"Well nice of you to join us!" Zigzag said between a big yawn.
The sun had risen up over God's Thumb and now almost the entire Oasis was flooded with light.
Everyone was just waking up when Squid had come crawling down the mountain.
"You slept up there?" Fidget asked, pushing herself away from Twitch.
"Yeah," Squid lied. The truth was he hadn't really gotten any sleep that night; he'd been too busy with his thoughts to be bothered by sleep.
"You okay man?" Xray asked, stretching his arms. He could tell there was something bothering Squid.
"Yeah," Squid lied again, glancing over at Chase who was still fast asleep.
"I'm hungry!" Zippy announced. "And I'm getting sick of onions."
"All we have then is beans," Armpit said, pulling his back pack towards him.
Zippy looked as if she had just lost her appetite.
"You could just have some brown sugar!" Lei said smiling as she pinned her hair up with her fake hybiscus.
Zippy probably would have pounced on Zero then and there if both of them weren't so tired and worn out.
"Well, who wants some beans?" Armpit asked, holding up the opened can.
Later that day when everyone was awake they all just lounged around on the rocks and in the pools of water.
"So what are we gonna do?" Magnetic asked, examining her chipped nails. "We can't just stay here forever-I mean what about my family?"
"Yeah," Xray agreed. "We have to leave some time-but when."
"You mean we have to keep walking s'more?" Armpit asked, raising his eyebrows in horror. "Across that freakin' desert?"
Xray nodded. "Unless you never wanna see your parents again?"
Armpit looked torn between the desision.
"We'll take A LOT of onions and A LOT of water," Lei reassured him.
"Yeah, but who knows how long the trip will be?" Squid said, looking dismal. "We don't even know which way to walk."
"Aw man! Why didn't we just follow the road to begin with?" Magnet groaned.
"We can't walk back towards the road," Xray said. "The Warden's probably got guards on the look-out right now."
"So you're suggesting we just walk out there into the desert hoping to find a way home?" Magnetic said.
"Well, that is what we did when we came out here looking for you guys," Xray replied.
"Well, we're all gonna die out her," Magnetic said, turning away from everyone else.
"If we walk east we'll be able to find the road without even going near Green Lake," Static said.
"Yeah?" Zero said, "But which way is east?"
Static didn't have an answer for that.
"The sun rises in the east," Chase said.
"So we'll have to walk toward the sun?" ZigZag groaned.
"Only if we wanna find the road," Chase replied.
"Now the question is when do we leave?" Fidget asked, leaning back on Twitch again.
"Not soon I hope!" Armpit cried.
"How long have we been gone from Green Lake?" Zippy asked, furrowing her brow, trying to remember.
"I don't even know what the date is!" Fidget said.
"Well, we have been gone for a long time," Lei said. "I wonder if our parents even know about us yet?"
"Knowing the Warden," Xray replied, "they probably don't have a clue."
Everyone was silent for a second, then-
"AHHHOUCH!!!!!" Static screamed, making everyone jump.
Static jumped to her feet from the rock she had been laying against. She held the side of her face as she clenched her teeth and moaned with pain.
"What is it?" ZigZag asked, jumping to his feet also and trying to comfort Static.
"That!" Fidget cried, pointing at a big black scorpion that was scurring into the shadows beneath the rock Static had been leaning against.
"EEK!" Magnetic shreiked; she hated bug, reptiles with sharp teeth, and anything that could inject poison into you. She jumped to her feet and tripped over Magnet's legs, no one was sure if Magnet had intended that to happen or not.
"You okay?" ZigZag asked Static, he was standing very close to her looking worried as he tried to get her to move her hands away from her face.
Slowly, Static removed her hands from her cheek bone, revealing a large sting that was quickly turning from bright pink to purple. Tears of pain were forming in Static's eyes as the pain from the sting began spreading across her face.
"EW!" Magnetic cried, not helping the situation.
"You have to wash it off or it'll get infected!" Fidget said, standing on her toes so she could see Static over everyone else.
Static hurried toward the water and began washing the sting imediatly.
"Too bad we don't have any soap," Magnetic said with an airy tone as if she didn't really care.
Static emerged from the water, her attitude on the whole not changed. She glared at Magnetic who only shrugged her shoulders and turned away from everyone.
"IT HURTS!" Static cried in agony. Lei hurried to her side and ZigZag continued his attemps to try and comfort her.
"Stupid scorpion," Zippy said, but the scorpion was now far from sight.
Static sat down on the ground, her face in her hands, and everyone else (except ZigZag) backed off.
"Sheesh! Excitment every day!" Zippy said, sitting down beside Chase on a big rock. "So," she said, leaning closer to Chase so no one else could hear them. "What did you and Squid do last night?"
"Nothing," Chase said, she didn't feel like talking about what she had told Squid the night before.
But Zippy got the wrong idea. "Ooh!" she said excitedly. "Did you kiss him finally?"
"No," Chase replied.
"Come on Chase, I'm your best friend; tell me!"
Chase looked Zippy straight in the eye. "I didn't kiss him Zip," she said. "On the contrary I told him why i was arrested."
Zippy's big grin vanished. "Oh," she said, then she was silent for a few moments. "Well at least that means you're finally opening up to him!"
"No!" Chase cried, shaking her head. But she realized she had begun to open up to Squid-but why?! Chase pushed all these thoughts out of her mind and turned her eyes toward Magnetic.
"You think she likes Magnet?" she asked, changing the subject.
"Who? Magnetic?" Zippy asked, spotting Magnetic across the pool, doing her best to pretend that Magnet wasn't even on the same mountain as she was. "No way! I mean, isn't it obvious she hates him?"
Chase shrugged. "You'd be surprised," she said smiling.
The sun had risen up over God's Thumb and now almost the entire Oasis was flooded with light.
Everyone was just waking up when Squid had come crawling down the mountain.
"You slept up there?" Fidget asked, pushing herself away from Twitch.
"Yeah," Squid lied. The truth was he hadn't really gotten any sleep that night; he'd been too busy with his thoughts to be bothered by sleep.
"You okay man?" Xray asked, stretching his arms. He could tell there was something bothering Squid.
"Yeah," Squid lied again, glancing over at Chase who was still fast asleep.
"I'm hungry!" Zippy announced. "And I'm getting sick of onions."
"All we have then is beans," Armpit said, pulling his back pack towards him.
Zippy looked as if she had just lost her appetite.
"You could just have some brown sugar!" Lei said smiling as she pinned her hair up with her fake hybiscus.
Zippy probably would have pounced on Zero then and there if both of them weren't so tired and worn out.
"Well, who wants some beans?" Armpit asked, holding up the opened can.
Later that day when everyone was awake they all just lounged around on the rocks and in the pools of water.
"So what are we gonna do?" Magnetic asked, examining her chipped nails. "We can't just stay here forever-I mean what about my family?"
"Yeah," Xray agreed. "We have to leave some time-but when."
"You mean we have to keep walking s'more?" Armpit asked, raising his eyebrows in horror. "Across that freakin' desert?"
Xray nodded. "Unless you never wanna see your parents again?"
Armpit looked torn between the desision.
"We'll take A LOT of onions and A LOT of water," Lei reassured him.
"Yeah, but who knows how long the trip will be?" Squid said, looking dismal. "We don't even know which way to walk."
"Aw man! Why didn't we just follow the road to begin with?" Magnet groaned.
"We can't walk back towards the road," Xray said. "The Warden's probably got guards on the look-out right now."
"So you're suggesting we just walk out there into the desert hoping to find a way home?" Magnetic said.
"Well, that is what we did when we came out here looking for you guys," Xray replied.
"Well, we're all gonna die out her," Magnetic said, turning away from everyone else.
"If we walk east we'll be able to find the road without even going near Green Lake," Static said.
"Yeah?" Zero said, "But which way is east?"
Static didn't have an answer for that.
"The sun rises in the east," Chase said.
"So we'll have to walk toward the sun?" ZigZag groaned.
"Only if we wanna find the road," Chase replied.
"Now the question is when do we leave?" Fidget asked, leaning back on Twitch again.
"Not soon I hope!" Armpit cried.
"How long have we been gone from Green Lake?" Zippy asked, furrowing her brow, trying to remember.
"I don't even know what the date is!" Fidget said.
"Well, we have been gone for a long time," Lei said. "I wonder if our parents even know about us yet?"
"Knowing the Warden," Xray replied, "they probably don't have a clue."
Everyone was silent for a second, then-
"AHHHOUCH!!!!!" Static screamed, making everyone jump.
Static jumped to her feet from the rock she had been laying against. She held the side of her face as she clenched her teeth and moaned with pain.
"What is it?" ZigZag asked, jumping to his feet also and trying to comfort Static.
"That!" Fidget cried, pointing at a big black scorpion that was scurring into the shadows beneath the rock Static had been leaning against.
"EEK!" Magnetic shreiked; she hated bug, reptiles with sharp teeth, and anything that could inject poison into you. She jumped to her feet and tripped over Magnet's legs, no one was sure if Magnet had intended that to happen or not.
"You okay?" ZigZag asked Static, he was standing very close to her looking worried as he tried to get her to move her hands away from her face.
Slowly, Static removed her hands from her cheek bone, revealing a large sting that was quickly turning from bright pink to purple. Tears of pain were forming in Static's eyes as the pain from the sting began spreading across her face.
"EW!" Magnetic cried, not helping the situation.
"You have to wash it off or it'll get infected!" Fidget said, standing on her toes so she could see Static over everyone else.
Static hurried toward the water and began washing the sting imediatly.
"Too bad we don't have any soap," Magnetic said with an airy tone as if she didn't really care.
Static emerged from the water, her attitude on the whole not changed. She glared at Magnetic who only shrugged her shoulders and turned away from everyone.
"IT HURTS!" Static cried in agony. Lei hurried to her side and ZigZag continued his attemps to try and comfort her.
"Stupid scorpion," Zippy said, but the scorpion was now far from sight.
Static sat down on the ground, her face in her hands, and everyone else (except ZigZag) backed off.
"Sheesh! Excitment every day!" Zippy said, sitting down beside Chase on a big rock. "So," she said, leaning closer to Chase so no one else could hear them. "What did you and Squid do last night?"
"Nothing," Chase said, she didn't feel like talking about what she had told Squid the night before.
But Zippy got the wrong idea. "Ooh!" she said excitedly. "Did you kiss him finally?"
"No," Chase replied.
"Come on Chase, I'm your best friend; tell me!"
Chase looked Zippy straight in the eye. "I didn't kiss him Zip," she said. "On the contrary I told him why i was arrested."
Zippy's big grin vanished. "Oh," she said, then she was silent for a few moments. "Well at least that means you're finally opening up to him!"
"No!" Chase cried, shaking her head. But she realized she had begun to open up to Squid-but why?! Chase pushed all these thoughts out of her mind and turned her eyes toward Magnetic.
"You think she likes Magnet?" she asked, changing the subject.
"Who? Magnetic?" Zippy asked, spotting Magnetic across the pool, doing her best to pretend that Magnet wasn't even on the same mountain as she was. "No way! I mean, isn't it obvious she hates him?"
Chase shrugged. "You'd be surprised," she said smiling.