Caveman's voice was way in the back of my mind as my stomach growled. For the first time since I met the boys, I spoke in a quiet voice, startling them.
"Hey Zero, when's dinner?" I looked up, and the boys gasped. There was that awkward silence again. "What?" I demanded.
"You-you're a girl." Squid said. I knew my short blonde hair would cause problems sooner or later.
"And you talked to Zero," Zigzag added. 'I swear that kid has problems,' I thought, watching Ziggy's eyes shift around nervously.
"In about ten minutes," A small voice said. I realized it came from Zero. More gasps filled the room. 'What is this, some sort of freak show you can all sit and be amazed at?'
"Dude," Armpit said, amazed, "You got Zero to talk! Only Caveman can do that! How'd you do it?" I shrugged, blushing.
"All right, girl scouts, dinner time!" Mr. Sir's voice rung out after the dinner bell sounded. 'Finally, I'm starving!' I got up and followed the rest of the boys to the mess hall.
I poked at my beans and slowly ate the strange substance, barely listening to the sounds around me. As I heard my name, I snapped back into consciousness.
"Casey, what're you in for?" Magnet asked. I stayed silent. 'I have a right to my secrets, as you have a right to yours.'
"Casey?"
I wanted so badly to glare at him, but that'll probably just start more questions. Still, I ain't spilling to these weirdoes. I mean, come on, Zigzag thought the place was wired. Zero barely talked, and X-Ray could somehow see through inch thick glasses covered in dirt. They all seemed like they had a right to everyone's personal life. And they smelled either like sweat, or they put too much Axe on. I hate the smell of Axe.
'Casey, don't judge by appearances. Sometimes the soul inside is what counts.'
'Aww, getting a bit sentimental now are we?' I replied snidely. Yes, I have a voice. Not just any voice, an annoying voice. If I ever told anyone about it, it's straight to the asylum for me! That's usually why I don't talk to people. My tongue might slip. Voices flooded back to me as I re-entered the real world.
"Yo, Casey, C'mon." Zero whispered in my ear as every one got up and deposited their trays. Obviously they dropped the subject of my past. Good.
I followed the boys out to the tent, and then paused just before my tent. How was I supposed to change? Ah, yes. That'll work.
I grabbed some silk p.j.s and ran outside, barefoot, heading towards the outhouse. Once I was changed, I slipped my day clothes into a small cloth bag, and headed back to the tent.
Before I got there though, something interesting happened.
I spotted a yellow spotted lizard.
It was so CUTE!
I have a soft spot for animals, alright?
I don't know how this thing could have been a dangerous murderer. I stopped before I got too close. 'Hey voice,' I asked. 'Can I charm it? Please? I want a friend who isn't human in this place. Besides you, of course.'
'Whatever do you mean? I'm perfectly human. And yes, you can charm it.'
'Right, a human that can go inside my head,' I retorted. No reply. Instead, a soft tune played gently in my head, and I gently hummed along with it. Slowly, the lizard crawled towards me, and into my hand. Once the tune ended, the lizard was perfectly tame.
"I christen thee…" I paused to think of a name, "Jasper, from Twilight! God, I love that book." I stood up with the lizard.
"Casey? What are you doing?" someone called from behind me. I turned with Jasper, placing him on my shoulder. I saw the person who called me was X-Ray, and I realized how close I was to the tent.
"Oh Mary Mother of Jesus, a yellow spotted lizard!" X-Ray exclaimed, pulling the rest of the tent from whatever they were doing. Everyone gathered behind X, and once again for about the 3rd time today, gasped. Zigzag screamed. And for once, I couldn't hold in my thoughts.
"X-Ray, I never thought you were Christian, being a juvenile delinquent and all!" I said with a sarcastic tone. I walked between them with Jasper on my shoulder, who hissed has we passed. "Now, now, Jasper," I whispered to him, and stroked his folded hood, "Don't want to scare them away now do we?"
My comment got a couple laughs, but they were silenced by the sight of me actually touching the animal without dying. I almost laughed again.
"Does it have eleven spots?" I heard Zigzag whisper to Squid.
"You idiot, she might order it to kill us, and you're worried about how many spots it has?"
"Well they do say that only the official yellow spotted lizard has eleven spots. If it doesn't…" The voices drifted away from earshot as I lay down on my cot, placing Jasper on my pillow next to me. I told him that all the people in this tent were friends. Well, the Voice told him. It's the Voices power, not mine.
Before I fell into the deep waters of sleep, I caught a few strange looks from the other campers, and I had a feeling some of the looks they gave me were to check me out, not to examine if I were sane or not. I curled up into a little protective ball, and cried silent tears.
yay! Second chapter up! The whole 'Jasper' thing is a bit random, I know. I can tell you now though, Casey doesn't have any supernatural powers or anything; it's all in the Voice. The Voice idea was a bit random too. It happened while I was writing the Flashback in chap1. I wanted something she could speak to that doesn't make her look like an idiot, that only she can hear, and something that is unique. A Voice in the head was the perfect solution. A Voice that thinks for itself, of course. Anyways, try to figure out what this means, and what language its in!
alles das ist fur jetzt volker! Oder ist es?
Sarii