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"Ahhhhh!!!!!!!" a boy with sticky-out hair screamed when Willow walked in. He zipped up his jumpsuit as quick as he could.
"Hey! I'm Willow, normally called Will. Which bed is mine?" she grinned.
A black boy with thick, dirty glasses walked up to her. "You sure you're in the right place, miss?"
"This is tent D, right?"
"Yeah, at Camp Green Lake. The boys camp? As Mr. Sir keeps pointing out, 'This ain't no girl scout camp'. What're ya doin' here?" the same boy said.
"I broke into the computer system at my school and changed everyone's grade, so I got sent here. Where do I sleep?" Willow continued smiling.
"There's an empty bed ova there," a Hispanic boy pointed to a bed in the corner. "I'm magnet. That's X-Ray," He pointed at the kid with the glasses," and that's Zig-Zag." He pointed at the screaming kid." The rest are still digging or in the rec room." Willow nodded at the boy and went over to the bed he showed her.
"Okay. Magnet, X-Ray, Zig-Zag. Got it. So, what ya'll do in yur free time?"
"Well, we normally change into our clean outfit without having a girl barge in. Then we hang out in the rec room." Zig-Zag said.
"Wow. Sounds like a ton of fun." Willow rolled her eyes. "Doesn't anything happen around here?"
"Well, yesterday we turned in our work suits and got cleaned ones. We do that again the day after tomorrow." X-Ray said.
"Oh, goody! I can't wait. Is that seriously all that goes on around here?"
"More or less. Come on, we're going to the rec room. We'll show you the rest of the guys." Magnet said.
"This'll be a shock for 'em," Zig-Zag whispered to X-ray and Magnet.
Willow followed them out of the tent and down the dusty street.
"That's the mess hall, and those are, um, the, er, showers," X-Ray pointed at some stalls. Willow laughed as she saw some boys in the showers yelling and ducking as she came near. But she still was a bit nervous about them.
"This'll be great. Showering around a bunch of teenage guys." Willow said to Zig-Zag, who began to turn a bit pink.
"Oh, yeah, uh, um, ha ha," Zig-Zag stumbled over the words, failing badly at trying to seem casual.
"And this is Mom," X-Ray said as a short man walked up to them.
"Ah, you must be Willow, the new kid," 'Mom' said, "Welcome to Camp Green Lake. I'm Dr. Pendanski, and I-"
"I thought you were Mom." Willow interrupted.
"Well, yes, that is what these boys like to call me. But, anyways, I just wanted to say that I feel that just because you did a bad thing or two- "
"Or twelve."
"Doesn't mean you're a bad kid. People make mistakes. You're here to correct your mistakes-"
"And break your back digging up holes. See ya, Mom. We're gonna introduce Will to the rest of the guys." Magnet said and they went off to a room that had 'Wreck Room' written on the door. Haha. How cute. Willow thought.
"Yo! Armpit! Squid! Where's Barfbag? Come meet the new guy, Will." X- Ray shouted at the pool table. Two kids got up and walked over.
"Hey, Will. I'm-Hey! You a girl!" one of them said.
"Thanks for noticing."
"Never mind that. Yo, Will. I'm Squid. This's Armpit. Barfbag is in the showers." The other kid said.
Just then, another guy walked in. It was one of the guys who had screamed when he saw her coming towards the showers.
"This is Barfbag." Armpit said.
Willow raised her eyebrows. "Nice name. Wish I had one just like it."
"Whatever." Barfbag rolled his eyes. "It's dinner time."
Will groaned. Part of her was dreading this moment, when she'll find out what she's going to be eating for the next 18 months, and part of her was just plain starving. "What kind of junk do they serve ya guys here?"
"You probably wouldn't want to know. Just eat it and don't think about what it is." Squid said.
"It's toxic waste," Zig-Zag said as they walked down to the mess hall. "I swear! I saw them pourin' it into some cans yesterday."
"Eh, don't worry. He talks nuts. He's paranoid or something. That's what his file says. Next he'll be telling you 'bout and cameras in the shower." Magnet reassured her.
"There're cameras and microphones in there. To keep an eye on us, ya know?" Zig-Zag said.
As Willow lay in here bad, she tried not to think about the dinner she was forced to eat. She had tried to tell them she's a vegetarian, but all they gave was bread and some sort of stew-like thing that she knew must have at least one dead animal in it. She gave up and ate it anyways, and prayed for the dead animal and for herself, so she wouldn't barf it all up.
Will had the bed that wasn't a bunk, so she was staring right up at the ceiling. Orange. She had a feeling she would be seeing a lot of orange in the next 18 months. She rolled on her side and faced the inside of the tent. The mattress squeaked beneath her. She could hear plenty of snores from the rest of the boys. She tried to get to sleep, but every time she had almost dozed off, she had been awakened by a snore or squeak or some unidentifiable creature outside. Finally, giving up the struggle, she got up out of bed and walked onto the step outside the door. She took a deep breath of night air. She looked up at the stars and the moon. Such a perfect night, and they were all wasting it sleeping. Of course, they must be tired from all that digging, and she heard they had to wake up early. She sighed. She was not a morning person.
Suddenly, she heard another noise. Not a normal noise of the night. Something different. She turned around.
Standing next to her was Zig-Zag, looking more bewildered than ever.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I hope you like it. Please review! I'm sorry that it'll probably be a while before the next one gets published. Tomorrow's Halloween, and then I have to do junk on Saturday and Sunday, and then school, but I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can. Thank you if you have reviewed! Bye!
"Ahhhhh!!!!!!!" a boy with sticky-out hair screamed when Willow walked in. He zipped up his jumpsuit as quick as he could.
"Hey! I'm Willow, normally called Will. Which bed is mine?" she grinned.
A black boy with thick, dirty glasses walked up to her. "You sure you're in the right place, miss?"
"This is tent D, right?"
"Yeah, at Camp Green Lake. The boys camp? As Mr. Sir keeps pointing out, 'This ain't no girl scout camp'. What're ya doin' here?" the same boy said.
"I broke into the computer system at my school and changed everyone's grade, so I got sent here. Where do I sleep?" Willow continued smiling.
"There's an empty bed ova there," a Hispanic boy pointed to a bed in the corner. "I'm magnet. That's X-Ray," He pointed at the kid with the glasses," and that's Zig-Zag." He pointed at the screaming kid." The rest are still digging or in the rec room." Willow nodded at the boy and went over to the bed he showed her.
"Okay. Magnet, X-Ray, Zig-Zag. Got it. So, what ya'll do in yur free time?"
"Well, we normally change into our clean outfit without having a girl barge in. Then we hang out in the rec room." Zig-Zag said.
"Wow. Sounds like a ton of fun." Willow rolled her eyes. "Doesn't anything happen around here?"
"Well, yesterday we turned in our work suits and got cleaned ones. We do that again the day after tomorrow." X-Ray said.
"Oh, goody! I can't wait. Is that seriously all that goes on around here?"
"More or less. Come on, we're going to the rec room. We'll show you the rest of the guys." Magnet said.
"This'll be a shock for 'em," Zig-Zag whispered to X-ray and Magnet.
Willow followed them out of the tent and down the dusty street.
"That's the mess hall, and those are, um, the, er, showers," X-Ray pointed at some stalls. Willow laughed as she saw some boys in the showers yelling and ducking as she came near. But she still was a bit nervous about them.
"This'll be great. Showering around a bunch of teenage guys." Willow said to Zig-Zag, who began to turn a bit pink.
"Oh, yeah, uh, um, ha ha," Zig-Zag stumbled over the words, failing badly at trying to seem casual.
"And this is Mom," X-Ray said as a short man walked up to them.
"Ah, you must be Willow, the new kid," 'Mom' said, "Welcome to Camp Green Lake. I'm Dr. Pendanski, and I-"
"I thought you were Mom." Willow interrupted.
"Well, yes, that is what these boys like to call me. But, anyways, I just wanted to say that I feel that just because you did a bad thing or two- "
"Or twelve."
"Doesn't mean you're a bad kid. People make mistakes. You're here to correct your mistakes-"
"And break your back digging up holes. See ya, Mom. We're gonna introduce Will to the rest of the guys." Magnet said and they went off to a room that had 'Wreck Room' written on the door. Haha. How cute. Willow thought.
"Yo! Armpit! Squid! Where's Barfbag? Come meet the new guy, Will." X- Ray shouted at the pool table. Two kids got up and walked over.
"Hey, Will. I'm-Hey! You a girl!" one of them said.
"Thanks for noticing."
"Never mind that. Yo, Will. I'm Squid. This's Armpit. Barfbag is in the showers." The other kid said.
Just then, another guy walked in. It was one of the guys who had screamed when he saw her coming towards the showers.
"This is Barfbag." Armpit said.
Willow raised her eyebrows. "Nice name. Wish I had one just like it."
"Whatever." Barfbag rolled his eyes. "It's dinner time."
Will groaned. Part of her was dreading this moment, when she'll find out what she's going to be eating for the next 18 months, and part of her was just plain starving. "What kind of junk do they serve ya guys here?"
"You probably wouldn't want to know. Just eat it and don't think about what it is." Squid said.
"It's toxic waste," Zig-Zag said as they walked down to the mess hall. "I swear! I saw them pourin' it into some cans yesterday."
"Eh, don't worry. He talks nuts. He's paranoid or something. That's what his file says. Next he'll be telling you 'bout and cameras in the shower." Magnet reassured her.
"There're cameras and microphones in there. To keep an eye on us, ya know?" Zig-Zag said.
As Willow lay in here bad, she tried not to think about the dinner she was forced to eat. She had tried to tell them she's a vegetarian, but all they gave was bread and some sort of stew-like thing that she knew must have at least one dead animal in it. She gave up and ate it anyways, and prayed for the dead animal and for herself, so she wouldn't barf it all up.
Will had the bed that wasn't a bunk, so she was staring right up at the ceiling. Orange. She had a feeling she would be seeing a lot of orange in the next 18 months. She rolled on her side and faced the inside of the tent. The mattress squeaked beneath her. She could hear plenty of snores from the rest of the boys. She tried to get to sleep, but every time she had almost dozed off, she had been awakened by a snore or squeak or some unidentifiable creature outside. Finally, giving up the struggle, she got up out of bed and walked onto the step outside the door. She took a deep breath of night air. She looked up at the stars and the moon. Such a perfect night, and they were all wasting it sleeping. Of course, they must be tired from all that digging, and she heard they had to wake up early. She sighed. She was not a morning person.
Suddenly, she heard another noise. Not a normal noise of the night. Something different. She turned around.
Standing next to her was Zig-Zag, looking more bewildered than ever.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I hope you like it. Please review! I'm sorry that it'll probably be a while before the next one gets published. Tomorrow's Halloween, and then I have to do junk on Saturday and Sunday, and then school, but I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can. Thank you if you have reviewed! Bye!