FLASH POV
There is no lake at Camp Greenlake. It's so hot, I can hardly think without breaking into a hot sweat.
Tolkien had the craziest idea that we should run away from Camp Greenlake. Not that I disagree with her, but the hellhole back there was literally an oasis.
It hasn't rained here for a long time. The rain started after the legendary Caveman and Zero, but when the camp reopened, it stopped.
There had once been a lake at Camp Greenlake, and last year it was very close to having a pond. But things have changed yet again.
There is no lake at Camp Greenlake.
There is no pond at Camp Greenlake.
There is no oasis on God's Thumb.
Noon is the most torturous hour I have ever experienced. There is no lake. There is no shade, except for what a dark corner of the mountain may provide.
Attempting to scale God's Thumb was the hardest thing I've ever tried to do. I wouldn't have attempted at all, if Squid hadn't offered his hand and encourage me.
It took all day yesterday for the whole lot of us to get up half way up the steep cliff. We all came really far though. Armpit probably had the most courage of all of us. And now we're waiting for the sun to pass, so it won't be directly over our heads.
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'Water,' Armpit moaned. I tossed him a canteen. 'Small sips. We have to ration that.'
'Dude,' X-ray muttered. 'What's gonna happen when we get up there and our water runs out?'
All of us turned to Tolkien, as this whole mess was the fault of that little dipshit (which we mean in a loving way of course).
'heyyyyy.....what are you looking at me for? Don't look at me like....heyyy....I DIDN"T DO IT!!!"
'Err.....' was all she could manage.
'Well, doesn't that help us?!' Zigzag spat.
'Man, we gotta go back!' Squid groaned. 'We'll die out here if we don't.'
'No way man,' Magnet huffed. "I'm not goin' back.'
'Your funeral,'
'I'm not diggin' anymore holes!' Magnet shouted back, but collected himself. 'no more holes, man. You can't give up so easily.'
'Yeah,' Armpit agreed. 'I have not climbed up so high for nothin' and you can't make me go down, unless you plan to carry me.' He took a second sip of water and returned me canteen to me.
'Then we're not going back,' Tolkien. "We're gonna try to get up there, if we fall of this fucking rock, or go mad from the heat!'
'YEAH!' Tinkerbell agreed. 'We can't give up. There was something up there that kept Caveman and Zero alive and it can keep us alive. Come on, let's climb this piece of rubble.'
'YEAH!!!!' we all shouted.
Tink jumped up. 'So are we going or not?'
'Later,' some of us muttered.
'WHAT?"
'Dude, we're like tired,' Magnet said.
'Yeah, give us a second.'
'A moment.'
'A minute.'
'all summer.'
'Dipshits,' Tinkerbell muttered and plopped down next to ZigZag.
Squid fixed his bandana. Twitch twitched as he played with a lock he had with him.
'What are you doing?'tolkien asked.
'Practicing lock picking.'
'That's cool—hey. Wait a second.' She sat up. We opened an eye from our siestas to look upon her curiously.
'Hey y'all,' she said. 'Twitch, ya think you could- nevermind.'
'What?'
'Nothing.'
'Girl I know that look,' Magnet said. "you're thinking something.'
'What makes you say that, Maggy?'
'Girl, I told you-DON'T CALL ME THAT!'
'Well, wait and see, I've got a few things to work out in my mind. Then I shall reveal all.'
Squid and I exchanged curious looks, before we attempted to sleep. In an hour or so, when the sun wouldn't be so strong, we would pick up our stuff and continue going up God's Thumb.
And sure enough we did. We were very tired, but Tink cheered us up. She huffed as she climbed up, and she exclaimed, 'Well, at least there are no yellow spotted lizards up here.'
We all smiled.
'Yeah,' said Zig, 'Cos you know what they say about the lizards!"
'What Do they say about the lizards?' I asked. I hadn't heard too much about them, except their venom.
'HERE we go,' Squid rolled his eyes.
'AHEM!' Zig called our attention. "Please allow me to continue. Anyway, dear Flash. They say a lot about them lizards. If you ever see a lizard, you only see their beady red eyes that just stare at you, waiting to bite into your flesh. And they have exactly eleven yellow spots on their spiny little back. However, if you get close enough to count the spots yourself, then you're in big trouble, Jack.'
'Trouble?'
Zigzag imitated a dead dog, or something.
'You die?!" I asked. 'Then where do the stories come from?'
Zigzag got a weird look in his eye and climbed ahead.
I turned to Squid on my right. 'ya reckon he knows something we don't?'
'Yeah, he's been here longer than any of us....'
Our solemn mood was interrupted by Armpit declaring what he was gonna do as soon as we reached the top.
'When we get up there, I am gonna drop these little pants o' mine, and moon the whole world!' He sang. 'And I'll shout out to all of them 'LOOK AT ME I'm KING OF THE WORLD! AND YOU MUST ADMIRE MY ASS!!'
His shout echoed, and we all giggled.
Magnet started singing, as after the first line, Veri giggled and shouted along. Apparently it was an inside joke.
'CHIckity chickity in my shoup, how many fruit loops can I loop?" They screamed.
There is no lake at Camp Greenlake. It's so hot, I can hardly think without breaking into a hot sweat.
Tolkien had the craziest idea that we should run away from Camp Greenlake. Not that I disagree with her, but the hellhole back there was literally an oasis.
It hasn't rained here for a long time. The rain started after the legendary Caveman and Zero, but when the camp reopened, it stopped.
There had once been a lake at Camp Greenlake, and last year it was very close to having a pond. But things have changed yet again.
There is no lake at Camp Greenlake.
There is no pond at Camp Greenlake.
There is no oasis on God's Thumb.
Noon is the most torturous hour I have ever experienced. There is no lake. There is no shade, except for what a dark corner of the mountain may provide.
Attempting to scale God's Thumb was the hardest thing I've ever tried to do. I wouldn't have attempted at all, if Squid hadn't offered his hand and encourage me.
It took all day yesterday for the whole lot of us to get up half way up the steep cliff. We all came really far though. Armpit probably had the most courage of all of us. And now we're waiting for the sun to pass, so it won't be directly over our heads.
~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!
'Water,' Armpit moaned. I tossed him a canteen. 'Small sips. We have to ration that.'
'Dude,' X-ray muttered. 'What's gonna happen when we get up there and our water runs out?'
All of us turned to Tolkien, as this whole mess was the fault of that little dipshit (which we mean in a loving way of course).
'heyyyyy.....what are you looking at me for? Don't look at me like....heyyy....I DIDN"T DO IT!!!"
'Err.....' was all she could manage.
'Well, doesn't that help us?!' Zigzag spat.
'Man, we gotta go back!' Squid groaned. 'We'll die out here if we don't.'
'No way man,' Magnet huffed. "I'm not goin' back.'
'Your funeral,'
'I'm not diggin' anymore holes!' Magnet shouted back, but collected himself. 'no more holes, man. You can't give up so easily.'
'Yeah,' Armpit agreed. 'I have not climbed up so high for nothin' and you can't make me go down, unless you plan to carry me.' He took a second sip of water and returned me canteen to me.
'Then we're not going back,' Tolkien. "We're gonna try to get up there, if we fall of this fucking rock, or go mad from the heat!'
'YEAH!' Tinkerbell agreed. 'We can't give up. There was something up there that kept Caveman and Zero alive and it can keep us alive. Come on, let's climb this piece of rubble.'
'YEAH!!!!' we all shouted.
Tink jumped up. 'So are we going or not?'
'Later,' some of us muttered.
'WHAT?"
'Dude, we're like tired,' Magnet said.
'Yeah, give us a second.'
'A moment.'
'A minute.'
'all summer.'
'Dipshits,' Tinkerbell muttered and plopped down next to ZigZag.
Squid fixed his bandana. Twitch twitched as he played with a lock he had with him.
'What are you doing?'tolkien asked.
'Practicing lock picking.'
'That's cool—hey. Wait a second.' She sat up. We opened an eye from our siestas to look upon her curiously.
'Hey y'all,' she said. 'Twitch, ya think you could- nevermind.'
'What?'
'Nothing.'
'Girl I know that look,' Magnet said. "you're thinking something.'
'What makes you say that, Maggy?'
'Girl, I told you-DON'T CALL ME THAT!'
'Well, wait and see, I've got a few things to work out in my mind. Then I shall reveal all.'
Squid and I exchanged curious looks, before we attempted to sleep. In an hour or so, when the sun wouldn't be so strong, we would pick up our stuff and continue going up God's Thumb.
And sure enough we did. We were very tired, but Tink cheered us up. She huffed as she climbed up, and she exclaimed, 'Well, at least there are no yellow spotted lizards up here.'
We all smiled.
'Yeah,' said Zig, 'Cos you know what they say about the lizards!"
'What Do they say about the lizards?' I asked. I hadn't heard too much about them, except their venom.
'HERE we go,' Squid rolled his eyes.
'AHEM!' Zig called our attention. "Please allow me to continue. Anyway, dear Flash. They say a lot about them lizards. If you ever see a lizard, you only see their beady red eyes that just stare at you, waiting to bite into your flesh. And they have exactly eleven yellow spots on their spiny little back. However, if you get close enough to count the spots yourself, then you're in big trouble, Jack.'
'Trouble?'
Zigzag imitated a dead dog, or something.
'You die?!" I asked. 'Then where do the stories come from?'
Zigzag got a weird look in his eye and climbed ahead.
I turned to Squid on my right. 'ya reckon he knows something we don't?'
'Yeah, he's been here longer than any of us....'
Our solemn mood was interrupted by Armpit declaring what he was gonna do as soon as we reached the top.
'When we get up there, I am gonna drop these little pants o' mine, and moon the whole world!' He sang. 'And I'll shout out to all of them 'LOOK AT ME I'm KING OF THE WORLD! AND YOU MUST ADMIRE MY ASS!!'
His shout echoed, and we all giggled.
Magnet started singing, as after the first line, Veri giggled and shouted along. Apparently it was an inside joke.
'CHIckity chickity in my shoup, how many fruit loops can I loop?" They screamed.