Part 2:
"Hey, Bookworm!"
"How's it going, Bookworm?"
"Sit over here, Bookworm."
It was breakfast, and everyone was using her new nickname.
"Alright, alright." she said, tiredly. She hadn't been able to get much sleep last night.
She rubbed her eyes as she sat down, then looked at her blistered hands.
"Ouch that looks like they hurt.........." said ZigZag.
"Yeah.........." said Bookworm, glancing at Magnet.
The rest of breakfast she was silent, then they went out to get ready to dig.
"No, no no no no no no no! YOU can NOT be digging near my today." Becky said when they got in their spots.
"Hmmm........." said the worker. "You have a point. Jos'e you dig over there."
"Aww........." said Magnet as he moved.
*
Becky sighed, and started digging. IT was worse than yesterday, because of her blisters, and because she was sore and because she got no sleep last night. "Also," a voice in her head said secretly, "Magnet isn't here........" Isn't that supposed to be a good thing? She thought.
She snapped out of it, and started to give again. By the time the water truck came, she hadn't gotten very far.
"You better get working!" said the worker when she gave him water.
"I know." she said lazily.
*
One by one they all left, but Becky was still working. She couldn't get her mind on it. It was always else where. Usually she can do these kind of things while daydreaming at the same time and her body would just do the work and get it over with pretty fast. Not today, I guess.
Finally she was done, but she almost fainted. She tried to get up but she tripped, then she tried to climb out, but she couldn't lift herself up. Finally she just sat down in her hole, about to cry.
It was dark now, and she still couldn't get out. She tried to rest, then try again, but she still couldn't.
"This is pathetic." she said to herself.
She made little holes in the side, but that didn't work either.
"Why did we have to dig? Why why why why why? And why do we have to dig so close to this mountain?"
It took a while for her to realize it, actually. But slowly her mind turned to the story the others had told here. About Caveman and Zero. How they found out that they had been digging for buried treasure...........
"Oh my gosh!" she suddenly gasped, standing up. "Maybe there's something in the mountain!" she whirled around to face the camp, and with new strength she pulled herself out.
*
"Hey, Bookworm's finished!" said Twitch, seeing Becky running in for dinner. The others laughed.
"She was even slower than Caveman!" said Squid.
"Guys-" she said, stumbling into her seat.
"What took you so long?" asked Magnet.
"Nevermind about that! I..........I think we're digging for something again." she whispered.
"Really? Did you find something?" asked Magnet a little too loudly.
"SHHHH! No I didn't, but I think there might be something in the mountain."
There was a pause, then they all laughed.
"Something........in..........the.....mountain? HAHAHAHAHA!" they were all saying.
"What?" she asked, feeling herself turn red.
"That's stupid, no offense." said ZigZag, still laughing.
"And why is it?" she demanded.
"Because! The only thing Kissing Kate buried was her treasure, and now it's found. So there's nothing else." said X-Ray.
"How do you know?" she said.
"Because that's the legend of Kate Barlow." he answered. Becky just shook her head and ate in silence, then got up and left.
"She may be right, you know." said Magnet.
"Yeah right! We're probably just digging to build character.............. but for real this time." said ZigZag.
*
Becky lay down on her bed, frustrated again. She had a feeling........ whenever she looked at that mountain, it seemed to tell her something............. but what?
"I know Kissing Kate is hiding something else. And The Warden is trying to find it." she said aloud.
*
"We've got the files!" said two workers, coming into the Warden's cabin excitedly.
"Did you? Oh how wonderful! Let me see.......... Now I swear if we got the wrong girl, one of you is gonna die." she said, grabbing the files. She heard the workers gulp.
She started pulling out papers and looking threw them with excitement.
"Ah ha!" she said, and put all the other paper down.
"Family tree. Kate Barlow. Right there. she's a great great aunt of hers. Excellent. She must know where the hideout is............" she said, taking out a cigarette.
"But, er........" spoke up one of the workers.
"What?" she snapped.
"She does know....." he said slowly.
"What are you talking about?"
"Becky doesn't know she's related to Kissing Kate Barlow."
*
When the boys came back from dinner, she didn't speak to them at all. she left their questions unanswered and more questions arising.
"What's eating her?" asked Armpit.
"Nothing, she's on top of the food chain!" said Twitch, and he started laughing. Everyone stared at him, including Becky.
"What? It's a joke!" he said.
"You saw that from the Lion King, didn't you." Becky said.
"Maybe......." said Twitch, and he was twitching again.
Becky laid back again, thinking about the mountain. She thought about how it looked like a thumb, and how in their story Caveman and Zero climbed up there.
"Maybe there's a gold mine inside it..........." she whispered to herself.
She wasn't aware that Magnet was watching her.
*
The next day she ignored everyone as they teased her about thinking there was something in the mountain. She just dug silently, sometimes singing to herself. Then she started hearing another voice..........
"I can fix that." said the voice.
Her head snapped up, and there she saw a black man, with a donkey pulling a cart full of onions. She stared right at her, then he disappeared.
Becky dropped her shovel, and started to breathe very fast. Who was that? What that a ghost? Had the others seen him? She turned toward them, and they were still digging so she guessed they hadn't. Finally, she continued digging, but she was looking for the "ghost" again.
At lunch, dinner, and after dinner she was much quieter than usual.
"Hey, Bookworm! What's up with you you haven't said a word all day." said Magnet sitting on the end of her bed.
"Oh, it's nothing........... I'm just thinking."
"About what?"
"Things............"
"What things?"
"I said it was nothing now get off my bed before I kick you off."
"Fine. Jeez I was just asking, man."
"And don't call me a man!" she added.
*
The Warden paced back and forth, wondering what to do.
"The girl you got me doesn't even know she's Kate Barlow's great great niece? Someone's going to pay for this." she said angerly. The workers took a step back.
"Are you sure about it?" she asked.
"Absolutely. No one in her family ever told her." said the first worker.
The Warden suddenly took out a gun and pointed it at them. They gasped and tried to back away.
"Bring me Becky, and no one will get hurt."
They nodded, and hurried away. She put her gun away. "Scaredy Cats." she said.
*
The next morning, Becky was eating breakfast and actually talking quite a lot. They had finally asked her what she had done to get sent there and then after she told them that she plunged into a story of her life before she came here.
"I'm almost 15 and I still didn't have a boyfriend and I still don't have one, by the way- hey! What's going on here?" she said, as she got interrupted by the workers, who were pulling her out of her seats.
"Hey! What are you doing?" said Magnet.
"Yeah? Where'you taking her?" said Armpit.
"The Warden wishes to see her." said a worker.
D-Tent looked at one another, then all quickly sat down and started eating again like nothing happened.
"Some friends they are." she muttered.
*
[please Review again! I want to know how part 2 went........ thanks!
"Hey, Bookworm!"
"How's it going, Bookworm?"
"Sit over here, Bookworm."
It was breakfast, and everyone was using her new nickname.
"Alright, alright." she said, tiredly. She hadn't been able to get much sleep last night.
She rubbed her eyes as she sat down, then looked at her blistered hands.
"Ouch that looks like they hurt.........." said ZigZag.
"Yeah.........." said Bookworm, glancing at Magnet.
The rest of breakfast she was silent, then they went out to get ready to dig.
"No, no no no no no no no! YOU can NOT be digging near my today." Becky said when they got in their spots.
"Hmmm........." said the worker. "You have a point. Jos'e you dig over there."
"Aww........." said Magnet as he moved.
*
Becky sighed, and started digging. IT was worse than yesterday, because of her blisters, and because she was sore and because she got no sleep last night. "Also," a voice in her head said secretly, "Magnet isn't here........" Isn't that supposed to be a good thing? She thought.
She snapped out of it, and started to give again. By the time the water truck came, she hadn't gotten very far.
"You better get working!" said the worker when she gave him water.
"I know." she said lazily.
*
One by one they all left, but Becky was still working. She couldn't get her mind on it. It was always else where. Usually she can do these kind of things while daydreaming at the same time and her body would just do the work and get it over with pretty fast. Not today, I guess.
Finally she was done, but she almost fainted. She tried to get up but she tripped, then she tried to climb out, but she couldn't lift herself up. Finally she just sat down in her hole, about to cry.
It was dark now, and she still couldn't get out. She tried to rest, then try again, but she still couldn't.
"This is pathetic." she said to herself.
She made little holes in the side, but that didn't work either.
"Why did we have to dig? Why why why why why? And why do we have to dig so close to this mountain?"
It took a while for her to realize it, actually. But slowly her mind turned to the story the others had told here. About Caveman and Zero. How they found out that they had been digging for buried treasure...........
"Oh my gosh!" she suddenly gasped, standing up. "Maybe there's something in the mountain!" she whirled around to face the camp, and with new strength she pulled herself out.
*
"Hey, Bookworm's finished!" said Twitch, seeing Becky running in for dinner. The others laughed.
"She was even slower than Caveman!" said Squid.
"Guys-" she said, stumbling into her seat.
"What took you so long?" asked Magnet.
"Nevermind about that! I..........I think we're digging for something again." she whispered.
"Really? Did you find something?" asked Magnet a little too loudly.
"SHHHH! No I didn't, but I think there might be something in the mountain."
There was a pause, then they all laughed.
"Something........in..........the.....mountain? HAHAHAHAHA!" they were all saying.
"What?" she asked, feeling herself turn red.
"That's stupid, no offense." said ZigZag, still laughing.
"And why is it?" she demanded.
"Because! The only thing Kissing Kate buried was her treasure, and now it's found. So there's nothing else." said X-Ray.
"How do you know?" she said.
"Because that's the legend of Kate Barlow." he answered. Becky just shook her head and ate in silence, then got up and left.
"She may be right, you know." said Magnet.
"Yeah right! We're probably just digging to build character.............. but for real this time." said ZigZag.
*
Becky lay down on her bed, frustrated again. She had a feeling........ whenever she looked at that mountain, it seemed to tell her something............. but what?
"I know Kissing Kate is hiding something else. And The Warden is trying to find it." she said aloud.
*
"We've got the files!" said two workers, coming into the Warden's cabin excitedly.
"Did you? Oh how wonderful! Let me see.......... Now I swear if we got the wrong girl, one of you is gonna die." she said, grabbing the files. She heard the workers gulp.
She started pulling out papers and looking threw them with excitement.
"Ah ha!" she said, and put all the other paper down.
"Family tree. Kate Barlow. Right there. she's a great great aunt of hers. Excellent. She must know where the hideout is............" she said, taking out a cigarette.
"But, er........" spoke up one of the workers.
"What?" she snapped.
"She does know....." he said slowly.
"What are you talking about?"
"Becky doesn't know she's related to Kissing Kate Barlow."
*
When the boys came back from dinner, she didn't speak to them at all. she left their questions unanswered and more questions arising.
"What's eating her?" asked Armpit.
"Nothing, she's on top of the food chain!" said Twitch, and he started laughing. Everyone stared at him, including Becky.
"What? It's a joke!" he said.
"You saw that from the Lion King, didn't you." Becky said.
"Maybe......." said Twitch, and he was twitching again.
Becky laid back again, thinking about the mountain. She thought about how it looked like a thumb, and how in their story Caveman and Zero climbed up there.
"Maybe there's a gold mine inside it..........." she whispered to herself.
She wasn't aware that Magnet was watching her.
*
The next day she ignored everyone as they teased her about thinking there was something in the mountain. She just dug silently, sometimes singing to herself. Then she started hearing another voice..........
"I can fix that." said the voice.
Her head snapped up, and there she saw a black man, with a donkey pulling a cart full of onions. She stared right at her, then he disappeared.
Becky dropped her shovel, and started to breathe very fast. Who was that? What that a ghost? Had the others seen him? She turned toward them, and they were still digging so she guessed they hadn't. Finally, she continued digging, but she was looking for the "ghost" again.
At lunch, dinner, and after dinner she was much quieter than usual.
"Hey, Bookworm! What's up with you you haven't said a word all day." said Magnet sitting on the end of her bed.
"Oh, it's nothing........... I'm just thinking."
"About what?"
"Things............"
"What things?"
"I said it was nothing now get off my bed before I kick you off."
"Fine. Jeez I was just asking, man."
"And don't call me a man!" she added.
*
The Warden paced back and forth, wondering what to do.
"The girl you got me doesn't even know she's Kate Barlow's great great niece? Someone's going to pay for this." she said angerly. The workers took a step back.
"Are you sure about it?" she asked.
"Absolutely. No one in her family ever told her." said the first worker.
The Warden suddenly took out a gun and pointed it at them. They gasped and tried to back away.
"Bring me Becky, and no one will get hurt."
They nodded, and hurried away. She put her gun away. "Scaredy Cats." she said.
*
The next morning, Becky was eating breakfast and actually talking quite a lot. They had finally asked her what she had done to get sent there and then after she told them that she plunged into a story of her life before she came here.
"I'm almost 15 and I still didn't have a boyfriend and I still don't have one, by the way- hey! What's going on here?" she said, as she got interrupted by the workers, who were pulling her out of her seats.
"Hey! What are you doing?" said Magnet.
"Yeah? Where'you taking her?" said Armpit.
"The Warden wishes to see her." said a worker.
D-Tent looked at one another, then all quickly sat down and started eating again like nothing happened.
"Some friends they are." she muttered.
*
[please Review again! I want to know how part 2 went........ thanks!