The boys had hopped that giving the lipstick tube to the warden would give them an excuse to look for the treasure. While they were digging they were much more alert than any of the other campers. They were looking for another clue that would lead them to the treasure. The reason that X-ray had made Caveman give him the lipstick tube was began he was digging the farthest away. They all knew that if they had given the lipstick tube to the warden and told her they found it in Caveman's hole anything they would find would be given directly to her. But by digging a few yards away from where it had originally been found, but the time they got to the right area the warden would not be as interested and then they were more likely to be able to disguise anything they found. It was a plan based on chance, but so far it had worked.
After they had been digging for a week the warden gave up and no one had found anything. This left the boys disappointed that their plan hadn't worked.
"What are we over looking?" X-ray began talking to himself as he walked back to the tent. "Rex, what have you gotten yourself into?"
X-ray stopped abruptly when he entered the tent. He thought he had been alone and was surprised to see Zero sitting on his cot staring at him. Their eyes met for a second but their gaze was broken when Zigzag entered the tent. Speaking in a strange way.
"Why Hello X-ray and Zero! Interesting weather we're having…so hot and dry…"
Zigzag spoke as he looked out of the corner of his eyes all around the tent, searching for a camera or microphone. X-ray knew something was up and left the tent with Zigzag close behind. Once they were far away from the tent Zigzag began talking quickly.
"Hey X, thanks for following me. I know it must have been hard to know what I wanted you to do because I was playing it cool back there. I didn't want the warden to think I was up to something, so I had to act normal."
X-ray laughed at the thought of Zigzag acting normal.
"Zig, why would the warden be listening?"
Zigzag stopped walking and opened his eyes wide and started looking from side to side while he spoke.
"Well, I over heard Mr. Sir and the Warden talking. Even though there have been cameras and microphones all over the camp, I guess that they had been turned off or something. Because when I walked by Mr. Sir's office he was talking to the warden. Mr. Sir said that he would beat the information out of us, but then the warden said no, she said that as of now, there wasn't going to be any trouble getting information out of us. Then Mr. Sir started laughing and asked if she was going to install the cameras and microphones again."
"You mean there were actually cameras and microphones?"
Zigzag's gaze got wider as he shook his head violently.
"What are we gonna do? We can't talk about…you…know…what…anymore."
"I have a plan."
After some digging, Magnet and Squid had managed to find out that there were only going to be microphones, and no cameras in the tents. The cameras were going to be saved for the wreck room and the mess hall. This left X-ray with a plan. The boys waited until Caveman was still digging and Zero was no place to be found. Then they took out their scripts and began to read, knowing that the warden and hopefully Mr. Sir was listening. He was the only one dumb enough to fall for their plan.
X-ray: "Hey guys did you hear?"
All: "No What?!"
X-ray: "The reason that the warden freaked out when we found that poem was because it belonged to kissing Kate Barlow!"
All: "Whoa! Really?!"
X-ray: "Yup! And there might be a treasure!"
Squid: "A treasure? No way!"
X-ray: "Way! And you know what? I think that if we find anything we should give it to the warden."
Magnet: "What? Why?"
X-ray: "Because without her we would not have food, water, shelter, or even a place to dig."
Armpit: "You just took my next argument for why we shouldn't give it to her!"
X-ray: "Well everyone knows if we don't give it to her, we will probably die."
All: Agree in various ways
They assumed their plan worked because the warden and Mr. Sir stopped being so nosy all the time. They had finally believed that the boys didn't know anything and that the warden was wasting her time.
Magnet walked behind X-ray as they walked back to camp after digging.
"X-ray this is great! The warden hasn't interrogated one of us for a week. Our plan must have worked!"
X-ray shrugged his shoulders. He was almost too tired to talk.
"No, it didn't work it only bought us some more time."
Sorry it took me almost 5 months to update. I am going to try to update again today. Please R&R. That is if anyone is even reading my fanfic anymore…
