After a few minutes, Jam came back into the wreck room with an unmarked CD clutched tight in her hand. She marched over to the CD player and popped it open. Thlump jumped up threateningly but Brandy looked at him menacingly and he sat back down, glaring as Jam took his CD out and handed it to him. She stuck her CD in and pressed play.
Loud rap music came blaring out of it. Armpit almost jumped for joy, he was a huge rap fan and the only rap music he had heard in the last six months was what he and the other boys could sing. Jam could rap along with the songs perfectly and when one came around that Armpit recognized he joined her.
After a few minutes some of the more outgoing people were dancing while others just sat there and nodded along with the music. It was quite a sight, a bunch of kids dressed in orange dancing. Zigzag wanted to dance too but he didn't want to dance by himself and most of the girls were too small to dance with him. He spotted Flame in the corner nodding along with the music and walked over.
"C'mon, get up and dance with me." Zigzag said smiling wildly.
"I don't dance." Flame said looking at the ground "I dunno how."
"Its easy." Zigzag said and grabbed her hand to haul her to her feet.
He dragged her over to where Smirk and Magnet were dancing.
"Honestly, I have no coordination." Flame said pleadingly.
"You don't need no cordy-nation, you just need a beat." Zigzag said laughing.
He tried to get her moving but she was stiff as a board.
"Okay, c'mere." Zigzag said rolling his eyes and turning her so that she was facing away from him.
"Okay, here." he said putting his hands on her waist, she flinched in surprise. "Relax, I ain't trying nothing."
He helped her move until she was going with the beat. She laughed and kept going as he turned her around. She had her arms above her head moving with the beat and Ziggy didn't even realize but he had his arms wrapped around her waist.
"Hey Ziggy, get a room man cause Mom is coming." Squid yelled laughing.
Zigzag pulled away just as Mom entered the room. That was the end of that but Zigzag knew deep down that he liked Flame more then just a friend. She accepted him for who treated her, not by his reputation. After Mom left they still felt a vibe in them so they listened and cheered as Armpit and Jam went freestyle.
They went back to their tents soon afterwards with high spirits, it was amazing what girls could do to a guys spirits. Once they were in their tents X-Ray wanted to get Zigzag straightened out.
"Man, you better be careful if you are making a move for Flame." X-Ray said seriously "You heard what Mr.Sir said, it could get you in a lot of trouble."
"Or in the hospital." Squid said laughing. "Oh, come on X, we saw the way you have been eyeing Type. We all seem to be eyeing at least one."
"Then who are you eyeing?" X-Ray asked Squid scowling.
"Brandy." Squid said sheepishly.
The guys fell over laughing.
"She could whoop you if you got her mad enough, man." Twitch said laughing and Squid shoved him off his bed and he landed with a thump.
It still wasn't time for lights out and they could hear people moving around outside. They all shot up when they heard a commotion coming from near by.
They rushed outside to find a thick circle of boys and girls. Zigzag being the tallest was able to see what was going on. He let out a long line of curses and ran into the crowd.
"What is it Ziggy?" X-Ray yelled after him.
"Fight." Zigzag managed to yell back "Flame."
When they broke through the crowd they found Flame fighting with a boy from A-Tent. She was holding her own but they both looked hurt pretty bad. Flame had an earing torn out of her ear and it was bleeding sluggishly. Her wrist was bent in a strange direction and looked sprained or broken. The guy had a bloody nose and a swelled up eye. X-Ray made a move towards them and Squid, Armpit, Zigzag, and Magnet followed him knowing they were going to have to break up the fight.
Armpit, X-Ray and Magnet pulled the boy off of Flame. Brandy helped Zigzag and Squid hold Flame back.
Squid and Zigzag dragged a yelling Flame back to her tent while Brandy rounded up the rest of the group. X-Ray didn't leave the boy until he landed a hard punch to his nose.
When Brandy got into the tent, Zigzag and Squid had a worked-up Flame on her stomach, physically restraining her on her bed.
"Calm down or else I will get Armpit to sit on ya." Brandy said kneeling down in front of her.
Flame went limp so Zigzag and Squid let her go. She sat up slowly and let Brandy wrap her wrist up in a torn up t-shirt. Brandy sent Mustang to go wet a couple scraps of the t-shirt. When she came back, Brandy use them to wipe up Flame's ear.
"Why didn't you break up the fight sooner?" Twitch asked Brandy.
"I was in Mr.Sir's office with Type if you must know." Brandy said glaring at him but turned to Flame. "What were you fighting about anyway?"
"Some guy was scaring Steel. I told him to bugger off but he just slugged me so I slugged him back." Flame said lifting her head, looking for Steel.
They were quiet and they heard the sound of small voices coming from outside. They saw Steel and Zero sitting on the steps of the tent talking.
Just then, Mom came marching in smiling. His smile quickly faded when he caught sight of Flame.
"What happened to your wrist?" he asked suspiciously.
Everyone held their breath as they waited for her to answer.
"The cover of my crate fell on it." Flame said quietly looking at the ground.
Mom knew she was lying because there were no covers on the crates. It is the same as when the guys said the tent door hit them to cover up for fight.
"What about your ear?" he asked looking at her torn ear.
"It got slammed in the tent door." Flame said after a minute.
"I see." Mom said, not believing a word. "Well, boys, back to your tent."
X-Ray nodded and motioned for the boys to follow him.
"See ya tomorrow." X yelled as they walked towards their tent.
As the boys walked back to camp X-Ray noticed the worried expression on Zigzags face and asked what was wrong.
"The Warden saw." Zigzag said quietly "With her cameras and microphones. Flame is in trouble."
"Don't worry man, she didn't see nothing." X-Ray said shaking his head.
Although X-Ray laughed at his none-sense Zigzag still had a stomach tight with worry for Flame. Fighting as against the rules and The Warden came down hard on rule breakers.
Loud rap music came blaring out of it. Armpit almost jumped for joy, he was a huge rap fan and the only rap music he had heard in the last six months was what he and the other boys could sing. Jam could rap along with the songs perfectly and when one came around that Armpit recognized he joined her.
After a few minutes some of the more outgoing people were dancing while others just sat there and nodded along with the music. It was quite a sight, a bunch of kids dressed in orange dancing. Zigzag wanted to dance too but he didn't want to dance by himself and most of the girls were too small to dance with him. He spotted Flame in the corner nodding along with the music and walked over.
"C'mon, get up and dance with me." Zigzag said smiling wildly.
"I don't dance." Flame said looking at the ground "I dunno how."
"Its easy." Zigzag said and grabbed her hand to haul her to her feet.
He dragged her over to where Smirk and Magnet were dancing.
"Honestly, I have no coordination." Flame said pleadingly.
"You don't need no cordy-nation, you just need a beat." Zigzag said laughing.
He tried to get her moving but she was stiff as a board.
"Okay, c'mere." Zigzag said rolling his eyes and turning her so that she was facing away from him.
"Okay, here." he said putting his hands on her waist, she flinched in surprise. "Relax, I ain't trying nothing."
He helped her move until she was going with the beat. She laughed and kept going as he turned her around. She had her arms above her head moving with the beat and Ziggy didn't even realize but he had his arms wrapped around her waist.
"Hey Ziggy, get a room man cause Mom is coming." Squid yelled laughing.
Zigzag pulled away just as Mom entered the room. That was the end of that but Zigzag knew deep down that he liked Flame more then just a friend. She accepted him for who treated her, not by his reputation. After Mom left they still felt a vibe in them so they listened and cheered as Armpit and Jam went freestyle.
They went back to their tents soon afterwards with high spirits, it was amazing what girls could do to a guys spirits. Once they were in their tents X-Ray wanted to get Zigzag straightened out.
"Man, you better be careful if you are making a move for Flame." X-Ray said seriously "You heard what Mr.Sir said, it could get you in a lot of trouble."
"Or in the hospital." Squid said laughing. "Oh, come on X, we saw the way you have been eyeing Type. We all seem to be eyeing at least one."
"Then who are you eyeing?" X-Ray asked Squid scowling.
"Brandy." Squid said sheepishly.
The guys fell over laughing.
"She could whoop you if you got her mad enough, man." Twitch said laughing and Squid shoved him off his bed and he landed with a thump.
It still wasn't time for lights out and they could hear people moving around outside. They all shot up when they heard a commotion coming from near by.
They rushed outside to find a thick circle of boys and girls. Zigzag being the tallest was able to see what was going on. He let out a long line of curses and ran into the crowd.
"What is it Ziggy?" X-Ray yelled after him.
"Fight." Zigzag managed to yell back "Flame."
When they broke through the crowd they found Flame fighting with a boy from A-Tent. She was holding her own but they both looked hurt pretty bad. Flame had an earing torn out of her ear and it was bleeding sluggishly. Her wrist was bent in a strange direction and looked sprained or broken. The guy had a bloody nose and a swelled up eye. X-Ray made a move towards them and Squid, Armpit, Zigzag, and Magnet followed him knowing they were going to have to break up the fight.
Armpit, X-Ray and Magnet pulled the boy off of Flame. Brandy helped Zigzag and Squid hold Flame back.
Squid and Zigzag dragged a yelling Flame back to her tent while Brandy rounded up the rest of the group. X-Ray didn't leave the boy until he landed a hard punch to his nose.
When Brandy got into the tent, Zigzag and Squid had a worked-up Flame on her stomach, physically restraining her on her bed.
"Calm down or else I will get Armpit to sit on ya." Brandy said kneeling down in front of her.
Flame went limp so Zigzag and Squid let her go. She sat up slowly and let Brandy wrap her wrist up in a torn up t-shirt. Brandy sent Mustang to go wet a couple scraps of the t-shirt. When she came back, Brandy use them to wipe up Flame's ear.
"Why didn't you break up the fight sooner?" Twitch asked Brandy.
"I was in Mr.Sir's office with Type if you must know." Brandy said glaring at him but turned to Flame. "What were you fighting about anyway?"
"Some guy was scaring Steel. I told him to bugger off but he just slugged me so I slugged him back." Flame said lifting her head, looking for Steel.
They were quiet and they heard the sound of small voices coming from outside. They saw Steel and Zero sitting on the steps of the tent talking.
Just then, Mom came marching in smiling. His smile quickly faded when he caught sight of Flame.
"What happened to your wrist?" he asked suspiciously.
Everyone held their breath as they waited for her to answer.
"The cover of my crate fell on it." Flame said quietly looking at the ground.
Mom knew she was lying because there were no covers on the crates. It is the same as when the guys said the tent door hit them to cover up for fight.
"What about your ear?" he asked looking at her torn ear.
"It got slammed in the tent door." Flame said after a minute.
"I see." Mom said, not believing a word. "Well, boys, back to your tent."
X-Ray nodded and motioned for the boys to follow him.
"See ya tomorrow." X yelled as they walked towards their tent.
As the boys walked back to camp X-Ray noticed the worried expression on Zigzags face and asked what was wrong.
"The Warden saw." Zigzag said quietly "With her cameras and microphones. Flame is in trouble."
"Don't worry man, she didn't see nothing." X-Ray said shaking his head.
Although X-Ray laughed at his none-sense Zigzag still had a stomach tight with worry for Flame. Fighting as against the rules and The Warden came down hard on rule breakers.
