Squid pulled himself up onto the ledge, he was surprised to see a big cave
leading back into the mountain. He looked out at the wide expanse of desert
below them, they had come so far since they had begun.
"Well, you see any girls?" Zigzag asked, shielding his eyes from the sun.
"Naw," Squid said, looking around at the empty desert.
"Man, this bites," Magnet groaned, wiping some sweat from his forehead.
"What's that?" Zero asked, pointing out at a big dark figure laying on the ground in the distance.
"Why does everyone keep asking that?" Squid groaned.
"Looks like a dead animal or something," Xray said, answering Zero's question. "Don't worry though," he continued, "it's too big to be one of the girls."
"Yeah, especially Zippy," Armpit said with a small laugh. Zero rolled his eyes.
"Well where the hell are they?" Zigzag asked, looking around in frustration.
"What if they didn't even come this way?" Armpit huffed, sitting down. "What if they followed the road, or went out on the desert behind the camp compound?"
The other boys looked in dismay, they hadn't considered this when they had left Camp Green Lake.
"Well, what do we do now?" Twitch asked.
No one answered him at once.
"I dunno," Zigzag said, he too sat down in disappointment.
The other boys walked around, staring out at the desert, desperate to see a group of girls walking along.
"So much for my house full of girls in bikinis," Zigzag said, resting his head in his hands.
Suddenly a shower of rocks and dust fell to the ledge from a higher portion of the mountain.
Coughing, Zigzag stared up at the mountain. "What the?"
"Someone's up there," Squid said quickly, his spirits rising a little bit.
"Or something," Armpit said. "What if it's an animal?"
"I don't think there'd be an animal that big living on this mountain," Xray said, he too was staring up at the mountain with excitement.
"What if the girls are up there?" Zero asked.
"Wanna climb it?" Squid asked the other boys.
"No way!" Armpit cried, he had had it hard enough when trying to climb the first stretch of the mountain.
"Come on man!" Twitch cried. "The girls! Fidget-ooh Fidget!!!!"
"Yeah man, just think about Lei," Zigzag said, starting to laugh.
Armpit glared at him but was soon back on his feet.
"I'm gonna wait for Chase," Zippy said shortly. "I mean what if she's REALLY hurt now?"
"I bet she's fine!" Magnetic shouted while climbing over a big rock.
"You don't know that for sure!" Zippy shouted back, she was getting fed up with Magnetic.
"What, you don't have confidence in your best friend?" Magnetic snapped.
"No that's not what this is about!" Zippy replied. "She could be really, really hurt now and we're just walking onward? I'm waiting."
"You do whatever you want!" Magnetic said. "But I'm NOT stopping!" She continued climbing over the rocks.
"Fine!" Zippy said, sitting down on a rock and folding her arms. "I wouldn't want you to stay with me anyway!"
Magnetic ignored her as she continued walking.
The other girls stared at Zippy but they didn't want to stop and wait either, especially now that they had gone so far since they'd left Chase. Reluctantly they turned and continued up the mountain leaving Zippy behind.
Chase walked along the easy slopes of the mountain. She had a terrible headache and she walked pretty slowly. She wondered how far the other girls were, and if they were at the top of Big Thumb yet.
As she walked along she heard voices coming from behind her. She wondered when she had become truly crazy though, as she knew that hearing boys voices out here on a mountain in the middle of the desert definitely meant you were hearing things. Was it the heat that was making her go mad? Or could it possibly be that she missed the Green Lake boys? But she didn't think on that possibility long as that COULD NOT be the case.
She shook her head, trying to block out the voices, and continued walking.
Armpit clung to the side of the mountain, daring himself to look down.
"Hurry up!" he cried, but none of the other boys were blocking his way up the mountain, and he just hung there, scared out of his wits.
"You hurry up!" Squid shouted back. He and the other boys were all standing on the large ledge that looked like a platform, shouting down at Armpit yet again.
"No way! NO WAY IN HELL MAN! I ain't climbing up that!" Armpit cried. "I could fall! I'm gonna fall! OH MY GOD!"
"Come on man!" Magnet shouted. "Pull yourself together!"
"You're so close!" Zigzag encouraged.
Armpit looked up-but then he looked down. "HOLY SHIT!" he cried.
"COME ON!"
Armpit reached up for the nearest crevice, but quickly pulled his arm back as he had almost slipped. He tried it one more time as the other boys wouldn't stop yelling at him but again he pulled back.
"ARMPIT!!!!" the boys cried.
"Jesus Christ, come on Armpit!" Squid cried, then he leaned over and grabbed Armpit by the wrist. Xray, getting the idea, grabbed Armpit's other wrist. They didn't know how they possibly did it, but somehow the D tent boys were able to pull Armpit up onto the ledge.
Armpit looked around. "Hey thanks guys," he said.
The other boys scowled as they rubbed the back of their necks and cursed at their sore muscles.
"We're almost there," Zigzag said, looking around at the flats paths and stairways.
"Come on!" Zero said happily, leading the way.
Chase walked until she thought her head was going to burst. She sat down on a rock and held her head in her hands, unwanted tears rolling down her cheeks, when suddenly the image of Squid came into her mind. She stood up suddenly and began to walk again, shaking the image of Squid out of her mind and wiping away her tears.
"CHASE!"
Chase stopped. The last thing she needing now was for someone to start screaming with happiness and jumping around her. She looked around wildly, trying to find who had started yelling, when she was suddenly rammed into by someone very small and very fast.
"Chase! I was so worried! I thought you might have been-" Zippy hugged Chase, making her head spin.
"Yeah, okay, I'm glad to see you too, Zip," Chase said, pulling Zippy away from her.
"How many times did you fall?" Zippy asked, stepping back and examining the many cuts and bruises her friend had gained.
"Too many times," Chase replied. "Where's everyone else?" she asked, looking around.
"They all went ahead," Zippy said sourly.
"Well, come on then," Chase said, and she began walking, Zippy at her side.
They walked for about a half an hour before they were stopped yet again by the other D tent girls.
"What!?" Zippy cried when she and Chase came across five girls who had been waiting for them while sitting around on a bunch of rocks.
"We couldn't go up there without you two," Lei said smiling. Even Magnetic was sitting there with the other girls, though she looked very annoyed.
Zippy raised her eyebrows. "But what about earlier when I wanted to wait for Chase and you guys would have none of it?"
"Yeah, but then we took some time-you know, we thought about it more," Rogue said. "Saw we couldn't go to the top of the mountain without all our girls!"
Everyone stared at her.
"What?" she said looking around. "They are our girls, aight? Now lets get this pathetic show on da' road," she stood up and lead the girls to the top of Big Thumb.
"Well, you see any girls?" Zigzag asked, shielding his eyes from the sun.
"Naw," Squid said, looking around at the empty desert.
"Man, this bites," Magnet groaned, wiping some sweat from his forehead.
"What's that?" Zero asked, pointing out at a big dark figure laying on the ground in the distance.
"Why does everyone keep asking that?" Squid groaned.
"Looks like a dead animal or something," Xray said, answering Zero's question. "Don't worry though," he continued, "it's too big to be one of the girls."
"Yeah, especially Zippy," Armpit said with a small laugh. Zero rolled his eyes.
"Well where the hell are they?" Zigzag asked, looking around in frustration.
"What if they didn't even come this way?" Armpit huffed, sitting down. "What if they followed the road, or went out on the desert behind the camp compound?"
The other boys looked in dismay, they hadn't considered this when they had left Camp Green Lake.
"Well, what do we do now?" Twitch asked.
No one answered him at once.
"I dunno," Zigzag said, he too sat down in disappointment.
The other boys walked around, staring out at the desert, desperate to see a group of girls walking along.
"So much for my house full of girls in bikinis," Zigzag said, resting his head in his hands.
Suddenly a shower of rocks and dust fell to the ledge from a higher portion of the mountain.
Coughing, Zigzag stared up at the mountain. "What the?"
"Someone's up there," Squid said quickly, his spirits rising a little bit.
"Or something," Armpit said. "What if it's an animal?"
"I don't think there'd be an animal that big living on this mountain," Xray said, he too was staring up at the mountain with excitement.
"What if the girls are up there?" Zero asked.
"Wanna climb it?" Squid asked the other boys.
"No way!" Armpit cried, he had had it hard enough when trying to climb the first stretch of the mountain.
"Come on man!" Twitch cried. "The girls! Fidget-ooh Fidget!!!!"
"Yeah man, just think about Lei," Zigzag said, starting to laugh.
Armpit glared at him but was soon back on his feet.
"I'm gonna wait for Chase," Zippy said shortly. "I mean what if she's REALLY hurt now?"
"I bet she's fine!" Magnetic shouted while climbing over a big rock.
"You don't know that for sure!" Zippy shouted back, she was getting fed up with Magnetic.
"What, you don't have confidence in your best friend?" Magnetic snapped.
"No that's not what this is about!" Zippy replied. "She could be really, really hurt now and we're just walking onward? I'm waiting."
"You do whatever you want!" Magnetic said. "But I'm NOT stopping!" She continued climbing over the rocks.
"Fine!" Zippy said, sitting down on a rock and folding her arms. "I wouldn't want you to stay with me anyway!"
Magnetic ignored her as she continued walking.
The other girls stared at Zippy but they didn't want to stop and wait either, especially now that they had gone so far since they'd left Chase. Reluctantly they turned and continued up the mountain leaving Zippy behind.
Chase walked along the easy slopes of the mountain. She had a terrible headache and she walked pretty slowly. She wondered how far the other girls were, and if they were at the top of Big Thumb yet.
As she walked along she heard voices coming from behind her. She wondered when she had become truly crazy though, as she knew that hearing boys voices out here on a mountain in the middle of the desert definitely meant you were hearing things. Was it the heat that was making her go mad? Or could it possibly be that she missed the Green Lake boys? But she didn't think on that possibility long as that COULD NOT be the case.
She shook her head, trying to block out the voices, and continued walking.
Armpit clung to the side of the mountain, daring himself to look down.
"Hurry up!" he cried, but none of the other boys were blocking his way up the mountain, and he just hung there, scared out of his wits.
"You hurry up!" Squid shouted back. He and the other boys were all standing on the large ledge that looked like a platform, shouting down at Armpit yet again.
"No way! NO WAY IN HELL MAN! I ain't climbing up that!" Armpit cried. "I could fall! I'm gonna fall! OH MY GOD!"
"Come on man!" Magnet shouted. "Pull yourself together!"
"You're so close!" Zigzag encouraged.
Armpit looked up-but then he looked down. "HOLY SHIT!" he cried.
"COME ON!"
Armpit reached up for the nearest crevice, but quickly pulled his arm back as he had almost slipped. He tried it one more time as the other boys wouldn't stop yelling at him but again he pulled back.
"ARMPIT!!!!" the boys cried.
"Jesus Christ, come on Armpit!" Squid cried, then he leaned over and grabbed Armpit by the wrist. Xray, getting the idea, grabbed Armpit's other wrist. They didn't know how they possibly did it, but somehow the D tent boys were able to pull Armpit up onto the ledge.
Armpit looked around. "Hey thanks guys," he said.
The other boys scowled as they rubbed the back of their necks and cursed at their sore muscles.
"We're almost there," Zigzag said, looking around at the flats paths and stairways.
"Come on!" Zero said happily, leading the way.
Chase walked until she thought her head was going to burst. She sat down on a rock and held her head in her hands, unwanted tears rolling down her cheeks, when suddenly the image of Squid came into her mind. She stood up suddenly and began to walk again, shaking the image of Squid out of her mind and wiping away her tears.
"CHASE!"
Chase stopped. The last thing she needing now was for someone to start screaming with happiness and jumping around her. She looked around wildly, trying to find who had started yelling, when she was suddenly rammed into by someone very small and very fast.
"Chase! I was so worried! I thought you might have been-" Zippy hugged Chase, making her head spin.
"Yeah, okay, I'm glad to see you too, Zip," Chase said, pulling Zippy away from her.
"How many times did you fall?" Zippy asked, stepping back and examining the many cuts and bruises her friend had gained.
"Too many times," Chase replied. "Where's everyone else?" she asked, looking around.
"They all went ahead," Zippy said sourly.
"Well, come on then," Chase said, and she began walking, Zippy at her side.
They walked for about a half an hour before they were stopped yet again by the other D tent girls.
"What!?" Zippy cried when she and Chase came across five girls who had been waiting for them while sitting around on a bunch of rocks.
"We couldn't go up there without you two," Lei said smiling. Even Magnetic was sitting there with the other girls, though she looked very annoyed.
Zippy raised her eyebrows. "But what about earlier when I wanted to wait for Chase and you guys would have none of it?"
"Yeah, but then we took some time-you know, we thought about it more," Rogue said. "Saw we couldn't go to the top of the mountain without all our girls!"
Everyone stared at her.
"What?" she said looking around. "They are our girls, aight? Now lets get this pathetic show on da' road," she stood up and lead the girls to the top of Big Thumb.