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From Within By Fesal   Chapter 3: Contagion Spread I made my way back to my friends and pretended that nothing happened. This was of course a futile gesture as I was still wet, still shaking and there were claw marks all over my face. I knew passing off as if nothing had happened would be useless. Its just my luck that my friends were all observant buggers. "What the heck hapenned to you?" asked Fara "Nothing. I just slipped," I replied. "He he he. Dia mandi kat toilet. He he he," joked Duke. He then saw a small cockroach and went wild. "Teman!!!!!!!!!" "You know what the weird thing is?" asked Jee. "He isnt even trying to annoy us with 80's pop songs." "You're right, Jee," said Stats. "So I'll have to do the honours. Give me time.. to realise my crimes.." "Look fellas," I felt that I had to settke the matter once and for all. I put on my most convincing face and decided to turn on the charm. "Nothing happened. I'm alright, so there's nothing to worry yourselves about." After I said those words, I looked right into my friends. I could see from their expressions that I was as successful in convicing them of that than President Clinton was successful in convincing the American public that he was a monogamous saint. But the look in their eyes also told me "Yeah, whatever," so it didnt matter at all. At least i was being left alone. There was a dull silence for a while, but it was fortunately cut short by the appearance of Enazz. "Allo Enazz Chomei," I said. "Hey Hensem," she replied. "Did you see what happened at Ava Lala just now? A group of ah-bengs were biting each others arses." "Oh. You mean its business as usual at Ava Lala?" "I'm serious la! Didn't you guys hear all that screaming?" "Well, we just assumed that someone ate the kuey toew goreng" said Stats. "Yeah, that is the usual reaction" "Well screw you, hippies." said Enazz. "I saw people biting each other's arses and I know its not a normal thing" I wanted to speak my mind, to confirm that at least something dreadfully wrong was happening around us but I knew that without propper evidence, I'd still be branded a looney. As reliable as Enazz's opinion was, even she couldnt back my claims without it resulting in my being held in lower regard than I am at present. Therefore I was left with one viable option: to shut the hell up. One thing did strike us as weird, though. Henry of the popular Bintang Henry stall was giving out free kuey teow to everyone. Not that everyone accepted, of course. Not that it wasn't flatly rejected either. Quite a few people at the stall took Henry up on the offer. Some people can never say no to free food. Shah appeared just as Henry approached our table. "Hey fellas.. Whats with Henry?" he asked. "I don't know" replied Stats. "He's in a good mood. Must have won the lottery." "Hello people," said Henry. "Would you like some Kuey Teow?" "None for me thanks" said Xylia. "I just ate" "We all just ate." said Duke. "He he he besides, your Kuey Teow looks funny. He he he he. You look funny too. He he he. Sorry macha." "Well, I'm gentleman enough to accept that in the spirit of good humour." replied Henry. "I do enjoy my joke too, once in a while." "In this case, Duke is serious la Henry," said Stats. "Whats with your eyes? They're all black. You've been having contact lense trouble?" "And how come you're English is perfect all of a sudden? Have you been taking classes?" asked Shah. "Well, I have been sick with the flu for a few days," said Henry while eying my arse. "You know, its a shame your arse isn't bigger... slurrp" "Ha ha ha," laughed Stats. "He's always been like that." "Yes, I noticed." mumbled Henry, saliva drooling by his side. "You, my furry friend.. you are a different matter altogether" At that moment Henry lunged towards Shah, mouth wide open and headed for the southern regions of his anatomy. The girls let out a scream and leaped away from the table. The guys all rushed to grab Henry but he was showing remarkable strength. It was all we could do to keep him from sinking his teeth into Shah's arse. I held on to his neck while the others tried to pry his arms away. We continued for what seemed to be an eternity untill Stats, obviously fed up over the whole situation decided to hit Henry's head with a heavy, blunt object in the hopes of knocking him unconscious. Naturally he chose my head. Henry came crashing down to the ground with a thud. Stats and Duke carried him off to the side while I helped Shah get up. "What the heck was that all about?" he asked. "He must really like your arse," said Xylia. "You okay, Fesal?" "Im just fine." I said, wiping blood from my forehead . "Henry's head was a little harder than I thought. If you'll excuse me, I think I'll faint now." I then allowed myself to pass out into oblivion. To be continued Hosted by www.Geocities.ws