World Turned Black

I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS FROM HIGHER GROUND OR ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR M CHARACTERS

Chapter 4

Scott was not moving and Shelby tried to shake him, his body was cold but she knew he was still alive because he was shivering. Suddenly, he jolted up out of her grasp, he ran over to a tree ten feet away, and finally broke down and started crying hysterically while his body shook violently. Shelby ran over to him, "Scott, oh my god, Scott honey, it's me Shelby." She hugged him tightly, he stopped shaking, but the crying continued for a few minutes until he fell asleep right in her arms.

Horizon

Peter, Sophie, and the rest of the counselors at Horizon had just finished waking everyone up. They all gathered outside and waited for Peter to tell them what to do,

"Can I have everyone's attention please?" Peter shouted to the talking teenagers and waited for them all the quiet down, "Ok, as some of you know, we will not only be looking for Scott, now Shelby has also gone into the woods. What I want everyone to do is stay in pairs of two or three and fan out, be careful that you do not get lost, and if you find them, use your whistle to alert us..."

As he talked, the cliffhanger were having their own conversation,

"I just don't understand why she would risk getting in trouble after spending all that time saying how much she hated him." Jules said

"I don't know Jules; she's crazy you know that." Auggie laughed

"Don't you get it? Daisy said, "She thought he forgot about her, that he didn't want to talk to her anymore."

"And what changed her mind?"

"What are you stupid?" David mocked

"Lay off her man." Defended Auggie

"Something apparently went on while he was home, if you didn't notice he shows up three months later with black hair, bruises, a broken arm, and looking like he took up you past time," Juliette glared at her, she hated when they made fun of her bulimia, "Something definitely went on in the summer, something went wrong while at home."

"But i thought he just got in a fight."

"And you believe that? And anyway, I read his cards over the summer, and they said that he was going through pain, that he was suffering. I don't think it was just a happy accident that his stepmother also moved back in and got remarried to his father," she looked at Juliette, "So apparently he wasn't in just a fight."

Daisy had also got the card of death, but she didn't know what it could be and she didn't want to scare the rest of the group. She figured she would get Scott and Shelby alone and bring it up then, but that was before he ran, she figured Shelby had probably already found him, she just hoped he would be able to let all his pain out.

"Everyone, let's get going, and like I said, if you see anything, blow the whistle and we will come find you," Peter said then began to walk

"Do you think she found him?" Sophie questioned

"I don't know it's entirely possible, she was determined, I should have had someone watching her to make sure she didn't go after him."

"Peter, you heard Daisy, not even a brick wall could have stopped her and she's right, Shelby would have found a way to try and find Scott, love can make you do crazy things you know," she smiled at him, they were perfect examples of that.

He was smiling to, "Yea, i know, but she has to realize that when I tell her she can't go, she has to listen, i mean she could get hurt out there, lost, anything."

"So you're going to punish her?"

"You don't think I should?

"I'm not saying that, it's just..."

"Say it Soph."

"I'm just thinking that Scott is going to need someone, and you know that he will want to talk to her about it."

"He's going to have to tell you or me sooner or later, might as well be sooner."

She just looked at him

"What?" He asked

"You know that's not how most of the kids here work, how he works, even the first time he told her before anyone. I know you want him to talk to you but just don't think that is going to happen before he tells her. All I'm saying is just don't put her on shuns."

"Yea i know they would rather tell someone before me, and i wasn't planning on putting her on shuns."

"Oh."

They continued on in silence

Daisy decided it was time to figure ut what was going on with David, with all the excitement she hadn't been able to talk to him.

"David?"

"What?" He shot at her

"Listen! I understand that you had a bad summer, but don't come back here and take all your crap out on me and everyone else. If you want to talk about it I will be there for you, but I will not take your shit." She looked at him to make sure he got the point then walked away

"Whatever." David said then walked on, he didn't need her help, he didn't need anyone's help, he had been fine his entire life without anyone, he would be fine now.

Ezra and Zack were walking together, they had become good friends because of their parent troubles, and everyone was already paired together.

"So I guess Shelby really likes Scott?" Zack asked, he was so close to getting her when HE came back. He always hated guys like Scott, the ones who were good at everything and always got the girl, it happened so many times before to him and he decided he wasn't going to let it this time, he was going to get Shelby.

"Oh no…she goes after random guys that she has no feelings for all the time," He said sarcastically while laughing, then stopped when he noticed Zack wasn't laughing, "What's wrong?"

"Scott, he just annoys me."

"You haven't even really met him yet, how could you know?"

"I know the type." He stated while rolling his eyes

"Well Scott has his jock moments, but he's actually a really great guy."

"I don't know, I don't understand what she sees in him."

"Oh so that's what this is about…you like Shelby." He teased

"No shit Sherlock, but apparently she loves him."

"Yea, she does, and he loves her too," He said seriously, "See, they share a lot of similarities about their pasts, so they understand each other, and Shelby was the first person Scott told about his stepmother, and when Shelby told him about her's, he eventually understood. They help each other heal."

"So what similarity do they share?"

"Look it's really not my place to tell you."

"Come on."

"Curiosity killed the cat." They turned around and saw Daisy

"Hey Dais," Ezra glowed, he was still so in love with her, but excepted what Shelby had told him about how great it was to have a friend, "What's up?"

"We'll let's see, my best friend is lost in the woods trying to find her depressed boyfriend who is also lost in the woods and ran originally because my boyfriend (Ezra's face fell a little) is upset and took it out on him. He is also taking it out on me and now the newbie wants to know about Scott's past so that he can use it against him and get Shelby instead of looking for them." She glared at Zack; he had a lot of nerve.

"I was not; I am just trying to figure out why she likes him." Zack defended himself, although she was absolutely right.

"What does his past have to do with their love?"

"Ezra said that they started liking each other because they had similar pasts."

"No, I said they understand each other because of their pasts."

"Well how do you know I won't understand?"

"The most you could understand is about the drugs, other than that, you couldn't comprehend the pain they both endured." Daisy really couldn't stand the newbie, he acted like he knew everything, and she didn't really know whether he could understand being molested, but she figured he didn't.

"Whatever, I guess I'll just have to find someone who will tell me."

"Yea, you do that."

In The Woods

Shelby sat there running her hands through his now black hair, just yesterday, she hated him, thought he was the worst person, that he didn't love her anymore. Now she sat here with him sleeping, realizing that he did love her, that something in the summer kept him from her, she didn't know exactly what it could be, but she guessed it had to do with Elaine, the monster from his past. How could his father have done this to him? He had come back and begged Scott to come home, talked for an hour about what had happened with him. Scott agreed to go home for the summer, but said he would come back, that he wouldn't live there anymore. She just didn't understand why he didn't call Peter or his mother to go and get him out of there. As she was contemplating everything, she felt Scott start to shake, then he began crying and whimpering.

"I'm sorry, please I didn't mean to, just leave me alone!" he cried

"Shh, it's alright, I'm here, wake up Scott." she nudged him lightly

"I JUST WANTED TO SEE HER, IM SORRY, I AM, I DIDNT MEAN FOR HER TO DIE!!!