Huh. You know, I had an affinity for blue hoodies when I was your age.

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Oh. Who are you and why are you talking to me?

//lol chill max//

*max seems to be refusing to cough* *he weakly paws at Carlos’s hand*

David: *comes running* OH MY GOSH MAX!

C: He was in the lake! He’s not breathing! *still pushing on the kid’s chest*

*coughs weakly, but not enough to get any water out*

David: HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?! DID HE FALL IN? DONT WORRY MAX WE’LL HELP YOU! *points to angie* GET A FIRST AID KID!

A: Okay, David! *runs off toward the mess hall
to get the first aid kit*

C: He just –  *stops and looks at the other kids*. I – yeah!
He fell in! Obviously! Help me get him breathing! There’s water in his lungs!

*max’s eyes flutter* *he coughs enough that he can make the words* didn’t…fall…tell…them…I..dare…you…

David: what? What’s going on!

C: That’s not important right now! God dammit,
Max! *pushes much harder on his tiny chest – could have broken a rib but he’s
trying to get the water out*

A: *running back with an old plastic first-aid
kit*

*max’s body spasms* n-no. Let…*cough* me…die…

C: *looks at David* You know how to do this
better, don’t you?

A: *sets the kit down by Max’ head and opens
it before moving so the adults could get to it easier.*

*max convulses on the ground* *his lungs are starting to shut down* l-let…die…please…

A: Daddy, turn his head so water can drain. He
needs air too!

C: *nods and turns Max’s head to the side *
David, c an you give him some air? I’ve got his chest.

((you’re playing David >w>

*max pushes everyone away* no…leave…it…

David: *does cpr* *idk how to describe that* max! Stay with us!

*Some kids are getting upset. Angie is
starting to cry and Carlos is just getting frustrated and teary*

C: Max, for the love of God, just cough!
Breathe for me buddy, please! *he’s surprised when teardrops fall down onto his
hands while he’s pushing on Max’s chest*

…stop…I’m…not worth…it *there are tears running down Max’s face*

David: MAX PLEASE! BREATHE!

C: YES YOU ARE! Yes you fucking are! Don’t die, Max! I don’t want you to die! Breathe, Max,
breathe!!

A: *Angie is so scared and crying* D-don’t
die, Max! P-please!

*some of the other kids are freaking out and
crying*

*Carlos puts his weight behind his arms and
gives one really hard push onto Max’ Chest – as hard as he could*

Huh. You know, I had an affinity for blue hoodies when I was your age.

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Oh. Who are you and why are you talking to me?

//lol chill max//

*max seems to be refusing to cough* *he weakly paws at Carlos’s hand*

David: *comes running* OH MY GOSH MAX!

C: He was in the lake! He’s not breathing! *still pushing on the kid’s chest*

*coughs weakly, but not enough to get any water out*

David: HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?! DID HE FALL IN? DONT WORRY MAX WE’LL HELP YOU! *points to angie* GET A FIRST AID KID!

A: Okay, David! *runs off toward the mess hall
to get the first aid kit*

C: He just –  *stops and looks at the other kids*. I – yeah!
He fell in! Obviously! Help me get him breathing! There’s water in his lungs!

*max’s eyes flutter* *he coughs enough that he can make the words* didn’t…fall…tell…them…I..dare…you…

David: what? What’s going on!

C: That’s not important right now! God dammit,
Max! *pushes much harder on his tiny chest – could have broken a rib but he’s
trying to get the water out*

A: *running back with an old plastic first-aid
kit*

*max’s body spasms* n-no. Let…*cough* me…die…

C: *looks at David* You know how to do this
better, don’t you?

A: *sets the kit down by Max’ head and opens
it before moving so the adults could get to it easier.*

*max convulses on the ground* *his lungs are starting to shut down* l-let…die…please…

A: Daddy, turn his head so water can drain. He
needs air too!

C: *nods and turns Max’s head to the side *
David, c an you give him some air? I’ve got his chest.

((you’re playing David >w>

*max pushes everyone away* no…leave…it…

David: *does cpr* *idk how to describe that* max! Stay with us!

*Some kids are getting upset. Angie is
starting to cry and Carlos is just getting frustrated and teary*

C: Max, for the love of God, just cough!
Breathe for me buddy, please! *he’s surprised when teardrops fall down onto his
hands while he’s pushing on Max’s chest*

Huh. You know, I had an affinity for blue hoodies when I was your age.

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Oh. Who are you and why are you talking to me?

//lol chill max//

*max seems to be refusing to cough* *he weakly paws at Carlos’s hand*

David: *comes running* OH MY GOSH MAX!

C: He was in the lake! He’s not breathing! *still pushing on the kid’s chest*

*coughs weakly, but not enough to get any water out*

David: HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?! DID HE FALL IN? DONT WORRY MAX WE’LL HELP YOU! *points to angie* GET A FIRST AID KID!

A: Okay, David! *runs off toward the mess hall
to get the first aid kit*

C: He just –  *stops and looks at the other kids*. I – yeah!
He fell in! Obviously! Help me get him breathing! There’s water in his lungs!

*max’s eyes flutter* *he coughs enough that he can make the words* didn’t…fall…tell…them…I..dare…you…

David: what? What’s going on!

C: That’s not important right now! God dammit,
Max! *pushes much harder on his tiny chest – could have broken a rib but he’s
trying to get the water out*

A: *running back with an old plastic first-aid
kit*

*max’s body spasms* n-no. Let…*cough* me…die…

C: *looks at David* You know how to do this
better, don’t you?

A: *sets the kit down by Max’ head and opens
it before moving so the adults could get to it easier.*

*max convulses on the ground* *his lungs are starting to shut down* l-let…die…please…

A: Daddy, turn his head so water can drain. He
needs air too!

C: *nods and turns Max’s head to the side *
David, c an you give him some air? I’ve got his chest.

((you’re playing David >w>

Huh. You know, I had an affinity for blue hoodies when I was your age.

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Oh. Who are you and why are you talking to me?

//lol chill max//

*max seems to be refusing to cough* *he weakly paws at Carlos’s hand*

David: *comes running* OH MY GOSH MAX!

C: He was in the lake! He’s not breathing! *still pushing on the kid’s chest*

*coughs weakly, but not enough to get any water out*

David: HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?! DID HE FALL IN? DONT WORRY MAX WE’LL HELP YOU! *points to angie* GET A FIRST AID KID!

A: Okay, David! *runs off toward the mess hall
to get the first aid kit*

C: He just –  *stops and looks at the other kids*. I – yeah!
He fell in! Obviously! Help me get him breathing! There’s water in his lungs!

*max’s eyes flutter* *he coughs enough that he can make the words* didn’t…fall…tell…them…I..dare…you…

David: what? What’s going on!

C: That’s not important right now! God dammit,
Max! *pushes much harder on his tiny chest – could have broken a rib but he’s
trying to get the water out*

A: *running back with an old plastic first-aid
kit*

*max’s body spasms* n-no. Let…*cough* me…die…

C: *looks at David* You know how to do this
better, don’t you?

A: *sets the kit down by Max’ head and opens
it before moving so the adults could get to it easier.*

Huh. You know, I had an affinity for blue hoodies when I was your age.

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Oh. Who are you and why are you talking to me?

//lol chill max//

*max seems to be refusing to cough* *he weakly paws at Carlos’s hand*

David: *comes running* OH MY GOSH MAX!

C: He was in the lake! He’s not breathing! *still pushing on the kid’s chest*

*coughs weakly, but not enough to get any water out*

David: HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?! DID HE FALL IN? DONT WORRY MAX WE’LL HELP YOU! *points to angie* GET A FIRST AID KID!

A: Okay, David! *runs off toward the mess hall
to get the first aid kit*

C: He just –  *stops and looks at the other kids*. I – yeah!
He fell in! Obviously! Help me get him breathing! There’s water in his lungs!

*max’s eyes flutter* *he coughs enough that he can make the words* didn’t…fall…tell…them…I..dare…you…

David: what? What’s going on!

C: That’s not important right now! God dammit,
Max! *pushes much harder on his tiny chest – could have broken a rib but he’s
trying to get the water out*

A: *running back with an old plastic first-aid
kit*

Huh. You know, I had an affinity for blue hoodies when I was your age.

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Oh. Who are you and why are you talking to me?

//lol chill max//

*max seems to be refusing to cough* *he weakly paws at Carlos’s hand*

David: *comes running* OH MY GOSH MAX!

C: He was in the lake! He’s not breathing! *still pushing on the kid’s chest*

*coughs weakly, but not enough to get any water out*

David: HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?! DID HE FALL IN? DONT WORRY MAX WE’LL HELP YOU! *points to angie* GET A FIRST AID KID!

A: Okay, David! *runs off toward the mess hall
to get the first aid kit*

C: He just –  *stops and looks at the other kids*. I – yeah!
He fell in! Obviously! Help me get him breathing! There’s water in his lungs!

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Angela perked up, hearing Nikki yelling. She
looked over at her father worriedly. “Daddy…?”

Carlos groaned. He set the nozzle down and
reached into his pocket to grab his phone. He handed it to Angela. “Find
another adult. If you can’t, call 911, mijita.

Angela nodded, shaking but determined. “O-okay,
daddy!” she said and she turned around to hurry away.

She went to the flagpole first and was
relieved to see Nikki and David.

“David! My daddy’s here taking care of the
fire, but he said we need to call the police!”

David was taking deep breaths, trying to shake this feeling when Angela approached. Her words felt distant but her father was there? And they needed to call the police?

Cameron was going to be so mad at him. The police were going to be mad too. They were tired of coming here, they were going to be really, really mad. He felt sick.

“David!” Nikki snapped again.

He was shaking as he tried to sit up, fumbling with the phone. He managed to slide it to unlock but he was struggling to dial the numbers. He stuttered out where they were to the operator and that there was a fire. Any further questions he was asked didn’t seem to process but the fire department was on the way.

The counselor was far from excited to explain this one.

Angela smiled shakily at David. He didn’t look
okay at all, but she was glad he called the police like her daddy told her he
should.

“That’s very helpful, David – good job!” she
told him. She clutched onto her dad’s phone tightly with one hand and reached
out to gently pat David’s shoulder. “What now, David? What do we do now?”

Where Carlos was, the scientist could still
hear the sparkler going off inside the tree. Who the hell thought fireworks was
a good idea in a forest?? He looked over his shoulder at the remaining children
– a tiny one with a fishbowl over his head was crying, and a small black-haired
boy was clinging to the legs of a girl with a purple streak in her hair.

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The bang and screaming had Carlos running
toward the smoke faster. Quickly he emerged from the forest and saw cabins, a
flagpole, and a bunch of running and screaming children. “Everyone, away from
the fire!” he exclaimed, and he broke the lock on the extinguisher before
running to the tree. He started to blast the fireworks inside with cold CO2
foam.

Anglea was surprised when she realized she
recognized the labcoat and the black hair not unlike her own. “Daddy!” she
cried, running up to him.

“Angela??” Carlos said, shocked. “Angela, stay
back! Does anyone have a phone!?”

“David does!” Angela said. “Where’s David?”
She looked around at the other campers. “Is he tied to the flagpole again?”

Carlos looked at his daughter incredulously. “What??”

Panic had set in, though David couldn’t place exactly why he was feeling so terrified. Why all this felt so familiar. He was feeling utterly, hopelessly constricted when Nikki seemed to decide the situation was out of hand and that David needed help.

Things were out on control and so much more different than usual. Even with the new adult helping, she knew she needed to get David out.

She was quick to work at the knots they had tied, struggling with how tight they were with trembling fingers. The adrenaline rush wasn’t as fun as she would have hoped. Finally though, he was freed.

David fell to his knees, gasping for breath while Nikki seemed to be trying to pull him up.

“David, come on! David!” She was trying to get him to move but something seemed really wrong. She looked around, really starting to worry. Was there such a thing as too much chaos? “Somebody!?”

Angela perked up, hearing Nikki yelling. She
looked over at her father worriedly. “Daddy…?”

Carlos groaned. He set the nozzle down and
reached into his pocket to grab his phone. He handed it to Angela. “Find
another adult. If you can’t, call 911, mijita.

Angela nodded, shaking but determined. “O-okay,
daddy!” she said and she turned around to hurry away.

She went to the flagpole first and was
relieved to see Nikki and David.

“David! My daddy’s here taking care of the
fire, but he said we need to call the police!”

-there is a knock on the door leading into Mia’s office. Angie and her other adopted siblings currently under Mia’s care are there in various costumes- Trick or treat~

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Carlos opened the door.

“Oh wow – so many of you guys!” Carlos said, smiling widely. He was wearing a stormy grey suit with a concrete-colored shirt and a charcoal tartan tie. He has his hair gelled up wildly, making it appear bigger than it ever had been before. He held out a bowl of candy toward the children. “Take a handful – I’ve got a lot of it. You guys look amazing – how has your Halloween been so far?”

He spotted Angela and grinned. “Mijita, you’re so cute! I love the coat and the flannel!”

Angela grinned back up at her father. The girl had her hair pulled back into a ponytail and dinosaur studs in her ears. She was currently wearing a lab coat over a pair of denim jeans and a mustard colored shirt. Obviously, she was dressed up as her favorite scientist for the holiday.

“Hi Papa!” she greeted excitedly as she took candy from the offered bowl before stepping out of the Office to give him a hug. “Halloween is fun! Mama’s taking us around to her friends and then we’re gonna go to a town she knows and trick or treat there!”

Carlos knelt down, still holding the bowl out
for the other children, and gave her a one-armed hug. “That sounds amazing,” he
said to her, grinning widely. He turned to press a kiss to the side of her
head. “Make sure your mom knows how much you appreciate her taking you all out.”

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Angie heard yelling and looked around. Where
was David? Was that his voice?

Ered was lighting a spark fountain and Nerf
had found a big, red, funny-looking Firework with no label. They lit them and
ran away to watch with the other kids.

Suddenly though, the red firework let off with
a loud BANG! that had Angie’s ears ringing. Most of the kids fell over from the
force of the bang, or from shock, and when Angie was back on her feet she saw
that one of the trees had fallen over onto the fireworks. The spark fountain
was going off within the branches, and a couple of the kids screamed.

“It’s going to catch fire!” Neil shrieked.

“Oh no! Where’s David?” Angela asked. “We need an adult!”

He couldn’t see what was going on but that horrible bang scared the hell out of him. David’s heart was pounding, his ears aching. Where was the quartermaster? Where was anyone that could help? He silently hoped that Cameron would come in and save the day again.

“Kids!” David called as loud as he could, struggling against the ropes and feeling the uncomfortable burn start to form on his skin from it. “Someone, untie me, please!”

There was the fear for the kid’s safety but something about what he said and the fact he was bound set off a wave of panic he couldn’t place. The situation hit him with inexplicable deja vu. He felt like he couldn’t breathe, tears stinging at his eyes.

“Help me!”

The bang and screaming had Carlos running
toward the smoke faster. Quickly he emerged from the forest and saw cabins, a
flagpole, and a bunch of running and screaming children. “Everyone, away from
the fire!” he exclaimed, and he broke the lock on the extinguisher before
running to the tree. He started to blast the fireworks inside with cold CO2
foam.

Anglea was surprised when she realized she
recognized the labcoat and the black hair not unlike her own. “Daddy!” she
cried, running up to him.

“Angela??” Carlos said, shocked. “Angela, stay
back! Does anyone have a phone!?”

“David does!” Angela said. “Where’s David?”
She looked around at the other campers. “Is he tied to the flagpole again?”

Carlos looked at his daughter incredulously. “What??”