Authors Note: Wow, already on chapter seven? ^_^ Okay, I have something to
say here. I keep getting a comment from a certain reviewer about making my
chapters longer and I'd like to reply to that right now. I try to do the
best I can and update often so that I don't forget about this story like my
others. If the chapters are short, so be it. I'm busy at this time of year
with school ending and haven't the time to write often. Please just DEAL
with it because this is my writing style. This is going to be a short one
because of the certain event that takes place but other things will happen
in the next chapter once I get a chance to think them through. Until then,
please keep reviewing and sending me your ideas. They help me a lot.
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Logan growled as she struggled against the hard, desert ground, trying to dig her hole. It was terribly hard for her since she had weak arms. The sun's heat was beating down on her and she wanted everything to unzip the top part of her orange jumpsuit, but that would reveal her gender. All she was wearing under it was a tanktop and shorts.
Caveman watched as Logan struggled to dig "his" hole, wanting to help the boy out but knew that was against the rules. Let him get used to it now rather than later.
Bailey worked on his own hole, which was located a bit further away from the others' holes. The heat was causing him to sweat a lot but it was nothing a little humming couldn't cure. While humming, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that his fellow camper was struggling a bit. Not just with his hole... His health seemed to not be at its best today... "Hey, Race... Are you gonna be all right?"
Logan stopped for a moment and could tell she was going to easily overheat herself. But she just smiled and nodded, continuing to dig. Shrugging, Bailey figured Race could take care of himself and went back to digging. ZigZag also could see that Race wasn't doing too well, even for a beginner. But, he decided to keep to himself... Logan didn't seem to be getting any better, though. Her vision blurred and she stumbled forward. Glancing over to her water jug, she reached for it with a shaking hand before dropping down onto the ground with a groan. Once he saw Race collapse, Bailey dropped his shovel and climbed out of his hole, with a little struggle, and ran towards her hole. "Race!"
He tried to help her up, taking great care not to make her situation worse than it already was. "You've pushed yourself too hard! ... You don't DO that at Camp Greenlake..."
"I hardly pushed myself at all..." Logan fell back to her knees again.
ZigZag stopped his work as well and went over to help her out, "Hardly pushed yourself... Hah. You need to take a little trip to the doc." He then helped her up again as well.
Logan jerked away, stumbling back, "N-No doctor! I'm fine! Really!"
Looking at her, ZigZag's eyes grew a little wider as he smiled slightly. "What, we aren't scared of the doc, are we?"
"Of course not!" Logan hesitated. "I just don't think its that bad!"
Caveman came up to them upon hearing the sudden chaos that had begun. He had decided to make an attempt at helping out. "Race, for all we know, you could be getting sick from the heat."
"I am NOT getting sick."
"How do you know that?"
"Shut up, Caveman!"
"Isn't it called "heat stroke" or something?" Bailey suddenly interrupted.
"Something along those lines, yeah..." Replied Caveman.
"I can keep digging!" Logan shakily picked up her shovel.
X-Ray had been ignoring what was happening, slowly letting it really bother him. He couldn't take the fact that everyone had stopped digging to help Race, and finally threw his shovel down, climbed out of his hole, and walked over to Race. "Hey, just because you're new doesn't mean you have to get all this attention! I don't believe you're really sick, you're just tryin' to FAKE it so you'll get RECOGNIZED! Well, it's not gonna work on me!"
Logan looked up at X-Ray, a sharp expression in her eyes, "You're saying I'm faking it?"
"Yeah, that's what I'm sayin'." He glared at her.
"I dare you to repeat it."
"Do I have to spell it out for yah? You are F-A-K-I-N-G."
"I warned you!" She growled and gave X-Ray a hard punch across the face before slamming herself into him, the two landing in one of the empty holes. X-Ray wrestled her onto her back after recovering from the previous blows. He raised his fist and landed it hard on her cheekbone. Logan let out a high-pitched cry of pain. Well, that was unnatural. She slammed into the wall of the hole before doubling over, her hat falling off. Her ponytail spilled out but she didn't notice yet. X-Ray was about to make another attack but stopped in his tracks as he noticed what had just happened... "What the-?!"
Logan glanced over to where her hat had fallen before looking back up. Her secret was out ALREADY. Well, at least with the witnesses nearby. Bailey, along with everyone else, was crowded around the hole when this happened. His mouth fell open... He was... er... SHE was...
"A girl?!" ZigZag gaped.
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Logan growled as she struggled against the hard, desert ground, trying to dig her hole. It was terribly hard for her since she had weak arms. The sun's heat was beating down on her and she wanted everything to unzip the top part of her orange jumpsuit, but that would reveal her gender. All she was wearing under it was a tanktop and shorts.
Caveman watched as Logan struggled to dig "his" hole, wanting to help the boy out but knew that was against the rules. Let him get used to it now rather than later.
Bailey worked on his own hole, which was located a bit further away from the others' holes. The heat was causing him to sweat a lot but it was nothing a little humming couldn't cure. While humming, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that his fellow camper was struggling a bit. Not just with his hole... His health seemed to not be at its best today... "Hey, Race... Are you gonna be all right?"
Logan stopped for a moment and could tell she was going to easily overheat herself. But she just smiled and nodded, continuing to dig. Shrugging, Bailey figured Race could take care of himself and went back to digging. ZigZag also could see that Race wasn't doing too well, even for a beginner. But, he decided to keep to himself... Logan didn't seem to be getting any better, though. Her vision blurred and she stumbled forward. Glancing over to her water jug, she reached for it with a shaking hand before dropping down onto the ground with a groan. Once he saw Race collapse, Bailey dropped his shovel and climbed out of his hole, with a little struggle, and ran towards her hole. "Race!"
He tried to help her up, taking great care not to make her situation worse than it already was. "You've pushed yourself too hard! ... You don't DO that at Camp Greenlake..."
"I hardly pushed myself at all..." Logan fell back to her knees again.
ZigZag stopped his work as well and went over to help her out, "Hardly pushed yourself... Hah. You need to take a little trip to the doc." He then helped her up again as well.
Logan jerked away, stumbling back, "N-No doctor! I'm fine! Really!"
Looking at her, ZigZag's eyes grew a little wider as he smiled slightly. "What, we aren't scared of the doc, are we?"
"Of course not!" Logan hesitated. "I just don't think its that bad!"
Caveman came up to them upon hearing the sudden chaos that had begun. He had decided to make an attempt at helping out. "Race, for all we know, you could be getting sick from the heat."
"I am NOT getting sick."
"How do you know that?"
"Shut up, Caveman!"
"Isn't it called "heat stroke" or something?" Bailey suddenly interrupted.
"Something along those lines, yeah..." Replied Caveman.
"I can keep digging!" Logan shakily picked up her shovel.
X-Ray had been ignoring what was happening, slowly letting it really bother him. He couldn't take the fact that everyone had stopped digging to help Race, and finally threw his shovel down, climbed out of his hole, and walked over to Race. "Hey, just because you're new doesn't mean you have to get all this attention! I don't believe you're really sick, you're just tryin' to FAKE it so you'll get RECOGNIZED! Well, it's not gonna work on me!"
Logan looked up at X-Ray, a sharp expression in her eyes, "You're saying I'm faking it?"
"Yeah, that's what I'm sayin'." He glared at her.
"I dare you to repeat it."
"Do I have to spell it out for yah? You are F-A-K-I-N-G."
"I warned you!" She growled and gave X-Ray a hard punch across the face before slamming herself into him, the two landing in one of the empty holes. X-Ray wrestled her onto her back after recovering from the previous blows. He raised his fist and landed it hard on her cheekbone. Logan let out a high-pitched cry of pain. Well, that was unnatural. She slammed into the wall of the hole before doubling over, her hat falling off. Her ponytail spilled out but she didn't notice yet. X-Ray was about to make another attack but stopped in his tracks as he noticed what had just happened... "What the-?!"
Logan glanced over to where her hat had fallen before looking back up. Her secret was out ALREADY. Well, at least with the witnesses nearby. Bailey, along with everyone else, was crowded around the hole when this happened. His mouth fell open... He was... er... SHE was...
"A girl?!" ZigZag gaped.