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Squid walked down the halls of his new home. He turned a left, and then another left.
Or wait. His step faltered.
Was he supposed to take a right, and the up a flight of stairs?
Rrr…this was way too aggravating. He knew that he should have gone back with the rest of the boys, Alex preferably, instead of talking with Joe about his chores in the later week. Actually, more like tomorrow.
Sighing, Squid looked around the hallway he was in. It was just the same as all the others. White walls, and an ugly tan floor. About every 7 feet there was a door leading to only God knew where…well except for the person who went in that door, of course, but that was beside the point.
What was he supposed to do? Just knock on one of the doors and say, 'Hello. I'm lost. Can you please help me find my way?'
Hell no, there was no way that he would say that, or anything like that. This was a delinquent center. Not a preschool.
Squid shook his head. He didn't even know why he was talking to himself.
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X-ray, grinning at his accomplishment, slid the thick envelope into the mail box in the Wreck Room. He walked back to Armpit and Magnet who were sitting at the broken table.
"I think that he'll-"
"Hello boys!" Mr. Pendanski walked over to the 3 D-tent boys sitting at the busted table, "Seems to me you should be doing something else then getting yourselves into trouble."
"We aint doin' nothin'." Armpit growled, eyes narrowed.
"Exactly. You're not doing anything! I'm sure that you could be doing something else that's constructive around here. Just like Zigzag is. He thinks that he'll fix that damn TV. But you know what?" He waited a second, then leaned in closer to the boys, "He won't."
Mr. Pendanski, amused with himself, got back up and walked out the door.
"Asshole." Armpit sneered.
"Pit, I bet you don't even know what the word means." Magnet laughed. Armpit looked up, surprised,
"Well, what's the little hole in the middle of your-"
"Hey! X!" Zigzag came walking over, "Did ya mail that letter yet?"
"Yeah. He should get it tomorrow, or the day after. Hopefully."
"I hope he does, cuz-"
"That's not TRUE!" Greg, from tent A, yelled from the pool table, "Just cuz that ball hit a bump doesn't mean that you get to go again!"
His other camp mate snarled, "Why not?"
"Why the hell do you think?!" The D-tent boys watched, amused, as the 2 camp mates started a huge fist fight. Many of the other boys, in other tents, did the same thing, until Ian and Zack, both from tent E, pulled each of the boys back.
"As much as we wanna watch you guys-" Ian began.
"D-TENT! TENT MEETING!" Mr. Pendanski yelled from somewhere outside the Wreck Room.
"Does anyone else wanna interrupt-" X-ray muttered, but was cut off by Zigzag,
"I do." He laughed.
X-ray rolled his eyes, and continued walking his way out the door.
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Squid sighed to himself. He was gonna tuff this out, he knew it. Now where did he go last time?
2 lefts, down a flight of stairs…no, that wasn't right. It was down a flight of stairs, a left, down a big hallway, and another left. Was that right??
"Shit," He muttered. At moment all he could think about was sleep. He hadn't gotten it in what? 20 hours? He didn't get much sleep the night before. That was for sure.
Heh, he thought to himself, that rhymed.
He sighed again, and decided to go outside. He had been told by Joe that on every floor there was fire escape that led down to the grounds, still surrounded by fences of barb wire, electric…almost every type he could think of.
Now to just find that escape…
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"Good. Now that we're all here," Mr. Pendanski began, "We can all talk about each other."
"Each other??" Brent laughed, "Why?"
Mr. Pendanski's grin disappeared, "Why don't you go first, Brent. First, tell us why you got here."
"I stole." He slouched back into his seat, a cool look plastered on his face.
"Is that it?"
"Why should I tell you?"
Mr. Pendanski sighed but X-ray interrupted him,
"Cuz he said so," X-ray's voice was so low, even Zigzag looked over, slightly surprised.
"That's it." Brent glared over to X-ray.
"Good," Mr. Pendanski, somewhat uncomfortable with X-ray's comment, continued, "Now, why don't you tell us about yourself?"
"Why?" Brent sneered, "I don't halfta tell you nothin."
"Listen, Brent," X-ray was fed up with this boy, "You either tell us about yourself, cuz you wanna know why? We all did. And we're gonna keep doing it. So you either tell us, or you leave."
There was a moment of silence before Brent stood up, "I'll leave then."
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Yes! There it was! The broken window stood bright and beautifully. Well, Squid thought anyway. He opened it up gently, yet still, the glass crunched,
"Oh, well." Hopping onto the fire escape, he looked down.
Holy shit.
How high was he? 10 stories up? Man! This was a tall building!
Slowly, he made his way carefully down the wobbly ladder. It had taken over 10 minutes, but he had done it. Whew!
Many boys were still outside. Some talking, some fighting, some just sitting down. Oh yeah, and a small boy in the corner killing ants.
And he wondered what that boy got in there for.
Squid looked around. Seeing none of the boys he had met earlier, he walked slowly over to the side of the building and sat. His thought trailed off to his friends, left at the other camp.
*Flashback*
"Hey, Squid!" X-ray yelled, "Catch this!"
A small ball was thrown in the air towards him. He caught it with ease. Squid looked at it and then gazed up in the direction of where it had come from.
"Where'd you get this?" He laughed.
"Magnet got it in the Warden's cabin!" Magnet looked up, very proud of himself.
"In the Warden's cabin? You gotta be kiddin' me!"
"Nah! Just waited till she left, s'all!...Toss it here!" Squid tossed to ball over to Magnet. Soon enough, all the D-tent boys were playing catch with the small green ball. It was one of the most entertaining things that they had played with in along while.
Just as Squid was about to grab the ball, a voice made him turn his head, "EXCUSE ME!" Then a 'thonk' on his skull. Ouch. He looked towards the ground to see the little ball just sitting there.
"Where'd you get that?" The Warden was walking over to the boys.
"Scram!" Zigzag shouted, but not in time. The Warden grabbed the collar of his shirt. He froze.
"Where did you get that ball, Zigzag?" She said more sharply then the other time.
"Uhh…I donno."
"Wrong answer." She pushed him, hard, to the ground, and watched him fall.
"Squid? Where'd you get that ball?" Silence. Pure silence.
"Will anyone tell me, where you got that ball?" Again, silence echoed through them. At this time, other boys from the other tents, were coming out to see all the commotion.
"No shower tokens for you for a week." Quickly, she grabbed the green ball, and left for her cabin.
And even though they each knew that they would be sticking up the camp, they all laughed with amusement.
*End flashback*
Squid suddenly felt the presents to someone in front of him, so he looked up. Sure enough, at least 10 boys were standing there, grinning.
"You lost your mind, too?" One of them sneered, "Cuz you don't seem to be answerin' me." Squid narrowed his eyes.
"No." Each of them laughed at his response.
"Sure, sure," One of the taller boys said, "Care to tell me why you ain't answerin' me?"
"No." The boy's eyes darkened. He picked Squid up by the armpits, and shoved him roughly into the brick wall.
"You don't talk to me like that, you understand?" Squid glared, and came up to the other guys face,
"And you don't push me like that," And with his last statement, Squid's fist came flying up to the guys nose. Stunned by the sudden blow, the boy took a few steps backwards. Gosh, by the look in his eyes, Squid knew exactly how pissed he was. Squid took some steps forward,
"You scared of me?" Squid sneered, "Cuz you just seem to be frightened by my holy fist." He leaped forward onto the boy, sending them both sprawling onto the ground.
"Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!" Teens shouted from above them. Many more coming to see the brawl.
A fist flew in and punched Squid in the eye, and a foot kicked him in the shin. But that didn't matter.
Punches were flying in, people exchanging blows. Even some other boys were starting their own fights. Squid thought that this was actually fun, but then, the body beneath him went slack. He glanced down to see that the boy beneath him had fainted.
"We have a winna!" A boy with blonde hair pulled Squid up off the ground, "Man, I can't believe you beat up Evan!" Evan. That was his name? Such a sissy name.
The boy led him away from the fight, and they walked back over to the brick wall, "What's your name?"
"Squ—uhh, Alan."
"Squ?"
"It's nothin."
"It wouldn't be nothin if you didn't say it."
"My old friends had a nickname for me."
"And your nickname was Squ?" He laughed.
"No, no. It was…Squid."
"Squid, eh?" He pondered, then smiled, "Squid it is, then."
"What's your name?" Squid asked, slightly uncomfortable.
"Daniel. But call me Danny."
"All right. Danny it is." They shook hands, then continued to watch the brawl.
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Long chappy! Probably the longest yet. But, you'd you like it??
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