Chapter 10:
Peanut Butter Camp 7.5
Kai had gone home the next day; he and his mom and dad were packing up for Peanut Butter Camp.
"Now Kai, I know you don't want to go to Peanut Butter Camp, but our new world ruler demanded it. So we will be the slave owners of Sector 7, and you will be in the less important Sector 7.5," said Kai's dad.
"Hooray, I can't wait to go," Kai said sarcastically.
The bus arrived, and had big letters on the side saying 'Sectors 7 and 7.5'.
Pretty much everyone in Kai's neighborhood was on that bus.
Kai moved towards the back and sat down. Bryan sat in the seat next to him.
"I never thought I would be a slave of our stupid friend," Bryan said with his head against the seat in front of him.
"Yeah. I'm planning a break-out and I need as many people as possible," Kai explained.
"Count me in," Bryan said immediately. Kai looked around the crowded bus, and saw to boys in his class in front of him.
"Hey, are you guys in Sector 7.5?" asked Kai. "Yeah," the two boys replied with a nod.
"I'm planning a break-out. There're too many slave owners on this bus, so I'll tell you the plan at camp" said Kai.
About 2 hours later, the bus pulled into the Peanut Butter Camp. Every boy in the country was there working their butts off, and the girls and some adults were sitting in pool chairs, sipping some lemonade.
There was a sign that said "Welcome to Peanut Butter Camp! The Camp That Gives King Tala a Full Tummy". It had a picture of Tala stuffing his face with a peanut butter sandwich.
Kai got out of the bus and his group walked over to the tent marked 7.5.
The tent was smelly and had the worst colors. It was pitch black with orange stripes.
Kai was very hot and already hated this place before he started working.
His owner was...HILARY!
"Oh, look who it is. It's the king's owner. I guess he hates you since he didn't make you an owner," Hilary said with an evil smile.
She was sitting in her beach chair, enjoying a nice refreshing root-beer, and had two kids fanning her with palm tree leaves.
"Now what are we supposed to do here?" asked Kai.
"If you look outside, there are really long tables. There are two sides on each table, and they are like a factory line. The first kid hands the 2nd kid a plate, then the 2nd kid hands the next kid the plate with bread on it, and so on, making a peanut butter sandwich." Hilary explained.
"You guys will be at Table #330," she added.
"330 TABLES! HOW MANY PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES DOES THIS KID NEED!" screamed Kai and his colleagues.
"Hey, I don't make the rules," she stated simply.
Kai and his colleagues sat down at the empty table and waited for the lady who was making sure everyone was working passed.
"Now I need you guys to look around and look for weaknesses to break out," Kai whispered to his friends.
They began working, looking around after their stage of the process was done.
The camp was lined with cement walls, with barbed, electric wire. There were watch towers at each corner, and a gate that had a guard standing in a booth right next to it.
"Ok, I have a plan," Kai whispered.
He waited for the work-checker lady to pass and he began to discuss with his colleagues.
"Now, does anyone here have a tape recorder?" Kai asked.
One of the two boys raised his hand.
"Great. Now what we're going to do is record me talking in Tala's voice, and tell the guards that it is ok and that don't need to keep a lookout and they can go to sleep. Then, we need to sneak this tape into the control center, which is the booth by the gate, and then while they are resting, we'll play it by ear," Kai explained.
"HEY KID! GET WORKING!" screamed the work-checker.
Kai couldn't wait to get out of this dreaded place.