Kailee was pumped for today. She had her whole summer ahead of her and she had tons of things planned, it was going to be the most exciting summer she had ever had. Most importantly, today Hailee had promised her that she would take her to Devil's Lake.

Kailee perched patiently on her couch facing the back of it to look out the window where she would see Hailee when she pulled into the driveway. Kailee took this time to triple check her bag and make sure she had packed everything they needed while they were there. They would be camping out for the night anyhow. She had her bag of clothes, sleeping bag, and a small backpack that held her snacks, bug spray, and the whole reason she was going, her camera.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the front door and Kailee looked up to see Hailee standing there waving at her through the glass. Kailee smiled and waved back, hurrying to open up the door for her best friend.

"Ready to go?" Hailee asked her.

"As ready as I'll ever be." Kailee answered her, grabbed her stuff and got into her car where they both took off for Devil's Lake.

Throughout the day Kailee noticed that Hailee seemed to be acting a bit strange. She was scanning everything carefully and was more serious and alert today than she usually was. Kailee was used to Hailee's happy go lucky and joking personality.

"Something wrong, Hailee?" Kailee asked her. Hailee seemed to snap out of it and smile at her.

"Nah, I'm alright. Just looking around for animals in the woods." Hailee reassured her. Kailee nodded and decided to forget about her weird attitude.

They continued their walk through the woods, taking pictures with Kailee's camera and Hailee recording a vlog with her hand held camera for her small YouTube channel. Now they sat on a log and Kailee got out two sandwiches that she had made that morning for her and Hailee. They talked about how they planned out their summer and how they couldn't wait for the con that was coming up at the end of the summer. Kailee showed her some of her photos that she had taken before Hailee got up suddenly.

"Hey, I think I saw something over there. I'm going to go check it out." Hailee said.

"Yeah, sure I'll be here." Kailee told her. Hailee crumpled up the plastic bag and stuck it into her pocket before turning back around to look at Kailee.

"I mean it, right here don't move an inch." Hailee's voice sounded more commanding this time as she spoke. Kailee looked at her confused and raised an eyebrow at her.

"Why right here?" She asked pointing to the log.

"It's just important so I don't wander through the woods looking for you if you wander off." Hailee laughed before walking deeper into the woods. Kailee sat there for awhile before she sighed loudly and rolled her eyes. How long did she have to stay here exactly before Hailee was back? It wouldn't inconvenience Hailee at all if she went in the same direction as her. As she walked she noticed a patch of wildflowers that the sun was hitting perfectly. She ran over to it and shot a few pictures of them before she wanted to get some from different angles. She knelt down to get a picture when she was knocked flat onto her back. The wind left her lungs and a pressure was heavy on her chest.

Kailee opened her eyes and tried to scream but nothing came out. A hooded man was over her and his face was covered by a black mask with a red frowny face.

"Why is she with you?" The hooded man asked. "Is it because she feels more human around you?"

Kailee found her breath just in time to yell, "who the hell are you!?" The hooded man had a camera and was facing it down at her until he raised a butterfly knife to her neck.

"If I kill you will she come back?" He asked, ignoring Kailee's words. Her blood ran cold and she wanted to scream as this might be the end of her life.

The man fell off her suddenly and Hailee was there.

"Get away from her, now!" Hailee shouted at the man.

"You can't run from it forever! You have to face it eventually!" He hissed back at her.

"Watch me, Hoodie!" Hailee shouted again and pulled a large machete out of completely nothing. He got up and ran deeper into the woods away from her.

When had she brought that? Did she even own one? Kailee wondered in her mind. She was glad that Hailee was here though so Kailee didn't have to face a short lived life. She hurried back to her camera and stuffed it into her bag and backpedaled away from Hailee and who Hailee had called 'Hoodie'.

Hoodie had gotten up and hurried away from them both, Hailee then made her way back to Kailee and lifted her face to look her over.

"Are you okay? Did he hurt you?" Hailee asked in a worried tone. Kailee nodded.

"No, I'm alright. Who was that guy?" Kailee asked.

"I don't know, but we should get out of here." Hailee said.

"You said his name though." Kailee pointed out and Hailee rolled her eyes, lifting Kailee up and brushing her off.

"He was wearing a hoodie so that's what I called him." Hailee answered quickly, pulling Kailee away from whoever that man was.

"What's going on Hailee?" Kailee asked, anger in her voice. Hailee didn't answer her so Kailee planted her feet firmly into the ground.

"Knock it off! We have to go or they will find us!" Hailee yelled and pulled harder on her arm.

"Who will find us!?" Kailee asked.

"I can't tell you! I'm trying to protect you don't you see? We need to go!" Hailee begged and Kailee finally complied.

Whatever had spooked Hailee must have been really scary as her eyes showed true horror. Kailee allowed her to pull her away.

They ran for awhile and got pretty far before a leg sprang out from behind a tree and tripped Hailee.

"Hailee!" Kailee yelled and backed up. Arms wrapped around Kailee and she squirmed as they only grew tighter around her. Kailee's eyes went wide as a boy dressed as Link came out from behind the tree. He looked just like… No. It couldn't be they were just stories. His eyes were pitch black and dark blood ran out of them though so she didn't know how to deny it.

"Look who Hoodie dragged in." The Link look alike said with a smile. Kailee had no idea why but he hardly looked real. There was a static sort of shimmer to him that regular people didn't have.

"Get away from here." Hailee warned him.

"Sorry, we got orders." A man said as he stepped out from behind another large tree. He had a hunting jacket on with jeans but his most prominent feature was the white mask he had on that had black eyes and emotionless face painted on it.

'What are we going to do with the girl. The man from behind her said who Kailee recognized as the man who had tackled her earlier.

"Don't touch her." Hailee hissed at them.

"Or what? Trigger, it's three against you and a human." The glitchy boy stated. Hailee looked around and lifted her machete to her neck.

"Do anything to one of my best friends and I'll end myself here and now in my human form and you'll have nothing to bring back to him." Hailee warned. Kailee's head spun and thoughts flooded into her mind. Who were all these strange men and what did they want with Hailee? She was just a normal girl from what Kailee could tell, except that they called her 'Trigger'. Was this why she was acting strange all day?

"Bring the girl with us for now and let him decide what to do with her." The masked man said. Kailee looked back at Hailee but she couldn't get a good look as she was knocked out cold by Hoodie.