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Chapter 17: He's hiding something
"Umm yeah the warden was getting me to reorganize her closet. It was real tough. Because if I messed something up she'd make me start again." Said Axle, rubbing his neck.
"Really? I wonder why'd she would make ya do that." said Zigzag, scratching his frizzy head.
"Heh…it's weird…" Axle said again, turning around.
Terry was not as gullible as the others, sensing the older boy was lying. He wasn't very good at it, either.
"Well it sure took him long enough…" She whispered into Squid's ear. She sat down beside him on the bed.
"It's also weird that they didn't do a medical check up for us…" He said quietly. "After getting' beat up like that…" He eyed the two sitting on the bed.
"Now that you mention it…Ough…I really don't feel so good…" Said Terry suddenly. Clutching her stomach. The boys had kicked her repeatedly in the abdomen, and it was taking a turn for the worse.
"You okay?" Said Squid, facing her. Her cheeks were flushed and her eyes were sunken. She started to tremble.
"I think-I'm gonna…" She covered her mouth and ran outside. There was a sickening splashing sound.
"Well, that was…sudden…" Said Aero quietly from the corner.
"No shit."
They ran out into the evening sun to find the girl leaning over and coughing like crazy. Squid didn't want to look at the ground. He and Zigzag ran over and helped her up. He still didn't like the idea of Zigzag touching her……
Terry was still coughing and then wiped her mouth feebly.
"I don't need your help!" She said, pushing them both away. "The one good meal I get and I have to barf it up…"
"What do you mean?" Said Squid.
"Usually the guys in my tent would steal most of my food because they knew I wouldn't dare put up a fight." She said between clenched teeth. "I don't know how the hell I managed to survive two holes a day on that much food for so long…"
"Well, that explains why…" Squid stopped.
'I feel a slap coming on!' He backed away a bit and hoped she wouldn't do what he thought she would.
She smiled and raised an eyebrow.
"I've lost weight?" Despite the horrible pain in her stomach, she couldn't help but be amused.
"How…….intresting of you to notice…"
(A/N: Most girls don't like being called 'fat', even if you said they USED to be…)
She cleared her throat quietly and walked over to him. He was frozen in his spot. She walked slowly around him once, never taking her eyes off of his dirty, but rather attractive face.
"You looked fine before, I mean you didn't need…I mean…" He tripped over his words. She stood in front of him now, squinting at his eyes. He chewed on his toothpick nervously.
"I couldn't help but notice, I mean-
She brought her hand across his cheek. Not hard like she did to Magnet, only enough to teach him a lesson. His head snapped back into place and his jaw dropped in shock.
"Ai!"
Terry didn't bother to watch him, she just went calmly back into the tent.
She knew she wasn't mad at him. She knew he didn't mean anything. She just wanted to keep up her reputation…
Squid came back in, rubbing his face. He wasn't stupid enough to ask: "what it was for." He just came in, lay down on his bed, and rubbed his cheek. (Which hurt a lot!)
Terry watched him through the corner of her eye. She couldn't deny it any more. She liked him…a lot.
"This stuff looks like it was made from decaying haggis!" Exclaimed Zigzag, scooping up spoonfuls of the stew and plopping it down on his plate over and over.
"It sure tastes like it was made from decaying haggis…" Said Squid, grimacing as he spat his out.
"It's probably better than noth-…..nevermind!" Terry gasped as she took a heaping spoonful of the lumpy brown goop. She spat it out and began to paw at her tongue. "Gosh, that stuff really is bad!"
"No shit Sherlock!" Said Aero, pushing his plate away.
"I'm going to go ask what the hell they put in this crap." Said Zigzag, getting up.
"Your funeral!" Whispered Terry.
A few minutes later Zigzag returned.
"So?" Everyone asked in union.
"It's a mix of all the leftovers from this week plus a little something extra."
"What's the 'extra'?" Asked Aero.
"I honestly don't want to know." Replied Zigzag, his face turning green.
Squid leaned over and whispered into her ear:
"Rendezvous at 1:30 am harp outside the tent."
She was very curious to know what he meant, but he got up and left the table quickly. She didn't want to be stuck alone with Axle and Aero, so she followed suit.
Time Skip--------------
'Man I'm STARVING!'
The combonation of hunger and a not-so-feeling-good stomach made her entire front side churn with agony. She tossed and turned in her bed, sweating up a storm. Then suddenly she remembered the meeting. 1:30…crap! What time was it? She sat up abruptly, looking around. Damn dividers! She got up from the creaky old bed carefully and peeked around the corner. Squid was nowhere to be seen. Neither was Zigzag.
'I hope I'm not late!'
She tiptoed out of the tent to find the two boys waiting around anxiously.
"You're 16 minutes late!" Hissed Zigzag.
"Well sorry, but I don't have a watch." She said impatiently. She glanced at Squid, who hadn't said anything yet.
"Quiet you two!" He breathed, motioning to them to come around the corner of the tent. The three crept silently down the dirt path, in their bare feet, through the inky black night.
"So where and what exactly are we doing?" Asked Terry very quietly.
"It's our little 'stakeout', don't you remember?" replied Zigzag.
"No! I told you guys we shouldn't- She was raising her voice. Squid clapped his hand over her mouth.
"Shhhhhhhh!" He pressed his finger across his lips.
Terry ripped his hand off her mouth and grumbled something under her breath.
"I still don't think this is a good idea."
"Oh, come on. We want to find out about the treasure just as much as you do!" Said Squid.
"Yeah, you didn't think you were going to hog the mystery all to yourself did you?"
The girl raised a questioning eyebrow.
"That's it. I'm going back to the tent." She began to turn around but Squid grabbed her arm.
"So you're just going to let the warden get away with your money?"
Terry thought for a while.
"Yes."
Zigzag frowned and Alan turned her around and frog marched her back.
"Come on. We're just trying to help you."
She sighed.
"Fine. But if I get into any MORE trouble I'm never forgiving you guys!" She shook herself loose from Squid's grip and gave them both a cold hard glare.
"It'll be fine." He whispered with a smile. She rolled her eyes and they continued down the path to the Warden's infamous cabin.
"How will we get in?" Asked Terry rather shakily. She was beginning to regret this idea more and more.
"Through that window." Squid pointed upwards at the thing, which was about 7 feet off the ground.
"I'll give someone a boost." Said Zigzag, (being the tallest.)
"Yeah you stay out here to keep watch. Me n' Terry will go in and look around. If there's any sign of danger throw a rock, and we'll be right down.
"Kay."
"…Okay…"
Squid and Zigzag each grabbed a foot and pushed Terry up to the windowsill. Opening it was a snap, and she clambered up quietly. Then came Squid. Terry pulled him in and Zigzag boosted from below. Soon the two of them were inside the dark living room of the building. It was very dark,Terry nearly stumbled over a chair. She saw white things on the walls, most likely the posters she had seen before. And there were various desks and cabinets with all sorts of odd stuff in and on them, but most of it she could hardly see in the darkness.
"Squid…I don't think she would just leave it in the open!" She whispered as quietly as humanly possible into his ear. He nodded his head in agreement.
"We'll have to take a look in the basement." This was not going to be fun. Groping around in a basement…Terry had seen way too many horror movies. They made their way over to the hallway, where there were three doors. One of which led to the cellar, the other into the warden's bedroom. The last was a broom closet. They could easily tell by the folding crack in the middle.
'Now miss, you get to choose door number one or door number two!'
"What if it's locked?" She whispered. Anything to avoid going down …'there'.
"Don't worry."
'Easy for him to say!' She rolled her eyes even though she knew he wouldn't see it.
"Check underneath the doors…whichever looks darker inside is probably our destination."
"Oh goody." Who knows what could be down there? Terry simply couldn't stand the idea of being in a room full of centepedes…or worse, spiders. Little crawly thingies with lots of legs. It just gave her the chills.
She bent down on the ground and peeked under the door on the left side of the hall. It was pretty dark. She rolled over and tried the other one. They were both dark!
"So?"
"They are both pitch black." She whispered as she got up. Squid could see the look of displeasure on her face.
"Let's just try both."
The four words she regretted most. Let's try both. If they stumbled into the warden's room…she didn't want to begin to imagine the consequences.
Squid reached for the brass handle on one of the doors…then stopped. He turned around and looked at the smaller handle with the keyhole in it.
Door one…or door two?
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