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Chapter 7
Mom sat in a circle of empty chairs in the wreck room. I sat down, and Zero and Zig sat next to me. Next to Zero sat Caveman, and then Armpit and Mom. Squid and Magnet sat next to ZigZag. The other chair by Mom remained empty.
"Where's Rex?" I did my best to look concerned as I answered, "Oh, he's not feeling himself."
"Oh, okay. Well, we might as well get started. Raina, do you know why you're here?"
"Yeah. I got caught."
"That's right. If you could have done anything differently, what would it be?"
"That should be pretty obvious. I'd have outrun the bastard."
"No, you should have not stolen from the store."
"Oh, okay. I should have paid for it with my imaginary money. Well, next time I'll be sure to do that."
"Good. Allen here will be your mentor."
"Allen?" I looked around, half expecting someone to spring from the shadows. Someone with taped coke-bottle glasses and a pocket-protector. Don't ask me why; that was just the image I got. I was way surprised when Squid blushed and raised his hand. "As ace as Squid is, I don't think I need a mentor. Or a protector. I think the rest of the tent can back me up on that. Right?"
"Hell ya." "She's our protector." "Ain't no one gonna mess with her." "She's one tough chica." "Shadow's the queen." "Lalala." I glanced at ZigZag, who had added this last comment. He grinned and shrugged his shoulders.
When the meeting was finally over, we went back to D-Tent. X-ray was curled up under his blanket, fast asleep.
"Aw, don't he look cute!" I was tempted to kick him but resisted. Instead I walked over to my cot, pulled off my jumpsuit, and got into bed. "Night-night!"
"G'night." "Buenas Noches" "Nighty-Night" "Don't let the bed bugs bite!" I turned over to face Zero. "I can't believe you're here!" He grinned.
"Me neither. Good Night, Shadow!"
"Good night." I closed my eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
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A/N: I hope you like!! Review, please!! If you review, I'll give you a cookie!
Chapter 7
Mom sat in a circle of empty chairs in the wreck room. I sat down, and Zero and Zig sat next to me. Next to Zero sat Caveman, and then Armpit and Mom. Squid and Magnet sat next to ZigZag. The other chair by Mom remained empty.
"Where's Rex?" I did my best to look concerned as I answered, "Oh, he's not feeling himself."
"Oh, okay. Well, we might as well get started. Raina, do you know why you're here?"
"Yeah. I got caught."
"That's right. If you could have done anything differently, what would it be?"
"That should be pretty obvious. I'd have outrun the bastard."
"No, you should have not stolen from the store."
"Oh, okay. I should have paid for it with my imaginary money. Well, next time I'll be sure to do that."
"Good. Allen here will be your mentor."
"Allen?" I looked around, half expecting someone to spring from the shadows. Someone with taped coke-bottle glasses and a pocket-protector. Don't ask me why; that was just the image I got. I was way surprised when Squid blushed and raised his hand. "As ace as Squid is, I don't think I need a mentor. Or a protector. I think the rest of the tent can back me up on that. Right?"
"Hell ya." "She's our protector." "Ain't no one gonna mess with her." "She's one tough chica." "Shadow's the queen." "Lalala." I glanced at ZigZag, who had added this last comment. He grinned and shrugged his shoulders.
When the meeting was finally over, we went back to D-Tent. X-ray was curled up under his blanket, fast asleep.
"Aw, don't he look cute!" I was tempted to kick him but resisted. Instead I walked over to my cot, pulled off my jumpsuit, and got into bed. "Night-night!"
"G'night." "Buenas Noches" "Nighty-Night" "Don't let the bed bugs bite!" I turned over to face Zero. "I can't believe you're here!" He grinned.
"Me neither. Good Night, Shadow!"
"Good night." I closed my eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
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A/N: I hope you like!! Review, please!! If you review, I'll give you a cookie!