Unaware of Trent's actions the others moved forward with their plans for the final battle. They were sticking with plan they had come up with weeks earlier, getting the drop on the enemy before the enemy could get the drop on them. However, there was a problem, as no one had clearly defined what getting the drop on the enemy was supposed to entail. Several of the campers, particularly Gwen, were worried that this lack of concreteness would come back to bite them in the ass. Unfortunately, they didn't have anything better, so they were forced to go with this plan for now. Izzy and Abigail were working on another option, but they had yet to arrive at any decent conclusions.
As for Gwen, there was something else bothering her as well. Due to her injuries from her fight with Brendan, she would not be able to help out in the final battle. The thought of something happening to any of her friends while she was not there to help them made Gwen very uncomfortable. She was not certain she could deal with any more pain, and was terrified something would go wrong. The others did their best to reassure her, but no matter how many times they said it was all in her head, Gwen was still convinced she was going to lose one of them to this war. There was one other thing worrying Gwen, something she could not entirely explain. No one had seen Trent in the last three days, and Gwen was beginning to worry something had happened to him. She finally mentioned her fears on the fourth day following Abigail's lecture.
"Has anyone seen Trent recently?" Gwen asked, looking around at the others.
"No, why?" Harold asked. The others each shook their head in turn.
"I'm just worried about him, that's all." said Gwen. "It's not like him to just disappear."
"Still have feelings for him, do you?" Heather asked, her tone mocking.
Gwen glared at her. "No, I just want to know he's okay." she snapped.
"Why?" Owen asked. "He made it pretty clear how he feels about you now that your with Duncan. I'm not sure if he cares what you think anymore."
"Gee, thanks Owen." said Gwen. "That really makes me feel better. I really don't care if he wants me to think about him anymore or not. Trent is still a part of this family and we should all want to know what's up with him."
"I think Gwen's right." said Duncan. "True, Trent is a total douchbag, but it is kinda odd that we haven't heard from him. He wasn't at our last meeting, and for all we know he's been captured by Drevis or worse."
"Oh, I didn't think of that." said Owen. "Sorry for being an ass."
Gwen smiled at him. "It's okay Owen. I understand why you think that. Truthfully I have no desire to look at Trent right now, but that doesn't mean I want him dead. I think someone should go look for him, make sure he's okay."
"I agree." said LeShawna. "Harold and I can go, if no one else wants the job." The others agreed and LeShawna and Harold set out to find Trent. What none of them knew was Trent had already met with Abigail, Aneka, Chris and Chef and told them of his betrayal. The four had been shocked by Trent's news, but they had done nothing to stop him. If he wanted to be their enemy, he could be their enemy, it was his choice to make. However, Aneka did implore him to reconsider his decision, stating it would be in his best interest to stay with his friends. Trent had thanked her for her words, ensuring her that he was making the right decision and then he had left.
Several hour later Harold and LeShawna returned without Trent. They were met by Duncan and Geoff, who were not surprised to see them return without him.
"No luck huh?" Duncan asked. Harold shook his head, staring at the ground.
"We looked everywhere we could think of." said LeShawna. "We even checked the warehouse district, couldn't find him anywhere."
"Shit." said Duncan. "Gwen's not gonna be happy. She's really worried about him."
"He's gotta be out there somewhere." said Geoff. "I mean, he can't have just disappeared into thin air, right?"
"I don't know dude." said Duncan. "With all the weird shit we've seen since the reunion, I would say anything is possible."
"Let's head inside." said Harold. "Fill the others in, although it's pretty obvious we failed."
The others nodded and followed him inside.
Two weeks later, outside the city in a hidden base, Drevis and Verizzano were putting the finishing touches on their plans for the final battle. Trent sat with them offering helpful tidbits on the other campers. Drevis smiled in satisfaction every time Trent did this, happy to have an enemy insider on the team. All around them, shadows moved, the shadows of men loyal to Drevis. The campers were in for a truly nasty surprise, as Drevis had assembled an army the likes of which they had never seen.
Several hours later, Trent slipped out of the base under cover of darkness and headed in the direction of the hotel. On his way there, he ran into Tyler, Cody, and Justin who had gone out on another search mission. Trent froze, staring at his former friends, unaware that they were looking for him. The other three stared back and for a moment no one moved. Then, without thinking, Tyler approached his hand raised in greeting.
"Hey Trent, what's up man?" Tyler asked. "Where have you been dude, we've been worried about you?" Trent didn't answer, he just continued to stare.
"Trent, you okay dude?" Tyler asked. "You look kinda pale."
"You shouldn't be here." Trent said, his voice harsh.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Justin asked. "Trent what's going on?"
"Didn't they tell you?" Trent asked. "Didn't you ask Chris or Chef for the truth?"
"Truth? What truth?" Cody asked. "Trent your not making sense, are you on drugs or something?"
Trent laughed a cold, merciless laugh, quite unlike his normal happy chuckle. "Fools." he said, a grin crossing his face. "I don't answer to you anymore, I don't play your stupid games anymore."
"What?" Tyler asked. "You are on drugs, aren't you? What do you mean you don't play our games anymore?"
Before Trent could answer, the truth hit Cody. "No." he said, staring at Trent. "No, Trent you didn't, you wouldn't."
"I did." said Trent, his twisted smile widening. The color drained from Cody's face as the horror truly set in.
"Wait Cody what's going on?" Tyler asked, glancing from Trent to Cody and back again. "What did he do?"
"He's betrayed us." Cody croaked. "He's joined Drevis and Verizzano."
"That's ridiculous, why would he do such a thing?" Justin asked. "Don't be an idiot Cody, Trent would never betray us, would you?" He turned to Trent, who was still smiling.
"No Justin." he said. "I would betray you, if had reason enough." Justin's eyes widened and Tyler's jaw dropped.
"Trent do you know what your saying?" Tyler asked. "Do you know what this means for you? If you've betrayed us your gonna die."
"No, I'm not." said Trent. "But you are." With that he drew a gun and aimed it at Tyler's head. He smiled and fired.
"NO!" Cody shouted, throwing himself in front of Tyler. The bullet struck him in the ribs and he hit the ground with a thud. Tyler and Justin both drew guns, returning Trent's fire, but they were unable to hit him.
Trent rolled behind a parked car and fired several more shots, grazing Justin's shoulder and Tyler's side. After another moment or two, Tyler grabbed Cody and he and Justin took off. Trent did not pursue them, as he had more important things to do.
Moments later, the three arrived back at the hospital. The others met them staring in shock when they saw the blood. "What the hell happened?" Duncan demanded.
"T-Trent." Justin gasped, as he tried to catch his breath. "Ran into Trent and he shot at us."
"Wait, you found Trent?" Bridgette asked. "Where has he been?"
"Look, Cody's bleeding pretty bad over here." said Tyler. "Let's get him taken care of and then we'll explain everything."
A short time later, they were all gathered in Gwen's room, awaiting Tyler and Justin's report. "So, what happened?" Duncan asked. "You say you found Trent and he shot at you?"
"Yes." said Justin, not looking at Gwen, who wore a look of pure horror.
"Why would he do such a thing?" Beth asked. "Why would Trent try to harm his allies?"
"Because we're not his allies anymore." said Tyler. "Trent has betrayed us, he's joined Drevis and Verizzano."
A deafening silence followed this statement and then Duncan asked, "Are you certain?"
"He admitted the truth to us." Tyler said, hanging his head.
"It's not possible, it's just not possible." Gwen muttered. "Why would he betray us? Why would he do it?"
"He said something about having reason enough." said Justin. "I don't know what that means though."
"I do." said Duncan. "It's because of me and Gwen, because we're together. You guys were right, this relationship was the wrong thing to do. We pushed Trent over the edge and now he's joined the enemy."
"No, Duncan." said Heather. "We had no idea this would happen. It's not your or Gwen's fault. It's all of ours. We didn't see the pain he was in following his and Gwen's breakup and now it's too late. If we had just payed more attention, maybe we could have-"
Her sentence was cut short as a massive explosion shook the walls of the hospital. The campers looked outside and saw a massive army standing outside the hospital, the burning wreckage of an ambulance behind it. Standing at the front, the wind whipping their hair about were Drevis, Verizzano, and Trent.
A/N: Sorry about the chaotic time jumps in this chapter, I know they're annoying. I just didn't want to drag shit out, you know? Anyway, there is a reason why so much time passed between the initial search for Trent and the scene in Drevis' hideout, but you'll have to wait till the next chapter to find out.