This is a shift day [see above]. There was another upload this morning: Carry on the Ruse.
ROLES:
Rachel as Daphne - Quinn as Charlotte
Mercedes as Veronica - Tina as Annie
Santana as Ruby - Brittany as Kristy
Lauren as Becca
Finn as Tommy - Puck as Simon
Kurt as Walt - Artie as Nathan
Mike as Joshua - Sam as Evan
"Mystery Takeover"
3. A Tale of Two Murders
Weatherbee Girls Camp – the Choir Room
When they would finish their rounds of the cabins after lights out, the routine went that they would gather around what was left of the campfire, hauling whatever had been left from the dinner hour, along with a few… hideaway items.
"Last ones until someone goes back into town," Veronica announced as drinks were poured into cups from the mess hall and passed down the line until all of them had been served.
"Thank you, miss," Ruby smirked at her friend.
"Where's Phoebe?" Annie asked, coughing after taking a sip.
"Bed wetter," Becca revealed, her sugary voice drawing their attention for a moment before they remembered themselves and groaned with sympathy for their fellow camp counsellor.
"What time are we supposed to go out there and meet the guys?" Daphne asked Annie and Charlotte, her friends, first, and then Kristy as well. All four of them had a boy waiting on the other side of the lake, one of the counsellors from Arrowhead. Charlotte looked out beyond the lake.
"They should be signalling us any minute now."
"If you girls get caught, I won't lie for you," Ruby shook her head.
"Oh, what a surprise," Daphne frowned. "Always looking out for yourself and no one else."
"Leave her alone, Daphne," Kristy piped up for her friend, and Veronica did the same. They didn't have a problem with the Daphne the way Ruby seemed to have, but she was their friend and they backed her up.
"Don't worry about her," Ruby 'called them off.' "Little girl talks a big game, but she sleeps with the lights on," she looked back to Daphne, then paused, 'listening.' "Was that a wolf howling?"
"Okay, enough," Charlotte threw a small bag of chips at her to make her stop.
"No, but I think I do," Daphne looked spooked, whispering to Annie.
"No wolves, Daph, okay? We're right here," she hooked her arm with hers, and Daphne breathed, leaning her head to her friend's shoulder.
"Who got stuck with the scavenger hunt tomorrow?" Veronica asked. Charlotte, Kristy, and Becca raised their hands. "Yeah, me too," she groaned.
"It's not so bad," Kristy shrugged, pointing to the pile of snacks at Charlotte's feet and getting a chocolate bar tossed her way. She perked up, grinning as she tore the wrapping open.
"Hate bugs…" Veronica shook her head.
"Then what the hell are you doing here?" Ruby teased with a chuckle, and Veronica gave her shoulder a nudge.
"Still no signal," Charlotte sighed, then got up. "Gotta pee," she declared, moving off.
"Think I saw a light on, that'll be Susie and the others in cabin 4," Annie frowned, motioning for Daphne and Kristy to follow her.
"I'll get the radio from my cabin," Ruby got up next.
"Crap, forgot my inhaler," Becca followed, leaving Veronica alone.
"Guess I'll go pee, too. Charlie, wait up!" she went and followed.
It would be a few minutes before they began returning. Charlotte and Veronica were back first, sorting through the small loot of food they had, showing, trading. Ruby arrived next, with the radio, which she turned on and planted nearby before grabbing her cup again. They looked up when they heard laughing and saw Daphne and Kristy coming back.
"What's so funny?" Ruby asked.
"Jordan was the one who had the light on because she said she'd seen a ghost," Kristy revealed. "I kind of didn't tell her she was wrong."
"That's mean," Charlotte laughed.
"That's camp," Kristy shrugged. "Annie's not back yet?" she noticed, and they shook their heads. "She went to check on cabin 7." They all looked to each other.
"Mary Ann," they all nodded at once, releasing more laughs.
"Poor kid," Daphne shook her head.
"Who is?" They looked back to find Becca had rejoined them.
"Mary Ann in 7," Veronica told her, and Becca chuckled.
"I passed 7, everything seemed fine," she revealed, making the others frown.
"Then what's taking Annie so long?" Charlotte asked, at which point Daphne tapped her arm.
"There's the signal, the guys are waiting," she pointed in the distance over the lake.
"So let's go find Annie so we can go," Kristy nodded. The three girls went in search of the fourth of them that was meant to cross the lake.
A minute later, there were screams.
X
Arrowhead Boys Camp – the Gym
If their head counsellor was around, he'd find his counsellors followed the rules by the book, all of them previous campers of his. But then even as campers they had known what old Marty didn't know, that rules could be and were bent by his counsellors, much to the campers' benefits, and now that they were the counsellors, they continued those traditions. It wasn't anything bad, by any means, in fact it was good. They would sneak them snacks, gather them for ghost stories after lights out… All the boys loved Camp Arrowhead.
On that night they'd had to cancel ghost hour though, as Marty had hung around too long. The boys had been sent to bed, though they didn't worry themselves too much. On nights when plans were forced to be cancelled, they would make up for it the next night with something even better. At least they had decided to gather anyway, until they would lose a handful of them to some of the Weatherbee girls.
"Any… any chance one of them…. has a friend?" shy Simon asked.
"Why, what would you do with her?" Nathan laughed, getting some snorts and laughs from the rest as well. Simon just bowed his head.
"Fine, never mind," he retreated, shoulders rounded.
"No, come on, don't lose hope," Joshua teased along. "What about Kristy's friend?" he tapped Nathan's arm.
"Who, Ruby?" he asked, then laughed again. "He wouldn't even get a word out before he passed out."
"Shut up," Simon frowned. He had never told them about his relationship with Becca, not like they would have believed him or cared. Either way, they were broken up now.
They had dispersed for a while. The four who were to cross had gone to their cabins, freshening up before meeting with their girls so they wouldn't smell as one might after a day running a camp full of boys. Tommy and Simon had used the time to make a quick round of the cabins. Finally they had made it back to their own campfire.
"Alright, come on, Marty's gone now, let's get the signal up for the girls," Evan nodded toward Joshua, Nathan, and Walt.
"Yep," Nathan clapped his hands together. "Let's get this going, boys!"
"Forget them, dude," Tommy looked to Simon, offering his fist, which the shy counsellor bumped with his own. "Come on, let's go spook cabin 3."
"I don't know… I mean… I'd say more cabin 2," he nodded, and Tommy laughed.
Down by the lake, the other boys were setting up the signal, a sequence of lights they would flash for Daphne, Annie, Charlotte, and Kristy. Nathan stayed to the side, watching as Evan and Joshua fussed with the lights.
"Careful, if you break those, Marty will have all our asses," Nathan warned them.
"Relax, I've been fixing lights for years," Evan frowned, while Joshua assisted. Finally the lights came on and they cheered.
"Great, come on, Walt," Nathan turned back to him… only he wasn't there. "Walt?" He looked back to the other two. "Where'd he go?"
"I don't know…" Evan shrugged. They moved away from the side of the lake, looking around… and then Joshua bolted.
"Annie!" he shouted when he saw her on the ground.
X
Weatherbee Girls Camp – the Choir Room
Daphne rushed up and fell on her knees to pick up the inert body they had come upon. "Walt? No, sweetie? Wake up? Please?" she cried, tears instantaneous. She could cry all she wanted though… it wouldn't bring him back.
TO BE CONTINUED (TOMORROW)