"Hey look!A cloud!"Squid says while we're digging.
"Where?"I ask looking up from my hole.
"Right there!"Squid says in his southern drawl.
"Maybe it'll move in front of the sun."ZigZag says.
"Come on little cloud,you can do it."Magnet says.
"Please,that's all I'm asking for. Just a little shade."Armpit says.
"Warden owns the shade man."Stanley says while getting a big rock out of his hole.
"Maybe we'll get lucky!Maybe we'll get some clouds!"ZigZag says.
"And it'll ran for forty days and forty nights."I add.
"Yeah,we'll have to build an ark and get two of each animal."Armpit says.
"Yeah,two scorpions,two rattlesnakes,two yellow spotted lizards,all of that."X-Ray says.
"Hey,what you go there,Caveman?"I hear Magnet ask.
I see Magnet going over to Stanley's hole so I crawl out of mine and follow him.
"What do you have?"I ask.
"I don't know."Stanley says.
"Hey X!I think I might've found something!"Stanley says.
Oh yeah...X-Ray told Stanley that if he found anything,he gave it to him.
I got into an argument with X-Ray about it but I lost the argument.
X-Ray comes over to Stanley's hole,Squid,ZigZag,and Armpit close behind. Stanley hands the item to X-Ray.
"It looks like an old shotgun shell or somethin'."X-Ray says examing it.
"Nah man,it's too skinny to be a shotgun shell."Squid says taking it from X-Ray.
"Yeah,it's not a shotgun shell."Squid says handing the item back to Stanley.
"See that little heart with the letters in it?"Stanley asks X-Ray while showing him something.
"Yeah."X-Ray answers.
"K. B."Stanley reads the letters.
"Let me see it!"ZigZag says.
The item is handed to him and I look at it with him. It's a little golden tube with the heart and letters like Stanley just mentioned.
"Yeah,that's Keith Barrenger."ZigZag says.
"Man who's that?"Armpit asks.
"He was in my math class."ZigZag says before Armpit grabs the tube out of ZigZag's hand.
"Good thinkin' ZigZag!It must belong to him."I joke.
"I'm gonna go show it to mom. Maybe I get the rest of the day off."X-Ray says taking the tube and starting to walk away.
"Rest of the day off?No. No. Your hole's already dug,I'm not even close. I'm gonna be out here all day."Stanley complains.
"Yeah so?"X-Ray asks.
"So...um...why don't...why don't you just turn it in tomorrow,you know give it to mom in the morning. Then you get the whole day off."Stanley comes up with an answer.
"That's good thinkin' Caveman. I like that."X-Ray says.
"Pretty smart,Caveman,pretty smart."Squid says before everyone goes back to their holes.
I go to my hole and finish digging. I climb out of my hole and go to Squid's.
"How far are ya'?"I ask him.
He looks up and smiles.
"Don't know. Why?You scared to go back to camp without me?"He asks.
I roll my eyes.
"I'm fine!I just wanted to know."I say.
"By the way...you're cute with your southern drawl."I say before going back to my hole.
I grab my shovel and canteen. I go back to camp,change into my bathing suit,and go to the showers.
I shower and when the water stops,I slip the towel around my body. I step out and arms wrap around my waist. I smile and look up,expecting it to be Squid or ZigZag.
But it's Lump.
"Let me go,you creep!"I say.
"No,you're mine. Let's go have some 'fun'."He says dragging me to his tent.
I get out of his grasp and knee him in the groin.
"Don't you dare touch me again!"I yell before running to my tent.
I sit on my cot and let tears run down my cheeks.
"Angel?"I hear someone ask.
I look up and see Squid.
"What's wrong?"He asks sitting by me and wrapping his arms around my shoulders.
"Lump t-t-tried to r-rape me."I stutter out.
"I'm gonna kill him!"Squid says getting up.
I grab his hand and he turns back to me.
"Please. Don't."I plead.
"Why not?"He asks.
"Because I don't want you to get in trouble! I love you too much."I say.
His eyes go wide.
"You're my best friend."I add.
His eyes go back to normal and his mouth turns into a frown.
"You'd better get changed before the others come in."He says before he leaves.
I sigh before changing into shorts,a tank,and my orange jumpsuit. I wipe the remaining tears off on the collar of my jumpsuit.
I lie down and close my eyes.
In two minutes,I'm fast asleep.
It's early morning and we're getting our canteens filled.
"There ya' go Rex."Dr. Pendanski says giving X-Ray his water.
X-Ray goes to his hole as Armpit gets his canteen filled. X-Ray fishes the golden tube out of his pocket and he throws it in his hole.
He picks it up and acts like he's just found it.
"Hey mom!I think I found something!Come here for a second,I think I found something!"X-Ray yells while holding the tube up. Dr. Pendanski rushes over.
"It looks like a golden bullet or something doesn't it?It's nice right?So I get the day off now right?"X-Ray asks while handing Dr. Pendanski the tube.
"Well you just might!We're gonna call the warde.n"Dr. Pendanski says before he gets out his walkie talkie.
"Hey Lou. You'd better get down here. I think we got something."Dr. Pendanski says into his walkie talkie.
"Yeah,we got something nice!We got something nice!"X-Ray says.
"We got something nice."Dr. Pendanski repeats into his walkie talkie.
A few minutes later,a nice(old)car pulls up.
Out steps Mr. Sir and a red haired,freckled faced lady.
Yeah,you read right!LADY!
She goes to Dr. Pendanski who hands her the tube.
"Right over there."He says pointing to X-Ray's hole.
The warden smiles before going over to X-Ray.
"This where you found it?"The warden asks X-Ray.
"Yes malm."X-Ray answers.
"Dr. Pendanski,drive X-Ray back to camp. Give him double shower tokens and a snack."The warden says.
"But first,fill everyone's canteens!"The warden says.
"I already filled them."Dr. Pendanski says.
"Excuse me?"The warden asks.
"I had already filled them when you drove up in the car."Dr. Pendanski tells her.
"Excuse me?Did I ask you when you last filled them?"The warden asks.
"No you didn't but..."Dr. Pendanski is cut off.
"Now,these fine boys and girl have been working hard!Don't you think it just might be possible they have taken a drink since you filled their canteen?"The warden asks him.
"It's possible."Dr. Pendanski says.
"Oh,it's possible is it?Girlie!Can you come over here?"The warden asks.
I get out of my hole and I walk over to her.
"Now,did you by any chance take a sip since he filled your canteen?"The warden asks me.
"I might have drunken some."I say not wanting to anger her.
"Can you give me your canteen?"She asks.
"Yeah."I say handing it to her.
"Oh God."I hear Dr. Pendanski mutter as the warden walks over to him.
She shakes my canteen.
"Can you hear the empty spaces?"She asks.
"Yes,I can hear."Dr. Pendanski says annoyed.
"Fill it!If that's too much trouble you can grab a shovel and Girlie can fill the canteens."The warden says handing Dr. Pendanski my canteen.
"Armpit!Squid!You get them wheelbarrows out of the truck!"Mr. Sir yells.
"Zero!You take over X-Ray's hole!Caveman will assist ya'!"The warden says.
"Ya'll be good now ya' hear?"X-Ray says before he and Dr. Pendanski leaves.
Later,we're all walking to our tent.
"How'd the warden know mine and Caveman's names?"I ask.
"She's got the whole place wired."ZigZag says.
"Really?"I ask looking up at him.
"Yeah,she's got these tiny little microphones all over the place. She's got 'em in the wreck room. She's got 'em in the tent. She's got 'em in the showers."ZigZag says.
"Their not in the showers!"Stanley says.
"Man,don't listen to him!I've read his file,it says he suffers from,um...acute paranoia."Squid says giving me a look.
What's his deal?I'll have to find out!
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