Bunk beds

"How long do you think they'll go at it?" I asked, "Hmmmmm, maybe a few more minutes, it's usually longer though," Pedro replied whilst counting the dashies, turns out this little bastard bet money I'll succeed in the task, I'd be happy if he didn't give me 20%, 20% I almost died and he gave me a measly twenty percent! I feel like slapping him!

"It's... how'd you guys even figure out he's here?" "was here.... he must've left by now, anyone would come here looking for him first, since Sammie was his wife," Pedro said calmly, wife? I look at the woman in question, Bug eyes aside.... she is quite the looker, still I doubt that some as crazy as her could get a man, anyone that's not desperate that is.....

"How long are we gonna stay here?" "Not long, once those two are done with their lover's quarrel, we'll meet up with the others..... tomorrow" "Why that long? why not just contact them now?" "You've never fought a bio beast, have you?"

...A bio beast, my mind casts back to our little adventure a few hours ago..... "are they really that hard to kill?" I asked, "Killing them is easy, all need is fire, it's keeping them dead that's hard, you see, they adapted a self defense mechanism against dying by fire..." "What kind of self defense mechanism?"

"Their scent...." "...what?" "Yes.... they release a strong pungent smell, it's quite irritating to us but to other beasts, it quite.... stimulating, they get so hot and bothered they chase after it and it leads them right to the bio beast..... I once a Groov bear leap right into its burning flesh, it had such a satisfied look on it's face..... I guess it died happy" he said shrugging his shoulders.

"Ah..... if that's the case won't it be longer than a day?" "Nah, they got themselves sorted out, we've doing this for a long time Junior, we know what to expect in this place by now," "but the ambushes-" "are a minor annoyance at worst and a blessing at best, you have nothing to worry about when you're with us," he said with such confidence I honestly believed him.

"...." "it seems they're done" Yes, they're done, Barney looks rather pleased with himself, whatever they were arguing about seems to have worked out in his favour, great, now can he ask for some clothes for me... I've been standing here half naked the whole time.....save for the jacket Pedro gave me.

"Good news, she told us where Jaara was headed, bad news we need to stay the night?" Barney said, bad news? "what do you mean bad news?" I asked incredulously, Seriously what is bad abou- no, how bad is bad gonna get? "hmmmm, there's a reason why men don't live here, kid," "Isn't it to protect the women from men?" I asked.

Barney howled in laughter while Pedro tapped my back... wait, wait, wait, wait, wait... wait "Are they gonna torture us?" I asked remembering those shrieks of pain we heard on our way tonthe pool.... Barney smiled awkwardly while Pedro looked at me with pity, I have bad feeling about this!

"You see kid..... every room in this place other than the cells and the pool area is for... rent, you get? unless you're a bogwoman you gotta pay!" rent? money? I bring out the money from Pedro's jacket, The silverish metal..... paper? I don't know what else to call it! Anyways it shone brightly beneath the light..... I counted it, 1,2,3 7000 dashies! I hope that's good! "That's not enough..... it's 1500 an hour....." "What!?" I shouted, I don't know the value of a dashie, but this is clearly a scam!

I start sweating buckets! my imagination runs wild on what this crazies are gonna do to me! "Don't worry..... you see that girl, Miranda, she's the reasonable one... as reasonable as you can get around here...." "does she also torture?"

"she likes taking..... pictures..... in..... well.... hmmmm..... I guess you'll have to experience it first....." "Is there no alternative!?" "You could sleep with the Sweet water serpent, it's Sammie's pet, it won't kill you... but well, kid just.... go with Miranda!" I think a bit hard about this, I won't die with either of them according to Barney..... Maybe Miranda isn't so bad she's kinda cute too! Maybe.....

I look at her, our eyes meet.... she's smiling at me, maybe she's not so bad, oh another person is coming towards her.... is she her friend? she's handing her a... "What is that thing?" I asked, "oh... that's.... Pedro what do you call that?" Barney passed the question, "..... I think it's called a stretcher.... it's for where the clouds a bit dark..." Pedro said, Clouds a bit dark? is that synonym for Sun don't shine? As if reading my thoughts, Miranda looks at me and blushes.

"Barney....." "Yes, kid?" "I'll take my chances with the serpent!" I shouted.