Chapter 17

Roberto moved swiftly through the darkness that dominated the atmosphere. In a couple of moments, he got to the tents, exhaled deeply, and went on with his deceptive life, as a Camp counsellor.

He wanted to have a few words with the students, but decided to wait till it was the next day, when it would be bright and warm.

***(Johnny Evan's tent)***

"I can't comprehend the fact that I just gulped that pint of blood" Luna said.

"The sooner you accept your vampire nature, the better, Luna. Vampires are real, and you are one now" Johnny uttered.

"How? I know nothing about vampires Johnny. How can I accept what I have no idea about"

"I can teach you all you need to know"

"Can you? Oh alright"

Johnny moves closer to Luna, and sits just beside her. Luna could hear his heartbeat, it was steady. He was calm.

"Vampires are incredible if you ask me. We got heightened senses, impressive strength, and speed. Oh, we got compelling powers too"

"Compelling powers? You mean, you dudes could bend a person to your will?"

"Yeah, we can make a person do exactly as we say, or believe what we want them to. It's mind-blowing, right?" Johnny grins widely, conveying that he was proud to be a vampire.

"I have a lot to learn"

"I don't think you have anything to learn. All these perks comes naturally for a vampire, you don't have to bone up on some ancient booklet to understand the powers you have, coursing through you" Johnny said, fixing his eyes on Luna's.

"What about the thirst for blood. How do you deal with that?"

"Well, so far, I haven't killed any human. I get my supply from a hospital near Hampton High. Yeah, I compelled all the nurses in charge"

Luna exclaimed in amazement, "No way!"

"Yeah. I'm a bad vamp"

"Where are your tentmates, hope they can't hear us?"

Johnny chuckles, and replies, "No Luna. My tentmates are Aidan, Harold, and some other dude in Carlos's team. They're still out in the woods"

"So, let's keep going, yeah?" Luna requested.

"Being a vampire is nuts Luna in the good way, but you could get really fucked if you can't control your thirst. The heightened senses causes our emotions as humans to be doubled, and this could get you ruined if you don't dominate it"

"I just knew there would be down sides to being a vampire"

"Ha ha, of course. You only have to learn control" Johnny said, getting to his feet, and reaching for the bag he kept his stashed away pints of blood.

He tears open one, and chugs it down his throat, then gets the bag back into hiding.

"Lit how you have control, uh? No one would have guessed you are a vampire"

"I guess so. One more thing, you shouldn't tell anyone about us. Or at least, don't just tell anyone"

"What happens if I do, or if they find out?" Luna's inquisitiveness got her asking a lot.

"I'm not entirely sure. I just don't think it's wise letting your friends know you're a vampire, and besides for their own safety" Johnny said.

"Hey, I should get going now, get some sleep or something" Luna wanted to leave.

Johnny takes out the bag again, and gulps down another pint of blood, while Luna was watching.

"How many of those do you have in one day? Shit, how many do I need?"

"I would have asked you to come over whenever you felt thirsty, but this won't do for the both of us" Johnny informs.

"You fucking with me!? Where the hell do I get blood from then? Rip someone's head off, and drink the shit that comes out!?" Luna verbalised angrily.

"Relax Luna. You're still new. You got to dominate your emotions, don't let them get the upper hand, okay. You can come over to mine when you need some, okay?"

"Whatever" Luna storms out.

Luna Jenkins walks back to her tent, so she could have some sleep, but couldn't saunter quietly to her tent without getting into series of thoughts.

(He made me a vampire! I didn't ask for this, or did I? I clearly didn't! Now, he doesn't want to feed me with the blood he's got. What a frigging piece of crap) she thought.

" Luna!" Ashley screamed.

"Holy shit, Ash!"

Ashley hurries out of bed, and sinks her body into Luna's embrace.

"I've missed you girl. I have so much to tell you"

"Oh yeah? Me too!"

"Who goes first?" Ashley asked.

Luna withdraws her body from Ashley's embrace, and looks at her, "Hold on Ash. Aren't you supposed to be in Carlos's team? Treasure hunting?"

"Yeah, but I kinda opted out when they wanted to head to a deserted, whatever place"

"Whao, me too. Something like a deserted, haunted, shitty place. Ha ha" Luna laughed.

Ashley sauntered about in restlessness, blabbing her mouth off.

"I have a bunch of things to tell you, so while on treasure hunt, which wasn't exactly my thing, I was..."

"Wait Ash. Pick the most important, and let's say it together. On the count of three, three, two, one..." Luna counted.

"Shane's a dickhead"

"Tristin's a dick"

They both laughed at each other, as they noticed the similarity in what they said.

"Basically, the dudes we like so much are million dollar assholes, rude as fuck" Ashley said.

"That's so true. Tristin ignored my ass the whole time, I didn't even get any moment with him, like I anticipated. I didn't, no, why didn't I? I shoulda tried at least, even if it meant getting him aside from the others, and starting a conversation with him. I'm such a pussy Ash. I just love Tristin so much, it sucks he doesn't even see me as an option. Shit shit shit!" Luna's emotions were flooding, they rushed to the surface, making her feel so bad that things weren't turning out her way. She fidgeted, scratching her head vigorously, messing her hair up.

"Relax Luna. You're freaking out now, almost like your having a panic attack"

"No I'm not!" Luna yelled, so loudly, Ashley had to move back a bit.

"Jesus Luna. What is up with you?"

Luna recalls Johnny's words of heightened senses, and emotions spiraling. She glances at Ashley, who was still in shock, and then walks out.

(Shit. I lost it, I did. Fuck fuck, relax Luna. I have to go over to Johnny's right now)

"You should be in bed now, young lady" a voice called from behind Luna.

"I'm going to my tent Mr. Roberto"

"No you aren't. You're headed to the boys' section of the tents"

"Uhmmm, it's not...uhm I"

"I'm afraid you might have to go back to your tent young lady"

"I can't"

"It's an order, young lady" Roberto utters firmly.

(The darkness fades away slightly. It was already past 5am)

"Oh you don't have to, it's dawn" Roberto notified.

"And I have something to tell y'all anyway, so everyone should gather at the usual spot" Roberto added, before walking away from Luna, so he could inform the students to gather at the usual spot.

********

"Hey y'all. I know it's pretty early, but this shit is substantial. So many of y'all stumbled into traps, and had to come back here, thereby getting disqualified. While some of y'all just got sick of the hunt, abandoned the mission, and came back here. Well, I just got word, and the treasure has been found, by a student like you. It's quite impressive however, which is why we're going to make it grand. We gon' throw a party, in the name of celebrating the team. The party won't be here though, it would be somewhere in the woods. Some place special, made for parties. So don't worry about ghosts, or bees, or whatever you worry about. We got you, okay. The party would be in two days, y'all. Get back to your tents, if you want to have more sleep" Roberto explained precisely.

"Party party party! Yooo!" a student in the crowd excitedly exclaimed.

"Yeah we gon' party folks!" another student supported.

"We love parties Mr. Roberto. We are all looking forward to it" somebody else contributed.

"That's right Hampton high students. Be excited, coz you're in for a lot of fun" Roberto gave an evil smile, leaving the spotlight.