Camp Bloom

CHAPTER 5: SECRETS

The feeling of something wet in Iliana's mouth woke her up. Iliana jumped, spitting out the wet substance. Vincent laughed as he held a water bottle in his hand. "Hey, you fell asleep over here. I'm surprised you didn't get caught." Vincent chuckled as he held his head. Iliana groaned as she sat and stood up stretching. She was sitting in a beanbag chair.

"God, how long have I been out?" Iliana asked.

 "For a while. You're lucky today was a chill day. Or you would have been in trouble." Vincent laughed. 

"You got any ibuprofen?" Vincent asked. 

"Yeah, Daniel said it's in the cabin." Iliana went to grab the ibuprofen. 

"Hey, you know last night was kinda weird." Vincent said, chuckling as he sat down on the bunk bed. 

"Yeah, you must have been really drunk to fall into the water." Iliana laughed, as she handed him the medicine. 

"Fall? No, I was pushed. I think it was the idiot Randal." Vincent said, taking the pills and leaning back into the bed. A little annoyed at his action of drinking too much.

"Pushed? No one was by you." Iliana said, looking at Vincent curious. Vincent stared into space as he tried to remember what really happened when he was a little drunk. 

"Ooh, You're right. I wasn't pushed, I saw some weird shit by the lake last night." Vincent crossed his arms in annoyance as he remembered.

Iliana stared at him. "What do you mean, weird?" Iliana asked, looking at the blonde hair, blue eyed boy. He wore a blue short-sleeved shirt and cargo pants. 

"Um, I..I don't know. People, I guess. They were by the Aeronautics mountains. You know where they test weapons. They probably were going to that restricted area." Vincent said, nonchalant. 

Iliana's eyes widened. "You might be onto something, V." Iliana said, looking at him as she sat beside him. 

"What are you talking about?" Vincent asked, removing his hand from his face. A curious look crept on Vince's face as he stared at her. 

"Well, I saw the same thing. And I know those guys aren't campers." Vincent set up.

Vincent's curiosity being transparent. "So, what are you saying?" Iliana looked down, as she thought about what she was implying. But she instantly stood up as an idea popped into her head. 

 "Maybe we can check it out?" Iliana said, looking at him with doe eyes. Vincent chuckled, as he nodded slowly, looking around. 

Iliana stared at the boy with a sharp jawline. "But we have to think about this." Iliana said, looking in the air.

 "Ugh, thinking.." Vincent groaned, leaning back onto the bed. 

"Yes, we're going to need black suit and go at night. So it'll be hard to see us. But where are we going to get suits?" Iliana asked, sitting down on the beanbag. 

"Suits, right? You know right beside the chemical bond, it's a suit design room. But tonight, we are gonna have to get one. I say we kill them all." Vincent smirked. Iliana rolled her eyes at his stupid remark. 

"You're kidding me. My cousin goes there, she'll make some no questions asked." Vince nodded. 

Vincent's smirk widened at Iliana's eye-roll, clearly unfazed by her reaction to his dark humor. "Your cousin sounds like our best bet then," he replied, nodding thoughtfully. 

"Let's see if she can hook us up with those suits without any hassle."

Iliana nodded in agreement, already mentally mapping out their next steps. "I'll ask her during lunch," she confirmed.

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Iliana walked into the cafeteria with Vincent by her side. "Where's your cousin?" Vincent asked as they looked around. Vincent bit down on his sandwich. 

"There." Iliana pointed at Destiny, who was sitting at a table full of Blossom. Two seats were empty beside her. 

"Perfect." Iliana looked at Vincent. Vincent smirked as they walked to Destiny.

Iliana smirked as she sat down beside Destiny. Vincent doing the same. "Hey, cuzy." Iliana smirked. Destiny groaned. 

"What do you two want?" Destiny asked, looking between the two. Iliana began scratching the back of her neck.

 "We need suits." Vincent remarked after swallowing his milk.

 "What type?" Destiny asked. Vincent looked at Iliana with an eyebrow raised. 

"I thought you said, no questions asked." 

Iliana rolled her eyes, as she looked at her cousin. "Black, size medium and...." Iliana stood up and grabbed the back of Vincent's shirt. 

"Medium." Iliana said, smirking at Destiny nodding.

 "It'll be ready tonight. Now get out of here." Vincent smirked as he was pulled away. 

 After a brief exchange with her cousin, she looked back at Vincent with a satisfied grin. "Done. She's got us covered. We just need to swing by later tonight and pick them up."

Vincent nodded approvingly. "Good. Looks like we're set on that front," he said, rubbing his hands together in anticipation.

 "Now, about the rest of our gear..."

As they began to finalize their plans, their excitement grew palpable. Despite Vincent's initial morbid joke, their focus was clearly on the practicalities of their mission ahead. 

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Iliana sat at her desk, as she mapped out the areas. Vincent stood behind her playing with water guns. Iliana held a black sharpie in her mouth as she wrote on the paper with a red one.

"So, we go in..." Vincent spoke as he did turns and shot some of the water at the window. 

"Look for what exactly?" Vincent asked, still shooting the window. "Whatever, we find Interesting." Iliana mumbled. Vincent put down the water gun and walked towards Iliana. Iliana began to breathe heavily as she felt Vincent lean over her.

 "The restricted area isn't right there. It's right..." Vincent took the sharpie out her mouth and  placed a dot in the middle of the paper.

"Here." Vincent looked at Iliana. Iliana slowly turned to look at him. He smirked as he looked at her lips. Iliana frowned, looking away from him. 

"Thanks." Iliana said, Vincent chuckled as he backed away. "So tomorrow."