User blog:007Jamesdean/Volcanic Trip Part 30

Part 30: PHILLIPINES

Vanzilla 2.0 was in Jet Mode flying to our next destination.

I was in the bathroom and Lisa was changing my bandages on my face.

Lisa: It's getting better J.D.

Me: It looks cool. I have a cool scar on my face.

Lisa: It may look cool for some people but others will not find it cool to them.

Me: That's true.

Lisa: The fight with the Yautja was a tough one 2nd Big Brother. He did a huge number on you.

Me: He sure did. But in the end I triumphed. And he blew himself up in the process. Also when he slashed at me I somehow acquired its DNA with my Omnitrix. Ben told me that the Omnitrix acquires the DNA of Aliens when they touch it.

Lisa: Fascinating. I wonder what you can do with the Yautja DNA as Ultimate J.D.?

Me: Lets find out.

I become Ultimate J.D. and activate the Yautja DNA and I had enhanced lightning powers, infrared vision and super strength.

Me: I have Infrared Vision, Super Strength and enhanced Lightning Powers.

Lisa: Interesting.

I reverted back.

In the living room Me and Varie were playing board games with Laney and Ronnie Anne.

Me: Laney you can't hide your secret forever. One of these days your parents are gonna find out.

Lynn Sr.: Find out what?

Laney: (Sighs) Dad I have something to tell you and mom. You remember how you grounded Lola for breaking your special China? Lola didn't break them. I did it by accident. I was doing a dish drill trick in the kitchen when I tripped and the plates broke and one of the shards went through my neck and cut through it.

Laney took off her scarf and revealed her scar. Rita and Lynn Sr. gasped.

Laney: That's why I was wearing this scarf ever since. I was so afraid to show it.

Lynn Sr.: So we grounded Lola for nothing. She took the fall for you.

Rita: Oh sweetie we had no idea. Thank you for telling us.

More of Laney's siblings came forward.

Lori: Mom I accidentally scratched the car a while back with my Rhinestone purse.

Lincoln: I accidentally smashed your disco ball trophy with my remote control plane.

Lucy: I painted your wedding dress black for my dark wedding to Edwin.

Luna: I caused a blackout.

Lana: I chewed up those boots and blamed Charles for it.

Me: We were having a Secret Club and Lola put a bugged tiara in Lori and Leni's room and eavesdropped on our meeting and she threatened to tell everyone if we didn't comply to her deeds. She blackmailed everyone and threatened to get everyone in trouble.

Varie: Me and J.D. went into Lori and Leni's room while everyone was with Lola and we found the bugged Tiara and J.D. hatched a plan to get some dirt on Lola to turn the tables on her.

Me: I went to Miss Liza's Pageant Training Center and asked the girls there. But all the girls were too afraid of Lola to even spill the beans. I found someone hiding in the closet and it was Lindsey Sweetwater that provided the secret on Lola.

Lola: (ENRAGED) LINDSEY! I SHOULD'VE KNOWN!

Me: Calm down Lola. I'm not finished yet. You see Mr. Lynn and Ms. Rita, Lola was upset that she wasn't allowed to participate in our secret club because she is a tattle-tale and nobody likes a tattle-tale. When she found out we had some dirt on her, she took the fall for everything her siblings did except for Laney's scar.

Rita: Oh guys. We had no idea.

Lynn Sr.: Oh kids. It's okay. We all have secrets that we want to keep hidden.

Rita: That's right. Lola we're very proud of you for taking the fall for your siblings. We're sorry we grounded you for nothing.

Lola: It's all right Mom.

Lynn Sr.: We don't care about all that anymore. But Laney we're sorry you got that scar.

Me: I showed Laney my scar on my right index finger. I got this from slashing my finger with a broken umbrella spike when I was 11. (I show them my finger) See?

Lynn Sr.: That must've hurt.

Me: It sure did. I had to wear a bandage for a month. My parents know so it's no secret.

Lori: We're sorry we did all that mom and dad.

Lynn Sr.: Oh it's all right kids. We don't care about that anymore.

Rita: But Laney you're lucky that didn't sever an artery.

Me: That's exactly what I said to her.

Laney: Now I'm not afraid to show my scar anymore.

Laney tied her scarf around her waist.

Nicole: We're here guys. Welcome to the Philippines.

Me: The Philippines Islands. The 2nd Largest group of islands in the world.

Varie: With over 7,000 islands, it's also home to some of the most beautiful scenery in the world.

Nicole: And some of the most famous volcanoes.

Jessie K: And lots of history.

Luna: This is gonna be rockin dudes!

Sam: It sure is Luvbird.

We landed in Manila, the capital city of the Philippines on the island of Luzon. We drove to Mount Pinatubo.

Me: Mount Pinatubo. This caldera is a volcano.

Jessie K: I know this volcano. On June 15th, 1991 Mount Pinatubo erupted and it produced a very powerful eruption of Krakatoa strength and pumped massive amounts of Zinc, Copper, Chromium, and Nickel and huge amounts of poisonous metals like lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury to the surface. 800 people were dead, 20,000 people were evacuated and 10,000 people were left homeless. The erupting ash plume mixed with a Typhoon and inundated the area with mud and ash.

Nicole: That's right Jessie. This is what the volcano looked like before it erupted.

Nicole showed us a picture of the volcano about 2 months before it erupted.

Me: It looked like a normal cone volcano.

Nicole: It sure did. But the 1991 eruption reduced it to this caldera here.

We go down into the crater and take some magnificent photos and surprisingly the water in the lake is not acidic as acidic as Kawah Ijen in Java. But we weren't taking any chances.

Later we were at Mount Mayon.

Me: Mount Mayon.

Nicole: That's right dad. This volcano has a violent volcanic history. Its most famous eruptions were back in 1984 and 1993. 75 people were killed because of them.

Lori: That is literally awful.

Leni: Totes. How can volcanoes kill so many?

Lisa: It's primarily because of the chemical composition of the ash clouds and the superheated temperatures of the pyroclastic clouds.

Nicole: That's right Lisa.

Chione: That's awful. I can't believe that volcanoes pack so much destructive power.

Aylene: They sure do. They're a powerful force of nature and one of the most destructive forces on our planet.

Zoe: That's right Aylene.

Cody: It's all amazing.

Later we went to our next destination.

Continues in Part 31