Officer Alex Mansley had been driving for hours. He was cold on Dirk
Harrison's trail, but Mansley had a big hunch that Dirk was on his way
to Camp Green Lake. So Mansley followed.
Mansley took one hand off the wheel as he tried Camp Green Lake on his cell again, but no luck. There was absolutely nothing anywhere in sight that had anything to do with technology, let alone cell phones. He put his hand back on the wheel and though of what exactly Dirk Harrison was trying to pull.
Mansley reached underneath the dashboard and picked up a notebook. He opened it, and to his surprise, it was his own handwriting, rather than Marissa Cortez's. She always had something important to write in there. Mansley shrugged as he read what he had gotten so far…
Dirk Harrison is alive. The only information we have recovered so far is that he had been trying to send his daughter, Rachel Harrison, to some kind of Camp Facility for Juveniles.
"Wait," Mansley said to himself, "What proves this? We have no evidence of this. Why didn't I see this before?"
Mansley flipped through the pages with one hand, the notebook sitting on the middle seat next to him. He licked his finger as he turned another page. His eyes widened in realization. He grabbed his walkie talkie, praying it would work.
"Marissa, Marissa it's Mansley. Do you copy?" he said through the radio.
"I'm here Mansley, over." It worked!
"I just got a huge breakthrough in the case. Can you--"
"Wait, where are you? You had a breakthrough….in your truck?" Marissa interrupted.
"Yes, now will you listen to me?" Mansley said, annoyed.
"Sorry, go on."
"I need you to give me the hospital records of Rachel's birth, and adoption records of the Local Adoption Center, the same date as Rachel's birth date, alright?" he said
"Uh, okay Mansley I'll give you the information as soon as I call them and get it faxed over here. I'll get back to you." Marissa answered.
"Thanks Marissa, I owe you one. Get it to me ASAP." He said.
"Right, over and out."
Static. Mansley sighed and rubbed the back of his neck with his hand. He was in for a long week.
Marissa called Mansley back in less than five minutes.
"Hey Marissa, what'd you find?" he asked.
"You will never believe this Mansley." Marissa replied through the radio, shocked.
"What?" Mansley asked
"Rachel has an identical twin sister, by birth, who was given up for adoption when they were both born. It looks here that Rachel's sister, Carla that is, escaped her foster parent's home a couple years ago...looking for Dirk. It doesn't say if she ever found him."
"Damn. We were way off. Dirk wasn't trying to get Rachel landed in a Facility, he was going to kill her! The only live person that was standing in his way of living with Carla and making a fortune off of dealing drugs. Shit!" Mansley hit the steering wheel with his hand as he fumed. He swore again.
"So what are you going to do? Face Dirk yourself..? Jesus Mansley you're crazy if you do that, this man's dangerous!" Marissa exclaimed.
"Don't think I don't know that Marissa, I was in a car chase with him and he wasn't even close to stopping to negotiate anything. He knows he's in for it." Mansley said. He sighed loudly.
"I have to get Rachel out of this mess, Dirk has not only 'violated' something, he's destroyed people's lives, and killed her brother for God's sakes." Mansley said.
"Mansley…slow down. You act like you know Rachel personally. You haven't even seen her face." Marissa said.
"Slow down? This is a murder case Marissa. Slow down is not the thing you should say right now. You expect me to slow down when lives are on the line, including mine? That's unbelievable." Mansley said.
"Well okay Mansley, OKAY. You have it your way. Good luck on the 'murder case', you won't be hearing from me again." And the walkie talkie clicked off.
Mansley scoffed. He was on his own.
Rachel opened her eyes. She must've drifted off into a sleep. She didn't remember. The pain in her head was more bearable, but the loud music in the Wreck Room made it worse. She saw numerous people playing pool, wrestling, fighting, talking, and a couple girls were dancing and cheering.
Rachel put her hand up to her head and felt that it was bandaged. She winced as she sat up, realizing that she had been lying on the couch.
She was so confused. What had she seen earlier?
Magnet walked over to her, "You alright?" he asked.
Rachel cleared her throat, squinted her eyes a little, and nodded.
Zigzag and a couple other D-Tent members walked over to her.
"How come you never told us?" Zigzag asked.
"What?"
"How come you never told us about her?" Zigzag asked again.
"About who?" Rachel asked.
"About me."
Rachel turned her head, feeling dizzy again because of the quick motion, and saw the girl across the room. The one that looked exactly like Rachel.
"Oh my god! Who are you?" Rachel exclaimed. The girls that were dancing, Banana and Honey, walked over.
"What, you never knew that you had a twin?" Banana asked, looking over at Honey, who looked as confused as Rachel did.
"Whoa, a twin? What?" Rachel didn't know what was going on.
Zigzag's eyes widened.
"I am your twin, we were separated at birth. Our parents never told you?" the girl asked.
"Well obviously not!" Honey exclaimed, "she doesn't understand what's happening, so of course her parents had never told her."
Rachel's thoughts were spinning.
"I…I have a twin?" she exclaimed with a smile.
"Yes!" Magnet said.
"Oh my god!" Rachel said, "This is too freaky." She shook her head.
"I know, it was for me too!" the girl exclaimed. "I'm Carla."
"Uh, what'd you mean it was for you too? When did you find out, without seeing Rachel first?" Banana asked.
"Well, um, uh…The Warden showed me a picture of Rachel." she said, extremely unconvincing.
"Where were you and The Warden at?" Lucki asked, following Magnet to the other side of the small crowd.
"Um…in her cabin." Carla answered.
"Nah, what were you doing in there? She doesn't let anyone in there." Cate said.
Behind her was Strings and Courtney, who nodded.
Carla looked around like she was being attacked.
This is nuts. Rachel thought, "I saw her run in there! Last night."
"She let me because I just got here, ya know, new campers." Carla answered, nodding.
Shorty shook her head, "We all just got her yesterday, we didn't get to go in there."
"Maybe because you're a group..?" Carla said.
"No, that doesn't have anything to do with it." Caveman piped up, "All of us guys got here separately and none of us have seen the cabin." he said, "Well, I have…but that's only because I stole sunflower seeds."
Magnet looked down.
"Come on Carla, explain yourself." Lucki said, putting her hands on her hips.
"Um…well, I uh…" she stammered.
"Alright, lights out campers!" Mr. Sir yelled, "Go back to your tents."
Carla was saved. She slipped away from everyone without a word and was never seen for the rest of the night.
Song for this chapter::
"I Dare You To Move" by Switchfoot
Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone's here
Everyone's here
Everybody's watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next
What happens next
[Chorus]
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before
Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
Tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be
[Chorus]
Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened before
Mansley took one hand off the wheel as he tried Camp Green Lake on his cell again, but no luck. There was absolutely nothing anywhere in sight that had anything to do with technology, let alone cell phones. He put his hand back on the wheel and though of what exactly Dirk Harrison was trying to pull.
Mansley reached underneath the dashboard and picked up a notebook. He opened it, and to his surprise, it was his own handwriting, rather than Marissa Cortez's. She always had something important to write in there. Mansley shrugged as he read what he had gotten so far…
Dirk Harrison is alive. The only information we have recovered so far is that he had been trying to send his daughter, Rachel Harrison, to some kind of Camp Facility for Juveniles.
"Wait," Mansley said to himself, "What proves this? We have no evidence of this. Why didn't I see this before?"
Mansley flipped through the pages with one hand, the notebook sitting on the middle seat next to him. He licked his finger as he turned another page. His eyes widened in realization. He grabbed his walkie talkie, praying it would work.
"Marissa, Marissa it's Mansley. Do you copy?" he said through the radio.
"I'm here Mansley, over." It worked!
"I just got a huge breakthrough in the case. Can you--"
"Wait, where are you? You had a breakthrough….in your truck?" Marissa interrupted.
"Yes, now will you listen to me?" Mansley said, annoyed.
"Sorry, go on."
"I need you to give me the hospital records of Rachel's birth, and adoption records of the Local Adoption Center, the same date as Rachel's birth date, alright?" he said
"Uh, okay Mansley I'll give you the information as soon as I call them and get it faxed over here. I'll get back to you." Marissa answered.
"Thanks Marissa, I owe you one. Get it to me ASAP." He said.
"Right, over and out."
Static. Mansley sighed and rubbed the back of his neck with his hand. He was in for a long week.
Marissa called Mansley back in less than five minutes.
"Hey Marissa, what'd you find?" he asked.
"You will never believe this Mansley." Marissa replied through the radio, shocked.
"What?" Mansley asked
"Rachel has an identical twin sister, by birth, who was given up for adoption when they were both born. It looks here that Rachel's sister, Carla that is, escaped her foster parent's home a couple years ago...looking for Dirk. It doesn't say if she ever found him."
"Damn. We were way off. Dirk wasn't trying to get Rachel landed in a Facility, he was going to kill her! The only live person that was standing in his way of living with Carla and making a fortune off of dealing drugs. Shit!" Mansley hit the steering wheel with his hand as he fumed. He swore again.
"So what are you going to do? Face Dirk yourself..? Jesus Mansley you're crazy if you do that, this man's dangerous!" Marissa exclaimed.
"Don't think I don't know that Marissa, I was in a car chase with him and he wasn't even close to stopping to negotiate anything. He knows he's in for it." Mansley said. He sighed loudly.
"I have to get Rachel out of this mess, Dirk has not only 'violated' something, he's destroyed people's lives, and killed her brother for God's sakes." Mansley said.
"Mansley…slow down. You act like you know Rachel personally. You haven't even seen her face." Marissa said.
"Slow down? This is a murder case Marissa. Slow down is not the thing you should say right now. You expect me to slow down when lives are on the line, including mine? That's unbelievable." Mansley said.
"Well okay Mansley, OKAY. You have it your way. Good luck on the 'murder case', you won't be hearing from me again." And the walkie talkie clicked off.
Mansley scoffed. He was on his own.
Rachel opened her eyes. She must've drifted off into a sleep. She didn't remember. The pain in her head was more bearable, but the loud music in the Wreck Room made it worse. She saw numerous people playing pool, wrestling, fighting, talking, and a couple girls were dancing and cheering.
Rachel put her hand up to her head and felt that it was bandaged. She winced as she sat up, realizing that she had been lying on the couch.
She was so confused. What had she seen earlier?
Magnet walked over to her, "You alright?" he asked.
Rachel cleared her throat, squinted her eyes a little, and nodded.
Zigzag and a couple other D-Tent members walked over to her.
"How come you never told us?" Zigzag asked.
"What?"
"How come you never told us about her?" Zigzag asked again.
"About who?" Rachel asked.
"About me."
Rachel turned her head, feeling dizzy again because of the quick motion, and saw the girl across the room. The one that looked exactly like Rachel.
"Oh my god! Who are you?" Rachel exclaimed. The girls that were dancing, Banana and Honey, walked over.
"What, you never knew that you had a twin?" Banana asked, looking over at Honey, who looked as confused as Rachel did.
"Whoa, a twin? What?" Rachel didn't know what was going on.
Zigzag's eyes widened.
"I am your twin, we were separated at birth. Our parents never told you?" the girl asked.
"Well obviously not!" Honey exclaimed, "she doesn't understand what's happening, so of course her parents had never told her."
Rachel's thoughts were spinning.
"I…I have a twin?" she exclaimed with a smile.
"Yes!" Magnet said.
"Oh my god!" Rachel said, "This is too freaky." She shook her head.
"I know, it was for me too!" the girl exclaimed. "I'm Carla."
"Uh, what'd you mean it was for you too? When did you find out, without seeing Rachel first?" Banana asked.
"Well, um, uh…The Warden showed me a picture of Rachel." she said, extremely unconvincing.
"Where were you and The Warden at?" Lucki asked, following Magnet to the other side of the small crowd.
"Um…in her cabin." Carla answered.
"Nah, what were you doing in there? She doesn't let anyone in there." Cate said.
Behind her was Strings and Courtney, who nodded.
Carla looked around like she was being attacked.
This is nuts. Rachel thought, "I saw her run in there! Last night."
"She let me because I just got here, ya know, new campers." Carla answered, nodding.
Shorty shook her head, "We all just got her yesterday, we didn't get to go in there."
"Maybe because you're a group..?" Carla said.
"No, that doesn't have anything to do with it." Caveman piped up, "All of us guys got here separately and none of us have seen the cabin." he said, "Well, I have…but that's only because I stole sunflower seeds."
Magnet looked down.
"Come on Carla, explain yourself." Lucki said, putting her hands on her hips.
"Um…well, I uh…" she stammered.
"Alright, lights out campers!" Mr. Sir yelled, "Go back to your tents."
Carla was saved. She slipped away from everyone without a word and was never seen for the rest of the night.
Song for this chapter::
"I Dare You To Move" by Switchfoot
Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone's here
Everyone's here
Everybody's watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next
What happens next
[Chorus]
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before
Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
Tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be
[Chorus]
Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened before