Corrupt once more
Stanley Yelnats and Hector Zeroni, or "Zero", were enjoying life as they now knew it. Stanley's father had invented a product which he made a good amount of money off of. "Sploosh", his father's foot odor cure, and the chest that they uncovered at Camp Green Lake had changed their lives. Camp Green Lake. Stanley could not bear to think of that place again. The corrupt staff, the hard labor, he despised it all. Now that Zero and he were living the life, he didn't have to think about the nasty place that is Camp Green Lake. The only thing he didn't hate were his friends back at camp. He would love to see them again.
"Hey," Stanley said, "do you ever think about X-Ray, and Armpit, and all those guys anymore?"
"Sometimes," Zero replied. He looked away and began to daydream. Stanley let out a sigh.
"Would you want to go back and see them again," asked Stanley.
"Well," Zero said, "I don't think I would want to go back, but if it meant seeing the guys again, I might…"
Stanley and Zero sit on the couch. Stanley's dad enters the room.
"Well boys," Stanley's dad said enthusiastically, "I have a big meeting today! The big shoe store company "Fine Feet" wants Sploosh in their stores!" He looked around with a big grin on his face, expecting more than a blank stare from the two. "Something wrong, or…" he asked curiously.
"Well, nothings wrong, but we were just thinking." Stanley replied.
"About what," Stanley's dad asked.
"An idea," said Stanley.
"An idea we both had," added Zero.
"Well," said Stanley's dad, "could you tell me more about this idea of yours?"
"It's about Camp Green Lake," replied Stanley.
"Oh no," said Stanley's dad, "you don't want anything to do with that place do you?"
"Well yes," Stanley said, "but we were just thinking we could maybe go see the guys from camp again."
"Hmm," said Stanley's dad skeptically. He looked around the room thinking. "It's a possibility."
They boys decided to let it go for a little while so Stanley's dad could think about it. His dad had the meeting today that would keep his mind off of the Camp Green Lake subject. This said, they knew they would have to wait a little while.
"I'm home," called his dad. Stanley and Zero made eye contact and ran downstairs.
"So dad, no pressure, but have you been thinking about the whole camp deal," said Stanley.
"We would both love to go," Zero said.
"Well," said his dad, "I have been thinking about it, it seems like a pretty good idea considering there is some new staff after the whole deal at the camp, and it would be nice to see for you guys to see them again, I have decided that you guys should go." Stanley and Zero looked at each other grinning from ear to ear. They were very excited.
"So, uh, when can we go?" added Stanley.
"I guess we can leave tomorrow, if that's ok with you guys," his dad replied. They both nodded.
"Thank you," they said in unison, and then ran upstairs. They got to their room, opened their door, and jumped on their beds.
"Are you excited," asked Stanley.
"Yeah," replied Zero, "it will be great to see the guys again."
"Get in the car," yelled his dad.
"Coming," they both replied. They ran downstairs and walked outside. Their dad was inside the car waiting.
"Are you ready," Zero asked.
"Yeah," answered Stanley. His dad honked. "We're coming, we're coming," said Stanley as he rolled his eyes. They shut the door and drove away.
"What if they don't remember us," asked Zero.
"Oh they will," replied Stanley, "don't worry." After a long 2 hour drive they finally could see the camp in the distance. As they approached the gates, there were two armed guards standing at the gate.
"Camp identification please," demanded the guard.
"Oh," said his dad, "we don't have any camp identification." Stanley looked
around. He noticed the barbed wire fence all around. He looked in the back of the
car for something.
"Dad," he said, "let's go." His dad looked at him funny. "Trust me," he
whispered. His dad backed up and drove away. He drove down the road.
"Stop here," said Stanley. "Can I borrow these hedge clippers," he asked. His
dad had left them there from when he helped his friend trim his hedges.
"Well, sure," said his dad.
"Alright you can leave now. I have my phone. I'll call you when I need to be
picked up, or I need anything," said Stanley.
"Alright, goodbye boys," his dad said. His dad closed the doors and drove off.
Stanley took the clippers and started to cut the fence. After some effort, he cut a
little hole. They both crawled through. Stanley looked around. He walked into one
of the tents. This tent was empty. He found two camp uniforms and ran behind
the tent.
"Put this on," Stanley said. After dressing, they could walk out in the open. They
now blended in, although they did get some funny looks. After thirty minutes of
searching the camp for the guys, they finally found them. There they were X-Ray
and Armpit. Stanley and Zero ran over. X-Ray and Armpits eyes shot open wide
and their jaws dropped.
"Guys! How did you get here," X-Ray asked.
"We snuck in," Stanley and Zero said.
"Great to see you guys," said Armpit.
"Hey, uh, we got something to tell you guys," added X-Ray.
"What is it," asked Zero.
"Follow us," replied X-Ray. They walked into their tent and zipped up the door.
"Alright, remember how they got a new staff for the camp," said X-Ray.
"Yeah, because of those corrupt jerks that we busted," said Stanley.
"Well, we've been getting the idea that the new staff aren't exactly good people
either," said X-Ray.
"What do you mean," said Zero nervously.
"We will tell you more tomorrow. Its getting dark and this is when the guards
come out scouting the camp," said X-Ray, "and we don't want you getting
caught. You can sleep back there. Goodnight."
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