Amber's jaw dropped in disbelief as Lexii, Bandit and Emma rolled up in fire red mini cooper onto the grass verge beside the pond.
"You cannot be serious" She scoffed, approaching the vehicle.
Perhaps it was because it was unexpected, or that the car was in such a sorry state that led to her judgment.
Both headlights were smashed, the left bulb was missing completely. A large scratch ran along the left side of the car whilst a large dent occupied the other. Along with that, she noted the door handle on the drivers door was missing. As to where it was? A complete mystery but of little concern.
Lexii exited the drivers side via the window to reply to Amber's attention to detail but Emma got there first.
"Well, it runs ok... Bandit got the CD player to work. Only problem is, there's a Pat Benetar CD stuck in it so that's all we can listen to." Emma folded her flippers and silenced herself abruptly, realizing she wasn't exactly helping sell the cars' good qualities. If there were any...
"It's a pile of-" Shine began but Tressa burst in to break the tension.
"It's perfect!" She said, staring at the car in awe.
"Um, did I misplace my glasses? Because clearly we are not seeing the same car." Shine quipped as she kicked the rear tyre with such force it bounced off, making her wobble which Kirin found rather funny.
"Oh come on! It's not that bad, really! I mean, it's the best thing we could find. So what if it's a little beaten up, I think it adds character" Lexii argued back but Shine took little notice and merely shrugged at the protest.
"So the word character in Lemur, actually translates as Junk... Good to know"
Lexii was beginning to lose hope in ever winning this conversation. "Well, even if it looks a little rusty, as long as it gets us to the hotel."
"Whatever, just call me when it's time to go"
And with that, Shine departed, leaving the others alone to their thoughts.
“She'll come around, after all, Lexii's right. We only need it to get us there and back.” Kaitlyn remained positive, trying to reassure the others.
Amber looked back at the car. "Well actually, she does have a point... It looks like it came from a scrapyard..."
Lexii, Emma and Bandit remained quiet. Realizing this, Amber hung her head in despair. "You got it from Crazy Earl's scrapheap didn't you..."
“Most likely, not like they have the guts to steal it” Kirin replied but was ignored as most have become accustomed to doing so.
"I could fix it” Bandit volunteered and in all honesty, was probably better qualified for the role.
“Can I help? I want to learn a bit more in mechanics. Mainly because I broke the brakes in the Penguins' car... Rico wasn't too happy with me...” Kaitlyn shuffled he feet and shivered, remembering the incident vividly in her mind. “Although, totally not my fault..”
“Sure I guess so. Can you weld?” Bandit smiled broadly as Kaitlyn's eyes lit up.
“CAN I!?” She giggled.
“So, you two'll fix the car and we'll get the supplies ready” Emma jumped excitedly at the thought.
Kiva cocked her head slightly in thought, “What exactly do we need to take?”
“Well, what I can see from the pictures, some wooden slats for the floorboards...” Tressa observed, having inspected the pictures earlier in the day.
“No problem! I got a great idea where to get some!” Hybrid spun a 360 before bounding off.
“What about the doors?” Amber was keen to get moving, it was beginning to get colder to the point that frost had started to appear.
“No, they looked fine, but we ought bring some wooden panels. Just in case” Emma replied. “Fail to prepare, prepare to fail”
The next day, everyone gathered in the park with the supplies and tins to paint the car, but, there was a problem...
Tressa turned up with a tin of green paint whilst Emma arrived with navy blue, Hybrid purple, Amber orange, Lexii with blue and Kaitlyn had brought yellow with Kiva.
Bandit shook her head, knowing the argument to come. “So... Which colour is it going to be?” She asked, bracing herself for the next event.
All of a sudden, they all began voicing their opinions on the paint job. As the argument grew louder, so did the anger until, the inevitable happened.
Amber was first to start the fight, she poured Tressa's paint all over the ground. Strangely enough, Lexii reacted to this and grabbed Ambers' tin and emptying the contents all over Ambers head.
Emma simply laughed, making her the next target for Amber.
Ten minutes later, everyone was drenched from head to toe in paint of all different colours, including the car.
“I think it looks cool. Creative, you know?” Lexii observed.
Indeed the car was painted in a splatter effect.
“Is, is that? A foot?” Tressa giggled, pointing to a very obvious footprint on the bonnet.
“Not mine, that's a penguin print... Gotta be Ambers” Lexii replied.
“WHAT!? No way! That's definitely Emma's” Amber pointed across to Emma, struggling to stand on the paint puddle.
“Are you sure it's mine? It could be Hybrids” Emma said.
Hybrid recoiled slightly “Me? Ha, my feet aren't THAT big. Definitely Emma's...”
“Why are you all blaming me?”
“Let's face it, the navy paint on your foot? Dead giveaway...” Bandit laughed before ushering everyone away. “Right go on, go get a bath! Not letting you in looking like that!”
Extract from Tressa's diary:
“Today's the day, we're heading out to an old hotel somewhere in Kynesgrofe? Kynesgrove. From what I've seen and heard from the others, it's going to need a lot of work if we're ever to turn it into a summerhouse. But I think it'll be nice to get out to the countryside, away from the city. Guess we'll see when we get there, if Kaitlyn and Bandit haven't completely destroyed the car that is...”
As always, chaos ensues whenever a vacation is to be made. Particularly on the actual day of departure. Something always gets left behind; In this case, the walkie-talkie recharger... Overlooked in the rabble.
“Who's driving?” Kiva had to yell over the others' excited noise.
“Me, Kaitlyn, Tressa and Emma are taking it in shifts” Lexii shouted back whilst scrambling atop several phone books.
“Okay, but h-how far is it?” Kiva looked around for her seatbelt, which of course, was still missing.
Lexii turned round to reassure Kiva, sensing she was a little nervous of leaving home. “It's ok, it's only 50 miles or so... We'll be there in no time”.
With everything (But the charger) packed, they set off. At first, down a one-way street due to minor 'calibration' issues with the satnav; It was upside down, before getting onto the motorway.
"You cannot be serious" She scoffed, approaching the vehicle.
Perhaps it was because it was unexpected, or that the car was in such a sorry state that led to her judgment.
Both headlights were smashed, the left bulb was missing completely. A large scratch ran along the left side of the car whilst a large dent occupied the other. Along with that, she noted the door handle on the drivers door was missing. As to where it was? A complete mystery but of little concern.
Lexii exited the drivers side via the window to reply to Amber's attention to detail but Emma got there first.
"Well, it runs ok... Bandit got the CD player to work. Only problem is, there's a Pat Benetar CD stuck in it so that's all we can listen to." Emma folded her flippers and silenced herself abruptly, realizing she wasn't exactly helping sell the cars' good qualities. If there were any...
"It's a pile of-" Shine began but Tressa burst in to break the tension.
"It's perfect!" She said, staring at the car in awe.
"Um, did I misplace my glasses? Because clearly we are not seeing the same car." Shine quipped as she kicked the rear tyre with such force it bounced off, making her wobble which Kirin found rather funny.
"Oh come on! It's not that bad, really! I mean, it's the best thing we could find. So what if it's a little beaten up, I think it adds character" Lexii argued back but Shine took little notice and merely shrugged at the protest.
"So the word character in Lemur, actually translates as Junk... Good to know"
Lexii was beginning to lose hope in ever winning this conversation. "Well, even if it looks a little rusty, as long as it gets us to the hotel."
"Whatever, just call me when it's time to go"
And with that, Shine departed, leaving the others alone to their thoughts.
“She'll come around, after all, Lexii's right. We only need it to get us there and back.” Kaitlyn remained positive, trying to reassure the others.
Amber looked back at the car. "Well actually, she does have a point... It looks like it came from a scrapyard..."
Lexii, Emma and Bandit remained quiet. Realizing this, Amber hung her head in despair. "You got it from Crazy Earl's scrapheap didn't you..."
“Most likely, not like they have the guts to steal it” Kirin replied but was ignored as most have become accustomed to doing so.
"I could fix it” Bandit volunteered and in all honesty, was probably better qualified for the role.
“Can I help? I want to learn a bit more in mechanics. Mainly because I broke the brakes in the Penguins' car... Rico wasn't too happy with me...” Kaitlyn shuffled he feet and shivered, remembering the incident vividly in her mind. “Although, totally not my fault..”
“Sure I guess so. Can you weld?” Bandit smiled broadly as Kaitlyn's eyes lit up.
“CAN I!?” She giggled.
“So, you two'll fix the car and we'll get the supplies ready” Emma jumped excitedly at the thought.
Kiva cocked her head slightly in thought, “What exactly do we need to take?”
“Well, what I can see from the pictures, some wooden slats for the floorboards...” Tressa observed, having inspected the pictures earlier in the day.
“No problem! I got a great idea where to get some!” Hybrid spun a 360 before bounding off.
“What about the doors?” Amber was keen to get moving, it was beginning to get colder to the point that frost had started to appear.
“No, they looked fine, but we ought bring some wooden panels. Just in case” Emma replied. “Fail to prepare, prepare to fail”
The next day, everyone gathered in the park with the supplies and tins to paint the car, but, there was a problem...
Tressa turned up with a tin of green paint whilst Emma arrived with navy blue, Hybrid purple, Amber orange, Lexii with blue and Kaitlyn had brought yellow with Kiva.
Bandit shook her head, knowing the argument to come. “So... Which colour is it going to be?” She asked, bracing herself for the next event.
All of a sudden, they all began voicing their opinions on the paint job. As the argument grew louder, so did the anger until, the inevitable happened.
Amber was first to start the fight, she poured Tressa's paint all over the ground. Strangely enough, Lexii reacted to this and grabbed Ambers' tin and emptying the contents all over Ambers head.
Emma simply laughed, making her the next target for Amber.
Ten minutes later, everyone was drenched from head to toe in paint of all different colours, including the car.
“I think it looks cool. Creative, you know?” Lexii observed.
Indeed the car was painted in a splatter effect.
“Is, is that? A foot?” Tressa giggled, pointing to a very obvious footprint on the bonnet.
“Not mine, that's a penguin print... Gotta be Ambers” Lexii replied.
“WHAT!? No way! That's definitely Emma's” Amber pointed across to Emma, struggling to stand on the paint puddle.
“Are you sure it's mine? It could be Hybrids” Emma said.
Hybrid recoiled slightly “Me? Ha, my feet aren't THAT big. Definitely Emma's...”
“Why are you all blaming me?”
“Let's face it, the navy paint on your foot? Dead giveaway...” Bandit laughed before ushering everyone away. “Right go on, go get a bath! Not letting you in looking like that!”
Extract from Tressa's diary:
“Today's the day, we're heading out to an old hotel somewhere in Kynesgrofe? Kynesgrove. From what I've seen and heard from the others, it's going to need a lot of work if we're ever to turn it into a summerhouse. But I think it'll be nice to get out to the countryside, away from the city. Guess we'll see when we get there, if Kaitlyn and Bandit haven't completely destroyed the car that is...”
As always, chaos ensues whenever a vacation is to be made. Particularly on the actual day of departure. Something always gets left behind; In this case, the walkie-talkie recharger... Overlooked in the rabble.
“Who's driving?” Kiva had to yell over the others' excited noise.
“Me, Kaitlyn, Tressa and Emma are taking it in shifts” Lexii shouted back whilst scrambling atop several phone books.
“Okay, but h-how far is it?” Kiva looked around for her seatbelt, which of course, was still missing.
Lexii turned round to reassure Kiva, sensing she was a little nervous of leaving home. “It's ok, it's only 50 miles or so... We'll be there in no time”.
With everything (But the charger) packed, they set off. At first, down a one-way street due to minor 'calibration' issues with the satnav; It was upside down, before getting onto the motorway.
