Emerging Compassions

Chapter 14: The Journey Eastward

(Sheen's POV)

As we traveled east towards, whatever that place is called, I got insanely bored, even at age 18. "DANG IT!" I complained after 30 minutes had gone by, "How much LONGER?"

"For the last time, Ultra-Dork, SHUT UP!" Cindy snapped at me, then muttered, "Dang, I'm sure craving some pickles and ice cream..."

That sounded disgusting even to me, who absolutely loved ice cream, and informed her, "Okay, that's nasty!"

"Deal with it, ya moron...," she sharply told me.

"That's quite enough outta you 2, Sheen, Vortex...," Jimmy scolded us while keeping his focus on what was directly in front of him.

"Sorry, Jimmy./Whatever, Neutron...," we told him in unison.

Then Libby said, covering her mouth, "I think some of that nausea is still hangin' on from the first trimester..." Then she leaned over the side of the rocket to her right and barfed, again.

"Yeah, I noticed," Carl put in, looking behind him at her.

Cindy looked to her right and asked her, "Are you okay, Libs?"

"Yeah, I think so...," she managed to say when she was finished.

After yet another 5 minutes had passed, I was STILL bored to the extreme! So I griped, "GAH! I am SSSOOOO bored! Jeez!" Then I looked over to my right at Carl and saw that the dude had fell asleep, snoring loudly. Then, another 10 minutes later, I found my boredom too much for me, so I fell asleep right then on the spot.

We both woke up suddenly when something large hit the rocket from out of nowhere!

"Jimmy, what's HAPPENING?" Carl shrieked as the rocket began to shake uncontrollably.

"That missile has been following us ever since we began to pass over the Himalayas! I've been trying to avoid it, but it kept following us for the past 2 hours! Now we're out of fuel, and it's finally hit us! Hang on as we plummet into the Indonesian rainforest!" Jimmy exclaimed fearfully, trying to steer his rocket into a clearing so it wouldn't get too damaged by the landing.

We hit the rainforest floor some 20 seconds later.

As we crawled out, he wanted to know, "Is everybody okay?"

"Ow, my scapula!" Carl moaned, rubbing his back.

"I think so, Neutron...," Cindy muttered, looking over at Libby as she crawled away from the rocket, "You okay, Libby?"

Rising to her feet, she responded, "Yeah, I'm fine, Cin."

"I'm fine, in case anyone was wondering!" I snapped, my arms folded after I'd risen to my feet.

"Are you okay, Sheen?" Libby asked me worriedly.

"I just said I was fine, Libby-licious!" I informed her.

"Don't call me that!" she hissed.

"Sorry," I muttered under my breath.

"Hey, I was just kiddin'! Sheen, you can call me whatever ya like, cuz we're together as a couple!" Libby teased me, nudging me playfully.

"Oh, yeah!" I realized, then wanted to know, "I forget. Are you and Cindy a couple yet, Jimmy?"

"Uuuhh... Heh-heh, um, NO!" he replied hesitantly, laughing nervously.

"Um, yeah! What he said!" Cindy put in supportively, though hesitantly.

"Hmmmm... Somethin' tells me you ARE...," I told them, a suspicious look on my face.

"I think he's right, you 2," Libby said, looking at both Jimmy and Cindy and glaring at them.

"If you aren't a couple, then why are you always flirting with eachother, writing eachother love notes, sitting together at lunch, constantly texting or calling eachother, and making out when you're alone?" Carl asked suspiciously.

"I guess we've been found out, Cin," Jimmy informed her, blushing deeply.

"So much for hiding it!" Cindy admitted with a sigh.

It looked like Libby had some sense, cuz she reminded us, "Are y'all forgettin' where we've landed?"

Quickly getting to his senses, he cleared his throat and announced, "I'd better check the rocket for damage. We could be here a while if it's bad..." He then checked it for any damage. He apparently came upon some major damage, cuz he told us, "When the missile hit my rocket, it sustained major damage to its exterior and some of its interior. It looks like we're stranded here until I can find a way to fix that and find some alternative fuel that'll get us to the Himalayas, then later to back to Retroville."

Boy, were we in for a big adventure there or what!