"Come on, we're almost there!" Zippy cried, she started running.
The sun had sunk from the sky and it was a little cooler now as the girls walked. They had been walking for about an hour or so (which HAD NOT been fun) but now they were all positive that they were just about there.
"God, I'm soooooo tired!" Magnetic complained. "How much farther?"
"I dunno," Chase said. "Get out of my freakin' face you god damn bugs!" she swated at a group of gnats that had been flying around her head.
The girls continued walking then abruptly stopped as Zippy, who had been in the lead, now stood still as a board.
"WATER!" Lei shouted, running past Zippy. The other girls went balistic also.
"OH MY GOD! Who would have known there'd be water up here?!" Static cried, running into one of the pools of muddy water.
Zippy jumped all the way into the water first, followed by most of the other girls. Chase used the water on her cuts and bruises, Lei used it on her long, dark hair, and everyone else played in it, enjoying it's cool weightless feeling.
"And I used to think Hawaii was the best place in the world," Lei said, filling her empty canteen.
"Oh my god, this is SO paradise!" Magnetic cried, flipping her wet hair away from her face.
"What are these?" Zippy asked, pulling a green plant out of the ground as she sat in the pool of water. The root of the plant was bulb-like and purple colored. There were millions of the same plant growing all over the top of Big Thumb.
Lei pulled out one of the plants herself and sniffed the bulb-like root. Then, to the other girls surprise and disgust, Lei took a bit out of the root.
"What's wrong with you Lei?" Magnetic asked. "Are you really THAT hungry?"
Lei grinned. "It'd delicious!" she said, smiling broadly. "So sweet!"
"A root?" Static said. "You think a root is so sweet and delicious?"
"It's not a root!" Lei said, laughing. "Here, try it," she handed the plant to Static, but when Static didn't take a bite Lei said, "Don't worry; it's an onion."
Static took a bite. "It is really good," she said, taking another bite.
Magnetic frowned. "I don't like onions!"
"Yeah, but these are REALLY good onions," Fidget said, after pulling one of the onions out of the ground and taking a big bite out of it. "Plus, if you're hungry..........."
Magnetic grabbed an onion and took a bite. "Well it's not great," she said as she chewed the onion. "But I could learn to like it."
"It's gotta be close," Squid said.
"It better be close," Armpit groaned.
"We've been walkin' for like an hour or two already-" Squid continued. "Get outta my face you fucking bugs!" he swated at some gnats that wouldn't stop flying around him.
"Wait," Magnet said. "If there are bugs here wouldn't that mean that there's water somewhere around here?"
The other boys stared for a moment as the realization hit them. Then they started running.
"Maybe the water is from the pool those girls in bikinis are sittin' in!" Zigzag said as he ran. The boys hurried around the side of a big rock, turned a corner, and stopped dead.
If you were a bird flying over the top of Big Thump at that moment you wouldn't have noticed any teenagers at all. You would have just seen a bunch of oddly shaped rocks here and there, as nothing on the top of Big Thumb was moving.
Gaping in horror, confusion, surprise, and happiness was all anyone could find the strength to do.
"Z-Zero?" Zippy said slowly, not sure she was really seeing correctly.
For that's how everyone felt at that moment, as they stood there in silence, some of them blinking wildly and rubbing their eyes, others standing still as statues with a stupid grin on their face, and the rest staring in disbelief and anger.
But as you know, Zippy never could sit still for very long, and soon she jumped out of the pool of water, raced up to Zero, and hugged him with all her might.
When the shock of being hugged by the girl he had a HUGE crush on had finally passed Zero slowly wrapped his own arms around Zippy.
"Zigzag? Wha-what're you guys doing here?" Static asked, she could barely speak she was so surprised.
"I-we-um........" ZigZag couldn't seem to find the words to say.
"Is that water?" Twitch gasped suddenly, grinning from ear to ear as he moved towards Fidget.
"Yup!" Fidget said, she couldn't hold back and soon she was hurrying right up to Twitch herself, both of them talking (and fidgeting) imediatly.
"Hey chikas!" Magnet said. "We weren't really expecting to find you up here!" Then he turned to Magnetic, "And I was hoping I wouldn't find you here."
"Oh great! He didn't get bitten by a yellow spotted lizard," Magnetic groaned.
"Wouldn't want to disappoint you babe," Magnet replied sourly.
Magnetic looked as if she would hiss like a cat-or even growl like a tiger.
Squid looked at Chase, who glared back at him; what was wrong with him? This was what he had been waiting for ever since they had left Camp Greenlake, but now that Chase was there in front of him Squid wasn't too thrilled about being around her again.
"Hey!!!" Lei said, jumping to her feet, splashing the water around as she did so. "This is too perfect! Who knew you guys would leave camp-when did you leave anyway?"
"Like two days after you guys left," ZigZag replied, he was watching Static very closly as she made her way towards him.
"The question is why did you guys leave?" Rogue snapped, she did not seem pleased to see any of them.
"Well, we erm-wanted to leave Camp Green Lake, 'cause-you know-it uh......sucks there," Xray replied, it seemed to be a great effort for him to keep himself from running up and kissing Rogue.
"Oh please!" Twitch said, jumping into the pool of water. "He wanted to leave so he could see you again Rogue!"
Rogue glared.
"I got your letter," Zero said. He and Zippy had moved away from the others and were now hidden behind a large rock that lead up to the thumb of Big Thumb.
"Really?" Zippy said, she couldn't stop smiling, she didn't know why she was so nervous. "Was it really corny and sad?"
"No," Zero said smiling. He pulled the letter out of his pocket.
"You kept it all this time?" Zippy asked, she wasn't sure how long it had been since she had hidden the letter in Zero's crate; she and the other D tent girls had lost track of the date.
Zero smiled. "Of coarse," he replied. "Why wouldn't I?"
Zippy shrugged, she was very nervous now.
"But my favorite part," Zero continued, "was when you wrote you loved me."
Zippy blushed, she had wondered if it had been a good idea to write that on the letter. "Oh yeah...............that," she said.
Zero smiled. "It was cool.........it was swe.............." but Zero had stopped talking, he was watching Zippy's lips, not paying attention to anything but her.
"I-I ummm................." Zippy began, but she trailed off into nothing as Zero was leaning toward her, intensity in his eyes. Zippy's eyelids fell as she watched Zero get closer to her, and her heart pounded so fast she wondered if it would beat itself out. "I............" but whatever Zippy had been about to say was cut short as Zero had kissed her.
The sun had sunk from the sky and it was a little cooler now as the girls walked. They had been walking for about an hour or so (which HAD NOT been fun) but now they were all positive that they were just about there.
"God, I'm soooooo tired!" Magnetic complained. "How much farther?"
"I dunno," Chase said. "Get out of my freakin' face you god damn bugs!" she swated at a group of gnats that had been flying around her head.
The girls continued walking then abruptly stopped as Zippy, who had been in the lead, now stood still as a board.
"WATER!" Lei shouted, running past Zippy. The other girls went balistic also.
"OH MY GOD! Who would have known there'd be water up here?!" Static cried, running into one of the pools of muddy water.
Zippy jumped all the way into the water first, followed by most of the other girls. Chase used the water on her cuts and bruises, Lei used it on her long, dark hair, and everyone else played in it, enjoying it's cool weightless feeling.
"And I used to think Hawaii was the best place in the world," Lei said, filling her empty canteen.
"Oh my god, this is SO paradise!" Magnetic cried, flipping her wet hair away from her face.
"What are these?" Zippy asked, pulling a green plant out of the ground as she sat in the pool of water. The root of the plant was bulb-like and purple colored. There were millions of the same plant growing all over the top of Big Thumb.
Lei pulled out one of the plants herself and sniffed the bulb-like root. Then, to the other girls surprise and disgust, Lei took a bit out of the root.
"What's wrong with you Lei?" Magnetic asked. "Are you really THAT hungry?"
Lei grinned. "It'd delicious!" she said, smiling broadly. "So sweet!"
"A root?" Static said. "You think a root is so sweet and delicious?"
"It's not a root!" Lei said, laughing. "Here, try it," she handed the plant to Static, but when Static didn't take a bite Lei said, "Don't worry; it's an onion."
Static took a bite. "It is really good," she said, taking another bite.
Magnetic frowned. "I don't like onions!"
"Yeah, but these are REALLY good onions," Fidget said, after pulling one of the onions out of the ground and taking a big bite out of it. "Plus, if you're hungry..........."
Magnetic grabbed an onion and took a bite. "Well it's not great," she said as she chewed the onion. "But I could learn to like it."
"It's gotta be close," Squid said.
"It better be close," Armpit groaned.
"We've been walkin' for like an hour or two already-" Squid continued. "Get outta my face you fucking bugs!" he swated at some gnats that wouldn't stop flying around him.
"Wait," Magnet said. "If there are bugs here wouldn't that mean that there's water somewhere around here?"
The other boys stared for a moment as the realization hit them. Then they started running.
"Maybe the water is from the pool those girls in bikinis are sittin' in!" Zigzag said as he ran. The boys hurried around the side of a big rock, turned a corner, and stopped dead.
If you were a bird flying over the top of Big Thump at that moment you wouldn't have noticed any teenagers at all. You would have just seen a bunch of oddly shaped rocks here and there, as nothing on the top of Big Thumb was moving.
Gaping in horror, confusion, surprise, and happiness was all anyone could find the strength to do.
"Z-Zero?" Zippy said slowly, not sure she was really seeing correctly.
For that's how everyone felt at that moment, as they stood there in silence, some of them blinking wildly and rubbing their eyes, others standing still as statues with a stupid grin on their face, and the rest staring in disbelief and anger.
But as you know, Zippy never could sit still for very long, and soon she jumped out of the pool of water, raced up to Zero, and hugged him with all her might.
When the shock of being hugged by the girl he had a HUGE crush on had finally passed Zero slowly wrapped his own arms around Zippy.
"Zigzag? Wha-what're you guys doing here?" Static asked, she could barely speak she was so surprised.
"I-we-um........" ZigZag couldn't seem to find the words to say.
"Is that water?" Twitch gasped suddenly, grinning from ear to ear as he moved towards Fidget.
"Yup!" Fidget said, she couldn't hold back and soon she was hurrying right up to Twitch herself, both of them talking (and fidgeting) imediatly.
"Hey chikas!" Magnet said. "We weren't really expecting to find you up here!" Then he turned to Magnetic, "And I was hoping I wouldn't find you here."
"Oh great! He didn't get bitten by a yellow spotted lizard," Magnetic groaned.
"Wouldn't want to disappoint you babe," Magnet replied sourly.
Magnetic looked as if she would hiss like a cat-or even growl like a tiger.
Squid looked at Chase, who glared back at him; what was wrong with him? This was what he had been waiting for ever since they had left Camp Greenlake, but now that Chase was there in front of him Squid wasn't too thrilled about being around her again.
"Hey!!!" Lei said, jumping to her feet, splashing the water around as she did so. "This is too perfect! Who knew you guys would leave camp-when did you leave anyway?"
"Like two days after you guys left," ZigZag replied, he was watching Static very closly as she made her way towards him.
"The question is why did you guys leave?" Rogue snapped, she did not seem pleased to see any of them.
"Well, we erm-wanted to leave Camp Green Lake, 'cause-you know-it uh......sucks there," Xray replied, it seemed to be a great effort for him to keep himself from running up and kissing Rogue.
"Oh please!" Twitch said, jumping into the pool of water. "He wanted to leave so he could see you again Rogue!"
Rogue glared.
"I got your letter," Zero said. He and Zippy had moved away from the others and were now hidden behind a large rock that lead up to the thumb of Big Thumb.
"Really?" Zippy said, she couldn't stop smiling, she didn't know why she was so nervous. "Was it really corny and sad?"
"No," Zero said smiling. He pulled the letter out of his pocket.
"You kept it all this time?" Zippy asked, she wasn't sure how long it had been since she had hidden the letter in Zero's crate; she and the other D tent girls had lost track of the date.
Zero smiled. "Of coarse," he replied. "Why wouldn't I?"
Zippy shrugged, she was very nervous now.
"But my favorite part," Zero continued, "was when you wrote you loved me."
Zippy blushed, she had wondered if it had been a good idea to write that on the letter. "Oh yeah...............that," she said.
Zero smiled. "It was cool.........it was swe.............." but Zero had stopped talking, he was watching Zippy's lips, not paying attention to anything but her.
"I-I ummm................." Zippy began, but she trailed off into nothing as Zero was leaning toward her, intensity in his eyes. Zippy's eyelids fell as she watched Zero get closer to her, and her heart pounded so fast she wondered if it would beat itself out. "I............" but whatever Zippy had been about to say was cut short as Zero had kissed her.