Zigzag walked up to the little blonde, "Where did he go off too?" He questioned. Jade shrugged, ignoring him as she sunk a ball into a pocket. The tall boy stuck the middle finger up to the back of the girl's head as he chased after his friend. He ran all the way to the tent, where he heard a loud argument. When he entered, he saw the Warden, Mr. Sir, Dr. Pendanski and two security guards standing between two screaming teens. Magnet just watched in a daze. Zigzag couldn't understand what each of his tent mates were saying as they yelled over each other. He just knew that it was bad enough to make the Warden yell them silent.
"Quiet! Both of you sit down and be quiet, now!" Both of them stopped dead and stared at her. Zigzag looked at the two adolescents a little closer. Both were a little banged up. Squid had a split in his lip and a bruise on his jaw. Esra had a black eye and was holding an ice pack to her head.
The Warden paced as she spoke, "Now, whatever issues you two have with each other has to be resolved, we can't have disruption within the camp site and I don't think you'd like to switch tents. Not like that would help you," she looked at Esra as she said that. "But anyways, what did Mr. Sir say to you about fighting, Spice?"
Esra looked up at her quickly, a bit taken aback that she actually knew her nickname when last time they spoke; Esra still hadn't had her nickname. She blinked once and Mr. Sir piped up, "I told you, Spice, that if you or your sister is involved in any other fight before the end of this week, then you would be sent to the Juvenile Detention Center. Or Juvie, if you will."
Squid did a double take and stood up, "What?" He asked. He looked at from Esra to the Warden and then to Mr. Sir. One of the two guards pushed him back down on his cot; he had a shocked look on his face.
"You were there when Mr. Sir told them that." Dr. Pendanski stated.
Squid just looked down at his hands and mumbled something about the fact that he thought Mr. Sir was joking. Esra looked up and noticed Zigzag standing in the doorway with a pained expression on his face. She quickly looked away and back to the Warden.
The guard that was standing beside Esra noticed Zigzag and pointed to him, "You. Come here." Zigzag did what he told, not daring to make eye contact with Esra or Squid. He went and stood in between Mr. Sir and Dr. Pendanski.
The Warden walked up to him, "How do you feel about Spice going to Juvie, Zigzag? You're her mentor."
Zigzag looked over at Esra before looking back at the Warden, "Well," he cleared his throat, "I don't think that you should send her, she would never survive there. No offense." He sympathetically looked Esra's way, and then continued, "And if you knew the reason why she is so uptight, then I bet you would go easier on her."
The Warden looked over to Esra, who was playing with her hands, and then looked back to Zigzag, "And what's that reason?" She asked him.
"I don't think it's my business to tell you, it's Esra's. And I don't even think she's in the mood to tell you."
By this point, Esra had sized up the situation fifty times over and tears started rolling down her cheeks, she didn't dare look up and make eye contact with anybody around her, even though she could feel their eyes boring into her soul.
The Warden walked up to Esra and bent down to get in her face, "Come to my cabin around dinner time and explain to me your 'story'," she made air quotes when she said "story,". "Then we will figure out whether to send you to Juvie or not." With that, she walked out of D-tent, followed by Mr. Sir, Dr. Pendanski, and the two guards.
"Nice weather we're having today, huh?" Magnet asked from his cot, making everybody jump. He had been so quiet that none of them knew he was there, he had just seen what went on.
Esra shook her head gently and stood up; Zigzag and Squid just looked after her as she walked past them to Caveman's abandoned cot so she was away from the others. They watched as she just faced in the opposite direction of them, looking down and blocking out the world around her. She was still crying.
Back in the Wreck Room, Jade was leaned up against the pool table. Having been defeated at her match against X-ray, she watched as he struggled against Armpit. She ran a hand over her ponytail and pulled out the elastic, allowing long blond locks to fly around when she shook her head. "Damn is it ever hot in here!" She blurted, pulling her thick jumpsuit to unstick it from her sweaty skin. When Dr. Pendanski walked in, the blonde marched over to him. "Can I take this stupid thing off, I'm dying!" She complained.
Dr. Pendanski gave her a once over. "You realize that these boys will rip you apart, don't you?" He asked, sounding as if he was talking to a child. Jade grit her teeth. She had a hatred for the man she was speaking to.
"I will take my chances." She growled out. She spun around and walked back over to the boys. When she reached them, she unbuttoned her suit in one large pull, slipped her boots off and shimmied out. Eyes popped as the males saw her in her shorts and tank top. "Stop staring at me!" she yelled. Everyone ignored her. "Fine, stare then! This is the closest you will get to a body like mine!" She replied to the silence.
She was watching Armpit and X-Ray finish up their pool match when somebody came over and grabbed her by the waist, thinking it was Squid, she turned around to give him a kiss, but was surprised and freaked out when she noticed it was Razor, the guy who had tried to rape her when they first got here.
She pried his hands off of her, "Go away, you shouldn't be near me," she told him. He just looked at her sideways.
"Oh and why is that?" He gave her a sly grin, "Will your bitchy sister come beat me up?"
Jade's eyes turned rock hard, "No, but I know who will," she told him, reaching to her left to grab Armpit by the shoulder, "He will."
Armpit looked up and moved closer to the blonde, knowing that she was obviously getting herself into danger once again, he then locked eyes with Razor, "Look, we don't want any trouble, so why don't you just take your horn dog hands and leave?"
"Why don't you just mind your own business and leave me alone with this young lady?" Razor snapped back, reaching an arm around Jade and grabbing her side.
Dr. Pendanski noticed the tension building over by the pool table and walked over to them, "What's going on over here?" He asked them. Jade looked at him.
"The jackass here is trying to get in my pants for the second time since I got here, and it's annoying!" Jade exclaimed. Dr. Pendanski gave her a look.
"What did I tell you?" He scolded her, Jade just shrugged. He looked at Razor, "Alex, time to go back to your tent, let's not bother her anymore."
"Why should I?" Razor yelled at Dr. Pendanski, letting go of Jade. She ran up and stood kind of behind Armpit.
"Because I said so." He grabbed the boy by his arms and dragged him out of the Wreck Room with great struggle.
