Finally time to go

[Hotwire]

Ariel walked into the garage with a smug smirk on her face and her bag for the weekend hanging on her shoulder. Art class had been fun, but nothing topped finally being able to get out of the school for the weekend and just chill out a good enough distance away from it. Now that she was finally able to leave, she was in quite a happy mood and now all that was left was to wait for Mato to get there so they could leave and start their camping.

She popped open the trunk of her 2003 Ford Mustang Cobra open and tossed in her bag over the tent she had remembered to bring with her from home since she figured at some point she'd probably need it. Camping for her was always fun and it didn't matter the weather, just a tent and a forest to hang out in with some of her stuff was good enough for her. Her family was into camping too- every one of her brothers and her sister had a tent of their own if they wanted to go camping, although she was the only girl who liked it. Beatriz was an extreme girly girl and hated getting dirty, and Ariel liked to piss her off by hugging her if she was ever dirty after boxing or wrestling with her brothers outside.

She laughed at the memories and shook her head at them, adjusting the halter top and jean shorts she had tossed on after class, having gotten dressed into something more relaxed since she didn't need to be so dressed up for camping. Ariel ran her hand through her long black hair and leaned gingerly against her car, leaving the trunk open for Mato so he could put his things there when he came to the garage.

[TrueSpirit]

After packing a light bag and dressing appropriately for a venture back into the beloved woods, Mato could barely contain his happiness. He packed his clothes and all the needed items for a weekend in the woods, including his bow and arrows and hunting knives. His joy at the chance to return to the forest and live there in the wild again was apparent on his face as he walked through the garage door to see Ariel. The Wild Mustang beside her was prancing with excitement as well and he had to smile at that. "Good Evening Ariel," he said warmly and went over to place his bag in the trunk of the car. He had to push a little bit to make sure it all fit, but he managed. Ever the gentleman, Mato reached up to close the trunk for her.

"I thank you again for inviting me along. It was a great pleasure to know that I would be back in the forest. I brought all the resources we would need for the weekend there," he said with a smile. Though it would be nothing like the big Montana Sky and the pure and untouched lands of his home, it was as close as he could get for now. Camping out under the stars where all the Spirits lived together in harmony would be a taste of home and a means of comfort. Though he often camped out in the woods back at the school, it was not the same as being out in the wilderness that had been undisturbed by mankind.

Mato smiled at Ariel and took a peak outside. "I assume we want to arrive before it get's dark. We must hurry then," he said and bowed to her to show respect for a lady. He went over to the passenger side and opened to door to get into the car. The day would mark the beginning of a relaxing and spiritual weekend where Mato made find solace in nature as he did back home.

[Calorie]

As Mato opened the door, a large cloud of smoke came out of the car with the pungent smell of Cannabis. In the back seat of the Mustang Cobra sat Kelly Burns, Jocelyn Roma, and Stephen Lynch, a.k.a the SHADE giggling to themselves over a joke that had yet been said out loud. As far as Kelly knew, the last thing that was said was Jocelyn pointing out that she was blue and setting off a string of giggles.

"HeeeeeYYYYY Mato man, WAZZUP!" Kelly Burns said waving his hand right in front of Mato's face. "Man I think I saw my spirit animal just now... but you were wrong it ain't a platypus, it's a pink bunny. It's gone now cause it had to go climb up a tree and lay its eggs," he said seriously for a second before bursting out into laughter. "Haaahahaha. I said EGGS! AHahaha!"

Kelly then proceeded to wave to Ariel when he saw her. "Ariel, let's go man! We been waiting for you guys! That's okay though, did you know Jocelyn's boobs are blue? And they're fun to play with. Right Shade?" he said and picked up some kind of an empty container. He turned it into a twinkie and took a big bite of it. "MMMmmMMmmmmMMmmm this is gooood," he said and passed it to Jocelyn and Shade.

[Hotwire]

Ariel smiled at Mato when he came in, but as soon as he had opened the door and got in she caught the strong whiff of weed and heard Kelly giggling like the big girl he could sometimes act like. She opened the driver's side door and bent over to look in to see him, Jocelyn and Stephen all cramped in the back. "Oh are you freaking kidding me? You all think you're coming along? AND you stunk up my car with your weed shit? Oh come on, not in my car you dumbasses!" she exclaimed, her happy mood slashed as her precious baby now smelled of weed and had three extra passengers in the backseat. "No, come on guys, get out, you stunk up my car and invited yourselves in...Noooooo you three, out, now," she told the doped up trio with an almost whine.

She was not happy that her car now smelled of weed and had three extra people. Now she had to air it out on the way and who knew what else to get it back into the pristine condition she liked to keep it in. "No! No Twinkies in the car damnit! You drop that and I'm gonna fry your brains more than that weed does I swear I will, and you know I will- Kelly!" she told them as they passed around the food. She didn't like food or any sort of mess inducing thing in her car, liking to keep it clean and nice smelling. "The three of you dorks, out now, I mean it," she said, knowing she should've KNOWN something like this was going to happen. Heaven forbid I have a hope that there would've been a peaceful weekend, man. Damnit. Oh freek this, I know they're not gonna leave. If any of them messes up any plans I have while we're gone someone's getting electrocuted, that's all. One more try, though, she thought and heaved a sigh.

"You all suck, now get out and smoke your weed shit somewhere other than my car, and take your damn Twinkie with you!" she told them, moving the driver's seat forward so they could get out. She looked to Mato almost apologetically. "I'm sorry, I really had hopes this would've been nice and peaceful for the both of us, but I should've remembered that would be something too much to ask," she said to him with a half laugh and looked at the others, nearly shooting daggers with her glare.

[Splice]

Jocelyn was in giggles sitting in between Kelly and Shade as she took a big bite of the cube shaped twinkie and passed it over to Shade. "Oh my god this is the best twinkie EVER! Shade you're going to love this.... hey my hand is blue!" she burst out into giggles and bounced herself back and forth between Shade and Kelly. It had been two years since the last time she smoked a bowl, and the hit had hit her nicely.

"Ariel what are ya talkin' about girl? We can't leave, we're going with you!" she said with a giggle and then put an arm around Kelly. "Kelly here thought that you two would leave him behind, he got really sad. But I told him you would never leave him behind." Jocelyn brought his head to her shoulder, and pet his hair. "There, there Kelly, see I told you we'd come! And Shade's here too! No need to be sad ever again! Oh wow my hair looks awesome! That's it I'm the hottest blue chick ever!" she said when she caught her reflection in the mirror.

Jocelyn looked back at Ariel and giggled. "You look hot when you're pissed. Now get that sexy ass of yours in the car and drive girl. Shirts optional!" she added and put an arm around both Kelly and Shade. "Hey Shade you think if I merged with you we'd make blue smoke? We can f@&#k with soooooo many people," Jocelyn said bursting into giggles at the absurd thought of blue smoke.

[Shade]

Smoked it was already, and the wispy sweet perfume of love's bloom of the world for it's people shared had been among three friends. Stranger bedfellows there were not in this school nor this conveyance be. "It's already smoked `wire, just crawl your bones in here and Freddy Flinstone us to the lollipop forest. Sheeyiit can'tcha see your making Splice sad?"

With look sparkling in his eye like the cow jumping over the moon, clever as a newborn leech, he played out his punchline "Look you're makin her bluuue." Heart beat the distance then between joke and laughter bursting, The Shade with head thrown back laughed. Then and then reaching up pulled the drivers seat back into place. "That yeah, or I can drive." A shift to his smokey Shade form and drifting into the driver's seat did he then solidify. Looking up at Ariel he licked wetly the palm of his one hand.... and poised as it were, in threat over the steering wheel, said "You wouldn't want that now would ya?"

[Hotwire]

Ariel's eyes narrowed as it was plain obvious she just wasn't going to win this. She knew she wasn't going to, and that was something she would accept, but it was just so damn annoying. When Shade moved to the front seat she stepped back and glared. "Get your shady smoked ass back there and don't you dare touch my steering wheel with that spitty hand! I'll be doing the damned driving, it's my damned car and I'm not gonna have any of you idiots crash, scratch, BREATHE WRONG ON IT!" she told the Shade and pointed at the back seat for him to swoosh back to with another glare.

She didn't laugh when he giggled back to his original seat next to Jocelyn and got in the driver's seat and shut the door before anyone else could think of taking her seat. My poor car...smelly and full of stupid people with food...the windows are going down and the music is going up, at least until it doesn't smell anymore and they stop being the Giggle Triplets. They better not make a mess in it, I'll kill em, Ariel thought as she put her hands on the steering wheel and rested her forehead on it for a minute to heave a sigh and chill out a little. She was serious about her car- it was a weakness of hers and it was something she worked really hard to have and keep in the best shape- it was her baby. She'd get over the fact that Kelly, Jocelyn and Stephen invited themselves along, but if they messed up her precious 'Stang she wouldn't get over that so quickly.

She let out another heaved sigh although still not fully calmed and lifted her head as she started the car to roll down the windows to let the smell of weed start leaving the car. "Can we get going now? I wanna make it before dark," she grumbled and looked back at the three. "Put on your damn seatbelts cause I don't need you flying out of any window and hurting my car, any of you dumbasses," she continued, watching them and waiting for them to do what she said before she turned back around to get ready to finally leave.

[TrueSpirit]

Try as he might, Mato could not stop himself from chuckling the three in the back. This wasn't anything unexpected from his teammate, and the fact that his two friends joined him in engaging in the pleasure of an herb that Mato knew well, though he used it more for medicinal purposes than for pleasure. "The more the merrier then," he said in greeting to the three of them as he sat in the passenger seat. He admired the Spirit of the Dolphin that Jocelyn possessed, as well as the Spirit of the Bat that lied in the depth of the Shade's soul.

Mato's view on the Hellion was different from most of the school. Many feared him and shied away from him due to his nature, but Mato had his own view on the dark Hellion, in fact he thought him to be extremely wise. He rarely got involved in other activities, but Mato could tell just from the look in his eyes that he saw more than anyone would ever know. The Spirit of the Bat was alive and well in him, invisibility and camouflage was in his nature, and most of all the ability to observe the unseen. His spirit was that along the lines of many great Shamans in the Cheyenne's history, and Mato possessed a great respect for Shade just for being who he was, for there was nothing more admirable than that.

He buckled his seatbelt and patted Ariel's arm. "It will be fine, the woods are large and welcome to all. The weekend perhaps will be even more interesting now," he said in comfort and with a smile. Despite extra company, it did nothing to deter Mato from his time to be one with Mother Nature and be in a primal environment once again.

[Calorie]

Kelly rolled down the window and stuck his head out as they pulled out the driveway and onto the road. "WAAAHOOOO! ROAD TRIP! YEAA!" he yelled with a big grin as the wind whipped across his face. He brought his head back in and moved up so he could be in between Ariel and Mato, grinning at both of them with the same grin. "You know I think Mato's hair is longer than yours Ariel. But I you have boobs. Squishy boobs." Kelly reached down to grab one of hers, weighing in his hand before he went to sit back, with a contemplative look on his face as if he was making a wise decision before moving his hand to grab one of Jocelyn's and feel it around in his hand just as much again.

"You know," Kelly began, forgetting his hand was still on her boob and said his observations out loud. "I think Jocelyn's may be bigger than yours Ariel, though I'm not sure. HEY LET'S HAVE CONTEST!" He shouted before grabbing the last of the square twinkie and shoving it in his mouth. "We should have a sing along on the way there. Oh yea and Ariel we gotta stop and get some beer for the road. Lots of beer," Kelly said with a big grin. "Hey Shade whaddaya wanna get from the store? OH! What about a nerf dart gun? We can scare squirrels! I hate squirrels." He grumbled the last part before the smile came back on his face when he realized his hand was still on Jocelyn's boob.

[Splice]

Jocelyn looked down at her own boobs now that Kelly was playing with them and made them bounce. "Oh wow mine are big!" she exclaimed and moved them herself. "And only two years ago they were a quarter of the size they are now. I think mine might even be bigger than yours Ariel. I ROCK!" Jocelyn yelled the last part out loud and then pushed Kelly's hand off her boob.

She reached into her bag and grabbed the Image Inducer, similar to the one Nightcrawler carried and clipped in on the belt of her tiny shorts. "If its that store by the gas station I'm soooo going in. Maybe I'll find a cute little thing to get with some time. Now who should I look like..." Jocelyn began playing with her image inducer, making herself look like Brad Pitt for a laugh and then Angelina Jolie. "Oh yea I'd so do me right about now," she said with a laugh before making herself look like Shade and cracking up. There was something wrong with the picture, cause she made her hands rub all over her body, and grinned widely. "Oh yea Shade, you are one sexy man aren't you?" she said still in her own voice before laughing and then changing to an image of Wolverine.

"Now listen here bub, if ya touch my beer again, I'll make sure ya don't have a hand to touch it with again," Joce said trying to make her voice sound like his but failing miserably and bursting out into laughter. "Any requests?" she asked laughing and changed into the Dazzler, blowing Kelly a kiss. "I'll dazzle you all!"

[Shade]

"Yeah, yeah...do Emma next- wait! Do Emma with Wolverine's head can ya do that?" reaching did the Shade over, to see how her gizmo worked... helping the intension, but high he was- and with her hair blowing and it wrapping, unseen until it was upon him, around his face in the wind- did something he hit, and began her images a dance of randomness they. With look startled, and pulling back did he from the imager snap- a something twisty -and looking on it caught the flicker, from eye's bright corner, a girl -then not- betwixt he and Kelly. Back and forth flipped through ...and several images... and sometimes morphed between them then, and then a sloshing to and fro between persona, did poor Jocelyn's appearance assume.

Laughing he said "Now that works for you. I like it...uh, here this uh...came off. It's supposed to do that?" Broke it he knew, then did drop the knob -into outstretched palm of pissed off friend- with sheepish grin on his face forming. The look gave she him, or best said -'they to him gave'- as blurred flickered and morphed through a crowd of stares at him did she then. Said he knowing -to himself alone- but admit it never would he, had ruined indeed... but not the end of the world was it, to be sure. "Don't lose that thing, they shouldn't have that knob pop off like that...I bet it's not waterproof either. Yeah, I like the flicker that's kinda cool...but it's gettin me all sortsa carsick." oscillating the imagery was, distressing and excuse to look away did he need and procure... so with turn of head -his window down drawn- and well and truly into the blast of breeze his face did he place.

"Oh look the store, cool I need a beverage... a cool beverage I need." Thumping, pushing, and drumming started he then -on the back of the seat behind whom he sat.. a Miss Hotwire's seat in fact. "C'mon c'mon... reeaal munchies, and beers. I got cottonmouth!" hissed he, grabbing his throat as if dehydrated like... in style of one cartoon coyote, bested had been, by a roadrunner... slick and clever. *GACK* "I'm dyyying of thiiirst."

[Hotwire]

Ariel rolled her eyes at the giggling dorks in the back even as they played with the Image Inducer and she could see Jocelyn changing the way she looked through the rearview mirror when she glanced at it. She had a small smirk as she watched the personas change while still keeping her eyes on the road, and as much it was funny to hear the impersonations, it was again mellowed out when the Shade started losing it on the back of her seat. Under the loud music that she made blast from the back speakers she couldn't help letting out a growl as she sped down the empty main road to the nearest convienience store and just about swerved into the parking lot. "You all stay," she told the three in the back, accidentally slamming her door shut as she went in the store to buy snacks and beer.

About ten minutes or so later, she came out with a couple of bags and prayed that the inside of her car wasn't in ruins, and as she approached she could still see the giggling idiots inside, but it looked like everything was okay. She popped the trunk and maneuvered her and Mato's bags around to fit the beer that she got with her fake ID in and closed it. She opened her door and tossed the three of them -and she had a feeling she would regret this with the multitude of crumbs it could make in her poor car- each a bag of chips in the flavors she knew they liked and a bottle of soda for each of them. "You make a mess with any of this I'm gonna kill you," she told them all with a slightly raised eyebrow and sat in the driver's seat again. She then handed Mato his own bag of chips and a bottle of soda and smiled. "I trust you," she said with a half laugh and opened the bottle of soda she had for herself and took a swig before putting it in her cup holder. The bag that held her bag of chips and the other snacks she bought for later she stuck in the middle compartment between the two front seats.

"Now, let's really get going. No more pit stops, there's beer in the back and none of you even think of touching it before we get there- Stephen," she said to him pointedly since he could probably grab some if he really wanted. With that, she pulled out of the parking lot and drove off to the highway. Once on the highway she began to speed, enjoying how fast her car could go, and they were finally on their way to the Catskills.