Part Eleven: Together Again
It took a few hours for each member of D tent to arrive to Texas Jail, but once they were all there conversations arose.
"I think she's nuts." said Armpit.
"Duh! Did you read what she said on AIM? I mean, jeez she sounded way passed crazy there." said Magnet. They were sitting in a big group with their parents, waiting for the police.
"This is so messed up." said X-ray.
"She's probably gonna hunt us down and kill us." said Zigzag.
"Oh be quiet." said Squid.
*
"I suggest you all should move somewhere else immediately and possibly change you're names." said one the police officers.
"What? Why?"
"Well, think about it. Don't think we don't know that The Warden had gone positively mad." he answered.
"Well, does she know where we live?" asked Becky.
"Of course she does! She had you're files!"
"Oh yeah." Becky looked down at her feet.
"Well, maybe you could put us all in one place, sort of as bait, and when she arrives all of you'll be ready to catch her and through her back in jail." suggested Squid.
The police stopped and thought for a few minutes. "You know, that might just work..... But where should we send you?"
"You could send us to my hometown." said Magnet. Everyone knew he said that just so they could help him with that "hallways" junk.
The police looked at Jose's parents.
"Where would you all stay?" asked one of them.
"There's a hotel." said Magnet, shrugging.
"Well, we'll try it for a little while." concluded the police, and their meeting was over. Magnet smiled, but the other boys who thought his hallways case was crazy groaned and shook their heads.
"Guys, think of it this way. We'll all be back together again! It'll be just like at camp..... though we'll be ion a hotel with a tv, a phone, and all those other things hotels have." said Becky. the boys didn't answer. She just shrugged and followed them out.
*
"This is so stupid. Sure the hotel is great and everything, but changing our names is not what I had in mind." said X-ray.
It was true. All of them (Except Magnet) had to change their names, and go to Magnet's school. They had been given files of the person they were pretending to be, with their names, pretend parents, pretend addresses, pretend everything. It wasn't safe to use their nicknames anymore.
"But it is pretty exciting to be in a witness protection program." pointed out Becky.
"Perhaps."
They all had to cram into one hotel room, that was pretty big, but it seemed so small for all of them, since there was hardly any room after all their beds were put in there.
"Magnet is lucky. He doesn't have to change his name." said Twitch.
"But he's the bait for the Warden, which is pretty dangerous." said Becky.
"Nah. That's the fun part." said Zigzag, grinning.
"Dang we only have one shower in here." said Squid, coming out of the bathroom.
"What! It takes each of you an hour to take a shower I'm not waiting that long! I'm gonna go first in the morning and at night." said Becky, laying down on her bed.
"Sure. Fine with me." some of the boys were saying. She eyes them angrily. "Don't even think about it." she said.
"Think of what?" said Zigzag innocently. "You're Magnet's property.
"I'm NO ONE'S property. Now shut up." she said, throwing a pillow over at him.
"Ooh, good throw." said Armpit sarcastically. Becky gave him a look, then Zigzag's pillow smacked into her from behind. "Ouch! Why you little....."
She grabbed another pillow and tried to whack him, but he was too fast. The other boys started to join in after a while, and soon they were all laughing and nearly wrecking the beds as they jumped on them. Pillows flew everywhere and even almost knocked over the TV.
*
Down stairs in the hotel, many people were still having dinner, or desert. Unluckily D Tent's room was right above the restaurant, and everyone could hear the thumping and crashing upstairs. They could hear voices, but they were very muffled.
"What in heaven's name is going on up there?" asked an old rich fellow, folding his napkin and started to complain to the waiters.
*
With one mighty swing Becky's pillow hit Squid hard in the face as Zigzag ducked.
"Oh I'm sorry!" Becky said, laughing a little as Squid got up from the floor.
"Jeez I didn't know you could hit that hard!" said Squid.
"Me neither." confessed Becky, then she hit him again with her pillow.
"You don't want to get hit by me." said Squid, then grinning, he leapt back onto the bed and the pillow fight started again. Though Squid tripped on one of the sheets and he feel completely over. He didn't know who he fell on top of until he lifted himself back up.
"Ow!" said Becky, though she was still laughing as she lay flat on the bed.
"Sorry." said Squid, who was about to get off of her when the door swung open.
*
It was the man who was complaining and the restaurant owner. The rich man took one glance at them and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. Squid quickly scrambled off the bed and Becky sat up.
"Nothing happened we swear!" started Twitch.
"Yeah seriously Becky wouldn't do anything her boyfriend's not even in here!" said Armpit. Becky had a disgusted look on her face.
"Eww!"
The rich man still did not seem convinced.
"What were you kids think you were doing! We could hear you all the way down stairs!" he yelled. The restaurant owner put a hand on the guys shoulder to calm him down.
"The kids were just having a little fun. Besides, by the look of it, it looks like it was just a simple pillow fight. Am I right?" he asked them.
"Oh yeah. Yes...... Pillow fight."
"Yeah. We were having a pillow fight and Squi- Josh, excuse me.... tripped and fell." explained Becky, just in time using Squid's new name.
"Well, why don't you 'children' settle down and get into you're beds." he said, and they both left. Zigzag was laughing.
"I'm going to bed." said Becky, climbing into her messed up bed, still looking disgusted.
"You can't blame him you know," started Zigzag. "Squid does like you you know."
"Shut up!" said Squid, hitting him with the pillow, though Becky couldn't see anything because her eyes were closed.
"Look, she's all ready asleep, so don't get so angry. Jeez!"
When lights finally went out, Armpit suddenly said, 'You know, it's only 7:35."
No one answered.
*
Magnet had planned to go to the hotel and tell all of them about what he wanted to do the next day in school, but his mother and father kept him in, for it would look suspicious to the hotel people, for Magnet was supposed to pretend he didn't know any of them. Magnet tried to persuade them that nothing would go wrong, but they said he'd be grounded if he went. So he waited until he could sneak out.
(ok, I sort of changed the story around from what I was going to write, so this story is going to end up longer than I expected. When I finished this I'm going to write SECRETS, which is Squid's sequel :) lol! There's still quite a way to go in this story, so expect about 10 or so chapters more. Though I might narrow it down a bit.. maybe only 7... I dunno yet though.....)
It took a few hours for each member of D tent to arrive to Texas Jail, but once they were all there conversations arose.
"I think she's nuts." said Armpit.
"Duh! Did you read what she said on AIM? I mean, jeez she sounded way passed crazy there." said Magnet. They were sitting in a big group with their parents, waiting for the police.
"This is so messed up." said X-ray.
"She's probably gonna hunt us down and kill us." said Zigzag.
"Oh be quiet." said Squid.
*
"I suggest you all should move somewhere else immediately and possibly change you're names." said one the police officers.
"What? Why?"
"Well, think about it. Don't think we don't know that The Warden had gone positively mad." he answered.
"Well, does she know where we live?" asked Becky.
"Of course she does! She had you're files!"
"Oh yeah." Becky looked down at her feet.
"Well, maybe you could put us all in one place, sort of as bait, and when she arrives all of you'll be ready to catch her and through her back in jail." suggested Squid.
The police stopped and thought for a few minutes. "You know, that might just work..... But where should we send you?"
"You could send us to my hometown." said Magnet. Everyone knew he said that just so they could help him with that "hallways" junk.
The police looked at Jose's parents.
"Where would you all stay?" asked one of them.
"There's a hotel." said Magnet, shrugging.
"Well, we'll try it for a little while." concluded the police, and their meeting was over. Magnet smiled, but the other boys who thought his hallways case was crazy groaned and shook their heads.
"Guys, think of it this way. We'll all be back together again! It'll be just like at camp..... though we'll be ion a hotel with a tv, a phone, and all those other things hotels have." said Becky. the boys didn't answer. She just shrugged and followed them out.
*
"This is so stupid. Sure the hotel is great and everything, but changing our names is not what I had in mind." said X-ray.
It was true. All of them (Except Magnet) had to change their names, and go to Magnet's school. They had been given files of the person they were pretending to be, with their names, pretend parents, pretend addresses, pretend everything. It wasn't safe to use their nicknames anymore.
"But it is pretty exciting to be in a witness protection program." pointed out Becky.
"Perhaps."
They all had to cram into one hotel room, that was pretty big, but it seemed so small for all of them, since there was hardly any room after all their beds were put in there.
"Magnet is lucky. He doesn't have to change his name." said Twitch.
"But he's the bait for the Warden, which is pretty dangerous." said Becky.
"Nah. That's the fun part." said Zigzag, grinning.
"Dang we only have one shower in here." said Squid, coming out of the bathroom.
"What! It takes each of you an hour to take a shower I'm not waiting that long! I'm gonna go first in the morning and at night." said Becky, laying down on her bed.
"Sure. Fine with me." some of the boys were saying. She eyes them angrily. "Don't even think about it." she said.
"Think of what?" said Zigzag innocently. "You're Magnet's property.
"I'm NO ONE'S property. Now shut up." she said, throwing a pillow over at him.
"Ooh, good throw." said Armpit sarcastically. Becky gave him a look, then Zigzag's pillow smacked into her from behind. "Ouch! Why you little....."
She grabbed another pillow and tried to whack him, but he was too fast. The other boys started to join in after a while, and soon they were all laughing and nearly wrecking the beds as they jumped on them. Pillows flew everywhere and even almost knocked over the TV.
*
Down stairs in the hotel, many people were still having dinner, or desert. Unluckily D Tent's room was right above the restaurant, and everyone could hear the thumping and crashing upstairs. They could hear voices, but they were very muffled.
"What in heaven's name is going on up there?" asked an old rich fellow, folding his napkin and started to complain to the waiters.
*
With one mighty swing Becky's pillow hit Squid hard in the face as Zigzag ducked.
"Oh I'm sorry!" Becky said, laughing a little as Squid got up from the floor.
"Jeez I didn't know you could hit that hard!" said Squid.
"Me neither." confessed Becky, then she hit him again with her pillow.
"You don't want to get hit by me." said Squid, then grinning, he leapt back onto the bed and the pillow fight started again. Though Squid tripped on one of the sheets and he feel completely over. He didn't know who he fell on top of until he lifted himself back up.
"Ow!" said Becky, though she was still laughing as she lay flat on the bed.
"Sorry." said Squid, who was about to get off of her when the door swung open.
*
It was the man who was complaining and the restaurant owner. The rich man took one glance at them and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. Squid quickly scrambled off the bed and Becky sat up.
"Nothing happened we swear!" started Twitch.
"Yeah seriously Becky wouldn't do anything her boyfriend's not even in here!" said Armpit. Becky had a disgusted look on her face.
"Eww!"
The rich man still did not seem convinced.
"What were you kids think you were doing! We could hear you all the way down stairs!" he yelled. The restaurant owner put a hand on the guys shoulder to calm him down.
"The kids were just having a little fun. Besides, by the look of it, it looks like it was just a simple pillow fight. Am I right?" he asked them.
"Oh yeah. Yes...... Pillow fight."
"Yeah. We were having a pillow fight and Squi- Josh, excuse me.... tripped and fell." explained Becky, just in time using Squid's new name.
"Well, why don't you 'children' settle down and get into you're beds." he said, and they both left. Zigzag was laughing.
"I'm going to bed." said Becky, climbing into her messed up bed, still looking disgusted.
"You can't blame him you know," started Zigzag. "Squid does like you you know."
"Shut up!" said Squid, hitting him with the pillow, though Becky couldn't see anything because her eyes were closed.
"Look, she's all ready asleep, so don't get so angry. Jeez!"
When lights finally went out, Armpit suddenly said, 'You know, it's only 7:35."
No one answered.
*
Magnet had planned to go to the hotel and tell all of them about what he wanted to do the next day in school, but his mother and father kept him in, for it would look suspicious to the hotel people, for Magnet was supposed to pretend he didn't know any of them. Magnet tried to persuade them that nothing would go wrong, but they said he'd be grounded if he went. So he waited until he could sneak out.
(ok, I sort of changed the story around from what I was going to write, so this story is going to end up longer than I expected. When I finished this I'm going to write SECRETS, which is Squid's sequel :) lol! There's still quite a way to go in this story, so expect about 10 or so chapters more. Though I might narrow it down a bit.. maybe only 7... I dunno yet though.....)