Author's Note: Hello again. Yes, I'm back. Mwahahahaha!
Sorry this chapter is a little short, but I have to work out what happens next and I wanted to get this posted.
Ack! 48 Reviews! I love you all! Thank you sooooo much! Gagh, this is going to take along time to answer...^_______^
LOVELY REVIEWERS, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!:
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Estelle Yavetil: Thank you!
Eldalie Lavina: You have a hard name to type. ^~^ Really? Oh my gosh, thank you! You don't know how much that means to me because, well, I do it myself for some storys too! That someone is doing it for mine is so totally cool! I don't know if he will, like, die. -_- * sings in creepy voice * I'll nev-er teeeeellll.... Muah. Yes. Ziggy rocks muchly and has hotness in mass amounts. Thank you so much!
Sixstars: Yay! I'm not the only one on this universe that says 'dude'! Everyone looks at me and tells me it's not the eightys whenever I say that....Thank you! Really? Hmm, Squidly had goodness, yes. ^_~
WheelerChick: Why would I get offended. Dude, I'm a girl! Sure am old enough! * blinks eyes innocently while playing hopscotch, twirling pigtails, and licking a gigantic lollypop - all at the same time * Muah! I'm listening to Matchbox 20 right now! Thank goodness for Kazaa! Well, I guess I could put the CD in, but it's in my room right now. ALL the way at the other side of the house....* going through withdrawal symptoms * Where'd he go? * looks around for Stanley * I don't get it. -_- Heh. Everyone seems to think Stanley's gunna die. Gee, I wonder why....* whistles innocently * Gagh! * calls paramedics just incase * Actually, am downloading Maroon 5 songs as we speak, er, type. I type, you read. Whatever. Thank you!
Incubus4lotr11 and Zigzag: Oooooookkk.... * backs away slowly * NO! ZIGZAG IS MINE! * huggles Zigzag *
Stanley: What about me?
Erm. * huggles both * Ziggy MINE! Yes master. * bows deeply * By the way, you do realize you said, PLEASE UPDATE SON? Thus the master bit. ^_~ Actually, I just flipped through CGL, and I didn't remember exactly what it said. And Squiddy sounds better! :P
Burnin': Yes. Ahem. Very subtle. Awww, Ziggy, pink isn't that bad. At least it's not...ok, pink sucks. -_- sorry. * Hands pepto bismal * OMG! I'm soooo sorry Stanley! * runs over and hugs Stanley * And I know you, Zero! ^_^ Hey Zero, didn't Sploosh make you sick? And almost kill you? And yet you continue to eat it. * shakes head * Actually, that's pretty nasty when you think about it. Century year old peaches that have been lying out in the middle of a dried up lake under a broken boat. Wow, they just perk up MY appetite. * turns green * Hehe! I think you're wise, Zero! Speak, wise-man! Lol. That's great, 'spell duh'. Go Zero! Gee, where have we seen that burning church before??? O_O Aw great, now I feel even worse for poor Stanley. Sorry Stanley Dear! Yupp, I think that qualifies as a review. Apparently, hun. Don't worry, I couldn't spell it either. Thank god for spell check. A) Here's an update! Anything for my favourite burning church! * random person: She's the only burning church you know * Shush! B) Stanley's Guide to Camp Greenlake is an actual book (In bookstores (Mental Zero: Spell duh!)) by Lois (is it Lois or Luis?) Sacher. It's supposedly written by Stanley, and has little random facts and storys and stuff. I wanna buy it, but first have to find my way to a bookstore. It's sweet. I flipped through it once. And remembered some stuff, like Ziggy's a pyro, Pendanski's a hacker, X-Ray's mom is annoying, and yeah. Oh, and Magnet once jumped on the back of the supplies bus. And held on as it drove away. And turned up a couple days later. No one knows how or why or how far he made it. It has trivia and stuff. And Squid is SquidLY not SquidDY. Geez. Sorry Incubus4lotr11. Exactly. Why not?
Remmy: Thank you! Uhm. I think there is help out there for people with multiple personalities. O_o heh. I'm glad you liked it. Okaaaaay. * blinks *
Celestra: Heh! Ok! Well, now you know how I think Squid got his nickname...YAY! CUPCAKE! * stares lovingly at cupcake before gobbling it down * Thank you! For both the review and cupcake! Aww, I'm so envious. I want SYGCG!!! NOT FAIR! * pouts *
Squid it da bomb: Yeah, well, a couple peoples did that, I guess it depends on which character you like. Thanks!
Person: Yes, Pendanski is an ass. I established that a long time ago! Lol. That's ok, I like it too!
Ziggy the Paranoid Pyro: Son of a wool weaver? O_O I haven't heard that one before! I like it! Sorry, I might use it from now on, ok? Thank you!
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"Seriously, Squid, how is he?" X-Ray asked.
The boys were in their tent. They had eaten dinner, but not gone to the Wreck Room. Instead, they had come back to their 'home'. Everyone wanted to know how their newest member was doing.
Squid sighed.
"He ain't good. He'll bleed to death if he doesn't get that sewed up. Or it could get infected, and finish him off that way. Either way..." Squid let it hang.
Zero fell back onto his cot, and turned to where Stanley was sprawled across his own cot where he had collapsed. Blood had soaked through Squid's bandana and was spreading onto the white cot. Stanley was Zero's only friend. If he died, Zero would be alone. Again.
X-Ray stared at Squid. He pulled off his glasses and wiped them tiredly on his orange jumpsuit.
"Isn't there anything we can do?" Magnet asked.
Zigzag shook his head. "It takes what, eight hours for an ambulance to get here. Another eight hours back."
Armpit nodded. "By the time they get here, Caveman's as good as dead."
Zero rolled over and put his lumpy pillow over his head. Stanley wasn't going to die; Zero wasn't going to let him. There must be something they could do...anything.
"Mom's still gunna want seven holes. Who's going to dig it? I'm sure not going to." Armpit muttered.
Magnet hit him over his head. "Common! Caveman's one of us. If you were him, you'd want help with your hole, no?"
Armpit mumbled something in the positive under his breath.
"I'm gunna guess that tomorrow he'll be a little better, because he's been outa the sun, but after that he's going to have to get some medical help or he's going to die of blood loss." He gestured to the spreading red stain on Stanley's cot. "No one can lose that much blood and live."
"Well, that's a happy thought." Zigzag muttered. "On the bright side, we have lots of graves to choose from." He motioned to the many holes in the lake bottom outside the open tent flap.
This was met with a chorus of yells of "Zig!" and a lumpy pillow thrown at him.
"What?" Zigzag asked, confused.
"Common, we gotta get some sleep. Just be glad you aren't in his shoes." X-Ray told the rest of the tent, and everyone's glances strayed over to where Stanley lay unconscious.
Zero squeezed his eyes shut under his pillow. This was going to be a long night.
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"Stanley. Stanley, wake up man."
Stanley opened his eyes slowly, and was met with Zero shaking his shoulders. Behind him, Stanley could see the rest of the boys filing out into the darkness.
4:30 am. Hole digging time.
His stomach was on fire. He forced himself not to look down; he knew it must look horrible. He could barely move without excruciating waves of pain exploding in his abdomen. He had an incredible headache, as well.
Zero turned and pulled the tent flap open. "Common, Stanley."
Stanley cried out as he tried to get up. He pushed himself up on his arms, but then weakly fell back onto the cot. The world spun dizzyingly, around and around with Stanley caught up in the whirlwind.
"S'okay Caveman." Said a voice behind him, and strong hands pulled him up off his cot. A hand went around his waist for support, then gently let go as Stanley swayed on his own two feet. Stanley twisted his head around. Zigzag.
Zigzag gave him a half smile. Stanley tried weakly to smile back, but he wasn't very successful. Taking a few shaky steps, he felt his stomach turn over. Oh no. He took a few more steps, as fast as he could go. He reached the tent flap, went out into the darkness, then fell to his knees and threw up.
His own arms wrapped around his stomach as he coughed and chocked. He felt a hand on his shoulder as Zero knelt beside him. Stanley leaned his face against the cool canvas of the tent. He unwrapped his arms from his stomach, and unwillingly looked down at his arms. They were covered in blood from his stomach.
"STANLEY! ZERO! RICKY!" Pendanski called. "WHY AREN'T YOU IN THE MESS HALL?"
"We're coming!" Zigzag called. He turned back to Stanley. "You okay now, Caveman?"
Stanley nodded, and with Zero's help stood up shakily. The world increased in its vertigo, and he swayed horribly, but he remained standing.
Slowly, they made their way to the mess hall, where the rest of the boys at Camp Greenlake were. Stanley sat down heavily at the D-Tent table, and wrapped an arm around his stomach as he tried not to cry out in pain.
The boys acknowledged his presence by just a slight glance in his direction. This was to be expected, Stanley didn't expect nor want any extra attention. He already felt bad about the help he had gotten from Zigzag and Zero. The boys' talk continued without a pause in momentum.
"Yo, you want anything to eat Caveman?" Magnet asked.
Stanley glanced up at Magnet, but shook his head no. Just the smell and look of the food was making his stomach turn over.
"'Kay." Magnet said as he could practically see Stanley turn a little green. "I can swipe you something later if you want."
Stanley shrugged one shoulder.
Zero gave a little sideways smile at the characteristic-ness of that movement. It had always been Stanley's 'trademark'.
"Out of curiosity," Stanley said quietly, trying to take his mind off his pain. Everybody looked at him. "Why do you call me Caveman?"
Everyone looked at X-Ray.
X-Ray leaned back and crossed his arms. "What do you mean?"
"Well, they call you X-Ray because you have x-ray vision, and Magnet because he is like a human magnet for stealing things, why Caveman for me?" Stanley asked.
Squid nodded. "While we're on the topic, why the hell do you call me Squid?"
"And why Zigzag?" Zigzag asked.
X-Ray snorted. "Stand up, Zig."
Zigzag stared at him. "What?"
"Just stand up."
Zigzag shrugged and got to his feet. He put one hand on his waist and leaned a little sideways, his long neck tilting back the other way.
"You're answer, ladies and gentlemen." X-Ray smirked. Stanley turned to Zigzag again, seeing how he would react. "He's a human zigzag."
To Stanley's surprise, Zigzag laughed. "Ok." And he sat back down.
"You still didn't answer me," Squid pointed out, glaring at X-Ray. "Why Squid?"
"'Cause in that fight on your second day here you fought like you had thirty arms," X-Ray stated. "It was either that or Inspector Gadget."
Squid laughed silently to himself. "That bastard had it coming. And no way in hell were you ever going to name me Inspector Gadget."
X-Ray smirked again. "Wanna bet?"
D-Tent laughed. Then X-Ray turned back to Stanley.
"You're Caveman, because you looked intimidating when you first got here, plus you didn't budge when The Lump pushed you."
Stanley grinned. "Is his name really The Lump?"
X-Ray frowned, but nodded.
Stanley laughed weakly. It jolted his abdomen, causing more pain then he had from just sitting on the bench. "I named him The Lump myself, my first day here." The vertigo was getting harder and harder to ignore.
Now it was X-Ray's turn to laugh. "Yeah, he's The Lump. But since that takes to long to say, we just call him Thlump." X-Ray shrugged. "Whatever works."
Pendanski herding all the boys onto the lake to dig their holes interrupted their conversation.
When Stanley stood up, he almost passed out from the waves of pain and dizziness that assailed him. Magnet grabbed his arm.
"You ok Caveman?"
Stanley squeezed his eyes shut and nodded.
He stumbled after the boys out on to the lake. It was still slightly dark, which Stanley was thankful for. He didn't think he had the strength to face the sun. He felt worse then he did after his first hole, which was definitely saying something.
He forced himself to the shed where the shovels were kept locked up, and supported himself by it. As the boys slowly walked out onto the dried lakebed Stanley followed stumbling with his suddenly heavy shovel.
He didn't notice the other members of his tent kept glancing back at him every once in awhile.
He didn't know how he made it to the digging destination without passing out. It was a miracle as far as he was concerned. Hey, you took all you could get when you were cursed.
"How about digging here for today, alright boys?" Pendanski said brightly.
"Yeah. Sure. Whatever." Armpit grunted as he pushed his shovel into the dirt.
Stanley collapsed into a heap where he was supposed to dig. He was so weak. The world around him was spinning at an even greater rate then before. He put his head in his hands.
This wasn't going to get any easier. Stupid no-good-dirty-rotten-pig- stealing-great-great-grandfather.
He brought his knees up to his chest, wrapped his arms around his legs, and put his head down on his knees. It helped the dizziness, a little, but was agony for his gashed stomach. Stanley could practically feel the skin on the back of his neck turning red from the sun. He wished he had remembered his hat.
After awhile Stanley heard Zigzag yell "Incoming water truck!" Stanley's head snapped up, causing wave after wave of vertigo to come upon him. But he didn't care.
Oh god. Please, please can it not be Mr. Sir driving. It barely ever was, but Stanley hoped on his life that it wasn't Mr. Sir. If it was, and he had been drinking again, he was done for.
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Author's Note: Erm. Yeah.
By the way, I made up the bit about how Squid and Zigzag got their names. * shrugs * It seemed right to me. I don't know how they really did, sorry.
And I kinda screwed with the healing thingy for Stanley. If he seems better, it won't last. I just figure that after sleeping for a long time he'd be a bit better. Plus, I had to mess with reality a bit for the plot line. Don't worry, (probably not the right word...) He will go back to being almost-dead soon!
I don't think that comforted anyone.
PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!! IT WILL MAKE ME REALLY HAPPY AND WILL HELP ME GET THE NEXT CHAPTER OUT FASTER!!!!!! PLLLLLLEEEEAAAASEEEEEE!!!!!!!
I think I'm begging.
Spreading the Holes love,
~Eh, Man
Sorry this chapter is a little short, but I have to work out what happens next and I wanted to get this posted.
Ack! 48 Reviews! I love you all! Thank you sooooo much! Gagh, this is going to take along time to answer...^_______^
LOVELY REVIEWERS, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!:
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Estelle Yavetil: Thank you!
Eldalie Lavina: You have a hard name to type. ^~^ Really? Oh my gosh, thank you! You don't know how much that means to me because, well, I do it myself for some storys too! That someone is doing it for mine is so totally cool! I don't know if he will, like, die. -_- * sings in creepy voice * I'll nev-er teeeeellll.... Muah. Yes. Ziggy rocks muchly and has hotness in mass amounts. Thank you so much!
Sixstars: Yay! I'm not the only one on this universe that says 'dude'! Everyone looks at me and tells me it's not the eightys whenever I say that....Thank you! Really? Hmm, Squidly had goodness, yes. ^_~
WheelerChick: Why would I get offended. Dude, I'm a girl! Sure am old enough! * blinks eyes innocently while playing hopscotch, twirling pigtails, and licking a gigantic lollypop - all at the same time * Muah! I'm listening to Matchbox 20 right now! Thank goodness for Kazaa! Well, I guess I could put the CD in, but it's in my room right now. ALL the way at the other side of the house....* going through withdrawal symptoms * Where'd he go? * looks around for Stanley * I don't get it. -_- Heh. Everyone seems to think Stanley's gunna die. Gee, I wonder why....* whistles innocently * Gagh! * calls paramedics just incase * Actually, am downloading Maroon 5 songs as we speak, er, type. I type, you read. Whatever. Thank you!
Incubus4lotr11 and Zigzag: Oooooookkk.... * backs away slowly * NO! ZIGZAG IS MINE! * huggles Zigzag *
Stanley: What about me?
Erm. * huggles both * Ziggy MINE! Yes master. * bows deeply * By the way, you do realize you said, PLEASE UPDATE SON? Thus the master bit. ^_~ Actually, I just flipped through CGL, and I didn't remember exactly what it said. And Squiddy sounds better! :P
Burnin': Yes. Ahem. Very subtle. Awww, Ziggy, pink isn't that bad. At least it's not...ok, pink sucks. -_- sorry. * Hands pepto bismal * OMG! I'm soooo sorry Stanley! * runs over and hugs Stanley * And I know you, Zero! ^_^ Hey Zero, didn't Sploosh make you sick? And almost kill you? And yet you continue to eat it. * shakes head * Actually, that's pretty nasty when you think about it. Century year old peaches that have been lying out in the middle of a dried up lake under a broken boat. Wow, they just perk up MY appetite. * turns green * Hehe! I think you're wise, Zero! Speak, wise-man! Lol. That's great, 'spell duh'. Go Zero! Gee, where have we seen that burning church before??? O_O Aw great, now I feel even worse for poor Stanley. Sorry Stanley Dear! Yupp, I think that qualifies as a review. Apparently, hun. Don't worry, I couldn't spell it either. Thank god for spell check. A) Here's an update! Anything for my favourite burning church! * random person: She's the only burning church you know * Shush! B) Stanley's Guide to Camp Greenlake is an actual book (In bookstores (Mental Zero: Spell duh!)) by Lois (is it Lois or Luis?) Sacher. It's supposedly written by Stanley, and has little random facts and storys and stuff. I wanna buy it, but first have to find my way to a bookstore. It's sweet. I flipped through it once. And remembered some stuff, like Ziggy's a pyro, Pendanski's a hacker, X-Ray's mom is annoying, and yeah. Oh, and Magnet once jumped on the back of the supplies bus. And held on as it drove away. And turned up a couple days later. No one knows how or why or how far he made it. It has trivia and stuff. And Squid is SquidLY not SquidDY. Geez. Sorry Incubus4lotr11. Exactly. Why not?
Remmy: Thank you! Uhm. I think there is help out there for people with multiple personalities. O_o heh. I'm glad you liked it. Okaaaaay. * blinks *
Celestra: Heh! Ok! Well, now you know how I think Squid got his nickname...YAY! CUPCAKE! * stares lovingly at cupcake before gobbling it down * Thank you! For both the review and cupcake! Aww, I'm so envious. I want SYGCG!!! NOT FAIR! * pouts *
Squid it da bomb: Yeah, well, a couple peoples did that, I guess it depends on which character you like. Thanks!
Person: Yes, Pendanski is an ass. I established that a long time ago! Lol. That's ok, I like it too!
Ziggy the Paranoid Pyro: Son of a wool weaver? O_O I haven't heard that one before! I like it! Sorry, I might use it from now on, ok? Thank you!
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YOU GUYS ARE SO GREAT! Thanks so much for reviewing!
And now on to the story!
Enjoy!
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"Seriously, Squid, how is he?" X-Ray asked.
The boys were in their tent. They had eaten dinner, but not gone to the Wreck Room. Instead, they had come back to their 'home'. Everyone wanted to know how their newest member was doing.
Squid sighed.
"He ain't good. He'll bleed to death if he doesn't get that sewed up. Or it could get infected, and finish him off that way. Either way..." Squid let it hang.
Zero fell back onto his cot, and turned to where Stanley was sprawled across his own cot where he had collapsed. Blood had soaked through Squid's bandana and was spreading onto the white cot. Stanley was Zero's only friend. If he died, Zero would be alone. Again.
X-Ray stared at Squid. He pulled off his glasses and wiped them tiredly on his orange jumpsuit.
"Isn't there anything we can do?" Magnet asked.
Zigzag shook his head. "It takes what, eight hours for an ambulance to get here. Another eight hours back."
Armpit nodded. "By the time they get here, Caveman's as good as dead."
Zero rolled over and put his lumpy pillow over his head. Stanley wasn't going to die; Zero wasn't going to let him. There must be something they could do...anything.
"Mom's still gunna want seven holes. Who's going to dig it? I'm sure not going to." Armpit muttered.
Magnet hit him over his head. "Common! Caveman's one of us. If you were him, you'd want help with your hole, no?"
Armpit mumbled something in the positive under his breath.
"I'm gunna guess that tomorrow he'll be a little better, because he's been outa the sun, but after that he's going to have to get some medical help or he's going to die of blood loss." He gestured to the spreading red stain on Stanley's cot. "No one can lose that much blood and live."
"Well, that's a happy thought." Zigzag muttered. "On the bright side, we have lots of graves to choose from." He motioned to the many holes in the lake bottom outside the open tent flap.
This was met with a chorus of yells of "Zig!" and a lumpy pillow thrown at him.
"What?" Zigzag asked, confused.
"Common, we gotta get some sleep. Just be glad you aren't in his shoes." X-Ray told the rest of the tent, and everyone's glances strayed over to where Stanley lay unconscious.
Zero squeezed his eyes shut under his pillow. This was going to be a long night.
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"Stanley. Stanley, wake up man."
Stanley opened his eyes slowly, and was met with Zero shaking his shoulders. Behind him, Stanley could see the rest of the boys filing out into the darkness.
4:30 am. Hole digging time.
His stomach was on fire. He forced himself not to look down; he knew it must look horrible. He could barely move without excruciating waves of pain exploding in his abdomen. He had an incredible headache, as well.
Zero turned and pulled the tent flap open. "Common, Stanley."
Stanley cried out as he tried to get up. He pushed himself up on his arms, but then weakly fell back onto the cot. The world spun dizzyingly, around and around with Stanley caught up in the whirlwind.
"S'okay Caveman." Said a voice behind him, and strong hands pulled him up off his cot. A hand went around his waist for support, then gently let go as Stanley swayed on his own two feet. Stanley twisted his head around. Zigzag.
Zigzag gave him a half smile. Stanley tried weakly to smile back, but he wasn't very successful. Taking a few shaky steps, he felt his stomach turn over. Oh no. He took a few more steps, as fast as he could go. He reached the tent flap, went out into the darkness, then fell to his knees and threw up.
His own arms wrapped around his stomach as he coughed and chocked. He felt a hand on his shoulder as Zero knelt beside him. Stanley leaned his face against the cool canvas of the tent. He unwrapped his arms from his stomach, and unwillingly looked down at his arms. They were covered in blood from his stomach.
"STANLEY! ZERO! RICKY!" Pendanski called. "WHY AREN'T YOU IN THE MESS HALL?"
"We're coming!" Zigzag called. He turned back to Stanley. "You okay now, Caveman?"
Stanley nodded, and with Zero's help stood up shakily. The world increased in its vertigo, and he swayed horribly, but he remained standing.
Slowly, they made their way to the mess hall, where the rest of the boys at Camp Greenlake were. Stanley sat down heavily at the D-Tent table, and wrapped an arm around his stomach as he tried not to cry out in pain.
The boys acknowledged his presence by just a slight glance in his direction. This was to be expected, Stanley didn't expect nor want any extra attention. He already felt bad about the help he had gotten from Zigzag and Zero. The boys' talk continued without a pause in momentum.
"Yo, you want anything to eat Caveman?" Magnet asked.
Stanley glanced up at Magnet, but shook his head no. Just the smell and look of the food was making his stomach turn over.
"'Kay." Magnet said as he could practically see Stanley turn a little green. "I can swipe you something later if you want."
Stanley shrugged one shoulder.
Zero gave a little sideways smile at the characteristic-ness of that movement. It had always been Stanley's 'trademark'.
"Out of curiosity," Stanley said quietly, trying to take his mind off his pain. Everybody looked at him. "Why do you call me Caveman?"
Everyone looked at X-Ray.
X-Ray leaned back and crossed his arms. "What do you mean?"
"Well, they call you X-Ray because you have x-ray vision, and Magnet because he is like a human magnet for stealing things, why Caveman for me?" Stanley asked.
Squid nodded. "While we're on the topic, why the hell do you call me Squid?"
"And why Zigzag?" Zigzag asked.
X-Ray snorted. "Stand up, Zig."
Zigzag stared at him. "What?"
"Just stand up."
Zigzag shrugged and got to his feet. He put one hand on his waist and leaned a little sideways, his long neck tilting back the other way.
"You're answer, ladies and gentlemen." X-Ray smirked. Stanley turned to Zigzag again, seeing how he would react. "He's a human zigzag."
To Stanley's surprise, Zigzag laughed. "Ok." And he sat back down.
"You still didn't answer me," Squid pointed out, glaring at X-Ray. "Why Squid?"
"'Cause in that fight on your second day here you fought like you had thirty arms," X-Ray stated. "It was either that or Inspector Gadget."
Squid laughed silently to himself. "That bastard had it coming. And no way in hell were you ever going to name me Inspector Gadget."
X-Ray smirked again. "Wanna bet?"
D-Tent laughed. Then X-Ray turned back to Stanley.
"You're Caveman, because you looked intimidating when you first got here, plus you didn't budge when The Lump pushed you."
Stanley grinned. "Is his name really The Lump?"
X-Ray frowned, but nodded.
Stanley laughed weakly. It jolted his abdomen, causing more pain then he had from just sitting on the bench. "I named him The Lump myself, my first day here." The vertigo was getting harder and harder to ignore.
Now it was X-Ray's turn to laugh. "Yeah, he's The Lump. But since that takes to long to say, we just call him Thlump." X-Ray shrugged. "Whatever works."
Pendanski herding all the boys onto the lake to dig their holes interrupted their conversation.
When Stanley stood up, he almost passed out from the waves of pain and dizziness that assailed him. Magnet grabbed his arm.
"You ok Caveman?"
Stanley squeezed his eyes shut and nodded.
He stumbled after the boys out on to the lake. It was still slightly dark, which Stanley was thankful for. He didn't think he had the strength to face the sun. He felt worse then he did after his first hole, which was definitely saying something.
He forced himself to the shed where the shovels were kept locked up, and supported himself by it. As the boys slowly walked out onto the dried lakebed Stanley followed stumbling with his suddenly heavy shovel.
He didn't notice the other members of his tent kept glancing back at him every once in awhile.
He didn't know how he made it to the digging destination without passing out. It was a miracle as far as he was concerned. Hey, you took all you could get when you were cursed.
"How about digging here for today, alright boys?" Pendanski said brightly.
"Yeah. Sure. Whatever." Armpit grunted as he pushed his shovel into the dirt.
Stanley collapsed into a heap where he was supposed to dig. He was so weak. The world around him was spinning at an even greater rate then before. He put his head in his hands.
This wasn't going to get any easier. Stupid no-good-dirty-rotten-pig- stealing-great-great-grandfather.
He brought his knees up to his chest, wrapped his arms around his legs, and put his head down on his knees. It helped the dizziness, a little, but was agony for his gashed stomach. Stanley could practically feel the skin on the back of his neck turning red from the sun. He wished he had remembered his hat.
After awhile Stanley heard Zigzag yell "Incoming water truck!" Stanley's head snapped up, causing wave after wave of vertigo to come upon him. But he didn't care.
Oh god. Please, please can it not be Mr. Sir driving. It barely ever was, but Stanley hoped on his life that it wasn't Mr. Sir. If it was, and he had been drinking again, he was done for.
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Author's Note: Erm. Yeah.
By the way, I made up the bit about how Squid and Zigzag got their names. * shrugs * It seemed right to me. I don't know how they really did, sorry.
And I kinda screwed with the healing thingy for Stanley. If he seems better, it won't last. I just figure that after sleeping for a long time he'd be a bit better. Plus, I had to mess with reality a bit for the plot line. Don't worry, (probably not the right word...) He will go back to being almost-dead soon!
I don't think that comforted anyone.
PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!! IT WILL MAKE ME REALLY HAPPY AND WILL HELP ME GET THE NEXT CHAPTER OUT FASTER!!!!!! PLLLLLLEEEEAAAASEEEEEE!!!!!!!
I think I'm begging.
Spreading the Holes love,
~Eh, Man