The Goth Girl and her Shadow

chapter 7: The Robbery

'Attention campers, report outside immediately!' Chris announced.

Gwen sighed. "Of course..." she put the letter away, that way, no one could steal it, and she headed outside. 

"Okay campers," Chris said to the remaining campers who were with him today. "Today's challenge is..."

"Stealing the million dollars." a voice said.

Everyone gasped as they saw robbers with guns. DJ screamed like a little girl, he was fearing for his life right now.

"Cool, robbers!" Izzy grinned. "What're you guys gonna do? Capture us and threaten to shoot us? Huh? Huh!?"

"IZZY!" Everyone except the robbers snapped at her.

"You know, that's not a bad idea..." the lead robber said darkly.

The next scene showed the campers, along with Chris and Chef tied up.

"Thanks a lot, Izzy." Heather scoffed.

"Please don't hurt my beautiful face, just spare me!" Chris cried out.

"Quiet you!" the lead robber hissed. "Where's the millions of dollars?"

"Ask Chef." Chris said quickly, trying to get out of this hostage situation.

"ME!?" Chef barked at him. "You're the one who'd hid it, pretty boy!"

"Stop arguing!" Gwen snapped at both men.

"Say boss, should we go around and look for the money?" the robber asked the leader.

"Yes," the leader nodded. "Go."

Jamie was hiding in the shadows and saw Gwen tied up with her fellow unhappy campers with the host and Chef. 

"Gwen, no..." Jamie looked sad, but then growled aggressively and protectively. His eyes turned red. 

"Boss, we looked everywhere and didn't find nuthin'." the second robber told the leader.

"What!" the leader was displeased, then turned to Chris. "All right, old man, where is it?"

"I'm not old, I'm only in my mid twenties!" Chris retorted.

"Umm, dudes?" Geoff looked up in slight alarm. "Is it supposed to be that dark today?"

Everyone turned and saw that the whole sky was dark as night, even though it was still just mid morning.

"What the hell?" the leader snarled.

"You shouldn't have messed around with these people..." a voice said.

Heather recognized this voice. "It's the same voice I heard last night!"

"Show yourself!" the lead robber demanded.

An unusual shadow appeared and came as it had red eyes and was made out of darkness, but it appeared to have very sharp claws and sharp fangs.

"I wasn't hallucinating after all!" Heather called, she had witnesses about this nightmare.

DJ suddenly fainted from too much excitement. The robbers wet themselves from the sight of the shadow. It was too much for them. 

"Let's get out of here!" one robber called before running with the others.

"Cowards!" the leader snapped at his henchmen.

"Leave now!" the voice demanded.

"Never!" the leader huffed.

The stranger unleashed some shadows to him. 

The leader gulped. "Um, wait for me, guys!" he called before leaving.

The shadow hero untied all the campers, even Heather, then untied Chris and Chef and grabbed Gwen. It wrapped around her with a cloak and teleported by shadows, leaving with her.

"Um, what just happened?" Geoff looked confused.

"Whoa, that was cool... Yet weird at the same time..." Gwen said, glad to have her life saved for another day.

"Glad you're okay." the hero told her.

"Who are you?"

"I'm the Shadow Master and it's my duty to protect you from the shadows." 

"Well, thank you so much," Gwen smiled, then her eyes widened as the figure disappeared, much to her dismay. "Not again..."