𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏 (𝑇𝐵𝑃)

Chapter Twelve

As the realisation dawned upon me, my heart sank like a stone in a bottomless abyss. My mind starts racing with a million thoughts, trying to make sense of it all. How could I have been so naive to think that I was safe here? The fear of the unknown gripped me tightly. The clock was ticking, I have to find a way out before it is too late.

My chest tightens and my breath becomes shallow. Robin notices my sudden change of emotion and looks over at me. Without hesitation, he wraps me in his arms and rubs my back, trying to calm me down so the others outside don't hear us. 

"Now come on, we don't want those pesky kids seeing you again." Miss Shaw announces. I look at Robin with wide eyes. She was talking about us, I know she was. Soon the door opens and the lights turn off before the door shuts again. I let out a sigh as both Robin and I relax a bit. Warm tears slid down my cheeks. Footsteps echo down the hall and the front door opens and closes in the distance. "Come on," Robin whispers. We both walk out of the closet and softly close it before slightly opening the door and peeking out. When the coast is clear we both walk out and shut the door behind us.

Robin grabs my hand and we run to the other hallway and knock on the door to the library. Bruce opens the door and quickly lets us in before closing and locking the door behind us. "We thought you both were goners," Axel says with a sigh. "We should get back to the cabin, then we can explain what happened," Robin whispers. They all nod their heads and I walk to the window opening it. I look out and make sure I don't see anything before I jump out of the window.

I land on my feet and look around before hearing someone drop down next to me. "Okay hurry." I hear Robin whisper from beside me. One by one everyone jumps out before Billy slides the window closed. "Come on," Collin says and we all start running back to the cabin. When we get to the road headlights appear up ahead. We all rush to the trees and hide. Both Robin and I are behind the same tree and he holds my hand comfortingly. When the car drives by we all wait for it to disappear out of sight before we continue running until we get to the boy's cabin.

All eight of us get in before Collin quickly closes and locks the door. We sit on the ground and pant trying to catch our breath. After a few moments, we sit there quietly. "So what happened?" Griffin whispers. "Bruce was right- well half right," Robin says, looking at the others. "The man is Miss Shaw's brother and last year he killed a bunch of people too," Robin adds. "We went into her laptop and we found that she deleted the file on that counsellor the man killed the other day, Rebekah," Robin explains before looking over at me, seeing if I'm going to chip in or say anything but my gaze is stuck on the floor.

"We only could get that far before they came in the room." He shivers a bit. "How did you guys not get caught?" Axel asks with wide eyes. "We hid in a coat closet while they talked, and someone almost started laughing at the man crying." Robin glares at me. "Apparently his name is Albert though." He adds on.

Albert.

As soon as the words left his lips, a chill ran down my spine. The memories flooded back. The same man who had held me captive for weeks, taunting me with his twisted games. I thought he was dead, but now I know the truth. He was out there, somewhere, and the mere thought of him made my blood run cold. The thought that he could be planning how to kill me right now. Hiding in that disgusting shack.  

"Do you have your phone on you?" Robin asks, snapping me out of my trance. I reach into my pocket to grab my phone, only to find that it's not there. My eyes widen. "Shit," I state, I stand up and check all of my pockets to find nothing. "Double shit," I say blankly, staring ahead of me. 

"Did you leave it in there?!" Robin asks worriedly. "I could have sworn I had it on me when we were in the coat closet." I wince as all I can think about is the worst. That was the only way I could contact my Aunt. "Finney what the fuck." Collin looks at me angrily and Vance looks like he's about to throw me out the window. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to leave it!" I shout before sighing and I sit back down. "It's fine, we can sneak in and get it tomorrow," Robin says, rubbing my lower back to comfort me.

"You better hope she doesn't go through the closet because if she does then you're fucked." Billy sighs making me nod my head. "Look we all need sleep so let's just get to bed okay?" Axel looks at the others. They all nod and get in designated spots.

I stand up and leave the cabin, closing the door and sitting on the steps so that I'm not far away in case something happens. I hear the cabin door open and close before someone walks over and sits next to me. "Robin I can't do this. I need to go home, I can't be here." I murmur before placing my head in my hands.

He places a hand on my back, "We're gonna be okay, everything's gonna be fine. You're not alone." He says, trying to comfort me but I just shake my head. "Robin you don't even know the half of what's going on in my head right now. You have no fucking clue." I snap as I stand up, he glares at me and stands up.

"I know you're scared but so am I, and so is everyone else okay?" He states and he narrows his eyes. "This isn't just fucking fear for me, Robin, last year I thought that man was dead and now he's not only alive but probably trying to kill me." My hands ball into fists and I glare at him with a frown. He crosses his arms and scoffs.

"What are you even saying- do you hear yourself right now? Listen-" I cut him off though, "Don't tell me to listen when you've got nothing to say." I snarl, each word as sharp as an arrow. He opens his mouth to say something but closes it and looks down.

I sit back down. "He kidnapped me, last year. I thought I killed him before I escaped. He killed his own brother because of me... It was horrible, being stuck in that dirty basement for so long." I say numbly, looking forward. I flick my eyes up to meet Robin's gaze. 

He looks at me with widened eyes, his lips parted slightly. His hands no longer tense but they still stay crossed over his chest. "Oh..." He says quietly, stunned. I scoff, "Yeah 'Oh.' That's a great word." I roll my eyes and Robin sits next to me again.

"Sorry, I just don't really know what to say... I'm sorry that happened to you." He says lowly and glances at me sadly. I simply shrug before looking away. "Thanks, I guess, but we have bigger things to worry about now." I sigh. 

He takes my hand in his as we stare up at the stars from the steps of the cabin. Unaware of the presence observing us from the dark woods afar.

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