The 7 girls followed Mr. Sir to an air conditioned cabin the police officer behind them. Once they were all inside Mr. sat down behind his desk (which showed how truly unimportant he was it only contained a few pen and a pair of scissors) and started to explain what they would be doing with their time.
"You girls will be treated just like the boys. You will get up each morning and dig a 5 by 5 foot hole. You will eat in the mess hall, relax in the wreck room and will each get 4 shower tokens a week." He turned to get the tokens out of a cabinet behind him " The warden said that she will be checking your bags herself. I have assigned you a boy's tent to be your mentors. I'm I clear."
The girls looked at him with blank stares.
"I said am I clear?"
All the girls looked at him again until AJ spoke up.
"Crystal" she said her tone sarcastic and slightly mocking. The girls just nodded their heads in agreement.
"Good, now the warden wishes to talk to you alone so show her respect." Mr. Sri and the police officer walked out. Luna muttered under her breath
"Bloody wanker. What's he got up his ass?" The girls looked at her unaware of British slang, All except AJ who was laughing under her breath. She had spent a lot of time in Hong Kong growing up. The warden walked in a few moments later. She was a skinny woman with a mass of red hair and freckled tanned skin. Her moth was as thin as a needle. She was definitely someone the girls could respect, at least more than Mr. Sir.
"Hello ladies. I have already gone through your bags and confiscated any food or technology. I left your books, papers, journals, and what not. I will let you keep your cloths but you are still required to wear our uniform. You will have your own showers which are full stalls located behind my cabins. They are equipped with locks but I would suggest wearing a swimsuit while showering. If you need anything you can come to me as long as it's not for something stupid. I understand there are on female counselors so you will need me to go to. I will not give you special treatment. Now we are going to get you your uniforms." She turned sharply around and led the girls to a small cabin. She handed them each a canteen, and two uniforms.
"We don't have any girls shoes so you will be using whatever sneakers You brought with you. You wear this uniform while digging and during free time. Do I make myself clear?" there were mumbles from the girls.
"Good Here's your counselor Dr. Pendanski. He will show you your tents and introduce you to some of the boys."
"Girls" Dr. P said as they walked over to a dirty looking pair of tents." you will be attached to tent D. Now D stands for diligent. Your tent is right here. "He pointed to the tent on the left "but let me introduce you to the boys first." The girls followed him to the tent on the right, he knocked and asked to come in then waved the girls forward.
"Girls, this is Ricky, José, Rex, Theodore, Alan, Lewis and Zero" he said pointing to each boy "They will mentor you." The one called Rex groaned.
"Mom how many times do I have to tell you it's Zigzag, Magnet, Armpit, Squid, Barfbag and I'm X-ray."
"They all have nicknames but I prefer to call them by the name society will recognize them by. Now boys I expect you to respect each of these girls. I'm going to leave so you can all get to know each other."
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I looked at the boys and the tent. They were all covered in dirt and looked as if they hadn't showered yet. The boys were all just staring at them so I decided to do something. Picking the nearest bed, which belonged to Squid, I sat and reached down my shirt (by now everyone was watching her confused) and she pulled out a pair of scissors.
"How did you get those?" Magnet asked "they use a metal director on you before you get on the bus. Did they not do that to you?"
"They used a metal detector before the bus but they haven't used one since. Not very smart and Mr. Sir left scissors on his desk. When he turned around a snatched them, It was too easy" I started to cut off parts of my uniform there was way too much fabric for this heat. I notice the awed stares from the people around me even some of the girl looked impressed.
"I didn't even see you take them. Nice work" Luna smiled "May I borrow them when you're done?"
"No problem. So why don't we do some introductions they girls can tell the guys were there from and why there here and if we have time the boys can tell us. Sound good." They others agreed and Savanna Started.
"K, I'm Savanna Benward, I'm From LA. I'm here cause I shot my boyfriend when I caught him cheating on me. It sucked because I got charged for the shooting and the fact that he gun wasn't registered, don't worry I didn't kill him it was merely a warning shot, in the leg." She said almost laughing as she said it. X-ray let out a low whistle and Armpit stated.
"I would not like to be on your bad side, girl." He went up and gave her a Hi five. "But I must say that is very impressive."
Luna Went next "I'm Luna. Luna Thomson. I'm from Cambridge, England. I'm here for multiple reasons. Sealing, resisting arrests, and the fact that I'm an illegal immigrant mostly. I was dumb enough to think that if I got caught that they would just send me home." She grinned at the memory. Marisa went next
"Marisa Sanderson, From Houston, Texas I'm here 'cause I'm a dealer. I never used the stuff just sold it. Easy way to make a quick buck and I got a lot of customers 'cause I'm the prettiest one out there." She smirked "And my momma told me my looks would only get me so far. Before I got in I was looking at a pretty little pink BMW. Such a shame" this caused everyone to laugh. I could see her in that type of car it just fit her so well. Nia went next
"I'm Nia Kenny I'm from Atlanta. Here cause of a gang fight. My whole crew got split up and they sent me here cause they thought I would be to violent for a girls camp. I just hope there Ok." She finished with a sigh. X-ray asked
"What was your gang's name?"
"Rips, but They called us rippers. " X-ray's Jaw dropped on the floor.
"You're that Nia! Or should I say Panther. You're the leader of one of the worst gangs in the US!" The guys were taken. X never complimented anyone.
"That's me." She said as if it were no big deal. She pointed to Bella "short-ie what's your story?" the bubble girl jumped up and excitedly began to talk.
"Well I'm Bella White, Originally from the Hampton's but then I ran away so I'm a nomad of sorts. Life is great as a wander with a Giant bank account but the only problem is that I love animals! I would collect strays, feed them care for them, and they would follow me wherever I went. I had about 40 when I was arrested. One of the dogs I got actually belonged to someone and apparently that counts as stealing so here I am!" she finished her story with a big smile and was practically bouncing on zeros bed.
"Didn't your parents care?"Squid asked, looking up from his lounging position on the bed.
"Not really they knew I had money, I graduated high school last year because I was gifted or whatever, and they made me call once a week to know I was okay." Squid nodded then looked at me. I was still sitting on the edge of his bed.
"What's your story beautiful? I didn't think angels could come to hell." If there was one thing that annoyed me it was when boys used pick up line on me, especially bad ones. I a flash he was on his back arms pinned and I was sitting on his legs.
"First off, I hate pick up lines, second I have a black belt in 6 different types of martial arts, and my fists are legal weapons. I can think of 15 way right now that would prevent you from ever having kids understand." I said letting him go. He just smirked
"Feisty, I do like a challenge." I rolled my eyes and directed my attention towards the others.
"I'm AJ from New York city. I go to Manhattan school of the arts with a focus in stunts and producing. In the last year I have stolen $50,000 worth of money, jewelry and art. I'm what you might call a cat burglar." Everyone stared at me like I was some sort of freak Squid just smirked and said
"Impressive, doll. Very impressive." In his cute southern drawl…I mean annoying.
"It's not a big deal. I pissed off some important people though and landed myself here. So that's my story. Wait we have one more person left, Gwen isn't it?" The girl I pointed to gave us all a slightly paranoid look she then turned around and walked out of the tent without saying a word. We all just looked around. I was shocked at the complete snub. Barfbag was the first to say anything.
"I wonder what her problem is. Actually I don't think I want to know." We all laughed at this even zero gave a small smile. The only one who didn't laugh was Zigzag who was staring at the exit of the tent were she had left.
"Well ladies" X said after we calmed down "You should get to bed 'cause we wake up nice and early at green lake. We'll see you tomorrow." We all left the ten after saying our good nights. I lay in bed that night before I went to sleep thought how I actually felt at home for the first time in a long time. I felt right.
