Chapter 4- Cliff
The next morning at 6 o'clock Atlanta did her morning shoot out behind the tents, Jay and Herry, and Odie sat at the fire, they made breakfast, Archie was just sitting in the tent as Neil slept, Theresa walked out of the tent and started walking over to everyone else
"Good morning" she said to them
"Good morning" said the three boys
Theresa turned and looked past the tents she saw Atlanta she looked troubled and upset, then something caught her eyes, it was Atlanta's targets they where different off, but not off as in blue or red yesterday they where in the yellow center today most didn't even make it to her targets, or if they where on the white, Theresa frowned that her friend was so upset
Atlanta put her stuff in the truck and started to walk towards they others, then Archie walked out of the tent, Atlanta stopped, he turned an he stopped they looked at each other for a minute, then Atlanta looked at the ground sadly, and turned and ran off down the trail.
Archie turned sadly walked over to the others, they stared back at him, and Archie sat beside Odie on a log with Theresa on the other side
"Atlanta came into the tent very upset last night" said Theresa to Archie holding a mug of hot chocolate
"Ya we kinda had a…..Disagreement" he said trying to find the right words to say
"Archie are you kidding us that was no disagreement that was a full on fight" said Herry
"Atlanta thought I was sleeping but I just lied there well se sat on her sleeping bag muttering I can't believe I did that" said Theresa
"You all herd that last night?" asked Archie
"YAH, it was loud even Neil woke up and everyone knows he sleeps like a rock" said Jay
Something caught Theresa's eye, she squinted at Archie's cheek "Oh my god Archie… what happened to your face?" asked Theresa in an amazed voice
Archie's hand went over his cheek so no one could see, put they where all staring at him
"Wow that's a good one" said Herry looking at him with a ohh that must of hurt face on
"OH…My….God that is what Atlanta couldn't believe she did, she slapped you, I can tell her ring mark in indented in you face" said Theresa amazed
"Ok fine… we fought I went a little to far and she slapped me" he said to everyone
On Atlanta's run she was very upset, and she realized that she wasn't upset of Archie, she was more upset with herself, she couldn't believe she slapped her best friend and she wondered how upset he was of her, she was afraid to go back to camp, she was afraid of getting in another fight with Archie, she was afraid of what her friends would say, they had to hear the fight even she knew they where loud.
She ran down the trail that lead out off the forest and along a cliff, she stopped at the side and stood on the side of the cliff looking out and breathing deeply, she thought the longer she stood there, maybe she would get over her fear, the cliff was tall very talk she looked down and saw off the side of the cliff had a few meters of grass, then went back into forest
Then she took a step away to walk away and continue her run, but she felt someone shove her and she lost her balance and she screamed loudly and went tumbling down the cliff, she did a few summersaults, and log rolls and landed at the bottom on her back she was out motionless and out cold, she was to far from camp for anyone at camp to hear her
At camp they where still sitting bye the fire, all the sudden Theresa's eyes went blue and she herd a deadly scream, it was so loud she got a head ache and her hand when fling to her temple, then she had a concerned look on her face
Jay looked at her concerned; she turned to him with a blank worried look
"Theresa what's wrong did you have a vision?" asked Jay
"Not exactly it was just a deadly scream….jay I can tell… it was Atlanta" said Theresa worriedly
Everyone turned to her when they herd, they had worried faces on
"Are you sure Theresa, are you sure it was Atlanta?" asked Jay making sure
'Jay in almost curtain" she said
"Jay she has been gone for almost three hours, her runs are usually an hour and a half until she needs a drink" said Odie
Neil walked out of the tent, he yawned "What about Atlanta is she still pissed of Archie last night"
"Neil she is missing" said Herry turning to him
"Did you try calling her" he said
They all looked at each other all thinking that he had a point. Jay took out his PMR out of his pocket "Atlanta, Atlanta are you there" he said into it, then from behind them they herd and eco of Jay, Theresa got up and walked over to the tent, she looked in and right on the pillow was her PMR, Theresa picked it up and walked back over to the others
"It was in the tent" she said
"Well maybe if we wait a little longer maybe she will show up" said Jay
About an hour longer at about noon, there was no sign of Atlanta "Well there has been no sight lets go out looking" said Jay
"But someone should stay hear and look after camp and maybe if Atlanta shows up" said Odie
"I will stay, I need to work on my tan anyways, and the forest is gross" said Neil
"Ok great… Neil contact us if any trouble or Atlanta comes back" said Jay
"No problem" said Neil, and everyone turned and started walking down the trail;
They looked and looked for hours, about three went bye, but no Atlanta or any clues she was there.
Then they reached the cliff, they looked over and didn't see her, then something caught Theresa's eye, way to the right a peace of cliff was gone, she walked over and bent down and touched some gravel, she had a vision, in the vision she saw Atlanta look over the cliff then she lost her footing and fell, she tumbled down the cliff doing summersaults and rolls then she landed on her back, she was motionless on the ground, she looked dead
When she snapped out of it, Jay came running over "Theresa are you ok?" he asked she shuck her head, she was kneeling on the ground upset, and then all the sudden she busted into tears, jay went to his knees beside her and he put his arms around her and she put her head to his chest crying, everyone walked over to them
"What's wrong?" asked Odie
Jay looked up to them "I don't know" he said
Theresa lifted her head, she sniffled "I saw Atlanta…she…she"
"Theresa what happened?" asked Jay
"I saw her fall over the cliff…..it…it looked" but she stopped she didn't want to say it
"What did she look like…Theresa tell us" said Archie wanting to know
Theresa breathed in deeply "It looked like she was dead" she said sadly
Everyone froze, then Archie walked over to the edge of the cliff, then Herry walked over beside him
"She was afraid of heights, mostly high cliffs" said Archie sadly looking down
Theresa walked over and stood beside Archie, jay stood beside her and Odie beside him, they all looked down sadly
"Why was she up hear if she was afraid" said Archie
"Knowing Atlanta, probably after last night, trying to get over her fear" said Theresa
"Wait guys if she died hear where is her body, she either lived and walked off through the forest in pain because that fall had to brake something or… or something dragged her away" said Odie
They looked for Atlanta for another few hours, finally it got dark and everyone got hungry.
"Its getting dark we should get back to camp" said Jay
"And what leave Atlanta out hear" said Archie angrily
Jay walked over and put his hand on Archie's shoulder "Archie… its getting late we can't see, everyone is hungry we will find her in the morning I promise you" he said to Archie
Archie finally agreed so they walked back to join Neil at camp, that night they had left over soup and salad
Neil, Theresa, and Odie went off to bed, and after a while Herry when off, Jay and Archie sat in front of the fire.
"Archie tomorrow we will find Atlanta, we will look until we find her" said Jay
"Jay… it destroys me that she is gone, that she is out there dying or dead, and the last thing we did was fight, and I got her so upset she slapped me and ran off crying, when all she wanted to do was help" said Archie upset with himself
"Its funny how things turn out… always at the worst times"
"I know she's out there I can feel it"
"I bet she is, lets get some sleep then tomorrow we will find her
Archie nodded and the two stood up, Jay picked up the water bucket and splashed it on the fire putting it out, then they both walked off to the tent, while Jay was getting into the tent Archie turned and looked up at the sky "Atlanta I will find you" she whispered, then went into the tent