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Can Anyone Find a Gas Station? – Page 5

“No, we just want you to floss around the edges, and then help us inside. We’ll stain the tooth.”

“I’ve got you. Carol wants to know if Bob has got the vials just in case we need them.”

“Ah, Jerry, you sly dog. Pretending that Carol wants to know. Yes Jerry, Bob’s got the vials of cleaning fluid.”

“Okay, groovy.” Noah said. We heard static.

“That was fun,” Katie added, “Now how are we going to mark this place?”

“That’s easy.” I said, digging through my bag. I brought out a can of spray paint, which I sprayed an arrow on the trees.

“Is that stuff safe?”

“Oh, this stuff?”

“Yeah, couldn’t someone else see it and follow us?”

“Take another look.” I said. The paint had all ready started to disappear. “Only Noah can see it now.”

“But shouldn’t you tell him?”

“You told him.”

“Oh, so he’ll be looking for it.”

“Why not? He invented it!” I exclaimed. We fastened a rope to a tree and lowered ourselves, one by one, down the cliff. Landing at the bottom, I took a look around.

“I don’t see anything.”

“Neither do I.” I said, reaching into my bag. I pulled out a pair of binoculars, and looked around. “There’s a cave about 100 yards that away.” I said, pointing to the left. “I think we should go check it out.”

“I’ll spray paint along the way.”

“Good idea.” We walked up to the cave, and looked inside.

“Looks pretty dark.”

“Not to fear…”

“Let me guess, Noah has invented something that would light up the whole cave.”

“Better than that, it allows us to see in the dark!”

“What will he think of next?” Katie responded. “You know, why don’t we just pour the contents of the vial on you and let Tracy and Kristin come to us?”

“First of all, if they are in some trap, they will be delirious and could get themselves killed. Furthermore, I don’t think we have enough grapefruit to feed this entire nation. I would have girls hanging all over me.” Just then my walkie talkie crackled.

“Laura to Adam, Laura to Adam.”

“Laura, this is a secured frequency, you shouldn’t say anything out of code, you might … Hey, what are you doing with the walkie talkie?!”

“My Honey is in trouble, you must save him—I don’t know what I could do without him.”

“Calm down Laura, and tell me what happened.”

“Well, we were walking along the cliff, and all of a sudden this raiding party of apish looking women came out from behind some trees. It looked like some of them didn’t have clothes on!”

“Go on.”

“Well, they tried to claim Noah, but I held on to him. They were too strong, and they took him.” I checked my pocket and found that a vial was missing.