Squid looked around slowly, eyeing the water that was still slowly spreading throughout the bathroom stall. It had been at least 5 minutes since the boys left. He had been too scared, or worried preferably, to see if it had been Danny that was sent to the hospital.
Maybe they were lyin'…
He seriously doubted that, but he was willing to believe anything at this point.
Squid sighed. Before he did anything, he had to finish his job cleaning the bathroom. He got to his hands and knees again, took the small scrubber, and started scrubbing the floor.
After finishing 6 of the stalls, he walked into the last one.
Finally, He muttered to himself, but froze in mid-step.
"You've got to be kiddin' me!" He shouted furiously. The stall was a complete mess. Toilet paper was thrown everywhere; urine was sprayed on the seat, floor, and the left wall. It seemed as if the toilet had flooded, for the floor was soaking wet. Suddenly, his eyes went wide, anger boiling. His 23 shirt had been carelessly thrown into the toilet.
On the back wall, a small, yellow post-it note was placed. Growling, he reached forward, and pulled it off. It read:
Don't mess with me.
Evan
Enraged, he threw the post-it onto the floor, and yelled,
"Idiot!" (a/n- Meh, I woulda used a different word, but I decided to cut back on the swearing ^_^)
~*~
Zigzag glared over to Brent, who was happily digging into his large hole. He couldn't believe he had the nerve to rat on him and X. Unbelievable. He was breaking up D-tent. He was rattling up all their stress, mentally and physically, and he was enjoying it all. The guy was an—
"Hey, Zig, you alright?" Magnet asked. He had noticed Zigzag scowling over to Brent
"Fine," He growled, looking back into his unfinished hole.
"You're diggin' slow today," He stated. Zigzag glanced over to him,
"So?"
"I donno, doesn't seem like you,"
"Well, if a 'special' someone ratted on you and the leader, would you be alright?"
"Uh, no, not really,"
"Then don't talk," Just as Zigzag finished saying his sentence, Zero popped out of his complete hole, and walked back to camp.
"That guys a nutcase," Brent muttered, "I think he should be sent to a mental hospital,"
X-ray growled, climbed out of his hole and smoothly walked over to Brent. In an intimating way, he crouched down, looking Brent strait into the eye,
"What did you say?"
Brent smirked, "He should be in a mental hospital. He's shorter than his shovel, he doesn't talk, and probably doesn't even know how to talk. He's a freak. A mole, a rat, a worm…whatever you wanna call 'em—" But he never got to finish his sentence, for X-ray had pounced ontop of him, sending them both flying into his Hole.
All of X-ray's anger was being let out then.
For calling Zero those names
For strangling him at night
For accusing Squid that it was his fault he was sent here
For teasing everyone
For breaking up D-tent
For ragging on him and Zigzag
For just being him
X-ray threw punch after punch, his anger uncontrolled. Everyone else hadn't bothered to pull him off.
Brent deserved it.
~*~
It had taken 20 minutes to finish cleaning that last stall. Disgusted, he didn't even bother to keep his shirt, even though it was his favorite. Squid had no clue what Evan had done to it. Instead, he threw it away in the garbage can out in the hall.
After washing his thoroughly, he walked out into the hall, seeing no one. He sighed.
As much as he wanted to see if Danny was alright, he couldn't afford getting lost again. He was just too tired.
After the 5th day had passed, he had memorized a few places in this building, thankfully.
From the bathroom to his room: Take a left, after the 2nd door on the right there is a flight of stairs. Take those. Walk up 3 flights of stairs, and then walk out the door on your left. Walk passed 10 doors, turn to your right, and there it was.
From his room to the lunch room: After coming out of his room, take a right. Keep going until the end of the hall way, where there is a flight of stairs. Take those. Walk down 4 flights of stairs, and take the only door there in front of you. Keep walking strait until you get to the double doors. Walk in, and there it was.
From his room to outside: After coming out of his room, take a right. Keep going until the end of the hall way, where there is a fight of stairs. Take those. Walk down 6 flights of stairs. Take the door on the left. After walking out that, keep going strait, and the double doors are right there.
That's all Squid had memorized. Well, that's really all he needed to memorize.
Slowly, he turned and took a left. He needed to go think in his room.
~*~
"X? X??" Zigzag uncertaintly asked X-ray who was still punching the unconscious Brent, "I think…umm, X?"
"X-ray, man…he's out. You can stop," Magnet advised, looking in each direction, seeing if any counselours were coming over. Thankfully, none were.
Panting heavily, X-ray jumped out of Brent's hole, muttering, "He deserved it,"
Walking back over to his own hole, X-ray picked up his water canteen and took a long drink.
This day isn't as bad as I thought it would be…well, we still have to deal with the Warden…
~*~
Groaning, Squid plopped down onto his bed. The comfy mattress felt good against his aching back. Although, this wasn't nearly as hard labor as it was at Camp Green Lake…
…The guys.
Squid closed his eyes briefly before eyeing the ugly tan ceiling.
Suddenly, a small knock came from the door,
"Come in," Squid muttered. Slowly, a boy walked in. Alex, Squid realized.
"Why you knockin'?" He asked.
Alex walked over to his bed, a rather large envelope in his hand, "Didn't know if you was changin' or not,"
"Oh…" Squid looked over to the envelope, "What's that?"
"Oh, yeah," Alex smiled, "It's for you…from," He glanced at the return address, "D-tent,"
Grinning, Squid ran up to him, and snatched it from his grasp. He quickly walked back over to his bed. For awhile, he just stared at it, amazed that they wrote him back.
"Well aren't you gonna open it?" Alex asked anxiously. Squid nodded and ripped open the seal, pulling out…
…a shirt??
Yet, there was writing on each side. Looking, he spotted:
Squid, man,
On the front. He smiled and started to read X-ray's handwriting.
Yo, we're gonna have to hurry up with this letter…we didn't have any piece of paper or a pen, so Magnet snuck into that cabin where we got those clothes and got a t-shirt, then he snuck into the Wardens cabin. It was cool, really.
So, how's life for you? A lot's been happening here. Brent, did I tell you about him? Well, he's the new kid. Awful, really, he thinks he owns the whole place. I just hope he doesn't strangle me in the middle of the night.
It ended, but there was a small arrow in the corner indicating that there was more on the back. He flipped it over and read:
I hope you're doing all right over there. If anyone messes with you, tell them that I'll put them on my hit list.
Well, all the guys say "hi". Even Zero (he's talking more often now, by the way).
We gotta get going, but we'll write something longer next time…so, don't forget to write us back.
Also, if you can, send us some paper and a pen!
Sincerely,
And next to everyone's signature, there was a small message:
Armpit Magnet
Don't forget to write us back! We'll find a way to see you again. Heh, somehow.
Zigzag X-ray
Sometime I'll send you a lizard Don't let anyone push you around
Zero
Thanks for the necklace. I'm still wearing it.
Caveman
Good luck with any problems you have. Thanks for the times we got to know each other. It was cool.
Smiling, he clutched the shirt and laid back on his bed.
"What was that about?" Alex asked. Squid just shook his head,
"Sometime, you'll get to meet a lizard."
~*~
X-ray and Zigzag slowly walked back to the Wardens cabin, Brent walking somewhat behind them.
Just as they were about to knock, the door swung open. X-ray jumped, slightly surprised.
"You're late," The Warden muttered, "Come inside,"
"How can we be late?? We just got done—"
"Zig!" X-ray shushed Zigzag. All 3 of them walked into the cool, air-conditioned room. Smiling, Mr. Sir was sitting on the couch, along with Mr. Pendanski.
"Now," The Warden began, "I have come to understand that, Zigzag, you have punched Brent in the face?"
"Yes! But he—"
"I don't want any excuses, Zigzag."
"I'm not lying! He was strangling—"
"Zigzag!" She gave him a fierce look, making him stop immediately.
"Now, I also understand that Brent was strangling X-ray?"
"Thank you," Zigzag muttered under his breath.
"Yeah, he was," X-ray nodded, showing her the ring of dark bruises along his neck line.
"Alright. Brent, you have cooking duty for 2 weeks. Breakfast and Dinner. You are to get up at 4am to help set up breakfast. You do not need to help set up dinner, but you are to serve. Got that clear?"
Alex glared, while saying, "Yes, ma'am…but what about them?"
She glared back, "What about them?"
Zigzag blanched. Was the Warden…sticking up for them???
"Aren't you gonna punish them?!" He yelled.
"Son," She said, walked closer to him, "I can do whatever I want…get out," She growled. Giving one last glare to both Zigzag and X-ray, Brent left, sulking.
"You two are very lucky," The Warden said. Mr. Sir nodded to himself as did Pendanski. She continued, "And only because I'm feeling sympathetic today. But if you two get into any more trouble within these first 2 weeks, you'll be dealing with a lot of trouble on those sweaty hands of yours,"
Zigzag winced, "Yes, ma'am,"
"Now get out," Swiftly, the both strided out of her cabin.
~*~
Alright, people…just want to say some things.
Now, while I was writing this chapter, I got so confused with remembering which characters were which (Example: heh, I thought it was Evan at Camp Green Lake, so I wrote that…but then I reread it, and changed it. *_*). So, I just made a quick little character chart telling where that person is and who that person is.
Alex: JPF with Squid. He's Squid's roommate and is a nice boy.
Evan: JPF. He's one of Squid's 'enemy's'.
Brent: with the D-tent. He's tenting with D-tent. He isn't too fond of them.
Mr. + Mrs. Brezack: Still at their house. They're Squid's foster family.
Danny: JPF. He was one of the first people Squid met. A very nice, talkative boy.
Joe: The person who owns JPF. He's also a counselor.
CJ, Colin, Trey, Mitch, Reese + Justin: The teens who are in Squid + Alex's counseling class.
Marty: The boy that was talking about Danny in the boy's bathroom.
Squid: Still at JPF. (Meh, you should already know that)
X-ray, Magnet, Zigzag, Armpit, Caveman + Zero: Still at CGL. (Heh, you should know that, too)
Umm, I think that's all you guys need to know…tell me if I missed anything!
Also, here are some shout-outs! ^_^
MsInDePeNdEnT- You'll be seeing more letters soon! I just gotta get some new characters in and stuff…Hopefully, soon, anyway!
Holesdork- Meh, thanks for the idea! But, I already have him beaten up ^_^!
Drowchild- Heh, if Brent was seriously doing that, I would kill him lotz too!
Celestra- Glad you thought it was an interesting chapter! Eh, I liked having Ziggy punch Brent too!
Hafae- Thanks! Hehe, I also have annoying little cousins! 6, actually ^_^
Insane Monster + Zermasuti- Thanks! ^_^
SmartassLeprechaun- Meh, very glad you like my story!
TheycallmeZigZag- Heh, I liked the choking part…it made Brent look evil, cuz he is evil! Zigzag was a good boy, and punched him!
Alright, I think I've mentioned everything…well, actually, no I haven't…
I know I've been wicked lazy with updates. I thought I'd have more time during the summer, when actually, I don't. In school, I'd get home at 2:30, and now with Summer Camp, I get back at either 4-5.
And, now, to add to that, my aunt, uncle, and 2 cousins are coming up from Oklahoma. I only get to see them once a year (but they stay for 14 days), so that means even longer updates!...But that doesn't mean I won't update, eh, probably next week I'll update Look to The Sky…either that or In Too Deep. But I kinda wanted to get the 2nd chapter up on LTTS, so I donno yet (*_*)
Well, please review…I'll be looking forward to reading them!
~B.