There Was Blood

Chapter 5

I woke up to a sky view from the tent. It was medium blue with no clouds to be seen. Birds sang peacefully as bombs sounds in the background far away from us. Next to me was Doug sleeping soundly, but no Cait. Outside of the tent was clattering which must have been her. I inched my way towards the pre-opened flap. Beyond it was Cait cooking hotdogs we collected over her homemade fire. I creeped out with a calm smile.

"Does this mean you're not mad anymore?" I asked softly.

"No, I'm not mad anymore. But we should be making our way to the park before anyone else finds out where the key is." I snuck over to Doug and woke him. After we finished what shouldn't have been considered breakfast we made our way to the park.

It was just like my memory. The playground was separated into 3 areas. One small area had a tall platform with a pole to climb down, and monkey bars headed to other platform. In the center of the 3 parts was a big playground with two sets of monkey bars. There was a big rock climb leading up to two slides and a crosswalk to stairs. I loved the small rocks leading up to a string climbing activity. Another area had a long bridge with 4 slides and a hiding place I always greeted when I visited no matter how old I was. I hid a small object below which now I remember was a... key.

"Cait, I think I know where it is!" I raced over to the hideout and dug like my life depended on it. In this case, it did.

"Nice job, Danny. But, the next two won't be so easy, kid."

"How did you know it was there, Dan?" Douglas asked. I told him about my past with the beloved park, but Cait seemed to be quietly interested as well. I held the key up to analyze it in the sunlight, but instead of a pattern I looked for, a paper felt out of the decorated bow. I read it one, then twice.

"Guys, I think it's a riddle." I announced.

"Well, what does it say, woman."

"You were a cup of tea, but i'm not a tea drinker. I was never really fond of lemonade or coffee either. Instead, I drank something that took my memory of you away." I looked puzzled being an innocent child. I suggested cough medicine, but Cait and Doug laughed. Apparently, the riddle's answer was alcohol. Which means we had to go to a bar. And, there's only one in this small town, Hide Out.

"Oh, oh no. no, no, no. I'm not going to a bar."I disagreed rushingly. Cait took the paper, but not the key and read it over again.

"We won't get in trouble, it The Hunter's Game this weekend." I shook my head once more, "fine, then Doug and I will go in and you can wait outside with all the crime committers. Try not to get hurt." I had no choice but to go, so I gave in.

We were in a ride of a lifetime.