Chapter 23- Home Free
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"Come on," Zero whispered signaling that the cost was clear. Squid, Karli, and Hanna followed. Their feet shuffled as they walked across the campground. "Ok who knows how to pick locks?" Zero asked.
"I do, but, you seriously wanna break into the Warden's cabin? We could get caught." Hanna pointed out.
"How 'bout...Mr. Sir's office?" Karli suggested.
"But what do we need that's in Mr. Sir's office?" Zero asked.
"A phone and a little number that can change everything." Karli started to walk off with Hanna already behind her, leaving Squid and Zero behind them very confused.
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"I'm not going, those are two police officers out there!" Pendanski protested. The Warden's eyes shifted from Pendanski to Mr. Sir.
"I got a whole bunch of idiots," The Warden mumbled. "Come let's go." All three walked out loudly shutting the door. "Whew, glad that's over," Hanna said as she stood up from behind the desk and started to stretch.
"Hanna! Get down!!" Karli whispered tugging on Hanna's sleeve.
"Karli shut up. You heard the Warden; there are two police officers out there! Our phone call worked!" Hanna exclaimed, but in a matter of seconds Karli pulled her hard enough that she tripped over her own two feet and ran into the filing cabinet. Karli was suddenly over taken with laughter. Squid just sat there as quiet as ever, leaving Zero the only one to help Hanna.
Only a few seconds later, Zero joined Hanna on the floor clutching his stomach from the pain that the corner of the desk had caused. Squid started to laugh at the expression on Zero's face.
"Looks like... it... was meant.. to be...you two," Karli managed to say, making Squid laugh harder.
"Shut up!" They said in unison.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" A gruff voice said. The four of them fell dead silent recognizing the voice. There was only one person who it could me.
"Hhhhheeeeeyyyy Mr. Sir," Hanna said with a nervous laugh.
"Now what's going on here?" Another voice said; everyone shifted their eyes to see Pendanski with his hands on his hips.
"Looks like we have a long lost friend of ours, Ms. Hanna Raymond," Mr. Sir said, a smirk donned upon his face.
"No that's Karli, over there's Hanna." Pendanski corrected.
"I ain't on stupid pills," (A/N sound familiar?) "I know who's who. Squid's over there, Karli's right there, and Zero and Hanna are over there."
"Looks like Camp Green Lake won't be closed after all," This time a woman's voice said. Without looking everyone knew who it was; the Warden. "Pendanski, Mr. Sir, take these run-away's to my cabin and keep them quiet," The Warden casually walked out but turned around before she went any further. "And if you open your mouth once, you'll find yourself buried in a hole faster than you can blink."
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"Now why do you have four dirty, rotten, stupid, juvenile delinquents in your cabin?" A tall built man with a head shaped like an egg asked. Squid shot him a glare at the insult. Sure they were dirty; who wouldn't be after digging holes or walking out in the desert for weeks? 'Course, they were juvenile delinquents, but probably 25% of the people here were framed or didn't have enough evidence to find them innocent. Stupid; if they were smart enough to actually call the police; then they aren't stupid. Rotten, that's what had them stuck on. How the hell can they be rotten? Zero noticed a women quietly sitting in the corner. He assumed that she was the other officer. But something looked familiar about the strawberry blonde women. Her sharp blue eyes looked over at Zero, who quickly looked away. "Now what did you guys do at this camp?" The man asked. The four of them stayed silent remembering the Wardens threat. 'If there are two officers in here then the Warden couldn't get away with anything bad.' Zero thought. 'She can't hurt us; neither can Mr. Sir or Pendanski.'
"Answer me!" The man roared.
"Someone needs anger management classe," Squid mumbled.
"What was that?" He asked, suddenly nose to nose with Squid.
"Nothin' man jeeze. Oh and there is something called a tick tack,"
"Why I-,"
"Officer Fuller, don't!" The woman exclaimed. She loosely grabbed the man by his arm and pulled him back. "We have to dig five foot holes everyday, wake up at 4:30, eat crap for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We wear smelly orange jumpsuits and get three- minute showers. Each girl from our tent has some kind of problem. Well not each girl only some like Tru, Amanda, Karli, and Hanna. Those are the only people I know here where problems have been uncovered. This whole thing got started when we learned that Hanna's crazy uncle attempted to kill her and her family but failed. One day when she stormed out of the tent she didn't come back. We assumed that she ran away but then Karli ran away the day Squid got sent back here. Then Squid and I ran away. I guess that the rest of D-tent thought that Hanna's uncle came. It took us many weeks, I guess, to actually find Hanna. That's when we all caught up with each other and thought that Hanna was dead but soon learned that she wasn't. We made our way back here and called the Fort Worth Police Station because we thought some miracle would happen. The reason why we didn't answer you was because the Warden threatened us but I figured that since two officers were here that nothing would happen and the likeliness of them getting arrested was very high." Zero finished sitting back down and breathing a little harder than usual. He noticed that everyone was wide-eyed and dumbstruck.
"That was out of the blue," Karli commented.
"Oh and here's the paper with all our report dates," Hanna piped in pulling a piece of paper out of her jump suit.
"How'd you get that?" The Warden demanded.
"Zero got it remember; you held him captive in your cabin? That's what he tells us." Hanna smirked.
"Now what do you mean by report dates?" The man now known as Officer Fuller asked.
"Well, since we ran away the Warden would naturally report us right?" Zero asked.
"Ya,"
"Well, apparently the Warden planned out when she would report us so that she wouldn't get in trouble. The reason why she would get in trouble is that we would most likely be dead but we're not,"
"You stole that from me!" The Warden exclaimed.
"Well what do ya expect from someone who's been held in your cabin for a number of days?"
"Officers of course that's invasion of privacy right?"
"Actually no," The woman answered; a pair of handcuffs were held in her hands. Officer Fuller pulled Mr. Sir and Pendanski aside.
"Ms. Walker, you have broken the child labor laws, child abuse and whatever this piece of paper is," She grabbed one of the Wardens arms and put part of the handcuffs on. "I'm Officer Bell and you're under arrest."
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After the Warden, Mr. Sir and Pendanski were arrested the camp was held under the police station. D-tent was soon reunited the same day. Caveman remembered the lipstick tube that he found and gave to X-ray while Hanna and everyone else weren't there. He decided to dig farther into the hole with Zero's help. They found the trunk that was stolen from his great- grandfather and split half the money with Zero. Zero used it to find his mother. After two more weeks, five busses lined up to take the kids home. All of D- tent was on the same bus where they would say there last good-byes. What they didn't know is that they would see each other very, very soon.
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"Come on," Zero whispered signaling that the cost was clear. Squid, Karli, and Hanna followed. Their feet shuffled as they walked across the campground. "Ok who knows how to pick locks?" Zero asked.
"I do, but, you seriously wanna break into the Warden's cabin? We could get caught." Hanna pointed out.
"How 'bout...Mr. Sir's office?" Karli suggested.
"But what do we need that's in Mr. Sir's office?" Zero asked.
"A phone and a little number that can change everything." Karli started to walk off with Hanna already behind her, leaving Squid and Zero behind them very confused.
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"I'm not going, those are two police officers out there!" Pendanski protested. The Warden's eyes shifted from Pendanski to Mr. Sir.
"I got a whole bunch of idiots," The Warden mumbled. "Come let's go." All three walked out loudly shutting the door. "Whew, glad that's over," Hanna said as she stood up from behind the desk and started to stretch.
"Hanna! Get down!!" Karli whispered tugging on Hanna's sleeve.
"Karli shut up. You heard the Warden; there are two police officers out there! Our phone call worked!" Hanna exclaimed, but in a matter of seconds Karli pulled her hard enough that she tripped over her own two feet and ran into the filing cabinet. Karli was suddenly over taken with laughter. Squid just sat there as quiet as ever, leaving Zero the only one to help Hanna.
Only a few seconds later, Zero joined Hanna on the floor clutching his stomach from the pain that the corner of the desk had caused. Squid started to laugh at the expression on Zero's face.
"Looks like... it... was meant.. to be...you two," Karli managed to say, making Squid laugh harder.
"Shut up!" They said in unison.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" A gruff voice said. The four of them fell dead silent recognizing the voice. There was only one person who it could me.
"Hhhhheeeeeyyyy Mr. Sir," Hanna said with a nervous laugh.
"Now what's going on here?" Another voice said; everyone shifted their eyes to see Pendanski with his hands on his hips.
"Looks like we have a long lost friend of ours, Ms. Hanna Raymond," Mr. Sir said, a smirk donned upon his face.
"No that's Karli, over there's Hanna." Pendanski corrected.
"I ain't on stupid pills," (A/N sound familiar?) "I know who's who. Squid's over there, Karli's right there, and Zero and Hanna are over there."
"Looks like Camp Green Lake won't be closed after all," This time a woman's voice said. Without looking everyone knew who it was; the Warden. "Pendanski, Mr. Sir, take these run-away's to my cabin and keep them quiet," The Warden casually walked out but turned around before she went any further. "And if you open your mouth once, you'll find yourself buried in a hole faster than you can blink."
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"Now why do you have four dirty, rotten, stupid, juvenile delinquents in your cabin?" A tall built man with a head shaped like an egg asked. Squid shot him a glare at the insult. Sure they were dirty; who wouldn't be after digging holes or walking out in the desert for weeks? 'Course, they were juvenile delinquents, but probably 25% of the people here were framed or didn't have enough evidence to find them innocent. Stupid; if they were smart enough to actually call the police; then they aren't stupid. Rotten, that's what had them stuck on. How the hell can they be rotten? Zero noticed a women quietly sitting in the corner. He assumed that she was the other officer. But something looked familiar about the strawberry blonde women. Her sharp blue eyes looked over at Zero, who quickly looked away. "Now what did you guys do at this camp?" The man asked. The four of them stayed silent remembering the Wardens threat. 'If there are two officers in here then the Warden couldn't get away with anything bad.' Zero thought. 'She can't hurt us; neither can Mr. Sir or Pendanski.'
"Answer me!" The man roared.
"Someone needs anger management classe," Squid mumbled.
"What was that?" He asked, suddenly nose to nose with Squid.
"Nothin' man jeeze. Oh and there is something called a tick tack,"
"Why I-,"
"Officer Fuller, don't!" The woman exclaimed. She loosely grabbed the man by his arm and pulled him back. "We have to dig five foot holes everyday, wake up at 4:30, eat crap for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We wear smelly orange jumpsuits and get three- minute showers. Each girl from our tent has some kind of problem. Well not each girl only some like Tru, Amanda, Karli, and Hanna. Those are the only people I know here where problems have been uncovered. This whole thing got started when we learned that Hanna's crazy uncle attempted to kill her and her family but failed. One day when she stormed out of the tent she didn't come back. We assumed that she ran away but then Karli ran away the day Squid got sent back here. Then Squid and I ran away. I guess that the rest of D-tent thought that Hanna's uncle came. It took us many weeks, I guess, to actually find Hanna. That's when we all caught up with each other and thought that Hanna was dead but soon learned that she wasn't. We made our way back here and called the Fort Worth Police Station because we thought some miracle would happen. The reason why we didn't answer you was because the Warden threatened us but I figured that since two officers were here that nothing would happen and the likeliness of them getting arrested was very high." Zero finished sitting back down and breathing a little harder than usual. He noticed that everyone was wide-eyed and dumbstruck.
"That was out of the blue," Karli commented.
"Oh and here's the paper with all our report dates," Hanna piped in pulling a piece of paper out of her jump suit.
"How'd you get that?" The Warden demanded.
"Zero got it remember; you held him captive in your cabin? That's what he tells us." Hanna smirked.
"Now what do you mean by report dates?" The man now known as Officer Fuller asked.
"Well, since we ran away the Warden would naturally report us right?" Zero asked.
"Ya,"
"Well, apparently the Warden planned out when she would report us so that she wouldn't get in trouble. The reason why she would get in trouble is that we would most likely be dead but we're not,"
"You stole that from me!" The Warden exclaimed.
"Well what do ya expect from someone who's been held in your cabin for a number of days?"
"Officers of course that's invasion of privacy right?"
"Actually no," The woman answered; a pair of handcuffs were held in her hands. Officer Fuller pulled Mr. Sir and Pendanski aside.
"Ms. Walker, you have broken the child labor laws, child abuse and whatever this piece of paper is," She grabbed one of the Wardens arms and put part of the handcuffs on. "I'm Officer Bell and you're under arrest."
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After the Warden, Mr. Sir and Pendanski were arrested the camp was held under the police station. D-tent was soon reunited the same day. Caveman remembered the lipstick tube that he found and gave to X-ray while Hanna and everyone else weren't there. He decided to dig farther into the hole with Zero's help. They found the trunk that was stolen from his great- grandfather and split half the money with Zero. Zero used it to find his mother. After two more weeks, five busses lined up to take the kids home. All of D- tent was on the same bus where they would say there last good-byes. What they didn't know is that they would see each other very, very soon.
