Eagles Peak

Eagles Peak Pt. 10

The first sound I heard that morning was foot steps outside my tepee.

"Get up! Shaoni wants you all in town."

The gruff but familiar voice of my driver from three days ago shouted at me. It had to be some sick sense of humor on Shaoni's part, sending this guy to come get me for things again and again. Honestly, even I was starting to feel bad for him. Bianca stabbed his friend I knocked him off that stage yesterday with one of the war clubs. I speak from experience when I say those things HURT.

"Alright alright, just give me a second to get dressed!"

I yelled back to the man as I rushed to get around inside. At least he had the common courtesy to stay outside. A minute or two later I stepped out to see everyone else gathered around the man. Brooke, Katrina, John, and Robert all stood there, just staring at me.

"Mornin' sleeping beauty"

Robert finally said after what seemed like forever, nearly choking on laugher at his own joke.

"I thought you were never going to wake up. Did you not hear Shaoni last night? We were supposed to be up 6 sharp."

He explained after his laughing fit. Apparently I had missed that bit of Shaoni's whole presentation last night. Katrina grabbed a pair of keys out of her pocket and started walking away.

"Come on, we've got to get into town and finish this whole thing."

She called back to us just a little too eagerly.

"She's letting us drive? I thought she didn't want us heading back to town without some kind of supervision."

I questioned as we all walked toward the same beat up red pickup that had brought me here.

"I guess she decided to make an exception."

Katrina replied, not even bothering to look at me.

"Besides I don't think running is much of an option at this point."

She continued, pointing up towards the sky. A storm was brewing there, a killer one by the looks of it. The odd thing was it didn't seem to want to break, it was just stuck in that state right before it starts raining cats and dogs. The dark, angry clouds tapered off in the sky the further they got from town, Shaoni's doing, it had to be.

The five of us would just about fit in the truck, not comfortably but we would fit.

"Oh hell no! I'm not dealing with you up here!"

"Why not?! You know you love it."

Brooke and Katrina argued as he tried to take the passenger seat next to her.

"No you go in the back or I'm driving us straight into a tree, I can't put up with you anymore."

Katrina yelled at Brooke, tensing up and getting ready for a fight.

"Would you guys just knock it off! Just sit in the back Brooke, I'll take the passenger seat."

I scolded both of them, I was done with their little arguments, it was starting to get under my skin. An evil grin crossed Brooke's face as he turned to me

"What's up with you two? You've been all buddy buddy with him since we all beat the shit out of each other with wooden sticks. He didn't get to you first did he? Hmmmm?"

Brooke prodded with a wink.

Katrina Immediately punched him in the face before I even had a chance to respond.

"Ey that's a good right hook! Give em' another one, come on come on!"

A heavily accented voice cut in from below my feet. Rocco had managed to slip in without any of us noticing. When Brooke lay eyes on him he just about jumped straight into the truck bed. Apparently whatever Rocco did to him yesterday had left quite the impression.