"Hand me a shovel would ya'?" Squid said to Zigzag at the Library the next
day.
"Here," Zigzag said, taking two shovels out of the Library and handing one to Squid. "Hey have you seen Static today?"
"Naw, why?" Squid asked.
"I dunno," Zigzag replied. "It's just she always gets here early, and well- "
"Don't worry," Squid said. "I'm sure she's fine, just a little late is all."
Zigzag nodded.
But when the two boys reached the lake together they didn't find Static-or any of the other girls for that matter.
"Hey, have you guys seen Zippy?" Zero asked, as he dug his shovel into the dirt.
"Nope," Zigzag said, looking perplexed.
"Maybe today's a day that all the girls have to have like a talk with the Warden, or Friction, or something," Armpit said.
The other boys all agreed-that is until the frail girl with the sunken eyes from A tent walked by with a couple of her friends.
"Maybe it's just the D tent girls that have to go to a meeting or something," Xray said, watching the dark looking girl and her friends pass.
"Wake up! Come on you guys we have to get moving!" Chase cried as all the other girls slept-even Zippy was beat.
The D tent girls had all walked until 3:00 that morning, where they had stopped and rested. At three in the morning the girls couldn't quite see their surroundings and they had all supposed that they had crossed the borders of Camp Green Lake. But now the bright sunshine revealed that they hadn't passed the Green Lake border, as they were still surrounded by a bunch of holes.
"Come on everyone!" Chase said. She grabbed Zippy's feet and started pulling her away from the sheets.
"What!" Zippy cried groggily.
"Come on! Chop chop!" Chase yelled. A bunch of the girls groaned.
But soon everyone was up and walking again.
"Get this party started!" Fidget said, singing along with Pink as they walked under the hot sun a couple hours later.
No one had seen her pack her Walkman, and now most of the girls were jealous that they hadn't brought theirs.
"Well it's not that great," Fidget had said earlier when she had pulled her walkman out of her bag and all the other girls had gone ballistic. "I didn't bring any other batteries and these ones are almost out of juice." Then she had started playing with the batteries before replacing them in her walkman.
Now Magnetic glared at her as she sang along with Joe Budden's "Pump It Up".
"I'm thirsty," Zippy said, stopping to rest for a second.
"You were thirsty a few minutes ago!" Magnetic snapped, she was getting annoyed.
"Calm down Magnetic," Lei said. "I wanna break too."
While the girls were resting Chase looked out at the desert before them, she was very anxious to get going again.
"What's that?" she cried out suddenly.
"What?" the girls said jumping.
But the figure Chase had seen had now disappeared behind the haze. Chase had seen a mountain, but it was a very peculiar mountain that reminded Chase of a fist with the thumb sticking out. She decided to change their direction just a little bit so they would end up at the mountain-she didn't know why, she just like the idea of actually having a destination rather than just roaming the desert with out a clue.
"Hey, guys," Friction said when she pulled up with there lunch. "Ummm..........Where are the girls?"
"What?" Magnet said. "We thought they were with you?"
Friction shook her head. "No, I haven't seen them all day-did you guys see them?"
The boys shook their heads.
Friction looked worried. "I'm gonna go check their tent-tell me if you see them." And with that she left-without giving the boys their lunches.
"I haven't seen them anywhere," Friction cried. She'd spent three hours looking for the girls all over Camp Greenlake and she hadn't found anything. She now sat before the Warden in the Warden's cabin. "I'm really worried," Friction said, she looked very stressed out.
"Well where could they possibly be?" the Warden said, shaking her head. "I mean that many people wouldn't just run away or anything-"
Friction sat up so quickly she almost knocked down one of the Warden's nice vases.
"What?" the Warden asked. "You don't think they all ran away do you?"
"That has to be it," Friction said. "I mean, there's no other explaination- but I can't see why all of them would leave. I mean Rogue and Chase didn't really like it here-and if they both wanted to leave then Zippy would want to go with Chase-I guess they all just wanted to stick together. Wow." She stopped for a moment, thought over it all, then- "WE HAVE TO GO AFTER THEM! They'll die out there!"
"Lady, we can't go after them," the Warden said, she seemed to be annoyed with Friction. "If you haven't noticed we still have an entire camp here we have to run."
"Well we don't all have to go," Friction said. "I could go by myself!"
"We wouldn't miss you," the Warden mumbled under her breath.
"Wait," Mr. Pendanski cried, walking into the Warden's cabin, he'd obviously been eavesdropping. "It would probably be best if someone accompanied Sarah when she goes out there," he said.
"And why would that be?" the Warden asked. "Ms. Woods seems like a very strong resourceful woman to me."
Mr. Pendanski stumbled for words for a moment. "Well-erm-yes, she is very strong and resourcful-but-well-um-you know the whole idea of the-erm- journey seems a little-um-precarious, doesn't it? Ms. Woods would probably be better off with some help-not to mention company." He ended there looking relieved.
"But Dr. Pendanski," the Warden said, narrowing her eyes. "We need you to help with the water truck, and D tent; you are their councilor you know."
Mr. Pendanski nodded. "But Lou, you still have Mr. Sir to drive the water truck-it would do him some good, he sits on his ass all the time now while Sarah and I deliver the water."
The Warden considered this. "And you would take Ms. Woods' truck?" she asked.
Friction nodded.
"Alright then," the Warden said. "But I want those girls back soon because if this gets out their parents will have my head for this."
Friction smiled. It was settled then.
"Here," Zigzag said, taking two shovels out of the Library and handing one to Squid. "Hey have you seen Static today?"
"Naw, why?" Squid asked.
"I dunno," Zigzag replied. "It's just she always gets here early, and well- "
"Don't worry," Squid said. "I'm sure she's fine, just a little late is all."
Zigzag nodded.
But when the two boys reached the lake together they didn't find Static-or any of the other girls for that matter.
"Hey, have you guys seen Zippy?" Zero asked, as he dug his shovel into the dirt.
"Nope," Zigzag said, looking perplexed.
"Maybe today's a day that all the girls have to have like a talk with the Warden, or Friction, or something," Armpit said.
The other boys all agreed-that is until the frail girl with the sunken eyes from A tent walked by with a couple of her friends.
"Maybe it's just the D tent girls that have to go to a meeting or something," Xray said, watching the dark looking girl and her friends pass.
"Wake up! Come on you guys we have to get moving!" Chase cried as all the other girls slept-even Zippy was beat.
The D tent girls had all walked until 3:00 that morning, where they had stopped and rested. At three in the morning the girls couldn't quite see their surroundings and they had all supposed that they had crossed the borders of Camp Green Lake. But now the bright sunshine revealed that they hadn't passed the Green Lake border, as they were still surrounded by a bunch of holes.
"Come on everyone!" Chase said. She grabbed Zippy's feet and started pulling her away from the sheets.
"What!" Zippy cried groggily.
"Come on! Chop chop!" Chase yelled. A bunch of the girls groaned.
But soon everyone was up and walking again.
"Get this party started!" Fidget said, singing along with Pink as they walked under the hot sun a couple hours later.
No one had seen her pack her Walkman, and now most of the girls were jealous that they hadn't brought theirs.
"Well it's not that great," Fidget had said earlier when she had pulled her walkman out of her bag and all the other girls had gone ballistic. "I didn't bring any other batteries and these ones are almost out of juice." Then she had started playing with the batteries before replacing them in her walkman.
Now Magnetic glared at her as she sang along with Joe Budden's "Pump It Up".
"I'm thirsty," Zippy said, stopping to rest for a second.
"You were thirsty a few minutes ago!" Magnetic snapped, she was getting annoyed.
"Calm down Magnetic," Lei said. "I wanna break too."
While the girls were resting Chase looked out at the desert before them, she was very anxious to get going again.
"What's that?" she cried out suddenly.
"What?" the girls said jumping.
But the figure Chase had seen had now disappeared behind the haze. Chase had seen a mountain, but it was a very peculiar mountain that reminded Chase of a fist with the thumb sticking out. She decided to change their direction just a little bit so they would end up at the mountain-she didn't know why, she just like the idea of actually having a destination rather than just roaming the desert with out a clue.
"Hey, guys," Friction said when she pulled up with there lunch. "Ummm..........Where are the girls?"
"What?" Magnet said. "We thought they were with you?"
Friction shook her head. "No, I haven't seen them all day-did you guys see them?"
The boys shook their heads.
Friction looked worried. "I'm gonna go check their tent-tell me if you see them." And with that she left-without giving the boys their lunches.
"I haven't seen them anywhere," Friction cried. She'd spent three hours looking for the girls all over Camp Greenlake and she hadn't found anything. She now sat before the Warden in the Warden's cabin. "I'm really worried," Friction said, she looked very stressed out.
"Well where could they possibly be?" the Warden said, shaking her head. "I mean that many people wouldn't just run away or anything-"
Friction sat up so quickly she almost knocked down one of the Warden's nice vases.
"What?" the Warden asked. "You don't think they all ran away do you?"
"That has to be it," Friction said. "I mean, there's no other explaination- but I can't see why all of them would leave. I mean Rogue and Chase didn't really like it here-and if they both wanted to leave then Zippy would want to go with Chase-I guess they all just wanted to stick together. Wow." She stopped for a moment, thought over it all, then- "WE HAVE TO GO AFTER THEM! They'll die out there!"
"Lady, we can't go after them," the Warden said, she seemed to be annoyed with Friction. "If you haven't noticed we still have an entire camp here we have to run."
"Well we don't all have to go," Friction said. "I could go by myself!"
"We wouldn't miss you," the Warden mumbled under her breath.
"Wait," Mr. Pendanski cried, walking into the Warden's cabin, he'd obviously been eavesdropping. "It would probably be best if someone accompanied Sarah when she goes out there," he said.
"And why would that be?" the Warden asked. "Ms. Woods seems like a very strong resourceful woman to me."
Mr. Pendanski stumbled for words for a moment. "Well-erm-yes, she is very strong and resourcful-but-well-um-you know the whole idea of the-erm- journey seems a little-um-precarious, doesn't it? Ms. Woods would probably be better off with some help-not to mention company." He ended there looking relieved.
"But Dr. Pendanski," the Warden said, narrowing her eyes. "We need you to help with the water truck, and D tent; you are their councilor you know."
Mr. Pendanski nodded. "But Lou, you still have Mr. Sir to drive the water truck-it would do him some good, he sits on his ass all the time now while Sarah and I deliver the water."
The Warden considered this. "And you would take Ms. Woods' truck?" she asked.
Friction nodded.
"Alright then," the Warden said. "But I want those girls back soon because if this gets out their parents will have my head for this."
Friction smiled. It was settled then.