Alright, peps. I redid this whole chapter…well, not this whole chapter, and WheelerChick wrote some of this too!
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Squid trotted out of the Warden's cabin, X-ray close behind. Squid looked around, seeing no one.
"Squid, what're you doin'?" X-ray demanded. He grabbed Squid's arm and twisted him around.
"We can get out of this place, X. Think. We can get out!—"
"Squid! What are you talking about?"
"We can get out, X! Think about it! We'll be free! All of us!" Squid yelped. X-ray shook his head; this guy was out of his mind.
"We'll be free, X! We can get out of this place—"
"Squid! Slow down, man! You're repeating yourself,"
Squid, panting from the excitement, his eyes wide. He responded, "Don't you get it, X? We can leave!—"
"Squid," X-ray said calmly, "First of all, we'll die of thirst if we leave, second of all, the Warden will have us diggin' 3 holes a day by the time she's done with us! You're already in trouble enough! You don't need this on your back as well—"
"X, just look!" Squid grinned and pointed to the left of X-ray. X-ray sighed and turned to where Squid was pointing, then, his eyes went wide.
"No, dude, no way am I going to steel Mr. Sir's truck—"
"Let Magnet do it, then! Just, listen X! It's the water truck! We'll never the thirsty again! We can leave!"
"Squid, we'll have a whole search team lookin' for us and hour after we leave!—"
"No we won't! The Warden wouldn't do that! The police would come and question her! There's a fight in there, X! They'll see all the bruises, she wouldn't do anythin'!"
X-ray groaned. He couldn't argue with that…but what about the other guys?...
"What about the other guys—"
"What about the other guys?" Zigzag questioned. Squid smiled and X-ray looked behind them. All the rest of D-tent was standing behind them. Armpit had a bloody nose, Magnet had a black eye with a spilt lip, Caveman's cheek had a rather large bruise on it, Zero was just standing there, nothing apparently had happened to him, and Zigzag's hair was a lot more messed up then usual.
X-ray eyed his hair, "What happened you your hair?" Zigzag rolled his eyes,
"They was pullin' on it,"
X-ray breathed a laugh before saying, "Squid wants to steal the water truck,"
Magnet grinned, "Sounds like fun,"
Zigzag nodded, "Yeah, and we could put a lizard in the Warden's house too!"
"I'm serious, Zig!" Squid growled, "We can finally leave! We'll be free!"
"Yes, but they'll catch us!" X-ray argued.
"Nah, they won't," Armpit put in, "They're still fightin' in there,"
There was a pause before Squid asked, "How'd ya get out of there?"
"We wanted to see you guys get in trouble. Ziggy said that you would be diggin' a couple extra holes a day,"
Squid looked over to X-ray, whose eye brows shot up, "That wouldn't have happened,"
"C'mon! Let's go before they come out," Squid whined. The guys glanced at each other, before all smirking,
"Alright, Squiddy. As you wish," Magnet smiled as they all ran to the water truck.
But, then Magnet paused, "How're we all gonna fit?"
Silence greeted him before Zigzag called, "I call the passenger side!"
There was a huge struggled for who got to sit where. When the whole effort was over, Magnet was on the drivers side, X-ray was in between, and Zigzag was in the passenger's seat.
"Where do I get to sit??" Squid complained. Armpit nodded fiercely, as did Caveman. Zero just stayed quite.
"Umm…" Zigzag thought.
"You could hop on the back?" Magnet suggested. Squid looked to the water container, and then glanced back.
"We get to sit on water?" He asked dully. Magnet looked sympathetic.
"Unless you wanna stay here…"
"I'll sit on the water!"
Each, with the help of each other, crawled on top of the barrel.
"I'm gonna fall off!" Caveman whimpered. Squid rolled his eyes and muttered,
"Good," Caveman glared at him before returning to glance back at the brawl inside the Wreck Room.
"Now…how do you start this thing?" Magnet muttered looking from side to side of the steering wheel.
"Keys, perhaps?" X-ray said sarcastically.
"Oh, yeah!...Now, where are the keys?"
"You gotta be kiddin' me.
"Someone has to go get the keys,"
"Aren't we gonna go? It's gettin' kinda hot up here," A shout from outside came.
"We gotta find the keys!" Zigzag shouted back.
"You gotta be kiddin' me!"
X-ray rolled his eyes, "Go get them!"
"Me?" Squid yelled.
"Yes, you!"
"I can't believe you guys." He slowly inched off the truck and went to the driver's window.
"The Warden's cabin?"
"Yeah, probably," Squid rolled his eyes before glancing in each direction,
"If I get caught, I'm gonna kill each of you,"
"Just go!"
Squid sighed and ran into the cabin. Complete silence went on for over a minute.
"They're still havin' a brawl in there?" Magnet pointed to the Wreck Room.
"I guess,"
"Hey…ahh, are these the keys?" Zigzag picked up a set of keys from the floor below.
"…When did you see those?"
"Uhh, a couple minutes ago…I just thought they were house keys or somethin'."
"Zig!" Magnet snatched the keys out of his hand and turned on the ignition.
"SQUID!! GET IN HERE!" Magnet hollered
"Zig, now why in the world would a set of house keys be doing in the desert?!" X-ray shouted to him.
"Umm…" He thought before shrugging.
"Squid…get over here, c'mon!" X-ray muttered.
Squid came out of the door, "I can't find the keys!"
"We found 'em! Get over here, now!"
Unexpected, the Warden and Mr. Sir came out of the Wreck room.
"What are you boys doing?!" The Warden yelled.
"SQUID! RUN!" Squid ran as fast as he could over to the truck. Suddenly, Mr. Sir's bullets were firing at each of them. Magnet stepped on the gas as the car started forward at a fast speed.
"Jump on, Squid!" Just as Squid had hopped onto the bumper of the car, a bullet hit the water barrel, slowly sending water out.
"Go Magnet! Go!"
And the truck was speeding down the desert.
Mr. Sir stomped his foot on the desert floor, "God dammit!"
Avery, Evan, and Bailey walked out of the room, "What happened?"
The Warden hissed and pointed over to the retreating water truck.
Avery smirked and responded, "Don't worry we'll take care of them,"
He motioned his two other brothers behind D-tent, and out of sight.
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"We're free!" Magnet yelled and pounded the steering wheel excitedly, "Did ya hear that, X? We're free!"
"I heard," He said as he looked out the rear view mirror, "How ya guys doin' back there?!"
"We're fine!" Caveman shouted back. He looked down on the side of the water truck, "How ya doin' down there, Squid?"
Squid looked up from the bumper his was still shakily standing on, still hold on to dear life, " 'M fine," He muttered.
"Good…"
"Hey, look!" Zigzag whispered amazingly and pointed off in the distance behind them. Magnet turned from his driving, and stopped immediately, seeing three black beautiful horses galloping towards them.
"Sweet!" He quickly opened his door and hopped out.
"Mag, maybe you should just keep driving…" X-ray trailed off uncertainly.
"Aww, all they want is some water!" He responded. He and Squid walked up to the horses that now stood still behind the truck.
"Hello, horsy." Magnet whispered and patted the horses' nose. Squid did the same, on one of the other horse.
"They're Kathiawari's." Magnet said aloud. Squid looked over to him, amazed. Stanley hopped off of the back and went over horse, his brow in total confusion as he stared at the mane…
"How'd you know?"
"It's obvious. It's their ears; they curve in until the tips are almost touching. I did a 2nd grade project on horses."
"Oh…"
"Ziggy? Did you bring your canteen?"
"Yeah…why?...Oh, no! No way, are you going to use them for…those things!"
"C'mon, man! They'll die of thirst!" Zigzag groaned, and walked out of the truck, X-ray behind him.
Magnet grabbed the canteen and filled it with the water that was still leaking out.
"Here you go horsies," He poured some water into his hand and held it out under the horses mouth, but instead of drinking it, the horse stared. Magnet's brow creased in confusion.
"I thought he was thirsty,"
******Stanley reached out to pet one of the horses' manes. Running his hand through, he instantly pulled back and gasped.
"Uh…hey Magnet, check this out, I don't think this was in your horse report."
The rest of the guys looked at him in a more awkward way than they looked at Zigzag.
"Caveman, you're crazy!" spoke Zigzag.
"That's bold words comin outta your mouth too, Zig," Squid teased. Zigzag looked at him, and they both laughed. Everyone else smiled too, except Stanley, Zero, and X-Ray.
X-Ray stepped forward. "Why, what's wrong Caveman?"
Stanley paused, ignored Squid and Zigzag, and then said, "Feel the horse's mane. It feels all wet and gross and…..like it's not hair. Feels like these plants my mom used to have or something."
Squid howled, "Yeah, my ass feels like a plant too, wanna touch it? Or better yet, you wanna kiss it?"
Everyone else but Stanley and Zero joined in the laughing once again. Even X-Ray smiled.
"Sorry Caveman," said Magnet, "Don't know no horses with plants for manes."
Stanley scowled, "It's not just that, but they feel all dripping wet too! It's-"
Again he was cut off by Squid and Zigzag's laughter. "Well it's a desert. The horse got all sweaty!" laughed Zigzag.
"Or they were jackin off like you do in the showers," added Squid.
"IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, TOUCH THEM!" Stanley howled, furrowing his eyebrows in frustration.
"Chill Caveman. Heat's just gotten to ya, that's all," X-Ray patted his back. Magnet nodded while the other guys laughed, and smirked, "Watch, I'll prove ya wrong, Caveman."
He reached out to the one's mane, and it snarled, nostrils flared.
"Easy horsy."
The other guys stood, watching and waiting intently. Lowly and gingerly, Magnet touched it's mane.
"Well?" Squid tapped his foot and yawned.
Magnet slowly turned to face them, a piece of 'mane' in his hand and said, "You guys ain't gonna believe this….look…."
He held the strand solo in the air, and Zigzag gasped. Squid's jaw dropped. X-Ray blinked and then stared at Stanley who muttered, "told ya so." The 'mane' wasn't composed of actual hair, but rather, was made of a black stemmed plant with small black oval-shaped leaves; like a black bulrush.
The horse snorted, let out a neigh, and stomped it's hoof.
"LOOK!" shouted Zero suddenly, and pointed. The rest of them looked at him, and then back to the horses. Zigzag was mumbling to himself.
At each of the horses' legs, a puddle was forming on the desert floor, wish wasn't even evaporating. The puddles grew larger as Zero continued to point out that water seemed to be dripping out of every pore of the animal. The horses looked like they just emerged from a lake.
But the horse Magnet had had by the 'mane' finally had enough. It kicked up on it's hind legs, neighing, then came back down, thrust it's neck, and bit Magnet on his hand, hard.******
"Oww!" He screamed as he pulled his hand back.
"C'mon Magnet…Let's get out of here," X-ray told them.
Zero and Armpit hopped off the back of the truck, "You alright, Mag?"
"Yeah, s'alright," He said inspecting it, but he looked up at them, confused, "I never knew that horses bit…"
Suddenly, the horse behind Magnet rose up on its hind legs and shot forward, ramming him, Squid and Zero to the ground. The two other horses sprinted forward, tackled the rest of D-tent to the ground.
Screams and shouts were heard from each of the boys. Yet, none were heard in others ears, for their own screams were drowning out the sound.
With the last of Magnet's energy, he looked from side to side, seeing that each boy was not moving, except the occasional deep ragged breath from someone. Magnet whimpered in pain, before his world was covered with a blanket of darkness.
With each of the boys' now unconscious, the black horses turned back into the three boys that had gone missing from Camp Green Lake.
"Gullible boys aren't they?" Avery smirked over to his brothers.
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