<meta name="LineWrap" content="true"><TITLE>SR_Bk1 0121</TITLE><A HREF="SR_Bk1-0122.txt">Next (Page 122)</A><BR> For a moment, the sight of her head being blown apart was visible, but then the scene in the film shifted to a still-frame of the four kids in the living room, all with looks of shock and horror on their faces.<P><P>The credits then started, with the scene panning and zooming around the still frame. The theme song was an upbeat, goofy sort of rock song, which contrasted in a very shocking way with the visuals.<P><P>Nevrippa turned around and looked at V, who had a kind of sickened expression on his face.<P><P>"See? I told you it would get good," she said.<P><P>V smiled a little, and nodded his head. He couldn't really think of anything to say--he was still trying to process what he had just seen.<P><P>"I gotta see what happens!" Nevrippa yelled.<P><P>As the credits finally ended, there was another fade to black, and the scene then faded into two kids hiding under a car in a parking garage--the fat kid and the nerd.<P><P>They were silent as they watched a big car drive into a car elevator. The doors closed, and from the cracks on the side of the elevator, it was apparent that the elevator was going up.<P><P>"See, I told ya!" the fat kid said. "It goes up! But there's nothing up! There's just a roof up there!"<P><P>"I see what you mean," the nerd said.<P><P>"So you wanna do it?"<P><P>"Do what?"<P><P>"Find out where they're going!"<P><P>"Definitely--but how?"<P><P>"Well--listen," the fat kid said, "here's my plan. If we hide behind that dumpster, then we could crawl in after they go into it, and they wouldn't see us!"<P><P>"I don't know--I don't want to get into trouble."<P><P>"What could happen! We're minors for god's sake! We can't go to jail or anything."<P><P>"Yeah, I guess."<P><P>"Listen--I hear a car coming up from down there--let's get over there."<P><P>"Well..."<P><P>"Come on!"<P><P>The fat kid and the nerd ran across the garage and hid behind the dumpster. Soon, a car came and stopped in front of the elevator door. After about ten seconds, the door opened up, and the car drove in.<P><P>"It's now or never!" the fat kid said, and the two crawled into the elevator, behind the car.<P><P>Slowly, the doors closed, and the two kids were in the stark light of the elevator. With a lurch, it began to move upward.<P><P>And it kept on going.<P><P>"This is ridiculous!" the nerd whispered loudly. "Where the hell are we going?"<P><P>"That's what I wanna find out!"<P><P>They continued upward, and the two exchanged worried glances. Finally, the elevator slowed and lurched to a halt. A sign came into view as the elevator doors on the other side began to open, reading 'THE UPPER CITY'.<P><P>As the doors opened fully, a bright scene was revealed--a gorgeous place and a gorgeous day.<P><P>"Whoah!" the fat kid exclaimed.<P><P>The nerd smiled broadly.<P><P>V was shocked as the TV switched back to static and snow. Nevrippa had stopped the tape and was taking it out.<P><P>"Oh--it's just you," V said.<P><P>"See--you were getting involved in it!" Nevrippa said, taking the tape out and putting it back in its case. "It's good, isn't it? And the coolest part is--where the hell is it coming from, you know? Like, no one ever made it, but here it is!"<P><P>"Pretty scary."<P><P>"Yeah. Now I want all these videos in the truck."<P><P>"Huh?" V exclaimed in surprise.<P><P>"Yup. All of them. We'll make a fortune, you and I."<P><P>V sighed in protest, but figured he'd have to do it.<P><P>Nevrippa laughed--V looked so funny, sighing in protest with this huge transparent cube surrounding the upper part of his body.<P><P>"Come on, silly," Nevrippa said enthusiastically.<P><P>And they began loading all the videos into the truck.<P><P>--------------------------<P>CHAPTER 30<P>--------------------------<P><P>Winter Stadium Them were having breakfast.<P><P>"Ah, look who's coming--our wacky neighbor Darnazy Thonc," said Evelyn Fangdoor, AKA Appomattox Flight, at the breakfast table.<BR><A HREF="SR_Bk1-0122.txt">Next (Page 122)</A>