I am absolutely sublime about the reviews! Sorry. I just had to use that word.

Here is the next chapter. And mind you, the ending might be a little of a surprise...


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-----THE NEXT MORNING-----

"G' morning people!" I sang, dancing ballet around and sprinkling "magical elf" fairy water from the pond into the campers' faces.

It felt better to walk around without the stuffy jumper. I was wearing shorts and a loose tee-shirt under it.

"What the hell is that smell?" asked Armpit, yawning.

"That's kind of scary coming from you." I said.

I was bent over the pond, washing my face with the soap that Dr. Pendanski had obviously left in the truck.

"No really... What is that smell?"

"Charlie puked all over himself."

Charlie's head popped out from behind the boulder with sleepy eyes.

"Go ahead. Tell everybody!" he grunted.

His orange-red hair was tangled and it stuck up in all directions.

"What happened to your jacket?" asked Caveman, chewing on a piece of onion.

"I told you," I said casually, putting on my orange jumper, "He chucked up all over himself. A lot, too."

Charlie ignored me and bent over his ruined jacket, almost in mourning.

"Oh you poor, poor Suede jacket. I knew you well."

"Well, you can't go rock climbing in an undershirt and boxers with pictures of Powerpuff Girls on them!"

He looked down at his attire and blushed.

"Oh... I forgot I was wearing that today."

He ran and hid behind the boulder.

Squid got up and started running around making whish sounds, singing the Powerpuff theme song.

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It turned out Charlie had to cut a hole at the bottom of two sunflower seed bags and wear them like a double poncho.

When everyone finally gathered around, we took out the map and laid it out in front of us.

"See? There's one of the 'X'es and there's the other one. Why are there two?" I pointed out.

"But I thought there was only one treasure." said Zigzag. "Why are there two 'X'es?"

"No... I learned how to count in the fourth grade. I can see two of them." Squid nodded.

The fourth grade?.

"One of the 'X'es is near the camp. See that?"

"And one of the treasures is over here!" exclaimed Magnet.

"Holy cheeses!" cried Charlie, "Look at the names at the bottom of the map!"

There was a note next to the listed names. It said;

We here promise to keep the treshure only in our harts and never tell any one where it is. Frendship and revenge are more valuabel than munny.

Signed,

John Patterson

Samuel Smith

Juan

RiChArD R. RiChArD

Theodore Jackson II

Katherine Barlowe

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"Whoa." we all said together.

"They were a gang." Zigzag said. "And..."

"...and those people..." continued Armpit.

"...they're our..."

"...ancestors."

"Whoa" we all said together again.

"Can you believe their spelling? It's hard to imagine Kissin' Kate used to be a school teacher." I said.

No one replied.

"Who's got a pen?" I asked.

"Oh I do!" Caveman said excitedly as he reached into his orange jumper pocket and pulled out a black pen.

Charlie snatched the pen from Caveman's hand.

"Cool! It has a picture of a naked lady on it!"

"WHERE?"

The boys crowded around Charlie, pushing each other to get a glimpse of the pen.

"Man! It's just a cartoon!"

They all groaned and gave Caveman disappointed looks.

"Now aren't you glad I slept by myself that night?" I said to... myself.

God! You're not always right, you know.

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I took the pen and wrote lightly on the map.

So did Squid.

And Armpit, and ZigZag, and Magnet, and X-Ray.

I looked proudly upon the map as Caveman protectively stuck the pen in his pocket.

There were six new names written on the parchment.

We here promise...erm... ditto. Except for the revenge part.

Signed,

Rex Patterson

Squid M. Smith

Jose Garcias

RiCkiE R. RiChArD

Theo Jackson V

Linda, Lauren, Lydia, Lilly K. Barlowe (Take your pick)

charles walker IV

StanleY YelnatS IV

HEctoR ZeroNi

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"I still think you should have put 'Pretty Boy' instead of 'Charlie'." said X-Ray in monotone.

Suddenly the ground began shaking. Just slightly, at first, and then people began toppling over because of the force. The quake was getting more and more agitating.

There was a cracking sound as the earth under Charlie split open in the blink of an eye.

He gasped as the ground beneath him gave way.

A monstrous hole opened right under Charlie's feet, pulling him into it.

"Pretty Boy!"

"Charlie!"

"Charles!"

"Walker!"

"Erm...You!"

The ground shook even more. Rocks tumbled. The earth rumbled with an agonizing cry of defeat beneath me.

God's thumb is teaching us all a lesson.

I could have laughed at the irony of it... if Charlie hadn't died...


Yeah... You can read that last line again, I know I did, many times. I wasn't sure if I should have, though.

ArwenEvenstar83: I tried to make the character Charlie a bit of a looser. lols! I lurve making up characters. Thnx.

Perky.Pyromaniac: I've gotten a lot of reviews about Charlie so far. I know it's not as sentimental as all of he other stories out there, but I have to tell oyu something: I'm not good at sentimental parts. I'm like Chandler from Friends.

Lilmizzrebel31:( Yes, I AM ashamed. I feel like a freak. But I can't really help it if I think Squid looks like a white gorilla... and CUTE gorilla... erm... of course... .

Fk306 animelover: I haven't thrown up since I was five, and I took medicine to MAKE me throw up... so... . ... He was chucking his guts because that's all he could do at the moment. You see, my dearest friend, Charlie is a looser. Loosers upchuck everythime they can't handle pressure. lols.