Seventeen

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The counselors began yelling at Renjun for screaming and trying to get him to calm down as the other counselors noticed Tommy was gone, starting a panic. Out of the corner of Renjun's eye he could see Courtney and Hendery carrying Tommy way off in the distance as the police started to walk up the drive. Without a thought, Renjun started screaming again in attempt to distract them once more to buy them some extra time.

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Courtney and Hendery carried Tommy's arms on their shoulders, struggling due to his stature. They heard Renjun screaming again in the distance and a lot of arguing and the sound of police sirens. They worried they wouldn't make it in time. While they tried to hurry, they heard a weak voice say thank you, it was Tommy. They both gave him a smile and assured him everything would be okay, at least they hoped it would.

Several of the other campers ran over to give Renjun some backup to spare more time as the police officer began yelling and trying to calm down the situation while he called for backup.

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"Hendery we have to hurry." Courtney said, though she knew he was struggling as well. "We're almost there." He said. Suddenly they saw Sicheng and Mark in the distance and Sicheng ran to help them. They made it to the woods and Mark turned on his flashlight and began leading the way. The sounds faded as they made their way deep into the woods, having more hope of making it and the plan going through. They eventually made it to a cabin which Tommy said was his home. It was run down and where no one would think to look if they weren't actively looking in the woods.

They took him inside and sat him down. "Thank you kids." He said. They didn't really know what to say but heard yelling in the woods, echoing around them. By the time they all turned back to Tommy, he was now standing up with a bag in hand. "I thank you kids, I need to move on now. Bring me justice." He said as he walked past the four of them and into the woods, never to be seen again.

The four teenagers looked at each other, not knowing what to do but happy they completed their plan as long as Tommy got away from there, he would be okay. The yelling got closer until they saw flashlights pointing at them and they accepted it, Mark walked out first followed by Courtney holding Sicheng and Hendery's hands to make sure they were okay and to stand up to these people, showing they weren't afraid. "Where is he?!" The cop yelled. "Who?" Courtney said, pretending to be confused.

"Don't play dumb, you know who I am talking about." The cop yelled. "Hey, don't talk to my girlfriend like that." Sicheng said. The cop gave up and went to search the woods. They had all hoped at least he had gotten away while the counselors were directed to bring the kids back to camp to get fussed at by the head counselor for being in the woods by themselves.

They walked back into the camp after a thirty minute walk to see all of the other campers standing there. Suddenly they all started applauding and cheering for the four of them as they knew they had completed the plan. The counselors looked confused as they pushed them forward. The four teenagers smiled at the other campers who applauded them and walked to the main office, not even caring about punishment.

Courtney gave them a thumbs up as they walked past as more of a signal that Tommy was fine and they all cheered even more before a few of the other counselors tried to make them quiet down.

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The four teenagers made it to the main counselors office, ready to get fussed at as they saw Renjun was already in there. He smiled at them and Courtney gave him the thumbs up as well, letting him know that everything was okay. They all sat down, Mark, Renjun, Sicheng, Courtney and Hendery on the bench and awaited what the main counselor were to say. "What do you kids have to say for yourselves?" He said angrily.

None of them said anything so the counselor spoke up again. "You were in the woods alone with a kill- a strange man on the loose? You kids know you're not suppose to be in the woods anyways, it is very dangerous." He said. "We have no idea what you're talking about. Yeah we were in the woods and we're sorry about that but we're fine, we never saw any guy out there." Hendery spoke up all the sudden, lying. It seemed so genuine with his tone that if the others didn't already know the real story, they would have believed it to.

Thankfully the counselor fell for it and sent them off with a warning to never go near the woods again and that measures would be taken more strictly from then on out. "So we're not being sent home?" Mark said excitedly. "No, not this time, we got a lot going on already so you got lucky, I don't want to see you guys back in here again do I make that clear?" He said as he stood up. "Yes sir." They all said and got up to go tell the crowd the news.

As soon as they walked out, the counselors walked into the office except a few who kept watch of the kids and a meeting took place as the door slammed to the office. The other campers watched and waited to see what had happened when Sicheng decided to say it. "We get to stay!" He said and everyone cheered and all of the campers gathered for a group hug, happy that they got to stay but also that the plan had worked after all.

Hey guys, thanks for reading! There will be maybe one more update or so, not sure yet but thanks so much for checking out this book. I have more to start on soon so I am trying to get them going. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. ~-winney-

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