Life, Death, Lava, and CUT!, Cherry C. [e book reading free .txt] 📗

on the rim of the water. Bob made a hammock and slept in it, while Alison was testing the soil and air with chemicals. Everyone was just minding their own business when suddenly, “BOOM!” the volcano was oozing out an orange- yellow lava from the top, when suddenly another vent opened up from the top. The ground was rumbling! The side was bulging out and a vent broke out from the side. A 30 feet tall fountain of lava sprayed up into the sky! The temperature rose. The lava was everywhere! I looked over to the volcano again. It was glowing a reddish orange color, looking as if it were on fire. A stench of sulfur filled the air. YES! I knew it! The volcano is going to erupt on them! Alison, too bad! You are not getting the money for finding this island, I am! And there is nothing you can do about it, because you are going to die with your family. This is the perfect time to go capture some kids! I just grabbed Bob right before Mindy could see him get snatched. I had to put him in the canoe, as I had no other chance to put him anywhere. Oh no! He is crawling out of the canoe! I need another way to keep him in it! Wait, that’s it! I will untie the canoe from the docking post!

“WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!” Bob screamed while crying on the canoe as he just sitting there...she made a very bad choice. MWAH HAHAHAHA!!!

“Boo!” I screamed into Camille’s face. She pulled the sketchbook slowly away from her face and suddenly..

.”AHHHH, OMG, who are you?” she screamed while grabbing her supplies and running as fast as she can. Running down a hill she came upon a cliff. “You’re trapped now!” I told her, but she kept backing up. “Watch out!” I warned her. But she didn’t listen to me and fell down the cliff.

“No!” I cried down at her, she was one of the family that I didn’t want to die. After all, she was exactly who I wanted to be. Her good looks, her talent with music, she clothes, her family, basically everything! She looked like a younger version of her mom, except that Camille had blonde streaks on part of her bangs.

“Help! Please!” Camille wailed, dangling from a thin and sleek tree branch that was stuck in between two of the stones making the waterfall. When Alison finally realized that the volcano was erupting, she sprinted to their meeting stop to find that only Lucie, Casey, and Jack was there!

“Who is crying?” Casey asked, hearing a faint crying noise coming from the water. Everyone ran towards the noise until Casey heard another sound.

“ARF! ARF!” Mindy barked trying to tell the family that Camille was down the cliff hanging. The two other siblings ran to Mindy’s barking, while Professor Alison and Jack ran to catch the canoe with Bob in it. Rescuing Bob was no problem; all there was to do was to swim to the canoe and pull it in. However, pulling Camille up was harder.

“WOOF! WOOF! ARF! ARF!” Mindy’s barks were becoming closer and clearer.

“Good job, Mindy,” Lucie praised Mindy, but quickly raced to Casey who was grabbing Camille right when the branch snapped. I was watching them, sort of, more on Casey...but that’s not important. Camille may die, and it would be Casey’s fault for letting go. But, of course, he would never do such a thing to anyone. Another rumble and shake hit the dirt ground.

“Woah!” I tumbled out and panicked.

“Huh? Who’s there?” Lucie screamed. Casey’s hand got sweaty. He looked tired and afraid. If he let go, he would lose a sister. Another noise was detected. It was Mindy growling at me.

“SHH!” I shushed Mindy, but she ignored me and kept barking at me.

“Lucie! NO! DON’T GO RIGHT NOW!” Casey yelled at Lucie when she ran to find Mindy. So, that little girl wants me to trap my favorite two siblings in the family? Ok! I’ll do it, and make Camille do my hair, and Casey make me food...and wait......I need to capture them first.

“Well, Camille, I see that you aren’t doing so well down there,” I told Camille stepping down hard on Casey’s right arm, which was holding Camille’s hand so she won’t fall. Casey looked like he was in pain, which made plenty of sense knowing that my shoes had spikes on it.

“Ugh..Can’t. Hold. On. Any. Longer. Camille. Don’t. Let. Me. Let. You. Go. Please.” Casey told her trying to not let go despite all the pain he felt.

“Casey, don’t! Please, I won’t let go! Just don’t make me do it. You’re my brother; you just can’t let me die right now.” Camille wailed looking up into her brother’s suddenly unfamiliar face.

“Camille, you’re wrong.”Casey cried down. One of his tears hit Camille’s head.

“Of course you are, Casey. We’re twins!” Camille was confused but scared.

“No, I’m not. I was an orphan. Mom and Dad took me in as a hostage...” Casey continued to cry and was then interrupted.

“I don’t care! You are still my brother. I don’t want to never see you again.” she interrupted.

“I don’t want you to die either!” he yelled. Then I kicked him. Just like that. I took a knife out. And threw it. The handle jabbed his spine and he fell to the ground. After all, he didn’t want to see Camille die. Now he doesn’t need to see at all. And just like that, Camille fell down into the bottomless pit of stone. Casey just laid looking lifeless on the ground.

“Camille...”he whispered, as his life just flashed before his eyes. “I’m. Sorry.” he whispered. Almost to his death, Alison ran to him and couldn’t believe her mind.

“Casey. No!!!! Camille. My angels!” Alison sobbed while trying to keep her oldest son alive. She performed a long unit of CPR. Everyone rowed to Kauai back from Abamcaju.

“Casey, Casey, Casey, Casey? Please. Say something. Please.” Lucie cried on Casey’s hospital bed. His heart monitor showed a slow steady heart rate.

“Beep........................., beep..........................., beep.............................,” the monitor beeped out a heartbeat. Suddenly, the beat picked up faster, and faster, and faster, until...

“Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep,” the monitor beeped quickly.

“CAMILLE!” Casey screamed out, bouncing out of his hospital bed and out the room. He bolted through the halls and into the emergency room. “No! This can’t be right!” he screamed after finding a middle-aged woman in a gurney being rushed into the emergency room. He was looking for Camille. Casey knew the truth, but was in the denial part of death admittance. Camille was indeed not there anymore. But that was only one of the few surprises the family finds...
Happily Ever After?

It has been years since the “Camille Incident”, but the whole family is almost through with their recovering. It has been especially hard for Casey, for whenever he walks past their old house, tears flood back and the incident flashes by again. During one of the trips to the shrine, a depressed movie director saw Alison, Jack, Casey, Lucie, Bob, and Mindy kneeling in front of the stone mournfully. The movie director couldn’t find actors and actresses for his new movie.
“It’s them?” he wondered while staring at the family. The family of six and now five were featured on the news and all around the world, people wanted to know more about their loss and their life afterward. The movie director found exactly what he was looking for: people who could play roles of a volcano exploration. The family was now bankrupt, too.

“Miss, are you Professor Alison?” he asked her after tapping her on the shoulder, “We are looking for actors and actresses in a movie production. Would you and your family mind to join us? You will be paid $1000 for every hour on the set. This applies per person.”

“Well, the money offer is a great deal, but we would like to have a little more time to put the past behind us first.” Alison answered, carefully choosing her words. She was disappointed, but knew that her family would recover soon enough. Days later, when Professor Alison needed more money, she just called the director and confirmed the job. She had now other idea on how to raise money to support the family. Later, the family of five began their new life as movie stars.

“Perfect acting! And...CUT! Beautiful... and that’s a wrap!” the director directed, happy to finish his newest masterpiece. The family was about to go viral!!! But there in the shadows I lurked, waiting for the moment to pounce...like a cat.

“Why?” you may ask, but the answer is indeed, for the money. After all, its even more money than the stinking island anyways. So, if one day, you decide to get a job and earn loads of money, remember one thing: I’m watching you...

THE END!

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Publication Date: 04-05-2012

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