Teddy's POV
After everyone went to supper I sat on my cot pondering what I could do with the matches...set fire... I told myself. But to what? I tried to think of a good thing to burn while in a Detention Facility. When I was scouring the room with my eyes, my gaze flew over something that caught my eye. A drawing pad, Diamond's drawing pad. I picked it up, and flipped through it. "Hmm..." I said. Jealousy flooded over me. Drawings of Magnet, Magnet...my Magnet. I thought. I felt myself getting angry. I pulled the matches out of my pocket. Without thinking I struck the match and sat it on the book, then dropped them both onto the floor. The floor was catching. I held in a scream and turned around. I made my way outside to watch. I watched the flames in amazement. Magnet would be mine, and I was determined to have him...
Thorne's POV
I sat next to Zigzag, one arm around his bare waist and the other hand on his knee, staring up at him in wonder. How could I be so lucky to have him? Then out of the corner of my eye I saw something. Flames. "ZIGZAG!!" I screamed, startling him and ruining the silence. His head turned sharply towards me. He saw the fire too. He pulled me up and zipped up his jumpsuit and we both began running back to the camp. I realized now that it was my tent that was burning. Nobody had noticed yet, Teddy stood outside watching the flames in anticipation. "Oh...no..." I whispered. Zigzag stood, rigid beside me. I wanted to scream, to let someone see what was happening...but I couldn't. Someone came out of the mess hall. Squid. He registered the scene in front of him then turned back around.
"FIRE!" he shouted. A bunch of kids came running out.
"Oh my gosh!" I heard a girl from B-Tent say. Mr. Gretsky ran out, followed by Mr. Sir. The flames licked around the building. Zigzag dropped to his knees. Mr. Sir and Mr. Gretsky went to get water, two other tents were burning. We were going to burn up, and nobody would know, because we were alone in the desert. Thats the last thought I had before I hit the ground beside Zigzag.
