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Chapter 10: Day 3-4

It was about 8:30 pm when it happened.

The sun was about to finish its daily journey and Dipper, Mabel, and Peter had all just returned from picking berries from nearby bushes.

Everyone had been noting how significantly cooler it was, due to the constant cloud cover.

Sekhmet began to head towards Dipper to see if she could get any of the berries when the raindrops began to fall.

For twenty seconds, the fifteen contestants stood frozen in place, thinking, Rain? In the Sahara? Has the world gone mad?

But the thoughts almost immediately turned to, Never mind madness! This is a blessing!

The rain fell harder and the kids used anything they could to collect water. For most, it was their mouths, but Allicia had woven together a bowl, Gideon and Robbie had a few plastic cups, and somehow, Mabel had a bucket.

While all that happened, Sekhmet slipped into the forest to be alone.

Once she was twenty feet from Home Base, she stopped, closed her eyes, and bolts of black lightning encircled her as she turned into a full dark angel.

Sekhmet let the rain drops slide down her feathery wings. It had been a long time since they had been washed.

After fifteen seconds, she decided to go for a short flight. Sekhmet was itching to fly around in the rain, which is a lot easier than most people think it would be.

She spread her wings (to the full 5 ½ foot span) and took off.

While gliding along, Sekhmet immediately knew that something was wrong. The aerodynamics were all off, and that made it extremely difficult to fly. She felt as if she was flying around in a giant bubble. She'd done that before, and the experience wasn't pleasant.

Suddenly, Sekhmet slammed into something wooded. She fell on her bottom and looked at what she'd run into.

It looked like an outhouse with the batman logo on the door.

For a minute, Sekhmet sat there, confused. Then, the door swung open and Patrick stepped out, holding a rifle.

When the host saw the dark angel, he said, "Holy shit! First a werewolf, and now you? I don't have time for this!" He aimed his fire arm.

Sekhmet panicked, held out her hands (palms out), and blasted Patrick back into the outhouse with a black ball of energy.

After watching the rifle fall to the ground, Sekhmet turned back into her human form and ran back to Home Base.

The rain lasted for two hours. Once the final drop hit the ground, the contestants proceeded to go back to bed.

The next morning around nine, Dipper woke up to see Peter and Robin standing by his bed.

"Oh, good, you're awake," said Peter. "There's something you should see."

Dipper got up and followed him and Robin outside to where Cameron, Mabel, and Allicia sat at the campfire logs.

But what was in front of the girls made Dipper stop in his tracks.

Pacifica, Lee and Nate had all been turned to stone.

"I had the same reaction when I saw them, too," said Robin as he and Peter continued to walk.

Dipper rushed over to the campfire area. Pacifica looked like she had been cowering in fear upon being turned to stone. Lee and Nate, on the other hand, looked glum and had large leaves covering their crotches.

"This- this can't be," said Dipper. "How does someone have the power to do this kind of stuff?"

"I dunno," Robin replied. "But here's the weird thing. When Peter and I found them, it looked like someone had made a sort of umbrella made of sticks and leaves to cover them from last night's rain."

"Like stone statues care whether or not they get wet," said Dipper.

"I know, right," agreed Cameron. "I think there's something Patrick's not telling us. It's only day four, and we're already dealing with people being turned to stone."

"When several of us were almost killed yesterday from the helicopter explosion, I knew something was up," said Peter. "Especially when we returned to Home Base and everyone stared at us like we were idiots."

"I'm beginning to think that this may not be just a teenager survival show," Allicia said. "There is some dark magic at play, and we need to find out who's doing it and stop it before it's too late."

I know that chapter was shorter than usual, but I still hoped that you liked it. Please leave a review to let me know.

~Jameer14