Jakkals Camp

Chapter 1

•Jana•

I slumped down onto the bench, we'd just had three weeks of non-stop camps and now we finally had a break, even though it was only one week it was like heaven!

Mikey sat down next to me, then Bongi across from us. Amelie and Thabo, another facilitator, still had another camp because they had, had the last week off. By now all of them were permanent facilitators and we'd become close friends, tomorrow they would be helping me to train the new arrivals, and then it would be their turn to make up an initiation. So I'd told Bongi and Amelie to start thinking about it. There were three new people coming Elise, Lisa and Millie.  For once all three were girls so I was looking forward to it.

"Janaaa?" I hear someone asking. I turn and face Michael.

"Jaaaaaa?" I reply in the same tone, my eyes teasing.

"When do the newbies arrive?" He and Bongi asked in unison. I giggled,

"They're tomorrow around this time...so what are you guys planning for their initiation?"

xXx

It was three in the afternoon, boiling hot and stuffy so we'd decided to go for a swim, I pulled off my 'long' shorts and sticky collared shirt and then put on the costume Bongi had convinced me to buy...it was a cute purple bikini - which was rare for me- that I had liked when we walked into the mall but hadn't wanted to buy. Bongi, being the persuasive monster that she is convinced me to buy it, and considering we'd just had camps with mud I'd used all my other costumes, this was the only dry- and clean- one that I had left over. And Bongi, of course had hidden every single one of them away...so it's not like I could rinse them either.

I put on a top over my cozzie, and then wrapped a towel around my waist. Putting on a pair of sunnies and tying my hair into a high bun, which was pretty tricky considering my hair was actually only up to my shoulders, and I was off. Tip toeing over the sore gravel and thorns, I eventually reached the path to the pool. I lay my towel down, took of my top and lied down hoping to get a tan. As I was just dozing off, I woke suddenly, a bucket of ice water was thrown on me, completely soaking and chilling me to the bone.

Spluttering, I sat bolt upright. "Agh, nee man!" I open my eyes to see the smug face of Micheal. Slowly I stand up, water droplets falling from me. "Micheal," I say slowly, "when I get my hands on you, I'll chop you up and make you into biltong then feed you to all the facilitators!" I lunge at him, but he dashes off around the pool. We start laughing, slipping and sliding as I after chase him. Suddenly, Mikey goes flying into the pool. I've never seen so many facial expressions flash over someone's face so fast. Joy. Laughter. Confusion. Dread. Fear. Splash. As he collided with the water he just about did a belly flop. I turned my head to see who pushed him in, "Nice one, Bongi!" I held my knees as I burst out laughing.
Michael resurfaced laughing  too. "Thanks for getting him back for me, I owe you-" next thing I knew I was flying in the air and cold water hit my feet. "Andre!" I laughed out loud as Michael swam up to me. He still had his shirt on but now it was drenched. Pulling it over his head, to reveal a very pleasing six pack he said, "Still going to biltong me?"
For a second I didn't reply because I was a little... distracted, "Ya, I think so." I gave a cheeky smile.
"You see, that's where your mistake comes in," he smile back, but this time mischievously then pushes my head under the water. I come up, spluttering once again and jump onto his back, forcing him under and holding him there for a few seconds. He comes up and glares at me, this time it's me who's smiling smugly, something flashes in his eyes and I realize I'm in kak...

Doing the smartest thing I've done all day I put my head down and kicked as fast as I could, as soon as I reached the end of the pool I pulled myself out and ran into a corner which after being smart was the most most stupid thing I've done. As I cowered down and crouched into a ball, Michael edged closer and closer. Til he was towering over me, "Jana, for a very smart person that was a very dof move..." then he grabs me, throws me over his shoulder and then pausing at the end of the pool, grabs my hands and judo flips me into the pool. As I back flopped, the air was pushed from my lungs and I couldn't breath, after a few seconds I was fine. But another smart idea came into my mind, I stayed at the bottom of the pool, holding my breath. After all the training I'd had I could hold me breath for a minute and a half which wasn't too long but it was useful, thirty seconds passed, then forty, then fifty. I saw Michael starting to panic above the ground. And then suddenly he was next to me. Hauling me out and placing my on the side of the pool gently. He shook me, "Jana?" I didn't answer, "JANA?" He starts to panic...