Chapter 2: The Warden's Wrath
Kylie sat straight up in bed. There was a bugle playing. Kylie groaned. She couldn't believe how early it was. She looked at the clock next to her. 'Four 'o clock' it read. She groaned again and climbed out of bed.
"Guys. Hey guys! We got to get up!" She called sleepily to her friends. They all groaned and slowly climbed out of bed. Kylie turned on the light and they started to get dressed. Kylie glanced over at Jessica while she was putting a tank top on under her jumpsuit and exclaimed quietly so only Jessica could hear, "Jess! What happened to your shoulder?"
Jessica's shoulder looked in pretty bad shape. It was very deformed. Jessica looked at Kylie in horror before she quickly covered her shoulder up. "Nothing." She whispered so quietly that Kylie could barely hear.
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They girls were eating their breakfast. They were still half asleep. When Mr. Sir told them they were done, the girls jumped and realized they had barely eaten anything.
The followed the boys outside and lined up in front of a shed labeled 'Library'. They opened the shed up and their were shovels lined up on the inside. They grabbed a shovel one by one. They saw some more food on a table. They had tortillas with honey. How nasty. Kylie didn't take one. Then she saw someone grab her shovel and take it away from her and gave her their shovel. It was someone that Kylie had heard was named the Lump. She rolled up her sleeves and called out:
"Hey, asshole! What the hell do you think your doing?"
When he turned around at her call, she socked him in the face. His nose started to bleed. He yelled and dropped her shovel. Kylie walked over to him and picked up her shovel. As she turned away, he grabbed her by the foot, which caused her to fall and she screamed. G-Tent all came over to help her.
"What was that for?" The Lump yelled.
By now, the whole camp was gathered around.
"Let go of me, you bitch!" Kylie screamed.
She took her shovel and hit him in the arm with it. He yelled again and instantly released her. G-Tent helped Kylie to her feet, and she was breathing deeply. Pendanski came over, and when he saw the Lump, crumpled and bleeding on the ground, he exclaimed, "Oh my God! What happened here?!"
Everyone stayed silent. No one knew what Kylie would do to them if they ratted her out.
"If the person who did this does not report themselves, all of you will be forced to dig all day. And when I say all day, I mean until twelve o' clock midnight."
Kylie sighed.
"It was me, Mr. Pendanski. I beat up the Lump."
"Why?"
"Because he took my shovel." She said simply.
"And you couldn't get another?"
"I guess not."
Pendanski stared at her for a moment, before saying, "Come with me." And he started walking towards the Warden's cabin. Shay shrugged and followed.
Pendanski knocked on the Warden's door when he reached her cabin. The door opened. Kylie was shocked to fine a woman standing there.
"Yes?"
"Apparently, Kylie beat up Max."
"Really? Well, Dr. Pendanski, go back to the boys and I will take care of Ms. Cooper."
"Okay." And with that he left.
"Come in Kylie, come in." The Warden told her sweetly.
"Okay." Kylie said slowly and she entered cautiously.
She looked around the room and then turned back to the Warden. The Warden had walked over to a bureau and took out a little brass case with hot pink nail polish in it. She sat down in an armchair and unscrewed the top of the nail polish bottle and started painting her nails.
"See this, Kylie?" The Warden gestured towards the nail polish bottle.
"Well, I'm not blind." Kylie told her.
The Warden chose to ignore her and said, "This is my special nail polish. I make it myself. You want to know what my secret ingredient is?"
"Enlighten me."
"Rattlesnake venom."
Kylie stayed calm. The Warden wasn't going to do anything to her.
"I just love what it does to the color. It's perfectly harmless.. When it's dry." She stroked Kylie's cheek with the hand that had the wet nail polish. Then she asked, "So, why did you beat up the Lump?"
"He took my shovel." Kylie told her simply.
"And why couldn't you take another one?"
"Just because I didn't want to."
The Warden stared at her for a moment and then she struck Kylie in the arm with the hand that had the wet nail polish on it. Kylie stared in horror at her arm while the rattlesnake venom sank in. Then she felt pain. A pain she had never experienced before. She screamed and clutched her arm.
"Now, I hope you have learned your lesson. Never get into a fight around here, or it will mean trouble." The Warden told her. Then she walked back to the bureau and put the brass case back and took out some ointment. "Apply this to the scratch every night. It will prevent you from dying. But it will hurt. It will just as much as it does now."
Kylie had stopped screaming, but she was sweating and she still clutched her arm. It was still hurting her.
"Now, get out! Go and dig you hole!" The Warden told her.
Kylie put the ointment in her pocket and staggered out of the door, still clutching her arm. She went to the other side of the camp, leaned against the wall of the Wreck Room, and cried. She hated pain. She had hated pain ever since her father started to beat her when he got drunk when she was younger. After every beating, she would cry. She always cried when she felt pain. She wasn't afraid of anything, but pain. She didn't know why she caused pain to others. She just did and she could never help herself. But she'd never hurt someone for no reason. She always had waited for a reason. But as the years had gone by, those reasons had gotten sillier. Taking her shovel was not a reason to beat up someone. But, she couldn't help it. She was trying to stop, and she was getting better. But this time, being in a new place with all boys, and then one of them thinks he can take her shovel just because she was a girl, it just danced in her face that she had to show the boys that just because she was a girl doesn't mean she can't be tough too.
Kylie dried her eyes, and then walked over to the 'Library' and picked up the shovel that was left. The sun was up now, and so far, everyone else had been digging for about an hour. She rolled down her sleeves to hide the three red scratches and sighed. She was going to be out there for sooo long.
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When she found G-Tent, she saw that D-Tent was right next to them. When the girls saw her, the started asking her all these questions.
"What happened?"
"What did the Warden do to you?"
"What took so long?"
"What happened?"
"Oh, nothing. She just.. Talked to me." Kylie lied.
"Um. okay." Francis said in a disbelieving tone. Jessica was eyeing Kylie in a suspicious way, almost like she could see through her sleeves.
Kylie found a spot and started digging.
Kylie sat straight up in bed. There was a bugle playing. Kylie groaned. She couldn't believe how early it was. She looked at the clock next to her. 'Four 'o clock' it read. She groaned again and climbed out of bed.
"Guys. Hey guys! We got to get up!" She called sleepily to her friends. They all groaned and slowly climbed out of bed. Kylie turned on the light and they started to get dressed. Kylie glanced over at Jessica while she was putting a tank top on under her jumpsuit and exclaimed quietly so only Jessica could hear, "Jess! What happened to your shoulder?"
Jessica's shoulder looked in pretty bad shape. It was very deformed. Jessica looked at Kylie in horror before she quickly covered her shoulder up. "Nothing." She whispered so quietly that Kylie could barely hear.
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They girls were eating their breakfast. They were still half asleep. When Mr. Sir told them they were done, the girls jumped and realized they had barely eaten anything.
The followed the boys outside and lined up in front of a shed labeled 'Library'. They opened the shed up and their were shovels lined up on the inside. They grabbed a shovel one by one. They saw some more food on a table. They had tortillas with honey. How nasty. Kylie didn't take one. Then she saw someone grab her shovel and take it away from her and gave her their shovel. It was someone that Kylie had heard was named the Lump. She rolled up her sleeves and called out:
"Hey, asshole! What the hell do you think your doing?"
When he turned around at her call, she socked him in the face. His nose started to bleed. He yelled and dropped her shovel. Kylie walked over to him and picked up her shovel. As she turned away, he grabbed her by the foot, which caused her to fall and she screamed. G-Tent all came over to help her.
"What was that for?" The Lump yelled.
By now, the whole camp was gathered around.
"Let go of me, you bitch!" Kylie screamed.
She took her shovel and hit him in the arm with it. He yelled again and instantly released her. G-Tent helped Kylie to her feet, and she was breathing deeply. Pendanski came over, and when he saw the Lump, crumpled and bleeding on the ground, he exclaimed, "Oh my God! What happened here?!"
Everyone stayed silent. No one knew what Kylie would do to them if they ratted her out.
"If the person who did this does not report themselves, all of you will be forced to dig all day. And when I say all day, I mean until twelve o' clock midnight."
Kylie sighed.
"It was me, Mr. Pendanski. I beat up the Lump."
"Why?"
"Because he took my shovel." She said simply.
"And you couldn't get another?"
"I guess not."
Pendanski stared at her for a moment, before saying, "Come with me." And he started walking towards the Warden's cabin. Shay shrugged and followed.
Pendanski knocked on the Warden's door when he reached her cabin. The door opened. Kylie was shocked to fine a woman standing there.
"Yes?"
"Apparently, Kylie beat up Max."
"Really? Well, Dr. Pendanski, go back to the boys and I will take care of Ms. Cooper."
"Okay." And with that he left.
"Come in Kylie, come in." The Warden told her sweetly.
"Okay." Kylie said slowly and she entered cautiously.
She looked around the room and then turned back to the Warden. The Warden had walked over to a bureau and took out a little brass case with hot pink nail polish in it. She sat down in an armchair and unscrewed the top of the nail polish bottle and started painting her nails.
"See this, Kylie?" The Warden gestured towards the nail polish bottle.
"Well, I'm not blind." Kylie told her.
The Warden chose to ignore her and said, "This is my special nail polish. I make it myself. You want to know what my secret ingredient is?"
"Enlighten me."
"Rattlesnake venom."
Kylie stayed calm. The Warden wasn't going to do anything to her.
"I just love what it does to the color. It's perfectly harmless.. When it's dry." She stroked Kylie's cheek with the hand that had the wet nail polish. Then she asked, "So, why did you beat up the Lump?"
"He took my shovel." Kylie told her simply.
"And why couldn't you take another one?"
"Just because I didn't want to."
The Warden stared at her for a moment and then she struck Kylie in the arm with the hand that had the wet nail polish on it. Kylie stared in horror at her arm while the rattlesnake venom sank in. Then she felt pain. A pain she had never experienced before. She screamed and clutched her arm.
"Now, I hope you have learned your lesson. Never get into a fight around here, or it will mean trouble." The Warden told her. Then she walked back to the bureau and put the brass case back and took out some ointment. "Apply this to the scratch every night. It will prevent you from dying. But it will hurt. It will just as much as it does now."
Kylie had stopped screaming, but she was sweating and she still clutched her arm. It was still hurting her.
"Now, get out! Go and dig you hole!" The Warden told her.
Kylie put the ointment in her pocket and staggered out of the door, still clutching her arm. She went to the other side of the camp, leaned against the wall of the Wreck Room, and cried. She hated pain. She had hated pain ever since her father started to beat her when he got drunk when she was younger. After every beating, she would cry. She always cried when she felt pain. She wasn't afraid of anything, but pain. She didn't know why she caused pain to others. She just did and she could never help herself. But she'd never hurt someone for no reason. She always had waited for a reason. But as the years had gone by, those reasons had gotten sillier. Taking her shovel was not a reason to beat up someone. But, she couldn't help it. She was trying to stop, and she was getting better. But this time, being in a new place with all boys, and then one of them thinks he can take her shovel just because she was a girl, it just danced in her face that she had to show the boys that just because she was a girl doesn't mean she can't be tough too.
Kylie dried her eyes, and then walked over to the 'Library' and picked up the shovel that was left. The sun was up now, and so far, everyone else had been digging for about an hour. She rolled down her sleeves to hide the three red scratches and sighed. She was going to be out there for sooo long.
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When she found G-Tent, she saw that D-Tent was right next to them. When the girls saw her, the started asking her all these questions.
"What happened?"
"What did the Warden do to you?"
"What took so long?"
"What happened?"
"Oh, nothing. She just.. Talked to me." Kylie lied.
"Um. okay." Francis said in a disbelieving tone. Jessica was eyeing Kylie in a suspicious way, almost like she could see through her sleeves.
Kylie found a spot and started digging.