Camp Illusion (FanFic) (Third book in Epilogue Series)

Chapter Twenty One

"So, how is your Friday going?" Pegasus asked the campers. Some of the teams mumbled an answer, but they didn't say anything. "I know things have been...rocky since camp started," Pegasus said to them, "but...you can trust us."

"LIAR!"

Pegasus swung her head to see Ericka staring back at her, "You speak lies." Ericka spat.

"I only say what is right." Pegasus flared.

"If you do speak the truth, can you tell us where Riptide came from?" Ericka asked, crossing her arms.

"He uh.." Pegasus struggled to come up with an excuse, "he signed up."

"Where are his parents?" Ericka asked.

"Not here." Pegasus said.

"So, you kidnapped him." Ericka said.

"What? No." Pegasus replied.

"Ok then, where did Captain and Viper come from? They appeared after other campers disappeared," Ericka said, springing up onto the stage and facing the other campers, "THESE COUNSELORS ARE MURDERS!" All of the campers gasped.

Whaaaat?!" Pegasus said, "we would never-" She was cut off when Ericka continued to talk,

"Robin was pushed off a cliff on tuesday night after he strayed from his cabin in the middle of the night," Ericka said, "then Riptide appeared." Rosie looked at the little counselor in the corner of the room, looking confused.

"Robin?" Rosie said, her voice breaking. He looked at his hands, then over at her. His eyes were swirling green of all shades.

"Who is Robin?" He asked, the crystal glowing around his neck.

"Well, it seems someone figured out my little secret huh?" Pegasus said in a taunting voice, waving a hand over her crystal and it started to glow dully, "I guess I should give you the full story. Around seventy years ago, a man named Billy died when he fell over the cliff in the back of the camp. He became so enraged that he cursed the camp for eternity," Her eyes turned a yellow color and the crystal liquified, but instead of wrapping around her arms, it covered her body in a black goo, "and whenever a camper met their demise, their souls would be trapped here until they took another's life. Billy soon became known as Alpha to the trapped souls and he always made sure that the cycle continued and never ended. And every so and so, he got one person to watch the camp for him," Her face disappeared and a she was completely covered in the crystal's goop. Only two yellow eyes remained, "But I think it's time I picked another Alpha." She then lunged at Ericka, knocking her off of the stage and onto the ground. By now, everyone was panicking as the counselors used the crystals and transformed into their full demon forms. Some campers smashed the windows and ducked outside. Captain scanned the sea of alarm and confusion. He spotted Nicholas trying to process what was going on. A cruel smile crept across his face and he started to walk through the crowd. His crystal liquified and the crystal dripped down onto his hands. It encased his hands and long claws formed off of his hands. Nicholas then saw Captain walking closer to him and started to back up. He was to scared to do anything, he had accepted his fate and shut his eyes. Then a flash tackled Captain to the side and started to fight with him.

"GO!" A voice said to Nicholas. Nicholas opened a eye and saw his father tussling with Captain, who looked enraged and battled viciously. Captain threw DRac off of his and into a wall with such force it broke the wall. Captain ran after him and Nicholas forced his legs to move to the window. He saw Tiffany looked very scared underneath the pool table curled up into a ball, and it looked like she was crying. She was on the other side of the panic swarm, but he knew he had to go get her. He ran through the crowd and slid underneath the table.