Part 9: Lizards and Kisses
Becky woke up, but she didn't open her eyes. She felt something crawling on her, then something hissing by her ear.
Oh no, she thought.
She slowly opened her eyes, and almost screamed when she saw the rattle snake inches from her face, but she knew she better not. Then she almost screamed when she saw the two yellow spotted lizards crawling around her legs. She sat as still as she could, and shut her eyes tight, shaking with fear.
*
"Whoa, man! Becky's not gonna like this when she hears about it." Magnet heard Squid say.
"She won't hear about it, you idiot." said X-ray. Magnet opened his eyes, but only to see Hilary, lying next to him, practically hugging him.
"What the h*ll?" he said, kicking her out of his bed. She woke up after her head hit the floor.
"Ouch! Jose!" she screeched.
"My name is Magnet." he said, getting up and walking towards the door, kicking her a little bit. She glared, and tried to get up, but he tripped her. She finally stumbled up, her usually perfect hair in tangles. "You.... little...."
"Who are you calling little?" said Magnet, heading outside with the other guys, who were laughing a little.
"Where are you going?" she asked them all, looking miserable.
"It's time to dig." said X-ray, throwing a shovel at her.
It hit her across the face and she fell to the floor. They all started to laugh, even ZigZag and Squid, who had been worshipping her since she had arrived.
She grabbed the shovel, and glared at all of them. "Look, I've got connections with the Warden, so you BETTER be nice to me."
The guys all stopped laughing, except for Magnet.
"Whatever." he said lazily, then headed out to start digging.
*
The Warden stopped them during breakfast, for an announcement.
"A police officer is coming by today, and I expect all of you to go according to the plan. Hilary will be starting her first hole, though we have made her look and taught her how to act exactly like our old friend Becky, and hopefully she will be able to trick the police. I expect ALL of you (she glanced at Magnet, who bowed his head,) to go according to the plan. That is all."
Hilary smirked. It was true, that she looked like Becky. She had fake glasses on, and had her hair up the way Becky usually did. Though Magnet still was not convinced.
"Did you here that, Magnet?" Hilary said, sitting up close to him and giving him a kiss. Magnet would have pushed her off, though the Warden was right there, watching them, and he was suddenly afraid.
"Come on. It's my first day digging. Why don't you give me a kiss good luck?" she put on a puppy dog face.
That didn't affect Magnet at all, but the look the Warden gave him did. He hesitated, and then guiltily he kissed her, a very short one though, and quickly turned away, leaving Hilary looking very disappointed.
*
Becky remembered something the D Tent boys had told her when they were telling that story about Caveman and Zero. The lizards hadn't bit them because they had eaten so many of Sam's onions. She hadn't had any onions at all.
Her body started to ache because of her standing so still. The lizards and the snake seemed to be waiting. For what, though? For her to move, so they had a reason to strike her?
She almost started crying, and almost started to believe she'd die. She'd never get to see Magnet again, and she'd never get to save God's Thumb....
GOD'S THUMB!
Without even thinking she sat up. She sat up so fast the lizards flew from her feet and hit the snake. The snake instantly bit the two lizards, and then the lizard started biting the snake. For a moment she thought they were distracted, but they say her running and suddenly came running after her. The snake was lying on the grown, twitching.
Becky ran for her life, screaming towards the mountain.
*
"Did you hear that?" asked Magnet, rising from his half finished hole.
"Hear what?" said ZigZag.
"I thought I heard a scream."
The guys stopped digging, and listened.
"Maybe it was Becky. Maybe she's still alive!" said Armpit.
"Then we can find her and get that dirty old rat out of our tent!" said Magnet, grinning at the sound of Hilary's annoyed sighs.
"Maybe we should go looking for her." said Twitch.
"If you do that I'll have the Warden send out all her guards to shoot you." said Hilary, stabbing her shovel into the dirt.
They just ignored her.
"Maybe she found some Sploosh." said Twitch, and they laughed.
*
Becky started to get tired, but she couldn't slow down. She could die then. She could see God's Thumb approaching, but she was so dizzy it was hard to she. Then she tripped and fell.
She screamed again as the lizards came lounging at her, but then they came to a screeching halt. Then they seemed to be screaming, and ran away. She watched them run away, then looked behind her, expecting to see some monster. Instead she saw onions, up on the mountain.
She was much closer to the mountain than she seemed to be before. She started to go up.
"I don't see any of the guys here." she said. "Oh great now I'm talking to myself." she shook her head, and continued up.
*
The water truck came, and they all got in line. Hilary was behind Magnet, though Magnet would have liked her in the end. Whenever she got near him, he'd whack her with his shovel, but make it look like an accident.
All day he kept staring out at the mountain. They were digging very close to it, so close at they would have seen Becky, she had hadn't been climbing up on the other side.
When he finished his hole, he sighed, and headed towards the showers.
*
Becky collapsed onto the ground, breathing hard. Running all the time, with no water or food wearied her out. But she knew there would be onions and water up at the top. She slept for a while, how long she didn't know. Then she continued on.
*
Magnet was taking his shower in peace, when suddenly someone said, "Hi there!"
He gasped, and quickly grabbed a towel. "What are you doing?" he screeched at Hilary.
"Well, I heard you two talk while you're in the shower." she said, grinning.
"No! I was just bugging her on her first day! WE were actually WEARING things." he said angrily, looking away from her. "You're sick, you know that?" he added.
"The other guys don't seem to think so." she said. Magnet quickly got dressed and ran out of the shower.
*
"Magnet?" said Twitch.
"Yeah?"
"You know how Caveman tried to drive the water truck to Zero?"
"Yeah." answered Magnet, who was playing pool or hitting Hilary with his stick by "accident".
"Maybe we could try that. But just over to the mountain. I'm pretty sure that's where she ran. She's probably up at the top now, eating onions, and digging her caves."
Magnet walked over to Twitch, and thought hard.
"You know, you might be right."
"I'll just tell the Warden!" Hilary said from nearby. She had to say it quietly, because the Police was walking over.
"What's going on here?" he asked.
"Oh nothing. Just playing pool." Magnet said, quickly heading over to the pool table again.
When the police went away, the D Tent boys started making a plan, making sure Hilary couldn't hear them, and ignoring her threats of telling the Warden. They knew their plan would probably work.
That night, they started their plan.
"Who wants to play spin the bottle?" said Squid. A bunch of oooooooohs came from the other boys, and they all stared at Hilary. Except Magnet.
Hilary looked amazed. "Really?" she said, and she quickly took her place in the circle.
She's so stupid, thought Magnet, not sitting down, but he almost grinned, which might have ruined everything.
"Magnet, you playing?" said Armpit.
"Nah." said Magnet.
"Come on! You're such a chicken." said X-Ray.
"Bawk bawk!" said Squid, acting like a chicken.
"Shut up!" said Magnet, sitting on the bed.
"Suit yourself. Hilary, you spin first." said Squid.
As Hilary's gaze locked on the spinning bottle, Squid reached from behind him, and grabbed a small black box, making sure it was kept hidden. Grins passed through the group, though Hilary didn't even notice.
[What did you think of this chapter? I'm so excited I can't wait to write the next chapters but I only have enough time to write a few chapters a day..... I had homework so I only have time for one chapter today, because I might be writing a chapter to a different fanfic after this......]
Becky woke up, but she didn't open her eyes. She felt something crawling on her, then something hissing by her ear.
Oh no, she thought.
She slowly opened her eyes, and almost screamed when she saw the rattle snake inches from her face, but she knew she better not. Then she almost screamed when she saw the two yellow spotted lizards crawling around her legs. She sat as still as she could, and shut her eyes tight, shaking with fear.
*
"Whoa, man! Becky's not gonna like this when she hears about it." Magnet heard Squid say.
"She won't hear about it, you idiot." said X-ray. Magnet opened his eyes, but only to see Hilary, lying next to him, practically hugging him.
"What the h*ll?" he said, kicking her out of his bed. She woke up after her head hit the floor.
"Ouch! Jose!" she screeched.
"My name is Magnet." he said, getting up and walking towards the door, kicking her a little bit. She glared, and tried to get up, but he tripped her. She finally stumbled up, her usually perfect hair in tangles. "You.... little...."
"Who are you calling little?" said Magnet, heading outside with the other guys, who were laughing a little.
"Where are you going?" she asked them all, looking miserable.
"It's time to dig." said X-ray, throwing a shovel at her.
It hit her across the face and she fell to the floor. They all started to laugh, even ZigZag and Squid, who had been worshipping her since she had arrived.
She grabbed the shovel, and glared at all of them. "Look, I've got connections with the Warden, so you BETTER be nice to me."
The guys all stopped laughing, except for Magnet.
"Whatever." he said lazily, then headed out to start digging.
*
The Warden stopped them during breakfast, for an announcement.
"A police officer is coming by today, and I expect all of you to go according to the plan. Hilary will be starting her first hole, though we have made her look and taught her how to act exactly like our old friend Becky, and hopefully she will be able to trick the police. I expect ALL of you (she glanced at Magnet, who bowed his head,) to go according to the plan. That is all."
Hilary smirked. It was true, that she looked like Becky. She had fake glasses on, and had her hair up the way Becky usually did. Though Magnet still was not convinced.
"Did you here that, Magnet?" Hilary said, sitting up close to him and giving him a kiss. Magnet would have pushed her off, though the Warden was right there, watching them, and he was suddenly afraid.
"Come on. It's my first day digging. Why don't you give me a kiss good luck?" she put on a puppy dog face.
That didn't affect Magnet at all, but the look the Warden gave him did. He hesitated, and then guiltily he kissed her, a very short one though, and quickly turned away, leaving Hilary looking very disappointed.
*
Becky remembered something the D Tent boys had told her when they were telling that story about Caveman and Zero. The lizards hadn't bit them because they had eaten so many of Sam's onions. She hadn't had any onions at all.
Her body started to ache because of her standing so still. The lizards and the snake seemed to be waiting. For what, though? For her to move, so they had a reason to strike her?
She almost started crying, and almost started to believe she'd die. She'd never get to see Magnet again, and she'd never get to save God's Thumb....
GOD'S THUMB!
Without even thinking she sat up. She sat up so fast the lizards flew from her feet and hit the snake. The snake instantly bit the two lizards, and then the lizard started biting the snake. For a moment she thought they were distracted, but they say her running and suddenly came running after her. The snake was lying on the grown, twitching.
Becky ran for her life, screaming towards the mountain.
*
"Did you hear that?" asked Magnet, rising from his half finished hole.
"Hear what?" said ZigZag.
"I thought I heard a scream."
The guys stopped digging, and listened.
"Maybe it was Becky. Maybe she's still alive!" said Armpit.
"Then we can find her and get that dirty old rat out of our tent!" said Magnet, grinning at the sound of Hilary's annoyed sighs.
"Maybe we should go looking for her." said Twitch.
"If you do that I'll have the Warden send out all her guards to shoot you." said Hilary, stabbing her shovel into the dirt.
They just ignored her.
"Maybe she found some Sploosh." said Twitch, and they laughed.
*
Becky started to get tired, but she couldn't slow down. She could die then. She could see God's Thumb approaching, but she was so dizzy it was hard to she. Then she tripped and fell.
She screamed again as the lizards came lounging at her, but then they came to a screeching halt. Then they seemed to be screaming, and ran away. She watched them run away, then looked behind her, expecting to see some monster. Instead she saw onions, up on the mountain.
She was much closer to the mountain than she seemed to be before. She started to go up.
"I don't see any of the guys here." she said. "Oh great now I'm talking to myself." she shook her head, and continued up.
*
The water truck came, and they all got in line. Hilary was behind Magnet, though Magnet would have liked her in the end. Whenever she got near him, he'd whack her with his shovel, but make it look like an accident.
All day he kept staring out at the mountain. They were digging very close to it, so close at they would have seen Becky, she had hadn't been climbing up on the other side.
When he finished his hole, he sighed, and headed towards the showers.
*
Becky collapsed onto the ground, breathing hard. Running all the time, with no water or food wearied her out. But she knew there would be onions and water up at the top. She slept for a while, how long she didn't know. Then she continued on.
*
Magnet was taking his shower in peace, when suddenly someone said, "Hi there!"
He gasped, and quickly grabbed a towel. "What are you doing?" he screeched at Hilary.
"Well, I heard you two talk while you're in the shower." she said, grinning.
"No! I was just bugging her on her first day! WE were actually WEARING things." he said angrily, looking away from her. "You're sick, you know that?" he added.
"The other guys don't seem to think so." she said. Magnet quickly got dressed and ran out of the shower.
*
"Magnet?" said Twitch.
"Yeah?"
"You know how Caveman tried to drive the water truck to Zero?"
"Yeah." answered Magnet, who was playing pool or hitting Hilary with his stick by "accident".
"Maybe we could try that. But just over to the mountain. I'm pretty sure that's where she ran. She's probably up at the top now, eating onions, and digging her caves."
Magnet walked over to Twitch, and thought hard.
"You know, you might be right."
"I'll just tell the Warden!" Hilary said from nearby. She had to say it quietly, because the Police was walking over.
"What's going on here?" he asked.
"Oh nothing. Just playing pool." Magnet said, quickly heading over to the pool table again.
When the police went away, the D Tent boys started making a plan, making sure Hilary couldn't hear them, and ignoring her threats of telling the Warden. They knew their plan would probably work.
That night, they started their plan.
"Who wants to play spin the bottle?" said Squid. A bunch of oooooooohs came from the other boys, and they all stared at Hilary. Except Magnet.
Hilary looked amazed. "Really?" she said, and she quickly took her place in the circle.
She's so stupid, thought Magnet, not sitting down, but he almost grinned, which might have ruined everything.
"Magnet, you playing?" said Armpit.
"Nah." said Magnet.
"Come on! You're such a chicken." said X-Ray.
"Bawk bawk!" said Squid, acting like a chicken.
"Shut up!" said Magnet, sitting on the bed.
"Suit yourself. Hilary, you spin first." said Squid.
As Hilary's gaze locked on the spinning bottle, Squid reached from behind him, and grabbed a small black box, making sure it was kept hidden. Grins passed through the group, though Hilary didn't even notice.
[What did you think of this chapter? I'm so excited I can't wait to write the next chapters but I only have enough time to write a few chapters a day..... I had homework so I only have time for one chapter today, because I might be writing a chapter to a different fanfic after this......]