuses of living life in this world. They're not smart, they don't follow orders, but most of all…they can't…even…speak!" Kodak commented in Roshan's face
"Really Kodak? Don't you ever stop to think whether or not to ask that animal what's wrong and try telling them from their eyes? Do you?" Roshan asked agitatedly
(SCOFFING)
"As if! Besides, they wouldn't understand how we landed here in the first place. Not even that even that crap-headed mammoth we killed yesterday" Kodak replied
"That mammoth happens to be one of the biggest living creatures on the planet, and you know that. But all you can think of is just kill without any reason" Roshan confirmed him
"There doesn't have to be a reason! Like your uncle says, 'we shoot to kill and show no mercy'" said Kodak agitatedly
"And still you actually continue to follow him on it. He's a cannibal" Minho pointed out
"That's what we all are! I mean look around, do you see any dumb animal listening to any of this?" Kodak pointed out
Minho crossed his arms before replying, "Yeah…I'm seeing one right now"
Hearing this, Kodak looked at Minho with anger as he pushed Roshan to the side and he walked up to him. Kodak then grasped his hands and pulled Minho in front of him by the shirt.
"What the hell do you mean by that punk?" Kodak asked agitatedly
"Isn't obvious? Out of all the creatures that live out here, you, happen to be the dumbest one of them all!" Minho replied snarling
With that, Kodak was angered with revenge and he grasped Minho's shirt tightly before grasping his other hand into a fist.
"Why you no good son of a…" Kodak angrily muttered ready to punch him
But then suddenly Kodak was cut off when a pebble came flying out of nowhere hitting the older boy right on the head.
(BOP)
"OW!" cried Kodak feeling pain on his forehead
Everyone's eyes popped up in surprise when they saw what just happened as Kodak continued rubbing his head with his hand. Once the pain went away, Kodak angrily looked at Newt and slapped him on top of his forehead.
(SLAP)
"OW!" cried Newt rubbing his head in pain. "What's you're bloody problem?"
"You hit me with a pebble, you amphibian!" Kodak angrily pointed out
"I didn't bloody hit you at all!" Newt confirmed him
"You did to!" Kodak yelled back
(BOP)
"OW!" cried Kodak when another pebble hit him on the head
(BOP)
"OW!" cried Newt when a pebble hit him
(BOP)
"OW! What the-? Who did that!" cried Minho after he was hit with a pebble
(CHITTERING)
Twittering sounds were heard out of nowhere getting everyone involved as they began twisting their heads back and forth to find out where it was coming from.
(CHITTERING CONTINUES)
Suddenly a small branch broke off and fell in front of Roshan causing the boy to look up into the trees when he blinked surprisingly to what he saw.
"I think I found the problem" said Roshan smiling
Roshan pointed his finger up making the others look up when all five of them were surprised to see three small furry little critters on top of a tree branch giggling to themselves. The kids kept their gaze's on the critters wondering what they are and where they came from.
"The bloody hell?" said Newt still rubbing his head
"What are those things?" Minho asked
"Gopher's maybe?" Newt suggested
"They look more like dirty rats to me" Kodak suggested
"They're called Hyraxes you guys" Roshan explained to them
"He's right. They may seem cute and cuddly on the outside, but inside they can be somewhat mischievous" Rowan pointed out
(HYRAXES LAUGHING)
"Maybe they're friendly" Newt suggested
With that the three hyrax's reached from behind and pulled out, each in one paw, a long stick that looked like bamboo rods as the critters suddenly began spatting more stones at Newt, Minho and Kodak again.
(SPATTING)
(BOP)
"OW!" cried Kodak when he was hit on the head again
(SPATTING)
(BOP)
"OW!" cried Newt when a pebble hit him on the cheek
(SPATTING)
(BOP)
"OW!" cried Minho when a pebble hit him in the mouth
(SPATTING)
(BOP)
"OW! Why you little rodent…" Kodak mumbled before another pebble hit him in the face
(SPATTING)
(BOP)
"OW!" cried Kodak again
(SPATTING)
(BOP)
"OW! I think I set a bad example by mistake…" Newt mumbled out before another pebble hit him
(SPATTING)
(BOP)
"OW!" cried Newt again
(SPATTING)
(BOP)
"Oh gee you think…" Minho mumbled out before another pebble hit him
(SPATTING)
(BOP)
"OW!" cried Minho again
(HYRAX'S LAUGHING)
Meanwhile Roshan, Rowan and Lolo stood off to the side seeing their friends get tortured by the amusement as they giggled at the entertainment. Soon once they stopped, the three critters began laughing again taunting the humans like the mischievous rodents they truly are. As for Kodak his head was filled with anger and revenge as steam felt like it started to bubble inside of him. So having enough, he noticed a club that lay off to the side of the tree and he picked it up before walking past Newt and Minho
"Why you dirty double-crossing rats, stand aside!" Kodak angrily muttered while pushing Newt and Minho to the side
"HEY!" yelled Minho
"Watch where you're bloody going!" yelled Newt
"When I catch you, I'm going to make chipmunk stew!" Kodak threatened as the older boy began climbing up the tree
(HYRAX'S GASPING)
Once Kodak made it to the top he expressed an evil smile on his face before raising his club high in the air.
"Now I gotcha!" Kodak yelled out
Kodak swung his club down before the three little critters jumped off the branch in time as Kodak's club broke the branch causing it to break and also causing Kodak to fall right off the tree.
(BRANCH SNAPPING)
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, WHOA!" cried Kodak as he fell off
(CRASHING)
(SPLATTERING)
Shocked by everyone's attention, they hurriedly rushed over to see if Kodak was okay. Just then, Kodak lifted his head out of the ground when his face was revealed to be all covered in mud. Furious with more anger, he spat out the remaining mud that was in his mouth and he lifted himself off the ground as he grabbed his club again.
"Which way did they go, which way did they go?" Kodak demanded
Roshan and the others pointed in the direction, making Kodak run after them again. After he left, Lolo heard another twittering sound coming from behind and the young girl turned around. Coming out and about from the bushes another Hyrax was seen eating a nut that had been left behind and it began to munch on it before it noticed the human girl was looking at him and it stopped.
Lolo's eyes popped up real big and she showed a loving expression as she covered her mouth with her hands and began jumping up and down.
"Awwwww, aren't you the cutest thing ever!" Lolo cried out with joy
Lolo cheerfully opened her arms out and she began running towards it wanting to hug it.
(HYRAX SHRIEKING WITH TERROR)
Frightened by the girl's appearance, the little critter began scurrying away. Lolo soon stopped when she realized she scared it off.
"Wait, I won't hurt you. Come back!" Lolo called back reassuring the Hyrax
With no one paying attention, Lolo ran off in pursuit chasing after the Hyrax in the shadows of the forest. Meanwhile, Kodak was having a tough time as he came across network of holes that were surrounded by nothing but dried up dirt. The older boy raised his club up ready for any funny business the critters might bring as he slowly began walking around smiling evilly.
"Here chippy, chippy, chippy, chippy, chippy. Got away, eh? I'll find ya. Here chip-chip-chip, here chippy, chippy" Kodak taunted
The three hyrax's suddenly popped their heads out of the ground getting Kodak's attention as they began taunting him.
(TONGUE SPITTING)
(NAH-NAHING)
Kodak smiled evilly and raised his club up. "Now I gotcha you little…"
Suddenly the little critters brought out their bamboo rods again to fire, but this time they squirted out with some sort of liquid.
(SPATTING)
(WATER GUSHING)
"AGH!" cried Kodak when the liquid splatted on his face
Kodak whipped his face off with his hand before smelling it with his nose. He then looked back down at the Hyrax's with a more enraged look on his face.
"That's better be water" said Kodak angrily
(HYRAX'S LAUGHING)
"I'll get you yet!" Kodak shouted out
The critters raised out their bamboo's once again and before firing more of the liquid right at Kodak's face.
(SPATTING)
(WATER GUSHING)
"AGH!" cried Kodak once again as he whipped his face off with his sleeve
"You just try that again!" said Kodak smiling
(SPATTING)
(WATER GUSHING)
"AGH, they did, they very much did!" Kodak shouted with more anger
(HYRAX'S LAUGHING)
Enraged now with revenge, Kodak began whacking his club at the ground making each out of the three Hyrax's popped their heads out and out like it started as a game of whack-a-hyrax. Kodak swung his club continuously into each and every hole trying to get one of the critters but they just kept popping out and out.
Roshan and the others watched by the entertainment Kodak was giving them, as the foursome began laughing real hard due to Kodak's misfortune.
(LAUGHING)
Minho laughingly shoves a laughing Roshan in the shoulder. "I was wrong Roshan…(laughing)…I was horribly wrong…(laughing)…that jerk can be resourceful for some things!"
"This is bloody classic" Newt cried out while laughing
Soon as the whack-a-hyraxing finally came to an end, Kodak showed exhaustion as sweat began drizzling down his face. He dropped his club on the ground and began to walk unsteady while breathing for fresh air.
(PANTING)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
"C'mon…(panting)…give me your best shot!" Kodak panted
The three critters smiled deviously before they ducked back into their holes and together they popped back up holding a large rock in their tiny little paws and they threw it at Kodak hitting him on the head.
(BONK)
When the rock hit him, Kodak froze in place before saying a few last words…
"That was a good one" Kodak replied before collapsing on the ground
(THUDDING)
(HYRAX'S LAUGHING)
The little critters laughed before scurrying back into the depths of the forest. As Kodak laid back on the ground exhausted, Newt came coming up as he bend down and patted him on the chest.
"Having fun ladey?" Newt asked sarcastically
Kodak only glared at Newt in response before Roshan and the others came walking up and they circled around him with amused expressions on their faces. Feeling mortified, Kodak made an excuse to them.
"If anyone asks about this tell'em I was attacked by 60 of them and they were…um…sand vipers" Kodak begged
Newt and Minho looked at each other before they inwardly smirked and they showed it back down at Kodak.
"Oh don't worry Kodak you're secret's safe with us" Minho replied in a sarcastic tone
"That's if, if we can keep a secret or not" Newt sarcastically pointed out
Minho and Newt soon got Kodak off the ground and began helping him by dusting all the dirt off his clothes.
"Alright I think we've seen enough excitement for one day, let's start by getting back to…" said Roshan wanting to call it a day before Rowan interrupted him
"There's one problem Roshan. Where's Lolo?" Rowan pointed out
Hearing this, Roshan turned his head around along with Rowan's and the rest of the group as they looked around to see if they could see their youngest friend in sight. Panicked Roshan began calling out to her.
"Lolo!" Roshan called out
"Lolo!" Rowan called out
"Lolo!" Newt called out
"You-hoo, Lolo!" Minho called out
"Come out, come out wherever you are!" Kodak called out
"Where could she be?" Rowan asked with nervousness
"I mean it's not like her to just run off while we're still traveling together" said Newt
Just when they thought all hope was lost, Roshan noticed something familiar on the ground and he whistled out to his friends.
(WHISTLING)
"Hey guys, c'mere!" Roshan called out
Soon as the rest of the group stood by Roshan's side, he pointed his finger down at the ground. On the ground were Lolo's footprints as they were seen trailed off into the depths of the jungle.
"She's gone that way" said Roshan
"Well at least the girl knows how to leave her tracks clean" said Newt feeling satisfied
"C'mon we gotta find her and quick!" Roshan ordered
"I'm way ahead of you Roshan" said Rowan in agreement
"Lead the way greenie" said Minho offering his friend to be in charge
Roshan began leading the way as his friends started following him journeying deeper within the jungle till they disappeared out of sight into the darkness. Once they were out of sight in the shadows appeared a dark figure with flashing red eyes coming from the opened grass-fields as it watched the five human kids trail off. But this this, he wasn't the only one. Soon a lot more pair of glowing red-eyes appeared from the bushes showing a total pack of glowing red-eye figures hiding in the tall long wavy grass.
(GROWLING FEROCIOUSLY)
Well everyone another chapter is done! Lolo just got separated from the group leaving Roshan and his friends running after her. Not to mention they were now being stalked by the glowing-red-eyed figures that you've probably heard from last few chapters. What will happen next? Anyway please review and keep spreading me some more ideas and stay tuned because more will be coming your way!