Sy: Word up y'all!
Ivan: Don't start that again.
Sy: Aaaaanyway. This was supposed to be up yesterday, I know, but I've been busy. I got asked to be Assistant Stage Manager for A Midsummer Night's Dream which my dance studio and SN are putting on, so I agreed.
Ivan: I knew the schedule wasn't gonna work! I knew it!
Sy: (glare) Oh and if you play Maaya Sakamoto's Gravity while you read this, it works well.
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Key to my Heart
009: What Up, Dawg?
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Key wasn't unconscious, but she was hardly awake. She was losing blood fast and the only thing she could think to do was rip the sleeves off her jumpsuit for a makeshift bandage. It didn't help too much. She was leaning against the boat, looking up at the sky when she heard a cry. She moved her head slightly and saw someone running towards her. It looked like...
"Zero?" she mumbled as the figure came closer.
"Yomi! What happened? Are you going to be okay?"
"I's cold Zero..." Key mumbled, not really looking a Zero.
"No! You're going to be okay... I'm gonna bring you back to camp..." Zero looked around but saw no sign of the rest of D-tent. "By myself apparently..."
Zero was able to pick Key up easily, she was, after all smaller than he was. He began walking back towards camp but was going really slow. He looked out into the desert and saw two figures running towards him.
"Zero!" he heard Squid's voice.
"Key!" and Magnet.
The two boys ran up and took Key from Zero. Magnet put her on his back and Squid and Zero put their hands on either shoulder, Zero holding the makeshift bandage in place. They ran backto camp as fast as they could and entered the tent where the rest of D-Tent was standing waiting for their return.
Magnet set Key down on her bed and removed the bandage. They went to bandage it again but saw that it had healed. In the place that should have been bloody was a scar in the shape of a star.
"Is anyone else weirded out by this?" X-Ray asked.
"Oh yes..."
"We should get a doctor to look at her... Even if it is healed... You know, make sure she's okay..." Squid said.
"Well... The Warden has a phone in her cabin I'm sure..."
"The Warden won't do anything about it..."
"Mr Sir or mum..."
"They're probably in on it..."
"Sneak in. Magnet can do it."
Magnet nodded and creeped into Mr Sir's office. Seeing that he wasn't there at the moment Magnet grabbed the phone and dialed 911.
"Um... We need a doctor or someone to check over our friend... She was shot but it's healed over... She's unconcious... Camp Green Lake... Thank you..." he hung up the phone and creeped back into the tent.
"An hour..."
D-Tent sat around worrying for an hour until then heard a helicopter landing outside. A few minutes later a scowling Warden was leading a doctor into D-Tent. The boys smiled triumphantly and pointed to where Key was lying.
"Well this is weird... It's completly healed over... No blood, the bullet's gone, the only thing that's really wrong is that she's unconcious but she should wake up anytime now," the doctor said after looking over Key's shoulder.
"Thank you doctor," the Warden said in a false cheery voice.
A police man walked in at that moment and loked around the tent.
"You the Warden, ma'am?"
"Yes..."
"We're closing this camp down and having you and the counsellers arrested for mistreatment, criminal activity and assault," the police man said simply.
The D-Tent boys looked at each other and blinked and started cheering.
"The boys, and girl I suppose, will stay here for the next two weeks, under our charge while they find where they're going," the police man continued.
The Warden stood shocked with her mouth open and her eyes wide. Another police man came in and handcuffed her, pulling her out while the first one followed. The doctor nodded her head to the boys and left with the others.
"Mm... Wha?"
"Key!
"You're awake!"
"It's a miracle!"
"Aliens!"
Key smiled. "'Lo... What happened?"
"The Warden shot you... Or something. Zero fund you and tried to bring you back and then Squid and Magnet found him and helped and then a doctor came with some police guys and they're closing down the camp and we get to go home!" Squid cheered.
"Oy, calm child," Key said, grinning, then she frowned. "I don't have a home to go to..."
"What do you mean?"
"My mum died... So... I don't have anywhere to go..."
"Neither do I," Zero mumbled.
"Well that's why we're staying for the extra two weeks. So they can find places for us to go if we don't have a place," Squid said.
Key continued to frown. "I don't want to be adopted... I'd like to live with family... If I can find any..."
"Zero can come stay with my family," Caveman said.
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The next day Key was sitting in the Wreck Room with her notebook. Since they no longer had to dig, they were allowed to wear their normal clothes. Key was wearing jean cut-offs and a black corset-like top. She was tapping her pen against the paper. She was making a list of all the people she could live with, as the police had asked of all the boys (and Key) who couldn't go back to their old homes.
So far it read...
Rena Hayasaka - Aunt
Ouya Shindo - Cousin
Carlos Heriberto - Dad (may not know who I am)
And that was it. It was all the family she could think of. She sighed and gave her list to Mr Smith, the police man loking over the Wreck Room. She exited the building and returned to D-Tent. She smild at Magnet and X-Ray who were playing a game ofcards on one of the cots and lay down on hers.
She closed her eyes and buried her face into her pillow. She felt someone's eyes on her so she removed the pillow. It was Squid.
"Can I help you?"
"Yeah... Uh can we talk?"
Key nodded and stood up. Squid led her out to the desert and stopped walking when they were a distance from camp.
"What up, dawg?"
"What the Hell? Key?"
"Sorry... I've always wanted to say that."
Squid smirked. "Oh-kay... Anyway... I know we live in different towns... Or, we probably will... And I know we're leaving in two weeks... But I was wondering if you might consider... Uh... Goingoutwithme."
Key blinked. "Uh... Squid? Um... That's not... I can't... I'm sorry."
Squid sighed. "I figured. You like Zero, right?"
Key blushed and nodded.
"That's what Magnet said," Squid replied. "Friends?"
"But of course!" Key responded, linking arms with Squid and attempting to make him skip back to camp.
They went to the Wreck Room and sat down next to Zigzag who was staring at the TV.
"Word up, G!" Key greeted.
"Up word," Zigzag responded.
Key smiled and leaned into the couch. Too bad she ws leaving all this soon, to go God knows where with God knows who.
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Sy: w00t! Another chapter completed! Happy days! Two more! w00t!
Key: (throws confetti) (sarcastically) Yay.
Squid: (twirls fingers) (sarcastically) Woo hoo.
Sy: (glare) Oh well. I mightpost another chapter later today, so look for that. I need to get this thing-ay finished.