In case you haven't noticed I'm switching POV's between Travis and Katie every other chapter. Unless stated otherwise.
"Do I need to tell you the plan again?" Travis asked me.
"I'm not an idiot." I said rather insulted as I elbowed him in the stomach.
Travis doubled over in pain. "Jesus, your elbow is like a freaking harpoon!" He yelled rubbing the spot tenderly.
"Man up." I shrugged unaffected.
"Just don't forget the plan goes into action at 1800 hours." He reminded me.
"You mean at 6?" I paused looking over at him. We were in the entrance to the mess hall.
"You always spoil my fun." He rolled his eyes messing up my hair.
I smacked his hand away and walked over to my table to eat lunch.
"Fun sucker!" He called out behind me.
What does that even mean?
"Sucker of fun in case you were wondering!" He added.
I crouched up in the tree waiting for Travis and Nikki. I sighed; it was taking longer than expected. I willed the tree branch to grow thicker so that I could sit down comfortably. I looked at the fishing pole in my hands.
"I'm truly a love-sick fool…" I mumbled to myself. In my hands was a fishing pole with a piece of cheese on the hook. Next to me, a white sheet with holes for eyes was folded on the branch. In my pocket was my phone, newly downloaded with an app that made scary noises.
"Nikki terrified of paranormal stuff, so if we scare her she'll jump into my arms. I'll protect her and then she'll fall in love with me." Travis smirked satisfied with himself.
I took a look at the list of things that we were going to do to 'scare' her.
"These are awful." I raised an eyebrow.
"It doesn't matter if they're good or not. It's dark and she won't be able to tell. Plus if you're scared of something you tend to magnify it in your head." He explained.
"Well… that is true." I agreed reluctantly.
I whipped my head towards the flash light. It had to be Travis and Nikki. I looked at my watch; he sure was taking his time.
I stood up mentally preparing myself. Travis' voice drifted over to where I was perched.
"Do you truly not know the story of the woods?" Travis asked astounded.
"What are you talking about?" Nikki laughed.
Travis paused for a moment, his flashlight hung loosely in his hands pointed at the ground. "You know… the girl that died in these woods."
"No…" Nikki said softly.
"There's rumors of a girl who died out here. Legend says that the boy she loved rejected her. In her despair she wandered into these very woods. She got hopelessly lost couldn't find her way back." Travis said quietly. "Some say she got eaten by monsters, others say that she hung herself." Travis shrugged.
I shivered. Travis was a pretty good actor. I carefully climbed out onto the branch so that I was above the path they were walking on.
"Let's just hurry up and find your wallet." Nikki whispered.
"You don't have to be afraid. I won't let anything hurt you." Travis said confidently.
He must be trying to be manly. I repressed a snort.
I pulled out my phone and played a noise when they were directly underneath me. "What was that?" Nikki inhaled.
"I'm sure it was nothing." Travis reassured her.
And now for the critical moment. I held my breath as I lowered the cheese. I positioned it and gently swung it so that it swiped her bare shoulder. I quickly pulled it back up out of sight.
Nikki screeched and whipped around. "W-w-what was that?!"
"Calm down." Travis grabbed her shoulders. "You're fine. You're okay." His voice was soft, calming.
I swiped her again with the piece of cheese and pulled it up again. Unfortunately this time the hook decided to rip through the cheese. It landed on the ground with a splat.
"Shit." I mumbled as Nikki screeched again burrowing herself into Travis chest.
"I'm sc-scared." She whimpered into Travis' chest.
Travis wrapped his arms around her and smoothed the top of her head looking much too satisfied with himself.
Bastard.
I threw a nut at his head.
He frowned looking up and I gestured to the cheese. "Don't let her see." I mouthed.
He nodded before grabbing Nikki's hand. "C'mon, we can go back. I don't really need that wallet anyway."
I extended the tree branches following them. Suddenly I heard a snapping sound coming off to the left. Travis and Nikki both heard it too. Nikki let out a whimper.
"I'll go check it out. You wait here." Travis told her again in his manly voice.
What was he doing? I didn't set up any traps on the ground. Everything was supposed to be done from the trees.
I leaned over trying to get a better view.
At that moment, a lot of things happened at once. The batteries in the flashlight died, and I heard Travis swear. I leaned out too far and slipped from my perch. I desperately held onto the branch.
Nikki let out a blood curling scream.
The scream one would probably let out if a spider jumped on your face.
I desperately tried to climb up onto the branch again. After much struggling I was finally situated.
I looked down trying to assess the situation. When my eyes finally adjusted to the darkness I realized Nikki was nowhere to be seen. Travis must have realized this as well because he was calling out her name.
"Nikki?" He called.
Silence.
"Nikki?" He tried again.
When it became apparent that she wasn't there; he frowned crossing his arms across his chest. "You can come out now." He grumbled.
I dropped down beside him, landing very gracefully if I do say so myself.
"Idiot." I reached up smacking the back of his head. "Now she probably ran off to camp scared shitless."
"What the hell! This is your fault! Why didn't you follow the plan?!" He yelled at me.
"Me?! You're the one who had to go and be a 'man'." I mocked him.
"Well why did you set up extra traps." He raised an eyebrow.
"I didn't." I glared.
"Then what's that?" He asked pointing to a tree behind me.
I turned around and saw a bloody handprint. "Haha very funny, Travis. Let me guess, you did that."
"I didn't do it." Travis furrowed his brows looking at me.
"Well I didn't do it either…" We stood there staring at each other.
"Well if you didn't do it…" He pointed to me.
"And if you didn't do it…" I pointed to him.
Our eyes widened in horror.
He walked over to me slowly. He put his hands on my hips.
"W-w-what are you doing?" I asked my face flushing. "Don't touch me like that." I pushed him away.
"Calm down." He rolled his eyes pulling out my phone. He pressed a button and the screen lit up. He examined the handprint. "If we didn't do this …" He trailed off. "Then who did…"
I held my breath. "Um… Travis…"
"Yeah." He looked over at me. His face showed an expression I had never seen. He looked serious. His brown eyes were unnaturally sharp, showing the real intelligence behind them and his mouth showed no hint of his signature smirk.
"The ground…" I finished lamely.
He pointed the light at the ground and we saw what appeared to be little tunnels in the dirt. "What are those…" I asked nervously.
"Well…" Travis bit his lip. "If someone drags you against your will, you'll resist. Usually by digging your heels into the ground… Like that." He pointed at the ground.
"But then…" An idea dawned on me.
Travis seemed to have the same idea.
"Nikki might actually be in trouble." We said in unison.
Yeah so the story's a bit too serious for my liking but I have many funny chapters planned, so don't worry. Also I already have like ¾ of the next chapter finished so as soon as I get a decent amount of reviews, or a decent amount of time has passed, whichever happens first. I'll publish it.
So review. And tell me your favorite or least favorite part.