Pacing fast behind Riley, Max finally arrived at his tent. Luckily both Nikki and Neil were there just doing their own things. They eye Max, seeing how breathless he looked.
"Hey Max. What's up with you?" Neil said as he put his book down. Max walked to sit down on his bed without saying a word, thinking how he would tell his friends about Riley. "Max?" Neil questioned.
"You look out of it Max! Here! Drink this!" Nikki gave him a cup of who knows what. He grabbed it without a second thought.
"Guys, I need to tell you something and I really need you to believe me." he looked at them with a serious but sincere look. The two friends looked at eachother wondering what could have happened to Max for him to suddenly act like that.
"Yeah Max. I mean, where here for you." Neil nervously scratched the back of his neck.
"Out with it already! I'm anxious to know what's going on!" Nikki put her hands on her hips but with a somewhat serious look. Max took a deep breathe.
"It's Riley. I followed him into the woods and... and..." He paused trying to find a way to put it without taking so much time. "Guys he's basically trying to kill David." He looked at them with a somewhat concerned look.
"What? Riley? But he's constantly with David... This doesn't add up." Neil crossed his arms trying to process the thought.
"The thing is that he isn't intentionally trying to... I guess?" Max shook his head. "I mean the guy is nuts! He thinks this is all a prank but what he has planned is all a set up to kill the poor guy!" Max said a little more frantic. "Now... I need you guys to believe me because I can't do this alone. I need backup and you two are my go-to's." He admitted with a quieter tone. Nikki smiled and looked at Neil. Looking a bit confused and reluctant still, Neil sighed.
"I'm not saying I don't believe you Max but you wouldn't waste this much energy and facial expressions if it was a lie." He looked at max straight in the eyes. "So what is it we need to do?" he asked. Nikki then put her hand on Max's shoulder.
"Don't worry Max ma' man, we've got you're back. Let's figure this out together." Nikki winked at him. Thankful for the friends he has, Max smirked at the thought of Riley going down but at the same time glad that those two have his back, no matter how crazy the situation sounds. He took a deep breathe and stood up, taking big gulps of the cup he had on his hand. Then he spit it out just as fast as he gulped it down.
"Nikki! What the fuck was that!?." Max yelled as he was scrapping his tongue and threw the cup to the side, only being able to see red comming out of his mouth. Nikki gave a sad look.
"Awe. I thought it was pretty good. It was the blood of a dead deer I found in the woods mixed with some chocolate milk." she said simply. Max looked at her grossed out and astonished at the same time. Neil just chuckled.
"That's why you never recieve anything from her Max. You of all people should know better." Neil got a glare from Max and winced at the possible threats he was going to get.
"Shut up Neil." Max bluntly said. Hmmm. No threat huh? Something is up. Neil thought.
"Fine. So what are we going to do?" Neil asked one last time as they started planning on what they were going to do with David.
The three look around for David and once they find him, not to their suprise, Riley was with him. They wait to see if Riley would leave his side but nothing.
"What the hell! Is he attached to his hip or what? It's been an hour!" Max said as he hid behind a bush as he saw Riley with David and some other campers.
"He knows your trying to get to David, Max. He's not going to leave his sight." Neil explained.
"Yeah but David will." Nikki pointed towards David as he was leaving the group, Riley trying to follow behind but David made him stay. "He probably needs to take a leak." Nikki said. Max lit up.
"This is perfect! You two go stall with Riley. I'm going to go and talk with David." Max told them as he rushed towards Davids direction.
"M-Max! Wait! What do we- annnddd he's gone." Neil didn't know what to ask Riley as he pondered for a moment until Nikki suddenly pulled him by the shirt.
"C'mon Neil." They made their way towards Riley. Nervous but determined, Neil straightens up and follows Nikki. Riley was going to leave towards David when he saw the two heading towards him.
"Well, well. If it isn't Nikki and Neil. What's up guys?" Riley said very nonchalant.
"Hey Riley! Nothing much. We just wanted to ask you something." Nikki asked with her hands behind her and her usual smile. Neil looked at her, not knowing what she was going to ask.
"Oh yeah? Out with it." he replied. At this point Neil had gulped and braced himself for whatever she was going to ask him.
"Max was mentioning something to us about you planning something for David and were not sure wether we should trust him about that or not. I just wanted to hear your side of the story." she asked as she crossed her arms. Internally, Neil was screaming. Why would she ask him that! That's going to make him suspicious of Max! He thought. Nikki just glanced at him. "Right Neil?" She gestured towards him.
"Um Yeah. He's been acting kind of wierd." Neil let out, not knowing what else to say. Riley chuckled, catching the two off guard.
"He must have told you some crazy things huh?" he chuckled once more. "My plans are to suprise David. Nothing else." he crossed his heart. "Sorry guys but if you ask me, your pal has gone a bit cray cray." he told them.
"Cray... Cray..? Okay." Neil questioned.
"Yeah Neil. Like crazy." Nikki translated for him in a way. Neil just gave her a tired look.
"Nikki. I know what it means. The word is just out of my vocabulary." he told her matter-of-factly. He put his eyes back at Riley. "Anyways, I guess Nikki and I will have to do some talking about this. Max has seemed out of it so were probably just going to let him ride out whatever he's going through." he tried his best to stall Riley. "Max is back at our place so we'll probably head back now so we can start this activity." Neil started scratching his shoulder.
"Yeah. You do that." Riley somewhat eyes him, starting to look at them a little suspicious. "Gotta go. Nice talking to you two." he made a salute gesture as goodbye.
"See ya around Riley!" Nikki yelled as she waved bye to him. Neil crossed his arms and turned towards Nikki.
"Nikki. Now, why in the HELL would you tell him that Max told us! He's going to be so suspicious and do who knows what to us all!" he threw his arms in the air for dramatic effect.
"I thought it would do the opposite. Now he thinks were not going to do anything AND if you didn't mention that Max was in the cabin then he probably would have booked it the chance he had. You basically beat me to the punch to mention that." she told Neil. "I'm pretty sure that Max told David by now. All we have to do is wait." she smiled. Neil was quiet. He didn't know how to top everything she said. She was right and he didn't know how to take that.
"W-Well good... job." he sighed. "Let's go and wait for Max." Neil said defeated. As long as they did what they were supposed to do, he honestly didn't care anymore.
Meanwhile, Max ran to the direction David was headed and sure enough, he spotted him. He stood in front of David, completely out of breathe.
"Why, Max! I've never seen you run so fast! Great job!" He gave the boy a thumbs up as Max had his hands on his knees. He looked up at David and slapped his thumbs up away.
"Shut up David! What I'm going to tell you is crucial and between us! Don't go off asking Riley questions!" Max pointed at him. David raised a brow and put his hands on his hips.
"Riley? Max. What are you-" just then, David was interupted.
"Shut it and listen David! Riley set up a camp for you -"
"What?! Oh my! How swee-" Max then grabbed him by his collar
"Focus David! Riley is going to use that site to pretty much murder you! That guys crazy in the head! I tried stopping him but he's threatened me in the process, hence me trying to tell you as fast as I can before he notices! Now! I'm going to-" David gently pulled Max's hands away from his collar as he straightened himself up followed by a serious expression.
"Max. I'm not going to have you play pranks to this extent. You need to apologize to Riley for saying this and-" David stopped. The look on Max's face. He's never seen him make that expression before. He looked... hurt. Not like to the verge of crying hurt but as if he was telling the truth and wasn't being trusted, kind of hurt.
"David. I don't have much time left." Max changed the tone of his voice. "I know I'm a complete douche but I need you to trust me for your own safety. Riley is going to cause you so much harm and if you don't believe me then be it, but... IM. NOT. MAKING. THIS. UP." He made clear. Somewhere in Davids heart, he knew Max wasn't lying. Not because of how he was acting but he just... well ... you can say that he did trust him. Max wouldn't make this up. David took a deep breath and put his arms down.
"I trust you Max. What do I have to do?" David gave a faint smile. Max didn't expect David to believe him so he brightened up himself. That hurt expression was no longer there but it was replaced with a look of relief as a sigh escaped Maxs lips. He then started explaining to David what he had planned.
"C'mon David, this way." Riley called out to David as he was following him.
"Riley your going too fast. I can barley keep up." David answered as he tried to make his was through the trees and bush's. That is. Until he reached Riley's destination.
"Suprise!" Riley yelled with excitement in his face. David was moved to tears as he saw what one of his campers had set up for him. A tent is up. A bench with some food on top. Along with a campfire pit waiting to be lit. It even smelled beautifully with the herbs it had.
"Oh Riley! None of the other campers have even done anything like this for me! I'm so touched!" He wiped a tear from the corner of his eye. He really was touched. The gesture is just beautiful but in the back of his mind he's still got Max's plan playing and so far everything looks just as he said it would.
"Ofcourse Davey! It's all for the best camp counselor a camper can ever ask for!" He smiled devilishly as David started walking closer towards the tent. Let the fun begin! Riley thought to himself. "Go ahead inside the tent David and see if I did everything right. I really hope you like it." He opened the tent for David to enter. A little hesitant but David went along. Once he was inside, Riley let go and stepped aside as he waited. Awwe man! This is gonna be hilarious! He continuously thought.
"Oh My! A- A- Ahhhhh!" David yelled as he ran out the tent. "Riley, step aside, there was a snake inside the sleeping sack! It must have hid inside!" He told Riley as a snake was slithering away. I know I put more in there... Whatever! Riley thought as he pointed towards the table.
"I'm sorry about that David. I'll check it out again in a bit to be safe. Take a seat and eat some of the food I put for you." He gave David a delighted smile.
"Why thank you Riley! I will!" he responded as he walked towards the table and sat down on the bench. He was going to grab an apple until a leg of the bench snapped. "Ouch!" he yelled with a hisss. "B-blood?" he couldn't anymore as he saw rad all around his shorts. Riley was laughing inside but kept his cool.
"Oh no! David! What happened?" He asked with a worried expression as he went to help David up and next to the campfire.
"I-I'm not sure. Something stabbed me..." he said.
"I'll go and get someone! Light up the campfire while I'm gone David, the herbs will set you at ease for a bit. Just hold tight." Riley told David as he dashed away, only to hide behind some bushes. Finally. Riley thought as he watched. David would usually use a stick or some rocks to light the campfire but because of the 'pain' he was in, he just lit a match and threw it in. As the match was being thrown, Riley turned and covered his ears, full of excitement, only to hear... nothing. Nothing happened. No boom. No yelling. No fire! He quickly turned to see David just relaxing. Full of frustration, Riley got up from his hiding spot. "What the fuck! Where's the boom!" He yelled to David until he felt restrained from behind. "The fuck?!" He turned around to see Bird, holding him down.
"Hey Dweeb." He grinned as Riley was trying to escape.
"Let me go fatso! DAVID! Did you fucking know!?." He splurted.
"Fatso?" Nurf repeated as he squeezed his grip, only to recieve a groan from Riley.
"Riley. I'm incredibly disappointed in you." David told him as he stood up from his spot. Riley gave him a pissed off look.
"Fuck you David! You gay piece of shit!" he yelled, throwing David back for a moment. He then felt a punch on his side as he hissed at the pain.
"Glad to see me?" Max told him as he appeared from behind of Nurf along with Nikki and Neil.
"Max." He nearly sneared with anger. "You-" he was going to continue.
"Yupp. I told you I was going to fuck up your plan, didn't I?" Max simply said. Riley looked at David.
"He's bleeding though!" Riley said as he eyed David. Nikki and Neil got out a couple of ketchup packets.
"Yeah. Not really." Nikki grinned. At this point Riley was grinding his teeth.
"So the snakes?" he asked.
"Let them out earlier. Left one." Neil responded. Suddenly Riley was kicking and tossing, trying to escape.
"Let me go! I'm going to fucking kill you guys!" he yelled as Nurf decided to hug him tight instead of holding him with his hands. "Oof!" he let out as the air escaped him.
"Riley, did anything we did together this time you were at camp mean anything to you?" he asked in hopes of keeping him in Camp Campbell. Riley stared for a moment but then started laughing.
"Are you serious?" he continued laughing. "You are one of the most annoying piece of shits I've ever met!" he let out. David was about to let out a couple of tears until he sucked them back in and straightened up.
"Nurf. Head back to camp. Riley, I'll be calling your parents to come and pick you up as soon as possible." He told him.
"Already done." Neil raised a finger.
"Wha- Neil? You shouldn't be able to do that!" he demanded. Neil just shrugged his shoulders.
"And just in case." Max said as he stood in front of Riley and decked him so good, he lost consciousness. He then waved his hand from the recoiled pain.
"MAX!" David yelled.
"Oh c'mon David! He needs to be out so he won't do some crazy shit like burn the camp down!" he told him.
"This makes things easier." Nurf said as he flung Riley over his shoulder and pointed at Max. "Remember Max! You owe me the good shit from lunch for the next month!" he demanded. Max sighed and nodded. Nurf smirked as he made his way back to camp.
"Kids. You know I do not condone violence." David told the three standing before him.
"Oh we know David. We just don't care." Nikki bluntly said as she made her way back as well with Neil and Max following. David sighed as he paced himself next to Max and stopped him.
"Max. Wait one moment." he stopped him. Max did as he was told and looked up at David.
"You don't need to be all mushy David. I did all this because the kid was a complete loon." he reassured David.
"I understand Max but still. I want to thank you." he smiled gently as he put his hand on the boys head and ruffled his hair. Max just looked away.
"You may be annoying David but I wouldn't go to the extent of killing you." He told him. David chuckled as he gestured for them to start walking. "You know David. You owe me for saving your life. You should let me leave Camp early." he grinned. David stopped and looked in thought for a moment, turning towards Max.
"If you really want to Max." he smiled but this time with a hint of sadness. Suprised by the unexpected answer, Max looked down. Quiet. Thinking of the friends he's made there along with someone who actually cares... He looks up at David.
"Nevermind. You all will probably fucking die without me. I'll just deal with this god forsaken camp a bit longer." he huffed as he turned back and started walking once more. This time, David was the one suprised by the answer given. His face then lit up knowing that somehow Max has grown since he has arrived at Camp Campbell.
Author's Note
Sorry for the late update guys but it's done! This is why it took long lol but I really hope you all enjoyed this!
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