Sam cursed a little. "Dean, Nathan's going to need a hospital, fast. I think that kid hit the artery."
Betty walked up and smiled down at them. "Oh dear, you boys were playing a little rough weren't you? Naughty. Don't worry your pretty little head, Winchester. We'll patch Nate-y right up." She said as the other counselors gathered around them.
Dean nodded at Oshea and then stepped over to Sam, "I'm gonna take Oshea back to the cabin… can you and Ella handle this here?" He asked quietly.
Sam nodded, "Yeah. We'll be fine. You both go ahead." He draped Nathan's arm around his shoulders and helped him to stand up. The counselors drew closer around him and Nathan. "Listen, I don't care what you loonies say, I'm taking him to a doctor. He could bleed to death. Can't you get that through your candy coated brains?"
"You know what you need?" An overly cheerful male said as he walked toward Sam. "You need a lanyard! Our kids made them. They make everything better and sunshine-y!" He said, pulling one of the braided key chains from his pocket and handing it over to Sam. Sam snatched it and put it in his pocket.
"Okay, fine! I'll take it. Now let us go."
"No can do, sonny. No one can leave Camp Sunshine!" The man said with a chuckle. "It's the rules. And if you break the rules, you'll be sent to the Rain Cloud Room until you're feeling more pleasant."
"Rain Cloud Room? What the hell kind of crack are you people on?" Ella said, helping Sam keep Nathan upright . "You can't let this guy bleed to death. From my experience, death kind of puts a damper on people's happiness, which you people seem to have a lot of."
"Anything can be happy if you have the right attitude!" One of the women said.
Sam shook his head. "A guy dying is never a good thing!"
"Let us take him," The man said, holding out his hands. "We'll make sure that he's taken care of."
Sam narrowed his eyes, shaking his head. "Not on your life. Ella, go and get the keys for the Impala from Dean."
Ella nodded, "Be careful," She said, before slowly moving away and running after Dean and Oshea. The man shook his head.
"I think that little Sammy here needs a time out." He baby talked.
Sam's eyes widened a little as the counselors closed in on him. One of them took Nathan away from him and the others grabbed at him, holding him still as the man drove his fist into his face. Sam dropped to one knee, dazed.
"I think a little time in the Rain Cloud Room would do you a world of good!" The man said with a bright smile as the other counselors dragged Sam away from the bonfire toward a small dark building. He was shoved violently into a chair that was equipped with thick leather straps at the legs and arms. Sam squirmed and struggled as they tightened the straps painfully over his wrists and ankles.
"You can't do this! He's going to die!" Sam yelled as the counselors drifted away except for Betty, who closed the door behind them and shook her head. The smile dropped from her face.
"You Winchesters just think you're all that, don't you? Well, I'm not going to let you ruin this for me." She walked around behind Sam and began to fiddle with something on a small table against the wall.
"So it's you… you're the one doing this?" He said, trying to look over his shoulder.
"I just wanted everyone to be happy." She said, shaking her head. "Everything was going great, and then you all had to come and ruin it."
"How are you doing it?"
"It's the lanyards," She said with a little smile, walking over toward him. "I put a spell on them. Anyone who wears them becomes perfectly happy. Don't you want people to be happy?"
Sam tugged against the restraints. "What about the demons? How do they fit into your little world of rainbows and butterflies?"
"They keep troublemakers like you in line." She said lowly. "Plus, they give me more power. Having all these demons here, it's a witch's dream come true. All I have to do is feed them every now and then."
"Feed them?" Sam looked up at her.
"Yes. A counselor or two. Your little friend Nathan is on the menu tonight."
"So all that stuff about being in trouble. About you wanting our help. It was all a lie?"
"Of course it was," She laughed a little. "I had to get you to stay here so I could get rid of you."
"You're not going to get away with this!"
"Oh, I think I will." She said with a smile. "I don't have time to wait for the lanyard to take effect on you. So I think I'll just give you a little dose of my brew." She said as she jabbed a needle into Sam's neck. Sam cried out and squirmed. Betty chuckled.
"Now, don't be a child. This could have been avoided if you had just eaten your pie like a good boy. Don't worry, it won't hurt long, and then you'll be the happiest you've ever been! You'll even smile when the demons pull you apart." She said, stroking back his hair.
xx
Ella rushed into the cabin, the Impala's keys jingling as she held them loosely in her hand. "I can't find Sam anywhere," She said to Oshea and Dean quickly, tossing him back the keys. "I think our super-duper camp counselors took him and Nathan somewhere."
Oshea's eyes widened. "We have to find them. There's no telling what they do to them!"
The door opened and Sam stepped in, smiling happily. "Well there you guys are! I've been looking all over for you! Wasn't that a great bonfire? Man, I love this time of year. All the singing and the super fun activities! We're going to have a great summer!"
Everyone in the room stared blankly at Sam; no one spoke for a good 30 seconds. "Crap," Ella muttered.
