Dylan's Revenge

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Riley POV

"But he was secretly following them through the woods. He got closer, and closer, and closer..." Ross said, telling the story.

I was hiding in my sleeping bag. Why did he have to tell such a scary story? I wasn't usually afraid of scary stories, but it took place in the woods, it had a murderer, and it made me think of Dylan. And I was terrified of him. Just the thought that he might still be out there... I suddenly didn't really like the idea of being out here for 2 to 3 more days...

I tried to tune Ross out, but my ears just wanted to listen! I imagined the murderer as Dylan. And the people he was following would be me and Riker. Ross stopped speaking for a minute at a really dramatic point. Why wasn't he talking?

I looked up at Riker, and I could barely see him because it was so dark. Riker put his arms around me and pulled me next to him.

"BOO!"

I screamed so loud my ears were ringing. I wasn't the only one scared though. Riker squeezed me so tight, it almost hurt.

I looked up to see Ross two feet away from us, smiling.

"Ha! I totally got you two!" Ross shouted, laughing.

"Well now I'm going to get you!" Riker shouted, as he took off chasing his brother.

"Rydel, why didn't you say anything?" I asked.

"I didn't know he was going to scare you guys. I thought he was just getting up to go to the bathroom or something."

"Oh..."

I sat up, and looked out the tent door. Riker had a giant stick, and was chasing Ross around with it. After a few minutes, Riker caught up with Ross, and pulled him to the ground, tackling him.

"Why would you do that?" Riker asked, from on top of Ross.

"I thought it would be funny!"

"Well it wasn't!"

"It was for me!"

"Well not for us!"

"Get off!" Ross said, pushing Riker over.

They walked back to their tents. Riker zipped the door closed, sat down next to me again, and held me in his arms.

"Are you ok?" Riker whispered.

"Yeah..."

"Are you sure?"

Instead of answering, I turned and hugged him.

"All I could think of... was that the murderer was Dylan, and he was getting closer and closer to killing us," I whispered.

"That's exactly what I was thinking too," said Riker, as he started rubbing my back.

"Can we just go to bed?" I asked.

"Yeah."

I sighed, and pulled away from Riker. I laid down in my sleeping bag with Riker right next to me. Now I just have to fall asleep...

Later...

Riker POV

I woke up in the middle of the night. I checked my phone, and it was around 3:00. I looked next to me, and realized Riley was gone. And then I heard her scream.

I ran out of the tent, barefoot. I couldn't see anything, so I listened for movement. And then I realized, duh, call out for her!

"Riley!?"