Journal Entry 2
There’s trouble in Bear Country.
The Runt came running down the admin hall before sun up this morning yelling at the top of his lungs. “Get up! Get up! They took our fuel!”
I jumped off the couch and tackled him in the hallway.
“Ok, we get the point!” I yelled back.
I grabbed the boy by his shoulders. By this time everyone in the admin hall was awake, sleepy eyes were everywhere, and no one was in a very joyful mood.
The Runt tried to squirm out of my hold as he cried, “Tony’s hurt. They beat him up!”
Tony lives in the basement. He has been my friend, sort of, since before the world turned upside down. We didn’t run in the same circles, but we had several classes together. He always asked my opinion on homework assignments. I used to wish he would ask me out on a date but unfortunately, he was dating a cheerleader. He isn’t very sociable these days, but he is very good at fixing and maintaining whatever we break.
I ordered the Runt to stay put in the admin hall and grabbed Matt and Jonas.
The three of us ran to the basement. The basement was a mess, and Tony was slumped against the far wall holding his stomach, bleeding from his head, and his left eye was swollen shut. Tony spit out a mouth full of blood and said, “Xavier’s Goons took our fuel”.
I was not surprised, Central has been giving us trouble for ages. The Central Bobcats come from the east end of Lafayette Boulevard. We live on the west. The big difference between the Central and us is that we are not a bunch of thieves and bullies.
The leader of the Central Bobcats is a man named Xavier Boulder. He is mean and leads by fear and regularly has his goons beat up people for fun. Everyone calls him “The Boulder” because of his enormous size. He doesn’t barter for what he needs. He has his goons take whatever he wants.
Matt and I leaned over to help Tony onto his cot. Just then, the Runt ran up behind me holding a first aid kit. I yelled at him for leaving the admin hall. I probably shouldn’t have done that, but he gets into more trouble because he doesn’t listen.
Matt and Jonas wanted to run over to the Central Campus and take back our fuel. I instantly nixed that idea. We have big guys in Bear Country, but we are not a match for the goons at Central.
Madie