A/N: apologies once again for the late updates (: I will try to be more consistent next time! Thank you to everyone who reviewed, and now, on to the story...

"Zero, what was that all about man?" Armpit asked, his fellow tent members closing in on Zero.

"Yeah, do you know something we don't?" Magnet joined in

Zero said nothing. His eyes darted about the tent looking desperately for some means of escape. He'd promised Crystal he wouldn't tell anyone, but these weren't going to juts let his sudden outburst go without notice.

X-Ray looked down at him with an icy cold glare.

"You think you're so special don't you Zero? You think you're Fox's only friend, just because she's nice enough to pity you. She's our friend too you know. We care about her just as much as you do. So stop being so selfish already and tell us what's going on!" He spat at him.

Zero's eyes widened at his words. What if what he was saying was right? What if Crystal did only hang out with him out of pity? She had so much more in common with the other campers. He looked up at X-Ray; his eyes were shining with emotion and anger behind his thick glasses. X-Ray really did care about Crystal deeply. He loved her. A sharp pang of realisation went through Zero; so did he. He could imagine how he would feel if someone else knew something about Crystal that was hurting her, and they refused to tell him. He'd feel powerless, not worthy to love her. Once more he lifted his brown eyes and looked directly at X-Ray.

"I guess...you're right," he muttered quietly. X-Ray's expression softened.

"So, you'll tell us?"

Zero hesitated, then sighed and nodded.

"Basically –"

"No!" a voice cried from the opening of the tent. All the boys span around to see Crystal stood there. She looked at Zero with a betrayed expression. Clearly, she had been watching the whole conversation.

"I thought...I could trust you..." she whispered, her eyes beginning to fill with tears. "Isn't that what you said? Trust is the most important thing? God, I'm an idiot. You're just like all the other guys aren't you."

Zero opened his mouth to say something, and then closed it again. What could he say? She was right. She had trusted him to keep it a secret and now he was about to tell everyone.

"Oh thank goodness, there you are little lady," Pendanski said behind Crystal's back. He placed a hand on her shoulder and smiled. "You gave us quite a scare there,"

Crystal said nothing. She covered her eyes under her hair and made her way over to her cot. She collapsed down, facing the wall, staring angrily into space.

That night, Squid crept silently out of his cot and made his way out into the night. A small, dark figure was stood alone in the sand, looking up at the clear, starry sky.

"I thought I'd find you here," he said.

Zero turned around, his expression blank. Squid walked forward to stand at Zero's side.

"Fox was pretty mad today. It must've been something really bad, huh?"

Zero nodded, saying nothing.

Squid sighed, "I guess it was wrong of us to ask. She trusted you to keep it a secret and we didn't respect that,"

Zero nodded again.

"She'll get over it," he said. Zero looked at him in surprise. Squid smiled at him.

"She can't be mad at you forever. You didn't actually tell us in the end. She thinks too much of you to just let you go."

"But X-Ray said..."

"Never mind what X-Ray said. He's too blind by jealousy to understand. Look, I was talking to her today; she genuinely enjoys spending time with you,"

Zero sighed.

"None of that matters now, she hates me."

Squid stared at him. Not saying anything for a while. Then he smiled.

"You love her, don't you?"

Zero said nothing. Squid placed an understanding hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry about it man, like I said, she'll get over it,"

Squid made his way over to the tent leaving Zero alone, staring at the stars.

"Crystal..." he whispered into the air, "I...love you."

The next day, the campers made their way over to the dry expanse of desert. An awkward silence looming over all of them. Crystal walked ten steps ahead of them all, staring angrily at the baron landscape. Zero trailing quietly at the end. Mr Sir pointed to where they were digging. A few yards away from yesterday's holes. Crystal lifted her shovel and pounded the earth, creating a deep crack. She dug relentlessly. Ignoring the searing pain of her blisters and the baking heat of the sun. Her mind was blank, focusing on the hole rather than the night before. She ignored the concerned looks of the campers staring at her. She ignored Zero's lost expression. She ignored everything but the weight of the earth in her shovel. Suddenly, she felt a loud clang run through her shovel. She peered down, once again, the glint of metal shone up at her. She flung her shovel to one side and started clearing away the dirt with her hands. Slowly, she revealed a long pole. A handle on the end of it.

"A shovel?" she whispered to herself. She moved the dirt from the other end and confirmed her suspicion. There was one of camp green lake's infamous five foot shovels. She studied the end of it; there was a browny-red rust like substance smeared across it. She lifted a finger tentatively and touched it. She gave a gasp of horror. It was dried on blood. How long had it been here? She grabbed her own shovel and began digging furiously around the area. Soon enough it hit something else. A plastic bottle. Someone's canteen. She grabbed at the handle and tugged it from the ground. She turned it round to read the faded letters on the side of it. The bottle fell from her hands. Her eyes widened in terror, her mouth open in a silent scream.

"Fox"

A/N: ooh I'm actually genuinely proud of that cliff-hanger. (: apologies for the short chapter, but I couldn't really add more to it, it would ruin the impact. Sorry if Squids a wee bit out of character. I always pictured him as the more sensitive one for some reason so yeah, that's why he's like the nice one. Please review!