Okay so i know its been a LONG time since i updated this story, any of them actually. But i've been at my aunts house for a week and then my 2nd cousin got married and i went to the wedding. BUT even with the lack of typing, i didn't forget you guys! I have been working on two stories on my kindle, that i'm going to continue til their done, which one is only two chapters and the other one has chapters that are unbelievably short, so there you have it, i haven't forgot you, just been out of town. and i even got two stories half way done just on my kindle. Tough work it is doing that...anyways, SORRY for the long wait! I didn't want it to be that long, but i don't see my aunt and cousins alot. And this one may be a bit short, but the next should be longer.

I Own nothing and never will.

They heard the whistle and they all grouped in front of the camp fire. Ms. Totem was sitting on a cooler and Nate once again was standing up in the center as the campers circled around him. He clapped his hands.

"Please quiet down!" He called out.

The six teens sat together and Leone, Mel, and Dave had all sat down next to them as well. Mayslee, Tessa, Nina, Martin, all sat next to each other, Macy, Jessy, and Simon, sat near each other as well, and finally, Lee, well she sat next to Tony and Pepper.

They all quieted down as Nate yelled it out. They looked at him expectantly. It was getting dark out and the moon was already rising, but the sun was just hardly peeking out of the horizon.

"Okay now that you're all quiet," Nate began looking at the sky to check something most likely how dark it was. "Here's the plan." He turned to Ms. Totem and held out his hand and she placed something in his hand. He looked at it then up at the campers. "We were going to play a trust game...but we've rescheduled it due to time."

Someone sneezed and some one else shouted "Bless you!" Super loud and almost the entire group of campers started to laugh. Then the person that sneezed shouted back with a smile. "Thanks for the blessing!" More laughs. The person that sneezed had been Lee. The other was Macy.

"Whoa! Calm down guys!" Nate said smiling. "Glad you guys are finally smiling."

Nate held his hands together and looked around and then back to the papers at his hands. He paused for a moment before turning to confer something with Ms. Totem.

Tony and Rhodey took the moment to speak about a few things. Pepper had started to talk without a real reason to Mel and Gene and Whitney just sat shoot glares at Lee when Lee tried to talk to her about something. Lee only waved her hand ignoring the glares.

Nate turned back and gained the attention of the campers. "Sorry for that." Then he clapped his hands once and smiled even wider. Some were starting to think he couldn't stop smiling. "We just needed to switch a few things on our schedule. So the next thing we need it to be darker, so we're going to head to the mess hall again, where you ate, and play heads up 7 up. I know its childish or whatever, but we just need to pass the time and we need to do something."

He got up and motioned for the campers to follow him and they all did as they all stood and walked with him to the mess hall. Some of the campers seemed to be excited and some...not so much. Pepper seemed as jittery as usual and Lee didn't seem particularly excited, but she seemed happy enough. Happy was smiling like an idiot standing by an excited Leone, Mayslee and Tessa, and Martin seemed neutral, Jessy didn't look all too happy, Mel either. Macy seemed bored but okay with it, and Dave and Nina looked as if they didn't care, as well as Simon and Rhodey. Tony knew the game, but didn't see the fun in taping someones thumb down and guessing who touched your thumb. Whitney was busy rolling her eyes in annoyance to playing a kiddy game. But most of the campers actually seemed pretty upbeat or neutral about it except for Mel, Jessy, Whitney, and maybe Tony.

They all took their seats and looked at the teacher waiting for the game to start. "Who wants to be up and it?"

Pepper, Lee, Happy, Leone, Dave, Macy, raised their hands. Oddly so did Gene, Rhodey, Tessa and Simon.

"Okay then. Pepper, Lee, Macy...Rhodey, Tessa, Leone, Happy, and oh wait that's seven already." Nate called out and the seven called stood up and stood in front of the class.

Whispering something to Pepper, Nate sat down on a chair in the corner next to Ms. Totem.

"Heads down, Thumbs up." Pepper called out loud enough for the others to hear her.

The other campers listened and their head rested on the tables and their free arm. Their thumbs sticking up. Then the people standing moved to tap thumbs. In the end when Pepper shouted, "Heads up, seven up!"

The people who stood were, Gene, Mayslee, Dave, Nina, Mel, Whitney, and Martin.

"Gene how 'bout you start." Pepper said.

"Why?" She gave him a look and he just continued. "You."

"Nope."

Gene sat down. Mayslee was next. She looked down and mumbled something silently. "Huh?" Pepper asked kindly.

Tony moved and got to her and started saying something to her and again she spoke quietly to him. He spoke up. "Tessa."

Tessa looked down and shook her head. "No sorry."

Mayslee sat down completely red. Then it was Dave. "Rhodey."

Rhodey smiled. "Nuh-uh."

Dave laughed and sat down mumbling something with a smile. Next it was Nina. "Tessa?"

Tessa smiled lightly and nodded. Nina stood there a bit shocked as Tessa took a seat next to Mayslee and started to talk to her in a hushed tone. Then Nina walked up front.

Mel looked around thinking about who would tap her thumb. "Pepper."

"Yeah." Pepper said with a sigh. She sat down next to Tony.

Whitney was next. "Rhodey."

"No." Rhodey said with a proud smile.

Whitney rolled her eyes and plopped down in her seat. Finally it was Martin's turn. He only pointed his finger in Happy's direction and Happy said, "Me?"

Martin nodded and Happy shook his head.

"Okay those of you that didn't guess right, who'd you tap?" Nate called from his seat.

Rhodey smiled and proudly announced, "Gene."

Gene rolled his eyes. Lee crossed her arms and smirked as she eyed Whitney. "I got Whitney."

Whitney glared at her as she realized it was her that slammed her thumb down harshly, yet not too roughly.

"I Got Mayslee." Macy said with an innocent smile.

Leone looked around and loudly said his own. "Dave!"

Dave laughed and shook his head in laughter. Next was Happy. "I tapped Martins thumb!"

The game went on for a few rounds everyone getting tapped at least once. Half way through the game, Jessy had stopped playing and sat in the corner hissing at random people who sat in the corner. By the time the game ended it was dark and Nate had already directed them out of the mess hall.

They silently followed him into the woods. Nate walked and talked to the closest person to him and that happened to be, Macy. Tony and Rhodey chatted easily as they traveled in the dark woods. Pepper was taking turns talking to Gene and surprisingly, Mel. Those two seemed to be friends, though it was questionable whether or not they were friends. Gene as always ignored Happy as he tried to talk to him, but was lucky that Happy seemed to like Leone better. So he just moved on just as easily as it was to try and talk to Gene.

After they were pretty far into the trail, they stopped and Nate turned around. "Okay guys! We finally found a good spot for another game. Yes I know, most of you are going to think these are kiddish, but its a bit dark for trust games, and those are scheduled for tomorrow..." His voice trailed off as he looked at each and every individual person. "Well then, I'll explain the rules once I have all of you in a circle around me."

He waited patiently for the campers to circle him. "Now that your ready, I'll explain the rules of the game. So this is a game, called Owls and mice. So there can be one or two or maybe even three owls, the person that's it. Then the rest are mice. So what you do is have the owls close their eyes and count to 20, and in that twenty seconds you run and hide somewhere in the woods. Then-"

"Isn't that hide and seek?" Mel said speaking in a mono toned voice.

He looked to his daughter and laughed lightly. "Yes I guess it is. But its outside, and there is multiple 'it' people. So pretty much you could say its an advanced version of hide and seek. Oh and the boundaries are the birch tree over there, that fallen tree, that branch, and finally the other birch tree" He pointed to each place along with his words.

A few people commented and mumbled, but they remained quiet.

So Nate continued. "So count to 20, yell out 'Hoo, hoo!' or whatever you'd like I guess."

He pointed to three people and announced that they were going to be it. The three people were Dave, Leone, and Macy.

Then he 'shooed' the others out as the 'owls' began to count. The 'mice' hid in the woods within the borders. 20 seconds later, they owls all made their own noise to announce that they were searching for the mice and moved to look for them.

Soon enough, everyone was found and they played a few rounds as it got darker and as it did, people got more and more tired and lazier with their hiding spots. It wasn't long until Nate called out that it was about time they head back and out of the woods and to showers and bed.

"That was...fun?" Tony said unsure to Rhodey as they walked back.

"I guess. This place isn't as fun as the normal camp, maybe Nate is used to being around younger kids. Since he likes to play these games." Rhodey replied.

Tony only nodded. He still didn't like the camp, but was sort of glad that he knew some people here, and that Rhodey and Pepper was there. He even liked having Gene, Happy, and Whitney with them. Then he was also excited about Lee being there. He did not expect that. Though it was great to see her there too.

"Where are the showers anyways?" Rhodey asked. He didn't really pay attention to the cabin except for the beds.

"I'm pretty sure that there was a door on the opposite side of the beds." Tony said looking back to being in the cabin.

"Are you gonna shower?"

"I'm thinking about it. I mean, I haven't really taken a shower since Saturday."

"That's not bad compared to your two weeks without a shower record. Man you stunk."

Tony playfully punched Rhodey in the shoulder. "Jerk!"

"What? Its true."

Tony rolled his eyes. "Hey where's Pepper?"

He looked around not seeing her. He stopped walking and moved through the other campers and looked around. He remembered her hanging a bit with Mel, and Mel was walking right next to them. He narrowed his eyes as Pepper seemed to have disappeared.

Rhodey noticing that he was alone now, turned around and ran his way to Tony. Tony was looking around and calling out to Pepper. There was no answer and he was starting to worry.

"Tony." Rhodey said as he placed a hand on his friends shoulder. "Calm down. Panic wont find her."

"I know." Tony said. "Just where could she be?"

"I don't know, but I'm sure we'll find her."

So yeah, how'd i do? And yes i made Pepper go missing, but it was requested...and i listened. BUT we all know Tony and he wont stop looking for her. And sorry for the lack of actual action. I thought i needed them to do something in the camp and i pulled some of the activities i've done when i was up in deep portage in sixth grade. That was a while ago. But yeah, at least i updated, and i think i'm going to finish up armored memories and maybe post a trial chapter for one of the stories i worked on my kindle.

I think i'll give you guys all hugs for a review and for a thanks! Love you guys-as weird as that sounds. Biya!