This is a shift day [see above]. There was another upload this morning: Morning & Afternoon.

"Mystery Takeover"

5. His & Hers Murder

Weatherbee Girls Camp – the Choir Room

The screams had gotten the rest of the girls up from the campfire to come see what was happening. As they came running up, they found Daphne, still cradling him. "What the hell are you all screaming about, you'll wake the…" The closer Ruby got, and as the others pulled back, the more she could see, and when she saw Walt there, she screamed, too.

"Come on, he has to be faking," Becca shook her head.

"He's not faking!" Daphne screeched, and having to say it herself just made her weep harder.

"But… how…" Veronica asked, grasping on to Ruby's hand. "Is there b…"

"No, he's just…" Charlotte still looked in shock, like the rest of them.

"What do we do now?" Kristy asked, cowering. "Who could have done this?"

"What if there's a psycho killer on the loose?" Becca hushed, and there were some whimperings.

"Let's not go there yet," Charlotte begged.

"But if not that, then… What's the other option?" They looked to one another, not wanting to say it: what if it was one of them?

"We can't just leave him here," Ruby pointed out.

"I've got him," Becca stepped up. When Daphne finally allowed herself to let go, Becca picked up the dead boy like he was nothing but a rag doll.

"We… we should go and tell the boys about this," Daphne announced, trying to keep her head held high.

"I'll go with you," Charlotte put a hand to her shoulder.

"Me too," Kristy nodded, looked around… "Where'd Annie go? Should we wait for her?"

"We'll go looking for her," Veronica offered, indicating herself, Becca, and Ruby.

Once the other three were gone, they had gone to where 'Walt' had been deposited, so that they, as Mercedes, Santana, and Lauren, could assist with Kurt and his character swap. From what he could tell them, his new guy was called Colin, was friends with Puck's Simon, and didn't get along with Sam's Evan. He had brought a new pair of shorts, shoes, and after adding a pair of glasses, he would just change his hair, and he would be good to go.

X

Arrowhead Boys Camp – the Gym

Much like with the girls, the moments following the discovery of the body went with the approach of the others, in this case Tommy and Simon, after they had heard the screams, and there they could witness Joshua holding the body of his dead girlfriend. He was in shock, gently holding her hand like somehow it would wake her. "I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…" he would whisper. "I should have kept you safe."

"How did she get here? It wasn't the signal, we barely got that up," Nathan shook his head.

"Who could have done this?" Joshua just kept on with his flat, shocked voice. "Annie is a sweetheart…" He got up, still holding her, carried her away.

"We should warn the girls, whatever's happening, they need to know about this," Simon spoke up. "I'll go," he nodded. Nathan and Evan went with him, leaving Tommy and Joshua to wonder where Walt had gone. For now though, 'Joshua' was able to become Mike again, to assist Tina in her swap.

"Putting you down, okay?" he warned her, careful not to hurt her in the process. Rather than setting her on the ground, he put her on her feet, letting her steady herself through him.

"Okay, I need to change. I have to become Phoebe," she gestured. She had stashed a skirt, sandals, and clips to get her braids twisted one bun at the back of her head.

X

The Bridge – the Hallway

They had expected a long walk, on the end of which they would find an unsuspecting group, to which they'd have to deliver bad news. This was true… but they had no idea they would be getting the same bad news from the others. They began to see the others as they went up the bridge, and when they saw the other trio, they could feel a prickling at their spines… something bad.

"What are you doing here?" Evan asked, as a relieved Charlotte went up to him, hugging him close.

"Something awful has happened," Daphne sniffled.

"Yeah, we know," Nathan spoke up, and the girls paused.

"You do? But… how…" Kristy asked, and now the guys paused.

"Hold on, what are you…" Simon asked.

"It's Walt," Daphne spoke up, sniffling still. "H-he's… he's dead." The guys reacted in shock, understanding what they had yet to: there were two deaths now.

"What were you talking about then?" Charlotte asked, and the guys shared an uneasy look. Who would have to say it?

"We found Annie, at Arrowhead…" Nathan started. "She's dead, too."

"No!" Kristy cried, covering her mouth, while Charlotte fell back to hugging Evan, and Daphne stumbled with a breath that wouldn't come.

"Someone killed them, but then how did they end up at the other camps?" Simon asked.

"How do we know it's a someone?" Kristy asked. "What if it's a… some two?"

"Okay," Evan decided. "You guys go to your camp, get the others, we'll do the same. We have to do something before this gets worse."

"But what about the campers," Charlotte asked.

"What other choice do we have? If we wake them up, all we'll have is a panic," Nathan pointed out.

"Fine," Daphne spoke up, maybe so to get her strength back, to avenge her dear Walt. "We'll go, and we'll be right back." The two parties turned heel and went back toward their camps.

In the meantime, after an excursion through the other side of the school, counsellor Phoebe joined the party at Weatherbee, while Colin made his entrance at Arrowhead. It would be as though they had always been there, knowing of the death at their camp, though not the other half of the news which was now being carried back to them by the trios who'd crossed the bridge.

TO BE CONTINUED (TOMORROW)