Chapter 3
The First Day
Long before the sunlight would have peaked thought the tent crack, the girls were woken up by a loud horn blowing. Katie was the first to open her eyes, because she was an early riser. Hannah peeked her eyes open then shut them. Mandy didn't even open her eyes. At least until three boy stormed into the tent and started yelling at them to get up. Hannah and Mandy jumped up with the most surprised look on their faces. Katie was the first to react. "We can wake up on our own, thank you." "Right." One of the boys commented. "My name's Squid." He pointed to the boy next to him with blonde cork screw hair. "This is Zigzag," Then he pointed to the last boy, who blurted his name out before Squid could. "Twitch. Who are ya'll?" Katie didn't look impressed. In fact the more the boys looked at her, the more they almost were scared of her. "If it will make you leave quicker...I'm Katie. This is Hannah and Mandy. Okay? Okay. Now, let us wash up before breakfast." She pushed the boys out of the tent.
Hannah sat up. "That was...odd. I wonder where the other girls are. Or if there are any. Wouldn't THAT be weird? Us being the only girls in this whole place! Well, let just go eat breakfast for now. After that shock I can't go back to sleep even if I tried."
Mandy pulled her hair up into a red bandana and sighed. "I hope breakfast is alright..."
The girls walked down to the so called "kitchen" and got in what looked like a line for breakfast. As they got up to where the cooks were throwing things on the plates, the girls began to realize what "breakfast" was. It consisted of a little carton of orange juice, some u.m.f. (unidentified moving food) that looked like mush, and burned piece of toast, and a scoop of beans. The beans also moved with a mind of it's own, making the girls wonder if the beans really DID have a mind of their own.
The girls were going to sit down at the isolated table when the boys they had met earlier called over to them.
"Hey! Why don't you come over here and eat?"
Katie flashed them a evil grin.
"But then I'd have to kill you!" The boys just grinned nervously. Uncertain if she meant it or not.
"Aw, come on, Katie. What have you got to lose?" Hannah avoided Katie's glare. "I wouldn't trust anyone here."
By the time Katie had made her last comment three guys had come up behind her and sat their breakfast trays down beside her. Much to Hannah and Mandy's surprise all Katie did was look down at her food. The boys looked nervous so Hannah tried to make conversation.
"So how did ya'll get in here?"
Twitch brightened. "I hotwired...oh about 15 cars."
Zigzag almost broke a smile. "I robbed a jewelry store and store about 25 grand with of diamonds. It really wasn't that great. When I broke through the window I got this." He pulled up his sleeve to show a scar about 3 inches long, but not very wide.
Magnet laughed. "Hey," Zigzag said, "at least that's better than why you're here. Ya know what he did to get here?" Hannah and Mandy shook their heads, while Katie just rolled her eyes. "he stole a puppy and put it in his pocket, but the police found our 'cus the dumb thing started barking!" With that Twitch and Zigzag started laughing their heads off, while Hannah and Mandy tried to join in. With that the school like bell over head gave off a round of ear-ringing rings that sent everyone scatting towards the tool shed.
"So what did ya'll do?" Twitch asked. Without looking behind her shoulder as she walked, Katie said, "Tell ya later, k?"
Hannah, Mandy, and Katie (in their orange suits of-course) headed toward the shed with the rest of the boys to begin their first day of work.