Disclaimer: I don't own Holes.

YEA! Aren't you happy I finally updated my story? It took me a long time because I was never home. I was either at school, Mad Club, or with my friends.

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Chapter 16 Vacancies Don't Last Long At Camp Greenlake

 The next day at dinner Mr. Pendanski came to D-Tent's table followed by a very fidgety boy.

 "This is Brian. He will be staying here in place of Zero." Said Pendanski. "I want you to make him feel welcomed."

 "Alright, Mom." Said X-Ray scooting over and letting Brian sit down.

 "So, what did you do?" Asked Armpit.

 "I stole a car." He replied.

 X-Ray called Brian Twitch because he was so fidgety.

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 The next day was Twitch's first day of digging. And, as Misty suspected, he wasn't doing too great. His hands were blistered, he was sunburned, and he was a very slow digger.

 When the water truck came he was so weak he could barely get out of his hole. And it wasn't that deep, so that's saying something. He used his shovel to get support, stood up, and walk up to get his water, even though that's not all he was doing.

 While Mr. Sir wasn't looking Stanley and Twitch snuck around to the side his truck. Misty watched as Stanley climbed into the truck.

 He saw Misty staring and he nodded at her, indicating he was going after Zero. She heard the truck start and Twitch yell, "Put it in gear!"

 Mr. Sir's eyes got big when he realized why his truck was moving.

 Stanley got the truck in gear and Mr. Sir ran after him.

 Misty watched from where she was and hoped he didn't hurt himself. She also hoped he would find Zero.

 Then the truck stopped and the end was thrown upward.

 He had driven the truck into a hole. Stanley crawled out of the truck and ran out into the desert.

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 The next day after Misty had finished digging she went back to the empty Rec Room. No one else was finished digging. Normally Zero would be there waiting, but not now. Now he was out in the desert.

 She sat there waiting for the guys to get back. When they finally did Mr. Pendanski came in the Rec Room with the Warden followed by a guy.

 "This is the second one this week." The Warden said.

 "Vacancies don't last long at Camp Greenlake. Well, D-Tent. This is Hayden. He's staying here in place of Stanley. You know the drill."

 "I'm X-Ray. That's Armpit, Squid, Zigzag, Magnet, and Spitfire." Said X-Ray pointing to them all in turn.

 "What Rex means is this is Theodore, Alan, Ricky, José, and Misty." Corrected Mr. Pendanski.

 "Whatever." Said Hayden drearily. His voice made him sound dead.

 Misty got a better look at him. His black hair was messy, his eyes were dark, and he had shadowy circles around his eyes on his pale face. His lip, eyebrow, and ears were pierced and Misty could see a tattoo on his arm.

 "I thought this was a camp for guys." Said Hayden eyeing Misty.

 "Oh, it is. I just got sent here because they said none of the girls camps were bad enough for me." Misty said. She hoped there were no more new campers for a while. She was sick of telling people why she was at a guy's camp.

 "Why don't you show Hayden around?" Suggested Pendanski.

 "Okay." Said Misty. She and the rest of D-Tent walked out of the Rec Room. "This is the Rec Room, that's where we eat, that's the showers, and there's the tent. Come on." Misty led him to D-Tent.

 "Do you get used to the smell eventually?" He asked.

 "Yeah." Misty chuckled.

 "The only reason it smells so bad is Armpit." Said Zigzag.

 Hayden smiled and gave Misty an enticing look. It was quite obvious he liked her.

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 Yea! Two new characters! I. . . I. . . I miss Zero though! *Cries into Squid's shoulder*

Squid: Get off.

Monkey: You don't miss Zero?

Squid: No.

Monkey: Hmph. You evil moose loaf!

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