I do not own any of the characters except for Arabella.
~Arabella's POV~
"Last day of school. Whoo! Until summer school. Woo." Jerry whooped, happily then sadly, as he jogged up to us who were conversing in front of Jack's locker. I looked over at him, with a look of disbelief.
"I've gotta find a way to get my Venus Flytrap home for the summer." Milton said to us.
"It's just a plant, dude. Take it home." Jerry said.
"I've been growing it hydroponically
with a synthetic photosynthesis light since the first day of school." Milton informed us, "And it's pretty huge."
"It's not even eating flies anymore. It's eating meatballs." Jack added, "And Belle made them."
I giggled at Jack, leaning onto him, wrapping my arms round his waist, "I was told that I make killer meatballs." Jack looked at me with a smile, I felt his arm around my shoulders, "Yeah, you can make killer meatballs." As Jack kissed my forehead.
"Right. A plant that eats meatballs." Jerry scoffed. He then open Milton's locker. And he was greeted by the plant belches and meatballs pieces, "Yep, that's definitely a meatball and delicious."
"See, told you."
"Hey, did you guys get your end-of-the-year career evaluations from the guidance counselor?" Kim asked as she approached us.
"Yes, I did, and they're a joke." Milton replied, "Mine says I'm best suited to be a farmer. I'm allergic to cows, terrified of hay, and seriously... Do these shoulders look like they can hold up overalls?"
"I didn't even pick mine up. No one believes a word those things say." Jack scoffed. "Mine, was that I've be a super model. A model, please, my body doesn't not need to be perfect for it. I'm good." I scoffed at the ridiculous evaluation. Jack looked at me with smirk, "I think you will make a good model." I looked at my boyfriend with a look of disbelief, "Hmm-mm, you are just saying that because you like the bathing suits, I wear when we go to the beach so you can stare at me." I rolled my eyes at him. "What." Jack said in a high pitched tone, "No, I don't." I look at him with an appalled expression. Eddie came running up to us with his evaluation in hand.
"I just got my career evaluation. I believe every word that this thing says." Eddie exclaimed.
"Well, I would have to guess that proves your point wrong." I told Jack.
"Really?" Kim asked.
"Yep. You're looking at a new Eddie. I'm gonna be an archaeologist, baby." Eddie beamed, "I'll be discovering lost cities, traveling the high seas, navigating the globe. And now... to Spanish class!" Eddie rushed off to Spanish class up the stairs, because he was going the wrong way.
"Uh, Eddie, your Spanish class is that way." Jack pointed down the hall.
"I knew that." Eddie assured, walking down the hall.
Don't you get all tough with me, I'm saying won't you come kick it with me? and we can have a ball, run up the wall, this is how we do, and no matter how much, I chop and punch, it's not as cool as kickin' it with you.
Here we go, let's start the party, chop it up like it's karate.
everybody, don't you get all tough with me, I'm saying won't you come kick it with me? and we can have a ball, run up the wall, this is how we do, and no matter how much I chop and punch, it's not as cool as kickin' it with you.
"Hey, you know what... I have the hat and bullwhip from the Bobby Wasabi classic... 'The stink of the sphinx'. You can totally have it." Rudy offered to Eddie as me and the gang entered the dojo and see Rudy and Eddie.
"What?! Thanks!" Eddie thanks as we all approached him.
"Eddie, are you still talking about your career evaluation?" Jack asked, "I told you, man, it doesn't really mean anything."
"Seriously? Archaeologist? You come from four generations of accountants." I added.
"That is not true." Eddie denied, "My
grandfather was a urologist."
"Eddie, you're not exactly the explorer type." Milton spoke slowly, "Remember that Easter egg hunt? You didn't find any eggs and you lost your basket."
"I didn't lose it." Eddie defended himself, "Someone stole it. And ate all my Peeps."
"Eddie, man, maybe you're just looking at it all the wrong way." Jack said, "Accounting can be exciting. Oh, and don't even get me started
about the thrill ride of urology."
"Yeah, it's came to be unfortunate sometimes." I grimaced, "but you can just follow your dreams of be an archaeologist."
"Maybe you guys are right." Eddie sighed, " I don't know what I was thinking. Thanks anyway, Rudy, but I won't be needing that."
Eddie walked away sad and I just sighed, " what the hell Eddie, I just said to follow your dreams, am I invisible to you."
"What was that?" Rudy asked loudly gaining our attention. "Hey, I said he can follow his dreams." I said walking over to stand by Rudy, "Yeah, I was be nice and not going to be scolded."
"What?" Kim asked confused.
"I have never seen Eddie more alive than when he was talking about being a treasure hunter." Rudy said, "And what did you do? You told him he was destined to be an accountant."
"But, Rudy, you don't understand, he thought those career evaluations were real." Milton reasoned.
"It doesn't matter if they're real or not. They're real to him. Friends build each other up. They don't tear each other down." Rudy pointed out, "
I thought I taught you better."
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"Okay, when Eddie gets in here, we all
have to act excited about the gift." Milton told us as we were waiting for Eddie to enter the dojo.
"That gift's lame, yo." Jerry said unenthusiastic, "I'll 'woo,' but my heart won't be in it."
"You'll 'woo' like you always do, or I will hurt you more than you usually get hurt by me." I threatened him.
"Do not tell a grown man how to 'woo'." Jerry responded.
I narrowed my eyes at him and stand up as Jack stepped between us from escalating from me hurting Jerry.
"Look, guys, we owe it to Eddie to get him excited about his future again." Jack told us and the door open and Eddie walked in.
"Hey, guys." Eddie said sadly.
"Eddie."
"Hey! Eddie!"
We ran over to him and I took the lead, "You know, we were thinking... Maybe you could be a great treasure hunter and find all kinds of stuff."
"And you know why?"
"No, why?" Eddie asked. I gestured to Kim to continue.
"You found your way here, didn't you?"
"And Jerry can't always do that." Jack jumped in on Kim's disastrous attempt, "So we all chipped in and bought you this."
Jack handed over the gift to Eddie while Milton started explaining it, "It's a hand-held geocaching unit."
"Geocaching?" Eddie asked confused.
"No, it's not geocaching." Milton said mockingly, "It's geocaching! High-tech treasure hunting."
"Everyone's doing it." Jack added before reading the instructions note, "This GPS device leads you on a journey using clues and coordinates to find hidden treasure. Fun for ages 9 to 99. That's you!" Jack grinned and pointed at Eddie.
"You guys really think I can do this?" Eddie asked hopefully.
"Yeah, man."
"Of course."
"Absolutely."
"This might be the best gift I've ever got." Eddie said happily.
"Eddie, let your adventure begin." Jack patted his shoulder.
"We're really excited for you." I grinned, "Aren't we, Jerry?"
"Yeah. Sure are, man. Woo." Jerry weakly whooped. I grabbed his earlobe. "Woo!"
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me and the gang minus Eddie ate lunch in the mall outside the dojo, celebrating the beginning of summer. "Finally school is out." Jack exclaimed happily, "First day of summer vacation.We should not waste a single second doing anything we don't want to do."
Eddie ran over to them with a large duffel bag, "I hope you guys know your latitude from your longitude. Because Saturday we go on a geocaching romp!"
"I'm sorry, did you say we?" I said.
"Yes, I did. 6:00 A.M. sharp." Eddie told us with a wide smile, "We set out to find three secret locations, and in the last one, we'll find our hidden treasure."
Everyone started blabbing at the same time, delivering excuses to why we couldn't come which caused Eddie to look at us in disappointment, "It wouldn't be the same without you.."
"Sorry, Eddie. I can't. See... see, the thing is, uh, my aunt Carlita, who's a clown in the circus. She... she... she fell off an elephant! Into... into one of those tiger cage things, so... I've gotta take her to her doctor's appointment. Yeah." Jerry explained to him.
"Wow, sounds so believable." I said sarcastically.
"Jerry, we're all gonna do this for our friend who we support." Jack looked pointedly at all of us and we reluctantly agreed.
"Oh! I got some really cool gear for you guys to wear." Eddie told us, "It's in this duffel bag. So I will see you Saturday. Our first location is at the bottom of Crescent Cove at the beach. Let the adventure begin!"
'"Yeah!" we all cheered as Eddie was in earshot. "No," we all groaned once he was out of earshot. We all stopped groaning when Carlita limped up to us with her crutch.
"Ooh! Sorry, Aunt Carlita. No can do." Jerry told his aunt. Carlita honked her horn sadly as she limped away.
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"Hold the rope tight, y'all. I'm coming down." Jerry called from the top of the cliff. It was the day of our great adventure, continuing we were climbing down a cliff. Everyone was down except for Kim and Jerry who was the one sliding down the rope in the moment.
"Man, I still don't get why he's wearing a dress." Jack said. He was dressed in shorts, hiking shoes a white tank top and a salmon shirt that was unbuttoned.
"It's a caftan. It's traditional desert wear." Eddie deadpanned dressed as Indiana Jones.
I was wearing a pink shirt with burgundy short and black combat boots. "But we are not in a desert..." We all looked up and grimace at Jerry.
"Would it kill him to wear some traditional underpants?" Jack grimaced.
Jerry finally reached the ground, "Kinda like wearing this thing. It lets the rest of Jerry breathe."
Eddie's GPS beeped which caught their attention, "Oh, ho! This must be the spot. The GPS is flashing us a clue."
"You are doing well. You're on the case. What you seek is between a rock and a hard place," A voice said from the GPS.
"Whoo! This is ever so exciting," Milton said in a British accent, he was dressed like some British explorer from the early 20th century. "It reminds me of the long, cold nights in the Congo where the only thing keeping us warm were a sleeping bag and a hyena."
"If you don't stop doing that voice I'm going shove that monocle up your nose," Jack threatened him.
I gave Milton a disapproval look, "Milton stop..."
"I'm sorry. I'm just trying to get into character for Eddie," Milton said, "I suggest you do the same" he said before switching back to the British accent, "Americans. So obnoxious."
I rolled my eyes before realising they were one person short. I looked up to see Kim climbing down but it seemed like she had stopped midway, "Kim, why have you stopped?"
"Guys, I found a falcon's next. It's full of little baby falcons," Kim cooed, "Ooh, you are so cute. Yes you are."
The sound of another bird screening caught their attention and Milton started to speak in his new, and terrible, British accent again, "Kim, darling, their mummy's back and she appears to be a tad peeved."
Kim started to scream as the falcon attacked her, "Aah! Get off me! Stop it!"
"Oh dear," Milton said as Kim let out a loud scream when she fell. But luckily for her Jerry was there to break her fall, both fell with a thud and a groan to the ground.
I chuckled as Kim was coughing up feathers, "Those cute baby birds messed you up, didn't they?" I cooed teasingly, "Yes, they did. Yes they did."
"Why don't you shut it," Kim threatened.
"Hey, don't be a hater." I replied teasingly.
"Guys, I think I got it." Eddie yelled as he picked up something, "Cool. Our next coordinates." He said as the machine blips, "It looks like our next location is over in Kramer Woods. Come on, let's go."
The sound of squelching was heard and it caught our attention as we were about to leave. "Ew! What are those disgusting things?"
"By jove, I do believe those are giant springing jellyfish." Milton exclaimed, walking closer, "Ooh, they must have washed in with the tide."
Jack walked closer as well, "Why do they call 'em springing?"
A jellyfish flee through the air and attached itself on Jack's face, causing him to scream for help while trying to rip it off his face.
"I'm guessing that's why."
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We walked down the natural trial. "Way to go, Jack... your first kiss was with a sea creature." Kim teased.
"Actually that false, we were each other's first kisses so that doesn't count." I said, "But, is my lovely boyfriend face is alright."
"Yeah, my own girlfriend just laughed at me got a jellyfish on my face. But a little help would be nice." Jack said to me.
"Sorry, baby." I patted his cheek and he whined. "Opps, I forgot you got jellyfished." I tried to clean his face a bit.
"Touché, old girl!" Milton said.
"Quiet, guys." Jack ordered as the gps blips, "It's our next clue."
"You're in the right area. The moment's yours to seize. The tin with the coordinates
is hidden amongst the trees."
"Well, how are we supposed to find that?" Jerry asked looked around, "There's, like, a million trees around here."
"We'll find it. We just need to split up." Eddie said, "Kim, you come with me. And you guys look around here."
"Hey, guys..." Jack pointed up in a tree as Kim and Eddie walked away, "Look up there."
"Where?" Jerry asked.
"Right up there." Jack pointed, "Look, there's something shiny in that knothole, I bet it's the tin box."
"Good show, old chap." Milton exclaimed, " But how in the figgy pudding are we going to get up there?"
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Jack, Jerry and I was holding down a branch while Milton climbed up, "All right. So we'll
hold the branch down, while you crawl up it to
see if the box is there." Jack said.
"Brilliant." Milton said in his annoying accent, "But do hold it steady. There's a good bit of
tension on this branch."
"You got to get rid of the accent, you are not meant to have it, it is not meant for your voice." I said annoyed.
"We got it, Milton." Jerry assured him, following a sound of a chipmunk squeaks, "Whoa! Okay, that's not good."
"What's your problem?" Jack asked.
"Uh, I think a chipmunk just ran up my dress." Jerry said conflicted.
"Oh, that poor creature." I said as Jerry let go of the branch and trying to shake it off him while left me and Jack holding the branch.
"It's foraging, and not in a good way." Jerry started to shake around to get rid of the chipmunk but when he was shaking it off, of him managed to stamp on my ankle and I let go of the branch and hold my ankle in pain, "Jerry that hurt!"
"Guys, I'm losing my grip." Jack said, while Milton was losing his balance, when Jack let go which causes Milton to get catapulted into the air.
"Blimey!"
"Whoo! Jack! Help me get this chipmunk out of my dress, man." Jerry jumped around.
"I'm... I'm good, thanks." Jack grimaced, I was still laying on the floor. He quickly ran over to me and crouched down. "Are you alright?" He asked worriedly.
"I am," I assured him, "But Jerry won't be in a few seconds."
Jack sent a glare towards the boy. Instead he helped me stand up, supporting me as I took a step and winced.
"It's not that bad," I said confidently, "Let's go."
When I winced again Jack stopped me, "Come on, I will carry you."
"Piggyback ride?"
"Piggy back ride," Jack confirmed me, trying to hide his smile at her happy tone.
I jumped up on his back, allowing my legs to wrap around his waist and my arms to hang loosely around his neck, "I love you," I grinned, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"I know."
I giggled and hugged him even more.
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After a very long walk, while for everyone and not me, we reached a warehouse by the docks. "Um... Eddie, are you sure we're in the right place?" Kim asked as we all looked around, "We're in a dockyard."
"Yeah, it really doesn't look like the place for..." Jack agreed with her until Eddie's GPS beeps, "Anything. Eddie's got this. Pssh! Doubting him." H wrapped his arm around Eddie's shoulder after I jumped off his back.
GPS: You've found the dock, succeeding beyond all measure. Near one of these crates
lies your hidden treasure.
"All right." I looked around us, "Where do we start?"
"Okay, here's what we're gonna do... Kim, Milton..." Eddie said.
"Check it out, guys." Someone said and we turned to see four men standing a few meters away, "Another bunch of losers down here on
our docks looking for their little box." The leader continued while shaking the little box, "You're not getting it."
Eddie shared a look with the others before taking a few steps forward,"Mister... My friends and I have been through a lot to get that. And I know it seems like a silly game to you, but we're not leaving without it."
"Really?" the leader towered over Eddie with at least one head, "And what are you gonna do to get it?" He poked Eddie on the chest.
Eddie twisted his arm and pushed him away. "Okay." Jack said, "It may be time to dance."
"Uh, Jack, I don't think that's a good idea. I think we should fight these guys. I'll dance with you later, though." Jerry said.
No one had time to respond to Jerry's idiocy because we were attacked by the men. Jack started to fight the leader who kicked him into a wall. I ran towards him and took a swing but he dodged it.
Instead, I continued to run towards Jack who picked me up by the waist, allowing me to run on the wall before kicking the leader of the men in the face, knocking him to the ground.
We high-fived and Jack stole a quick kiss in victory. The others had also managed to defeat their guys and Eddie was standing on a higher level when we circled the leader who stood up.
"You guys want this box so bad, you should go fish it out of the ocean." He turned around and threw it away. Eddie ran after it and jumped down the ledge he was standing on which was followed by the sound of water splashing.
"Eddie!" We shouted.
"Poor bloke." Milton said in all his Britishness, "Never even had a chance. He didn't even have his floaties."
Someone coughed behind us and we turned to see Eddie walking towards us covered in some sticky fluid, "Oh! Oh, come on."
"Eddie!"
"We thought you fell into the ocean." Kim said and we ran towards him.
"I wish." Eddie grimaced, "I fell into a barge filled with fish guts."
"Lucky!" Jerry said in jealousy.
"I can't believe we came this close to getting our treasure." Jack said in disappointment, "And all I got was a close encounter with Jerry's chipmunk."
"Yeah... It'd be a real shame to have gone through all of that without ending up with..." Eddie said in fake disappointment before pulling the box out of his hat, "This!"
We all cheered and moved forward to hug him until we realized he was covered in fish guts and we took a few steps back again. "Not gonna work."
"Open it! Open it!" Kim said eagerly. Eddie opened it and we gasped at the sight inside.
"That's awesome!"
"Isn't it amazing?"
"Love it!"
"Yes!"
"Wait a second," Jack said turning towards me, "Speaking of nothing, weren't you injured."
"I was," I said with an innocent smile, "For like five minutes. After that, I was just too lazy to walk."
Jack let out a dramatic gasp, "And here I was nice, carrying you on my back for hours because I thought you were hurt while you laughed your ass off when I was attacked by a jellyfish. I think I deserve a reward."
"I don't think you do-" I was silenced when Jack kissed her for a few seconds before pulling away with a smirk.
The others cheered, we separated, "Come on guys, let's go." I said as we started to leave.
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"Hey, guys." Rudy greeted them when we entered the dojo, "How was geocaching?"
"Well, I got covered in fish guts."
"I was attacked by a falcon."
"I had a chipmunk run up my dress."
"I was a human cannonball."
"And I got to first base with a jellyfish."
"That sounds horrible." Rudy exclaimed, looking at all of our appearances.
"No way. Best summer vacation ever." Jack said and we agreed.
"And check out our treasure." Eddie said showing Rudy the small rubber rabbit they had found.
"That's it?" Rudy asked unimpressed, "It's a...Crummy rubber rabbit. Oh, there's money inside it, right?"
"No." Eddie said, "The rabbit is the treasure. A reminder of the adventure I went on with my friends."
There was a few seconds of silence before Rudy broke it, "But there's money in it, right?"
"You know what, Eddie?" Jack asked, wisely ignoring Rudy, "After today, we'll follow you on any adventure you wanna go on."
"Right, guys?"
"Absolutely."
"Definitely. Of course."
"Thanks." Eddie said, climbing up to place the rabbit on a beam where Rudy sometimes placed his trophies. "Now come on, guys. Falafel's on me."
"Ooh, I like falafel. Let's do that." Rudy joined us.