(( Double Post, sorry ))

Cassandra continued to watch the ohters, listening as Riley began to explain what was going to the newcomers, glancing about them every so often. She frowned as Riley continued to speak, hearing something. Just a sound over the wind, most likely carried over the water, or echoing through the woods. LIke a voice carried, falling fainter and fainter, over the wind. Without a word, Cassandra turned to where she caught the sound, and glancing back at the others, she hesitated, but then began to follow the sound.

Having been stuck in the car, in the accident, Cassandra knew how sound could travel, knowing how her softening cries had brought someone, finally, running. It could be nothing, she knew, but why not check it out? She followed the continuing sounds, and as they got stronger, knew that it wasn't nothing. Eventually, as she could finally make out the words, she recognised Billy's voice.

She got stuck for a moment, as the sound seemed to echo all over the place, eventually finding the ravine, she looked down, searching. She saw, after some study, the path of destruction that generally meant something had careened over the land. She hesitated again, glancing about. Could she leave and come back with someone else, to help? But what if something happened to billy?

She could climb down, find Billy, make sure he was okay, climb back up, hopefully with Billy, but without him she could go get the others. She decided that's what she would do, so she began to carefully make her way down, calling out "Billy? It's Cassandra, I'm coming down" Her heart in her throat, she made her way down, using trees and anything else that she could to keep her balance and prevent herself from falling down. She followed the path of Billy's fall, "Don't pass out on me or anything, I'm not strong enough to carry your dead weight!" She was merely calling out to give Billy something to focus on if he was hurt, which from the sounds of things, he was.

Vanessa listened to what Riley had to say but when the wind was getting a little stronger, she smelled something that she didn't trust and tensed up right away. She looked at Kade for a second and then looked at Cassandra who walked away. She didn't know what was going on but she knew that they where not alone in these woods. And she didn't mean the other camping people around there.

''I am going to see what she is gonna do.. Kade... Eyes open please'' she said and then walked after Cassandra. Right when the girl wanted to climb down she stopped her. ''Ho ho ho..'' she then said and looked at the girl. ''Go back to Riley, your other friend and Kade..'' Vanessa said. ''I will handle this.. Tell them who you found here and I am going to get him back up'' she said and then turned around.

Vanessa actually simply jumped down and then started to slide down, she used her wolf strength to stay on her feet and ignored the branches and small rocks. She got down and then looked around. ''Okay boy.. I believe that your name is Billy.. You can't see me right now but believe me, I am a friend of Riley.. My name is Vanessa.. You might have heard of me'' she spoke, she climbed over a few rocks and then saw the boy. ''There you are'' she said. She smelled some blood and could hear his heart beat clearly. ''Calm down Billy.. I am going to help you.. It sounds weird but I am going to carry you up... If you are ready for it, tell me then I'll put you on my back and you must keep hold of me as tight as you can'' Vanessa said. By now she was squatting down on a rock and looked at the boy.

What was it like, he wondered, to die?

Then he heard her, a voice amidst his pain, faint at first but steadily growing. His strength wasn't as well as it should have been but he could still grasp the situation. There was hope, and it strengthened him even more.

"Cassandra? Cassandra!" He shouted weakly still. He had partially thrown out his voice when he shouted before. Then he became aware of a new voice, another feminine voice spoke to him, telling him to remain calm.

"Vanessa?" He hard heard Riley mention her name but never met her. What a turn of events, he wondered why she was here but quickly brushed that from his mind. Cassandra must have told her to come help after they heard him shouting. Now she was here to rescue him? Billy was just relieved that he wouldn't die alone and broken at the bottom of a ravine.

Billy saw a silhouette approach, definitely female but he couldn't make out her details. He followed her instructions and was ready to grab onto her. How odd was that?

Kade nodded to Riley, smirking. "im sure whatever she said is a lie, i was a good kid" he teased about her mom. "but thats me" since she knew him, through her mother and all, he listened to Riley's plan of scaring people, and how he looked the part, which he wasnt all that against doing, it had been a while since he'd gotten to act normal, even a little bit of normality in his life was welcome, til he, like Vanessa tensed as if something, some long forgotten sense, now awakened told him to be cautious and on guard, he looked to Vanessa, nodding to her as she looked at him, he felt it too as he moved closer to Riley and her friends as he kept his ears and eyes about him, and keeping his hearing on Vanessa.

"your friend Billy is hurt Riley, i think maybe the scaring might need to hold up, Vanessa is seeing to him right now, we should move back to the fire i think" then "is there anyone else around that left the light of the fire?" he asked, the protection of the fire, and the light it provided, might deter whatever was stalking around, though Kade doubted. how he knew Billy was hurt before Cassandra got back might be something someone thought about, but he was hoping the thought of their friend hurt might make them focus on that, and not him. "i got some experience dressing wounds in the field, but we need to get you all back to the camp and fire"

Cassandra was a little bit annoyed that Vanessa took over when she had been tracking Billy's cries,. She felt like she was pushed aside like a child, and she muttered under her breath "Maybe you should go back and I'll help him" but she sighed, and made her way back to Riley. Now knowing her way, she followed the path she had taken exactly, so she could jog back without fear of falling over and hurting herself. "Riley! Billy's hurt, we need something to get him back up. Vanessa is with him now, but he really sounded hurt. I don't think he can walk"

Vanessa heard Cassandra's muttering but didn't pay attention to it. When she sat next to Billy, she told him what to do and once he was ready she grabbed his arms and pulled him on her back. ''Hold tight boy, We are going for a climb'' she said and then started to slowly climb back up. While climbing back up, Vanessa couldn't help it but to think about the things that were happening around here. She knew the kids would be save near the fire and Kade knew so too.. Yet, that would only count if it were ordinary wolfs that were on watch because it was their territory.

Vanessa was half way when she slid down half a feet. ''Woah..'' she exclaimed and grabbed a think root with one hand and held on to Billy with the other one. ''Kid.. Stop being so scared, the shaking doesn't help'' she said and then started to climb up again.

Once out of the pit, you could say, Vanessa got up straight and looked at Billy's feet. ''You are so lucky.. It is now only your feet, it could have been your neck'' she said. She wasn't an expert in wounds and stuff but she could smell that his blood was pumping hard and that there was something badly wrong with his feet. She then started to walk into the direction where she had left Kade, Riley, Cassandra and that other girl.

Once back there, she looked around when she Cassandra standing with a annoyed face. ''Hey Cassandra, I am sorry I took over so rudely.. But Billy is pretty heavy and it was a steep climb'' Vanessa said and then looked at Kade. ''Could you take over carrying him? My back is hurting..'' she said, it was a lie but it would be strange if a woman, who isn't very muscular carry a almost full grown teenager trough the woods, after climbing with him on her back up a steep hill and all that on bare feet.

The entire pace of the evening seemed to change pace all within a matter of a few moments. What was supposed to be a few quick moments away from their friends to plan a prank quickly turned into a moment of distress as part of the party just up and left. Kassey blinked, but before she could open her eyes, Cassandra and Vanessa were already headed away from her, Riley, and the older boy, Kade.

"What's going on?" Kassey questioned. She waited anxiously as the three stood there waiting in the darkness before Kade spoke up.

"What do you mean Billy is hurt, how do you know that? Where's Evan then?" But before she got her answer, Vanessa and Cassandra returned, with none other than an injured Billy draped across the shoulders of the older woman. It was all becoming a bit too peculiar for Kassey's liking. "This isn't part of the prank, is it? You turn the tables, Riley? Very funny, but I'm not falling for it."

Her eyes looked to Billy's ankle and saw the swollen and bruised nature of it, and her face turned to stone. No amount of fake blood could do that, and none of them paid close enough attention in theater to pull that kind of stage makeup off.

"Holy shit, Billy!" Kassey covered her mouth and her eyes widened. This was no joke, they really did need to get back to the campfire. If his ankle looked that terrible in the dull blue glow of just the moon's light, they needed to look at it with the real light of the fire or the RV. "Dammit, well what are we waiting for! Let's go then, I'm sure Evan is worried without any of us there anyways."

Riley looked over her shoulder as she noticed Cassandra turning around to walking off towards the woods, as well as Vanessa she wasn't sure what was actually going on she felt very tempted to turn around and go after them. She was scared that something bad had happened to one of her friends. Then she turned to look at Kade when he mentioned that Billy had just gotten hurt badly how could he have known that he was right in front of them. "Wait how the heck do you know that? Your right here." Riley said as Kassey said the same thing, a few seconds passed and Riley could see Cassandra coming out of the woods. "Hey I wouldn't turn the tables on anyone like that!" Riley quickly getting defensive then she noticed Billy who had gotten hurt pretty badly and gasped loudly.

"Billy! What happened and why weren't you at camp?!" Riley said she looked over at Kade and quickly nodded as she quickly made her way back towards the campsite only seeing Aaliyah was still there sitting at the camp. "Ali Billy got really hurt, where did Evan run off to?" Riley asked as she started to yell for Evan as well, her heart started racing she was responsible for everyone's well being and she would never forgive herself if any of her friends got really hurt on their annual trip up to the lake.

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Cassandra looked to Vanessa, raising an eyebrow, "You're not that much different to me, in build. How did you carry him up?" She said, but it probably got missed in the overall concern for Billy. Cassandra looked him over, wincing, but looked back to Vanessa. Something wasn't right here, was it? Perhaps Vanessa was the female heavy weight champion, but she didn't think so. To carry what would probably be dead weight from a hurt billy she'd have to have incredible endurance and strength. It didn't seem possible, Vanessa didn't have the build for it.

So what was going on?

Riley seemed shaken, which was understandable. Cassandra moved towards Billy, checking him over. She wouldn't be surprised if he had a broken bone. "Probably a weird question, but did you lose consciousness anytime, Billy?" That would, hopefully, rule out a serious concussion. "I've got the first aid kit, but there's only so much that can be done with it. Might have to improvise a bit" she mused

It was odd, that was for sure, to be cared by a grown women up a small incline. Billy wasn't necessarily heavy set but he knew he weighed over at least 140, yet here this women was climbing with him on her back! It didn't even look like she was straining herself either and because of that Billy was ashamed. He was incredibly embarrassed that he had found himself in this predicament and did not say a word as they went back to the camp, nor even through her stern talk with him. He felt so foolish. Though, he did keep his eye out for anything in the forest, he did not want to meet whatever had caused him to fall again.

Vanessa brought him to the others. Kassey, Cassandra and Riley expressed their concern over him and he noticed the newcomer, a male, as well. He spoke softly and full of fear, as they went back to the camp.

"S-something in the w-woods... Had to throw up so I went into the woods." He paused trying to remember if he passed out but he didn't think so, "I-I didn't pass out, I remember it too clearly... s-something large out there."

That was the last thing he said before they got back to the camp, and upon the realization that Evan was also gone, he put two and two together. He thought he heard his name being called... Evan must have gone out to look for him.

His voice broke as he looked at the foreboding trees, "Oh no... Evan's out there, in the w-woods. H-he went to find me."

Evan felt alone and scared. He shouldn't have gone out to look for Billy. This is what he gets for trying to be brave. Billy was probably fine and back at the camp now. He heard a low growl coming from somewhere behind him. "If this is a prank..." he said slowly. "It's not very funny..."

He wished this was a prank. He wished that Kass, Cass, Riley, and Billy would just jump out of the darkness, laughing. At least it would just be a prank. At least he wouldn't be lost and alone in the woods.

"Maybe the best thing to do would be to stay up..." he thought to himself, trying to figure out the best course of action. "But there's still that unknown growling thing that's following me..."

The most important thing was to try to stay calm. He decided to try to go backwards. If he retraced his steps he would probably go back to camp right? Maybe he'll even find out what the low growling noise is... Though he's not too sure how much he wants to find out.

"HELLO? I'M LOST. ANYONE THERE?" Evan shouted as he tried to retrace his steps. He was not one to shout, but desperate times called for desperate measures. "HELLO? RILEY? CASS? KASS? BILLY? ANYONE?"

Kade stood there, looking at Riley and he realized she had a good point, how did he know that? not the first time his heightened senses got the best of him. "i just got back from the war, you learn to adapt in areas like this, your senses open wide, i can hear Vanessa" he said simply. "we need to get back to the fire" at least by the fire they had the light. "sorry Riley your prank turned south" he said, before Vanessa came out of the woods, just after Cassandra and sure enough she was getting caught. "Adrenaline lets you do a lot of things once it gets pumping" he moved over to Vanessa, checking the kid's leg and it wasn't good. "its not the worse break I've seen, but its up there.. I'll get something going back near the fire" before he looked. "wait, someone else is around" and then he'd heard him calling out, Evan was lost. "I'll go after Evan, he's not at camp" looking to Vanessa, with a look that would say 'we are not alone out here' cause they wasn't.

"get him to your camp site, i'll get Evan" hearing him calling out in the woods, he took off sprinting, rushing through the brush and woods, following the sound, but also the scent of fear and anexity in the air, Evan was scared, some buried, primal response that all humans, all animals had really. "Evan!" he called out. "do not move! stay where you are" Kade called out, hope Vanessa and the others would get Billy and themselves back to the camp site. once he was out of sight of everyone that could see, he picked up the speed and tore off through the woods, ducking and dodged around trees and brush thicket, or leaping over fallen trees easily enough as he kept calling out to Evan telling him to stay where he was.

Back at the camp, Vanessa let Billy sit on the ground. ''Okay.. We will be needing ice I think.. Dang why did Kade not make me run for Evan and did he take care of this? He is better with bones and stuff..'' she mumbled to herself and shook her head. Vanessa looked up, seeing the thinking look in Cassandra's eyes and she knew she pretty much was is trouble, she needed to take care of Billy and find a good excuse for the trick she just did by carrying a almost full grown male.

''Well.. I am not going to leave you all alone here so we need to figure something out until Kade is back so I can get my car and bring this brave man here to the hospital.. Riley, I know you will not like it but please call your mother for me and tell her something happened but also say that Kade and I are here.. We need some help but I don't think that an ambulance is needed'' Vanessa said and smiled. ''Billy.. I must say that you are doing pretty well.. I wasn't that brave when I first broke my leg, I literally cried like the biggest baby.. Then again, I really thought that I would lose my leg but that is a different story'' she said and winked at the boy.

Yep, she was doing something very bad.. Working her 'charms' on him, but it actually was to get his mind of what was about to happen. She laid both hands softly on his foot and smiled at him. ''Girls... Close your ears I would suggest.. He is going to scream'' she said and slowly started to twist his foot back in a normal stance, she searched for the right stance and then when she found it broke his foot again, it was needed and if she didn't do it right now, he would have to suffer in the hospital again. ''Cassandra? Can you help me cool this foot now with something icy and then put bandages on it? Maybe clean it..'' she said.

Her own feet and calf were filled with small scratches but those would be healed within an hour if they were not healed already. She looked at Billy. ''Stay with me Billy.. No falling asleep yet'' she said.

Cassandra well knew that adrenaline could push you to do things you otherwise couldn't, but adrenaline wore off. Sure, she had no doubt Vanessa could have climbed up the hill with billy, but to move through the forest with him? No, it didn't seem possible. She let it go, for now. At the mention of Evan, Cassie looked about, seeing that indeed the boy was missing. What was going on? Shw wanted to go search for Evan, but Kade beat her to it.

As Vanessa proceeded to adjust Billy's foot, Cassandra winced. She nearly spoke up, told her to wait, that she had some mild pain killers in the first aid kit, but it was too late. And probably for the best. But as Vanessa addressed her, Cassandra gave a sigh.

"you don't use ice or anything cool on a break, it can make it worse-particularly pain wise. You just bandage it up, stabilize it so it doesn't move, in the woods like this, we can find plenty of sticks to make a splint which can prevent too much movement. I have some bandages we can use to tie it all together, but never put the tie along the break. Above and below the break is best, and then one high up to stablise it." Cassandra said, rattling it all easily, as she began to death for a good stick. She judged Billy's height, the length of his legs, and found something suitable, liking the thickness. She broke it down the bottom so it bent but didn't break off. "so up the top, along the bottom of the foot, and just above the ankle would be good. Not too tight but not loose so that they slip down."

She dropped down beside Billy, with the splint and bandages, as well as a bottle of water and the pain killers. She lay the splint along Billy's leg, being careful not to touch the foot too much, bending the stick where she had broken it slightly, to the foot, and tied a bandaged where she judged it was best, doing the same above the ankle, and then around Billy's thigh, with competence and ease. "like this, see? It steady's it, probay feels a lot better then just hanging about, and it enables support, without being too painful or restrictive. I'm going to touch your foot now, billy, to feel your pulse and make sure I'm not cutting blood flow off" she said, doing just that, trying to be as gentle as possible. "I'm only going to give you one pain killer, cause I'm not too sure if you hit your head or not, but it should take away some pain. If you fall asleep I will splash water over your face. Stay awake, okay?" she held out the pain killer and the water, opening it. "it's just over the counter stuff, but still." she rocked back on her heels, satisfied. "I'm not going to tell my Aunt the first aid course was helpful. She'll never shut up about it"

Billy did scream, and very loudly. He flailed a little bit before calming himself, tears were in his eyes. Whatever the lovely Vanessa had just done, hurt him like hell. He felt a painful pop down where his ankle was and it sent jolts of pain up his leg, and he felt like he was loosing consciousness but he stayed awake. Everything felt like a blur to him, one minute people were there then the next they were gone. Whatever he tried to do, thinking of anything else but the pain, did not work.

He was slightly aware that Cassandra had been making him a splint before she gave him a pain med. As she touched his foot it only gave him a slight discomfort but it was enough for him to grimace. Billy sincerely hoped that the pain med would work immediately but he somehow guessed he wouldn't be that lucky.

Then there was Cassandra, he had never been aware that she knew how to make a splint or not to use anything cold to numb the pain. Hell, she had even been the first one to find him down in that ravine. How could he ever repay her? With his clammy hand, he grabbed Cassandra's wrist and looked at her. His face was wet with tears but he gave a small smile as he spoke softly, "Thank you Cassandra, I didn't know that you knew so much."

Evan continued to try to retrace his steps until he heard a voice calling out for him. He did not recognize the voice, but it was calling out his name. He hesitated for a moment. What if this was a serial killer or something? No, he was being silly... Maybe it was the authorities looking for him since he was gone. He wondered too if they had found Billy yet.

He decided to follow the voice's direction and stay put.

"HELLO?" he shouted once more in hopes that it would help the stranger find him. "I'M OVER HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME?"

His throat was starting to get all sore from the yelling. He longed for some hot tea and his bed. Today was already too much of an adventure for him.

"Glad that we have you around Cassandra" Vanessa said with a smile and then sat down. "During my two years in China I did some first aid.. But never serious things" she said but lied a little bit. She had repaired every wound and bone break of her 'turner' / 'alpha' but that was as easy as opening a bottle of soda. "I think it's best if you guys get into that RV... There you are safe" she said and tried to look not too stern. They were teenagers after all and one thing she knew of her teenage years was that she never listened to her parents.

Vanessa walked towards the RV and everyone would have a great look at her feet by the light of the fire as she walked by. And the small wounds from the climb and running trough the forest were gone. Completely healed. "Come on guys, I'll carry Billy inside" Vanessa said.

it didnt take long to find Evan, and certainly not when he started giving his position so he moved through the woods easily, effectively. "alright, you can stop yelling" Kade said, walking up slowly. "you are no longer lost" trying to make the conversation lite and funny. "im Kade, friend of a friend of Riley's" narrowing his eyes as he looked around, before looking to Evan "you were going in the wrong Direction, but not to bad, this way" turning and heading in that direction now, going slow so Evan can keep up. "the woods can play tricks on you when your alone, so can the night, being alone in an unfamiliar area" pushing brush and limbs out of his way, his eyes making it easy for him to see in the dark as he walked, he'd lead Evan straight out, minding holes he'd step in, roots he could trip over, things that would be impossible for someone to see in the dark, but a bit of walking and they'd come out of the woods easily enough, just as Vanessa was telling them to get billy inside the RV. "found the lost one" Kade said, standing to the side. "he's alright, if not scared of the dark a little bit more"] looking to Vanessa.

"nice job on the leg, i couldnt have dressed that better myself"

Cassandra smiled at Billy, giving his had a squeeze, "my Aunt is kind of boy Scoutish, she likes to make sure I'm prepared I guess. I'll check in you again shortly, okay?" she glanced over at Vanessa, and gave a shrug, "honestly this stuff is simple. You get it all taught to you in a weekend first aid course. My aunt makes me go once a year"

She rose steadily, "no offense, but I like stretching out to sleep, I'm not going to cram myself into the RV. Billy should be in there, to have his leg elevated. We aren't going to get far tonight, it would be safer to stay here and start fresh in the morning. We don't need more injuries" she said, packing up her first aid kit. "but we should trade off keeping an eye on billy, particularly testing his feeling in his foot, pulse, swelling, movement and such."

She threw a few sticks in the fire, looking about at the others