Telling people before she came Ch. 2
Warden's P.O.V still:
I grab my walkie-talkie and call Pendanski in. It almost takes fifteen minutes for him to get his sunburnt ass hear.
He knocks on the door. "Come in and then close the door. Don't you go letting the cold out."
"What is it you need Lou?" I am going to enjoy this.
"Well you see I have been having a hard time getting funding and the state even had the idea of closing us down if I didn't come up with a new program. So I…."
He interrupts me the nerve "oh Lou that's awful."
I glare "if you would let me finish. I came up with one and it just got Okayed. So it is going to be implemented tomorrow. You see Green Lake is going to be co-ed because of this I am going to have to let you go."
Now I am smiling from ear to ear and he is now gaping at me.
"WH…. what why?!"
"Because when you were selling those test answers to girls you were taking sexual favors as payment. Also since now I get more funding thus make money by having this camp open I want to start making it more legit so having a fake doctor that is running from the law when they come to check how we are doing I will not get fined or worse"
He doesn't say a word. He is furious. Thou I can tell that, but he can't argue because I'm right.
"Fine but I want to be paid now for the rest of the month" he said firmly and made eye contact. This is the first time he has ever done that.
Wow I guess that now that he can't kiss my ass he finally grew a set. I raise both my eyebrows and nod and get up and go to the metal box that has the money for the staff and count off a months' worth.
"Yeah that's fine. Be out within the next two hours." I give him the cash.
He just terns and grunts as a way of saying bye. That was a surprise! I guess no one can be that cheerful I always knew he was a dick. I'm still blown away though that he had the nerve and balls to ask for the money though. Wow!
Just then I get an E-mail from the guy that works for the state that has the information about the new budget. I can't believe the amount hay are giving then I see the message it comes with it said that a lot of the funding is a start up for renovations. The mouthy amount is so high because transition programs are evidently really important to the state. Who knew?
Next I call all the councilors to get the boys that can't be here anymore and bring them to the mess hall.
They are making diner and are almost done no doubt the cooks will be spreading the information from this meeting which is ok I guess I will just have to be careful how I word things.
All the seven boys are in here with all their councilors. I notice that The Lump and the guy that was fighting with him are here as well. I will be glad to be rid of them. They are all staring at me talking among themselves.
There were a lot of ("What did we do" "it was them" and some "I didn't do its") going around.
Since I have never been one for sugar coating I jump right in.
"Well it has been decided that you seven will no longer be digging any more holes."
Bang! I smile when I hear one of the boys in the kitchen drop a large pot from shock and hear a quiet "no fucking fair".
"YES" Lump yells and I smile even wider at him and when he looks at me he starts to think that might not be as great as he first thinks. Good thinking.
"Yes Lump no more holes for you. Instead you seven will be going to real juvie tomorrow since you are no longer able to be attending Camp Green Lake because we are now going to be co-ed and since you lot think it's fun to hurt and harass those of the other sex you can't be hear any more. So get packed. Tonight is your last night.
"All councilors stay behind so I can go over the new programs that we are implementing tomorrow."
The entire staff is silent but you wouldn't be able to tell by how much racket the seven boys where making by throwing fits the whole way out of the mess hall and the boys in the kitchen just kept on talking about girls coming. As the last of the boys leave I glare at the kitchen and they turn mute wanting to hear what I say to the staff so they can gossip. So I start addressing the staff.
"Most of you probably have not known that the state was considering closing us if we did not come up with a program that we could show them that has the standards that the state expects that we now that we have been open for so long. Today I got several programs passed. The first is almost the same as how it is right now with digging holes the biggest difference is that now instead of digging a hole every day they have a mandatory five holes a week they can dig 1 & 1/2 holes or however they would like to do it but you guys will have to check each hole off. The other part of this program is that it is mandatory for them to help around the camp once a week like cooking, laundry, cleaning or something like that. We are calling digging and the helping out 'camp activities' each camper has to do six. Five of them are digging holes. We are now offering mandatory education so that all campers can integrate back to normal life quicker when they go home. Any questions so far?"
"Yes you said that girls where coming as part of these programs" said the only other girl in this wasteland her name is Vicky. She seemed very happy about the prospect. I like Vicky she can hold her own and is as tough as nails. She is also the only one that is a real councilor.
"Yes Vicky that is part of the new additions to camp green lake instead of only thirty-five boys there will now be thirty-five boys and thirty-five girls. The girls that are coming are coming here because they are a flight risks at other places. All the new programs will be the same for them as they are to the boys. The biggest problem with them coming is relationships that may arise we will not be able to stop it so I don't want us to try but if they are caught having sex they will be made to do 12 camp activities for the following two weeks ten being digging holes and the other four we chose for them." Now I'm seeing a lot of nodding heads and whispers.
Marion (Mr. sir) asked "where are the girls going to be staying" he had this face that I could just hear his mind saying I guess I should have never said this wasn't a girl scout camp.
"Part of having these programs allows us to get A LOT more money from the state. So we will be getting yurts that hold fourteen campers we will also be renovating the mess hall where we will be able to have better food now and the other buildings. We will also be building cabins for you councilors. All of the living quarters will have their own water source that will get refilled each month I am hoping that this will help with water conservation and each yurt and cabin will have a shower because we cannot be having co-ed showers." I look at every one and they all seem ok with this some still are a bit blown away by the changes.
Then E tents counselor raises his hand he had two of the boys that are leaving I give him the ok to speak "you said that there are programs meaning more than one"
I smile finally I'm halfway thru this meeting. "Yes the other program will not start for a while because this is going to be geared to campers that are almost done with their sentence. They have to apply for being in it. They have to consent to stay here after their time is up because this one will work with them to clean their record up and give them opportunities that they would not get otherwise. They will also be older camper. This program will have them acting as mini staff that will be helping you guys and myself, they will be doing a lot more with their education here and even be able to do online college. This program is actually the one that is going to get us most of the funding. The mini staff will be in cabins also this camp is in for a major makeover."
This time I see a lot of them smiling because their workload is going to get lighter, and they are going to live in better conditions.
"Is there any more questions" I wait nothing, "okay if you come up with any let me know. Get prepared the next few mouths are going to be a lot of trial and errors. So any one that has any practical ideas let me know" they all nod their head.
"Okay then the only things left is Pendanski is no longer working here so I am going to be responsible of D tent. They are going to be the first co-ed tent then Vicky's then slowly every ones else's tents. Hopefully the yurts and other building materials will be hear by the end of the week. When we get all that stuff the campers will get the day off to build their own yurt the councilor responsible for that tent will supervise. You guys will now need to writing reports for the campers you are in charge of. Vicky knows how to do that and she will be showing the proper way to do that tomorrow to the rest of you. Each week starts at six p.m. on Mondays on Mondays that is the day for counceling at those meatings with your tent will do as there "help out activity" Mr. Sir I would like you to make a list of the things that can be done for the campers other activities. Lastly every one, tomorrow the campers will do their new activities instead of digging so that you and I have time to explain the new programs and the expectations. I know that you guys always say that the only real rule here is not to upset me, but now make sure that it is known that the biggest rule is that there is never to be any form of rape or sexual harassment because instead of going to juvie they may just end up in a hole instead and in the most painful way possible. Is that clear!"
Now they all are looking at me with their eyes wide. Everyone except, Vicky who is giving me the thumbs up and looking relived that she didn't have to bring that topic up.
Then I turn to the cooks that where looking back at me wide eyed. Asked them if they were done with supper and they nodded their heads. I'm glad they were hear to hear the last part about ending in a hole if they even think about hurting one of the girls. I nod back to them and give them a glare to drill in to them what could happen.
"Mr. Sir, dinner is done can you sound the bell and every one make sure the boys that are leaving are getting ready to leave." I say while I walk back to my cabin. On the way there I notice the Lump still yelling that this is bullshit. All the others that are staying either have stupid grins on their face about girls coming of don't believe it yet.
Later after dinner I'm going to talk to Zigzag and the rest of D tent but right now I think I'm going to paint my nails. And make some handouts for the staff and my new tent D soon to be my D yurt.
Zigzags P.O.V just got back from digging:
God I hate it here, I hate digging, I hate the food, I hate my cot I hate people touching my TV and calling me crazy, and I really, really hate people touching me and that is exactly what x-ray is doing with his arm swung over my shoulder
"X don't touch me" I shrug him off hard and he looks like he is upset but lets it go cause if someone messed with a D tent guy he wants me to follow his oh so great leadership skills, cough sarcasm.
On are way walking to the Wreck room a see some guys from other tents and their councilors walking to the mess hall they must be the spies I stop to watch them so I can memorize all of them. So I can sabotage their plans. Mid way though thinking about how I'm going to sabotage them, Magnet bumps in to me. Between him and X, I am now officially pissed off about people invading my personal space but unlike X-ray, Magnet never seems to get that aggravating the very tall crazy looking guy in the tent you sleep in is probably a bad idea.
"Hay man what you staring at the mess hall for we still have a bit of time till dinner right?" he said in his heavy Hispanic accent.
I know that if I tell him about the spy's he won't believe me and drag me to the Wreck room but I really want to hear the spy debriefing. Then I think of a great idea I will tell Magnet that I want real food and am thinking about stealing some. That way I will bring him to the back of the building and we can hear the spies.
I smile and start "you know I was thinking about get…." However Moms jeep filled with his stuff makes a huge revving noise and drives away drowned the rest of what I was saying out.
"I was saying…" I got interrupted a second time, this time by Armpit yelling at us now. He's running this way. There must be some radio waves at a whirled decibel blasting some place hear because I am starting to get a headache.
"Guys, guys guess what" he said as soon as he got to Magnet and I he is gasping from running only twenty feet.
"What" Magnets said? He is also now bouncing up and down exited to hear Pit completely forgetting I was talking. I should have thought of the stealing idea sooner he wouldn't care about anything else.
"Guess what dog. Moms not working hear any more. He got fired. Well he said he got let go but that just means you get fired nicely dog." Still hyperventilating from his little run from the Library to be where we are standing in front of the wreck room.
That got my attention my eyes wide "why he get fired" with my thick Texan drawl I asked. Today is just getting stranger. Must be radio raves.
"Man I'm getting Squid and X-ray their going to want to hear this" Magnet said as he ran to the Wreck room to get them.
In no time he's got are leader and are leaders right hand following right behind.
"Pit what's this about mom" X-ray said in full leader mode. One thing I can give him is that at least can get information quickly.
"Dog, so I was walking over to mom you know, because I need a new canteen and he was a complete asshole dog. He said to go ask another staff member because he doesn't work here anymore dogs. So I was like you got fired mom and he was like no I got let go there is a difference. Then he threw his stuff in his jeep and drove off." He said and then started to talk about being fired vs. let go. Thank god X interrupted that. I didn't want to hear the same thing twice when there is valuable time being lost.
"So we got no body in charge of us" X-ray smiled his dirty glasses shining in the sun. He was thrilled that now he is completely in charge not even an adult is in charge of us anymore. For how long thou I have no idea.
BANG! The mess hall door slams open and all the camper spies are swearing I guess it wasn't I good meeting. Wait one of the spies is Thlump and? No that can't be right he is too stupid to be a spy.
"This is fucking bullshit! I don't want to fucking go to real jail just because of some bitches are coming here!" The Lump is freaking out right now! As are all the other guys I saw going in to the spy meeting.
Squid was also paying attention to the spies freaking out Squids ok most of the time he is good with keeping us up to date about things on the compound. "You guys I think we should go over there and try to find out what's going on. Maybe one of them got mom fired," he said while pointing with his toothpick.
As we walk over some other guys are also heading over to see what's happening what with all the F bombs being yelled. When we reach them a dude form A tent asks the spies what happened.
The guy next to Lump explained that they all got kicked out of camp and that the reason was that Green Lake was going to be co-ed now and since all of them have sex offences on their record that they can't be hear any more. So they are going to be transferred to a different place. I now have a lot of things to think about but right now I am just pissed that those assholes hurt girls. Back home I just live with my mama and my three little sisters when I was ten we moved to one of those abused woman's safe house because of my dad. Since then we just live with mom in a small apartment but now my stepfather is the one that hits my mom and sisters. I hate men that hit woman and children it's not right and I will never be like them. I may hit another guy but I would never raise my hand to a lady.
Just then all the councilors are leaving the mess hall followed by the Warden the dinner bell rings my hands are fisted because, I'm still angry so on the way there I make share to trip at least some of the woman beaters. I get in line with the rest of the tent to get are 'food' and we sit in are normal positions.
Then comes Zero and even he seems fazed because of all this. Then he did something that made me drop my jaw. He TALKED and the first thing for us to hear him say was the f bomb!
"Fuck have you guys heard anything from the guys that came out of the mess hall?" he looked at all of us and we looked back more shocked at Zero talking then that there will be girls at camp green lake. Then Armpit was the first person to be able to say something when the rest of us where still in shock. I thought aliens must have stolen his vocal cords before this.
"Dog I didn't know you could talk." Pit said. The rest of us start to come out of it and see if that sentence was a onetime, occurrence or if Zero may be more useful or at least that's what X-ray, Squid and I are thinking. Magnet and Pit are just shocked.
Zero looked at Pit like he was the stupidest person in the world and then talked AGAIN! "Yes I can talk. I just don't like to answer stupid questions or talking to adults that act like they give a shit when they don't." he said glaring at us. X was starting to look at Zero differently same with Squid and me. Then he opens his mouth again. I guess we will need to get use to this "but back to what I was saying. After I got done with my hole, Pendanski forced me to work on dinner I don't know if you know this but he's not working hear any more I think it has to do with him being a huge perv. Any way when the guys and I were working, in came the Warden and all the other staff with seven guys from other tents. After all of them came in the Warden went right in about how none of them are going to dig any more holes making them thinking that, that is great and started to cheer and all of us in the kitchen where pissed but then the warden smiled this creepy smile and went on to tell them that since they are woman beaters" I think I like Zero "they are going to go to a different facility for the rest of their time because these new programs that we are going to have here and that because of these programs girls will now be here" he looks at us.
I look at X-ray and Squid and we are thinking that Zero is really good at retelling information, which can be really useful to us. Caller the guy before Zero was the info finder in the tent and since he left we have to rely on Pit and he isn't the best at that job, his talent is defusing arguments and fights.
I'm thinking if we were a bit nicer we may be able to get more information from him. I'm going to try finding out if he knows more. "So Z was there anything else in that meeting that would be of value to us" I say while slouching to look less scary and nod to him.
I get rewarded when he smiles back a little and says "see now that isn't a stupid question, Yah there is." I smile back.
Squid now gives it a try. He takes out his tooth pick which is his sign that what he is saying is serous and that you have his full attention. He also followed my lead in calling him Z to reiterate that we are not thinking he is as stupid as mom said I think he picked up on Zero being smart by the comment about adults like I did "Z could you tell us starting from the stuff that will directly impact are tent and then to the rest of the compound by order of importance." Zero realizes this is turning in to a test for him. For what, he doesn't know yet.
X-ray is hanging on every word and adds to Squid's request "also if there is anything you want to add that you think may be important that would be sweet, Z." Good adding that it makes him feel more up for sharing and also lets us know if he is able to decipher what information is actually useful.
"Sure the first thing that impacts us is that the Warden is now in charge of are tent and that are tent is going to be the first co-ed tent" so far he is really good at this. "We are also getting a yurt I do not know what that is but because of us getting it, it will fit fourteen seven guys and seven girls and it will have our own shower" I have no clue what a yurt is but at least he explained what it has.
Magnet interrupted loudly. "A yurt is like a permanent tent they can have a bathroom and kitchen and are naturally able to take care of heating and cooling." That sounds great and since Magnet projected that shit a lot of the other tables sounded very happy to.
X-ray looks at Magnet to thank him and then hush him we don't want anyone knowing Zero is able to recollect that much. It sounds like a lot of the other kitchen guys forgot the name of the thing we are going to live in X, Squid and I notice this.
X then says to Zero "Z could you continue?"
Zero really likes this. I think part of him is realizing that this is putting him in a better position among us. He also noticed that the other guys forgot about the yurt.
"Okay man. This yurt will have our own personal water that will be re filed each month. When we get the yurt we get the day off do build it. The rest of camp is going to be renovated also. When we get the thing that's not the only day we get off now because of these programs. The one we are all in is that each week we have six camp activities that we have to do five of them is dig holes and the other is helping out with cooking or cleaning stuff like that. So if we dig like a hole and a half a day we get three half days off of digging. Tomorrow, we are doing the cleaning activities so that the staff can set everything up and we are able to help." We all smile at this the three of us that are doing this test notice that Zero is great at math I needed to think about that shit to see if he was right.
He goes on "They are now calling digging activities. We also are now having mandatory education to get caught up with school for when we are out of here and the reason for the changes is evidently because the state was thinking about shutting Green Lake down. Because it's been open long enough that there should be a program that shows we are getting better." He said better like it was an idiotic concept. "The other program is going to be for older campers that are almost done with their time and that one you have to apply for she did not go in to that one as much but this one you work as like a mini staff and you do more education. You would even be able to do online college. Lastly when they get to renovate the mess hall we will get better food. A big part of all the new progams is so the camp gets more money from the government." Whenever he said state or at the end government he looked like he hated them. I always like people that recognize that the government is not there to help you. He looks at X-ray to see if that was good. It was great Squid smiled. X-ray and I nodded to him Squid puts the tooth pick back in his mouth. Magnet and Armpit notice us doing this and they smile at Zero to. Zero smiles back.
X-ray stands up "well every one now that we know what's going on lets head to the tent. You have anything to add Z?"
"Yeah you know how when you get here they say the only real rule when we get here is to not upset the Warden" he looked at all of us we nodded "the Warden made it clear that the new biggest rule is that if any guy so much as attempts to force their self on a girl you will be lucky to get to juvie its more likely that you will end up in a hole and it won't be painless" we all gulp. I guess he is also good at dramatic effect.
We get to the tent and see a note on the flap it said:
D-tent,
When you all are done eating and all have showered, if some of you are out of shower tokens there are some extra under the rock on the left side of the showers you may use those. Showering is mandatory! Come to my cabin all together there are some things I need to speak with you about.
From, the Warden
We all look at each other and look at her cabin with fear. X-ray tells us to follow the note and get everything done with in ten minutes.
"To make a good impression dogs." He said but he looked nervous to.