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Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Fishing Boat
An icy cold current tried to push Olivia and Jones back. Despite the water's attempts to keep them away, they were tenacious. After about an hour they made it to a partially submerged fishing boat. The wood was a corroded green, and there was seaweed all over the sides. "Looks like it's been here for a while." Jones says. "Yeah, it probably has." Olivia agrees. "Well, let's turn back.." "No way. We came too far to turn back." Olivia finds a small opening in the side of the boat. She swims in first. Jones reluctantly follows. The bottom floor of the boat is pitch black. "We can't even see anything." Jones sneers. Olivia throws up her bubble. An electric current runs through it and gives off a faint light. They now see that they are in a watery cabin. There is a hammock attached to two pillars on one side and an old time radio and dresser on another. "Now are you happy we came?" Olivia asks. "It is interesting." He admits. Olivia swims to the hammock in an attempt to find the person's identity. However, before she could get too close, she is interrupted by the sound of a goat. "Did you hear that?" She asks. "Yeah it sounded like a animal." Olivia shines her bubble in a darkened corner of the cabin. To her horror, she sees a drowning goat. Jones, without saying a word swims over to the animal. He carefully hoists the goat over his shoulders, and begins to swim out of the boat. "I'm gonna get this guy safety. See if you can find any other animals." Jones orders while exiting.
Monday, May 30, 2016
Bulldozer
Freddy's bulldozer shook the ground as it approached. It was a massive machine. Roughly about the length and height of a small, ranch house. If one didn't know that there was a fox behind the wheel, one might guess that there was a phantom. Freddy could not be seen, at least not from my vantage point. Though in retrospect, I don't know what is stranger, a fox or a ghost driving a bulldozer. When the bulldozer stopped by the bonfire, all guns were on him. "You're surrounded. Get out of the vehicle ." Sgt. Rodgers shouts. Freddy doesn't move. "Come on Freddy, it's gonna be alright." Norm assures. The door to bulldozer swings open. Freddy has a stupid, confused grin on his face. "Put your hands over your head and climb down slowly." Sgt. Rodgers instructs. Freddy looked even more confused. "Climb down slowly first, and then place your hands above your head." She sighed. All eyes watched as Freddy descended the massive bulldozer, and then joined his raccoon friend. "Now, what's this about-" But before Sgt. Rodgers could finish her question, she was interrupted by crackling on her walkie talkie. "What?" She answers angrily. "We've found them." O'Neil informs. "What?" "They were spotted on the north east coast swimming away." Sgt. Rodgers eyes light up. "You heard him. Everybody move." Sgt. Rodgers and all her soldiers rush out of the tree house city, knocking Freddy, Norm, and myself down in the process. The three of us are left alone. I wait for a minute and then attempt to follow. I feel something pull at my pant leg as I start to walk. I look down to see Norm. "Not that way." He says. "I need to get there before they do." I reply. "Not that way." He repeats. "Then how?" I ask. Norm points up to one of the highest tree houses.
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Find Them
Todd stared into the barrel of the gun pointed at his face. All thoughts except finding Olivia and Jones escaped his mind. He closed his eyes tightly trying to go back to the tree houses, but all he could see was black. Todd opened his eyes again. "Well, did you see them?" O'Neil snarled. Todd shook his head. "Get on it then. I'm losing my patience with you." Todd temporarily shifted his focus away from the gun. In the background, behind O'Neil was a screen displaying one of the islands coasts. Todd could see what appeared to be Olivia and Jones swimming away. "I see them!" Todd shouted. "Where?" Todd Pointed his head to the screen. O'Neil turned around. His jaw nearly dropped at the sight. "Son of a bitch. They're getting away."
Friday, May 27, 2016
On the Rocks
Olivia and Jones stood on jagged rocks and watched the violent, ocean waves crash into the island. They had reached the end of the island, and there was nothing in sight. "This is it." Jones said over the loud wind. "Yeah." "We should turn back now." Olivia does not respond. "There is nothing here." He says. He gently pulls Olivia back, but something catches her eye. "What's that?" She asks, pointing off to the distance. Jones squints his eyes. "I don't know. Maybe a boat or something that crashed into the coral reef." "A boat!" Olivia shouts. "Maybe." "We have to go." "What? Why?" "There could be people trapped in there?" She says, removing her shoes. "That crash probably happened a long time ago." He replies. "Maybe, but maybe not." Olivia starts descending the jagged rocks to the ocean. "You're actually going in there?" Olivia doesn't reply. She continues down the rocks instead. Jones shakes his head. He then takes off his combat boots. "Looks like I'm going in there too."
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Attack!
A giant, muscular soldier carefully guarded me. He watched my every move. If I so much as turned my head, he screamed at me. All I could do was stare straight ahead at one of the many tree houses. I saw soldiers frantically running back and forth searching for something.Under better circumstances I would find that humorous. However, these were anything but pleasant circumstances. Sgt. Rodgers walked up to my guard. "She is no where to be found." Sgt. Rodgers said in a casual tone, making me wonder if she saw this man as an equal. "Did you check everywhere?" He asked. "Of course I checked everywhere. Who do you think I am?" She replies, disgusted. "Obviously you didn't because you would have found her if you did." He says condescendingly. St.Rodgers clenches her teeth. She crouches down to my level. "Where is she?" "I have no idea." "Unacceptable. Where is she?" Before I have a chance to say anything, the muscular guard fires a round into a nearby bush. Enraged, Sgt. Rodgers snags the gun from the guard. "What is your problem?" She shouts. "Someone was in the bush." "I don't care. It could have been one of ours." She snaps. "Why would one of ours be hiding in the bush?" He asks. Sgt. Rodgers does not respond. She stomps over to the bush. She pulls back thick branches and leaves expecting to find an animal of some sort. There is absolutely nothing there. Not even paw print. She turns to the guard even angrier than before. "You were attacking nothing." "I wouldn't say nothing." A small voice replies. Sgt. Rodgers turns back around to see Norm on the other side of the bush. "Who are you?" She asks, ignoring the fact that he is a talking raccoon. "Norm." "Norm, what are you doing here?" "I'm working. What are you doing here?" "I'm also working." "Interesting." Their conversation is interrupted by the sound of an approaching bulldozer. "What's that?" The guard asks. "It's Freddy with the bulldozer. He finally got here." Norm says. "You can't tear this place down." Sgt. Rodgers informs. "Sorry, I got orders." "You're not tearing this place down." She repeats. "I kinda have to. I told you. I have orders." "They can't be more important than my orders." Sgt. Rodgers insists. "I don't know you, but yeah, they are." "No, they aren't." She says calmly, pointing her rifle at him. Norm sighs and raises his paws high in the air.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Discussing the Vision
"Any good dreams?" O'Neil laughs while pulling up a chair beside Todd. "There was one." Todd responds, groggily. O'Neil sneers. "It was only a joke. You couldn't have possibly have had a dream in that amount of time." "Maybe not, but I saw something." "I'm sure you did." O'Neil says, sarcastically. "I was there." "You were where?" O'Neil asks. " I don't know. Some bridge by a tree house." O'Neil rolls his eyes. "Fascinating. Now if you don't mind we need to get back to work. They could appear on this screen any minute." Todd does not respond. "What? What is it now?" "I saw Sgt. Rodgers." "On the screen?" "No it wasn't the screen. It was better. I was there." "I'm sure you were." O'Neil says, brushing it off. "I was." "Sure." "I was!" Todd shouts. O'Neil, annoyed, points his gun at Todd's face. "Fine. If you were there make it happen again."
Monday, May 23, 2016
Theories About Madam
"It was there, right?" Jones asks while staring at the now bare area. "It sure was." Olivia replies. "Maybe the wind carried it away." Olivia picks up a pile of leaves. She then drops them to the Earth, indicating that there is no wind, or at least not any strong winds. "Maybe an animal carried it away." Jones suggests. "Yeah, it's possible." Olivia says, not 100% convinced. Jones picks his gun off the ground. "I'm gonna go find that raccoon." "Yeah, you do that." Olivia responds, while wandering deeper into the jungle. Jones bites his lip in frustration. He does not want to follow Olivia. However, he knows he can not leave her, so he chases after her.
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