Senior Camping Trip (3)
"Shit, they're not here." Justin sighs, looking in the empty cabin.
"If we hang out, they'll show." Mia states.
"Or do we go back and report Clay missing?" Charlie questions.
"I don't know. It's just attention we don't need." Justin says.
"We also don't need Clay lost." Charlie points out.
"Fair point." Mia nods.
The door slams behind them, Mia jumps. "What the fuck?!" Justin and Mia shout. Mia turns and sees Diego, Luke, and Brett. "What the fuck?" Justin repeats.
Mia's jaw tightens. "Asshole!" She lunges towards Brett, but Justin pulls her back. "Where's Clay?!" She raises her voice.
"We don't know." Brett answers.
"Fuck you, you don't know." Mia snaps.
"What are you guys doing? What's the game?" Justin lets go of Mia.
"We just...we fucked with the clues, ok?" Diego admits. "We sent people places to freak them out, that's it."
"That's all we did." Luke agrees.
"And there's shit happening that is not us," Brett adds.
"There's something out there," Diego says.
Charlie chuckles, "Diego, man, give it up. You're a somewhat decent DB, but you are a shitty liar." Charlie smirks.
Mia snorts at Charlie's comment. A scream is heard from outside the cabin. Mia's smile drops. "Come on! Jesus! Enough!" Justin shouts.
"It's not us!" Diego shouts back.
"Bullshit!" Mia snaps. "I still have to kick your ass!" She points at Brett.
The door flies open, Beecher falling in with no pants, his hands were tied and his mouth was duct-taped. They help him up, "I told you it's not us." Diego sighs, looking at Justin, Mia, and Charlie.
"Get up. Come on." Luke helps Beecher up and takes the duct tape off him. "Can we...get him some pants?" Justin asks.
Mia arches a brow, "Please." She adds, clearing her throat.
Mia crosses his arms, "Can I punch him now?" Mia questions, her eyes still trained on Brett. "I'm gonna break his nose again." Mia steps forward, but Charlie holds her back.
"Not right now."
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"Look, whoever it is, whatever it is, it came after us." Diego states. "They fucked up out tent and stole out shit. They attacked Beecher."
"I'm--I'm sorry, I'm just having a little trouble sympathizing for people who shoved me and Justin down a hill just to kidnap Clay." Mia chuckles, a hand tangled in her hair.
"Why do you care so much about that little prick?" Brett snaps.
"Watch it!" Mia shoots up from her seat.
"Look..." Brett holds his hands up. "We don't know where he is." He says.
"Telling you. It's the dead kid." Luke says.
"It's the woods."
"It's the ghost of Burnham woods." Luke nods his head.
Mia laughs, "Oh My God!" She shakes her head, sitting back down. "Fucking stupid!"
"Can you honestly tell me you didn't see or hear anything fucked up out there tonight?" Diego questions them.
Mia looks at him, "Now that you think about it...I haven't seen anything at all today! That's the weirdest thing..." Mia states, she hasn't seen one hallucination today...weird.
Diego looks at the shaken Jessica. "Jess?" Diego questions.
Everyone looks at the girl who seemed to be out of it. "I..." She slightly shakes her head.
"Jess, wh-what happened?" He slowly stands up.
A metal rattling sound is heard outside of the cabin. Diego runs over to the door, he tries to pull it open but it was locked. Mia stands up from her seat. "All right. Okay, we're scared." Jessica admits. "Enough please."
A scraping sound starts around the cabin. Mia's heart jumps into her throat. "Hell no!" She shakes her head. "Fuck off, asshole!" Mia and Jessica snap at the same time.
The clanging starts around the entire cabin, a laugh fills the area, and the lantern falls to the ground, the cabin now in darkness.
"I hate camping," Mia whispers.
The scraping and laughing soon stopped, the cabin was filled with silence and darkness. "We could starve in here." Luke states.
Mia arches a brow and scoffs. "Dude, you're not gonna starve anytime soon." Justin states.
"Hey! I have very low body fat, Foley." Luke snaps. "This is muscle."
"I have a few granola camp cookies," Charlie says.
Mia smiles, "Oooh!" She holds her hand out as Charlie gives her one.
A banging starts at the door and Mia drops her cookie. "DAMMIT!" She stomps in anger.
The door starts to shake. Justin looks down at the angry teen who was the only one sitting. "Mia, get up." He says.
"But my cookie--"
"We are literally about to fucking die right now!" He says.
Mia groans, she stands up and watches as the door swings open, revealing none other than Zach Dempsey. Mia scoffs, "Zach made me drop my fucking cookie!" Mia points at the boy.
"This thing's getting all kinds of fucked up." Zach states.
"We're out of here!" Luke says, bolting out of the house with Diego, Brett, and Beecher behind him. "Are you fucking kidding? Stop them!" Jessica shouts.
"We're all getting the fuck out of here." Justin steps towards the door but Zach stops him.
"No. We gotta talk."
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"So, Winston...and Alex?" Charlie questions.
"And Alex is like heartbroken. And now we're fucked." Zach states. "Oh, I'm sorry, more fucked."
"Does Winston know why Alex did it?" Charlie asks.
A bang is heard on the door. Mia jumps, Zach looks at all of them. He sighs and walks over to the door. He slightly opens it to peak at the person. He opens the door fully so the person could enter. "Fuuuuck!" Mia exhales as it's Tony that enters the cabin.
"For fuck's sake. Can we leave the damn door open now?" Jessica questions.
Tony looks at all of them. "Diego pointed me this way, so what the fuck is going on?" He questions.
"Winston Williams can alibi Monty," Zach says.
Mia chuckles, catching everyone's attention. "Winston Williams? He's got...two W's..." Mia raises her brows. "He's double W."
The girl looks at everyone, she clears her throat. "Sorry, important time right now. Continue." She waves her hand around.
"He knows Monty didn't kill Bryce. He was with him that night." Zach states. "Oh, and on top of that, Clay and Ani have known for months."
Tony looks at Mia and Justin, expecting them to know why Clay kept this from them. "Um...I'm sure it was just to protect us," Justin says.
"Clay yesterday, but yeah. They wanted to just protect us, that's all." Mia shrugs.
"Big surprise. They failed." Zach says.
"Yeah, pretty bad." Mia comments.
"So, the email was Winston?" Charlie asks. "I mean, is he gonna talk tonight?"
"We don't know that is was Winston," Tony says. "Other people might want it out."
"Like who?" Mia questions.
"Like Tyler." Tony answers. Mia scoffs, "What?" She questions.
"Tony, what makes you say that?" Justin asks.
"Guys, maybe it was Ani," Jessica says.
"Damn!" Mia turns to Jessica.
"Think about it. It's way easier for her to hack Clay than Winston, and now she's not even here?" Jessica throws her hands up.
"Isn't she helping her injured mother?" Mia arches a brow.
"Maybe she was lying, I don't know." Jessica sighs.
"Honestly, any one of us could have written that email," Justin says.
"Including you," Zach says.
"Yes, Zach, including me," Justin says, looking at his friend. "So are we gonna fucking fall apart about it, or trust each other?"
Mia sighs, "Yeah--I'm pretty sure you guys have already fallen apart and I'm still on the fence about trusting any of you again...except Justin." Mia stands up. "Anyway, Clay's lost and we need to find him."
"Hey, kids."
They all turn their heads to the entrance and see Deputy Standall standing there. "Everything ok?" He questions.
Everyone stands up. "Shall we get back to camp?"
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