WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 1 – 20
Chapter 14
The elevator doors closed and started its journey down to the last floor.
“OK, so what’s the plan?” Michael asked.
“Plan for what?” Kira asked.
“Escape route dummy” Ruby replied rudely.
“Must you really insult me just because I asked a question?” Kira fired at him.
“No time for this, we gotta go” Bathny stated.
“How?” Henry asked.
“The stairs of course” Marichuiy replied.
“What! I was really expecting you guys to have something good, like maybe a way we can jump off this building without getting to the last floor” Kiwi said and we all stared at her as if she has gon crazy, I don’t get it, is it that she activates her dumb side sometimes, what sort of dumb nonsense did she just say.
“Yea, probably we have an helicopter waiting for us at the roof” Ruby fired at her and she bought it.
“Good, so let’s go” she whimpered in excitement and wanted to run off but Bathny dragged her back.
“He was being sarcastic” she said to her.
“Oh” Kiwi replied. “So what’s the real plan that is not sarcasm?” She asked.
“The only way is to get to the last floor before them, there has to be an exit door there” Marichuiy stated.
“How are we going to get to the last floor before them when they are using elevator while the only thing we have is stairs and our weak legs” Michael complained.
“Or maybe we should all jump from here directly Down to the last floor” Ruby suggested, we all looked through the spiral stairs and saw the ground looking like a doughnut.
“That is clearly dumber than jumping from the roof” Michael stated.
“It’s spiral stairs, how did he know that the stairs are 30 flights when they are spiral?” Bathny asked the obvious question.
“It means he knows nothing about shapes and forms or geometry” I replied.
“He clearly knows nothing, dumb a$s” Michael cur$ed under his breath and we laughed.
“OK, we really gotta go, I’m sure they might almost be at the last floor.” Bathny said and everyone rushed to the stairs.
“I’ll be back” I said to them and rushed back to the elevator.
“Dave where are you going?” I heard Kira and Marichuiy ask but I ignored them, I got the elevator and located the control switch, I opened the lid and flipped the main switch off, that will probably stop the elevator half way.
I ran back to the stairs and realize they were all waiting for me. “Let’s go”
“That was a smart move” Marichuiy commented and I smiled at her, she smiled back.
We started running down but I noticed Kira wasn’t coming along.
“Hey Kira what’s up, we gotta go” I called on her, everyone stopped and stared back at her. She was staring at a blue button that rested on the wall. She pressed the button, and like a tire wheel the stairs started moving down wards.
“These stairs has a lifter, dmn” Ruby exclaimed.
“I suspected it, so I decided to give it a try” Kira stated with a smile.
“Smart move babe” Michael complimented as the stairs took us down.
“Really that was smart Kira” I said to her.
“Thanks” she smiled at me and I smiled back for the first time.
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As we were going down I noticed more blue buttons few feet away from each other. We were five stairs away from the ground when the stairs stopped moving, I noticed the blue buttons spark twice and the stairs started moving backwards.
“Marichuiy” everyone screamed out loud.
“Sorry” she apologized and covered her eyes in shame, I had to laugh, she looked cute and Adorable.
“Girl you are really a curse” Ruby mumbled and everyone laughed.
“Let’s just stop the stairs from moving backwards” Michael shouted.
“How” Henry asked.
I saw another blue button, I managed to hit on it and the stairs stopped moving.
“Great, just great” Kira lamented.
“Come on Kira we are just 10 stairs away” Bathny said to her and started running down, we joined her.
“Oh so now you wanna talk to me” Kira asked her but she didn’t reply.
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We finally got down and headed for the door which has exit sign above it. But then I noticed that Marichuiy wasn’t coming, I stopped and called on everyone to stop and they did. I went back to her.
“Hey, what’s wrong, let’s go”
“No, you guys should go on, I’ve caused you so much trouble already, also I need to go with Salvador, I need to find my parents and that temple and he’s the only one that can help, even though he’s trying to use my mum and I but I need that map, otherwise I won’t break free from this curse, so you guys should go home” she stated and cleaned the tears threatening to fall off her eyes.
“Marichuiy listen, I promise you, if you come with us, we will help you find your parents and the temple, Henry can hack into Salvador’s email to get a copy of the map, OK, come on let’s go” I assured her.
“You will do that?” She asked and I nodded and cleaned her tears.
“I’m not among that plan, I ain’t going anywhere” Kira shouted, must this girl always spoil everything.
“Well Bathny and I will do it” I shouted back at her.
“Yea” Bathny backed up.
“And me too, that is if you still want someone else” Kiwi chipped, I sheepishly smiled at her, she blushed and smiled back. “Also my parents won’t even notice my absence cause they are always too busy with work” she complained. Well thats one thing with rich Beverly Hills parents, always too busy with work and know less to nothing about their kids.
“I’ll help too” Henry waved.
“Me too” Ruby added.
“So what’s the plan?” Michael asked.
“You always ask of plans, can’t you make plans too?” Ruby asked him.
“Well I’m more of a doer than a planner, in other words I’m the strength in this ‘wolf park’ lol, Dave is the strategist, the planner, the brain, the brave, and you guys, I really don’t know your department, let’s just say you two are the tag alongs” Michael replied, Henry and Ruby rushed him while we all laughed, when they finally stopped fighting, Michael pleaded with Kira and she finally accepted to help.
“So come on, let’s go” I dragged Marichuiy, she giggled and shouted “Thanks guys” as we run out the door.
“Thats weird” Bathny stated as we all stopped, instead of seeing the streets and moving vehicles as we expected, instead we found ourselves in a slightly dark room.
“Wasn’t that the exit door, or did we read something else” I asked.
“Oh it was the exit door” we gasped when we heard Salvador’s voice echoing in the room, we heard a beep sound followed by blinding lights that started illuminating the room. It was actually a mini conference hall, Salvador seated on the supposed boss’s arm chair, he rocked himself on the chair as he watched us. His two body guards stood on each of his sides.
He then looked at his diamond ice watch.
“20 minutes, not bad” he stated.
“How did you.. How” Marichuiy stammered as she pointed at him.
“I’m pretty sure I stopped that elevator halfway” I said to him through angry gritted teeth.
“Oh yes you did, smart move by the way, but I’m smarter than you, when all of you claimed you want to use the stairs to protect Dave I suspected a foul play, so immediately the elevator got to the next floor, we got out and entered the other one which I’m sure you hadn’t noticed, although using the lift button was also smart, I had to change the sign by the door to ‘exit’, it was actually this….” He brought out a sign which was written ‘conference hall’. “The actual exit door was few doors away from this door” he added.
“You played us motherfvcker” Michael screamed at him.
“Yes I played you, but it was for our own good, I wanted to know if you will be able to get us out of trouble when we get to the jungle and bravo, you did..” He waved at us. “But you know what I loved the most, was that you worked as a team”
“Team” we all exclaimed.
“So that was what you wanted, a team?” Marichuiy fired at him.
“Yes, if we are a team, chances of surviving the jungle will be high, so I can’t let you guys go, also if I let you go, you will involve the police” he stated and chuckled. “Don’t worry nothing will swallow us over there thats if there are no dinosaur, just be expecting weird stuff, let’s go” he stated, he stood up, twirled around in what seem to be excitement, and then walked out.
“This guy is a clown” Ruby complained.
“An annoying clown” Michael added.
the guards grinned evily at us before asking us to move, I hate being ordered around.
The dark one wanted to push Kiwi but I slipped his hands off. “Don’t touch her” I warned. Kiwi walked out voluntarily.
Michael took Kira and left, Bathny walked out with Henry as they argued over what I can’t really tell, Ruby sighed as he left too.
“Why are we always the last?” I heard Marichuiy asked me, that’s ¢razily true, why are we always the last. “I think that’s because you are the ‘Alpha’ and I’m the innocent girl you are helping” she added and we both laughed.
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We finally got outside and realized the long night was coming to an end as the sun was trying to force it’s way out from the east.
I saw An Helicopter packed by the far end of the building and Salvador was leading us to it.
“It’s gonna be a long day” I mumbled.
“Do you like her?” Marichuiy asked out of the blue.
“Who?” I asked back.
“Kiwi, she’s cute, you are always defending her and that smile on your face each time you stare at her, I’ve never seen it before” she said with a light smile.
I think I’ve actually smiled at her like that the first day we met and I like her too, well I don’t really know right now, it used to be only Kiwi that was fighting to steal my heart, now she has a competition.
I couldn’t reply her until we got to the helicopter and it took off with ear deafening sounds.
Mexican jungle here we come.
WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 1 – 20
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