Zippy was dragging her feet across the ground when she looked up and
stopped.
About a mile away, laying on the ground, was a dark figure-possibly a dead animal? But Zippy couldn't think of any animal that size that would live in the desert.
"What's that?" she asked, pointing towards the figure.
"Could be a dead body?" Magnetic said, squinting so she could see through the haze. "Maybe it's the body of a boy who tried to escape Camp Green Lake before?"
"Ew!" Lei squealed.
"I bet its covered in rats and bugs!" Magnetic said laughing.
"Well actually rats wouldn't live out here," Static replied logically. "But it's definitly covered in flies and maggots if it is a dead body."
"Ew!" It was Magnetic's turn to squeal. "I hate flies AND maggots!"
"Then why the hell did you bring up the subject?" Lei asked.
"Would you guys just please SHUT UP!" Chase said.
"It's not a dead body!" Zippy said, she was closest to the dark figure now. "It looks kinda' like a big log or something?"
"Exciting," Chase said sarcastically.
Zippy started running towards the figure.
"How the hell can she run now?" Magnetic asked, wiping some sweat away from her forhead.
"It's a boat!" Zippy called back as she got closer and closer to the 'dead body'.
"A boat?" Fidget said, she started playing with the batteries from her Walkman that had lost all their juice hours ago. "I guess this place really was a lake a long time ago."
"There better not be a skeleton in that boat," Lei said.
"Depends how long the boats been here," Static said.
"It says Mary Lou on it!" Zippy said. She had now reached the boat and was walking around it, studying it.
"I wonder who Mary Lou was?" Lei asked.
"Must have been someone important," Static said.
"God, did you just get like really smart all of a sudden or something?" Lei asked, she was getting annoyed and anxious.
"I wish I had a boat named after me," Magnetic said.
"All you have to do is wait until Magnet gets his boat permit!" Fidget said laughing.
Magnetic flipped her off.
"Someone go under the boat," Lei said; all the girls had reached the boat and were now standing around it, staring. "Zippy, you go under; your small."
Zippy shook her head. "I'll go in after YOU go in," she said.
"Oh my god, you guys are pathetic!" Rogue pushed everyone aside and crawled under the boat. "No dead body!" she called out to them.
Lei sighed in relief.
"Aw, it's nice down here," Rogue said.
"Move out of my way!" Zippy cried, then she too crawled under the boat. "Chase, it's really nice and cool down here! Come on!"
Chase crawled under the boat next. It wasn't that big of a boat, but it was a cozy fit. There were a bunch of jars all over the ground beneath the boat, filled with some kind of brown matter.
"Sick, what is this stuff?" Rogue said, picking up one of the jars and sniffing it. "Smells nasty!"
"Must've been down here for like a hundred years or so," Chase said, picking up one of the jars and examining it. "Zippy no!"
But too late. Zippy had opened one of the jars and had taken a big gulp of the matter inside it.
"Damn girl, you're crazy!" Rogue said, wrinkling her nose.
"MMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Zippy cried. "Here Chase!" she forced the open jar into Chase's hands.
"Hell no!" Chase cried.
"It's delicious!" Zippy said. "Tastes like-like-" she grabbed the jar back and took another gulp. "PEACHES!"
"Zippy, you can't eat this stuff," Chase said. "Who knows what kind of bactiria and stuff's in it?"
"What's going on down there?" Magnetic called.
"Eat it!" Zippy cried. "It's WAY better than beans!"
"No Zippy," Chase said.
Both the girls turned suddenly when they heard the sound of breaking glass beside them.
Rogue had broken one of the jars and was now drinking the liquid. "That's good," she said. "Here Chase," she handed the jar to Chase. "Don't worry," she added, seeing the nervous look on Chase's face. "It won't have bacteria and stuff in it 'cause it was sealed shut-unlike the one Zippy ate out of."
Zippy frowned, "Oh now you tell me."
Chase took a sip from the jar. "Wow," she said. "It does taste like peaches."
"See," Zippy said grinning.
"Did you guys die down there or something?" Magnetic called down to them.
"Shut up would you?" Rogue yelled back up at her. "We're relaxin' down here."
"I wanna come down!" Magnetic cried.
But there was no room for her when she tried crawling under the boat.
"Go away," Rogue said, taking another sip of the peach matter.
Magnetic scowled, and reluctanly crawled back out.
"Come on guys," Chase said, begining to crawl out of the boat herself.
"What about all the Sploosh?" Zippy said.
Chase and Rogue both stared at her.
"Sploosh?" Rogue asked.
"Sploosh," Zippy repeated, grinning, she picked up one of the jars.
"We'll take it with us," Chase said. She unzipped her backpack and started filling the last empty space with 'Sploosh'.
"But we won't tell any of the other girls about it!" Zippy said, laughing.
Chase narrowed her eyes and Zippy grinned sheepishly.
"What's that?" Zero said suddenly, and pointing to a mountain that resembled a fist with a thumb sticking up.
Twitch managed to form a fist with his twitching hand and stuck his thumb out. "I think it's a mountain," he said.
"Where are we going?" Zero asked.
"I dunno... We're just walking until we find the girls," Xray said.
"Let's go to that mountain then," Zero suggested. "It's pretty hard to miss, and the girls are probably heading for it too."
Xray shrugged. "What do you think, guys?" Xray asked the rest of the boys.
"If the ladies are there, so am I!" Magnet said.
"Static..." Zigzag mumbled.
"Let's go towards the Big Thumb!!" Armpit shouted and started walking towards it. The boys followed.
"Hey, Squid," Zero said. He and Squid were falling behind.
"WHAT?"
"You should ask Chase out," Zero said, smiling.
"And I'm taking advise from YOU?" Squid snapped, then lowered his voice. "What did Zippy say?"
"Huh? Why are you asking about Zippy?"
"NEVER MIND! Who thinks that I should ask Chase out?" Squid's voice got a little louder.
"I do," Zero said as-a-matter-of-factly. "Don't tell me you've never thought of it. You're just afraid she's gonna say no."
"I know she's gonna say no. So shut up. She and the rest of the girls are probably long gone by now."
Zero looked hurt. He ran ahead to the rest of the boys.
They were moving more quickly now, towards Big Thumb.
"I wonder what's up there?" Magnet said.
"A house full of girls wearing bikinis and waiting for us," Zigzag said as he laughed. The image kept him alive and walking.
They moved closer and closer to the foot of the mountains.
"Lets stop right here for the night," Chase said. The girls had walked for five hours since they had stopped at the boat, and everyone was very tired now.
The girls spread out the sheets (after Magnetic made sure there were no rattle snakes or yellow spotted lizards in the area) and sat down.
"I wonder what the boys are doing now?" Lei said, looking up at the starry night sky.
"Sleeping," Chase said, closing her eyes as she lay back on one of the sheets.
"I wonder how our leaving affected everyone?" Static mused to herself.
"I bet they're all fine," Chase said.
"I wonder what Friction did when she found out we left?" Fidget said.
"She probably cried about it for one day then forgot about it," Chase said.
"Geez Chase, we knew you didn't like boys but Friction..........?" Zippy said.
"I wonder if the Warden told our parents?" Lei asked. Then she lay on her stomach, closed her eyes, and said a prayer in her native tongue.
"I bet my mom's SO upset!" Magnetic said. "She's probably crying right now!"
"I bet the Warden didn't tell any of our parents," Chase said. "She wouldn't want to risk her job."
"So no one really knows we're gone?" Fidget said, she suddenly stopped fidgeting.
"No one but the people at Camp Green Lake," Chase replied.
The girls were silent as they thought this over and started falling to sleep.
Zippy held Stitch close to her. "Goodnight Zero," she whispered.
About a mile away, laying on the ground, was a dark figure-possibly a dead animal? But Zippy couldn't think of any animal that size that would live in the desert.
"What's that?" she asked, pointing towards the figure.
"Could be a dead body?" Magnetic said, squinting so she could see through the haze. "Maybe it's the body of a boy who tried to escape Camp Green Lake before?"
"Ew!" Lei squealed.
"I bet its covered in rats and bugs!" Magnetic said laughing.
"Well actually rats wouldn't live out here," Static replied logically. "But it's definitly covered in flies and maggots if it is a dead body."
"Ew!" It was Magnetic's turn to squeal. "I hate flies AND maggots!"
"Then why the hell did you bring up the subject?" Lei asked.
"Would you guys just please SHUT UP!" Chase said.
"It's not a dead body!" Zippy said, she was closest to the dark figure now. "It looks kinda' like a big log or something?"
"Exciting," Chase said sarcastically.
Zippy started running towards the figure.
"How the hell can she run now?" Magnetic asked, wiping some sweat away from her forhead.
"It's a boat!" Zippy called back as she got closer and closer to the 'dead body'.
"A boat?" Fidget said, she started playing with the batteries from her Walkman that had lost all their juice hours ago. "I guess this place really was a lake a long time ago."
"There better not be a skeleton in that boat," Lei said.
"Depends how long the boats been here," Static said.
"It says Mary Lou on it!" Zippy said. She had now reached the boat and was walking around it, studying it.
"I wonder who Mary Lou was?" Lei asked.
"Must have been someone important," Static said.
"God, did you just get like really smart all of a sudden or something?" Lei asked, she was getting annoyed and anxious.
"I wish I had a boat named after me," Magnetic said.
"All you have to do is wait until Magnet gets his boat permit!" Fidget said laughing.
Magnetic flipped her off.
"Someone go under the boat," Lei said; all the girls had reached the boat and were now standing around it, staring. "Zippy, you go under; your small."
Zippy shook her head. "I'll go in after YOU go in," she said.
"Oh my god, you guys are pathetic!" Rogue pushed everyone aside and crawled under the boat. "No dead body!" she called out to them.
Lei sighed in relief.
"Aw, it's nice down here," Rogue said.
"Move out of my way!" Zippy cried, then she too crawled under the boat. "Chase, it's really nice and cool down here! Come on!"
Chase crawled under the boat next. It wasn't that big of a boat, but it was a cozy fit. There were a bunch of jars all over the ground beneath the boat, filled with some kind of brown matter.
"Sick, what is this stuff?" Rogue said, picking up one of the jars and sniffing it. "Smells nasty!"
"Must've been down here for like a hundred years or so," Chase said, picking up one of the jars and examining it. "Zippy no!"
But too late. Zippy had opened one of the jars and had taken a big gulp of the matter inside it.
"Damn girl, you're crazy!" Rogue said, wrinkling her nose.
"MMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Zippy cried. "Here Chase!" she forced the open jar into Chase's hands.
"Hell no!" Chase cried.
"It's delicious!" Zippy said. "Tastes like-like-" she grabbed the jar back and took another gulp. "PEACHES!"
"Zippy, you can't eat this stuff," Chase said. "Who knows what kind of bactiria and stuff's in it?"
"What's going on down there?" Magnetic called.
"Eat it!" Zippy cried. "It's WAY better than beans!"
"No Zippy," Chase said.
Both the girls turned suddenly when they heard the sound of breaking glass beside them.
Rogue had broken one of the jars and was now drinking the liquid. "That's good," she said. "Here Chase," she handed the jar to Chase. "Don't worry," she added, seeing the nervous look on Chase's face. "It won't have bacteria and stuff in it 'cause it was sealed shut-unlike the one Zippy ate out of."
Zippy frowned, "Oh now you tell me."
Chase took a sip from the jar. "Wow," she said. "It does taste like peaches."
"See," Zippy said grinning.
"Did you guys die down there or something?" Magnetic called down to them.
"Shut up would you?" Rogue yelled back up at her. "We're relaxin' down here."
"I wanna come down!" Magnetic cried.
But there was no room for her when she tried crawling under the boat.
"Go away," Rogue said, taking another sip of the peach matter.
Magnetic scowled, and reluctanly crawled back out.
"Come on guys," Chase said, begining to crawl out of the boat herself.
"What about all the Sploosh?" Zippy said.
Chase and Rogue both stared at her.
"Sploosh?" Rogue asked.
"Sploosh," Zippy repeated, grinning, she picked up one of the jars.
"We'll take it with us," Chase said. She unzipped her backpack and started filling the last empty space with 'Sploosh'.
"But we won't tell any of the other girls about it!" Zippy said, laughing.
Chase narrowed her eyes and Zippy grinned sheepishly.
"What's that?" Zero said suddenly, and pointing to a mountain that resembled a fist with a thumb sticking up.
Twitch managed to form a fist with his twitching hand and stuck his thumb out. "I think it's a mountain," he said.
"Where are we going?" Zero asked.
"I dunno... We're just walking until we find the girls," Xray said.
"Let's go to that mountain then," Zero suggested. "It's pretty hard to miss, and the girls are probably heading for it too."
Xray shrugged. "What do you think, guys?" Xray asked the rest of the boys.
"If the ladies are there, so am I!" Magnet said.
"Static..." Zigzag mumbled.
"Let's go towards the Big Thumb!!" Armpit shouted and started walking towards it. The boys followed.
"Hey, Squid," Zero said. He and Squid were falling behind.
"WHAT?"
"You should ask Chase out," Zero said, smiling.
"And I'm taking advise from YOU?" Squid snapped, then lowered his voice. "What did Zippy say?"
"Huh? Why are you asking about Zippy?"
"NEVER MIND! Who thinks that I should ask Chase out?" Squid's voice got a little louder.
"I do," Zero said as-a-matter-of-factly. "Don't tell me you've never thought of it. You're just afraid she's gonna say no."
"I know she's gonna say no. So shut up. She and the rest of the girls are probably long gone by now."
Zero looked hurt. He ran ahead to the rest of the boys.
They were moving more quickly now, towards Big Thumb.
"I wonder what's up there?" Magnet said.
"A house full of girls wearing bikinis and waiting for us," Zigzag said as he laughed. The image kept him alive and walking.
They moved closer and closer to the foot of the mountains.
"Lets stop right here for the night," Chase said. The girls had walked for five hours since they had stopped at the boat, and everyone was very tired now.
The girls spread out the sheets (after Magnetic made sure there were no rattle snakes or yellow spotted lizards in the area) and sat down.
"I wonder what the boys are doing now?" Lei said, looking up at the starry night sky.
"Sleeping," Chase said, closing her eyes as she lay back on one of the sheets.
"I wonder how our leaving affected everyone?" Static mused to herself.
"I bet they're all fine," Chase said.
"I wonder what Friction did when she found out we left?" Fidget said.
"She probably cried about it for one day then forgot about it," Chase said.
"Geez Chase, we knew you didn't like boys but Friction..........?" Zippy said.
"I wonder if the Warden told our parents?" Lei asked. Then she lay on her stomach, closed her eyes, and said a prayer in her native tongue.
"I bet my mom's SO upset!" Magnetic said. "She's probably crying right now!"
"I bet the Warden didn't tell any of our parents," Chase said. "She wouldn't want to risk her job."
"So no one really knows we're gone?" Fidget said, she suddenly stopped fidgeting.
"No one but the people at Camp Green Lake," Chase replied.
The girls were silent as they thought this over and started falling to sleep.
Zippy held Stitch close to her. "Goodnight Zero," she whispered.