Emerging Compassions
Chapter 4: Stranded... Again!
(Sheen's POV)
"UGH! I don't BELIEVE it! Stranded again!" Cindy groaned, "Only with all 5 of us on the island together!"
"Why?" I asked her, bumping Libby flirtatiously with my hip, "What's so bad about it? I kinda like it, in fact!"
She just glared at me and muttered, "Cut it out, Sheen..."
"Sorry," I admitted. Then I thought, Hey, we're on a beach! Let's have some fun here! "I know what! Let's bury eachother in the sand!" I exclaimed.
But Jimmy didn't think so, cuz he said sharply, "Sheen, focus! We have to find a way off this island!"
"Oh, yeah...," I realized aloud.
"So, until we find a way off the island, shall we start exploring fo' food now?" Libby wanted to know.
"Good idea, Libby!" Jimmy complimented her, then instructed us, "Everyone, split up! Guys and girls, now go!"
With that, both our groups headed in opposite directions. We hadn't gone far when I noticed something written on a palm tree trunk. That interested me, so I ran over to get a closer look. "J and C forever," I read aloud, then I called Jimmy over, saying, "Hey, Jimmy! Get a load of this!"
"What is it, Sheen? Have you found any food yet?" he asked, walking over to me.
"No, but look at what's written on this tree!" I exclaimed, barely able to contain my excitement, pointing at it.
He stared at it with a serious look for a few moments, then his eyes lit up and his cheeks turned bright red. "Hey!" he realized aloud, "MY name starts with a 'J'! Who exactly wrote this? And WHOSE name starts with a 'C'?"
"Well," I said helpfully, hopefully, "The only people who were here last were you and Cindy, and you didn't write it, did ya?"
"NO, of course not, Sheen! So, if I didn't, that means that...," he said hesitantly.
"That...?" I questioned him, Carl soon joining me.
"...That SHE wrote it!" Jimmy exclaimed with a stupefied look, staring at the written message and pointing at it, his mouth agape.
"Dude, you really DO have issues with her," I told him, wide-eyed.
"Yeah!" Carl agreed, "What have you GOT against Cindy, Jimmy?"
"What have I got- What have I got against HER? She's snotty; she's bratty; she's rude; she's-!" he began, but was interrupted by a familiar voice.
"I'm what, Spew-tron?" Cindy demanded, walking up to us with Libby at her side.
"Never mind that! What did you girls find to eat?" Jimmy asked the 2 girls.
"Actually, Neutron, we haven't started lookin' yet...," Libby informed him.
"Yeah, so, um, WHAT exactly did you say I was, Brain Boy?" Cindy suspiciously questioned him.
"Um, nothing! I said nothing!" he stammered, blushing hard.
But I don't think Cindy believed him, cuz she started marching towards him, making him back up into a tree and snapped, "Listen, bub, I know you said something, cuz I heard ya loud and CLEAR! You think I'm snotty, bratty, rude, and some other stuff! You better WATCH it, cuz I know karate, ju-jitsu, tai-chi, tai-kwon-do, and judo and I ain't afraid to use 'em! Do you HEAR me, Nerd-tron?"
"Y-Yes, I hear ya loud and CLEAR, Vortex!" Jimmy stammered nervously.
"Good!" she told him curtly, backing up so he could step away from the tree he was leaning against. Then, in a gentler tone, she added, "Let's go find some roughage, shall we?"
"Good idea, girl!" Libby said approvingly, walking with the rest of us into the jungle on the island.
"Just remember the wildlife here is quite dangerous! I had to rescue Cindy several times while she and I were stranded from it! Keep an eye out for pythons and giant spiders, got it, guys?" Jimmy warned them.
"Got it!" we told him in unison. Little did we know how wrong we were...