Author's Note: Please notice that I'm taking Stanley's appearance from the book--not the movie.

*Chapter two: Trapped*

Stanley didn't quite know how his big figure was going to fit through the window, but he knew he'd have to manage somehow. For a moment, he thought that Zero should've come this way and Stanley should've entered through the door.

He carefully pulled his body weight up and finally got his chest on the window ledge. Stanley guessed that the ledge was four and half feet tall by comparing his tall height to it.

Finally he got his stomach on the ledge only to find that he couldn't fit. This would be a problem. Perhaps Zero was having better luck than he was.

And yes, Zero was having better luck. He was creeping down the hallway, now assured that the Warden was sound asleep. Where was he going to find it? His first guess was the bathroom—but where was the bathroom?

There was a pink room that he guessed was the bathroom. One main reason: the smell.

Just as he was about to enter the small, bad smelling room, he heard the voices on TV cease.

The Warden was awake!

X-ray panicked. Never before had he come against a yellow-spotted lizard. Of course he had heard about many prison boys like him being bitten, but he himself had never even seen one in his life. The only reason he knew the object below him was one was because of the spots. Pretty obvious.

He felt like screaming out for help, but that would only get him in trouble. The Warden would hear him and come running out. Then what would happen to him? Would his few privileges be taken away for the rest of his existence at the camp? And with the situation in the way it was, X-ray guessed that his existence wouldn't be too much longer.

Stanley grumbled as he thought of what good being overweight was doing for him at that moment. No good at all! Now what could he do? Suddenly, he could see the petite figure of the Warden in the dark, heading straight for the kitchen where he was stuck!

The Warden flipped her red hair back and yawned, luckily not turning on the light. Instead she opened the fridge and pulled out a jug of milk—chocolate milk. Stanley licked his lips realizing how much he missed the taste of milk especially when it was chocolate milk. But this was no time to think of food. This was time to think of any way to escape this dilemma—it there even was a way.

Stanley stayed as still as possible when the Warden came closer to the kitchen window, fortunate for him, she was half asleep. She almost threw the glass in the sink, not caring if it broke or shattered. She stretched and again yawned. It was then that Stanley realized that right below him, in the kitchen, was the sink. Now he was at an advantage. He could land on a higher setting and not have to worry about his heavy body making a noise when it touched the tiled floor.

Zero quickly took in his surroundings. There was no place to hide. Then he looked in the bathroom. It was very small, but he might be able to fit in there somewhere. But it would be just his luck that the Warden come in to get ready for bed.

Zero staggered in, suddenly noticing the shower. He jumped inside the tub and hid behind the curtain.

And come in the Warden did. She sleepily stumbled in and opened the cabinet. She pulled out her tooth brush and washcloth. Zero held his breath tightly when he heard the sound of her brushing her teeth.

Zero carefully reached over to grip the handle on the side of the wall to support his stand, but in his attempt, he knocked over the soap bar. He quickly shot out his leg and the soap landed flat on his knee. He silently gulped; hoping the Warden hadn't heard him. But just then, the soap tumbled off of his knee and hit the tub bottom with a "thud".

The Warden delayed her brushing and stood still, her eyes wide open. She looked in the direction of the tub and narrowed her eyebrows in confusion.

She spit out the toothpaste in the sink and set her toothbrush down. Zero knew that she was moving towards the curtain, and he expected her to pull it open any moment. What would he do?

X-ray remembered Mr. Sir saying that if you stay completely still and don't bother them, then they won't bother you. But that was the problem—he had bothered it!

Reaching up and adjusting his glasses, X-ray wondered if he carefully moved his foot away if the lizard would strike. Perhaps, but perhaps not. Maybe the lizard was afraid of him and was also trying to escape, but not sure if he would hurt it.

That is dumb, X thought. He shook his head, but was suddenly startled by a nearby gunshot. There was only one person on the premises with a gun. Had Mr. Sir discovered him?

Stanley was relieved when he hands feet landed safely on the counter below him. Finally he was in. He imagined that Zero had already retrieved it and was back safely in the tent, presenting it to Armpit. Suddenly a gunshot sounded, making him jump. He slowly set his feet on the tiled floor. What else could happen? What had Mr. Sir done now?

The Warden jumped at the gunshot and rolled her eyes. Her grip on the shower curtain cut loose and she stomped out of the bathroom. Zero could hear the door to the cabin bang shut and the clear southern tone of the Warden say: "Excuse me?"

Zero had to laugh to himself. Well, now he could find it and then Stanley who was probably in the building somewhere and get of there.

Zero stepped out of the tub, first setting the soap back on the ledge where it had once been. He opened the mirror cabinet above the sink and searched. Finally his eyes came upon the rectangular object that he guessed was the right thing. He recognized it from long ago. His mother had had one.

Slowly reaching up retrieve it, his fingers grasped it tightly. As soon as he made out the words on the front, he shut the cabinet and crept into the kitchen where he found a shaken up Stanley.

"Come on, Caveman! We've got to scram!" Zero exclaimed, motioning behind him to the sound of the door swinging open and two voices arguing back and forth: "You can't just shoot up the whole camp grounds and wake up everyone!" "But if I don't…" "Excuse me?" "Well, you don't want all these boys to die from yellow…" "Excuse me?!"

Stanley and Zero exchanged grins. They crawled up to the window, and with the many pushes of Zero, Stanley was outside and fell to the ground. Zero easily slid through and shut it behind him.

Luckily, the gunshot had scared away the lizard and X-ray sighed. He then saw the shadowy figures of his friends emerge from behind the cabin.

"Get it?" he asked in a shaky tone.

"Yeah, man. What's up with you? You didn't get caught or nothing," Zero laughed in a whisper.

"Well, it's a long story, but let's just get this to Armpit!" X-ray exclaimed.

After sneaking in the shadows, the three boys finally made it back to their tent where they eagerly entered.

"Yo! Armpit!" X-ray whispered. "We got a present for ya!"

Armpit yawned and rubbed his eyes.

"Hey, guys! Wake up! X-ray's got a present for me!" Armpit yelled. Soon enough all of the boys in the tent were grumbling from their wake up call.

"Actually, it's from all three of us," Stanley said, pointing to X-ray and Zero. "You better say thank you 'cause we worked hard to get this, Armpit!"

"Well, X, what is it?" Armpit asked anxiously when he saw X-ray's hands behind his back.

Suddenly X-ray threw a rectangular object through the air. Armpit reached up and caught it. He let out in a burst of laughter and the whole tent soon joined in.

"Lady's Sleek Deodorant," Armpit mumbled with a chuckle. "Thanks guys!"

The next morning, the Warden obstinately awoke. She managed to carry herself into the kitchen and flipped on the light.

Yawning, she slowly opened her eyes and looked at the sink. She rubbed her eyes and shook her head, not believing what she saw in front of her. She set her gaze directly on the counter.

She confusedly murmured: "Footprints?"

*THE END*