Part 7: Alone, But Not Alone
Last time we saw Becky she had seemed to be going mad, right? But no. She wasn't mad.
The young girl didn't even know what she was doing back there. When she started to run out of the Wreck Room, she suddenly became herself again, and she couldn't remember why she was running. Then she screamed when she saw someone riding a donkey running next to her.
"Sam?" she gasped, starting to stop running.
"No! Don't stop! Keep running!" he said.
Becky kept running, but in a very confused state. Why was Sam alive, running next to her? Then she suddenly remembered what happened in the Wreck Room. Then she smiled. Then she frowned again. Then she looked back at Sam again. She knew she had seen visions of him before, but they had been very short, and didn't last nearly as long as this one. They never talked to her either.
You see, on the way back to the Wreck Room after she got her clothes, if Becky had looked behind her, she would have seen Sam walking behind her. Then, just before that moment when she smiled but no one saw, the ghost of Sam had stood next to her the whole time and whispered to her everything she had said. Though Becky seemed to be in a trance of some sort, so she said and did everything Sam did. Then when the Warden said to kill her, he made her run outside, then he broke from her, jumped on Mary Lou and then started to run with her.
"KILL HER! KILL HER!" the Warden was shouting, and now the guards were coming out with guns.
"Oh no!" she said, started to get afraid.
"Just calm down." said Sam.
"How can you be talking to me?" she asked.
"I'll explain later. But run to that upside down boat over there."
"Alright. Can anyone else see you?"
"No." said Sam, after a small hesitation.
Becky didn't say anything, but she kept running, huffing and puffing.
After a few moments she could see the little boat, but someone else was there as well. It was a tall woman, with golden blonde hair, which was up, and there was a flower in it. she looked like a school teacher.
"Is that Kissing Kate?" Becky asked.
"Miss Kathrine." Sam corrected.
"Right."
They started to slow down, and Miss Kathrine smiled at them, walking up to them. Becky watched them, still confused. What she dreaming? Or was she really seeing ghosts?
"Ok, what's going on anyway?" I asked. Miss Kathrine turned away from Sam, facing Becky, and spoke for the first time.
"We're trying to save a very special place to us. We can't do it with out you." she said, and she started to look worried.
"Do you mean the hide out? Or whatever it is?" asked Becky.
"Yes. The Warden thinks it's full of riches, and she's trying to dig it up, then destroy it. But it's a very important part of Greenlake..."
"What's in it then?"
"Onions." said Sam, grinning.
"What?" Becky was so confused she could hardly think.
"Well, think about it. When she's trying to dig up is that mountain over there right? That's where Sam's onion farm is. That's the mountain that some people call God's Thumb." explained Kathrine. Becky looked out at the mountain they had been digging at form months now.
"Does it have a history?" asked Becky, the wind blowing her hair.
"Indeed it does." said Sam.
"Can I hear about it?"
*
"Where the h*ll did she get to?" shouted the Warden. All the boys were still in the Wreck Room, but they were watching.
"Guys, we got to do something!" said Magnet as D Tent poked their heads out a window to see better.
"What CAN we do? The only thing we can do is go out there and either die from not having any water, or die from getting shot." said Squid.
"We probably wouldn't die. She's probably just heading out to the mountain and dig her stupid little caves." said Armpit.
'They're not stupid." said Magnet.
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH!" they started to say.
"Shut up."
"I say we should go to the mountain and help her." said Twitch.
"What's the use?" said X-Ray.
"Well, we would probably find something there, then we'd be heros, and they wouldn't keep us here anymore!"
"Man, that's stupid. They wouldn't let us go!" said X-Ray, waving his hand in a 'no way" kind of fashion.
Twitch just shrugged. "They did it for Zero."
There was a silence.
"Well, you guys don't have to come, but I'm going. Twitch, you coming?" said Magnet, getting up.
"Yep." said Twitch, getting up as well.
"Wait wait wait!" Squid stopped them. "How are you going to get there without getting caught?"
"Squid, The Warden and her dumb guards are in the FRONT of the camp. The mountain is in the BACK of the camp. We'll just sneak out the back door." said Magnet.
"Good point. Alright I'll go I guess." volunteered Squid.
"Fine. I'll go too then." said Armpit.
"I'm in." said X-Ray.
"WE got to go get some water and out shovels." said Magnet.
"Should we go now?" asked Armpit.
"Yeah!" said Magnet, and they headed off.
*
"SHHH! You're being too loud!" hissed X-Ray.
"Why don't YOU shhhhh?" hissed Magnet.
The D Tent boys all were crowded around the water truck, trying to fill their canteens with water before they headed out to the mountain.
"I doubt anyone will find us. They're too busy looking for Becky. I hope she isn't lost." said Magnet.
"Yeah... so what are we going to do when we get to the mountain?" asked Squid.
"Dig I guess." Magnet answered.
*
"And that's the history of God's Thumb." concluded Sam.
"Wow! That's amazing! Why does the Warden think there's a hide out treasure in there?"
"She must have thought maybe I made a hideout somewhere, and she must have figured I'd make it near Sam's onions."
"Did you ever make a hideout?" she was getting very interested.
A gunshot sounded off in the distance. "She must be getting pretty mad." said Becky.
"Don't worry. You're safe over here." said Sam. Becky smiled.
"So the reason why I can see you guys is because I'm related to you, Kate?"
"Yes." they both nodded, smiling.
"Wow! That's amazing! Who else can I see?" Becky started to look around. They were suddenly surrounded by tall sandstorms. You could barely see anything but sand wherever you looked. But there was no sand at all blowing in their faces.
"What's going on with the sand?"
"That is our protection." said Sam.
"Are you guys making that?" she asked, not thinking it was possible for anyone to do that.
"That's a secret between Kathrine and me." said Sam, grinning, and Becky grinned back.
*
The D Tent boys started to sing as they got father and father into the desert, trying not to fall in holes, and trying not to see any yellow spotted lizards.
"You got to go dig those holes."
"Dig it up oh oh dig it. Dig it up oh oh.."
"Whoa, look at all those dust storms over there!" interrupted Squid.
"They look like they're going in a huge circle." said Twitch.
"Good thing we're not heading over there." said Armpit.
"Right." said X-Ray.
They continued on, almost at the side of the mountain now...
*
"So what should I do now?" Becky wondered aloud.
"You're friends are heading over to the mountain now, and it seems they have shovels in their hands. We have to stop them before they start digging." said Sam.
'How do you know?"
Sam just shrugged.
"Let's go then!" said Becky, getting up.
"We can't go with you.." said Kathrine.
"WHAT!?!" Becky suddenly shouted.
"This is something you got to do by yourself. This will be their life lesson..." their voices were starting to fade.
"What? Who's life lesson" Where are you going?" she started to shout as the wind blew harder.
"Just remember what we said.." it sounded so far away now.
Then they were gone.
Becky just stood there, helpless.
"WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?" she shouted into the sand.
She was alone now.
Last time we saw Becky she had seemed to be going mad, right? But no. She wasn't mad.
The young girl didn't even know what she was doing back there. When she started to run out of the Wreck Room, she suddenly became herself again, and she couldn't remember why she was running. Then she screamed when she saw someone riding a donkey running next to her.
"Sam?" she gasped, starting to stop running.
"No! Don't stop! Keep running!" he said.
Becky kept running, but in a very confused state. Why was Sam alive, running next to her? Then she suddenly remembered what happened in the Wreck Room. Then she smiled. Then she frowned again. Then she looked back at Sam again. She knew she had seen visions of him before, but they had been very short, and didn't last nearly as long as this one. They never talked to her either.
You see, on the way back to the Wreck Room after she got her clothes, if Becky had looked behind her, she would have seen Sam walking behind her. Then, just before that moment when she smiled but no one saw, the ghost of Sam had stood next to her the whole time and whispered to her everything she had said. Though Becky seemed to be in a trance of some sort, so she said and did everything Sam did. Then when the Warden said to kill her, he made her run outside, then he broke from her, jumped on Mary Lou and then started to run with her.
"KILL HER! KILL HER!" the Warden was shouting, and now the guards were coming out with guns.
"Oh no!" she said, started to get afraid.
"Just calm down." said Sam.
"How can you be talking to me?" she asked.
"I'll explain later. But run to that upside down boat over there."
"Alright. Can anyone else see you?"
"No." said Sam, after a small hesitation.
Becky didn't say anything, but she kept running, huffing and puffing.
After a few moments she could see the little boat, but someone else was there as well. It was a tall woman, with golden blonde hair, which was up, and there was a flower in it. she looked like a school teacher.
"Is that Kissing Kate?" Becky asked.
"Miss Kathrine." Sam corrected.
"Right."
They started to slow down, and Miss Kathrine smiled at them, walking up to them. Becky watched them, still confused. What she dreaming? Or was she really seeing ghosts?
"Ok, what's going on anyway?" I asked. Miss Kathrine turned away from Sam, facing Becky, and spoke for the first time.
"We're trying to save a very special place to us. We can't do it with out you." she said, and she started to look worried.
"Do you mean the hide out? Or whatever it is?" asked Becky.
"Yes. The Warden thinks it's full of riches, and she's trying to dig it up, then destroy it. But it's a very important part of Greenlake..."
"What's in it then?"
"Onions." said Sam, grinning.
"What?" Becky was so confused she could hardly think.
"Well, think about it. When she's trying to dig up is that mountain over there right? That's where Sam's onion farm is. That's the mountain that some people call God's Thumb." explained Kathrine. Becky looked out at the mountain they had been digging at form months now.
"Does it have a history?" asked Becky, the wind blowing her hair.
"Indeed it does." said Sam.
"Can I hear about it?"
*
"Where the h*ll did she get to?" shouted the Warden. All the boys were still in the Wreck Room, but they were watching.
"Guys, we got to do something!" said Magnet as D Tent poked their heads out a window to see better.
"What CAN we do? The only thing we can do is go out there and either die from not having any water, or die from getting shot." said Squid.
"We probably wouldn't die. She's probably just heading out to the mountain and dig her stupid little caves." said Armpit.
'They're not stupid." said Magnet.
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH!" they started to say.
"Shut up."
"I say we should go to the mountain and help her." said Twitch.
"What's the use?" said X-Ray.
"Well, we would probably find something there, then we'd be heros, and they wouldn't keep us here anymore!"
"Man, that's stupid. They wouldn't let us go!" said X-Ray, waving his hand in a 'no way" kind of fashion.
Twitch just shrugged. "They did it for Zero."
There was a silence.
"Well, you guys don't have to come, but I'm going. Twitch, you coming?" said Magnet, getting up.
"Yep." said Twitch, getting up as well.
"Wait wait wait!" Squid stopped them. "How are you going to get there without getting caught?"
"Squid, The Warden and her dumb guards are in the FRONT of the camp. The mountain is in the BACK of the camp. We'll just sneak out the back door." said Magnet.
"Good point. Alright I'll go I guess." volunteered Squid.
"Fine. I'll go too then." said Armpit.
"I'm in." said X-Ray.
"WE got to go get some water and out shovels." said Magnet.
"Should we go now?" asked Armpit.
"Yeah!" said Magnet, and they headed off.
*
"SHHH! You're being too loud!" hissed X-Ray.
"Why don't YOU shhhhh?" hissed Magnet.
The D Tent boys all were crowded around the water truck, trying to fill their canteens with water before they headed out to the mountain.
"I doubt anyone will find us. They're too busy looking for Becky. I hope she isn't lost." said Magnet.
"Yeah... so what are we going to do when we get to the mountain?" asked Squid.
"Dig I guess." Magnet answered.
*
"And that's the history of God's Thumb." concluded Sam.
"Wow! That's amazing! Why does the Warden think there's a hide out treasure in there?"
"She must have thought maybe I made a hideout somewhere, and she must have figured I'd make it near Sam's onions."
"Did you ever make a hideout?" she was getting very interested.
A gunshot sounded off in the distance. "She must be getting pretty mad." said Becky.
"Don't worry. You're safe over here." said Sam. Becky smiled.
"So the reason why I can see you guys is because I'm related to you, Kate?"
"Yes." they both nodded, smiling.
"Wow! That's amazing! Who else can I see?" Becky started to look around. They were suddenly surrounded by tall sandstorms. You could barely see anything but sand wherever you looked. But there was no sand at all blowing in their faces.
"What's going on with the sand?"
"That is our protection." said Sam.
"Are you guys making that?" she asked, not thinking it was possible for anyone to do that.
"That's a secret between Kathrine and me." said Sam, grinning, and Becky grinned back.
*
The D Tent boys started to sing as they got father and father into the desert, trying not to fall in holes, and trying not to see any yellow spotted lizards.
"You got to go dig those holes."
"Dig it up oh oh dig it. Dig it up oh oh.."
"Whoa, look at all those dust storms over there!" interrupted Squid.
"They look like they're going in a huge circle." said Twitch.
"Good thing we're not heading over there." said Armpit.
"Right." said X-Ray.
They continued on, almost at the side of the mountain now...
*
"So what should I do now?" Becky wondered aloud.
"You're friends are heading over to the mountain now, and it seems they have shovels in their hands. We have to stop them before they start digging." said Sam.
'How do you know?"
Sam just shrugged.
"Let's go then!" said Becky, getting up.
"We can't go with you.." said Kathrine.
"WHAT!?!" Becky suddenly shouted.
"This is something you got to do by yourself. This will be their life lesson..." their voices were starting to fade.
"What? Who's life lesson" Where are you going?" she started to shout as the wind blew harder.
"Just remember what we said.." it sounded so far away now.
Then they were gone.
Becky just stood there, helpless.
"WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?" she shouted into the sand.
She was alone now.