"Yuri...Yuri wake up!" I woke up to the sound of Reina whispering in my ears telling me to wake up. I slowly opened my eyes and brought my head back up. One of my earbuds was hanging down my neck from my head falling forward. I removed my earbuds and noticed my phone was dead. But it wasn't a surprise. It was the cheapest phone my mother could afford but I heard we would be provided with some electricity at the campsite, so I wasn't too worried.

"Yuri. We're here!" Reina shook my arms to help wake me up. "Come on the day is just about to begin!" She grabbed all her small belongings and then grabbed my hands as we waited for everyone closer to the front of the bus to move out.

The campsite was next to a lake and Reina and I stared at it until the field guide came along. When everyone had gathered all their stuff, we were taken to a small campsite stage surrounded by rows of wooden benches. As everyone was seated the field guide made a few announcements and then went over some rules and pointed in directions of where necessities were located on the campgrounds so that we could be familiar.

"Alright, everyone. Listen up." Mr. Flounder went on stage. "We have 10 chaperones, including me, in this campsite and that means each student will be divided into a group of 4. Please come along forward and you will find your group number and your designated tent location on these papers."

When the announcements were over, Reina and I headed in the direction of the stage like everyone else and we both saw our names on the same group. She wasn't kidding. We were in the same group. Reina and I looked at our group's pamphlet and saw that Cain's and Dylan's names were on there.

Dylan was the typical extrovert in our class. He made friends easily and rumor had it that he dated multiple girls at once. How disgusting that would be. I typically like to steer away from rumors, but it might be true for this guy.

"Hey hey, Yuri. Reina. What's up." Dylan came by but I ignored him.

"So, how's Peter doing?" He looked at me and I could almost punch his face but I stayed calm.

A few weeks ago, I caught Dylan fighting with Peter on the basketball court. He almost threw Peter's glasses across the yard, but I stopped him and called the teachers on him. Peter looked so beaten up that we had to rush him to the nurse's office to get treated. He ended up with a black eye and some bruises. I told him that we should take him to the hospital, but he insisted that we keep this on the low. He didn't want his parents to know that he got into a fight at school or else they would scold him. I ended up going along but I wished I had come sooner and beat up Dylan myself.

"We're on campgrounds, Dylan. Please show a bit of respect or else you'll regret it," I glared at him rolling my palms into a fist.

"Hey, chill. I'm not trying to make a fuss here. Just wanted to say hi to the group," he smiled then turned in the direction of Cain who was heading this way.

Cain looked rather bothered when he looked in my direction. Did he feel uncomfortable that I was in his group? But what did I do? I mean I only bumped into him by accident that time.

We looked at the map together to figure out where our group tents were going to be situated on the campsite. We were group #1, and our chaperone was Mr. Flounders. The map showed that our tents were going to be located on the northwest side of the campsite, so we waited for Mr. Flounders to guide us through.

We walked through the trails in the woods until we finally found the spot. It was near a river so that was advantageous for us as Mr. Flounders had mentioned. We began to unravel our tents and followed Mr. Flounders's step-by-step tutorial on how to set them up. I looked over at Reina and could see that she was struggling to keep up, so I helped her slightly while I tried my best to keep up with Mr. Flounders. Dylan was also struggling to keep up. Mr. Flounders noticed that we were lagging so he paused and slowed down for us.

Cain, on the other hand, seemed as if he was already ahead of Mr. Flounders. If I recall correctly, he did not look in the direction of Mr. Flounders one bit. Do rich people learn how to set up tents as well? I thought they just lived inside their comfy mansion all day and waited for their servants to get them whatever they wanted.

Cain was known as a genius after all. It shouldn't be surprising that he's good at everything.

"Yuri. Hey, Yuri." Reina had been calling my name.

"S-sorry Reina," her touch caught me by surprise.

"Are you okay? You look like you just saw a ghost or something," she chuckled.

"Alright, everyone. It looks like we're all set here. I'm proud of all your efforts in putting together your tents. They look amazing. You guys are even faster than the previous group of students I had last year," Mr. Flounders laughed.

We all looked at each other's tent, including Mr. Flounders, and proceeded to high-five. We unpacked the rest of our belongings inside our tents and then looked at the activity schedule laid out on the pamphlet for the first day.

I asked Reina if she could tell me the time since my phone died early on. She responded that it was 11:35 am. According to the pamphlet, it was lunchtime. I should've bought myself a watch instead. It made me uneasy not being able to know what time it was.

We followed Mr. Flounders back to the main campgrounds and met up with the rest of the juniors on the trip. Lunch was provided for everyone so we each grabbed a paper lunch bag from the basket that was held by one of the field guides. Everyone was heading towards the benches surrounding the stage and decided to eat there so Reina and I did the same. I looked for Peter and saw that he was already sitting down with his friends. Reina and I headed down the steps and sat with him and his crew.

"Peter, how are you feeling?" I asked concerned about what happened early on.

"I'm feeling a bit better now, actually. Mrs. Carriwood said I had a slight fever but after she made me drink some liquids I felt better afterwards." Peter looked at me and smiled. I could see his glasses beginning to fall off, so I pushed it back up for him.

Peter reminds me of my baby brother, Jason. He's clumsy and stubborn. Sometimes he's unaware of his actions. It's like he needed to be watched over and taken care of like a child. Like he needed to be protected. Of course, I didn't mind that. He was kind to me and caring and that's all I cared about.

My attention shot in the direction of the lake when I noticed one of the field guide chaperones running in the direction of the main cabin holding their radio. They looked panicked which made me feel a bit uneasy. I started to notice that a few more of the field guide chaperones were beginning to head towards the main cabin with their radios on. I couldn't make of the sound that was coming out of them but looking at them that way, something wasn't right.

I looked at the other students and their attention steered towards the main cabin. We all fell silent wondering what was going on. I could hear some students whispering that one of the chaperons fell ill and began to act peculiar and that they had to bring them into the campsite's infirmary immediately to get treated.

"Alright, everyone. Please pay no attention to the field guides. They are currently working hard to make this a memorable trip so please let them handle this professionally," Mrs. Gordon stood on the stage and made a response to all the commotion that was happening in front of the main cabin.

It still made me uneasy, and I could tell it was the same for everyone else. I looked at Reina and Peter and they both looked anxious. Tony, Bob, and Liam, Peter's friends, all looked at each other with confusion. When some students were done eating, the field guides ordered them to stay with the rest of us in the camp stadium until this issue was resolved.

It was suspicious. Something was definitely going on that we weren't allowed to know about. After about half an hour, one of the field guides made an announcement on the wooden stage that they were just having a bit of an issue with their radio connections, so they needed to meet up together and have them fixed. They reminded us about our safety on this campsite and that in case communication was blocked it was important to stay together in case anything happened.

The students were relieved after the announcement, so we all headed out of the camp stadium to meet up with our chaperons for the next activity. Before every group was allowed to start their first activity, all electronics needed to be confiscated. So, we handed our phones and anything that was considered electronic.