"Zero!!!" Grace screamed. "Evan! Caveman! Come one! We have to go after him!" she yelled. They both started running after Zero with Grace following close behind them.
1 day later
"Don't you think that we should've gone after them Magnet?" Court asked him, worried about their friends.
"Yeah, but we didn't have any water and we would just slow them down." He said. Court slammed her back on the couch.
"But still! I think that we should have done something for them! I mean, poor Zero." She said. "
Court. You know that I care for them. But not as much as I care for you, I don't want you do die out there." He said. What he just said stopped Courtni from arguing with him. He is so sweet. she thought to herself.
"We're going to have to dig 2 holes tomorrow, Court." He said.
"What? How come?" she asked. "Because the Warden still wants 13 holes." He said. "But-but-that's just not fair!" said Courtni.
"I know, Court." He said. "But we have to." He hugged her.
Evan, Caveman, and Grace were so exhausted. Caveman had been carrying Grace on his back most of the way. Grace was falling to sleep. Then Caveman collapsed. It woke Grace up suddenly and she coughed as the dust went into her eyes, nose, and throat.
"Whoa, Caveman. Get up buddy." Evan said. Evan helped Caveman up and then took Grace on his back. Grace started to get drowsy when she saw something about 15 feet away. She pointed at it. "What is that?" she asked the boys in a hoarse whisper. The boys looked up.
"I dunno." Said Evan.
"Well, let's go find out." Said Caveman. Evan let go of Grace and they all started running to the lump. As they got closer, they could tell that it was a boat.
"What does it say there?" asked Grace. "Hmm, it's says Mary Lou." Said Caveman.
"Who's Mary Lou?" Grace asked. Then she saw a foot sticking out of the boat. Grace screamed, jumped back, and fell down. She coughed from the dust scratching her throat. Caveman ran over to her. She put her hands over her eyes. Please don't be dead..please don't be dead...please don't be dead.. She thought.
Caveman helped her up and put his arm around her.
"Shhh..it's okay." He said. Evan went over to the foot and tapped it. "Oh, please Evan, don't do that." She said, a tear rolling down her cheek. Then they heard a groan.
"Zero!" screamed Grace. "Are you okay?" she asked as she saw him climbing out from under the boat. "Zero!" yelled Grace as she ran to him and hugged him. He almost fell over. After a long time of hugging, Zero said, "Want some Sploosh? You guys have got to be thirsty."
"What's Sploosh?" Grace asked.
"Come here." He said, waving towards the inside of the boat. Grace, Evan, and Caveman followed Zero inside the boat.
"We don't want an investigation!" the Warden yelled at Mr. Sir and Mr. Pendanski. Magnet and Courtni were eavesdropping on them, standing outside Mr. Sir's cabin.
"But what are we supposed to do? The girl and her brother have family!" Mr. Pendanski said.
"Actually, they don't, and they're not related." Mr. Sir said, quietly.
"Excuse me?" Said the Warden.
"They aren't related and they don't have family." Mr. Sir repeated.
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me." He said under his breath.
"Excuse me? What happened to their family?" she asked.
Mr. Sir heaved a sigh of relief, knowing what the Warden could have done to him for saying that. "Evan's and Grace's fathers are dead and their mothers don't care." He said.
"Excuse me? What about Caveman? He has a family." She said.
"We could just tell them that he ran off and he never came back." Said Mr. Pendanski.
"You idiot! They are going to ask why we didn't run after them with the truck!" she yelled. "We could tell them that we...did go after them. 'But we never found them. Face it Mr. and Mrs. Yelnats, .your son is buzzard food.'" Mr Pendanski said.
"I like that, I like that." Said the Warden.
Courtni looked over at Magnet who had a look on his face like "who do they think they are?" Court mouthed the words "how could they?" Magnet shook his head. And then Courtney saw a tear roll down Magnet's face.
1 day later
"Don't you think that we should've gone after them Magnet?" Court asked him, worried about their friends.
"Yeah, but we didn't have any water and we would just slow them down." He said. Court slammed her back on the couch.
"But still! I think that we should have done something for them! I mean, poor Zero." She said. "
Court. You know that I care for them. But not as much as I care for you, I don't want you do die out there." He said. What he just said stopped Courtni from arguing with him. He is so sweet. she thought to herself.
"We're going to have to dig 2 holes tomorrow, Court." He said.
"What? How come?" she asked. "Because the Warden still wants 13 holes." He said. "But-but-that's just not fair!" said Courtni.
"I know, Court." He said. "But we have to." He hugged her.
Evan, Caveman, and Grace were so exhausted. Caveman had been carrying Grace on his back most of the way. Grace was falling to sleep. Then Caveman collapsed. It woke Grace up suddenly and she coughed as the dust went into her eyes, nose, and throat.
"Whoa, Caveman. Get up buddy." Evan said. Evan helped Caveman up and then took Grace on his back. Grace started to get drowsy when she saw something about 15 feet away. She pointed at it. "What is that?" she asked the boys in a hoarse whisper. The boys looked up.
"I dunno." Said Evan.
"Well, let's go find out." Said Caveman. Evan let go of Grace and they all started running to the lump. As they got closer, they could tell that it was a boat.
"What does it say there?" asked Grace. "Hmm, it's says Mary Lou." Said Caveman.
"Who's Mary Lou?" Grace asked. Then she saw a foot sticking out of the boat. Grace screamed, jumped back, and fell down. She coughed from the dust scratching her throat. Caveman ran over to her. She put her hands over her eyes. Please don't be dead..please don't be dead...please don't be dead.. She thought.
Caveman helped her up and put his arm around her.
"Shhh..it's okay." He said. Evan went over to the foot and tapped it. "Oh, please Evan, don't do that." She said, a tear rolling down her cheek. Then they heard a groan.
"Zero!" screamed Grace. "Are you okay?" she asked as she saw him climbing out from under the boat. "Zero!" yelled Grace as she ran to him and hugged him. He almost fell over. After a long time of hugging, Zero said, "Want some Sploosh? You guys have got to be thirsty."
"What's Sploosh?" Grace asked.
"Come here." He said, waving towards the inside of the boat. Grace, Evan, and Caveman followed Zero inside the boat.
"We don't want an investigation!" the Warden yelled at Mr. Sir and Mr. Pendanski. Magnet and Courtni were eavesdropping on them, standing outside Mr. Sir's cabin.
"But what are we supposed to do? The girl and her brother have family!" Mr. Pendanski said.
"Actually, they don't, and they're not related." Mr. Sir said, quietly.
"Excuse me?" Said the Warden.
"They aren't related and they don't have family." Mr. Sir repeated.
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me." He said under his breath.
"Excuse me? What happened to their family?" she asked.
Mr. Sir heaved a sigh of relief, knowing what the Warden could have done to him for saying that. "Evan's and Grace's fathers are dead and their mothers don't care." He said.
"Excuse me? What about Caveman? He has a family." She said.
"We could just tell them that he ran off and he never came back." Said Mr. Pendanski.
"You idiot! They are going to ask why we didn't run after them with the truck!" she yelled. "We could tell them that we...did go after them. 'But we never found them. Face it Mr. and Mrs. Yelnats, .your son is buzzard food.'" Mr Pendanski said.
"I like that, I like that." Said the Warden.
Courtni looked over at Magnet who had a look on his face like "who do they think they are?" Court mouthed the words "how could they?" Magnet shook his head. And then Courtney saw a tear roll down Magnet's face.