The Shapeshifter | Deleted Chapters

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"Hey, everyone." Mike flashed a grin to the camp as him and Jane returned. They had waited for so long at the exit gates, but nobody had shown up. It was a long and stressful few minutes, but they didn't go searching.

Eventually someone had opened the other door and they were forced to open theirs. Not wanting to stick around any longer, they left immediately. Now they were here, staring at the others as they sat around the fire playing Truth or Dare.

"Yo, yo, my G." Jack waved at them. He was very giddy after getting back from the match with Amanda. He had a new arm blade and it was all his. Well, he was more than likely gonna get murdered by the Pig next time they met, but other than that he was living high.

"What's up, man?" Steve held out a hand to Mike, the two high fiving as Mike came to sit with them and Jane sauntered off to find Jake. "How's the trial go?"

"Smoothly. Jane and Meg are kinda... scary." Mike was so amazed by how good they were at delaying the killer. He had only run into the other guy once or twice while fixing generators, but Eric seemed like quite a mood. Total fun guy when he wasn't spacing out like he had a short attention span.

"Yeah, I think they get a little overzealous with their looping. Only difference is Jane does it to annoy the killer. Meg does it to help the team." Claudette laid out across one of the logs lazily as she spoke. It wasn't in her nature to be so sluggish, but she was very tired.

"I was being left in the dust." Mike chuckled. He then looked between everyone who was still seemingly playing.

Ace, Mikaela, Laurie, David, (Y/N), Nancy, Jack, Steve. Each of them were taking turns giving one another questions and dares as the few other survivors at camp: Claire, Yui, Jeff, Cheryl, Jill, Claudette, listened in.

"Okay, David." Nancy looked over to the man who was sat with a calm demeanour. He had one arm draped over the bark behind him and he slouched across the grass.

"Give me a dare, lass." He said nonchalantly.

"Sing us a song." She shrugged. David tapped his fingers on the log behind him before shaking his head.

"I don' think so. Thas' this one's job. Not mine." David tapped his hand against (Y/N)'s arm, making the other man chuckle. He was flattered, but was very observant to the fact David was refusing the dare.

"That's a refusal. What's the punishment?" (Y/N) rose an eyebrow. He immediately got an answer as Steve reeled back his fist and punched the man in the arm.

"Ten beatings!" Steve hollered in a comedic voice. But as soon as his first strike hit, David flinched and lifted his own fist towards him in a warning. Steve went pale as he saw the glare he was being given and quickly shrank back. "One beating..."

"Wow. Real tough, Harrington." Claire crossed her arms, enjoying the show. She wouldn't have been amazed if Steve were to get jumped then and there by David.

"Hey, I'm unleashing my inner comedian." Steve defended himself, waving her off with his hand.

"Jack." David huffed, reeling his eyes away from Steve like retrieving an anchor from the bottom of the ocean. Jack perked up, uttering a quick, 'truth' and sitting back.

"Ya' turn into a wolf right? You like gettin' pets?" David rose an eyebrow.

"Boy, am I glad you asked. I'm gonna be honest, it becomes an addiction after a while. You could scratch my head like this and I'd love you for life." Jack snapped his fingers a few times, making a small tune as he gave no visible problem with admitting that.

Mikaela hummed loudly from beside him, her hand automatically outstretching before she could even think about it. Her fingers ran through his blue hair locks and lightly scratched at his skull. Jack immediately murmured something in a purring tone, shrinking downwards and sighing in pleasure.