At 11:45 that night Operation Escape was kicked into action. Magnetic and
Zippy snuck across the Green Lake grounds towards the Cafeteria. It was
very dark, and hard to see, but it wasn't cold, it was very warm as the two
girls quietly made their way up to the Cafeteria doors.
"Locked," Zippy whispered after pushing against the door.
"Just what I expected," Magnetic said. She pulled a credit card out of her pocket and wedged it between the two doors. Then she slid the card downwards towards the lock, which made a loud clicking sound as it came apart. Magnetic yanked her credit card out of the crevice so hard that it broke in two.
"I hope that wasn't an important credit card," Zippy said, studying Magnetic's face.
"No, it was just one of my mom's old ones," Magnetic replied. "I take her old credit cards with me where ever I go, just in case I have to do something like that." She opened the double doors.
"Cool," Zippy said smiling.
Both girls walked into the cafeteria and looked around, they weren't sure where all the food was kept.
"It could be in here," Zippy said, walking up to a door that looked like it could be a closet. She turned the doorknob, it wasn't locked. She slowly opened the door only to jump back in surprise.
The door did not lead to food storage room but to Mr. Sir's office. Mr. Sir had fallen asleep at his desk to the girl's dismay, and now they had to be extra quiet.
"I didn't know Mr. Sir's office was right there," Magnetic said, as Zippy quietly closed the door. "Come on," she said. "I bet you anything the food is back behind there," she pointed to the counters where the food was served, there were a couple of doors back there.
Magnetic climbed over the counters but Zippy walked around them which seemed to be the more practical thing to do.
"Let's see what's behind door number one," Magnetic said, she opened the door. It was a janitor's closet, completely equipped with broom, mop, bucket, and all sorts of other cleaning and fixing tools. "Okay," Magnetic said, closing the door. "So it's not door number one."
They checked the next two doors but didn't find any food.
"Well this is fun," Magnetic said, she was getting annoyed.
"At least we only have two more doors to go," Zippy said, looking on the bright side.
Magnetic, who was getting frustrated, decided to kick the next door open, but soon after realized it hadn't been a good idea. Hundreds of canned goods came crashing to the floor, some flying at Magnetic from their neat stacks and hitting her across the face and body.
"SHHHHHH!" Zippy cried, hurrying to Magnetic's aid. "Are you okay?" she asked, leaning over to help a fallen Magnetic to her feet.
"Yeah," Magnetic said, rubbing a gash on her cheek, right under her left eye. "Well, we found the food," she said, getting to her feet and looking around at all the cans.
They spent the next half hour filling four large backpacks with the cans. By the end of the half hour the bags were so heavy both girls were bent as they carried them across the compound towards D tent.
"Hey Squid," Chase said the next day as she grabbed a shovel out of the Library. If this was going to be her last day at Camp Greenlake she wanted to enjoy it.
"Hey," Squid said slowly, he hadn't expected Chase to talk to him, not yet anyway. "You must be in a good mood," he added as he watched Chase smile around at everyone.
"Oh I'm in a very good mood," Chase replied, turning back to him. "Would you mind escorting me out to the lake?" Chase asked, offering her arm.
"Gladly," Squid said in a confused tone, but he took her arm anyway and the two of them headed out to the dry lake together.
"What're you so happy about?" Squid asked, he knew there had to be a catch; maybe Chase was planning something against him and she was now luring him into a trap?
"Oh nothing," Chase replied. "It's just a beautiful day-" (Squid raised his eyebrows; he was sweating already and he hadn't even started digging yet) "- and I had a wonderful dream last night," Chase lied.
"Really?" Squid asked, he was interested just as Chase had expected him to be. "And what was this wonderful dream about?"
"Well-I dunno," Chase said, faking a shy appearance.
"Go on tell me," Squid said, he was starting to believe Chase's little game.
"But it's embarrassing," Chase said, smiling. But Squid insisted. "Okay," Chase said, turning to him. "You were in it." She stared into his eyes for a minute, then she faked a giggle.
"Really?" Squid said, amused. "And why in your perspective would that be a 'wonderful dream'?"
"I dunno," Chase said, continuing to walk again. "It just was." She smiled at him. "It was amazing," she said. "Fantastic," she giggled again.
Squid furrowed his brow; he was very confused now. He'd never thought he'd see Chase like this, it was like he was talking to a completely different person.
"Well hello there," Mr. Sir said. "Glad you could make it. Now come on." He marked the ground with his boot to show where everyone would be digging their holes.
"Have you noticed anything different about the girls today?" Armpit asked at lunch.
"Hell yeah!" Xray said. "Rogue actually smiled at me!"
"Zippy won't leave me alone," Zero said. "She ALMOST accompanied me to the bathroom!"
"Chase has been acting real nice to me," Squid said, sitting down in the dirt to eat his sandwich."
"I bet I know what it is," Zigzag said. "They all got their period."
"Ew man," Twitch said, wrinkling his nose.
"How could they all get it at the same time?" Xray asked, his mouth full of food.
"Don't ask me I wouldn't know," Zigzag replied. "But there's no other explanation." All the boys looked over at the girls who were grouped together, and when Chase blew Squid a kiss all the boys agreed with Zigzag.
"Oh my god!" Chase said, turning back to the girls and wrinkling her nose. "I have been acting like a drip all day and he's been totally buying it!"
"I know," Rogue said. "Earlier when i just smiled at Xray he practically fainted!" Rogue and Chase, the anti-boyfriend girls, laughed, but the rest didn't.
"I'm tired," Magnetic said yawning.
"I'm not," Fidget said, fidgeting with the chocolate chips from her cookie.
"Well no wonder!" Magnetic said, "You didn't have to go out in the middle of the night last night and break into the cafeteria!"
"Okay," Chase said, her eyes darting around at the scene. "I'm gonna steal the water we need. You guys have to distract Mr. Pendanski and the boys."
"Can do," Lei said.
"Oy! Mr. Pendanski," Lei called as she and the other girls leaded Mr. Pendanski and all the boys away from the water tank. "We wanna talk to you for a second."
Chase snuck around the back of the truck, all the girls canteens, and a few extra Magnetic had stolen, dangled from her neck. She hoped Lei and the other girls voices would drown out the sound of the water pouring into each canteen, as it did make a lot of noise. She started filling canteens immediately.
"We were just wondering what you and Friction were doing yesterday in tent F?" Lei asked, glaring at Mr. Pendanski. Of coarse Mr. Pendanski and Friction hadn't done anything in tent F together the other day, but it was the funniest thing the girls of D tent could think of.
"What?" Mr. Pendanski said, taken aback.
Some of the boys started laughing.
"You heard her," Rogue said. "What the hell were you doin' with Friction?"
"I beg your pardon?" Mr. Pendanski looked shocked.
"We just wanted to remind you Mr. Pendanski that you're like twenty years older than Friction," Magnetic said, she was a lot taller than Mr. Pendanski, making her seem a lot more threatening to him than the other girls.
"I don't understand," Mr. Pendanski said. "I didn't do anything with Friction yesterday in the tent."
"Oh sure, deny it," Static said. "But we know you're lying; Zippy saw both of you."
Zippy nodded.
Chase had three canteens filled and hidden in the nearest hole, but she still had eight more to go.
"I swear I didn't do anything with Sarah, Zippy must have seen wrong."
"Oh, and when have you started calling Friction by her real name?" Lei asked.
"Wha-" Mr. Pendanski looked helpless.
Five canteens filled, six more to go.
"So the truth comes out doesn't it Mr. Pendanski," Fidget said.
"I don't know what you girls are talking about," Mr. Pendanski said, turning towards his truck.
"Wait!" Lei cried. "We were just messin' with ya' when we said all that stuff."
Mr. Pendanski raised his eyebrows.
Seven filled, four to go.
"Well okay," Mr. Pendanski said, confused. Then he got into his truck and started the engine.
"Wait!" Fidget cried, running up to Mr. Pendanski. "We just wanted to apologize for all that. I mean we were just joking around at the time but now we see that all of this has caused you some distress."
"Okay..............." Mr. Pendanski said. "That's nice. I've got to go now Allie, so I would appreciate it if you would step away from the car; wouldn't want you to get hurt now."
"Oh that is so sweet!" Fidget said. "Tears!"
Mr. Pendanski nodded his head in confusion, then he drove off.
"Well?" Lei asked Chase, who was now standing up, her hands on her hips.
She winked.
So far Operation Escape was a success.
"Locked," Zippy whispered after pushing against the door.
"Just what I expected," Magnetic said. She pulled a credit card out of her pocket and wedged it between the two doors. Then she slid the card downwards towards the lock, which made a loud clicking sound as it came apart. Magnetic yanked her credit card out of the crevice so hard that it broke in two.
"I hope that wasn't an important credit card," Zippy said, studying Magnetic's face.
"No, it was just one of my mom's old ones," Magnetic replied. "I take her old credit cards with me where ever I go, just in case I have to do something like that." She opened the double doors.
"Cool," Zippy said smiling.
Both girls walked into the cafeteria and looked around, they weren't sure where all the food was kept.
"It could be in here," Zippy said, walking up to a door that looked like it could be a closet. She turned the doorknob, it wasn't locked. She slowly opened the door only to jump back in surprise.
The door did not lead to food storage room but to Mr. Sir's office. Mr. Sir had fallen asleep at his desk to the girl's dismay, and now they had to be extra quiet.
"I didn't know Mr. Sir's office was right there," Magnetic said, as Zippy quietly closed the door. "Come on," she said. "I bet you anything the food is back behind there," she pointed to the counters where the food was served, there were a couple of doors back there.
Magnetic climbed over the counters but Zippy walked around them which seemed to be the more practical thing to do.
"Let's see what's behind door number one," Magnetic said, she opened the door. It was a janitor's closet, completely equipped with broom, mop, bucket, and all sorts of other cleaning and fixing tools. "Okay," Magnetic said, closing the door. "So it's not door number one."
They checked the next two doors but didn't find any food.
"Well this is fun," Magnetic said, she was getting annoyed.
"At least we only have two more doors to go," Zippy said, looking on the bright side.
Magnetic, who was getting frustrated, decided to kick the next door open, but soon after realized it hadn't been a good idea. Hundreds of canned goods came crashing to the floor, some flying at Magnetic from their neat stacks and hitting her across the face and body.
"SHHHHHH!" Zippy cried, hurrying to Magnetic's aid. "Are you okay?" she asked, leaning over to help a fallen Magnetic to her feet.
"Yeah," Magnetic said, rubbing a gash on her cheek, right under her left eye. "Well, we found the food," she said, getting to her feet and looking around at all the cans.
They spent the next half hour filling four large backpacks with the cans. By the end of the half hour the bags were so heavy both girls were bent as they carried them across the compound towards D tent.
"Hey Squid," Chase said the next day as she grabbed a shovel out of the Library. If this was going to be her last day at Camp Greenlake she wanted to enjoy it.
"Hey," Squid said slowly, he hadn't expected Chase to talk to him, not yet anyway. "You must be in a good mood," he added as he watched Chase smile around at everyone.
"Oh I'm in a very good mood," Chase replied, turning back to him. "Would you mind escorting me out to the lake?" Chase asked, offering her arm.
"Gladly," Squid said in a confused tone, but he took her arm anyway and the two of them headed out to the dry lake together.
"What're you so happy about?" Squid asked, he knew there had to be a catch; maybe Chase was planning something against him and she was now luring him into a trap?
"Oh nothing," Chase replied. "It's just a beautiful day-" (Squid raised his eyebrows; he was sweating already and he hadn't even started digging yet) "- and I had a wonderful dream last night," Chase lied.
"Really?" Squid asked, he was interested just as Chase had expected him to be. "And what was this wonderful dream about?"
"Well-I dunno," Chase said, faking a shy appearance.
"Go on tell me," Squid said, he was starting to believe Chase's little game.
"But it's embarrassing," Chase said, smiling. But Squid insisted. "Okay," Chase said, turning to him. "You were in it." She stared into his eyes for a minute, then she faked a giggle.
"Really?" Squid said, amused. "And why in your perspective would that be a 'wonderful dream'?"
"I dunno," Chase said, continuing to walk again. "It just was." She smiled at him. "It was amazing," she said. "Fantastic," she giggled again.
Squid furrowed his brow; he was very confused now. He'd never thought he'd see Chase like this, it was like he was talking to a completely different person.
"Well hello there," Mr. Sir said. "Glad you could make it. Now come on." He marked the ground with his boot to show where everyone would be digging their holes.
"Have you noticed anything different about the girls today?" Armpit asked at lunch.
"Hell yeah!" Xray said. "Rogue actually smiled at me!"
"Zippy won't leave me alone," Zero said. "She ALMOST accompanied me to the bathroom!"
"Chase has been acting real nice to me," Squid said, sitting down in the dirt to eat his sandwich."
"I bet I know what it is," Zigzag said. "They all got their period."
"Ew man," Twitch said, wrinkling his nose.
"How could they all get it at the same time?" Xray asked, his mouth full of food.
"Don't ask me I wouldn't know," Zigzag replied. "But there's no other explanation." All the boys looked over at the girls who were grouped together, and when Chase blew Squid a kiss all the boys agreed with Zigzag.
"Oh my god!" Chase said, turning back to the girls and wrinkling her nose. "I have been acting like a drip all day and he's been totally buying it!"
"I know," Rogue said. "Earlier when i just smiled at Xray he practically fainted!" Rogue and Chase, the anti-boyfriend girls, laughed, but the rest didn't.
"I'm tired," Magnetic said yawning.
"I'm not," Fidget said, fidgeting with the chocolate chips from her cookie.
"Well no wonder!" Magnetic said, "You didn't have to go out in the middle of the night last night and break into the cafeteria!"
"Okay," Chase said, her eyes darting around at the scene. "I'm gonna steal the water we need. You guys have to distract Mr. Pendanski and the boys."
"Can do," Lei said.
"Oy! Mr. Pendanski," Lei called as she and the other girls leaded Mr. Pendanski and all the boys away from the water tank. "We wanna talk to you for a second."
Chase snuck around the back of the truck, all the girls canteens, and a few extra Magnetic had stolen, dangled from her neck. She hoped Lei and the other girls voices would drown out the sound of the water pouring into each canteen, as it did make a lot of noise. She started filling canteens immediately.
"We were just wondering what you and Friction were doing yesterday in tent F?" Lei asked, glaring at Mr. Pendanski. Of coarse Mr. Pendanski and Friction hadn't done anything in tent F together the other day, but it was the funniest thing the girls of D tent could think of.
"What?" Mr. Pendanski said, taken aback.
Some of the boys started laughing.
"You heard her," Rogue said. "What the hell were you doin' with Friction?"
"I beg your pardon?" Mr. Pendanski looked shocked.
"We just wanted to remind you Mr. Pendanski that you're like twenty years older than Friction," Magnetic said, she was a lot taller than Mr. Pendanski, making her seem a lot more threatening to him than the other girls.
"I don't understand," Mr. Pendanski said. "I didn't do anything with Friction yesterday in the tent."
"Oh sure, deny it," Static said. "But we know you're lying; Zippy saw both of you."
Zippy nodded.
Chase had three canteens filled and hidden in the nearest hole, but she still had eight more to go.
"I swear I didn't do anything with Sarah, Zippy must have seen wrong."
"Oh, and when have you started calling Friction by her real name?" Lei asked.
"Wha-" Mr. Pendanski looked helpless.
Five canteens filled, six more to go.
"So the truth comes out doesn't it Mr. Pendanski," Fidget said.
"I don't know what you girls are talking about," Mr. Pendanski said, turning towards his truck.
"Wait!" Lei cried. "We were just messin' with ya' when we said all that stuff."
Mr. Pendanski raised his eyebrows.
Seven filled, four to go.
"Well okay," Mr. Pendanski said, confused. Then he got into his truck and started the engine.
"Wait!" Fidget cried, running up to Mr. Pendanski. "We just wanted to apologize for all that. I mean we were just joking around at the time but now we see that all of this has caused you some distress."
"Okay..............." Mr. Pendanski said. "That's nice. I've got to go now Allie, so I would appreciate it if you would step away from the car; wouldn't want you to get hurt now."
"Oh that is so sweet!" Fidget said. "Tears!"
Mr. Pendanski nodded his head in confusion, then he drove off.
"Well?" Lei asked Chase, who was now standing up, her hands on her hips.
She winked.
So far Operation Escape was a success.