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Lump. Lump was there and so were two other big guys.

"Look guys, I don't want any trouble." They started surrounding me. They walked in circles around me, smirks and scary grins on their faces. Ugh, disgusting.

"Pfft!" Lump chuckled to himself. Him and the other two guys were coming closer to me.

"Get. The. Fuck. Away. From. Me. Assholes." I said, my voice almost growling.

"Calm down, Baby. You look like you need to have some fun, have a good time. Hows about we show you around camp?" Lump smirked at me.

"No. I already had a tour. Now, get the hell away from me." My voice sounded more furious and I gave them a sharp glare.

"Heh, loosen up girl! Now, c'mon. Let's have a good time." The guy on the right of lump came closer to me, almost touching me.

"Get the hell away!" I shout at them, right in their faces.

They started closing in on me, cornering me into the wall. One guy licked his lips, one looked at me head-to-toe, and Lump had a scary glint in his eyes. That son of a bitch.

I kept backing into the corner of the wall, hoping there was an opening somewhere. I kept feeling the wall behind me, hoping to find a secret passageway or a loose brick. But...nothing.

I didn't even have to blink and, almost immediately, the two guys were at my sides pinning me against the brick wall. I struggle to get away ,but their strong hold on my arms felt invincible.

Lump was right in front of me. Before he could do anything, I screamed and struggled. He grabbed my chin and force his lips on mine. His disgusting, dry lips. He started groping me until I heard a familiar southern accent behind Lump.

"Didn't your ma ever teach you 'bout respect?" Lump turned around and I saw who it was.

"Squid," I croaked. I felt a huge knot in my throat. I couldn't speak. Tears were streaming down my cheeks.

"Get the fuck out, Squid. This doesn't concern you." Lump was right in front of Squid. He was a hell of a lot stronger looking than Squid but they were the same height.

"It does concern me. She concerns me." Squid nodded to me.

"I said Get. The fuck out." Lump was right in Squid's face. I didn't even see X-Ray and this other dude with blond hair sticking out all over the place come behind him.

"Sara, come over here," Squid sticks out his hand.

I look into his eyes. It's like his dark brown eyes are penetrating me. I probably look terrified as hell.

Squid smiled at me. He actually smiled at me. I was shocked. I stared wide-eyed at Squid. It was a warm smile. It's like one minute, he glares at me and the next, he shows me a warm smile. His warm smile calms me down.

"C'mon, Babygirl. Let's go," he says in a low voice.

I begin to walk towards him but Lump grabs my arm. "OW!" Fuckin' hell, that hurts!

Lump yanks me back and I slam into the wall. I fall to the ground, vision hazy. I try to get up and get away but I can't. My head hurts...

I open my eyes and my vision is restored. I see punches thrown and hear yelling. Squid punched Lump dead in the face. Lump stumbles back a few steps but he quickly charges at Squid, knocking him down. As for the other two guys, X-Ray and the dude with the blond hair are beating them up as well.

They don't seem to see me so I get on my hands and knees and crawl my way out of the corner. There was a crate nearby and I hid behind there. What in the hell is wrong with these guys?!

I hide behind the crate until I see Squid on the ground. I see Lump towering over him.

"I told you to get the fuck away. But you just don't listen, don't you." Lump grabs Squid's collar and pulls his fist back, ready to punch Squid in the face.

"Stop it!" I run from behind the crate and ram myself right into Lump. I push him into the dirt. When we both crash into the ground, Lump grabs my hair and lifts up my head. I felt an incredible force hit me next to my cheek and lip. It sends me falling backwards on my back.

"Ugh...son of a bitch..." I roll over on my palms and knees trying to crawl away. I felt sick and I coughed. I tasted something irony and wet. I touch my mouth and I look at my fingers. Blood...

I felt it building up in my cheek. I spit it out. I look over my shoulder. I still hear the sounds of shouting and the crashing of fists.

I look of Squid and I see him punching Lump over and over, holding him by his collar. He punched Lump one last time, making him pass out. I look around and see Lump's other two thugs passed out on the floor as well. X and the other guy were standing above them, panting.

Squid looked over at me. He came over where I was. "Hey, you okay, Babygirl?" He knelt to my level and stuck out his hand. I looked at his was strong-looking. His arms were too.

I hesitantly took hold of his hand. My hand felt so small in his. I stumbled as I get up but he steadys me by grabbing my arm.

When I stand up, I am face-to-face to Squid. He is tall. He's 'bout an inch taller than me.

"Tsk, damn bastard got your lip there, Babygirl." Babygirl. Whoa. He gently grabbed my chin and moved it from left or right, inspecting my lip.

I touched my lip with my finger but I jerked it back. "Ow.." That stings.

He let go of my chin. "We should have mom look at that."

"But, your head..." Above his left eyebrow, a trail of blood was down his face. It stopped bleeding but it's still wet.

I reach out to look at his head but he slightly moves back. I move my arm back.

"Naw, don't worry 'bout my head. Just gotta clean it," he says, reassuringly.

"Ahem." Squid and I look at X-Ray. Him and the other guy were standing there looking at us. "You done?"

I stare at them wide-eyed. Squid just shifted from one foot to the other.

"C'mon, let's go back to the tent." X-Ray came up between Squid and I with his arms crossed.

"In a minute," Squid glanced at me before talking back to X-Ray," I gotta take Babygirl to mom so we can get patched up." Babygirl...

X-Ray looked back-and-forth between Squid and I. He nodded a few seconds later,"Alright. But come back fast or else the Warden'll come down on all of us."

X-Ray turned to the other guys and said, "Let's go, Zig." They walked towards the D-tent. I saw them look back at us before entering.

"Let's go." I looked at Squid, he already started walking towards mom's place on the other side of camp.

We walked kinda slow. I glanced at Squid out of the corner of my eye. His hands are in his pockets. He didn't have the towel on his head anymore, just the tan cap. And I JUST noticed this. Well done, Sara.

He looked straight ahead. His hand moved suddenly to his head. He took off his cap, ran a head through his hair, and put the cap back on. I was aware that I was no longer glancing at him but staring. I looked forward now. His hand moved again to his left pocket. He pulled out a toothpick. He must've dropped the old one when he was fightin'.

"Hey, Babygirl, why did you go by yourself?"

"..." Why does he always have a toothpick in his mouth? Maybe to give off that 'tough guy' aura.

"Hey! I'm askin' you a question!"

I jumped. He yelled right in my right ear. "Holy crap! Wh-what's the matter?!"

"I said why did you go to the water spigot ALONE?" he sounded so forceful. It kinda scared me a little. He's still glaring at me. If looks could kill...

"Well, it was right across from the tent. I thought I could just go."

He sighs. "Man, now we gotta watch out."

"What?" I stop walking and I look at him wide-eyed. He came to a stop, turned around, and gave me a scary look. He made sure I had his attention 'cause he bent down a little to be eye-level with me and stared me dead in the eye.

"Listen. From now on, you're gonna do what I say when I say it. You are also ALWAYS gonna follow me so this kinda shit don't happen again. And I better not hear no whinin', complainin', cryin', no nothin'. You understand?"

I just stared at him with my mouth hanging. I was so close to shaking. His intimidating gaze penetrated me. His brown eyes, which were once warm, became icy cold. I felt shivers in the middle of the goddamn desert. I had trouble forming words. My mouth was moving but no words were coming out.

"U-uh-huh. Yeah, sure." I was stuttering. It was obvious enough that I'm scared underneath his gaze. I look down, side to side, everywhere. Anywhere except his eyes. I can't believe I thought this guy was worried 'bout me.

He looked at me for a few seconds before smirking at me. He started walking ahead of me again.

I wait until he's a couple of steps ahead of me before I start walking. I counted seven steps until I decided I should walk. I stare at my boots. I look up occasionally to see if we made it already but, so far, not yet. It seems like an eternity.

I sigh and hang my head. I am defeated. Well, he did save me. Yeah, I should thank him.

I walk a little faster. I'm now right next to him. "Uh, hey?"

He didn't answer me. He's either ignorin' me or he didn't hear me.

I clear my throat and talk a little louder. "Hey, Squid?"

He turns his head to me, annoyed. "What?"

I took a deep breath. "I just wanted to say thank you for savin' me back there with Lump and the other guys. So, thank you very much Squid." I give him a small smile.

"Hmph. It was nothin'." He give me a side-glance before looking straight ahead.

I put my hands behind my back. "So...how did you know where I was?"

He's silent for a few seconds before answering me. (Hey, if he's gonna be my mentor, we should as least be on friendly terms.) "X, ZigZag and I were done with our holes. We were going to go back to the tent when I heard a scream. And that's when I saw you."

I nodded with satisfaction. "I see. So Babygirl, huh?"

He looked at me before chuckling to himself. "Heh, yeah. Suits you. Whinin', lost lookin', naive, and helpless, like a little baby."

I pouted. "Hey! That's not very nice!"

His face turned serious, "Whoever said I was nice? See, you're whinin' like a little baby."

I open my mouth to object but I quickly close it. I have a feelin' he'll win at an argument.

He looked at me out of the corner of his eye. "Heh, finally quiet Babygirl?"

Well, at least we're talkin'.

"Dr. Pendenski." More like mom.

We were outside his door. Squid knocked three times. "Hey mom! You in there?!"

We heard footsteps and the door opened. We saw mom there with his hat gone but his cheeks sunburned. At least his nose isn't burned.

He looks at us wide-eyed, "Oh my lord, what happened to you kids?" He quickly goes to his desk and pulls out a first-aid kit.

"I-" I begin to say but Squid interrupts me.

"Lump and these other two goons tried to rape Babygirl. She got a little scratched up but X-Ray, ZigZag and I took care of it."

"I see." Mom grabbed a chair and nodded me to sit in it. He took out a clean cloth, applied water on it, and rubbed soapy water on it. He cleans my lip,"Well, I'll make sure Lump and his friends get punished. They're gonna work in the kitchen, serving food. Of course, I'll let the Warden and Mr. Sir know but, I assure you, this will not go unnoticed."

He stops cleaning my lip and I get up, go to the nearest mirror, and look at my lip. The bruise is on the bottom, left corner of my lip. It a little red but it stopped bleeding. It didn't look too bad. I go back to mom. "Thanks."

"It's no trouble at all. Now, Alan, if you please sit down." Mom motions for Squid to sit down on the chair.

He looked annoyed to be called Alan but he did as he was told. I was standing at the door frame. Mom started cleaning Squid's cut. Mom looked up at me,"Sara, you're not forced to stay here. You could go if you want to."

" Well-..." I remembered what Squid said earlier. 'You are also ALWAYS gonna follow me so this kinda shit don't happen again.' Oh yeah. "No, I'll wait."

I glanced at Squid and saw that he had a satisfied look on his face. I'm doing wonderfully.

Squid gets cleaned up and then we thank mom for the help. He exit his place and we start walking towards D-tent. By the time we got out, the sun was still setting. Then, out of the blue, we heard a loud bell which made me jump.

Squid smirked. "Calm down, Babygirl, it's just the dinner bell. Time to eat. C'mon, you'll finally meet the rest of the D-tent."

He started walking towards the wreck room, I followed suit.

When I waked in behind him, the room went silent. They were all staring at me again. I lowered my head a little.

"Here." Squid handed me a metal tray and a spoon. He went up to the line and held out his tray. When he was done, he waited for me to go. I just did the same thing he did. I went up, held out my tray and waited. The boys pouring the soup looked at me for a bit and then served me. He put something really nasty looking on my tray. It was brown, watery, with some lumps in it. It didn't smell too appetizing. The man next to him put a cup filled with water and a slice of bread on my tray. I said thanks and walked to Squid. He led me to a table straight ahead. It was filled with boys, five of them. I was told that tents, usually, had seven boys in them. New boys might come in the future.

Squid sat down next to Hector. He left some space in between him and Hector . I took it that the space was my seat. I sat down next to him.

"Guys," Squid said with food in his mouth,"this is Babygirl. Babygirl, meet Magnet, ZigZag, and Zero. You've already met X and Armpit. Guys, this is Babygirl." He pointed to each of the boys when he said their names.

Magnet was a Hispanic looking guy with a shaved head.

ZigZag was the guy from earlier who helped X-Ray and Squid fighting Lump. He had beady eyes and hair that was all over the place.

I already knew Zer-Hector. He smiled at me and I smiled back.

"Hi. I'm Sara-"

"Babygirl." Squid interrupted me.

"...Babygirl. Nice to meet you all." I tried to give my best grin. Afterall, I was going to be "tent-mates" with these guys for a while.

They just gawked at me while eating. The same kind of feedback I got from everyone.

Yup, they look friendly.

And, TADA! Sorry I haven't uploaded yesterday! My dad sprung family-fun-time on me so I couldn't refuse to my dad. BUT we DID see Need for Speed. It was good. soo...yeah.

I KNOW I said that I would start in the digging but I'm making this up as I go now. I felt like I needed details and to be closer to Squid and know everyone BEFORE I started digging.

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