Disclaimer: So sorry chapter 14 and 15 took so long to update…I've become a zoo tycoon addict. I had an idea and typed like 3 pages, but after reading it over, the whole thing didn't make sense and it was really poopy and dumb...and I kept trying to think of a way to make it better…but uurg! Ok so here's the new chapter: (I guarantee you guys will love it lol)
Chapter 15: dshgbrsdgnmty
"Good god, can't they at least give us a break for once?" Zigzag growled after several counselors came through the tent and shook everyone awake.
"No, of course not! This is a juvenile delinquent camp!" Complained a very sleepy X-Ray, who sat up and rubbed his eyes.
Terry was still under her covers. She was trying to sit up too, but instead rolled off the bed in a big bundle of sheets.
"Ammm shchfffmmmf!" She said, under the mass of the bedsheets. They were cutting the circulation off of her legs. She felt a hand grab the corner of a sheet and pull. The whole thing unraveled, and Terry fell onto the ground.
"Up and at 'em Terry!" Chirped Pendanski. He practically skipped out of the tent.
'God, he must be gay or something…' She rubbed the crust out of her eyes and stood up. The other boys were getting dressed.
'EEEEK LOOK AWAY TERRY!' She forced herself to turn away. Something sent a shiver up her spine… She didn't bother to change out of yesterday's clothes so she jumped into the work suit and ran outside. No being late this time! Breakfast was eggs and some rock-hard rolls. Terry didn't go for either, so she just sat outside the library and waited for the others to come. She was sitting with her legs crossed on a metal bucket. A few boys walked past now and then. There were some quick footsteps behind her.
But then she saw a small form in the corner of her eye. Turning around, it looked like a lizard. A fat little lizard with yellow spots on its back. The thing was making it's way over to her. How cute! Terry had always loved lizards. She stood up and walked towards it. A frill popped out on it's neck, like the raptor in Jurassic park, only smaller. Adorable! But something seemed wrong…It opened its mouth to hiss, and she saw two gleaming white fangs.
"Not so adorable anymore!'
The small reptile stood on its hind legs and started to run towards the girl.
"Aiii!" She yelped in suprise. It must seem awfully silly to be running from a little animal. Suddenly, a gunshot rang out behind her. There was a splat. Terry looked back, and saw the lizard, blown in half by Mr. Sir's bullet. He stood about 20 yards away with a pistol in hand, trembling.
"Wh-why did you shoot it?" She asked. He seemed taken aback by her remark, and shoved the gun in his belt. Wiping his nose and giving her a cold glare, he said:
"That there was a yeller spotted lizzerd. If it had bit you, you'd be dead." The girl froze. She had almost bent down to stroke it's scaly back a minute ago. If she had decided to, who knows what would have happened. She didn't want to think about it. Mr Sir. horked onto the ground and walked away. His brow was furrowed with displeasure. (A/N: Hint hint, wink wink!)
Time Skip
Terry was getting stronger. And faster at digging. She was almost done her hole, and it was only 2:00.
'What idiot ever said boys were stronger than girls?' She snickered out loud. A few more shovelfuls and…Done! She climbed out with her shovel and watched defiantly as the rest of D-Tent was still working away. Hah.
'I bet they can't believe that I'm done! Hah!'
"Holy cow, you're done already?" Coughed Magnet. All the boys looked up from their holes, stunned. Terry said nothing, she just smiled, turned around, spat in her hole, and walked away. She felt eyes on her back. That's right. Now who's cool?
Once back in the tent, everything was quiet. All the other tents were still out digging. She lay down on her bed. It was too quiet. A few minutes later, she heard footsteps coming in, and a curly mop appeared through the tent flaps. It was Zero.
"Why did you come so early? There's nothing to do when no one's around." He said quietly. That was true, she thought.
"I was sick and tired of being treated differently just cuz I'm a girl. So I showed them." She looked him in the eye. Deep within those dark eyes she saw a great sadness. She wondered why he ended up here. He was a very quiet and timid boy. One that you wouldn't think would get in trouble with the law.
"You know, Zero, you're not as stupid as everyone thinks. You should talk more often." She said.
"It's not that I'm stupid. I just don't like answering stupid questions." He sighed. "So you wanna play Monopoly?"
"Sure." He pulled out the box from under his bed. She walked over and they played until the rest of the boys slowly trickled in a few hours later.
It was about 5:00 now. Terry was exceptionally hungry…and tired.
'Maybe Zigzag was right. I have hardly eaten half of what I normally do, and god! I must have lost fifteen pounds since I came. Am I turning into an anorexic freak?'
"Lazer…Lazer!"
"Huh…wha?" She snapped out of her thoughts.
"It's your move!" Said X-Ray, annoyed. She rolled the dice and flicked her thimble four squares ahead. It was the Boardwalk thingy…own it! She rolled her eyes and went on pondering.
'That was quite odd how that poisonous lizard just "happened" to end up in the camp. I mean, it was practically right in front of me before I knew what happened.' And that time Mr. Pendanski said she fell down and hit her head. She couldn't recall much around that time, but it still didn't seem right. Why would she just fall for no reason? She didn't have floppy shoes. There was nothing to trip on. The only other person there was...
'Pendanski! He must have done something!' She crumpled the property card in her hand absentmindedly.
'But why?'
Mr. Sir's Point of view
One thing was for sure, the warden was not going to like this. Not at all. The potbellied man slicked back his greasy hair, and waddled up to the cabin's door. He didn't have to knock. The door opened and a hand grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and pulled him in, slamming the door behind.
"So, How'd it go?" The Warden asked, closing the blinds of the cabin and locking the door.
"Umm…Not so good," He said, shuffling his boots around nervously.
"What do you MEAN?" She snarled.
"The thang didn't bite 'er! She was just 'bout te touch it when it decided to get mayd."
"I told you, you have to put it in a bucked with a cold wet towel! That way they stay calm until they get touched by a warm hand." She shook her head and paced around.
"Did she even bother to look at it?" Said the angry woman with a sigh.
"Yep. She was almost gonna pet it, too!" He gulped.
"We've tried so many times to get rid of that damned kid! How come every time we try, something happens?"
"Well it wasn't mah fault they decided the dig a shelter when thay got lost. I thought they was dead fer sure!" He exclaimed, mopping his brow.
"Well it was your fault the time you didn't tell Pendanski about the plan with Axle!"
"It would have been a dead giveaway if we didn't do something!"
The warden paused for a second.
"I was sure she would have been upset enough to want to go home. Says in her file she was almost raped…"
"Well what do you suggest? We can't risk her bein' here any longer!" Said Mr. Sir. He put his thumbs in his beltloops.
"I think I have an idea." Said the warden, with a slight smile on her face.
Terry's point of view
They were still playing Monopoly, (A/N: It takes a long time to finish!) and she suddenly remembered something. X-Ray still hadn't refilled Mr. Sir's sac of seeds with the refried bean paste yet.
"Hey X-Ray, you still have to do the dare we agreed on last week." She grinned. He licked his lips, and peered at her through the corner of his eyes.
"I was hopin' you'd forget about that…" He murmured.
"Dude, you can't back out of a dare!" Exclaimed Zigzag.
"I'm not!" He said defensively, looking up.
"Then prove it and do it." Said Terry.
"Fine, I will!" He grunted.
"Well, now's a good time to do it. I just saw Mr. Sir leave his office." Said Squid, peeking out of the tent flaps.
"Alright, get that can of bean shit and let's go!" Whispered X-Ray. Squid grabbed the can from under his bed and they all crept out of the tent. Armpit looked around the pole and then motioned for the rest to come. The teens tiptoed down the boardwalk to Sir Sideburns's office. X-Ray looked around to make sure no one was watching, then jiggled the doorknob.
"He left it open! What an idiot." Chuckled X-Ray.
"Shhhhhhh!" Hissed Terry. The door opened with a click, and they snuck in.
"Now…to find that bag of sunflower seeds…" Whispered Magnet.
"Here it is!" Came a quiet reply. Stanley was behind Mr. Sir's desk, he pulled a brown sac from a shelf in the back and held it out to X-Ray.
"God dammit! How the hell are we sposed to open this thing?" Whispered X-Ray with the can in hand.
"Guess we forgot about that…" Armpit whispered back.
"Duuuh!" They all said, slightly too loud.
"Shhhhhh!" Zigzag put a finger to his lips.
"Man, we gotta hurry!" Whispered X-Ray.
"Here's a knife!" hissed Squid, tossing him the pocketknife. X-Ray sawed part of the lid off.
"AAAAAWWWWWW!" Everyone covered their nose.
"Smells like its been under your bed for 20 years!" Commented Caveman. Regardless, they all watched gleefully as X-Ray poured the chunky/runny/mouldy refried bean paste into the empty bag. All except for Terry, who was flipping through some files in the cabinet. Some dribbles of brown water came out the bottom. Nasty!
Suddenly, Zero opened the office door and waved at them frantically. One thought ran through everyone's mind:
'He's coming.'
There was a mad scramble as they all tried to squeeze out at once. There were frantic whispers and someone's leg got flung into the back of Terry's knees. She buckled and fell down. Someone stepped on her hand with their boot. (A/N: yOwch!) She tried to get to her feet, but the neck on her worksuit was caught on something! Terry struggled to get up, and ended up strangling herself. She lay on her back, and whispered frantically,
"Guys, Guys! Help me!"
But there were no footsteps, the office was completely quiet. There was a 'click' as the door swung shut. It was very dark in the office. Especially behind the desk, on the floor. Terry wasn't afraid of the dark, but this was an exception. She trembled as she heard cowboy boots clip-clopping and slowly making their way down the walk.
'What's he gonna do to me?' She gulped. 'Maybe he'll just come and get something from the table and leave. He won't see me.' She hoped what she thought would come true. There were footsteps behind the door, and it was opened. A dark shadow passed over the desk. She shut her eyes tight. The footsteps clicked in, paused and clicked closer. Then there was a big pause. She opened her eyes and saw Mr. Sir's head. He was looking at his filing cabinet. (Which was open!)
"Well, well. What do we have here?" He muttered as he came around the desk. Terry was shaking as she looked up into his ugly face.
"Whay don't yeh get up?" He asked.
"I-I got my suit caught on something…" He smiled wickedly and reached down. He grabbed her shirt and pulled her up.
"Let's go see what the ward'n hass the see 'bout this." He grabbed her by the scruff of the neck and dragged her out of the office.
"I found her in my office. She had obviously been goin' through the files." He gave her a shove onto the hardwood floor.
"Well, what do yeh reckon we should do to her?" Said the warden, smiling and winking at Mr. Sir.
"I thi
"I gots a better idea." She said, cutting him off.
"Pack your bags, girl."
Terry's eyes were wide with shock.
"Wh-WHAT?"
"You heard what she said!" Barked Mr. Sir.
"Now git goin'!" Said the warden, pushing her out and slamming the door behind.
'I'm l-l-l-l-l-leaving?'
OOOOH! I'm sorry for those of you who detest cliffies. (lol u know who u are!) But this is not the end of the world. You will not die. Just pray that I finish chapter 16 soon..lol! D And please notify me if toy come across any grammar mistakes. I will fix them quickly.
