text: Cherry C. Life, Death, Lava, and CUT! 
   
   
   Note From Jackie Chan?  
   
  Dear Reader, 
  For choosing to read this, you are quite one for a good adventure and happy endings, am I correct? But in here this very memory, the text will not be what you are hoping to see and imagine. To tell story of such a tragic event and a family of six, is quite a challenge, but something I am willing to try, in order to make me rich...but wait, I already am rich...but wait again, that makes me even richer! Well, anyone who just read that would be wondering, “Who is that selfish person, only caring about wealth and being rich?” Well I am no other than Jackie Chan. No, I am not the famous actor and master of martial arts, but the evil mastermind of a GIRL who lives in a poor village as a disguise. The filthy clothes of tribal villagers are such a disgrace! But with my desperation for money, I did the horrid task. Now, I will go back to talking about the family. Professor Alison was a loving average mother who was a geological scientist that studied mainly the features of the United States of America. She loves challenges that involve death or life situations and being able to tackle them and coming out alive and well.  For those who didn’t know her, you would think that she was a rich supermodel who didn’t care about others. Her silky chestnut hair framed out her flawless face, her even bangs just out of the way of her aquamarine eyes, her designer wardrobe taking up five closets, and her effortless makeup, were all just part of her. Though a scientist, she still wanted to look her best.  Her husband, Jack, on the other hand was scared of a lot of things: from heights, bugs, and even Chinese takeout, he was, yes, the complete opposite of the brave and beautiful Alison. He wasn’t the best looking, but was loyal and respectful, unlike the other men Alison would date. They would make her pay for dinners and taxis. They also slammed doors in her face! But Jack won her over with his manners and half-decent appearance. The young 28 year-old couple have four precious kids, Casey, Bob, Lucie, and Camille. Casey was an average teenager with a love of skateboarding, music, and the latest video game consoles. Camille, his twin, enjoyed music and art, using nature to incorporate into her natural talents. Bob was a little toddler, who was outgrowing most of his belongings, and the naming of “toddler” into “kid”. Lucie was the middle child, only at age eight, and loves basketball and skating, so she does both of them, at every chance she gets. The four kids were like the normal siblings: they didn’t exactly get along very well. The kids had one very important similarity, their pet dog. Mindy is a corgi puppy who loved to play with Bob and Lucie. (The little ones had lots of spare time and no or little homework.) Despite the family’s differences, they were a loving and caring bunch. And right now, you are going to enforce the power of the six, and my “helping” them in their situations. 
   
  With honor,        
   
  Jackie Chan        
   
  (Not the actor and martial arts master! Get your facts straight!) 
   
   
   
   
   Hawaii, Here We Come!  
   
  “Hello? This is Alison and I have discovered a new island off the side of Kilauea,” the mom of four kids said to her boss into her iPhone 4. Being a scientist, she had all of the latest technology and uses them the best she can with tests and expeditions for her job. 
  ”Yes, we all will be going to the island,” she replied to the other end of the phone. 
   
  “And how many people are going, Miss?” the man on the other line was confirming the airline tickets for Professor Alison and her family: her husband, her four kids, and her loyal pet. 
   
  “Yes, that will be 4 adult tickets, 2 kids tickets, and 1 pet carrier for our airplane trip to Kauai this Saturday at 8:00am, right?” she replied to the man. And right after did she realize that there was something to worry about on her project: Mt. Kilauea. The mountain was not just any mountain, but a shield volcano, that formed on top on a hot spot near the Hawaiian Islands. But with her plans already made and finalized, she and her family are going to take on whatever is going to happen, whether good or bad. 
   
  “Please fasten your seat belts, are preparing to liftoff to the beautiful island of Kauai!” the pilot announced, preparing for liftoff from none other than the San Francisco International Airport. Mindy was in a pet carrier in with the luggage, while the rest of the family was on the plane. 
   
  “I can’t wait!” one of the four kids, Bob, the youngest at only four years old, was bouncing up and down his airplane seat while looking out the small oval-shaped windows to see the alluring dusk of a San Franciscan night escape, the stars brighter than the sun in the day, the moon glowing faintly in comparison. The city buildings, with the artificial and eerie glow of the office building and shopping malls, were just like dead ghosts just floating there with no life or emotions left in them. The airplane then departed, and soon was in the sky, flying up above the moonlit clouds, but right below the universe above. Hours later, the turbulence woke up Camille, the 15 year-old twin of Casey, her brother. 
   
  “OWWWW!” she screamed when she hit the seat in front of her on her head painfully. 
   
  “Woah!” Lucie exclaimed, shocked by the shaking of the plane. 
   
  “WAA!!!” Bob shrieked. But for his wailing, everyone was disturbed by. No one likes hearing cries of a little kid or baby awaken you when you just finally fell asleep after hours of trouble doing so. Casey remained asleep and just sat there with one of his Skullcandy earphones in an ear, and his neon green iPod Nano watch on his left wrist, the rest of the family just knew that Casey fell asleep to his favorite music. As the passengers each fell asleep, they all finally arrived safely to the Lihue Airport in Kauai. 
   
  “Thank you for flying on Hawaiian Airlines. We hope you had a good flight experience,” the flight attendant announced into the speaker with a sweet and clear voice. The family then walked off the plane and into the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The family claimed their luggage and Mindy, then stepped into their rental car. It was a two year-old minivan that made a rumble noise every time the engine started. Ignoring the noise, Jack continued to drive to the Hyatt Hotel a couple 15 miles or so away from the Lihue Airport. The kids were all a little drowsy, but were all awake and amazed by the view on the road from Lihue to Hyatt. The majestic view of the tree tunnel and lush vegetation left Camille in awe, inspiring her for her next for-sure-to-be masterpiece. 
   
  ”Perfect, the sunlight shines just through the tree tunnel and the light reflects off the dewdrops of the just showered leaves, creating several rainbows in each goblet of water,” she wrote down in her neat and flowing script into her most treasured orchid-colored velvet covered diary. Mindy just stuck her head out of the car window and left her tongue drooping down during the entire car ride. Arriving at the Grand Hyatt Hotel and Resort, the family rested in the deluxe room, so happy to have a chance to sleep, until the next morning at 5:30 in the morning when an annoyance woke them up. 
   
  “BRINGGGGG!” the annoying and ear-shrieking alarm clock rang for the family to eat breakfast and start their journey to the new island Professor Alison found. Casey and Lucille groaning, they unwillingly dragged their bodies out of bed and got ready for their busy day on Abamclaju Island. The island was named from the first letter of the family member’s names: A for Alison is repeated many times, B is for Bob, M is for Mindy, C is for Camille and Casey, L is for Lucie, and J is for Jack. After a large breakfast of a stuffed up omelet and orange juice, they headed out to the car and were almost ready to go. All the equipment was loaded into the car’s back trunk. Then Alison drove to the beach to rent a canoe. 
   
  “That will be $20 for the canoe rental. But, if it is not returned by 5:00 tonight, you will have to pay a fee of $10 more per each hour late.” the clerk at the canoe rental shop warned Alison and Jack. The canoe was then loaded and put into the water. The billowing sea-green waves crashed onto the shore and swayed the canoe a little. As quick as lightning, the family was already at Abaclaju, right next to Mount Kilauea. Mindy was on the canoe, too, and was too excited to go for a swim at the island. Little do they know, that I, Jackie, am watching their every move on the island. 
   
   
   
   
   Abamclaju  
   
  “Kids, remember that we are next to an active volcano. Mount Kilauea may erupt when we are here, so if you smell something, hear something, or see something, come back here so we know you are safe,” Alison instructed to all of her four children. 
   
  “Yes, mom!” Bob replied as he ran off to the waters to play flying disk with Mindy. Casey walked around to find some life on Abamclaju, while Lucie went up a hill to find some minerals to add to her collection. Camille pulled out her sketchbook and a 2B pencil and 5B pencil to start drawing the landscapes. A waterfall was rushing down from cliff of stones, while some frogs were on the side jumping into the pool of water below the fall. Some bent cattails and tulle were overgrown on the edges of the water, the sunlight glistening on the rim of the water. Bob made a hammock and slept in it, while Alison was testing the soil and air with chemicals. Everyone was just minding their own business when suddenly, “BOOM!” the volcano was oozing out an orange- yellow lava from the top, when suddenly another vent opened up from the top. The ground was rumbling! The side was bulging out and a vent broke out from the side. A 30 feet tall fountain of lava sprayed up into the sky! The temperature rose.  The lava was everywhere! I looked over to the volcano again. It was glowing a reddish orange color, looking as if it were on fire. A stench of sulfur filled the air.  YES! I knew it! The volcano is going to erupt on them! Alison, too bad! You are not getting the money for finding this island, I am! And there is nothing you can do about it, because you are going to die with your family. This is the perfect time to go capture some kids! I just grabbed Bob right before Mindy could see him get snatched. I had to put him in the canoe, as I had no other chance to put him anywhere. Oh no! He is crawling out of the canoe! I need another way to keep him in it! Wait, that’s it! I will untie the canoe from the docking post! 
   
  “WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!” Bob screamed while crying on the canoe as he   just sitting there...she made a very bad choice. MWAH HAHAHAHA!!! 
   
  “Boo!” I screamed into Camille’s face. She pulled the sketchbook slowly away from her face and suddenly.. 
   
  .”AHHHH, OMG, who are you?” she screamed while grabbing her supplies and running as fast as she can. Running down a hill she came upon a cliff. “You’re trapped now!” I told her, but she kept backing up. “Watch out!” I warned her. But she didn’t listen to me and fell down the cliff. 
   
  “No!” I cried down at her, she was one of the family that I didn’t want to die. After all, she was exactly who I wanted to be. Her good looks, her talent with music, she clothes, her family, basically everything! She looked like a younger version of her mom, except that Camille had blonde streaks on part of her bangs. 
   
  “Help! Please!” Camille wailed, dangling from a thin and sleek tree branch that was stuck in between two of the stones making the waterfall. When Alison finally realized that the volcano was erupting, she sprinted to their meeting stop to find that only Lucie, Casey, and Jack was there! 
   
  “Who is crying?” Casey asked, hearing a faint crying noise coming from the water. Everyone ran towards the noise until Casey heard another sound. 
   
  “ARF! ARF!” Mindy barked trying to tell the family that Camille was down the cliff hanging. The two other siblings ran to Mindy’s barking, while Professor Alison and Jack ran to catch the canoe with Bob in it. Rescuing Bob was no problem; all there was to do was to swim to the canoe and pull it in. However, pulling Camille up was harder. 
   
  “WOOF! WOOF! ARF! ARF!” Mindy’s barks were becoming closer and clearer. 
   
  “Good job, Mindy,” Lucie praised Mindy, but quickly raced to Casey who was grabbing Camille right when the branch snapped. I was watching them, sort of, more on Casey...but that’s not important. Camille may die, and it would be Casey’s fault for letting go. But, of course, he would never do such a thing to anyone. Another rumble and shake hit the dirt ground. 
   
  “Woah!” I tumbled out and panicked. 
   
  “Huh? Who’s there?” Lucie screamed. Casey’s hand got sweaty. He looked tired and afraid. If he let go, he would lose a sister. Another noise was detected. It was Mindy growling at me. 
   
  “SHH!” I shushed Mindy, but she ignored me and kept barking at me. 
   
  “Lucie! NO! DON’T GO RIGHT NOW!” Casey yelled at Lucie when she ran to find Mindy. So, that little girl wants me to trap my favorite two siblings in the family? Ok! I’ll do it, and make Camille do my hair, and Casey make me food...and wait......I need to capture them first. 
   
  “Well, Camille, I see that you aren’t doing so well down there,” I told Camille stepping down hard on Casey’s right arm, which was holding Camille’s hand so she won’t fall. Casey looked like he was in pain, which made plenty of sense knowing that my shoes had spikes on it. 
   
  “Ugh..Can’t. Hold. On. Any. Longer. Camille. Don’t. Let. Me. Let. You. Go. Please.” Casey told her trying to not let go despite all the pain he felt. 
   
  “Casey, don’t! Please, I won’t let go! Just don’t make me do it. You’re my brother; you just can’t let me die right now.” Camille wailed looking up into her brother’s suddenly unfamiliar face. 
   
  “Camille, you’re wrong.”Casey cried down. One of his tears hit Camille’s head. 
   
  “Of course you are, Casey. We’re twins!” Camille was confused but scared. 
   
  “No, I’m not. I was an orphan. Mom and Dad took me in as a hostage...” Casey continued to cry and was then interrupted. 
   
  “I don’t care! You are still my brother. I don’t want to never see you again.” she interrupted. 
   
  “I don’t want you to die either!” he yelled. Then I kicked him. Just like that. I took a knife out. And threw it. The handle jabbed his spine and he fell to the ground. After all, he didn’t want to see Camille die. Now he doesn’t need to see at all. And just like that, Camille fell down into the bottomless pit of stone. Casey just laid looking lifeless on the ground. 
   
  “Camille...”he whispered, as his life just flashed before his eyes. “I’m. Sorry.” he whispered. Almost to his death, Alison ran to him and couldn’t believe her mind. 
   
  “Casey. No!!!! Camille. My angels!” Alison sobbed while trying to keep her oldest son alive. She performed a long unit of CPR. Everyone rowed to Kauai back from Abamcaju. 
   
  “Casey, Casey, Casey, Casey? Please. Say something. Please.” Lucie cried on Casey’s hospital bed. His heart monitor showed a slow steady heart rate. 
   
  “Beep........................., beep..........................., beep.............................,” the monitor beeped out a heartbeat. Suddenly, the beat picked up faster, and faster, and faster, until... 
   
  “Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep,” the monitor beeped quickly. 
   
  “CAMILLE!” Casey screamed out, bouncing out of his hospital bed and out the room. He bolted through the halls and into the emergency room. “No! This can’t be right!” he screamed after finding a middle-aged woman in a gurney being rushed into the emergency room. He was looking for Camille. Casey knew the truth, but was in the denial part of death admittance. Camille was indeed not there anymore. But that was only one of the few surprises the family finds... 
   
   
   
   
   Happily Ever After?  
   
  It has been years since the “Camille Incident”, but the whole family is almost through with their recovering. It has been especially hard for Casey, for whenever he walks past their old house, tears flood back and the incident flashes by again. During one of the trips to the shrine, a depressed movie director saw Alison, Jack, Casey, Lucie, Bob, and Mindy kneeling in front of the stone mournfully. The movie director couldn’t find actors and actresses for his new movie. 
      “It’s them?” he wondered while staring at the family. The family of six and now five were featured on the news and all around the world, people wanted to know more about their loss and their life afterward. The movie director found exactly what he was looking for: people who could play roles of a volcano exploration. The family was now bankrupt, too. 
   
  “Miss, are you Professor Alison?” he asked her after tapping her on the shoulder, “We are looking for actors and actresses in a movie production. Would you and your family mind to join us? You will be paid $1000 for every hour on the set. This applies per person.” 
   
  “Well, the money offer is a great deal, but we would like to have a little more time to put the past behind us first.” Alison answered, carefully choosing her words. She was disappointed, but knew that her family would recover soon enough. Days later, when Professor Alison needed more money, she  just called the director and confirmed the job. She had now other idea on how to raise money to support the family. Later, the family of five began their new life as movie stars. 
   
  “Perfect acting! And...CUT! Beautiful... and that’s a wrap!” the director directed, happy to finish his newest masterpiece. The family was about to go viral!!! But there in the shadows I lurked, waiting for the moment to pounce...like a cat. 
   
  “Why?” you may ask, but the answer is indeed,  for the money. After all, its even more money than the stinking island anyways. So, if one day, you decide to get a job and earn loads of money, remember one thing: I’m watching you... 
   
  THE END! 
   
   
   
   Publication Date: April 5th 2012 https://www.bookrix.com/-cherryscript