World Turned Black
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Chapter 12
The storm had come in forty-five minutes just as Peter predicted, everyone parted in little groups to shield from the rain, and talked until it was time for bed.
At midnight, everyone was sleeping; everyone but Zack and Lexi. Lexi was the first to leave her tent; she managed to slip out without waking Shelby up, Zack on the other hand was not so lucky.
"Where are you going?" A groggy Scott asked
"To take a piss, is that alright?" Zack asked annoyed
"Whatever." He turned over and was sleeping in mere minutes
Zack walked out of the tent and into the rain, he instantly spotted Lexi standing under a tree
"Your standing under a tree while there's lightning, are you that stupid?"
"Shut up, I don't want to get wet."
"No just electrocuted right?"
"Look, is he sleeping?"
"Yea, do you remember what the plan is?"
"I go in there, pretend to be…umm…"
"Elaine."
"Yea, Elaine, you're sure that was his old girlfriend?"
"Positive, he loved her more than Shelby," Zack had decided to change the plan, just in case they got caught, only she would get in trouble
"Good, Shelby will think he cheated on her, and he won't have anyone to turn to, no one but me." She laughed
"Yea…right, so I told you what to say, you have five minutes before I get Shelby, so make sure you do what you have to do."
"Five minutes?"
"Yea, your not going in there to have sex with him, just make it look like your going to, I mean we don't have all night."
"Fine, see you in a little while."
"Yea." Zack waited, he figured either Shelby would think Scott cheated, and he of coarse would be there, or if she realized that it was Lexi, Scott would be so messed up, Shelby and him would never last. He didn't really care about what happened to Lexi.
Lexi walked over to the tent, she pulled back the cover letting only a sliver of light from her flashlight to hit a sleeping Scott's eyes. After a second, Scott started moving, so she started reciting her script
"Scotty, you up?"
He froze from moving, not even daring to open his eyes, when he didn't say anything Lexi continued
"Scotty, the storm is scaring me!" She said in a whiny voice, "Could I just sit with you for a second?"
Was he hearing right? Did Elaine find him? Where was Zack? "Go away!" Was all he managed to say in a scared, shaky voice
"Scotty!" She whined
Something seemed off to him, "What are you doing here?" He asked, still refusing to open his eyes and face her
Lexi took this as an invitation, she walked over to where he was laying on the floor, she started to unzip the sleeping bag
"No, please, you said no more!"
She pulled back the cover and sat on top of him, "You know you want this." She said seductively
"No, I don't!" He said grabbing her hand when they moved to his boxers, "Just leave me alone!"
Lexi was confused, but didn't stop, even when he started to cry, she just kissed his cheek, she didn't understand why he wouldn't open his eyes, "Scotty, look at me!"
"No, just leave…just leave me alone! Please!" He was begging her
Lexi didn't want to stop, so she paid no attention to his whines, and begging
Zack was outside the tent, he heard everything being said, and knew it was time to get Shelby. He walked over to her tent, put on a nervous face, and speedily unzipped the tent.
"Shelby!" He whispered
She slowly started to wake up
"Shelby, wake up, it's me, Zack."
"What do you want?" She sounded annoyed, "Can't this wait until the morning?"
"Look, I left to pee, and when I came back, I could hear Scott talking, crying, I think he's having another nightmare." He sounded genuinely concerned a little trick he picked up at an acting camp when he was ten
Shelby shot up, she walked out of the tent, Zack in toe, but she only walked up to the tent Scott was in and listened. She had a worried look on her face, and quickly walked away, it confused Zack until he saw where she was going, which surprised him, she walked to Peter and Sophie's tent.
"Peter!" She whispered loudly into their tent
They apparently were talking, but Zack couldn't hear what was being said. Moments later though, Peter and Sophie both emerged from the tent.
Sophie stood next to Shelby while Peter walked over to Scott's tent, he also listened in. Then, turning on his flashlight, he pulled back the cover and looked in.
"WHAT IS GOING ON?" he yelled and walked into the tent
Muffled voices were heard, but minutes later, Lexi was being led out of the tent, Peter holding onto her arm, "Sophie watch her." He was upset, but walked back into the tent
Shelby looked confused, why was Lexi in the tent with Scott, she remembered the pleas and sobbing she heard when she listened in the tent. Shelby walked over to Lexi who was grinning like she won, Shelby just glared at her, and before anyone realized what was happening, she pulled back her fist and slammed it into Lexi's right eye.
"Shelby!" Sophie was surprised, she bent down to help the girl back up from being knocked down, Shelby didn't even acknowledge her, she just walked over to the tent Peter walked into.
With all the noise, the rest of the Cliffhangers were up and standing out in the rain, looking at the scene taking place. No one knew what was going on, Daisy walked over to Sophie
"I warned them."
"What?" Sophie hadn't even seen Daisy approach her
"My tarot cards said they should be careful, that something was going to happen," Daisy looked like she wasn't even surprised, "They never lie."
Sophie just shook her head
Shelby looked in the tent, she saw Scott sitting with no emotion what so ever, looking at the ground and Peter trying to talk to him
"Scott," No response, "Scott look at me." Still Scott didn't move his fixed glance
"What happened?" Shelby asked nervously
Peter jumped to the sound of Shelby's voice, "Oh." He said upon seeing her
"What's wrong with him?"
"He's in shock," Peter said looking at Scott, "I'm not exactly sure what she said, but it brought a lot of things back."
"Brought it back? He's been living with it all since returning." She said
"Yea, but it's like he was living through it again."
"Is he going to be alright?" Shelby didn't like how Scott was acting
"Yea, he just needs time," He looked at Scott, then back at Shelby, "Tell Sophie to call back to the school and get someone to drive up here, I want to get him back."
"Ok." Shelby ran and told Sophie what Peter had said, she complied, and thirty minutes later, and no change in Scott, Roger pulled up. He walked over to the tent that was now occupied by Scott, Shelby, and Peter.
"What's up?" He asked confused by what Sophie had told him since she really didn't know what was happening
"I need to get him back."
"Ok." Roger didn't ask any questions, he would wait until later
Slowly, Peter walked towards Scott as not to scare him, "Scott, I'm going to help you up ok?"
With no answer from Scott, Peter placed his hands under Scott's arms and pulled him to a standing position. He then led Scott out of the tent and into the rain; Peter finally got a reaction when Scott jumped from the sound of thunder, "It's ok Scott, come on, we're going to get in the truck." He soothed Scott and walked him over to the truck and into the front seat
He then walked over to Sophie and the rest of the group, "Ok, I need Shelby, Lexi, and Zack to go and wait by the truck with Roger, I'll be right there," They walked over, "As for the rest of you, I'm going to drive those guys back and then we'll come and get you."
Juliette raised her hand, when Peter motioned for her to talk, she said, "What happened to Scott."
"Don't worry he'll be fine." And with that Peter walked away to the other group
"Once we get back, I want all three of you in my office; I need to talk to you." They just nodded, and all six people got in the truck and drove away.
The car ride was a silent and long one. When they reached Horizon, Peter finally spoke up, "Roger, can you see that these two," he motioned to Zack and Lexi, "Get to my office; I need Shelby to come with me." Roger nodded, but Lexi didn't see it as fair
"Why does she get to go with him, he hates her!"
"Lexi, this is not a good time to be talking about what Scott needs, you were trying to rape him for Christ sake!" Peter was trying to keep his temper intact
"No! I was trying to get him so see…"
"Maybe you should wait to talk about this in your office?" Roger interrupted, eyeing Scott
"Your right," Peter said, "Now, like I said, you two go, Shelby, come with me to the nurse."
Peter waited until the three had disappeared in the direction of his office; he then opened the front passenger door, "Scott?" Still no response from him, "Ok we'll, let's get you to the nurse's, ok?"
Peter led Scott out of the door and to the nurse's station, Shelby following the entire time. When they entered, the nurse was waiting for them.
"Sophie told Roger to call me." She responded to Peter's questioning face
"Ok, which bed?"
"This one," She motioned to the nearest one, when Peter sat Scott on it, she walked in front of him, "Hi Scott, what happened tonight?"
Scott just continued to stare straight ahead
"How long has be been like this?" Peter checked his watch
"About an hour."
She just shook her head; next she took a flash light, and moved it from right to left in front of Scott's eyes saying, "Follow the light Scott." Again, he didn't respond
"What happened?"
"Well, Shelby woke me up saying that Scott was having a nightmare and it sounded bad, so I walked into the tent and the new girl Lexi Carmine was trying to take his shirt off, he was crying and telling her to stop."
"Then what?"
"I grabbed her off and made her leave the tent, Scott had his eyes pressed shut tightly, and when I went to touch his arm, he jumped up and was like this since then."
"It looks like he's just in shock." She lifted his shirt to hear his breathing; Peter saw the scars and bruises that still hadn't healed
"Wow, I didn't think they were that bad!" He said surprised
"Yea, he got pretty messed up, they were even worse the first day he was back."
"How long do you think he'll be like this?" Shelby asked
"It should wear off soon, don't worry." She smiled at Shelby
After she finished examining Scott, she laid him down and placed a blanket over him, then she escorted Peter and Shelby into the hallway.
"Right now, I think the best thing would be for him to just rest."
"I agree, if anything changes, I'll be in my office, could you come and tell me?" Peter asked
"Of course." She walked back into the room, leaving Peter and Shelby alone in the hallway
"We should get to my office and talk to the others."
"Why can't I stay with him? I had nothing to do with this." Shelby didn't understand why she was being questioned with the other two
"I'm not saying you did, but you were up, and I need to get the sides of everyone who was awake."
"But you already know my side."
"You can't stay here anyway, you heard the nurse."
"Fine, whatever, but once where done, I'm coming back."
"Deal."
They walked to Peter's office where Lexi, Zack, and Roger were waiting.
"Can you go back and get the rest of the Cliffhangers and Sophie?" Peter asked Roger
"Sure." He said and left
Peter sat in the seat at his desk, "Here's how were going to do this, one at a time, you are going to tell me what happened ok?" They all shook their heads, "Shelby, you first."
"I woke up to Zack calling me, he said he left his tent and when he came back, he heard Scott having a nightmare, I came and got you, and that's it." She summed up
"Ok, Zack you next."
Zack put on a I had nothing to do with this face and said, "I had to pee, you can even ask Scott, he woke up, I went and came back, and like Shelby said, I could hear him talking, saying like "no" and stuff," He looked at Lexi, "I thought it was a nightmare, I can't believe she tried that." He shook his head in disgust
"You liar!" Lexi started to say
"Hold on Lexi," Peter held his hand up, "Is that it?"
Zack just nodded, "Ok, now Lexi, what were you saying?"
"This was his little plan, from when I got here, he told me about his plan. Then, he started getting information on what Scott's old girlfriend used to say," she took a breathe, "We figured if Shelby thought Scott cheated on her, they would break up."
"Wait, what old girlfriend?" Shelby asked confused
"Umm, I can't remember her name…"
"Elaine!" Zack yelled, "Jeez can't you remember anything?" then he looked up suddenly, he let it slip
"So it seems you had a bigger part in this after all," Peter said disapprovingly, "And by the way, Elaine wasn't an old girlfriend, she was Scott's stepmother who used to abuse him."
Lexi looked shocked, then she turned to Zack, "YOU ASSHOLE, YOU KNEW HOW MUCH I LIKED HIM! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!"
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Peter yelled they both quieted down and listened, "You both have shuns for three weeks; Zack, on top of the kitchens you already have, you will also be on wood chopping, and Lexi, you have bathrooms."
Before either could protest, Peter stuck up his hand, "You are both lucky that it's all I'm giving you, go to your dorms, the punishment starts tomorrow." They both left without another word.
Peter took a deep breathe
"I know." Shelby said
Peter had completely forgotten she was there, "We should go check on him." Peter smiled when he saw Shelby's face light up
They made their way to see Scott, and right before Peter was about to open the door, it was opened by the nurse who seemed to be rushing.
"Oh, you're here." She said surprised
"What happened?" Peter asked
"He wants to talk to you." She said to Peter
Shelby was visibly upset, the nurse spoke to her next, "He wants to see you too, but Peter first he said." She just smiled, nodded, and took a seat in the hallway while Peter went in the room.
The room lights were on, so when Peter entered he saw Scott right away. He was hunched over on one of the beds, and had apparently not heard Peter walk in.
"Hey Scott," He said quietly, trying not to startle him, but Scott still jumped at the voice, "How you doing?"
"Guess." He said, his voice hoarse
Peter walked over to a chair next to the bed and sat in it, "Do you want to talk about what happened?" Peter talked in a soothing voice
Scott put his head in his hands, "What is wrong with me?" He seemed to be asking himself more than Peter, "Is there some kind of like make Scott's like a living hell aura about me?"
"I know that everything seems to be happening at once, but things can only go up," He saw the boy shake his head in disagreement, "If this is the worst day of your life, it has to be better tomorrow."
"Doesn't seem like it, one day is the worst, then I get proven wrong the next day," he sighed, "It didn't sound right."
"What didn't sound right?" Peter asked
"Her voice, the whole time I kept thinking the voice doesn't sound right, I should have just stopped her, but this just shows how much more of a wimp I am."
At that, Peter stood up in front of him, "Look at me Scott." He tried to look Peter in the eyes but couldn't, "Scott, you were scared, you are not a wimp, you have nothing to be embarrassed about." He knew Scott didn't believe him, but there was nothing Peter could say to prove it to him
"Could I talk to Shelby?"
Peter knew he was done talking, "Sure, but Scott, I'm here…"
"I know Peter."
"Ok, I'll go and get her."
Scott waited about a minute until Shelby walked in, "Hey." She smiled
"Hey, Shel."
She walked over to him and hugged him and when she did, he finally let the emotions from that night out, he started crying, Shelby just hugged him tighter
When he calmed down, he looked at her, she wiped away the tears that had stained his face, and ran her hand through his hair, "Feel better?"
"Yea, thanks," He felt a little stupid, crying to his girlfriend for the millionth time since returning, "For everything."
She smiled, "I wouldn't want it any other way."
They both laid down on the small bed, wrapped in each other's arms; soon sleep met them, and for the first time in three months, Scott slept without having a nightmare.
(a/n) I was in a writing mood today .lol. This may be the last chapter until I get back because I don't know if I'll have time the next two days. Thanks for the reviews!