HOWIE

Howie - Cameron Bell

Howie is a student at Harwood County High School.  Howie was being teased by Roy and Barry. They had taken his bug container and tossed it back and forth over Howie's head.  Howie tried to get the container back, but it was too high over his head.  Howie:  "Give it back!"  Other students watched or walked away, but no one helped Howie.  Howie:  "There's a live bug in there!  Stop it!"  Troy, Emma, and Noah could hear the commotion.  Howie:  "You're going to hurt it!  Be careful please!"  Troy shut his locker.  Troy, Emma, and Noah walked towards the commotion.  Roy and Barry stopped tossing the container.  Roy held the container high.  Howie walked up to Roy upset.  Roy:  "What?  You gonna cry?  Crybaby!"  Roy paused for a moment.  Roy:  "Wait.  He's really upset."  Barry was confused by this turn of events.  Roy held the container out to Howie.  Roy:  "Here."  Howie hesitated for a moment and then reached for the container.  Roy quickly pulled it out of his reach.  Roy:  "Psych!"  Roy and Barry laughed.  Troy, Emma, and Noah had reached the hall.  Troy went up and grabbed Roy's hand and forced it down.  Troy:  "Just because you're bigger, doesn't mean you can pick on him.  Or even this bug."  Troy took the container from Roy.  Troy:  "No matter how small, everything deserves respect."  Troy let go of Roy's hand.  Roy:  "Whatever freak show."   As Roy walked past Howie he muttered, "I'll see you later."  Howie flinched.  Barry followed Roy as they walked away.   Howie walked up to Troy and Troy gave him the container.  Howie:  "Thank-you".  Troy:  "What is it?"  Howie:  "It's a Hardamen Clickamium (?).  It's really rare.  Thank-you."  Howie walk away in the opposite direction of Troy.  After school, Howie was outside, kneeling by a bench, looking at his bug.  Roy snapped his fingers.  Roy:  "Howie!"  Howie quickly got up, grabbed the container and started walking away.  Roy and Barry followed him.  Roy:  "Aren't you going to wait for us?"  Howie:  "Leave me alone!"  Roy:  "We want to see that bug."  Roy and Barry quickly caught up to Howie.  Roy:  "Hey!"  Howie took a quick glance back.  He was surprised at how quickly they had caught up to him, but he kept walking.  Roy:  " Your buddy is not here to protect you now."  Barry laughed.  Roy:  "We're going to squash that bug of yours!"  Howie picked up some speed and put some distance between them.  Barry was the first to noticed the strange creature in the trees and pulled Roy back.  Roy knocked off his hand.  Roy:  "What?"  Silently Barry looked in the direction of the creature and Roy became silent as well.  Howie spotted the creature as well.  Creepox:  "Time to find some witless human to menace.  That will draw the Rangers attention."  Creepox spotted Roy and Barry.  Creepox:  "You!"  Roy and Barry were very frighten as they backed up and eventually fell onto the ground.  Creepox walked towards them.  Creepox:  "Yes cry!  Your howling shall draw the Rangers."  Unseen, Howie hid behind a tree as Creepox towered over Roy and Barry.  Creepox:  "I'm here to fight the best your planet's got.  But first, I'll warm up with you!"  Roy:  "Please, don't hurt us!"  Barry quickly pulled out his wallet and with tempering hands held it open towards Creepox.  Barry:  "You can have our lunch money!"  Creepox was about to strike when a voice reached him.  Howie:  "Leave them alone!"  Creepox turned around.  Creepox:  "Who dares challenge me?!"  Frighten, Howie still stood his ground.  Howie:  "Just because you're bigger, doesn't mean you can pick on them."  Creepox:  "What?  How wrong you are!  You're just another worthless human, who needs to learn a lesson about the superiority of insects!  Allow me to teach you that lesson!"  Creepox walked towards Howie.  Roy and Barry took advantage of Creepox being distracted and ran away.  Howie backed away as Creepox walked towards him.  Creepox:  "You're not running?  Little human, you're either brave or a fool!"  Howie tumbled and fall onto the grass.  Creepox was about to strike and Howie held up his arm to try and block the blow.  Suddenly, Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger leaped in and landed hard kicks on Creepox.  Yellow Ranger:  "Back off!"  Creepox fell to the ground.  Yellow Ranger:  "That's the last kid you're going to threaten!"  Creepox got back up and faced the two Rangers.  Creepox:  "Good.  You've come to their aid, just as I planned."  Black Ranger:  "Gia!  Get him out of here!"  Black Ranger fought Creepox as Yellow Ranger ran over to Howie.  Yellow Ranger:  "Go hide!  We got this!"  Howie took off running.  Later, Roy and Barry ran into Howie at Ernie's Brain Freeze.  Instead of teasing Howie, they became his friends.  When the bug escaped the container, Roy immediately came to Howie's aid.  Troy, Jake, Emma, Gia, and Noah just entered the place, when Roy snaps his fingers and yells stop.  Troy, Jake, Emma, Gia, and Noah stop in a straight line.  Noah, Gia, Emma, and Jake all glance over at Troy.  Roy is not paying any attention to them as he searches the floor.  Roy exclaims, there it is!  He drops to his hands and knees and scoots across the floor.  Roy captures the bug and lets it roam over his hand.  Howie thanks him as he brings over the container.  Roy gently places the bug back into the container.  Roy and Howie get up.  Roy faces the crowd and states, no matter how small, everything deserves respect.  Howie, Roy, and Barry sit at a table together admiring the bug.

Who's Crying Now?