Trouble at Camp

Chapter 10: Games of "Fun" continued

By Everclueless

Author's Note:

Yay! I just put up chapter nine of "All is Fair, or is it?"

And I've already written the tenth chapter of "All is Fair, or is it?" just I haven't posted it because I'm waiting for as many reviews as possible before putting the chapter up. SO REVIEW!

Now I'm updating this! Yay!

Let me express my joy by singing. La. There we go, I'm done.

() () May the story CONTINUE () ()

"Wow," Raven commented, "I can't believe it's already night; it's pitch black!"

"Yeah I know"

Frank was leading everyone (everyone in the camp) to a place which you could call a clearing. The grass looked as if it had been freshly mowed but that seemed incredible seeing as there was no electronics around. There were occasionally bushes to hide behind or in. There were some trees to hide behind as well and there were small hills.

"Okay, now, if you have torches, chuck them away. You will be punished if you are found with a torch. Unless you're in. Now, we're going to play 'Murder in the Dark'. Holly and I will be referees. We will choose two people to be murderers." Frank took a breath. He then continued.

"These two people will have torches. If they see you, they have to call out your name or point at you if they don't know your name. We marked out the boundaries early this morning. You can go anywhere in the boundaries and be safe because we used a special product to lure all bugs and animals away from this place. The shining torches from the murderers will be enough to keep them away from here. Once the murderers spot you, you must come join us referees by that big oak tree over there, which is still in the boundaries and where we can see you all, light or dark."

Frank waved wildly at a big oak tree.

"The murderers can have their torches on at the same time but cannot have their torches on all the time. The winner(s) will get a prize. You can win if you obtain this shiny ball"

Frank showed everyone a shiny, black bouncy ball which fit perfectly in the palm of his hand.

"The murderers, however, will win and get a prize each if everyone gets out before someone gets the ball. Once someone has grabbed the shiny ball, shout 'I've got the ball'. We will play this game once and then we'll play one game of hide and seek with two seekers. If the two seekers find everyone in the given time, the two seekers each get a prize. Once again, once you're spotted, go to the big oak tree. After the given time is up, Holly and I will call out 'Time's up'. Anyone left has to step out of their hiding spot and then, depending on how many people there are, another given time will be given and the two seekers need to try and find the hiders. This will go on until only one hider is left after the time period or no one is left after the time period. Is that clear?"

Everyone nodded their heads.

"Ok" spoke Holly, "Our two murderers shall be…Kate and May-Lin. Now, Kate, May-Lin, you two will turn around and close your eyes until told otherwise. The rest of you, come with me."

Holly led everyone to the edge of the boundaries; the furthest edge from the shiny ball.

Everyone hid somewhere at the edge; behind a bush, tree, hill, just lying down, etc.

Holly returned to the big oak.

"Murderers, open your eyes and grab the torches at your feet. The game starts…now!"

May-Lin and Kate picked up their torches.

"This is gonna be fun" Kate whispered.

"Yeah, it is. Let's be quiet now. You quietly creep that way and I'll quietly creep this way. That way, we can suddenly shine the light and no one would have time to recover. Let's not stray too far from the ball though. We need to protect it." May-Lin said logically.

The titans were all separated from each other.

Everyone was slowly advancing and then hiding. Robin was taking the advantage of the trees. Climbing from tree to tree, kinda like a monkey…what a strategy…Who would've thought to look up there?

Raven and Sapphire wanted to teleport to the ball to show how pointless the game was; but that would probably just get everyone upset at them for ruining the game. It did seem at least a bit fun and the prize bit was enticing so people would be upset. So, Sapphire and Raven were just trying to get caught.

Starfire was being good hearted and playing properly; not even thinking of using her powers to her advantage.

Cyborg was having difficulty hiding due to his size. The trees were too thin to cover his broad shoulders and it was hard for him to crawl without making much sound.

Beast Boy wasn't cheating…not really…well he was using his powers to his advantage but it's not like he could've just simply teleported to the ball, like Raven and Sapphire.

He just hid by being a fly. But he knew that May-Lin would be able to spot him in any form, or smell him in any form. May-Lin knew him too well. Not to mention, Frank said that there shouldn't be any animals, which didn't help him.

() () Ten minutes later () ()

Cyborg was crawling when suddenly a light flashed.

"Sorry Cyborg" Kate said, soon turning the light off. Cyborg trudged over to the big oak tree.

He smiled seeing he wasn't the only one who had gotten out. Suzanna was looking pissed off. The rich snobby boy was also looking pissed off. The surfer guy looked content. There were about six other randoms.

Then, he saw Sapphire and Raven whispering to each other.

Cyborg creeped over.

"Hi guys." Cyborg started.

"Hi. We have a really good view of everyone from here, don't we?" Sapphire commented.

"Yeah we do." Cyborg whispered, "You two tried to get out, didn't you?"

"We don't know what you're talking about" they replied, ever so monotonous and innocent.

Cyborg smirked to himself.

Everyone who was out was quiet and watched everyone who was still in; quietly cheering them on.

Starfire soon skipped over to the tree, as well as fivemore randoms.

() () Somewhere else in the boundaries, twenty minutes later () ()

Robin and Beast Boy were the only ones still in. A voice had just rung out 'Five minutes left'.

Beast Boy was having an easy time being a fly. He could quickly dart into bushes and was hard to spot when behind a tree. He was very wary though. He knew that May-Lin knew he hadn't been spotted yet. He knew she was looking for him.

His only trouble apart from that was that he had no idea which way the ball was.

Robin was not suffering under those problems.

From the tree branches, he could see the ball but he couldn't see the people.

He just needed to make sure he didn't fall or break a branch because then Kate and May-Lin would look up and spot him.

/ROBIN/

Robin kept swinging from branch to branch until he reached the end. Suddenly, there were no more trees near him apart from ones behind him. He had to get down and make a run for the ball. It was so close…

'Maybe I can jump to it…'

/BEAST BOY/

Beast Boy saw the ball. It was just a couple of metres away. He couldn't take it. He turned into a human and ran for it.

/ROBIN/

He was thinking…To jump and run for it…or not to jump and run for it…That was the question.

He was about to jump when he pulled himself back.

'You idiot, that was your chance!' he scolded himself mentally.

Then, he saw something dart out and then a light flashed below.

"You're out Beast Boy!"

Robin grinned to himself and then praised himself. He hadn't been an idiot after all.

He'd been a genius. Not only had he avoided being caught but now he knew where the murderers were.

Robin jumped and darted out while May-Lin and Kate were off guard and grabbed the ball.

"I've got it!" he yelled.

Frank and Holly turned on their torches and summoned everyone together.

"We'll give you your prize tomorrow, Robin. Now, on with the next game!" Holly announced.

"Nice strategy Robin" May-Lin complimented.

"Thanks. You guys were pretty good murderers, though."

"The two seekers shall be Beast Boy and Starfire, but no powers, okay? Great. Turn around and close your eyes and count to sixty. The rest of you, run and hide but stay within the boundaries."

Everyone ran for it.

"56…57…58…59…60…HERE WE COME SO HIDE YOUR BUTTS IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY!" Beast Boy yelled.

Starfire and Beast Boy both went different ways, torches in hand if need be.

Starfire immediately shone a torch up a tree.

"Hello, friend Robin!" She called up, laughing.

"How did you know?"

"You should not ever repeat the same hiding place in a row" Starfire laughed slightly.

"Aw" Robin pretended to pout.

Starfire giggled a little more and Robin made his way over to the big oak tree.

Starfire continued on.

Raven and Sapphire were sitting together in a bush, whispering.

They were actually trying this time because the longer they weren't caught, the longer they didn't have to sit with all the other people; especially the bitches like Suzanna.

They were enjoying each other's company.

May-Lin was hiding in a strange place.

She had crawled into a burrow she had dug herself, behind a hill that had many trees surrounding it, shading it, hiding it.

Cyborg kept moving.

"Oh no, where can I hide…what's this way?"

Cyborg walked a little further away.

He felt like he was going downhill.

"Oh well. I'm still in the boundaries. I don't remember stepping over any markers." He muttered to himself.

Cyborg yawned.

"What time is it? Whatever it is, I'm sleepy. Maybe…I'll just…lie down for a lil bit…"

Cyborg lay down on the cold ground.

Kate was panicking.

'Am I still in the boundaries? I don't think I am. I didn't pass any markers but I can't hear anyone or see any light. Maybe I'll just call out…see if anyone's there…sure I'd be giving up my chance to win if I'm fine but it's the only way to know if I'm lost or not' Kate thought.

"He-hello?" Kate called.

No one replied. This made her panic more.

"Hello?"

No response.

"HELLO!" She practically yelled, panicking a lot.

Kate started hyperventilating.

Her hyperventilating made her dizzy; it was a domino effect.

She started stumbling around blindly because of her dizziness. She stumbled backwards and her foot hit a rock; she tripped and felt herself flying…or falling...

Kate hit land and her head hit rock.

Everything went fuzzy and then black…

() () Later () ()

"Okay, well since time's up and no one's come out, clearly no one is left. Congratulations Beast Boy and Starfire. You two make great seekers. You two will get your prizes tomorrow, just like Robin. Now, it's time to go and have showers and get into your sleeping bags."

Everyone started the journey back to the campsite.

"Hey Raven, wait up." Robin jogged up to Raven.

"Can I talk to you for a second?" Robin asked.

Raven nodded and gave Sapphire a peck on the cheek before allowing Robin to pull her away from everyone.

"Raven, you know how Starfire's birthday is in a couple of days?"

"Yes…"

"Well, I've got this great idea for something I can do and give her. But I need your help."

"Why my help?"

"Well because you are unlikely to blab and I need your powers."

"Can Sapphire help too, then?"

"Well, not really. I need some of your advice on some things as well and I will definitely need you to be a distraction to Starfire at some point in time. You're the only one who can do a perfect job at those because you're her best friend."

"Well you're her boyfriend"

"Yeah well, the advice I need could only be answered by you"

Robin then continued to tell Raven all about his magnificent plan.

"That's brilliant! That'sreally romantic! Starfire will love it!"

"Ok, good. Just so you know, I'll have to get you away from Sapphire at points during the next fewdays so…"

"Relax, Robin. I'm not some kind of dependant, vulnerable child."

The two rejoined the bustling crowd.

But no one realised that two people were missing……..