“You know him?” Nikki exclaimed, pulling away from Ms. Arachne and running over to Jacques.
He sighed. “Sadly, yes. I used to work with her. But that was before she took her current job. We never really liked each other, but now...” he shrugged. “She’s always hated me. I don’t know why.”
“Why? You want to know why? I’ll tell you why. It’s because in programming I was the best, but because I was a girl, they ignored me. But you! Oh, you were their idol. They kissed the ground you walked on. I was just as god as you, but always in your shadow! It’s not fair! Not fair! Not fair!” she screamed. She looked like a giant two year old throwing a tantrum. A car drove by, and they saw a thirty-five year old woman, on the street screaming. The mom and dad in the car shook their heads, but the three and five year olds laughed hysterically.
Ms. Arachne noticed, and yelled, “Mind your own business, you little twerps!”
“Aah. Now I remember, you always hated kids, especially smart-alecky younger teens that gave you trouble.” Jacques said, with a wink at Riley, Kiley, and Nikki.
“Yes!! That’s why I hate Nikki and her friends, and want them locked away with her parents in Niagara Falls City!” Ms. Arachne gasped and covered her mouth with both hands.
“Nice one!” Bub laughed, mad that she told, yet glad that he was not the one in trouble.
“Shut up.”
“Yes, ma’am,” Bub replied sullenly. He did not like his new ‘partner’.
“Thanks for the valuable info, Ms. Arachne, or should I say, Ms. Wanda Rodes?”
“Hey! I’m not her anymore! I changed my name long ago! That persona is gone! I’m a new woman!”
“Oh?” Jacques said, raising an eyebrow. “That’s not what your passports will say!” he said as he walked over and grabbing her purse and pulled the two passports out. “Well now, look at what we have here! Says that your old ‘persona’ is still you. It doesn’t say anything about a name change. But, your other one says that Ms. Arachne is your birth name. Guess they’re both wrong, eh? And isn’t it illegal to have two passports?”
“You! Ugh! Jerk! I’m leaving, and taking this brat with me!” Ms. Arachne said, grabbing Nikki for the third time that day. Nikki tried to squirm away, but she made eye contact with Jacques, and she knew that she had to go, and they would follow. Then she would escape with their help and rescue her parents. Nikki sighed. Bub trained his gun on them so that Mrs. Pinebaum, Jacques, Riley, and Kylie would not chase them.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Chapter 12
8,000 words!!
Chapter 12
“Aah! I feel so rested,” said Nikki as she stretched and looked around the room. “This hotel has nice beds. We should come here more often, just not when there are people chasing us, and there’s a big mystery to solve.”
“Oh, hello. You’re awake!” came the creepy voice of the only person whose voice chilled Nikki to her bones. “Oh, not expecting me? That’s okay. I often drop by on unexpected visits to people. Looking for your friends?” Ms. Arachne said.
Nikki gaped. “Whoa! How did you get here? And what are you doing with Mrs. Pinebaum? Where’s Riley and Kylie?” she said, for now she noticed that they were not on their beds.
“Oh, I just followed your trail. It was easy actually. The man at the strange taco stand was actually a contact of mine, and he told me that you passed by there, and then headed into town. I’ve come to bring you back to the boss, and this time, you won’t get away!” Ms. Arachne screamed with a dangerous glint in her eye. “This lady and your friends will all be taking a little swim downtown if you don’t come now!”
Nikki pretended to faint. Maybe if I pretend to faint, she’ll carry me and then get tired, and run off. I hope it works, but it’s my only hope. Stay limp! She reminded herself.
“What? No! I can’t believe that she fainted! Ugh! Now I have to carry her. Not fair!” Ms. Arachne struggled to pick her up. “Oof! How come she weighs so much?” She walked to the elevator, pulled out her cell phone, and called Bub. “Hey Bub!” she spat over the phone. She really disliked that guy. “I need you to get yourself over here. I have a package for you to help me deliver.”
“Fine. I’ll be there,” Bub replied.
“What did I tell you about calling me ma’am?”
“Sorry, ma’am,” he said sullenly.
Bub drove over, but when he got there Ms. Arachne was spitting mad. “How come you didn’t get here sooner? When I put the ‘fainted’ Nikki down for a moment, she jumped and ran off! Now she’s in that taxi down there with meddling Mrs. Pinebaum and her two friends! After them!” she jumped into the car, and Bub sped off.
“Can you please speed up? There are people after us! Look, Mrs. Pinebaum, can you see that black sedan back there? That’s Bub’s and Ms. Arachne’s car.” Nikki said anxiously.
“Oh those two? They’re incompetent, if they couldn’t even keep track of you three. Not like that’s a too easy task.” She smirked. “I should know!”
“Very well, young miss,” said the taxi driver with an Italian accent. “I will speed up.” He stepped on the gas. The car accelerated to seventy miles an hour on the deserted old highway. “That better?”
“Yes,” replied Nikki. “Thank you...”
“Jacques, miss,” replied Jacques.
“Ah. Thank you Jacques.”
“You’re welcome. By the way, what are your names?”
“Oh. This is Mrs. Pinebaum, our guardian and good friend; this is Riley, and her twin Kylie. I’m Nikki.”
Jacques had a funny look on his face. “Is your last name Harleson?”
“Yeah,” Nikki replied testily.
“And your parents, were their names Linda and John?”
“Yes,” Nikki replied even more nervously.
Jacques stopped the car and turned and embraced her. “Nikki! I can’t believe it’s you! I have been looking for you since your parents disappeared, to keep you safe from the people who took your parents, who apparently are right behind us.”
“You knew my parents?” Nikki stammered. “So you know where they are, right?”
“Sadly, no. I’ve been looking for them, and you. Luckily I found you before those people behind us could.”
“Oh, that’s only Bub and Ms. Arachne. They’re so lame,” Kylie said, as harsh as ever. “They were hired to get us to their boss.”
“And that would be who?” asked Jacques.
“We don’t know. Look out!” cried Nikki as Jacques swerved to avoid an old tree stump. Pop! The wheel blew out as it struck a protruding root.
“Oh, no! Now what are we going to do?” cried Kylie as Jacques backed away from the wheel explaining loudly that he needed to change the tire, but he left his tools in his other car.
“Hey, Ms. Arachne and Bub are stopping! Now they’re getting out of their car. Hide!” Nikki whispered as Riley, Kylie and her dove into the bushes.
“No, come on out. Jacques and I will deal with those two.” Mrs. Pinebaum said, rolling up her sleeves like the people in cartoons who are about to fight.
Ms. Arachne stormed up to Nikki. “You! You ruined my career! But now I can save it, by brining you in!” Ms. Arachne screamed, and grabbed Nikki. Ms. Arachne stopped in her tracks when she noticed Jacques and Mrs. Pinebaum standing there with their arms crossed, looking not unlike a set of angry parents. Ms. Arachne trembled in their shadow.
“Let her go,” he said slowly and deliberately. “She has done nothing to you. Leave her be.”
“You again! “I thought I got rid of you a while ago!” she said, pointing at Mrs. Pinebaum. “And you,” she sputtered, her hand shaking as she suddenly pointed at Jacques. “I told you once already, stay away from me!”
“No. Once you leave her alone, you’ll never have to see me again,” said Jacques. Under his breath he muttered, “I’ll make sure of it.”
Chapter 12
“Aah! I feel so rested,” said Nikki as she stretched and looked around the room. “This hotel has nice beds. We should come here more often, just not when there are people chasing us, and there’s a big mystery to solve.”
“Oh, hello. You’re awake!” came the creepy voice of the only person whose voice chilled Nikki to her bones. “Oh, not expecting me? That’s okay. I often drop by on unexpected visits to people. Looking for your friends?” Ms. Arachne said.
Nikki gaped. “Whoa! How did you get here? And what are you doing with Mrs. Pinebaum? Where’s Riley and Kylie?” she said, for now she noticed that they were not on their beds.
“Oh, I just followed your trail. It was easy actually. The man at the strange taco stand was actually a contact of mine, and he told me that you passed by there, and then headed into town. I’ve come to bring you back to the boss, and this time, you won’t get away!” Ms. Arachne screamed with a dangerous glint in her eye. “This lady and your friends will all be taking a little swim downtown if you don’t come now!”
Nikki pretended to faint. Maybe if I pretend to faint, she’ll carry me and then get tired, and run off. I hope it works, but it’s my only hope. Stay limp! She reminded herself.
“What? No! I can’t believe that she fainted! Ugh! Now I have to carry her. Not fair!” Ms. Arachne struggled to pick her up. “Oof! How come she weighs so much?” She walked to the elevator, pulled out her cell phone, and called Bub. “Hey Bub!” she spat over the phone. She really disliked that guy. “I need you to get yourself over here. I have a package for you to help me deliver.”
“Fine. I’ll be there,” Bub replied.
“What did I tell you about calling me ma’am?”
“Sorry, ma’am,” he said sullenly.
Bub drove over, but when he got there Ms. Arachne was spitting mad. “How come you didn’t get here sooner? When I put the ‘fainted’ Nikki down for a moment, she jumped and ran off! Now she’s in that taxi down there with meddling Mrs. Pinebaum and her two friends! After them!” she jumped into the car, and Bub sped off.
“Can you please speed up? There are people after us! Look, Mrs. Pinebaum, can you see that black sedan back there? That’s Bub’s and Ms. Arachne’s car.” Nikki said anxiously.
“Oh those two? They’re incompetent, if they couldn’t even keep track of you three. Not like that’s a too easy task.” She smirked. “I should know!”
“Very well, young miss,” said the taxi driver with an Italian accent. “I will speed up.” He stepped on the gas. The car accelerated to seventy miles an hour on the deserted old highway. “That better?”
“Yes,” replied Nikki. “Thank you...”
“Jacques, miss,” replied Jacques.
“Ah. Thank you Jacques.”
“You’re welcome. By the way, what are your names?”
“Oh. This is Mrs. Pinebaum, our guardian and good friend; this is Riley, and her twin Kylie. I’m Nikki.”
Jacques had a funny look on his face. “Is your last name Harleson?”
“Yeah,” Nikki replied testily.
“And your parents, were their names Linda and John?”
“Yes,” Nikki replied even more nervously.
Jacques stopped the car and turned and embraced her. “Nikki! I can’t believe it’s you! I have been looking for you since your parents disappeared, to keep you safe from the people who took your parents, who apparently are right behind us.”
“You knew my parents?” Nikki stammered. “So you know where they are, right?”
“Sadly, no. I’ve been looking for them, and you. Luckily I found you before those people behind us could.”
“Oh, that’s only Bub and Ms. Arachne. They’re so lame,” Kylie said, as harsh as ever. “They were hired to get us to their boss.”
“And that would be who?” asked Jacques.
“We don’t know. Look out!” cried Nikki as Jacques swerved to avoid an old tree stump. Pop! The wheel blew out as it struck a protruding root.
“Oh, no! Now what are we going to do?” cried Kylie as Jacques backed away from the wheel explaining loudly that he needed to change the tire, but he left his tools in his other car.
“Hey, Ms. Arachne and Bub are stopping! Now they’re getting out of their car. Hide!” Nikki whispered as Riley, Kylie and her dove into the bushes.
“No, come on out. Jacques and I will deal with those two.” Mrs. Pinebaum said, rolling up her sleeves like the people in cartoons who are about to fight.
Ms. Arachne stormed up to Nikki. “You! You ruined my career! But now I can save it, by brining you in!” Ms. Arachne screamed, and grabbed Nikki. Ms. Arachne stopped in her tracks when she noticed Jacques and Mrs. Pinebaum standing there with their arms crossed, looking not unlike a set of angry parents. Ms. Arachne trembled in their shadow.
“Let her go,” he said slowly and deliberately. “She has done nothing to you. Leave her be.”
“You again! “I thought I got rid of you a while ago!” she said, pointing at Mrs. Pinebaum. “And you,” she sputtered, her hand shaking as she suddenly pointed at Jacques. “I told you once already, stay away from me!”
“No. Once you leave her alone, you’ll never have to see me again,” said Jacques. Under his breath he muttered, “I’ll make sure of it.”
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Snoopy
Here's a random comic that my cousin sent me. I just felt like posting it's link. Enjoy!
http://www.snoopy.com/comics/peanuts/archive/images/peanuts2033334071106.gif
P.S. It really isn't National Cat week, is it? :-)
http://www.snoopy.com/comics/peanuts/archive/images/peanuts2033334071106.gif
P.S. It really isn't National Cat week, is it? :-)
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
The rest of Chapter 11
I added a little bit to my chapter, so this will be a short post.
“Nikki? You okay? You look like you’re staring into space,” Riley said.
“What? Oh, I’m sorry. I was just thinking,” Nikki blinked. “Man, I’m tired. Running from people in the middle if the night in the rain sure wipes you out,” Nikki yawned. “After we talk, can we go to bed?”
“Yes, I got a room with four beds,” Mrs. Pinebaum said.
In Mrs. Pinebaum’s room, Riley, Kiley, and Nikki flopped down on the beds.
“Oh, so comfortable! Zzzz,” snored Kylie.
“I move to sleep first and talk later. We haven’t slept in two days!” Nikki said.
“I second the motion,” said Riley as they both drifted off to sleep.
“Oh well. Telling Nikki can wait. They need their sleep, the little adventurers. Aah, they look so peaceful. Probably the best sleep they’ve had in a while,” Mrs. Pinebaum sighed.
“Nikki? You okay? You look like you’re staring into space,” Riley said.
“What? Oh, I’m sorry. I was just thinking,” Nikki blinked. “Man, I’m tired. Running from people in the middle if the night in the rain sure wipes you out,” Nikki yawned. “After we talk, can we go to bed?”
“Yes, I got a room with four beds,” Mrs. Pinebaum said.
In Mrs. Pinebaum’s room, Riley, Kiley, and Nikki flopped down on the beds.
“Oh, so comfortable! Zzzz,” snored Kylie.
“I move to sleep first and talk later. We haven’t slept in two days!” Nikki said.
“I second the motion,” said Riley as they both drifted off to sleep.
“Oh well. Telling Nikki can wait. They need their sleep, the little adventurers. Aah, they look so peaceful. Probably the best sleep they’ve had in a while,” Mrs. Pinebaum sighed.
Chapter 11
I have over 7,000 words, and I added my randomness into my novel. It'll be weird, but that's okay. It raises my word count!
Chapter 11
“Well, we’re out!” Nikki rejoiced. “Yes!” she raised her hands up into the air. The rain felt so good. They made it out, but with a few really close calls. “Thank God! You know, we should be very thatnkful. I thought that I’d never see the light of day again!”
“Me either! But let’s go! They might be on our trail. Race ya!” Kylie said as she ran off into the woods.
“You’re on!” Riley and Nikki cheered as they raced away. Kylie waited for them, and when they reached her Nikki sped up ahead.
“Hey! Where you going?” laughed Riley.
“Anywhere but back there!” Nikki yelled back. She heard Kylie and Riley laughing and running after her. Nikki laughed with them. She was free as a bird. She felt like she could soar! She jumped over rocks and logs, smelling the pine trees as she ran along. A few times she saw deer and rabbits on the path, happy as could be. Nikki turned, and scrambled up into a tree. Riley and Kylie ran past.
“Yaah!!” she yelled, jumping down from her perch.
“Aah! You scared us!” panted Riley, her heart still beating double-time after jumping five feet in the air.
“Sorry. I had to,” apologized Nikki. “Let’s keep going! It feels so, so, so, natural out here. I love it!!” she cried, falling back into the fallen leaves.
“But we have to go! Ms. Arachne will be here any minute!” Kylie yelled, having no wish to meet that weirdo again.
“You’re right. Let’s go!” Nikki said, as she jumped up.
Thirty minutes later they were out of the woods and following a highway. Soon they saw a taco stand. The man was standing there, reading a magazine. His apron, his hat, and the sign all matched. They were periwinkle and had a hippopotamus with a giganticly bushy mustache eating a marshmallow on it. His mustache was really bushy matched the hippo's. Nikki, Riley and Kylie looked at each other, thinking the same thing. Weird! And, does this guy's company have any sense at all?
When they finally left the highway, and found a sidewalk, they followed it.
Ring! Ring! Kylie looked over at a nearby payphone. It was ringing off the hook.
“Hmmm, I wonder who it is?” Kylie said, as she picked it up. “Hello? Oh, Nikki, it’s for you.”
“Who is it?” Nikki asked. She was a little suspicious of mysterious payphone callers knowing she was there.
“I don’t know, but they asked for you. Their voice sounded familiar...” she trailed off, lost in thought.
“Hello?” Nikki said.
“Nikki, you should come back right now. This is Mrs. Pinebaum. You are in danger. Come back. I know that you want your parents, but I know that they would want me to keep you safe at all costs. Come back. Meet me at the hotel across the street in ten minutes. Please?” pleaded Mrs. Pinebaum.
Nikki was shocked. Oh my gosh! She thought. That was Mrs. Pinebaum! She knows my parents? What is going on?
“What’s wrong, Nikki? Who was it?” asked Riley.
“Nikki? Nikki? Talk to me right now. Will you meet me at the hotel, or do I need to get you myself. I can see you, you know.” Mrs. Pinebaum said.
“How do you know my parents? Why do you care about me? Yes I’ll meet you there, only if Riley and Kylie can come and if you answer all my questions!!” Nikki yelled at the phone. Click! She hung up.
“Nikki, who was that?” asked Riley. “What’s with the hotel?” she wondered after Nikki had marched over to the hotel without a word to either Riley or Kylie.
“Just hang on. I’ll be right back.” Nikki said, and then strolled over to the counter. “Hey.”
“What?” snapped the man at the counter as he turned around. “I’m not paid to cater to little kids, so if you aren’t a guest here, then go away!!!”
“Excuse me, Mr. Bart. She’s with me. Now, if you’ll excuse me?” said a lady coming down the stairs. “Nikki, welcome back,” said Mrs. Pinebaum, for obviously it was her. “Riley, Kylie, you can come over here now, unless Nikki wants to talk about her parents alone.”
“You guys can come. It’s fine if they here what happened. But can we go to your room, or somewhere private?” Nikki asked.
“Yeah. I’ve been here since Katy told me you were gone three days ago. Why did you leave? You could have asked me about them.”
Nikki looked sheepish, and hung her head, so Kylie answered for her. “We heard you on the phone saying that she was too curious for her own good. Then you said that you would take care of her right after that, so all three of us assumed the worst. We were kind of stupid, weren’t we?” she said.
“No offense, but yes. I meant that if you got too curious and left, you would get hurt, or worse. Which almost happened,” Mrs. Pinebaum said, giving Nikki a look.
“I’m sorry! I didn’t know! I just wanted to find them!” Nikki yelled, making everyone in the lobby look at her. Nikki smiled weakly and waved. “Hehe, sorry everybody. Go back to what you were doing.”
“Anyway, we should talk, in my room. Follow me girls,” Mrs. Pinebaum said, sounding again like the person they knew at the orphanage.
They left the elevator, and Nikki looked around. This place looks really nice! She thought. I wonder how Mrs. Pinebaum knows my parents. This is a very weird day. First we see the taco stand guy, and now Mrs. Pinebaum. What is going on? I bet the taco stand guy was just any old random person though. I’ll forget about him.
Chapter 11
“Well, we’re out!” Nikki rejoiced. “Yes!” she raised her hands up into the air. The rain felt so good. They made it out, but with a few really close calls. “Thank God! You know, we should be very thatnkful. I thought that I’d never see the light of day again!”
“Me either! But let’s go! They might be on our trail. Race ya!” Kylie said as she ran off into the woods.
“You’re on!” Riley and Nikki cheered as they raced away. Kylie waited for them, and when they reached her Nikki sped up ahead.
“Hey! Where you going?” laughed Riley.
“Anywhere but back there!” Nikki yelled back. She heard Kylie and Riley laughing and running after her. Nikki laughed with them. She was free as a bird. She felt like she could soar! She jumped over rocks and logs, smelling the pine trees as she ran along. A few times she saw deer and rabbits on the path, happy as could be. Nikki turned, and scrambled up into a tree. Riley and Kylie ran past.
“Yaah!!” she yelled, jumping down from her perch.
“Aah! You scared us!” panted Riley, her heart still beating double-time after jumping five feet in the air.
“Sorry. I had to,” apologized Nikki. “Let’s keep going! It feels so, so, so, natural out here. I love it!!” she cried, falling back into the fallen leaves.
“But we have to go! Ms. Arachne will be here any minute!” Kylie yelled, having no wish to meet that weirdo again.
“You’re right. Let’s go!” Nikki said, as she jumped up.
Thirty minutes later they were out of the woods and following a highway. Soon they saw a taco stand. The man was standing there, reading a magazine. His apron, his hat, and the sign all matched. They were periwinkle and had a hippopotamus with a giganticly bushy mustache eating a marshmallow on it. His mustache was really bushy matched the hippo's. Nikki, Riley and Kylie looked at each other, thinking the same thing. Weird! And, does this guy's company have any sense at all?
When they finally left the highway, and found a sidewalk, they followed it.
Ring! Ring! Kylie looked over at a nearby payphone. It was ringing off the hook.
“Hmmm, I wonder who it is?” Kylie said, as she picked it up. “Hello? Oh, Nikki, it’s for you.”
“Who is it?” Nikki asked. She was a little suspicious of mysterious payphone callers knowing she was there.
“I don’t know, but they asked for you. Their voice sounded familiar...” she trailed off, lost in thought.
“Hello?” Nikki said.
“Nikki, you should come back right now. This is Mrs. Pinebaum. You are in danger. Come back. I know that you want your parents, but I know that they would want me to keep you safe at all costs. Come back. Meet me at the hotel across the street in ten minutes. Please?” pleaded Mrs. Pinebaum.
Nikki was shocked. Oh my gosh! She thought. That was Mrs. Pinebaum! She knows my parents? What is going on?
“What’s wrong, Nikki? Who was it?” asked Riley.
“Nikki? Nikki? Talk to me right now. Will you meet me at the hotel, or do I need to get you myself. I can see you, you know.” Mrs. Pinebaum said.
“How do you know my parents? Why do you care about me? Yes I’ll meet you there, only if Riley and Kylie can come and if you answer all my questions!!” Nikki yelled at the phone. Click! She hung up.
“Nikki, who was that?” asked Riley. “What’s with the hotel?” she wondered after Nikki had marched over to the hotel without a word to either Riley or Kylie.
“Just hang on. I’ll be right back.” Nikki said, and then strolled over to the counter. “Hey.”
“What?” snapped the man at the counter as he turned around. “I’m not paid to cater to little kids, so if you aren’t a guest here, then go away!!!”
“Excuse me, Mr. Bart. She’s with me. Now, if you’ll excuse me?” said a lady coming down the stairs. “Nikki, welcome back,” said Mrs. Pinebaum, for obviously it was her. “Riley, Kylie, you can come over here now, unless Nikki wants to talk about her parents alone.”
“You guys can come. It’s fine if they here what happened. But can we go to your room, or somewhere private?” Nikki asked.
“Yeah. I’ve been here since Katy told me you were gone three days ago. Why did you leave? You could have asked me about them.”
Nikki looked sheepish, and hung her head, so Kylie answered for her. “We heard you on the phone saying that she was too curious for her own good. Then you said that you would take care of her right after that, so all three of us assumed the worst. We were kind of stupid, weren’t we?” she said.
“No offense, but yes. I meant that if you got too curious and left, you would get hurt, or worse. Which almost happened,” Mrs. Pinebaum said, giving Nikki a look.
“I’m sorry! I didn’t know! I just wanted to find them!” Nikki yelled, making everyone in the lobby look at her. Nikki smiled weakly and waved. “Hehe, sorry everybody. Go back to what you were doing.”
“Anyway, we should talk, in my room. Follow me girls,” Mrs. Pinebaum said, sounding again like the person they knew at the orphanage.
They left the elevator, and Nikki looked around. This place looks really nice! She thought. I wonder how Mrs. Pinebaum knows my parents. This is a very weird day. First we see the taco stand guy, and now Mrs. Pinebaum. What is going on? I bet the taco stand guy was just any old random person though. I’ll forget about him.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Random scene #1, revised
Random scene #1 revised
Nikki, Riley, and Kylie walked along the highway. Soon they saw a taco stand. The man was standing there, reading a magazine. His apron, his hat, and the sign all matched. They were periwinkle and had a hippopotamus on it. His mustache was really bushy and huge, and had bits of a marshmallow stuck to it. Nikki, Riley and Kylie looked at each other, thinking the same thing. Ewww! and does this guy have any grooming skills?
Nikki, Riley, and Kylie walked along the highway. Soon they saw a taco stand. The man was standing there, reading a magazine. His apron, his hat, and the sign all matched. They were periwinkle and had a hippopotamus on it. His mustache was really bushy and huge, and had bits of a marshmallow stuck to it. Nikki, Riley and Kylie looked at each other, thinking the same thing. Ewww! and does this guy have any grooming skills?
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Random scene #1
This is my random scene that I wrote in class. There might just be more randomness to come!!
Random scene #1
Nikki, Riley, and Kylie walked along the highmay. Soon they saw a taco stand. The man was standing there, reading a magazine. His hat had his taco stand’s logo on it; it had a periwinkle hippopotamus with a gigantic mustache eating a huge marshmallow.
Random scene #1
Nikki, Riley, and Kylie walked along the highmay. Soon they saw a taco stand. The man was standing there, reading a magazine. His hat had his taco stand’s logo on it; it had a periwinkle hippopotamus with a gigantic mustache eating a huge marshmallow.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Chapter 10
I'm over 6,000 words now!!! Yeah!
Chapter 10
“She admitted to having my parents!” Nikki said as she slipped off her handcuffs. “Here, hand me the pocket knife. I’ll do my own foot cuffs,” she said as she took it from Kylie. Twist, twist, and click! “There we go! It’s open. Here Riley, I’ll get yours and then yours, Kylie.”
“Thanks,” Riley said as her feet were freed.
“That feels much better!” said Kylie. “So, how we going to get out of here?” she asked, cutting to the chase like always.
“Lets get a guard down here first. Hopefully they employ the dumb kind here. That would be very helpful. Now, if the guard is dumb, then we could somehow trick him into telling us some escape routes.”
“Just one question. How do we get one down here?” asked Riley.
“By making a racket, that’s how!” grinned Kylie. “That should be easy for you sis!”
“Sure,” Riley rolled her eyes. “Same to you. But now let’s make some noise!!” she yelled like a radio announcer. They started yelling loudly, saying random things that popped into their heads.
“Stop that racket!!” cried the guard.
“Come over here and make us!” challenged Nikki.
“No! What do you want?” he asked.
“You to come over here!” Nikki yelled back.
“No!”
“Yes!”
“Fine!” the guard shouted, stomping over to their cell. “What?” he shouted in Nikki’s face.
“Whoa! You need a tic-tac!” she coughed. “Your breath stinks!”
“Nikki, don’t be mean to the poor guard!” said Riley. She winked at him. “He’s probably a nice guy in a bad job, right?”
“Yeah, I never liked this job. Imprisoning young girls is not my favorite thing to do,” he sighed. “But it pays well and I need the money.”
“Well, If you don’t like keeping us prisoner, how ‘bout you tell us how to get out, and you can say that we somehow got our cuffs off and knocked you down, and then we’ll run away and be free and it wouldn’t be your fault.” Riley said, trying to get him to agree.
“Ummm, let me think. I would like to leave, and I could come with you for a little while. But then I would leave you and go live in a small town, where I could open up a bakery. Yeah, I think I will help you.” He said with a mysterious gleam in his eye. Kylie wasn’t sure if they should trust him.
“Yes! Oh thank you thank you thank you!!” Nikki said. “Sorry about he whole ‘bad breath’ thing. I was joking. It’s a line from a movie.”
“That’s okay. I forgive you.”
“So, we already got our cuffs off with our pocket knife. Now will you unlock the door? We should leave soon,” said Nikki, anxious to get on the road.
“Sure. Here we go!” he said as the cell door swung open.
The guard stepped in, and the door shut with a metallic clang sound behind him.
“What did you do that for?” asked Kylie, knowing that she was right in thinking that they couldn’t trust him.
“Ms. Arachne warned me about you!” he cried, jumping forward and grabbing Nikki. “Now, back you two!” he said, pointing a gun at Nikki. “I have her, and I’m taking her to the boss! So stand back, and she won’t get hurt!”
“Let me go!” Nikki demanded, trying to squirm away from him. “You disgust me, tricking us like that! Man! I can’t believe we trusted you! Ugh!” she grunted, twisting out of his grasp, and then in the process kicking him. “You worm!”
“Ouch!” he whined. “That hurt!”
“What, the comment or the kick?” asked Riley, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
“Both,” he whined again.
“Too bad, buster!” Kylie said, hitting him in the head and knocking him out. “Oops! I’m sorry did I hurt you? I think my hand slipped” she grinned at the unconscious form of the guard. “Let’s take his keycard and get out of here! It’s the perfect opportunity!”
“I guess you’re right. I’m going to miss the old moldy walls and our really comfortable cold floors, but I need to move on,” giggled Riley.
“We’ve got to move! Kylie, hit him again, for good measure. Then we’ll cuff and gag him. Kylie, would you like to do it?” said Nikki.
“It’d be my pleasure.” Kick! “Oops, my foot slipped on that patch of mold. My bad!” Kylie said. “The cuffs, my friend?”
“Here sis,” Riley handed her the hand and foot cuffs.
“Muchas gracias,” said Kylie as she snapped the cuffs on him.
“Sorry to be so rude and mean, but we need to go, and you were in our way,” Riley apologized, felling a little sad for the poor guard.
“See ya, wouldn’t want to be ya!” Kylie taunted, thumbing her nose at the guard. “Now, which way do we go?”
Chapter 10
“She admitted to having my parents!” Nikki said as she slipped off her handcuffs. “Here, hand me the pocket knife. I’ll do my own foot cuffs,” she said as she took it from Kylie. Twist, twist, and click! “There we go! It’s open. Here Riley, I’ll get yours and then yours, Kylie.”
“Thanks,” Riley said as her feet were freed.
“That feels much better!” said Kylie. “So, how we going to get out of here?” she asked, cutting to the chase like always.
“Lets get a guard down here first. Hopefully they employ the dumb kind here. That would be very helpful. Now, if the guard is dumb, then we could somehow trick him into telling us some escape routes.”
“Just one question. How do we get one down here?” asked Riley.
“By making a racket, that’s how!” grinned Kylie. “That should be easy for you sis!”
“Sure,” Riley rolled her eyes. “Same to you. But now let’s make some noise!!” she yelled like a radio announcer. They started yelling loudly, saying random things that popped into their heads.
“Stop that racket!!” cried the guard.
“Come over here and make us!” challenged Nikki.
“No! What do you want?” he asked.
“You to come over here!” Nikki yelled back.
“No!”
“Yes!”
“Fine!” the guard shouted, stomping over to their cell. “What?” he shouted in Nikki’s face.
“Whoa! You need a tic-tac!” she coughed. “Your breath stinks!”
“Nikki, don’t be mean to the poor guard!” said Riley. She winked at him. “He’s probably a nice guy in a bad job, right?”
“Yeah, I never liked this job. Imprisoning young girls is not my favorite thing to do,” he sighed. “But it pays well and I need the money.”
“Well, If you don’t like keeping us prisoner, how ‘bout you tell us how to get out, and you can say that we somehow got our cuffs off and knocked you down, and then we’ll run away and be free and it wouldn’t be your fault.” Riley said, trying to get him to agree.
“Ummm, let me think. I would like to leave, and I could come with you for a little while. But then I would leave you and go live in a small town, where I could open up a bakery. Yeah, I think I will help you.” He said with a mysterious gleam in his eye. Kylie wasn’t sure if they should trust him.
“Yes! Oh thank you thank you thank you!!” Nikki said. “Sorry about he whole ‘bad breath’ thing. I was joking. It’s a line from a movie.”
“That’s okay. I forgive you.”
“So, we already got our cuffs off with our pocket knife. Now will you unlock the door? We should leave soon,” said Nikki, anxious to get on the road.
“Sure. Here we go!” he said as the cell door swung open.
The guard stepped in, and the door shut with a metallic clang sound behind him.
“What did you do that for?” asked Kylie, knowing that she was right in thinking that they couldn’t trust him.
“Ms. Arachne warned me about you!” he cried, jumping forward and grabbing Nikki. “Now, back you two!” he said, pointing a gun at Nikki. “I have her, and I’m taking her to the boss! So stand back, and she won’t get hurt!”
“Let me go!” Nikki demanded, trying to squirm away from him. “You disgust me, tricking us like that! Man! I can’t believe we trusted you! Ugh!” she grunted, twisting out of his grasp, and then in the process kicking him. “You worm!”
“Ouch!” he whined. “That hurt!”
“What, the comment or the kick?” asked Riley, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
“Both,” he whined again.
“Too bad, buster!” Kylie said, hitting him in the head and knocking him out. “Oops! I’m sorry did I hurt you? I think my hand slipped” she grinned at the unconscious form of the guard. “Let’s take his keycard and get out of here! It’s the perfect opportunity!”
“I guess you’re right. I’m going to miss the old moldy walls and our really comfortable cold floors, but I need to move on,” giggled Riley.
“We’ve got to move! Kylie, hit him again, for good measure. Then we’ll cuff and gag him. Kylie, would you like to do it?” said Nikki.
“It’d be my pleasure.” Kick! “Oops, my foot slipped on that patch of mold. My bad!” Kylie said. “The cuffs, my friend?”
“Here sis,” Riley handed her the hand and foot cuffs.
“Muchas gracias,” said Kylie as she snapped the cuffs on him.
“Sorry to be so rude and mean, but we need to go, and you were in our way,” Riley apologized, felling a little sad for the poor guard.
“See ya, wouldn’t want to be ya!” Kylie taunted, thumbing her nose at the guard. “Now, which way do we go?”
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Chapter 9
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Chapter 9
“Oooh! My head!” Nikki gasped as she sat up. “Where am I? She wondered. “What’s this?” she gasped at the sight of her manacled hands and feet. “Oh man! Now I remember! Ms. Arachne and Bub! No! We’re in a prison! Wake up!! Kylie! Riley! WAKE UP!!” Nikki screamed as she shook them. “Wake up! Wake up!” It was no use. They were out cold. “Oh well. I guess I’ll just take a nap.” She yawned. She could still feel the chloroform in her system.
An hour later, Nikki woke up again. “Man! It’s so cold! What’s up with Kylie and Riley? Hey guys! Wake up!”
“What? Oh it’s you. What happened?” asked Riley as she tried to stretch. “I remember your house, and then Bub and Ms. Arachne, and then nothing. And what’s with the manacles? And the really scary prison room?”
“I’ll tell you after we wake up Kylie. Kylie, pancakes!” she yelled. Nothing happened. “Why didn’t she wake up?”
“Here, try this. Kylie, you can watch T.V. now! And you get the remote! For an hour!”
“Really? Awesome!” Kylie said as she tried to jump up. “Where’s the T.V.? What’s with the chains? They are so uncomfortable! Woah! I’m freezing! Where’s the heater?”
“Nowhere. We just wanted you up,” laughed Riley. “If you want to know about the chains, then ask Nikki,” she informed her sister.
“You tried to trick me again? No fair! That’s the last time I wake up for you!” growled Kylie. “Man, it's so cold!”
“Whatever. Do you remember what happened to get us here?” said Riley.
“No, not really,” Kylie admitted.
“Well, I do. Remember running into my house? Do you remember that giant of a man and the very ugly woman? Well, they kidnapped us. They drugged us too!” Nikki said.
“Oh,” said Riley. “I remember now. She had a gun! And her name was Ms. Arachne. Ugh! I hate spiders!” she shivered. “Let’s get her or the dumb one out here so we can make them pay,” Riley fumed as she slammed her fist onto her hand.
Nikki and Kylie stared dumbfounded. Riley was always quiet and reserved, but now she was blazing mad.
“What? You two look like you’ve seen a ghost! You alright?” Riley asked.
Nikki and Kylie nodded. Her words shook them out of their stupor. “So, do you guys see any way out of here?” asked Nikki.
“Well, there’s the windows, but they’re too high. And we have these things on our hands and feet!”
“We may have our hands and feet chained up, but I have my super sharp pocket knife!” Kylie exclaimed as she reached into her pocket. “Ha-ha! Kylie to the rescue!” she cried as she reached over to pick the lock on Nikki’s handcuffs. “Gotcha!” she yelled as they popped off.
“Thanks! Let me get yours.” Nikki replied as Kylie handed her the knife. She twisted it a few times, and then her cuffs snapped open.
“Ah, good to have my hands free again! You ready Riley?”
“Yes. But don’t poke me with that thing!” Riley warned.
“Don’t worry, I will!” snickered Kylie. She popped open the lock. “Now to our feet. I’ll get your feet now Nikki.”
Kylie started twisting the knife in the lock, and then Nikki said, “Stop! I hear footsteps. Lay down flat with your hands under you as if you are still asleep. Put the cuffs back on tight enough that it looks like they’re on, and loose enough so that they can slide off. And don’t lock them!” she warned. “We may not be able to undo them again if they lock.”
They did so, and just in time too, because along came Ms. Arachne.
“Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!! Now I have you! I hope you wake with dreadful headaches!” Ms. Arachne fairly screamed.
“Don’t worry, we didn’t!” Nikki yelled back. “Yeah spider lady, I’m awake! Are you trying to freeze us to death or something? I can tell it’s cold in here, but it doesn’t bug me!” Nikki lied. She stuck her tongue out. “Ha-ha! I bet whomever you’re working for wants us to be unharmed! Therefore you can’t do anything to us! Ha!” she taunted. Nikki started smirking. She was enjoying toying with Ms. Arachne. But that wouldn’t last for long.
“Oh? You think I’m supposed to baby-sit you? Yeah, right. They just want you kept in here long enough so that your parents will do what we want. Then I am free to do what I want with you! He-he-he! Then you won’t be so cocky!” she cackled gleefully, rubbing her hands together like a mad scientist.
Nikki gulped. “You have my parents?” she asked. Her worst fears had been confirmed. They were in the hands of some megalomania group! “Why do you have them? They never did anything to you!”
“So? The boss just hired me to get you so they would do what he wanted. You were what he wanted. So, I got you and your little friends. A bonus! So, you were saying how you weren’t scared of me?” she grinned evilly.
Nikki was silent. She looked down at the floor.
“That’s what I thought. I just needed to break your sprit, just as if you were a horse!” Ms. Arachne said. At that moment Nikki thought she looked exactly like a black widow. Ms. Arachne left, giggling like an elementary schoolgirl all the way.
Chapter 9
“Oooh! My head!” Nikki gasped as she sat up. “Where am I? She wondered. “What’s this?” she gasped at the sight of her manacled hands and feet. “Oh man! Now I remember! Ms. Arachne and Bub! No! We’re in a prison! Wake up!! Kylie! Riley! WAKE UP!!” Nikki screamed as she shook them. “Wake up! Wake up!” It was no use. They were out cold. “Oh well. I guess I’ll just take a nap.” She yawned. She could still feel the chloroform in her system.
An hour later, Nikki woke up again. “Man! It’s so cold! What’s up with Kylie and Riley? Hey guys! Wake up!”
“What? Oh it’s you. What happened?” asked Riley as she tried to stretch. “I remember your house, and then Bub and Ms. Arachne, and then nothing. And what’s with the manacles? And the really scary prison room?”
“I’ll tell you after we wake up Kylie. Kylie, pancakes!” she yelled. Nothing happened. “Why didn’t she wake up?”
“Here, try this. Kylie, you can watch T.V. now! And you get the remote! For an hour!”
“Really? Awesome!” Kylie said as she tried to jump up. “Where’s the T.V.? What’s with the chains? They are so uncomfortable! Woah! I’m freezing! Where’s the heater?”
“Nowhere. We just wanted you up,” laughed Riley. “If you want to know about the chains, then ask Nikki,” she informed her sister.
“You tried to trick me again? No fair! That’s the last time I wake up for you!” growled Kylie. “Man, it's so cold!”
“Whatever. Do you remember what happened to get us here?” said Riley.
“No, not really,” Kylie admitted.
“Well, I do. Remember running into my house? Do you remember that giant of a man and the very ugly woman? Well, they kidnapped us. They drugged us too!” Nikki said.
“Oh,” said Riley. “I remember now. She had a gun! And her name was Ms. Arachne. Ugh! I hate spiders!” she shivered. “Let’s get her or the dumb one out here so we can make them pay,” Riley fumed as she slammed her fist onto her hand.
Nikki and Kylie stared dumbfounded. Riley was always quiet and reserved, but now she was blazing mad.
“What? You two look like you’ve seen a ghost! You alright?” Riley asked.
Nikki and Kylie nodded. Her words shook them out of their stupor. “So, do you guys see any way out of here?” asked Nikki.
“Well, there’s the windows, but they’re too high. And we have these things on our hands and feet!”
“We may have our hands and feet chained up, but I have my super sharp pocket knife!” Kylie exclaimed as she reached into her pocket. “Ha-ha! Kylie to the rescue!” she cried as she reached over to pick the lock on Nikki’s handcuffs. “Gotcha!” she yelled as they popped off.
“Thanks! Let me get yours.” Nikki replied as Kylie handed her the knife. She twisted it a few times, and then her cuffs snapped open.
“Ah, good to have my hands free again! You ready Riley?”
“Yes. But don’t poke me with that thing!” Riley warned.
“Don’t worry, I will!” snickered Kylie. She popped open the lock. “Now to our feet. I’ll get your feet now Nikki.”
Kylie started twisting the knife in the lock, and then Nikki said, “Stop! I hear footsteps. Lay down flat with your hands under you as if you are still asleep. Put the cuffs back on tight enough that it looks like they’re on, and loose enough so that they can slide off. And don’t lock them!” she warned. “We may not be able to undo them again if they lock.”
They did so, and just in time too, because along came Ms. Arachne.
“Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!! Now I have you! I hope you wake with dreadful headaches!” Ms. Arachne fairly screamed.
“Don’t worry, we didn’t!” Nikki yelled back. “Yeah spider lady, I’m awake! Are you trying to freeze us to death or something? I can tell it’s cold in here, but it doesn’t bug me!” Nikki lied. She stuck her tongue out. “Ha-ha! I bet whomever you’re working for wants us to be unharmed! Therefore you can’t do anything to us! Ha!” she taunted. Nikki started smirking. She was enjoying toying with Ms. Arachne. But that wouldn’t last for long.
“Oh? You think I’m supposed to baby-sit you? Yeah, right. They just want you kept in here long enough so that your parents will do what we want. Then I am free to do what I want with you! He-he-he! Then you won’t be so cocky!” she cackled gleefully, rubbing her hands together like a mad scientist.
Nikki gulped. “You have my parents?” she asked. Her worst fears had been confirmed. They were in the hands of some megalomania group! “Why do you have them? They never did anything to you!”
“So? The boss just hired me to get you so they would do what he wanted. You were what he wanted. So, I got you and your little friends. A bonus! So, you were saying how you weren’t scared of me?” she grinned evilly.
Nikki was silent. She looked down at the floor.
“That’s what I thought. I just needed to break your sprit, just as if you were a horse!” Ms. Arachne said. At that moment Nikki thought she looked exactly like a black widow. Ms. Arachne left, giggling like an elementary schoolgirl all the way.
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