I wake up on Squid's cot. I turn and see Squid squeezed himself onto the cot with me. I kiss his nose and it wakes him.
"Mornin' Girlie."Squid says.
"Are you gonna call me that forever?"I ask.
"Maybe."He says getting up and helping me up.
"Thanks"I say getting on my jumpsuit.
We go to the mess hall and get some food.
After awhile of sitting in the mess hall,Squid goes outside.
"Their alive!"He yells coming back in.
"Their alive!"He repeats.
I jump up from my chair and run outside to see Stanley and Zero.
"Guys!"I yell running up to them.
I hug Zero while Squid hugs Stanley. The rest of the guys come out and hug them.
"I can't believe you guys made it!"Squid says.
"We thought you were buzzard food."ZigZag says.
"I'm not. I'm going home."Stanley says.
"Home?"We question.
"Man,you stink!What you been eatin'?"Armpit asks.
"You smell like onions!"Magnet says.
"Well,there seems to be no file of Hector Zeroni."Dr. Pendanski says.
"Is that so?"A lady asks.
"What kind of camp you running here?"A man asks the warden.
"A nice one!If the state would give us some money,we'd have a decent filing system."The warden says.
"I am ordering an investigation of this place."The man says walking off and calling someone.
"Hey lady. You got a pen and paper I can borrow?"Armpit asks the lady.
"No,I don't. But it looks like he does. You got a pen?"The lady asks Mr. Sir.
"Yeah."Mr. Sir says handing the lady his pencil.
"You got paper?"The lady asks.
"Yeah."Mr. Sir says handing her his clipboard.
The lady hands Armpit the clipboard.
"Here. Call my mom."Armpit says writing a phone number on the paper.
"What?"Stanley asks.
"Tell her I'm sorry. Tell her Theodore,said he was sorry."Armpit says handing Stanley the paper.
"I will man. I will."Stanley says.
"Marion Sevillo."Another man says looking at Mr. Sir.
"Oh crap."Mr. Sir mumbles.
"It's been a long time since El Paso,old Marion."The man says while forcing Mr. Sir against the office wall.
"You're in violation of your parole carrying this weapon."He says taking Mr. Sir's pistol from its holster.
"Well I had no knowledge of that."The warden declares.
"Oh yeah,just like you didn't know Pendanski wasn't no doctor neither."Mr. Sir grumbles.
We laugh at Dr. or Mr. Pendanski's frown.
"Sit down Marion,you're under arrest again."The man says while forcing Mr. Sir to sit down on the bench beside the office door.
"Marion?Say,I didn't know that was a man's name."ZigZag says.
"It ain't."Mr. Sir says.
"Oooh."We all laugh.
The man on the phone finishes his phone call.
"Okay,this facility is now under our jurisdiction. Boys,put these three bozos over there and let them see the other side of the Texas criminal justice system."The man says.
We all cheer and hug each other.
"Come on Hector,you're coming with us. Let's go."The lady says.
A bolt of lightening lights the sky. We all look at the sky to see storm clouds rolling in above the weather vein and water tower.
"What's that?"X-Ray asks.
And then it starts raining. We all gasp and raise our hands to the heavens as the clouds let down cold droplets that drench our jumpsuits in seconds.
We all go out and let the rain soak us. Squid takes his hat off and smooths his hair back while Zigzag starts doing a weird dance.
Armpit bounces around. Squid spins Hector around on his back and laughs as they stumble. ZigZag comes up to me.
"Angel,I know it might be too late but I'm sorry."He says.
"It's okay. Just don't ever do anything like that to a girl or I'll have Squid come over and rough you up."I say.
"Whatever you say,Girlie."He says hugging me.
I laugh as he lets go and goes back to doing his weird dance.
Squid comes and puts an arm around my shoulders.
He kisses me. I wrap my arms around his neck as he kisses me passionately.
"Stanley!Hector!Come on,let's go!"The lady calls.
"Stanley,you be careful out there in the real world. Everyone's not as friendly as us."X-Ray tells Stanley.
"All right boss."Stanley says before he goes to the trunk of the car.
Stanley goes over to the trunk of the car.
"Stanley,won't you just open it?Just let me see what's inside,please."The warden begs.
"Excuse me?"Stanley asks while closing the trunk.
Hector and Stanley slide into the back seat the car. Stanley rolls the window and shouts to the boys.
"D-TENT!"Stanley shouts.
We turn and wave at him.
"We'll see you again!"We all yell.
As they drive off,Twitch starts twitching and Squid has to wrap his arms around him and haul him off the ground to keep him running after them.
I stand with the boys waiting for the bus to come pick me up. We've all been released so we're going home. My bus pulls up and I turn to the boys.
I go to the X-Ray first.
"You be careful."He tells me while hugging me.
"You too,X."I say smiling.
I go to Armpit. He reaches his arms out for a hug.
"What the heck?"I ask myself before hugging him.
"I'll miss you,Girlie."He says.
"Let go!Can't breathe."I say.
"Oh,sorry."Armpit says pulling away.
"It's okay. By the way,you put on some deodorent and the ladies will love you."I say before going to Magnet.
"Try not to steal anymore puppies."I say hugging him.
"I make no promises."He says.
I roll my eyes before going to Twitch.
"Goodbye."I say hugging him.
"Try and stay away from cars."I say.
"I'll try."He says twitching.
I go to ZigZag.
"Once again,I'm sorry."He says while we hug.
"Once again,it's okay. Just remember not to try that with any girl."I say.
"I promise I won't."He says.
I laugh before going to Squid.
He wraps his arms around my waist and pulls me in for a kiss.
"I love you."I whisper.
"I love you too."He says.
"Come on!Let's go!"The bus driver yells.
I grab my stuff and put it on the bus. I sit down and we drive away.
"WAIT!"I yell.
The driver stops and I run off the bus and go back to the boys.
"SQUID!"I yell running towards him.
He turns and I stop at him.
"Here."I say giving him my black and blue stud bracelet.
"But it's yours."He says.
"I want you to have something to remember me by. At least until we see each other again. Which I hope is real soon."I say.
He smiles and puts the bracelet on. He takes one of his own off and puts it on my wrist.
"For you to remember me by."He says before kissing me.
"I love you."I say going back to the bus.
"I love you too!I'll see you soon."He says.
I get on the bus and I go back home.
The bus stops at my house.
I grab my stuff and go inside my house.
"Hello?"I call through the house.
No one answers.
I go to my bedroom and see blood everywhere.
I scream and go to the bathroom by my room and see the bodies of my sisters.
I turn and see my parents with bloody knifes.
"What-What the hell did you do?"I yell.
"Nothing."They state.
"Now,where's our hugs?"Mom asks holding her arms out to me.
"You stay the hell away from me!"I yell closing the door and locking it.
I look at the window. I open it and jump out.
I land and immediate pain shoots through my body.
I get up and run as soon as I hear them coming.
This is not what I had expected.
The next two chapters will be the ending and then I'll work on the sequel!