The Chicken Zombies

Chapter 17-- ACE IS RETIRED!

"YOU CHEATED!" Dante yelled at the top of her lungs.

"DID NOT!" Ace yelled back.

"OH NO, I'M WITH DANTE; ACE TOTALLY CHEATED!!" Abi screamed, throwing down her cards.

"PROVE IT!" Ace shouted.

"WHO STARTS UNO WITH THREE DRAW-FOURS, TWO REVERSES, A COLOR CHANGER, AND A SKIP WITHOUT CHEATING!?"

"AND ACE DEALT!" added Hillbilly. "HE TOTALLY GAVE HIMSELF THE BEST CARDS!!"

"YOU GUYS ARE JUST MAD THAT I'M SO LUCKY AND ATTRACTIVE!" Ace retorted.

"I DEMAND A REMATCH!" yelled Dante.

"Um, guys," interrupted Noah. "Weren't we supposed to be doing a quiet activity so we don't wake Shakira up?"

"IT WAS QUIET UNTIL HE CHEATED!" screeched Abi, pointing at Ace.

"Luck of the British, I suppose," Ace chuckled. "And I am retired from Uno, as I always win, and it's just not fair to the other players."

"GUYS!" exclaimed Noah. "It's 11:30. Shakira's probably asleep by now. Or she would've been if you hadn't been so loud."

"UGH, FINE." Abi stood up. "I'll go make sure she's out. If not, I WANT A REMATCH!"

"I. AM. RETIRED!"

"SHHHH!" hushed Noah.

Abi got up and went into Shakira's room, where she had been snoring and drooling all over her favorite sweatshirt. She lightly shut the door behind her. "She's out."

"But everybody try to be really quiet, she's usually a really light sleeper," said Dante, picking up cards and scowling at Ace.

"I'll go start the bikes," said Hillbilly. He got up and walked out the door.

"Ace, get on your bike, and remember to duct tape her."

"What do you take me for, an ameteur?"

Abi winced. "I don't know what that means, but whatever. Dante and Noah, help me move her."

"UGH, alright," Dante complained. They all crept into her room like ninjas.

"Wait," whispered Noah. "It's really cold out there, should we try to put her sweatshirt on?"

Dante elbowed him. "Hey man, don't be a pervert."

"I wasn't! I just don't want her to catch a cold."

"Mmmhmm, sounds like something a pervert would say."

Abi rolled her eyes. "Dante, he's not a pervert! Noah we could try but..."

"Or!" Dante said. "We could make a duct tape jacket!"

"Umm..." Abi mumbled, looking at Noah. "We can figure it out once we get her on. Now one, two, three!"

They hoisted her up, Noah grabbing head and neck, Dante grabbing her middle, and Abi grabbing her legs. They tossed her sweatshirt on top of her, and shuffled out the door. Shakira muttered something in gibberish, but otherwise stayed asleep.

Noah, Abi, and Dante dumped her on the back of Ace's motorcycle. They held her in place, and duct taped her to the bike and Ace, hoping that she wouldn't pull a Dante and fall off.

Before they duct taped her arms, Ace said, "Here, put my jacket on her so she doesn't freeze, I'll wear her sweatshirt."

"Awwww," said everybody.

"Oh, shut up. I say that because you don't have to pull my jacket over her head and wake her up. By God, I do not want her woken up."

So he slipped off his leather jacket and they put it on her, and Ace wore her pink and orange tye-dye sweatshirt.

"You look ridiculous," cackled Dante.

He flipped her off, and then they took off. Noah and Abi first, then Hillbilly and Dante, followed by Ace and an unconscious Shakira. They rode South to Lincoln, Nebraska. And got there by 12:30, so it wasn't too long of a journey.

They found a Best Western and parked their bikes there. Shakira woke up when they tried taking the tape off her.

"WHAT DID I MISS? WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO?"

"Relax. We're in Lincoln now!" beamed Dante. "The city of Abes!"

"And you guys just... taped me to a bike and forced me to deal?"

"Yep."

"Oh. Well at least I wasn't awake." Shakira took one look at Ace and cracked up. "Cute hoodie."

"Thank you. Nice jacket." She looked down and realized that she was wearing his leather jacket. She smiled.

"Well this is much warmer. Thank you."

He smiled, and not a smirk. A real smile.

"Ha, I got you to smile."

"No you didn't."

"Did too!"

She ripped off the rest of the duct tape. They walked inside, where Hillbilly and Noah were getting rooms. The two returned to everyone else looking dreary.

"What's wrong?" Dante said.

"Um, well they only have one available room," Hillbilly explained.

"But it's got two beds!" Noah added.

"Well that's just peachy," said Ace sarcastically.