Thanks to everyone who reviewed! For this chapter I'm doing a little intermission type thing, because I'm still thinking up ideas that flow with the plot and I wanted to do something special for halloween. It's going to start out in a humorous mood then get scary (atleast that's how it's supposed to go...) and I used the Blair Witch Project as inspiration (even though I've never seen the movie, just read about it online). Also the three oc's that I have in here are not mine! Angewomon2000 created them and owns them, not me, I was just asked to give them a small role in this. Now that that's all settled enjoy!
*I do not own Beyblade or the oc's that are presented here or the blair witch project story that I used to think of ideas*
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Chapter Four - The Beyblade Witch Project
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Tyson, being the all knowing all original person he is, threw out the trick or treating idea many weeks prior to Halloween. So what were the Bladebreakers to do on this scared night of fright? Nothing? Tyson didn't seem to agree with Kai's philosophy of staying home and handing out candy, or Max's of being normal and going trick or treating then stuffing their faces with candy late into the night. No, Tyson wanted to do something that no one else would do, being Tyson and all.
The ideas flew about his head, but all were rejected. Then
it hit him. Camping! No one does that on Halloween! People are
too superstitious to go out in the woods on that night and besides,
candy was given out free building up to multiple pillow cases
full! So, it was decided by the Bladebreakers (minus Kai, Max,
Rei, and Kenny) that they would go camping on Halloween.
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"We're WHAT?!" Max fumed when he heard the news.
"Going camping!" Tyson answered happily.
"Your insane, what about-" Max began.
"I'm not insane! I'm original," Tyson said proudly.
"What about the CANDY?!" Max ignored him.
"We can always get more next year. This year we're going camping," Tyson finished the conversation, or so he thought.
"Tyson we can't go camping on Halloween," Rei stated.
"Yeah we can! It's easy we just-" Tyson started.
"I know how to go camping, I mean that we can't go," Rei corrected. Kenny was gaping at Tyson while he argued his case.
Kai was standing with his mouth slightly open. How can I get out of this? Mr. Dickenson told me I have to protect them from anyone who might hurt us, but that didn't include self-inflicted stupidity did it? If I do let them get hurt I won't get any money for the extra work! This plan is a guaranteed failure in the making, and knowing Tyson he won't listen to a thousand warnings. Money...or staying at home handing out candy to greedy ungrateful little brats... Kai pondered to himself. Money or brats...
"So it's settled! We're going camping this year, and next year we'll take Rei suggestion of sky diving!" Tyson yelled cheerfully.
"I never said that! I said knowing you you would say that we should go sky diving for some random holiday!" Rei shouted.
"Oh. We'll still we're going camping this year and next year we'll deal with...next year," Tyson finished. Rei opened his mouth to say something but Tyson beat him to it, "No more arguments! Seeing as how today is the day before Halloween we need to start packing now!" The rest of the team admitted defeat and walked away to pack. Even Kai, who apparently decided to stick with them and get money instead of deal with the ungrateful brats that ran lose around their town.
"How do we get talked into these things?" Rei muttered to Max when they were out of Tyson's ear shot.
"We don't. We're just afraid he'll do something really
stupid and we won't be there to save his ass," Max replied
miserably. The boys packed their things for the rest of the night
while Tyson found a secluded area to camp at and bought all the
camping necessities - water, graham crackers, marshmallows, and
chocolate. He got a good discount for a bulk pack too.
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An hour before the boys left for the forest trick or treaters were already popping up on Kai's door step (Kai's house was the closest to the forest). The door bell rang and Max opened it to see three girls. One was dressed as a princess, the other a magician, and the final one a kitty. They were all staring at him for a second after he opened the door then quit. One of them wouldn't stop though.
"Um...yeah...hello then..." Max said, he turned his head around "Kai! Where's your candy for the trick or treaters?"
"It's in the kitchen!" he yelled back.
"Oh, okay hold on then you guys..." Max ran off to get the candy out of the kitchen.
"He's kind of cute," the girl in the princess costume whispered to her friends, the cat girl turned her head to look at her.
"Rikku stop staring at us like that! I think you scared the boy too!" the magician scolded.
"Sorry Kairi," Rikku moaned.
"Amy he's coming back," the cat poked her princess friend's shoulder.
"Kay, here ya go..." Max said and dropped a handful of candy into each girl's sack.
"Max give them all the candy!" Kai's voice rang through the mansion, "We're leaving once your done there!"
"Awww...I want candy too! Shh...don't tell anyone," Max said to the girls and stuffed his pockets full of candy, then emptied out the rest of the bowl into their sacks.
"Thanks!" the girls shouted as they left the door
step.
~~~In the forest~~~
**All of the following story line was on a video tape found in a forest after this incident. It has been put into written format so that the general public can know what happened.**
(a/n: not really)
"Isn't this fun guys?!" Tyson yelled from in front of the group. They had been walking in the bug infested forest for an hour looking for the "perfect" clearing. Tyson claimed it existed but the others started doubting it after Max recognized a tree for the fifth time.
"You've been leading us in circles Tyson," Kai said grumpily.
"Have not! Besides how would you know Kai?" Tyson shot back. I'm a good guide! He's just jealous.
"See that tree?" Kai pointed to one next to Max, "Does it look familiar?"
"Not...really..." Tyson's lie was obvious.
"So I suppose some one else threw the same exact rock at it Max did and left the same exact mark there?" Kai said sarcastically.
"Um...that's not the same rock," Tyson said.
"YES IT IS!" Kai boomed. Some birds flew out of the near by trees.
"Okay okay it is..." Tyson admitted timidly.
"This is a good enough clearing for a temporary camp site. Start setting up Tyson," Max interrupted the argument. He also, as no one else noticed earlier, had a video camera out and was recording the whole scene.
"What are you doing with that?" Kai asked tiredly, The trick or treaters would have been easier...
"I want to be able to blackmail Tyson with something when we get older. Now seems like as good of time as any to get some real good stuff," Max answered. Kai debated this in his head for awhile, and before he could reply Tyson did.
"Why do I have to set up all by myself!?" he whined.
"It was your idea, none of us wanted to come in the first place, and none of us want to be here if there's not going to be any good footage," Max said. Tyson shrugged and got to work, as Kai walked over to Max.
"I want a copy if there's anything good," Kai said just above a whisper and Max nodded laughing.
~~~~In front of the camp fire at nine thirty pm~~~~
"Right about now I would have had two pillow cases full of
candy..." Max moaned.
"That's great," Rei said sarcastically, "thanks for the update, but I highly doubt you could have gotten two sacks full of candy in one hour."
"Says you, I'm a trick or treating pro," Max said proudly and miserably at the same time, "this year I was going for my all time high..."
"Eat smores and be happy! Their just as good as candy! Or better!" Tyson tried to cheer up the team. Really, he didn't care for the smores he was making, the marshmallows get setting on fire and the chocolate was too hot and kept burning his mouth. A few minutes after Tyson's little pep talk it was completely silent except for the crackling sounds of the fire. Then they heard a crash, like some thing tripping over a rock...or some one. All of the boys, even Kai, jumped at the sound but no one would look behind them. They tried to focus on the fire or each other to take their gaze off the forest in front of them.
"What the hell was that..." Rei asked, fright was plastered across his face.
"I...don't know..." Max said completely freaked out. His camera was still on, recording all of this.
"Lets...just...forget it happened and go to bed..." Kenny suggested, he too was scared to death. The boys were shaky, they couldn't help it. Tyson had found the least popular forest for camping on the least popular night for camping. No one at all was supposed to be in the woods with them, no one. The boys got up and hurriedly walked over to the tent, trying not to make any noise. They thought they had left nothing to alert the whatever out there to their presence.
But they forgot to put out the fire.
After a half an hour of trying to sleep they were all still awake. The boys were scared out of their wits.
"It was probably just an animal or something guys...we shouldn't be worry so much," Kai reassured them in a shaky voice. He didn't even believe his own excuse, if there was one thing Tyson was dependable on it was following through his plans. If he said he was going to get them the most secluded place he could, he would. Unfortunately for them this was it, and they had no idea which way was home.
"We didn't leave anything out that would lead it to us did we?" Rei asked quietly and silence filled the tent, then only sound that remained was the crackling of the fire.
"Holy shit..." Max whispered, petrified.
"That's the only god damned light in the entire forest..." Rei said everyone's thoughts. Silence filled the room again.
"I...I'm going out there..." Kenny said bravely, which surprised everyone greatly.
"Why Chief?!" Tyson whispered, panic filling his voice.
"We shouldn't be afraid of what we don't know. Kai's probably right, it could have been an animal...if we're lucky it hasn't seen the light yet, and if I put out the fire it won't," Kenny explained, then walked out of the tent. The boys saw his figure cast a small shadow and then the light went out. Kenny poked his head back in the tent, "I'm going to try to find out what that sound was. I'm not looking for the creature that made it, just whatever it was that got knocked over," and then left. They heard the cracking of leaves under Kenny's feet and anxiously waited for his return. Max read the clock on his camera, it was ten pm.
The time seemed to creep slowly on them, but none of them dared to sleep. Even minutes seemed like an eternity to the remaining Bladebreakers. Still no sign of Kenny's return.
"It's been two damn hours since he left...that thing got him, I can feel it..." Max said more scared then he ever was. The moonlight shone through the thin material of the tent and the boys could see a couple tree's outside.
"It...it just feels like two hours because were so scared..." Tyson tried to comfort his friend.
"No Tyson, it's been two hours," Max said grimly, "I have a clock on my camera, he left at ten...it's midnight," he turned the camera around to display the dim time. Unease spread over all of them, as silence once again filled the tent. Their hearts raced when the sound of cracking leaves was heard outside, and they instinctively turned their heads to the direction of the noise. On Tyson's side there was a very faint outline of a figure, but it was too far away from the tent to cast a proper shadow. The sounds grew fainter and fainter until there was nothing left.
"That...wasn't Kenny..." Tyson whispered.
"He's not coming back..." Rei spoke to himself, "we lost him..."
"We have to find him..." Tyson said, "It's my fault that we're here, so..."
"Tyson don't," Kai commanded. Tyson slowly crawled over to his bag and pulled out his blade.
"Don't...don't worry, I-I've got protection..." Tyson reassured him, even though he wasn't even positive. He slowly got up and opened the tent to walk out, then disappeared into the night.
"Why'd we let him go?!" Max scolded everyone, "if..."
"If Dragoon isn't enough we're in trouble," Kai said. Driger and Draciel are strong, he thought, but not as strong as Dragoon. Dranzer might work but if that thing is enough to sub due Dragoon then it could do the same to Dranzer. Then I can't use his flame attacks here, the whole forest would burn.
The time passed even more slowly then before. The remaining boys were frantic, what had they gotten themselves into? Occasionally they would hear strange noises, but the source was never revealed to them. When it was nearing one o'clock in the morning some clouds over shadowed the moon, leaving their tent in darkness. Max got a glow stick out of his bag to give them a little light.
"Where did you get that?" Rei asked.
"I packed it before we left, I've had it since last week and was saving it for Halloween," Max answered. The light was dim, but enough to illuminate their pale faces. All of them were desperately hoping that the light wasn't bright enough to be seen outside the tent, but at the same time wished it was. Tyson was still out there, and without any light he was going to have a hard time getting back to them. If he ever did.
"Did he take a flash light with him?" Rei questioned.
"I think so..." Max replied with uncertainty. Another loud thump came from outside and the boys jumped. For a minute they could have sworn their hearts stopped.
"What the hell..." Kai muttered.
"Did you hear that?" Rei asked.
"What? That damn heart stopping sound? No, Rei we didn't hear a thing, you must be hallucinating," Max snapped sarcastically.
"Not that!" Rei glared, "Just before it I heard someone speak!"
"I didn't hear anything before it. Just during it," Max answered, "what did you hear?"
"I thought I barely heard some one yell 'let it rip'," Rei said. They all started to get an idea of what the noise was.
"A..thump on the ground....after someone tries to attack..." Max groaned. All of them knew what it could have been.
"Let's all go out..." Rei suggested. Max and Kai stared at him like he was insane. "Not one at a time, but all together. Let's face it, we're a bunch of teenagers lost in the woods with Beyblades, and no one knows where the hell we are. That thing is going to come after us sooner or later isn't it? Don't we have a better chance at attacking it together then one on one right?" Rei had a point. Three on one were unfair odds to their advantage, and if they didn't go after it soon it would come after them. If they could beat it then they wouldn't have as much trouble walking back, they wouldn't have to keep looking over their shoulders scared that the thing was ready to eat them.
"Yeah...sure...we can beat it together..." Max said, but his doubt was showing. The boys got up grabbing all their flashlights, and walked out of the tent.
It was pitch black when they got out. There was no light left in the clearing, even the sparks from the fire were out. They were reluctant to flip the switches on their flashlights, but did. The beams of light slowly scanned the forest around them. Rei's light stopped on the branch of a tree near their tent.
"Who the hell put those there..." He muttered in disbelief. Max and Kai turned their lights to the branch as well. Hanging from it were two stick figures, they were literally stick figures. Four sticks had been strung together by some plant to resemble humans. Compared to each other they were the same heights as Tyson and Kenny.
"This is messed up shit," Max said.
"I don't believe this is happening..." Kai muttered.
"Let's go..." Rei pushed.
"Go where?! We're stuck in this damned forest with nothing but Beyblades, flashlights, and a video camera, while a who knows what is after us!" Max ranted. The situation was finally breaking him.
"Calm down Max, your freaking out isn't going to help us at," Kai said.
"Well it's helping me," Max pouted.
"Let's just...try to get out of here," Rei said.
"What about Tyson and Kenny?" Max asked. The others put their heads down.
"There's nothing we can do for them..." Rei said sadly.
"There has to be something! They wouldn't ditch us in this kind of situation!" Max continued ranting.
"They're gone Max," Kai said, "What time is it?" Max picked up his video camera, the numbers showed it was two am. Then he set it back on the ground as Kai spoke, "Kenny has been gone for four hours, and Tyson for two. I'm sorry to admit it Max but Rei's most likely right..." Max wouldn't except that his friends were lost for good.
"I'm going to find them!" He shouted and ran back in the tent to get Draciel. When he came out he ran past Rei and Kai into the dark abyss that was the forest.
"Max don't!" Rei shouted after him but the blonde wouldn't listen. "should we go after him?"
"I don't know. I don't know what to do any more," Kai admitted. "we heard Tyson's and Kenny's footsteps going in that direction, and that's the direct we entered this clearing from. If we're going to get out it will probably be that way. If we find them then everything will be fine. If we don't by the time we get out of here we'll get as much help as we can to get them as quickly as possible." Rei nodded grimly and the two prepared to leave. They went back in the tent and grabbed their Beyblades along with Max's glow stick and camera, Rei realized it was still on and decided to continue was Max started. (a/n: that must be a very strong battery)
Kai and Rei walked for two hours with no sign of Tyson, Kenny, Max, or the end of the woods. Their hopes were fading, and so was the light from their flashlight. They had decided it was best to use one at a time since there was only two left. Kai let the light hang on the ground most of the time, hoping to find something to help them find their friends. A glint of light caught their eyes in the dim shine. They ran up to it and picked up the source.
"These are..." Rei started.
"Kenny's glasses," Kai finished. Their hope of finding him disappeared. "we have to keep going. We could still be able to find Tyson and Max," but he knew the chances of that were dismal. The boys walked for awhile longer. Half way through they changed flashlights, the other one was too dim to do anything. Rei was still recording everything that they were going through.
"Shouldn't we have gotten out of here by now Kai?" Rei asked.
"I don't know, it took us an hour to get to the clearing," Kai answered.
"Yeah but we were walking in circles for a lot of that time and it's been two hours," Rei said.
"We should have hit something walking in the same direction for two hours then," Kai replied, "wait, wouldn't that make it four am?"
"Yeah," Rei answered.
"When does the sun rise around here?!" Kai fumed. The light of day would help them greatly and make them feel maybe a little more safe, but it was still dark as night. "The flashlight is dying again."
"This sucks," Rei complained.
"What kind of battery does that camera have?" Kai asked.
"Uh..." Rei searched for the power source, "double a? Max has a weird camera how many of them take double as?"
"Don't know. But it's good, that's the size the flashlight takes," Kai said. "Give me those batteries."
"They're almost dead," Rei said. Then he dropped
the camera and grabbed for his launcher. Kai and Rei could be
heard yelling, along with another unknown noise. The camera caught
their feet backing up, and the sounds of Driger and Dranzer emerging.
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The tape ends there. This footage was found two days latter by a married couple hiking through the area. A search was set underway when the video was turned in to the local police. Mr.Dickenson, sponsor of the Bladebreakers team, spared no expense to find his lost team. After two days of searching the boys were found in a cave, fifty miles from where the tape was found. All of them were suffering from starvation and dehydration, and were taken to the nearest hospital for treatment. They all survived and returned to the Beyblading world.
When the Bladebreakers were questioned about how they ended up in the cave and who or what their attacker was none of them could supply any information. Researchers scoured the forest to find the creature that they claimed lived there, but to no avail.
Once they had recovered they returned to the forest to recover their things that were left behind, of course this time they came with various adults who knew their way around. The boys were able to point out the tree that had the rock mark in the trunk, which was right next to their clearing. When they arrived nothing was there.
