A/N: Wow! Another update,
gosh I'm so proud of myself! Anyway Thanks to all who've
reviewed so far, I'm glad you all like it, and thanks for
all the people who said this should be turned into a novel,
I didn't know that I was that good of a writer. And I wish
it could be turned into a novel but it would be too
complicated.............maybe one o' these days...............
Chapter Nine
"Well since we're all here, I've come to the conclusion that we haven't found Stanley's grandpa."
"Oh how right you are, Detective Squid. Tell me where would we be without you?" X-ray said sarcastically as he elbowed Squid in the side.
"Well guys......what are we gonna do now?! Grandpa's missing and now how are we going to look for this hidden treasure that we came for and -------" Stanley was cut off by Zigzag.
"Chill Caveman! And I thought I was the paranoid one, look I have an idea."
Caveman sighed and said, "Okay Ziggy, shoot."
"Well how 'bout we go on with our hunt for this treasure, and maybe we'll come across Grandpa on the way there. Whaddya think?"
"Well okay, how 'bout you guys?" Caveman asked the other D- Tenters.
"Sure."
"I don't see why not."
"Okay, fine with me."
"Okay, well then it's settled, we'll go and look for this treasure." Caveman said
"Wait, wait, wait........aren't I in this too? So just 'cause Caveman took over my title, it doesn't meant that I can't have a say in this too. Let's just see here," X-ray said walking into the boys circle, "Well let's weigh things out, grandpa or treasure that might not even be here, grandpa or........" X-ray kept this going for about three minutes.
"Okay X, we get the point, look tell us what you want to do." Caveman said trying to be the peace-maker.
"Oh now I feel privileged, 'Oh Mighty Caveman' gave me permission to speak." X-ray spat out sarcastically. "Well Caveman, you know what I think?"
Silence followed X's question.
"I asked you something Caveman, do you know what I think?"
"What."
"I think this is all a waste of time!"
"Well you know what X?"
"What?!"
"I really don't care what you think. This whole trip has been ruined by you and your selfishness, and I don't care what you say about me but don't go puttin' the others down!"
The rest of D-tent was surprised how Caveman reacted towards their former leader. X-ray was also equally surprised, so surprised in fact that he walked off.
"That was nice, Caveman, you really told 'im," Armpit said
"Yeah," Stanley muttered, "Well let's get goin' I want to at least be back before nightfall. Oh and Zero?"
"Yeah."
"Grab some food and matches just in case, kay?"
"Sure."
"So you really mean to go through wid da plan huh, Caveman." Armpit asked
"That's what I'm hopin' to do, Pit. Are y'all with me?"
"I'm in."
"Me too."
"So am I"
"Count me in too."
"Sure."
"So it's settled then, we leave as soon as possible, take lotsa water and food."
"I've got the food," Armpit hollered while carrying two armloads of bags filled with food.
"Okay," Stanley chuckled and walked off towards the others.
"So you comin', X?" Twitch asked the sulking lump of X-ray
"I dunno, just go away, Twitch."
"Okay."
And with that the D-tent Boys minus one headed in the direction that the arrow on the map pointed.
"Okay what does it say now, Zig."
"Uh, well it shows a big hole in the ground and then a bunch of little dots, which I think are the paces to the big hole in the ground."
"Yeah that helps," Squid said grabbing the map from Zigzag "It means go 30 paces North by North-East, Swing a right to the rock that looks like a boat."
Everyone was speechless.
"What?" Squid said looking at D-Tent funny.
"We just didn't know that you were that smart, Squid." Armpit said
"Oh," Came Squid's reply "Well I'm smarter than y'all think."
"Well let's go," Stanley said starting to count the paces.
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"Would you look at all the pretty things, Sam." Kate Barlow said fingering the gold pieces that were in the chest. "I did it for you, and he killed you, Sam, he killed you 'cause you were colored." Kate said thinking back over the course of time, at the moment she was Katherine Barlow, School Teacher not Kate Barlow Outlaw. Oh how she wished she could be that girl once again, "I know maybe if I just do it now, I'll bring myself back to those happy times," she said raising her pistol to her head. "No, I can't now's not the time." She told herself placing the gun back in its holster.
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"Uh, Squid?"
"Yeah Caveman."
"What's this mean?" Stanley said pointing to the dots that turned into blue lines on the map.
"I think it means there's water nearby."
"Well good job, Genius this whole place is covered in water!" Zigzag said
"Yeah but I think it means we have to go across the water, Zig. Caveman, how we gonna get across the lake?" Squid said as his Texan accent thickened.
"Well come to think of it, I don't know."
"I've got it!" Zero commented
"What?"
"Look over there on the water!"
"Holy Yellow Spotted Lizards!" Zigzag exclaimed, "It's a boat!"
"Zero, are you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?" Caveman asked
"If you're thinkin' that's the Mary-Lou, then yeah I'm thinkin' what you're thinkin'."
"Guys we know this boat! Okay remember when Zero ran off and I went to find him? Well I found him under that same boat!!!"
"Man you guys, this is gettin' really creepy," Magnet blurted out. "I mean first that thing you guys saw on the water last night, and now this boat."
"It sure is, Magnet it sure is." Zig said as his voice drifted off into some unknown void.
"Well how we gonna get it?"
"Well obviously someone's gotta' swim for it," Caveman said eyeing every one of the boys.
"I'll do it," Zigzag said taking off his shirt (A/N: Oh don't all the Ziggy fan girls love me now! )
"Okay Zig, if you really want to do it go ahead, but wait," Caveman said, "Here take this rope to tie it onto the boat."
"Okay see y'all in a few minutes," Zig said wading into the lake
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"Well, well, well who do we have here? Why if it isn't 'Mr- Leader-of D-Tent himself. Hello X-ray! Surprised to see me?"
"What the heck are you doing here?! Whaddya want from me?" X- ray said backing himself into the RV.
"I'm here to offer you a proposal."
"What kind of proposal?"
"Well I heard you were a little angry at the Caveman for takin' yer title, so I.............."
"How'd you find that out?!" X-ray raised his voice at her.
"Oh I have my ways" she said pulling Mr. Yelnats out from behind the boys' tent.
"Mr. Yelnats! Are you alright?"
"Yeah, X, I'm fine. I swear that old curse is still upon this family and...................."
"Shaddap!" The Warden said kicking Mr. Yelnats in the stomach causing him to collapse in shear pain. "Now for my proposal, revenge is sweet and I'll help ya get back at all of D-Tent if you tell me where they are and where the map is."
"What makes you think I'd ever give my boys' plans away, and if I'm not mistaken I'm still apart of D-Tent."
"Well if you want to have it yer way, fine with me. But this is for all the pain you caused!" Lou said slamming X-ray over the head with the barrel of her gun. X fell down unconscious.
"Come on Gramps! Get up, yer comin' with me."
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"Go Zig, Go Zig it's your Birthday, not really, party anyway!" Armpit hollered
"Nice job, Zig." Caveman said pulling the rope and landing the boat on the bank of the lake.
"Thanks, you guys," Zigzag gasped out of breath.
"Okay D-Tent pile in!"
As D-Tent piled in the boat Twitch's face turned pale and he started to quiver and twitch.
"Hey Twitch, what's wrong?"
"Oh nothin', Caveman just that feeling that I've been getting lately."
Caveman scanned around but saw nothing and said, "Well all seems quiet, Twitch but I'll keep a look out, okay?"
"Yeah."
Twitch climbed into the 'Mary-Lou' and Caveman pushed off.
A/N: How'd you like it? Well R-E-V-I-E-W! Go Now! ;)
Chapter Nine
"Well since we're all here, I've come to the conclusion that we haven't found Stanley's grandpa."
"Oh how right you are, Detective Squid. Tell me where would we be without you?" X-ray said sarcastically as he elbowed Squid in the side.
"Well guys......what are we gonna do now?! Grandpa's missing and now how are we going to look for this hidden treasure that we came for and -------" Stanley was cut off by Zigzag.
"Chill Caveman! And I thought I was the paranoid one, look I have an idea."
Caveman sighed and said, "Okay Ziggy, shoot."
"Well how 'bout we go on with our hunt for this treasure, and maybe we'll come across Grandpa on the way there. Whaddya think?"
"Well okay, how 'bout you guys?" Caveman asked the other D- Tenters.
"Sure."
"I don't see why not."
"Okay, fine with me."
"Okay, well then it's settled, we'll go and look for this treasure." Caveman said
"Wait, wait, wait........aren't I in this too? So just 'cause Caveman took over my title, it doesn't meant that I can't have a say in this too. Let's just see here," X-ray said walking into the boys circle, "Well let's weigh things out, grandpa or treasure that might not even be here, grandpa or........" X-ray kept this going for about three minutes.
"Okay X, we get the point, look tell us what you want to do." Caveman said trying to be the peace-maker.
"Oh now I feel privileged, 'Oh Mighty Caveman' gave me permission to speak." X-ray spat out sarcastically. "Well Caveman, you know what I think?"
Silence followed X's question.
"I asked you something Caveman, do you know what I think?"
"What."
"I think this is all a waste of time!"
"Well you know what X?"
"What?!"
"I really don't care what you think. This whole trip has been ruined by you and your selfishness, and I don't care what you say about me but don't go puttin' the others down!"
The rest of D-tent was surprised how Caveman reacted towards their former leader. X-ray was also equally surprised, so surprised in fact that he walked off.
"That was nice, Caveman, you really told 'im," Armpit said
"Yeah," Stanley muttered, "Well let's get goin' I want to at least be back before nightfall. Oh and Zero?"
"Yeah."
"Grab some food and matches just in case, kay?"
"Sure."
"So you really mean to go through wid da plan huh, Caveman." Armpit asked
"That's what I'm hopin' to do, Pit. Are y'all with me?"
"I'm in."
"Me too."
"So am I"
"Count me in too."
"Sure."
"So it's settled then, we leave as soon as possible, take lotsa water and food."
"I've got the food," Armpit hollered while carrying two armloads of bags filled with food.
"Okay," Stanley chuckled and walked off towards the others.
"So you comin', X?" Twitch asked the sulking lump of X-ray
"I dunno, just go away, Twitch."
"Okay."
And with that the D-tent Boys minus one headed in the direction that the arrow on the map pointed.
"Okay what does it say now, Zig."
"Uh, well it shows a big hole in the ground and then a bunch of little dots, which I think are the paces to the big hole in the ground."
"Yeah that helps," Squid said grabbing the map from Zigzag "It means go 30 paces North by North-East, Swing a right to the rock that looks like a boat."
Everyone was speechless.
"What?" Squid said looking at D-Tent funny.
"We just didn't know that you were that smart, Squid." Armpit said
"Oh," Came Squid's reply "Well I'm smarter than y'all think."
"Well let's go," Stanley said starting to count the paces.
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"Would you look at all the pretty things, Sam." Kate Barlow said fingering the gold pieces that were in the chest. "I did it for you, and he killed you, Sam, he killed you 'cause you were colored." Kate said thinking back over the course of time, at the moment she was Katherine Barlow, School Teacher not Kate Barlow Outlaw. Oh how she wished she could be that girl once again, "I know maybe if I just do it now, I'll bring myself back to those happy times," she said raising her pistol to her head. "No, I can't now's not the time." She told herself placing the gun back in its holster.
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"Uh, Squid?"
"Yeah Caveman."
"What's this mean?" Stanley said pointing to the dots that turned into blue lines on the map.
"I think it means there's water nearby."
"Well good job, Genius this whole place is covered in water!" Zigzag said
"Yeah but I think it means we have to go across the water, Zig. Caveman, how we gonna get across the lake?" Squid said as his Texan accent thickened.
"Well come to think of it, I don't know."
"I've got it!" Zero commented
"What?"
"Look over there on the water!"
"Holy Yellow Spotted Lizards!" Zigzag exclaimed, "It's a boat!"
"Zero, are you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?" Caveman asked
"If you're thinkin' that's the Mary-Lou, then yeah I'm thinkin' what you're thinkin'."
"Guys we know this boat! Okay remember when Zero ran off and I went to find him? Well I found him under that same boat!!!"
"Man you guys, this is gettin' really creepy," Magnet blurted out. "I mean first that thing you guys saw on the water last night, and now this boat."
"It sure is, Magnet it sure is." Zig said as his voice drifted off into some unknown void.
"Well how we gonna get it?"
"Well obviously someone's gotta' swim for it," Caveman said eyeing every one of the boys.
"I'll do it," Zigzag said taking off his shirt (A/N: Oh don't all the Ziggy fan girls love me now! )
"Okay Zig, if you really want to do it go ahead, but wait," Caveman said, "Here take this rope to tie it onto the boat."
"Okay see y'all in a few minutes," Zig said wading into the lake
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"Well, well, well who do we have here? Why if it isn't 'Mr- Leader-of D-Tent himself. Hello X-ray! Surprised to see me?"
"What the heck are you doing here?! Whaddya want from me?" X- ray said backing himself into the RV.
"I'm here to offer you a proposal."
"What kind of proposal?"
"Well I heard you were a little angry at the Caveman for takin' yer title, so I.............."
"How'd you find that out?!" X-ray raised his voice at her.
"Oh I have my ways" she said pulling Mr. Yelnats out from behind the boys' tent.
"Mr. Yelnats! Are you alright?"
"Yeah, X, I'm fine. I swear that old curse is still upon this family and...................."
"Shaddap!" The Warden said kicking Mr. Yelnats in the stomach causing him to collapse in shear pain. "Now for my proposal, revenge is sweet and I'll help ya get back at all of D-Tent if you tell me where they are and where the map is."
"What makes you think I'd ever give my boys' plans away, and if I'm not mistaken I'm still apart of D-Tent."
"Well if you want to have it yer way, fine with me. But this is for all the pain you caused!" Lou said slamming X-ray over the head with the barrel of her gun. X fell down unconscious.
"Come on Gramps! Get up, yer comin' with me."
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"Go Zig, Go Zig it's your Birthday, not really, party anyway!" Armpit hollered
"Nice job, Zig." Caveman said pulling the rope and landing the boat on the bank of the lake.
"Thanks, you guys," Zigzag gasped out of breath.
"Okay D-Tent pile in!"
As D-Tent piled in the boat Twitch's face turned pale and he started to quiver and twitch.
"Hey Twitch, what's wrong?"
"Oh nothin', Caveman just that feeling that I've been getting lately."
Caveman scanned around but saw nothing and said, "Well all seems quiet, Twitch but I'll keep a look out, okay?"
"Yeah."
Twitch climbed into the 'Mary-Lou' and Caveman pushed off.
A/N: How'd you like it? Well R-E-V-I-E-W! Go Now! ;)