Chapter 13- Clouds
Everyone in Cabin Five was shocked awake by screams and wails from just outside the cabin itself. The screams that were coming in, were almost bloodcurdling in nature and held a terror in them all.
Bolting up straight in bed, the screams had brought her out of a sound sleep. CC twisted to glance automatically at the bed beside her. Mandy was not in her bed, and CC noted that over an hour had passed since she had remembered the girl had gotten up for that drink. She suddenly got a chill and jumped from bed, as the emptiness of Mandy’s bunk brought out many fears.
"Where is Mandy!!" She shouted with her realization.
The goth girl was out of bed in a blink of an eye, out the door and many yards down the trail before she even had slipped on her nightshirt on to her bare form. She just had ran, tugging the long shirt over her head as she ran. The dark haired beauty’s focus was on getting to the bathroom cabin as fast as she could , as her heart pounded inside of her chest..
There was a group of girls screaming outside the little cabin, and CC heart dropped fast as another feeling of dread hit her again. Roughly, she shoved a path for herself through the crowd like a someone possessed. Getting to the door, she bolted inside, her ming flying with what she might end up finding.
CC’s eyes found her pretty Mandy splayed on the floor, totally naked, her body covered in red marks and bloody. The girl was being attended to by a one of the surprisingly thin Councilors that headed Cabin two. CC cross the interior of the bathroom with great speed, and was on her knees at Mandy’s side in a heartbeat.
Mandy’s normally fair skin was pale and almost grey, Mandy’s breathing was very shallow. As the goth girl started to comfort the girl, she saw a trickle of blood that was coming out of the girl’s private treasure, telling a very violent story by its own..The goth girl looked around her prone lover, her eyes landing on a red colored dildo that layed on the floor next Mandy. Despite the things red coloring, CC could see that it was literally covered with fresh blood.
CC scowled, her face flooded with a look of pure anger, she stared at the sex toy laying on the floor, and automatically she recognized the thing right off, and knew who the owner was
It was the same specially made dildo that Raven had shown her when they were dating, and it was the same sex toy she also had refused to use. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, CC knew that this was a sick type of calling card, for her to see. Raven’s devilish twist of leaving her mark there was a statement.
" That fucking little bitch did this!!" She spat, as her mind fit all of the pieces together.
She saw that Mandy was coming around again, moaning lowly with pain as her body began to shake and vibrate. The girl locked eyes with CC, her eyes showing that she was in total panic.
" I’m here... I’m here..." CC whispered, stroking the girl’s cheek to try and help the one she loved.
Mandy’s eyes held the goth girl’s, her eyes filled with so much pain, fear and a sense of bewilderment
"CC..." She weakly said, as she gasped a little. " I hurt..."
" I know... I’m here..."The goth girl said, looking at the pretty girl that could barely move. " Your safe now..."
" Raven..." Mandy pushed out with great effort, her eyes full of tears. " It..was... Raven..."
" I know it was!" CC whispered, choking back her own tears. " She is going to pay..."
" She’ll... hurt you..." Mandy gasped out, barely audible to even CC, who was nearest to her now. "... two others are... with..."
" I saw the two girls with her at supper..." Assured CC, knowing what she was talking about. " Don’t worry... they all will pay for this..."
Mandy tried to say something more, but had suddenly passed out from all of the pain. The Councilor that was there used her own bathrobe she had been wearing to cover the naked girl, as medics from the first aid cabin arrived, closely followed by two female officers that were apart of the investigative team that was working the rape of Donna. The medical people swooped down on Mandy, pushing past both the councilor and CC.
CC simply backed off to let the people attend to her girlfriend, yet a seething anger now was welled up in her breast. She knew that the people were going to care for Mandy now, and she could do no more, so she quickly slipped out of the bathroom cabin. Once outside, CC raced off to her cabin, a very determined look of anger flashed in her eyes, like some wild animal that was cornered.
As CC raced off into the darkness, one of the female officers had stepped out of the bathroom, and spotted the fleet footed girl heading off. She glanced back for a moment to watch the girls and boys who were still milling around the outside of the bathroom cabin, but seemed to continually be turning her head to watch the girl head back up the trail. She snuffed, and started to follow the young girl.
Cabin five was empty, as the screams had brought everyone out of the little place to see what was happening. The goth girl did not even care if there was people in the place, she entered with her eyes fixed, and her steps speeded up
Alone in the cabin, CC stripped of what she was wearing and tossed it off into a corner, and began to rifle through all of her belongings with a sense of urgency. She pulled out some things from the locker, and hurriedly began to dress in the clothing and other things she had pulled out.
She decked herself out in form fitting spandex bicycle pants, a tight black tank top that had a cat caught in the cross hairs of a rifle scope and she retrieved black army boots that she had not worn since coming to Camp Pawa where they had been... under the bed After slipping the boots on, she filled her fingers with her gothic styled rings, ending off her dressing by pulling her hair back into a pony tail. She now was readied for war... war on Raven.
As CC turned to leave the cabin, she found someone was in the cabin. A woman with blond hair and dressed in a blue uniform, stood looking at her, arms crossed. CC knew that this was a police officer she saw come into the bathroom cabin as she was leaving, but it did not really matter to her right then.
The very tall officer looked at the goth girl, decked out in her outfit. The officer stood,, her person blocking the doorway.
" Seems like your decking yourself out to wage one hell of a war, girl..." The officer asked, staring down the tall teenaged girl.
When CC did not answer her, and continued to put on a couple more spiky looking rings on her fingers. The policewoman took a few steps farther into the cabin.
" You know who did that to your friend, don’t you?" She said slowly.
" Just mind your business, Officer..." Said a very angered CC, moving to step past the policewoman. " This thing is mine to settle... you can have what might be left when I am done."
The officer was very quick moving, grabbing the tall teenager in a heartbeat before even getting near the doorway. She flung her by the elbow back into the main area of the cabin and took a stand in front of the black clad girl, keeping a tight grasp on her.
" Now wait just a minute, Girl..." She said, stopping the girl cold, holding her arm tightly. " Where do you think your going? I have asked you a question!"
" Let me fucking go..." Said CC, her anger flashing in her eyes as she struggled to get loose of the woman’s grasp, but finding it hard.
" Not until you actually answer my few questions, Young Lady." She said, pulling back the teen into further back into the cabin as if she weighed nothing.
CC ripped free finally, but found herself backed into a corner between the wall and her own bed at the back of the cabin area.
" Just let me go..." Spat CC, angry at the insistence of this officer to stop her need to go and find Raven.
" I know that you know something about this, girl, and can understand your feeling like you need to deal with the scum that did this to that girl..." Said the lady sternly. " But I have a job to do here, Missy, and I will get to the bottom of all of this... so ...I suggest very strongly that you put away this tough little bitch attitude of yours and cooperate with me on this..."
" What are you going to do if I don’t?"
" I am a cop here... I could do many things to stop a little hot-head like your sorry ass."
CC looked at the lady with a very perplexed look, shocked at the ease that the woman had stopped her with.. and how the woman never once backed down. Taking a long breath to calm herself , the tall goth girl regarded the woman officer with a toned down version of her attitude. The cop seemed to see that the girl had done as she asked, and also loosened up a little.
" I am Officer Dana Livingstone..." Said the officer, changing her own approach to one that was more friendly. " Now tell me who you think it was that did that to your friend down there.?"
The goth girl swallowed hard, looking at the woman while her anger literally boiled under the surface, but that anger was now giving way to tears in her deep brown eyes. Startled, Officer Livingstone looked back for a moment, then it seemed like the woman’s all business face suddenly had begun to really softened in seconds..
" Let me rephrase that..." She said with a voice that was much softer. " Who did that to your girlfriend?"
CC’s mouth dropped open, her heart stopping. The officer had literally blown the young goth girl’s mind.
" How did you..." She sputtered.
" I just know by what I saw in your eyes, girl... " Said the officer, taking the moment of calmness to hand her a leather billfold from her back pocket of her pants. " Look at this."
" But how did you know that Mandy’s my girlfriend..." CC asked, sputtering a little more.
The Officer gave a smile of friendliness, as she continued to hold out the small leather billfold to the girl
" The two pictures that are inside of this will answer the reason that I know ..." She informed. " Look at them, then you will then know why I had sensed what was in your heart."
The goth girl opened the billfold and looked at two pictures that were tucked in the tiny folded leather holder It held pictures of the very pretty officer and another woman, also in some sort of uniform, sitting on a park bench.. The two kissing softly in one pose, the other photo showed them embracing one another lovingly while comically mugging for the camera..
" I have been with my partner and lover, Jennifer, for seven wonderful years last May..." The officer offered up, smiling when she said. " I looked into your eyes, saw the obvious concern and surge of love for the girl that is hurt in the bathroom... and I just knew that the injured girl down there was simply not just ‘a friend’ to you...."
The goth girl looked at Officer Livingstone, and blushed slightly
" Your lesbian too?" CC whispered in shock.
" Don’t be so shocked...Cops can be gay too..." She smirked, seeing the girl had now let down her defenses. " We just don’t announce it... we are who we are."
" I don’t know what to say..." CC said. " I am just worried about Mandy right now..."
" Don’t expect you to know..." She said kindly. " I only told you all of this for a reason... and that was to get you to talk to me!" She winked. " I guess I accomplished that."
The girl handed the billfold back and nodded, her feelings towards the officer now much more friendlier than what it had been a minute ago. She paused and lowered her head.
" I know who it was that hurt Mandy..." Admitted the teen.
" First tell me your name... then let’s hear everything that you know." She said, stepping close to the girl.
" I’m Crystal Campbell... I’m usually called CC..." She started, feeling much more at ease.
Officer Livingstone smiled and took the goth’s hand, seeing the teens face turning from rage, to near crying.
" Well then, CC..." Officer Livingstone said with a very calming tone. " First thing is for you to spill me everything you know...And then I will help arrest whoever it was that did this despicable act on your girlfriend, and if she is taken to the hospital, I will personally take you to see her."
CC smiled, but her tears started to flow.
" I’m sorry, Officer..." She said, uncharacteristically. " I don’t usually cry like this... but..."
" When the one you love is hurt, like your girlfriend is... It is more than understandable that your sad." Officer Livingstone said. " To help your lover...lay out everything that you know... even if it is something that you just simply suspect.. and I promise that I will help you in any way."
" Thanks..." Said CC, looking at the nice Officer.
For the next while, CC told her about Mandy and her, the actions of Raven and what she had seen next to Mandy. The officer simply listened intently.