Chapter 7: One Last Decision

I was all alone that night. There was no one else left in the bunk, not even Ichigo. In fact, after he stormed off, I didn't see him again that entire day or even during the night. Did he go missing as well?

I hid myself underneath an extra blanket and was afraid to even come out from under them until the sun was out again. I was so scared and frighten, but I was yet so tired from canoe trip that I fell asleep. Even those howls from the Forbidden Bunk didn't stop me from sleeping.

I then awoke when I heard the bunk's door open and slam shut. I sat up in my bed and turned on my flashlight. I suspecting the person coming in was Ichigo, but it was Kabuto. "What's going?" I asked him as he shined his own flashlight in my face, "Where's Ichigo?"

"Don't know," he said bluntly, "Don't care. Get dress. Takahata called for special hike. He wants all the campers near the West End Trail in 10 minutes."

I glanced out the window; the moon was still high in the sky. "What's with the hike?" I asked him, "And why are we doing this during the middle of the night."

"Takahata will explain it," Kabuto answer adjusting his glasses on his nose, "I'm just here to get you. Meet me outside once you're done."

I quickly put on some fresh clothes and grabbed my flashlight. I headed outside and we both headed towards the trail. Something popped into my head just then and I asked, "Wait a minute. This isn't a schedule event. Where is Takahata taking us and why in the middle of night?"

"Well," Kabuto said, "I'll just say this. Takahata has something special plan to happen during the hike and for the plan to happen, we need to do it during the night. That's all I'm going to say."

"But what about Sho and Negi?" I asked him, "Have they been found yet? Are they going to show up?"

"Oh," he said, "They'll show up sooner or later." The way he said that made my stomach twist.

We arrive on the scene with the remaining campers and Shusuke Fuji, the last counselor besides Kabuto. We didn't see Takahata or Uryu at all. No one seemed like talking, they all seemed like they wanted to go back to sleep.

As I waited there, thoughts of yesterday's canoe trip popped back into my mind. The looks on the two boys as they disappeared out of sight down the river. The horrible taste of the brown water. The almost lifeless body of Ichigo floating down the stream. The muscle pain of trying to stay afloat in the wild rapids.

Then thoughts of Makie and Sakura popped into my head. Are they ok? Will they try to once again come over onto the boy's camp side? If they came back over, I would try to convince them that we should all run away together from this horrible camp.

"Get into a single file line!" a voice boomed. We all turned around and saw Takahata and Uryu walking our way with big bags. We all scrambled into a single line and watch as the two men and the other two counselors moved towards the front of the line. I stood near the front of the line

"Follow me!" Takahata shouted. He turned around and walked into the forest's trail followed by his counselors and then us. He didn't say anything else besides those words, but that was pretty much all we needed to here.

I shouted at him during the hike, "Where are we going?"

He ignored me and sped up a bit. "How long is this walk?" I asked him, but he refused to listen to me once again. I pretty much gave up after that.

We walked for quite a while. We walked over a bridge, past a few fields, and over some rock formations. I thought to myself as we walked, 'This is it. I can run. I can run as fast as I can back to the camp, get my stuff, and make a break for civilization. I just want to get as far away as I can from this camp.'

But I decided that wasn't the smartest idea. We were getting too far deep into the woods and way too far away to get back to camp safely. I couldn't run away, I was trapped in this marching line.

We then came up across a river and the thought came back into my head. This was the same river that I canoe on the day before. I could just follow this river back to the camp, get supplies, and head towards the closest city I can find. This seemed like the perfect chance to escape, plus I might even be able to help Makie and Sakura escape as well.

All I need was the right moment to make a mad dash into the forest to escape the counselors and make it back to the river away from them. I just needed the right moment to escape and put everything behind me.

The right moment to arise and I got ready to run. I took a quick glance around to make sure no one would have enough time to react quickly enough to stop me. I first turned my attention to the front where the counselors were, but that's all I need to see.

Takahata was facing my direction. He held a large rifle in his hands. All my plans were shattered and thrown right out the door.

I thought to myself, did he know? Did he suspect me of trying to escape? Could he read my thoughts? A cold chill ran through my body as I watched him.

But then I realized something; he was looking at me at all. He was now looking at the two counselors and talking amongst them. "Hey," Otomo, the kid in front of me said, "What's going on? Why are we stopping?"

"Are we stopping for a break?" another camper said sighing, "Because I really need to rest my legs after walking for so long."

That didn't seem like the case. I watched as the two counselors and Uryu unloaded more rifles from the big bags. "Alright," Takahata said to us for the first time since the hike began, "Everyone line up and take one. One rifle per boy, no exceptions."

Everybody blankly looked at him. Was he joking? "Come on!" he shouted loudly, "Hurry it up! We don't have all day you know!"

He decided to take the rifles and put them in our hands. "This doesn't seem good at all," Otomo said looking at the rifle nervously.

I looked the gun over. I never really like guns because of that incident at the Safari Zone or any weapon at all. Neither did my mom. I thought if she found out that if I even held a gun, she would get really steamed.

"So what are we doing?" the second camper asked, "Are we hunting?"

"You could say that," Takahata said sternly, "But no more fooling around. This is not a joking matter."

We were all silent. There was no sound in the air besides a Murkrow in the distance. "We have been sent out on a mission that needs to be handled right away," Takahata said, "I want no screw-ups during this at all. Two girls have escaped from the camp cross the river from us. One has brown hair and the other has reddish or pinkish hair. I believe that these girls also snuck over to our camp at one other point as well."

'Sakura and Makie!' I thought to myself horrified, 'No way… he wouldn't dare!'

"Now," he said raising his rifle, "The two girls are in these woods. Probably not that far away either. Your guns are all loaded. Aim carefully when you seem them. One good shot should bring them down hard. They will not escape from us."

"WHAT THE HELL?!" I shouted horrified with disbelief at what Takahata was suggesting, "You mean that we are supposed to shoot them?!" Everyone looked as confused as me with the situation.

"Well yes," he said coldly, "They have escape from the camp. Watch your language as well."

"But just can't go ahead and shoot them!" I cried.

"Sure," he said, "It's rather easy. I'll explain it to you…"

"We just can't go ahead and kill them!" I shouted.

"Kill them?" Takahata said with a chuckle, "You think we are going to kill them? I never said a single word about kill them at all. These guns aren't meant for killing. They load with tranquillizer darts! We just want to stop these girls, not hurt them. That's why Uryu and I are not using our special abilities to obtain them."

"But what did you mean when you said bring them down hard?" I asked still not believing him.

"These darts have an extremely strong sedative that can even bring down an Ursaring!" Takahata continued to explain, "These darts will knock them out for a couple of hours or so. It'll be easier to bring them back to camp this way."

He took a few steps and stood in front of me. It was much taller and loomed over me menacingly. He still held his gun in his hands. "You got any problem with this?" he asked me, "You got a problem?"

The campers and the counselors had nervous looks on their faces and backed away slowly. The whole forest began silent, not even the Pokémon from before was squawking. I felt so scared that I had to take a step back from him. I felt like he was challenging me to do something.

I opened my mouth and slowly uttered, "N-n-no. I-I won't do it!"

Without thinking, I quickly raised the gun in my hands directly to Takahata's chest. Everyone froze up, but Takahata just growled at me, "You're going to be sorry if you pull that trigger."

"No," I said confidently, "I'm not going to be sorry at all. You are going to be sorry. This camp is over. You're not going to do anything."

I was not going to hunt down Makie and Sakura and I was never going to listen to Takahata ever again. Not with all the things that had happen at this camp.

Everyone's face popped into my head. Max, Sora, Ryoma, Naruto, Jimmy, Sho, Negi, and Ichigo's faces. All those lost souls missing and nowhere to be found. Even if they are never found again, I not let their memories fade away.

"Give me the rifle," Takahata said, "Give it to me now!"

"No!" I shouted at him.

"Give it now!"

"Never!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, "This is over!" Takahata blinked once, then twice in surprise. He reached for the gun, but I quickly took a step away from him. Then I fired the gun.

But nothing happened! The sound just let out a small pop and that was it. I looked at it dumbfounded at this shock. He was now going to rip me apart for sure.

However, instead of anger, he just began to laugh leaving me completely clueless to what had happened. "Congratulations!" he said shaking my hand fiercely, "You passed Ash Ketchum! You have passed our test!"

"Huh?" I said completely confused by what just had happened, "What just happened?"

I looked around and saw that all the campers and counselors had dropped their weapons. They were all smiling and Otomo was giving me a thumbs up sign. "Alright," Uryu said, "He's obviously not getting what's going here. Alright everybody, you can come on out now."

To my surprise, Sakura and Makie walked out of the forest. "You're both alright?!" I said surprise and happy, "And you were hiding not that far from where we are?!"

"He's so cute when he's clueless!" Makie said to Sakura with a giggled. Both girls walked up to me and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

"How dare you kiss him?!" two people shouted running out of the forest, "I cannot allow this behavior!!" Both Misty and May ran out of the woods and full speed, and then proceeded to drag both Makie and Sakura away from me.

"Oh come on!" someone else said walking out of the woods, "You too were suppose to come out later!" My mouth felt like it hit the ground when I saw who came out. It was Max and he was alright!

Next to follow him where Ryoma and Naruto. Ryoma gave me a nod and Naruto gave me a smile and a thumbs up. Sora then walked out as well with a smile. Then Negi and Sho appeared as well. Ichigo finally appeared, but didn't give me anything besides a glance. At this point in time, my mind felt like it was blowing up and falling to pieces. I could not comprehend this whole scene.

"I knew my baby pass!" someone shouted. This was the biggest surprise yet. My mom came rushing out with Professor Oak in tow.

"Mom?!" I said after she was done hugging me, "What are… professor… everybody… where did… WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON AROUND HERE AND WHAT DID I PASS?!"

"This isn't a real summer camp," Takahata explained, "This more of a training camp for people."

"You see," my mom said, "I got this letter a few days ago. You were accepted to go on a special trip with a few other trainers and people."

"But your mom wasn't so sure that you were ready for the trip," Prof. Oak said, "So we decided to send you to this special camp that was supposed to prepare you for this trip. During your time here, you were supposed to pass a number of tests."

"What kind of tests?" I asked.

"The first test is to see if you would follow rules or not," Naruto said, "You refuse to go to the Forbidden Bunk so you past that test."

"The next test was to test your bravery and see how much you are willing to risk to save someone," Ichigo said stepping in, "Since you saved me from drowning, you passed that test."

"The final test was to see if you knew when to not follow the rules," Sakura said, "Since you refused to hunt myself and Makie, you passed the final test!"

"So everyone was in on it?" I asked, "The campers, my mom, Takahata, and the counselors. Everyone here are actors?"

"Not actors," Ryoma said, "We are people who volunteered to help out the people going on this mission."

"Some of us are going on the trip," Max said proudly, then he glanced at Naruto, "Some of us are not."

"Don't rub it in," Naruto said annoyed, then he looked at me, "I was put in this program as well, but I didn't pass the follow the rules test."

"Either way," Prof. Oak said interrupting, "You are heading for a very dangerous place, so that's why we had the tests. This place is probably the most dangerous place in the universe."

"What's that?" I said nervously.

"I planet called Earth," my mom said, "It's very far away from here. The Pokémon there are completely unknown. The inhabitants there are very strange and unpredictable. No one has ever been there."

"No way," I laughed, "Earth sounds weird in all. There is no place more dangerous or exciting then Camp Nightmoon."

"We'll see," my mom said quietly, "We'll see."

THE END…

Author Notice: And that's a wrap! My story has finally come to a close. Thanks to all people who have enjoyed this story and reviewed it. I hope to try writing another Goosebumps parody in the future. I got two planed out already!

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