Chapter 1: The News Report
My friends had just got the fire started for the campfire. They cheered an high fived over the achievement. It was six guys including myself and six girls that I invited on this camping trip to break in my new RV. There was: Janie, my girlfriend- Mike, my best friend in the whole world- Ashley, Mike's girlfriend and a normally stuck up bitch- Jacob, another longtime friend of mine that Mike and I met in summer camp as kids- Vera, Jacob's girlfriend and one of the 'pretty girls' from our school- Austin, our groups gay friend that my girlfriend introduced me too- Corey, our other gay friend who started dating Austin soon after they met- Jade, our regional goth girl she out on a tough exterior but we saw through that and eventually made a friend of her- Paige, who was a total nerd into video game and comic books she worked for the coffee shop and after awhile the group got to know her and we brought her in- Shawn, an asshole and pervert the guys brought him in just cause anything you wanted he had the hook-up- Allison, she was the lead cheerleader and a complete slut more boys have been inside her than the locker rooms.
"Yes good job in the time it took you to start a fire, we could've cooked in the RV." Janie commented on the fire Mike and the guys started finally.
"If we did that though, we never have a real camping experience." Mike, one of my friends, replied.
I chimed in my two cents, "Can you have a real camping experience with an stocked RV parked next to the tents?"
"Just don't use the RV."
Ain't no way in hell I could do that. The RV has a damn toilet, out here there's trees."
"Learn to fertilize." Mike replied. I laughed and got up headed for the RV. I put the key in and turned the radio up. It played some kinda generic pop song till a new report came through.
"This just in another victim has been found viciously murdered inside their home today. We believe the killer is the same that has been leaving a string of murders around. That's to his mysterious symbol he's been leaving at the crime scenes. A circle with a X in the center. We advise everyone to stay indoors and to not forget to lock their houses."
"I don't like that sound of that guys." Janie said, "Those murders have been close."
"Oh why would a murderer be out here, maybe your just a-" a clap of thunder cut him off and rain started to pour down. It quickly put the fire out as I started grabbing equipment.
"Grab the stuff and get in the RV now." I shouted. Everybody started grabbing stuff and heading inside. Once everyone was inside I closed the door and locked it, "Looks like we're going to be staying in the RV tonight."
"Damn, I was wanting to pitch my tent tonight." Mike complained
"Well it's a storm out there. So you stuck in here." I looked around the RV, The two front seat can be used as a bed, the two seats back here. The table can turn into a bed, the loft can sleep two, and then bed in the back can sleep three. Two of us will have to sleep on the floor.
"Mike and I call the loft." Ashley said jumping up to the small loft alcove above the driver and passenger seat.
"Jade, Paige, and I are using the back bed." Allison said.
"Corey and I can squeeze onto the table bed." Austin chimed.
"Guess Vera and I can sleep in the seats."
"Shawn your on the floor then, cause front seats are for the owner and his girlfriend." I said. Shawn shrugged and opened his duffel bag and pulled out a sleeping bag. I slipped into the plush driver seat of the RV I pushed it back and leaned it down, then Janie followed suit. We were separated by a small area to squeeze through the reach the front seats.
"Not how you imagined this camping weekend huh?" She asked.
"It could be worst. We could've went to sleep before the storm came in. Then we been screwed."
"That's true, well I'm going to try and get some sleep. Night babe."
"Goodnight." I laid my head against the seat and closed my eyes and drifted off. I woke up later that night to a mother big thunder clap. I rubbed my eyes and looked outside the windshield. I turned on the wipers to clear the windshield off and the campground was so black you couldn't see anything. So I turned the headlights on and illuminated the campground in front of me. It was empty except for us and the rain hadn't lightened up any. I was about to turn them off when movement caught my eye at the treeline across from us. I squinted and thought I saw someone looking standing in the trees looking at the RV. I turned the lights off and laid my head back again, but never took my eyes of the front of the RV. I eventually drifted back to sleep and woke up that morning.
It was still raining, but it had lightened up. I climbed out of the driver seat and saw Mike was already up. He was only in a pair of jeans, his body build for football was on display due to his lack of a shirt.
"Hey man?"
"Sup. You're up early.'
"You were up before me."
"Touche."
"Wanna go out and make sure we grabbed everything last night?"
"Sure." He grabbed a shirt and slipped it on. We walked around outside the RV, but we didn't find anything I headed around to the other side to see if anything blew over and sticking out the side of the RV was an old wood ax. I ran to the other side and grabbed Mike.
"Get in the RV now, we have to go." He didn't question why and hopped in the RV. I jumped in the driver seat and started the RV. The motor started waking everyone up, but I just pulled out of the spot I was in and started driving. The wood axe was visible in my rearview mirror it was buried in my RV. I drove into town and pulled up to the police station, "Mike, come on." I hopped out and showed him the wood axe, "Isn't that the weapon the serial killer has been using?"
"Damn sure looks like it. You want me to watch it while you turn it in."
"Yeah, don't let anyone touch it." I walked inside and headed to the front desk.
"Hello what can I do for you?" the front desk officer asked
"The serial killer from the news, I have his weapon in the side of my car, he tried to attack me and my friends last night." I told him. He turned then said something into a walkie-talkie. Two more officers came up with gloves and a big bag.
"Show us the weapon." I lead them outside where Mike was leaning against the RV the axe right next to him. The police carefully took the weapon out of the side of my RV. The edge of the blade was stained with blood. The police set the axe into the bag, "Thank you for bringing us this, we'll be able to catch the criminal soon now."
"Let's go home that's too much excitement for one day." Mike said