In the Jungle: Chapter 12

Chapter 12
 
Crech raised a gun. An AK47 gun that shot lightning bolts. Bo saw it and felt guilty. “I guess Retro told him about what I said about the AK47,” he thought in guilt. He backed away, and everyone else did too. They backed away until their backs were pressing against the cold blue door.
“You can’t escape now,” Crech growled. “I’ve got this button here that will lock you guys in!” He turned and hovered his hand next to the button threateningly. He wiggled his eyebrows. One of his eyes was bigger than the other. He shifted the weight of the AK47 in his hand.
Tommy knew he had to do something quick. So he did. He shot an invisible ray at the button. Then he crossed his arms, and smiled at Crech with half eyes. “Go ahead and press it,” he said. “Lock us in for all we care.”
Crech scowled and angrily pushed the button. Tommy tried the door. It opened! “It didn’t work,” Tommy said, grinning. Crech screamed and pressed the button ten more times, and while he was doing so, everybody had already run out of the room.
“I’LL GETCHA!!” Crech yelled, and dropping the gun, he ran out after them. Seven feet away in front, there were our three heroes, the two cheetah brothers, the python, and the two chimps. Being an elephant, and a small one at that, Crech could not catch up with the eight creatures who were running their breath out. He finally gave up and retreated back to the blue room.
Chimpi slowed down and looked behind him. “He’s gone, guys,” he said. “But we better watch out - he most expectedly will have a backup plan.”
“Nah,” said Bo. “That only happens in lame children’s stories.”
The eight creatures came up to a solid gray door. “What could be inside..” Tommy said.
Bo pushed his way through the others and gave the door a hard shove.
After a few seconds, Mahasyaf and Faysaham started laughing. “It didn’t open, Bo,” Mahasyaf chuckled.
“Is that so?” asked Bo. “Well then, it seems as if we need you, Tommy.”
Tommy sighed in most annoyance. He always had to do everything on these missions. He pushed through everybody and walked up to the gray door. He studied it with his X-Ray vision. Through the door, he could see a staircase. A tall, circular staircase that led up to a wired hole.
“Well, I guess we should go in,” said Tommy.
“Duh, Tommy! Why do you think we asked for you?” Bo said.
“Because I am totally amazing!” said Tommy.
“Well, open it. And hurry up, before that smelly guy comes back!” said Zoe, glancing behind her.
Tommy sighed, then started to push against the door. It started to move.
“How offensive!” said Bo. “Does that imply that I am weak?”
Yes, Bo. Please let me continue.
Anyway, as Tommy slowly pushed the door, (it only budged one inch at a time) he glared back at the others. “If...you..want me to...hurry up...then..HELP ME!!” he grunted.
Everybody looked at each other. Zoe stared at Bo, who stared at Faysaham, who glared at Mahasyaf, who stared at Johnny Boy, who stared at Chitter, who stared at Chimpi. Then they all stared at Tommy. There was a long pause. Then...
“How rude and helpless you all are! Go and help Tommy!” Bo yelled bossily as if he had been helping Tommy the whole time.
Everybody grunted at Bo and then started to push against each other. Chimpi pushed Chitter, who managed to push Johnny Boy, who tried to push Mahasyaf, who pushed Faysaham, who pushed Bo, who pushed Zoe, who pushed Tommy. The door swung open.
“YAY!” the creatures yelled. Then Bo quickly looked back to see if Crech had come back. He hadn’t, but Bo could hear voices. And they were getting louder. Bo’s eyes opened wide.
“Quick, guys! Get in!” he hissed, pushing everyone into the doorway. “Get up the stairs! Someone’s coming!”
Everyone fatly piled in and started up the stairs. Tommy was last, and as they were running, Tommy blasted them with a Quick-Pace Ray to make them run faster. Then, with the open steel door still in sight, he shot it with a ray to close it, just as the bad guys were about to burst in.