ZwqYxO: Book Two

Zipper: Two Silks

   I decided I couldn't sleep.

I sat up, rubbing my eyes, tucking my hair behind my ears.

It was a fairly large room, with twelve beds in two straight lines. Across me was where Zero slept. There was just something that wasn't right. It nagged at my mind as I sat there, still groggy. 

Ah. 

Where was Zero?

I also noticed that the room was seriously dark. 

I climbed off the bed and sprung the curtains open with a swish. 

It was entirely white outside. But it was supposed to be night! Then it was black again. Then the view outside flashed white again, then bled into black. I studied the outside when it was white. It looked suspiciously like a bajillion spider webs all criss-crossed together like the surface of a ball of yarn. It was no yarn all right. It was more like silk. Silk. It must be Silk's doing. The house was in a gigantic dome of silk! And Zero. She must've done something to Zero. 

The whole building begin shaking and I screamed and tumbled to the floor. what was the girl up to now?

I decided right then to confront that stuck-up girl. I'll show her to mess with my best friend and me! I marched out of the door, slammed the door and spun around. Silk. Right on time.I don't care if she's some fragile beauty or whatsoever. I gave her a mighty punch in the stomach.She collapsed to the ground. Something crashed downstairs.

"Take that you zasquanotch!  Also, did anyone ever tell you your hair looks like a giant mushroom?"

Silk trembled on the ground like a different person, she had lost the condescending look in her eyes and she seemed very sad.

" Please listen to me!" She pleaded on her knees. This was just too weird. But I stopped anyway, fists still raised. I was still wearing the white pajamas she had gave me. I debated whether I should  keep them on. They were a gift. On then.

Before she could say anything, Silk appeared at the edge of the stairs. Wait. Silk? There were two Silks? ! The Silk with golden bracelets trudged until she stood face to face with timid Silk.

" Hello. Silk." Mean Silk said haughtily to Timid Silk, who shrank backward. " Where did you put the feather bearer?"

"Yeah." I joined in. "Where is Zero? Did you do something to him?"

Timid Silk widened her eyes, plumped herself on the floor, then burst into tears. Tears  began leaking out of Mean Silk's eyes also. " Stop crying this instant!" She yelped in that sweetie-pie voice of hers. She trembled with anger but Mean Silk seemed afraid of touching Timid Silk.  Two tiny streams of tears. Mean Silk kept wiping away her tears but more poured out.

"UhhhhhAHHHHHHH!!!!" Screamed Mean Silk. Very ungraceful. The moment she raised her staff high in the air, Silk swung a leg forward, catching Mean Silk in the thigh, sending her sprawling to the ground. Gasping in pain, Mean Silk's staff flew into the air, spun, and landed in Timid Silk's open palm.

Cringing in pain ,Timid Silk leaped and started running down the stairs. " Follow me! Quick!" She yelled at me. I took off after her and took the stairs two at a time. She was limping! But Mean Silk was the person who was kicked. I shook my head, no time to think now.The whole building was shaking. We reached the living room. Everything was in shambles. I flung open the curtains. The flashing frequency had increased.

Silk grabbed my arm. " Come!"

I batted her hand away. " Explain to me what is going on, missy. And why are there two of you? That's twice the pain in the human brain, that's a lot of neurons you know!"