09 Welcome to Camp Nightmare by R.L. Stine

Author:R.L. Stine [Stine, R.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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In the pale starlight, I saw Jay’s eyes roll up in his head. His knees collapsed, and he began to slump to the ground.

I grabbed him before he fell and dragged him into the cabin. Colin slammed the door behind us.

Once inside, Jay recovered slowly. The three of us froze in place and listened hard. I was still holding on to Jay’s heaving shoulders. He was as pale as a bedsheet, and his breath came out in short, frightened moans.

We listened.

Silence.

The air hung frozen and still.

Nothing moved.

No footsteps. No animal approaching.

Just Jay’s frightened moans and the pounding of my heart.

And then, somewhere far in the distance, I heard the howl. Soft and low at first, then rising on the wind. A howl that chilled my blood and made me cry out.

“It’s Sabre!”

“Don’t let it get me!” Jay shrieked, covering his face with his hands. He dropped to his knees on the cabin floor. “Don’t let it get me!”

I raised my eyes to Colin, who was huddled against the wall, away from the window. “We have to get Larry,” I managed to choke out. “We have to get help.”

“But how?” Colin demanded in a trembling voice.

“Don’t let it get me!” Jay repeated, crumpled on the floor.

“It isn’t coming here,” I told him, trying to sound certain, trying to sound soothing. “We’re okay inside the bunk, Jay. It isn’t coming here.”

“But it got Roger and...” Jay started. His entire body convulsed in a shudder of terror.

Thinking about Roger, I felt a stab of fear in my chest.

Was it really true? Was it true that Roger had been attacked by some kind of creature? That he’d been slashed to pieces?

I’d heard the screams from the hillside. Two bloodcurdling screams.

They’d been so loud, so horrifying. Hadn’t anyone else in camp heard them, too? Hadn’t any other kids heard Roger’s cries? Hadn’t any counselors heard?

I froze in place and listened.

Silence. The whisper of the breeze rustling the tree leaves.

No voices. No cries of alarm. No hurried footsteps.

I turned back toward the others. Colin had helped Jay to his bunk. “Where can Larry be?” Colin asked. His eyes, for once not hidden behind the silver sunglasses, showed real fear.

“Where can everyone be?” I asked, crossing my arms over my chest and starting to pace back and forth in the small space between the beds. “There isn’t a sound out there.”

I saw Jay’s eyes go wide with horror. He was staring at the open window. “The creature...” he cried. “Here it comes! It’s coming through the window!”

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