DID YOU MISS ME?

Chapter Two

"Alright campers!" David began, smiling at the campers who were grumpily eating breakfast. "Today is Saturday, so it is your free day! Do whatever you want, but make sure to meet us at eight tonight for s'mores!"

This got the attention of all of the campers as chatter arose from the campers.

"WHAT THE HELL?!?" Neil shouted from Max's side. "WE'VE HAD S'MORES THIS ENTIRE TIME?!?"

"Not exactly," Gwen answered. "Since we received a 'generous' donation from the Campwells, we've decided to have a s'mores night every Saturday night until the summer ends."

Excited chatter arose once again from the campers as they finished their breakfast and wandered off to do whatever. Campbell was about to follow them, but Gwen grabbed his arm.

"Oh no you don't, Campbell," Gwen smirked. "I'm going to need your help all day."

"Why couldn't they just keep me in jail?" Campbell muttered as Gwen dragged him away.

David chuckled a little before making his way towards the counselor cabin. Thankfully, Gwen didn't care that Daniel was there, as she didn't really know him, and just left him there to rest. David walked into the room to see Daniel frowning at something. David turned his head to see that Daniel was staring at the sign that said "Max + Positivity = Success" with David's full name written in cursive on the bottom right corner. Why was he frowning at that?

"Daniel?"

Daniel snapped out of his thoughts and turned to David, giving him a small smile.

"Hello, David," Daniel greeted. "I was just looking at that sign over there. I didn't know that your last name was Greenfeld."

"Yeah, yeah it is," David snorted, smiling. "So, I was thinking that at the fire tonight, I could show you to the campers and we can have a welcome back party!"

"Sure," Daniel casually shrugged. I'd love to see the looks on their faces when I appear before them. Especially Max. He'll be the one to go last, watching everyone he cares about suffer.

***

"I can't fucking believe it," Max whispered as he hopped down from Neil's shoulders. "The cultist is back."

"I can't believe that David still believes that Daniel is a good person," Nikki muttered, her usual happy self gone.

"We have to do something before Daniel tries to kill us again," Neil said, worriedly rubbing his hand. "But what?"

"I think the others will help," Max growled, beginning to walk away. "I won't let that fucker hurt my dad." He suddenly stopped walking and facepalmed. "Damnit."

"Your...dad?" Neil asked while Nikki just giggled. "Did you really just call David your dad?"

"N-No!" Max replied, shoving his hands into his hoodie's pockets. "Just...just forget I said anything and let's round up the campers."

Neil and Nikki gave each other knowing smiles before following Max around the camp. Harrison and Nerris were arguing about which magic was better, but stopped when Max told them the issue. They glanced at each other before smiling and shaking hands. They then joined Max and the others to gather the rest of the campers. They gathered Nurf, who was throwing tomatoes at Preston, and space Kid, who was with Dolph, watching Ered trying to do a flip in mid air with her skateboard.

"Vhat are ve going to do?" Dolph asked, his eyes growing wide.

"Yeah, Daniel being here is so uncool," Ered muttered, folding her arms.

"Wait, Ered's dads are FBI, right?" Harrison asked. "Why don't we just call them and have Daniel arrested?"

"Because if he figures that out, he could kill anyone of us before they get here," Max replied. "We have to be skilled in our plan. We heard that David was planning on revealing him to us at the fire tonight, so we have until then to think of a plan."

"We also heard Max call David dad," Nikki snickered.

"NIKKI! WHAT THE HELL?!?" Max screamed, burying his face in his hands.

The other campers either snickered, or just shrugged their shoulders.

"Now's not the time, Nikki," Neil smiled. "We have Daniel to worry about now."

The campers all nodded in agreement and huddled around each other to think of a plan.

***

"You coming, Daniel?" David asked, poking his head through the doorway.

"Putting on a shirt with a broken arm is hard," Daniel replied, his voice muffled by the shirt.

David chuckled and helped Daniel with the shirt. Daniel looked down at himself in disgust as he was wearing brown boots, blue jeans, and a Camp Campbell shirt. Zeemug would not be pleased.

"Well, you look just like a counselor!" David smiled brightly, placing his hands on his hips.

"Thanks," Daniel muttered, trying his best to smile. "However, I was wondering about something. Should I get a neckerchief like yours?"

"Oh, this?" David asked, his smile turning sad. He undid the t-shirt that was tied around his neck. "This isn't exactly mine, it's my best friend's. His name was Jasper."

"Was?" Daniel asked, tilting his head.

"He died on Spooky Island," David whispered as his smile disappeared. "I wear it around my neck to remember him."

Daniel was silent as David sighed and tied the t-shirt around his neck again.

"Come on," David said, giving Daniel a warm smile. "It's time to welcome you back to your job."

"Just a moment, my phone is buzzing," Daniel smiled.

"Of course, I'll be outside."

As soon as David's head disappeared, Daniel answered his phone.

"Hello?"

"OH THANK ZEEMUG YOU'RE OKAY!"

"Jen?"

"We heard about your escape! Where are you now?"

"Camp Campbell. I'm going to try again to make these campers reach ascension. However, I might need your help."

"Easy peasy! The other counselor, Gwen, trusts me completely, like how David trusts you. However, there is one camper we must get rid of first."

"Max?"

"Max."

"That would be too obvious, we need to get the rest of the campers on our side first. I believe Mr. Campbell will help us. He does not want to be here and he does not like the people here."

"Fine, but I'm going there tomorrow. I believe that the three of us will be able to complete this job. For Zeemug."

"For Zeemug."

Daniel hung up and put his phone away, grinning.

Perfect.