Chapter One

"What do YOU wanna do?"

"I dunno. What do YOU wanna do?"

"I dunno. What do YOU wanna do?"

The boring conversation had started thirteen minutes ago. And it would last another seventeen minutes.

"I dunno. What do-"

The door swung open and Mom stood in the doorway, blocking the sun from coming in.

D-tent returned to their conversation.

"-YOU wanna do?"

"I dunno. What do YOU wanna-"

"HellooooOOO D-Tent!"

Their bored eyes fell on Mom. The turned back to each other.

"-do?"

"I-"

"You've won an all expense trip to the MGM Grand!"

They all turned to look at Mom. They looked dead.

"Try to contain your enthusiasm!"

They looked back at each other.

"So, whaddaya think, X?" asked Armpit.

"I dunno. Sounds kinda fishy," X-Ray replied.

"You mean-" Zigzag began, but was cut off by Magnet.

"No, stupid," he said. "That means that X-Ray is suspicious that Mom would invite us to the." He had forgotten what the hotel was called. "Las Vegas."

"Oh."

"I think we should go," said Twitch, the 'jumpiest' of the group, "It sounds really, really fun. C'mon X-Ray, make your choice. Are we going are what?"

When X-Ray didn't answer, one word flooded out of Twitch's mouth, "Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Hu-"

"OKAY! WE'RE GOING! JUST SHUT UP!!!!!!!!"

"Okay," Twitch simply said, arms still twitching.

"Thank you, Rex," Mom said. "Now just sign on the dotted line." He handed X-Ray a form and a pen.

"Do I sign my name? Or D-tent?"

"Just write D-tent. It'll do."

X-Ray signed the form, not even bothering to read what was on it.

"Your limo will be picking you up in three hours get packed."

"LIMO!"

"How long will we be staying there for?"

Then, out of pure stupidity, Squid asked, "What's Las Vegas?"

"Okay," Mom began, "Ricky: Yes, you'll be going there and coming back in a limo. Jose: We will-I mean-you will be staying there for two weeks. And Alan: You'll find out when you get there. So, all of you, get packed for a three week stay! I'll see you in three hours!"

At first, none of them even bothered getting up, but the thought of going to a clean place got them thinking.

"What do you wanna do?"

"I dunno. What do YOU wanna do?"

"I dunno. What do YOU wanna do?"

"I dunno. W-"

Mom came back in. "Get packed!" and left.

They all sighed and looked as if they were going to leave, but stayed firm.

Mom came back in. "Do you guys just wanna leave now?"

"Yeah."

"Sure."

"Why not?"

They completed each others' sentences.

"All right. Follow me."

They shrugged at each other and followed Mom.

When they got to the white limo, Twitch whispered, "SWEET!" under his breath and tried to go for the wheel. But Zigzag held him back.

They got in slowly. So slowly that Mom chose where they were going to be sitting.

"Jose, Alan, Ricky, very back seat. Zero, Brian, second to last seat. Stanley, Theodore. Rex, you sit alone."

X-Ray groaned, but agreed. Wait, X-Ray wouldn't do that. REwind! X- Ray yelled at Mom, "Hey! That's not fair! Why do I have to sit alone! I think you chose our seats way to quickly. C'mon! I don't wanna be alone! Mom! Don't leave me like this! What have I ever done to you?"

D-tent rolled down the windows and looked at each other. They rolled them up again.

"Okay! Okay!" Mom looked into the windows uncertainly. "Rex, you can sit with.Ah! Stanley and Theodore!"

When X-Ray slipped in, he smelled the cool smell of a limousine. He had to sit in between Armpit and Caveman, since Caveman still found Armpit's stench unbearable. X-Ray was used to it.

"All right," Mom started, "Are we ready?"

The ones by the window nearest to him gave him a bored thumbs-up.

"All right! We're ready Eduardo!"

The limo started to move smoothly while the D-tent boys just sat, quietly, looking out the windows if they could. The ones in the middle had an over head window.

Ten minutes went by. Everyone had started a conversation except for Twitch and Zero. Twitch just kept on going, "Mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble," while Zero was screaming, "MAKE THE MADNESS STOP! MAKE THE MADNESS STOP! MAKE THE MADNESS STOP!"

Sorrowful, yet amusing.

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"What do you think it'll be like?" asked Zigzag, wide-eyed, as usual.

"We should've called you owl," muttered Squid.

"You've never been to Vegas?" asked Magnet.

"No," replied both Zigzag and Squid.

"Eeeeesshh," he pulled the left side of his shirt collar," That's tough. Have you ever been out of the state?"

No."

Magnet whistled. "Wow. Well, you'll find out when we get there."

Squid changed the subject. "Hey, Zig?"

"Yeah?"

"What's your number?"

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"Mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble."(Twitch)

"MAKE THE MADNESS STOP! MAKE THE MADNESS STOP! MAKE THE MADNESS STOP!"(Zero)

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"Armpit," said X-Ray.

"What?"

"You needa take a shower when you get to your room."

"It doesn't even take Mom a second to figure that out," muttered Caveman.

"True," agreed X-Ray.

"No," Armpit said flatly.

"Yes," both X-Ray and Caveman.

"NO."

"YES."

"NO!"

"YES!"

"NOO!"

"YEES!"

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"We're here," announced Magnet when they stopped. "Viva Las Vegas!"

"This is Vegas," asked Zigzag, staring at the bright lights. It was 10:00 which made the lights really stand out.

"Wow. That took a long time," said Squid.

The others slowly got out. Nobody but Magnet had earlier been to Vegas.

"It looks reeeeeaaaaallllly cool!" said Twitch.

X-Ray got out. "You can say that again."

Before Twitch could say anything, Zigzag's had shut his mouth. "And people say that I'm too li-ter-all."

"No," said Squid. "We don't say it. We just think it." He laughed a little.

"All right, D-tent! Follow me!"

They all turned to look at Mom who was at the front doors of the hotel.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW DID YOU GET HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!" screamed Zigzag.

They all sweat dropped, but had to agree.

"I took a helicopter."

"Ooohh." said Zigzag, still a little suspicious. Squid laughed and put his arm around Zigzag's shoulders.

"As I said before, D-tent, FOLLOW ME! FOR I WILL LEAD YOU TO YOUR ROOMS!!!!

They all shrugged.

"Okay."

"Sounds good."

"We'll follow."

Again, they completed each others' sentence.

Mom led them to one of the highest floors. That took them three elevators and two stairs cases. On account that two of the elevators were out of order.

"You will be separated into groups," said Mom. "Alan, Jose, Ricky, 713. Zero, Twitch, 714. Stanley, Theodore, 715. And Rex, room 716. I think you'll find a surprise in there."

After everyone had gotten into there room, X-Ray uncertainly slipped into his. He screamed. "A DEAD BARF BAG IS IN HERE!!! IS THIS SOME KIND OF JOKE?!?!?!?!?! I AIN'T SLEEPIN' WITH NO DEAD GUY!!!! GET HIM OUT!!!!!"

Mom laughed. "Don't worry, Rex. Lewis isn't dead. He's probably just sleeping."

A smile made its way on X-Ray's face. "Oh, BARF BAG! RISE AND SHINE!!!!!"

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"Armpit." Caveman said slowly, "TAKE A SHOWER!"

"NO!"

"YES!

"NO!"

"YES!"

"NO!"

"YES!"

"NO!"

"YES!"

"NO!"

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"Mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble." (Twitch, in case you forgot)

"MAKE THE MADNESS STOP! MAKE THE MADNESS STOP! MAKE THE MADNESS STOP!" (Zero, in case you forgot)

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"So." said Zigzag, in hopes of starting a conversation.

"So." said Squid. He had succeeded.

"So." finished Magnet. That was their conversation.

"So," said Squid. "Whaddaya guys wanna do?"

"I dunno. What do YOU wanna do?"

"I dunno. What do YOU wanna do?"

"I dunno. What do YOU wanna do?"

"I dunno. What do YOU wanna do?"

"I dunno," said Zigzag. "Wanna go to the pool?"

Squid and Magnet clapped, still bored. Then they both congratulated him. "Congrats. You broke the curse of boredom."

"All right. Let's go then," said Zigzag.

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