Ok, I'm back. And as for the short chapters, I do that on purpose to keep the story moving.
"What do you mean, this means nothing?" Wally said. Sam Radnel stood behind his desk.
"What you have shown me does not prove there's a killer loose." Sam said stubbornly.
"Her wrist is cut, and I found her in the woods tied to a tree!" Wally said.
"That looks self-inflicted. And you should not have even been out there anyways. Did anyone else see you find her?"
"How can you say that? After what has been happening around here?" Kaldur said indignantly.
"You-" Wally made a move towards him, but Artemis caught his arm. Of all the people in the room, she was the only one who could have stopped him. Wally looked down at her bandaged wrist and sighed.
"Now, I don't want to have to call your parents, so please leave. Artemis, you need help. If you wish to speak to someone, my door is always open."
"Yeah, because I really want to talk to you." Artemis snapped.
"Please leave." Sam said.
"There is something going on here, and you're ignoring all the signs!" Connor said.
"There is nothing going on here! This camp is safe!" Sam yelled. "Now get out and rejoin your cabins!"
"That went well." Dick said as soon as they were outside.
"He's covering this up. I can't believe it." Wally said. "Artemis, are you ok?"
"Yeah. I'm just a little tired." Almost on cue, she wavered a little. Last night had really taken a lot out of her. Wally steadied her.
"You should go back to bed." Kaldur said. He was very concerned for his teammate, but he didn't really want her to be left alone in a cabin.
"I'll be fine." Artemis stretched. "Besides, if Sam the megaphone man isn't going to do anything, we should."
"Well, alright. If you insist. But if you faint or feel sick, Megan is going to take you back to the cabin and you will sleep." Kaldur said.
"Sir, yes..." Artemis fainted. Wally caught her.
"Artemis? Artemis, wake up."
"Damn it." Artemis said groggily. "Fine. You win."
Wally helped Artemis back to her cabin with Megan. Megan took Artemis inside, and their counselor gave them permission to stay for the day.
"I'm worried about her." Wally told Dick as they walked with their cabin.
"She'll be fine." Dick said. But the look on Wally's face didn't change. "You know, you and her looked pretty cozy when we found you."
"She was cold." Wally said, but he didn't try to deny it.
"So...are you going to finally tell her you like her?" Dick said.
"Shut up."
"You didn't deny it..." Dick teased.
"She's my friend. My teammate."
"You still haven't denied it." Dick pointed at the archery range as it came into view. "I wish I could be there when Artemis does archery. I bet they'll be surprised."
"I'm just glad she isn't here to see me try archery. I'm still terrible at it." Wally said. He waited for a response, but found Dick looking at the ground. "What is it?"
"Wouldn't all of the evidence of last night...have washed away?" Dick pointed to spot of red on the ground. Wally's eyes widened.
"Yeah, The rain was really strong last night. That means..."
"Something happened this morning." Dick finished. Then he vanished. Wally tried to look as though he hadn't noticed anything. Dick was going to get himself kicked out of camp if he didn't stop sneaking away.
"All right everyone...Wait, where's...Wally, did he sneak away?" The counselor looked at him expectantly.
Wally pretended to be surprised. "I don't know. I didn't notice." He said innocently.
"Right. Anyways, the archery leader should be here shortly..." He looked around. "Where is he?"
"Maybe he's late." A camper chimed in.
"Well, we may as well get ready. Everyone go uncover the targets." The targets had been covered with tarps in preparation for the storm. They walked down the range and began uncovering the targets. Dick materialized beside Wally.
"Dude! You scared me!" Wally said. "Stop sneaking off without telling me."
"I didn't find anything where you found Artemis. It was definitely...fresh." Dick's gaze traveled to the ground in front of the target they were about to uncover. "Um...look."
"Oh..." Wally ripped the tarp off, and stumbled backwards. Tied to the target was a camper. And he was full of holes from arrows.
"What are you two doing down there?" The counselor called.
"Um...you might want to come take a look." Wally called back. So of course, everyone else ran to get a look, and then chaos broke out.
"You found what?"
"You heard right, Kaldur. There was a boy tied to the target and it looked like he had been shot with a bunch of arrows." Wally replied.
"Where are you?"
"In Sam's office with the rest of our cabin. Sam is trying to get us not to tell anyone." Dick answered. "He's freaking out, telling us not to panic or tell anyone because it cause mass panic or something."
"We have a right to know!" Megan cried. "How can he expect you to keep that secret?"
"I don't think he has much of a choice in his mind." Connor said.
"He is out of his mind." Raquel said. "Him and his father. The world needs to know about this."
"Well, the cellphones and landlines still don't work." Zatanna said. "Does anyone else get the feeling we're being cut off? Soon the roads will be cut off too."
"Should we contact the league?" Megan asked.
"I do not know if that is possible." Kaldur said. "All communication has been cut off. Even Dick cannot get a signal."
"Well, we need to do something. Artemis is lucky to be alive, much luckier than that other guy." Wally said. "Megan, how is she?"
"Still sleeping. She had a rough night."
"What are we going to do? We can't break cover here. Batman forbade us. He even banned us from bringing our uniforms." Dick said. "Sam is still talking about the importance of keeping this a secret and anyone who says something to anyone else will be disiplined...blah, blah, blah."
"He gives me the creeps." Megan said.
"Don't worry." Connor said. "We'll figure this out."
Ok, a quick chapter before I go get ready for the rest of the day. Please enjoy, have a nice day.
~orangekangaroo