chapter six:
"stop saying words!"

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"wait, what was that?" I question

"I don't know" alex answers, pulling me closer

"wait hold on, what did you see ashley?" munch asked confused

"I don't know" I tell him, looking around worried

we started walking towards it, now i am definitely rethinking coming along

"we're almost there, come on." alex tell us, pulling me along with him

we get to a open patch of dirt and I see a old rocket looking thing and all of a sudden the humming stops

"oh" me and munch say simultaneously

"wh- what do you think it is?" tuck stutters

"a old rocket?" I question, watching as alex grabs a stick and starts poking at it

"why does it look all burnt?" tuck asks

"maybe someone tried to cook it" I answered sarcastically, since no one knew the answer

"hey, just be careful" munch warns

"yeah, don't touch that thing. it could be- could be- i don't know, i don't know, what is that thing?" i ramble on, trying to come up with solutions

"all right, all right, um, munch, film me while
i'm touching this thing" tuck instructs him

"you're gonna touch that?" I question him, lightly raising my voice

he ignores me and bends down across from alex and starts touching it

"let me try it, thank you." he says

"it's dusty."

"no kidding." I cough out, waving my hand in front of my face as the dust came flying out

"sorry." he mumbles out, as he started shaking it next to his ear

he sighs

"it's a piece of crap." he says
dropping it with a thud

"what?" I asked confused

"forget about it, just turn off the camera." he mumbles, getting up

"well it's not a national treasure, but it could be used for something." munch tells him, trying to lighten up the air

"no it's crap" tuck retorts

"what happen to filming 'cause it's our last night, huh?" alex asked him, getting irritated

"um, in case you haven't noticed, obviously, the map lead to squat." tuck said, gesturing to our surroundings

"got it. so all you cared about was getting stupid hits on your stupid video?" alex sassed back

"dude, why don't you just go run to ash-" tuck began, but got cut off by munch

"whoa, guys, guys, guys" munch cuts in, hopefully to stop the bickering

"look I know we're all frustrated-" I start but was cut off with munch's phone ringing

he took it out of his pocket and we watched as his eyes widened as he read the contact

"It's alex's mom" he panicked

"are you serious?" tuck asks

"um, it'll be fine okay? just, um, be mom, okay?" I tell him, trying to calm him down

"oh man" alex mumbled out, slightly panicking

"oh, crap. yo, I thought I could do this, but I can't" munch tells us, putting the camera down

I quickly walk over to it and pick it up

"she just likes to check up on things okay, okay?" alex says and presses the green button quickly

"betty, are you there'?" alex's mom asks after a sort moment of silence

"go!" I whisper to munch

"this is betty." munch says, making his voice a little higher

"I was thinking maybe I could bring over some pizzas?" she asks

panic settled onto his face once again and he struggled to get words out,

"dude, go!" tuck tells him

"no, no, no coming over" munch rushes out

"just hang up!" alex suggests

"no, it's really no trouble. we have a coupon." alex mom explains

"I said no! no pizzas!" munch yells into the phone

I hit my face with my hands, shaking it at munch's words

"don't yell at her, dude." I whisper yelled at him

"maybe you and your husband should go to bed." munch tells her

"stop saying words" tuck tells munch as alex hits the phone out if his hands

"are you sure everything's okay?" alex's mom questions

"have a good night. go to sleep." munch let's out as the line disconnected

I chuckle, "that could've gone better."

tuck gave me a look and shook his head, "that was horrible"

we go and walk up to our bikes

"your husband should go to sleep? was that really something smart to say?" I ask munch

"munch" alex yells, getting munch's attention from putting the rocket into his backpack

"don't look at me like I'm a hoarder, that's rude." he scolds

"munch, you are a hoarder though." I sigh

after I let out the sigh, there was distant voices to our left and we all quickly duck down

"who are they?" alex asks

"how are we supposed to know" I whisper yell over to him

"get down, get down." alex says covering me with his body

"turn your flashlight off, dummy." munch tells me as it moves around

I panick and rush to turn it off, we get up and start walking towards our bikes and start peddling

"why would they be out this far?" munch asks

"who cares, the nights blown." tucks mumbles, upset. we go off the the sides of the road until I hear noises coming from munch's back pack

"whoa, whoa, whoa!"

"munch, calm down" i say, trying to calm him as he goes to the side and throws his back pack off, hiding behind a bush

"munch?" me and alex say, chuckling at his behavior

"there's something in there!" munch yells back at us

"what?" alex questions

"dude are you kidding me right now?" tuck sighs, annoyed

"something is in that bag." he points,
"it touched me!"

me and alex look at each other with a smile then back at the camera, walking over to the bag I pick it up while alex opens the zipper

"be careful" munch warned us

then I heard a screech, causing me to scream drop the bag and run over to alex, holding onto him

"what, did it poke you to?" munch asked in concern

we stood in silence

"what? guys say something! what did you see?" tuck said with a raised voice

"there's something in there" I say pointing to it

"yeah, a bunch of crap munch brought." tuck laughs "you guys are funny"

"all I know is it beeped" alex told him, looking back at the bag

"you know, why don't you go in there and just see" he suggests to tuck

"beeped? what are you talking about?" he complains

"babies, I'll do it myself" he walks over to the bag and starts to pull out munch's stuff
"dang how much stuff did you have in you bag, dude?" he asks

"oh, boy, are you guys talking about this?" he asks, showing the 'rocket'

"it's garbage, it's nothing. what are you talking, you heard something?"

"it made a noise" I shrugged, defending what I said

"hey, hey, do something!" tuck yelled, nothing happened

"see, it's not doing anything." alex walks up to it and touched it

"what are you doing?" I ask confused

"beep."

it started making a sound,
we all stepped back in shock

"do that again, do that again." tuck instructs, getting excited

"do what again?" alex asked confused

i let out a laugh "what you just did, you idiot"

"beep"

more noise came from it

"whoa, hold on, let me" tuck interrupts,
walking away with it it

"beep." nothing

"beep?" and still nothing

"why is it making noise only for you and not me?"

"make it beep again." I say, wanting to know if it was true

"beep" but this time it went crazy, causing alex to drop it and run after me to the bushes

"this is it! it's a bomb!" munch yells, running away

"no, oh god, no!" I mumbled, running behind a bush

my breath hitched and I started wheezing

oh no

alex noticed and grabbed my hands
"shh, it's okay breath in through your nose and out your mouth" he said, now rubbing my fore head

I did what he said and slowly stopped, I gave him a big hug and thanked him

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we all waited there for a couple of minutes and nothing had happened

"guys, I think it might of defused." alex convinced us

"I don't know" i contemplate

"man, nothing's happening." tuck said, picking up a rock and throwing it in its direction

"tuck!" munch scolds him

"what?" he asks, not thinking what he did was wrong

"okay, it didn't do anything, but j-just don't do that again." I say, scared for an explosion

tuck picks up another rock and throws it

"are you insane, tuck? are you trying to get us killed?" I yell, flinching at it hitting the metal

"are you guys sure you know what you're doing?" munch asks

"yes, trust me." tuck reassures us

I roll my eyes, "trust you? you're the one who got us in this mess!" I yell at him

"whatever, when it's a bomb, you have to act quick. I seen it on some tv show or some movie or something." he explained

"saw what" alex questions

"check it out." he said, then started banging it on the floor

we all quickly jumped into action

"what are you doing?!" munch yells

alex rans and pushed him to the floor
"are you crazy!" I scold from behind him

"it's a bomb; that's what your supposed to do." he reasoned, gesturing to it

"that's not what you do with a bomb!" I yell back, worry on my face

then the rocket made another sound

"wait what was that?" I ask, facing towards it

"it's not my phone" alex told us, checking it

"it's the thing, whatever that is." tuck accused

"what are you talking about?"

"it's that thing!" tuck says pointing at it

" I, it, like, imitated my ringtone." alex spoke, slowly picking it up

"this is what made are phones barf?" I question, looking back at the rocket then back up at them