Shipwrecked!

Featuring Jessica West as a guest star

By Kataleen the Kreative

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     “We’re shipwrecked!” Katelyn shouted out to nobody in particular. She looked around at the tired and shivering group.
     Becki looked at the others, and then shrugged. “Well, at least we’re alive. But I’m not a big fan of the dinosaur right now.”
     Emily sighed. “Is everyone okay? Where’s Lindsey?” Katelyn and Becki’s eyes grew as large as the coconuts that surrounded them.
     “You mean you don’t remember?” Katelyn whispered. Her voice was barely audible above the sound of the waves and seagulls.
      Emily narrowed her eyes and thought back to just two hours ago.


2 hours earlier
“Lindsey, my feet hurt! Why can’t we ride on Peter’s back too?” Katelyn whined. Her feet were really killing her, and it didn’t seem fair that Lindsey was riding—Er, flying—on Peter’s back.
     “Hush, Kataleen. We wouldn’t want to overload Peter, now would we? Anyway, he won’t fly someone that freely admits that she hates him.” Lindsey tossed her head and threw a smug smile towards Becki, who was about to fall over.
     Becki glared at Lindsey. “We all flew on him when we were escaping the white coat people at the mental hospital.”
Lindsey waved her hand in a dismissive way. “That was then. This is now.”
    “What’s the difference between then and—” Before Becki could finish her sentence, a group of youngsters surrounded them.
     Katelyn’s eyes widened. “Hide me!” She hissed. Becki raised her eyebrows and stepped aside, giving the little demons a better view of Katelyn. In no time at all, Katelyn was surrounded in a sea of children.
     “Hey! You’re pretty!”
    “Do you have any candy?”
     “I like your skirt!”
     “Will you be my Mommy?”
The shouts and screams from the kids nearly pushed Katelyn over the edge. She screamed and started running. She wasn’t even thinking. She just wanted to get away from the mob of children.
     “Run, Kataleen! I’ll keep the children from killing you! Here, take Peter!” Lindsey shouted above the squeals and shouts. Katelyn, Becki, Emily, and yes, even Peter the Pterodactyl, all climbed onto a ship. Katelyn slid down the wall, and let out a sigh of relief.
     “What was that all about, Katelyn?” Becki looked at Katelyn, questioning.
     Katelyn winced and leaned forward. “Kids. They, uh, for some reason they like me. They never leave me alone!” She sighed and plopped back against the wall.
     They all sat there, silent. But then a familiar voice filled the air and Katelyn couldn’t believe her ears. “Aunt Jessie?” Jessica West walked out, looking confused and delighted.
     “Katelyn! How’s my favorite niece?” Before Katelyn could answer, water shot up into the sky. It was enough to rival Old Faithful. Everyone whirled around and looked at Peter, who had apparently tried to bite into a fish, but missed and bit a hole into the boat.
     “Peter!!!! Bad dinosaur! Bad, very bad!” Katelyn shouted at Peter, and then realized she was screaming at something that could swallow her whole. “Uh, what I meant was….EVERYONE GET OUT OF THE BOAT! C’MON! We’re gonna drown!” They all dog-paddled until they all got to shore.


Present
“Wait, where’s your aunt?” Emily looked around, but they couldn’t find Jessica anywhere. Katelyn searched around, frantic. Becki stood up. “Me and Emily will look for her, you figure out a plan or something.” With that, Becki and Emily walked off, leaving Katelyn by herself with Peter. She looks at the dinosaur, not sure whether to run after Becki and Emily or to sit here and pretend to be Lindsey. She decided that being Lindsey would be more interesting.
     “You know, Peter, I ought to thank you. Who knows where that boat was heading?” Katelyn gave a laugh that felt entirely too fake. “I mean, we could have been on a pirate ship, or serial killers. At least we’re on land. By ourselves. Or maybe—” Katelyn paused and then jumped up. “There might be cannibals on this island! They might be watching us, at this very second. Waiting, just waiting to attack.” She looked around, and then laughed. “Why am I even talking to you? You don’t know what I’m saying and you can’t talk back!” She turned to go when she heard words muttered under someone’s breath. She turned back around and looked suspiciously at Peter. “Did you say something?”
     Peter lifted his head. His fangs shone in the sunlight, as he seemed to smile. “Yes, yes I did.”
     Katelyn caught her breath and nearly fainted. “I’ve been out in the sun too long.” She said, shaking her head. She glanced at Peter again, who just grinned at her. “I wonder if Lindsey knows you can talk.”
     “Of course she does. I’m her ‘pet’, am I not?”
Katelyn just stared at him. “Suuuurrre. Okay. Um, I’m going over there for awhile. Uh, nice—talking to you.”  Katelyn edged away from Peter, who was grinning at her like the cat who caught the cannery. She turned to run, but nearly plowed into…Jessica!
     “Jessie! I thought you were missing! Are you okay? Look, Peter can talk!” She turned to Peter, who now looked like any regular dinosaur. Whatever a regular dinosaur looked like.
     “Uh, Katelyn? I don’t really like…Peter. I’m fine, I thought I was missing too, but then I saw you over here talking to yourself.” Jessica looked nervously behind Katelyn, where Peter was sitting, staring them down.
     “Do you want to get off this island?” Katelyn asked.
     Jessica looked a little surprised at the question. “Well, of course I do! Don’t you?”
Katelyn didn’t answer. She picked up a stick and began to draw lines in the sand.
     “Katelyn? Um, are you feeling okay?”
Still no answer. Then she looked up and her eyes filled with hope. “It’s almost 5 o’clock.” Then she ran past Peter.
     Jessica watched Katelyn pace for a few minutes and then blurted out, “I think we should kill the dinosaur!” That stopped Katelyn. She slowly turned towards Jessica, and then just…stared.
     “If we’re gonna starve, then at least he could be our food. I hear dinosaurs taste like chicken.” Jessica shrugged. Katelyn still stared. “Won’t you say something!? Anything!”
     Katelyn nodded. “Maybe you’re right. But how?” She glanced over at Peter, who was watching her with utmost interest.
     Jessica seemed to think for a moment, then shrugged. “I don’t know. I’ll come up with a plan, and you stay here and guard the dinosaur.” She began to walk off, and Katelyn watched her, astonished.
    


1 hour later
Katelyn had talk to Jessica, and they both decided not to kill Peter. Katelyn didn’t really want to be killed by Lindsey. So, Peter was safe, and Katelyn had an idea.
     “Jessica, I’m gonna play Lindsey’s part for now. This is what I need; two coconuts, two long strands of grass, nail polish, flint, a boar, and some dry sticks. Get them pronto!”
     Jessica mumbled something under her breath, but went in search of the supplies. Just as Jessica left, Becki and Emily came back, nearly tripping over each other.
     “Katelyn! There’s a boat heading this way! We tried to get their attention, but they couldn’t hear us!” Emily could barely say the words, she was panting so hard.
     “We need to come up with a plan!” Becki said, her eyes brightening.
     Katelyn shook her head. “I’ve got that covered. I’m taking Spicy Carrot’s—Er, I mean, Lindsey’s place right now.” Becki grinned and Emily giggled.
“Okay, what’s the plan?” Becki asked.
     “First things first. We need two coconuts, two long blades of grass, nail polish,” Katelyn looked at Becki. “A boar, a goat, flint, and dry sticks. Got it?”
Becki raised her eyebrows. “Why do we need all of that?”
     Katelyn scowled at her. “Just get it, okay?” Becki shrugged and walked off. Katelyn shaded her eyes against the afternoon sun and looked at Emily.
      “Uh, Emily, you going to help or just sit there?”
Emily didn’t answer. She seemed mesmerized by whatever was behind Katelyn. Katelyn turned her head and saw a ship nearing the island. Katelyn sprang into action, picking up two coconuts and dry sticks. She dropped them near Emily, and then ran to the trees. She pulled two long, stretchy blades of grass and put them with the other stuff.
     “What’s taking Jessica and Becki so long? They should have found everything by now.” Just as she said that, Becki and Jessica re-appeared from behind the trees and walked towards them, empty-handed.
     “We couldn’t find anything! Where do you expect us to get a goat and boar on this island?” Jessica asked, frustrated.
Katelyn shook her head. “I’ll find them. First, Becki, give me your nail polish.”
     Becki’s eyes widened. “No.”
“Becki, please? We need to get off this island!”
     Becki rolled her eyes. “No joke. Why don’t we just fly on Peter? He’ll get us off the island.”
“He might eat us! He’s really hungry!” Katelyn was pretty much begging now. Her plan wouldn’t work unless she had nail polish. And Becki was the only one with it. “I promise I’ll buy you more.”
     Becki rolled her eyes. “I’ll do it if you buy me more nail polish, pay me $100, and take Spicy Carrot’s—Er, Lindsey’s cricket bat and give it to me.”
     “Deal.” Becki tossed the nail polish to Katelyn. Katelyn caught it and placed it with everything else. “Didn’t anybody get the goat and boar?”
Jessica shook her head. “We couldn’t find them.”
     “Becki, I thought you had an infinite supply of goats.”
Becki shrugged. “I ran out.”
    Emily sighed and began to pace. “Are we never going to get out of here?” She asked, exasperated.
     “We will. I just need a goat and a boar.” Katelyn began to pace. “Forget the goat.” She suddenly declared. “I just need two boars.” Everyone watched Katelyn walk into the woods. They waited a few moments, and then they heard rustling and squeals. They held their breath when everything fell silent. Katelyn re-appeared with a knocked-out boar. She grinned as everyone gaped at her.
     “How did you knock him out?” Emily asked.
“Oh, I just used Becki’s medication. You know; the ones I carry around just in case she gets a little crazy.” She took the boar to Peter, and fed it to him. She dusted her hands off and turned back to the gaping group. “One down, one to go!” She darted back into the woods and the squealing started again. She came back out with another boar, this one fighting.
     “Becki! Come here and grab his neck!” Becki’s eyes grew as wide as dinner plates.
“Are you crazy? I’m not holding his neck! You couldn’t pay me to hold his neck! They’re dangerous!” Becki started backing away from Katelyn and the hyper boar.
     “C’mon, Becki! You hang out with Lindsey, don’t you? She’s the one I’m scared of.”
“Lindsey doesn’t have tusks. The tusks are scary.”
     “Becki, please? If you don’t, I’ll tell everyone that you’re in love with the infamous murderer, Reth Fallcon!” 
Becki’s face got as red as the crab that danced along the sand. “I’m NOT in love with Reth!”
     “Other people don’t know that.”
“Fine. I’ll hold his stupid neck.” Becki grabbed onto the boar’s neck and Katelyn went behind the boar and pulled his tail. The screech filled the air, and everyone jumped in surprised.
      “Why did you do that!?” Becki screamed.
“I had to. The captain on the ship might hear it and come to investigate.” Katelyn fed that boar to Peter too, and then moved towards the coconuts. She looked up in realization. “Do any of you have flint?”
     Emily shoved her socks at Katelyn. “Here, use my socks.”
     “Thanks.” Katelyn picked the flint off the socks and placed it on the dry sticks. She proceeded to rub the dry sticks together until at last a small fire burned at the end of the sticks. She poured half of the nail polish into one of the coconuts and then put the fire into the coconut. She quickly placed the coconut on the stretchy grass. She looked towards the sea, aimed, and fired off her makeshift bomb. It flew through the air and landed on the deck of the ship. Within seconds of landing, it exploded and men ran out of their cabins, trying to put it out. Katelyn started screaming and yelling and dancing around. The others caught on and began to do the same. The men on the ship looked up and spotted them. The boat slowly, but surely, came closer and closer until it touched land. Katelyn cheered while Becki danced with Peter. Emily suddenly looked scared for a moment. She tapped Katelyn on the shoulder and then pointed to the captain.
     Becki’s eyes grew wide and she nearly tripped over a seashell. “R-R-Reth?!?! What are you d-d-doing here? Y-y-you’re supposed to be in prison!” Becki then turned to the group. “Run for your lives! Jump on Peter!” The group ran for Peter.
     “Go Peter!” Peter spread his wings and they were lifted into the air.
“Hang on, girls! I’ll get us outta here!” Peter said, as they soared through the sky. They soon landed right beside Lindsey, who was watching Veggie Tales with a group of little kids, who were all drooling.
     “Lindsey! We have so much to tell you!” Becki said, excited. Lindsey didn’t notice. She just sat there, drooling all over herself. Becki shrugged. “We’ll have to wait until the show is over.”


2 hours later
“Lindsey, Katelyn finished an adventure all by herself!”
     Lindsey bowed her head and wiped away a small tear. “I’m done crying. C’mere, Katelyn! I have to beat you with my cricket bat!”
“What?! What did I do to deserve that?” Katelyn began running, as she had done many other times due to Lindsey and her beloved cricket bat.
      Becki rolled her eyes and pulled out her cell phone. “Emily? I need you over here. Fast. They’re at it again.” She hung up and marched out of the front door, about to go break up another fight, like the good Mommy she was.


                                                                        The End….........
                                                                                                    For now    ;)