“Whoah, Erika, are you all right?” Rachel asked, studying Erika’s chest. Erika looked down to find that a flap of her breast form had gotten torn in the scuffle. Shit! She screamed internally. How am I going to explain this to Sasha. She quickly slapped a hand over the loose flap and started back to the bathroom. “Why isn’t it bleeding?” Rachel inquired, concerned for her cabin mate. Camp Kumoni By Anistasia Allread

Camp Kumoni Ch. 31

The three girls joined the torturous calisthenics with strange and disapproving looks from Rachel. Once done with the burning and aching muscles, the girls all made their way back to the cabin and began cleaning it getting it ready for morning inspection. One by one each of the Columbine girls entered the bathroom and took a quick sponge bath and exited wearing their clothes for the day. Today because of the survival class they were all wearing their jeans.

"What took you and Erika so long to get around the lake?" Katie asked her short, blonde friend.

"We had to discuss some important issues." Dani shrugged. "We'll explain them to you a little later."

"What issues?" Katie persisted.

"I can't tell you about them until later." Dani insisted. "Samantha and Erika have to be in on it."

"Fine…Whatever." Katie went back to making her bunk a little hurt, an now curious.

"Hey Victoria." Rachel called from the bathroom. "What is our schedule like for the day?"

"After the survival class, we have horseback riding….. I think it said something about trail riding." She looked to Rachel in askance.

Rachel nodded. "We get out of the arena and get to ride on one the easier trails. What else?"

Victoria thought for a moment. "I believe we have lunch after that followed by another kickball game. Canoeing on the lake, and then I think it said two hours of free time before dinner."

"Sounds like a busy day." Krystal sighed. "With days like this, who needs morning exercise."

"Hey there." Rachel looked over at Krystal sternly. "We'll have none of that kind of talk in this cabin. Krystal, you are doing amazing. Look how fast you are getting round the lake now, compared to last week."

"She has a point, Krystal." Erika smiled. "At this rate, you'll be running around the lake in a week, maybe two." She stifled a yawn and went back to sweeping the floor.

"Hopefully we'll be running you out of here before then." Victoria sneered in passing.

"What did you say?" Samantha asked aloud.

"I said, that 'hopefully she'll be running around the lake before then.'." Victoria managed to cover it up. She walked over to Samantha. "If the cabin isn't told by tomorrow night, I'll be telling them."

"Oh, get over yourself, Victoria." Samantha walked away from the girl.
 
Erika entered the bathroom with her change of clothes and locked the door behind her. She tried hard not to yawn, but couldn't hold it in. She was extremely tired from the last few, very emotional, days. She quickly stripped from her shorts and Ramones t-shirt and let them drop in a pile next to the door. It had been just over a week since She had become Erika and already putting on and taking off her bra was becoming second nature.

The new breast forms that Sasha had given her the other day were starting to feel natural, as if they really were part of her. Looking from her chest to the mirror, she checked the seams of the forms to make sure that they weren't pulling from her skin yet. If she could convince the cabin to keep her, she would have to pull them off in a day or two and reattach them.

She covered a big yawn and changed her panties before slipping into the one pair of jeans that she and Samantha had packed. Having fabric wrapping her legs was almost an alien feeling to her. She had spent the past week or so in shorts and skirts. She was quickly learning to appreciate the movement and freedom that skirt gave her. She also liked the way the fabric moved and brushed against her legs, or how sometimes it flared when she turned quickly, swaying and falling into place.

Erika buttoned the jeans and grabbed a fresh bra from her pile and attached the closures on it, slipping her arms through the straps and pulling her hair free. The bra straps still felt a bit alien to her, especially the back one, but it was one of the things she was going to have to live with this summer. Especially if the girls will accept her as one of their own. Dani's non-reaction this morning was encouraging.
 
 
Screams, shouts and strange noises erupted from the front of the cabin. Loud hissing accompanied by deep laughter, screeches and screams. Erika quickly unlocked the door and charged into the front to find boys wearing bandanas over their nose and mouth spraying her cabin mates and their cabin with fire extinguishers. White powdery mist enveloped and covered everything. Flashes from cameras reflected off the white propellants and made the room appear filled with a bright powdery snow.

Victoria lay on her bed curled up in a fetal position covering her head while a boy masked with a tied t-shirt sprayed the cold powdery substance over her. Krystal was stuffing a book up under her blouse as she was being doused. Rachel charged into the fray and began punching and slugging at the nearest boy who dropped the red canister in order to defend himself from her onslaught of blows.

Their red-haired leader, Phoenix, stood in defiance and was screaming for the boys to leave the cabin at once, while Dani, Katie and Samantha joined Rachel in punching, kicking and pushing the boys and their attack out the front of the cabin.

Erika ran forward and lowered her shoulder at the last instant, slamming into the boy standing and laughing over Victoria as he sprayed the extinguisher over her. The larger boy not expecting the force of her charge fell away from the bed. She felt fingers rake across her chest and snag on her bra for a split second before he fell to the floor.

"Leave her alone!" Erika screamed at the boy who looked up from the ground in surprise. "Get out of here!" she kicked at the guy who was already scampering out of the way holding the t-shirt over his face and still laughing; but it was more of a nervous laugh than one of dominance.

The boy had joined the others of what just had to be Oak cabin bunched up in the doorway fending off blows from the girls as camera flashes went off. Erika gathered her will and charged at Kyle, who’s mask had slipped, through a hole between Rachel and Krystal. Her force knocked Kyle backwards into the guys behind him, who in turn lost their balance on the front step. The whole lot of them fell in a tangled mess.

Still laughing, the boys gathered themselves up off the ground and began jogging off, high-five-ing one another.

"And Stay out!" Dani yelled at them.

"Is everyone alright!?" Phoenix called out. The whole front of her was white with the chemical that was sprayed.

A collection of 'yes' and 'yeah' was heard from the girls.

"No!" a sob came from Victoria's bed. "I've got some in my eyes…… they burn!" she screamed. "God, it burns!"

"Damn it! I knew this would lead to someone getting hurt." Phoenix swore. She went over to Victoria. "What is it, Victoria?"

"My eyes." She screeched. "They blew it in my eyes."

"Okay, let’s get you down to the infirmary." Phoenix helped her to sit up. "Come on Victoria. That's it." She said guiding her to the door.

"You okay, Victoria?" Katie asked.

"They burn." Victoria cried. "My eyes, they burn." Traces of tears streaked through the white powder covering her face.

"We're on our way to the infirmary." Phoenix soothed. She turned to the other girls. "Get the cabin cleaned and then take a shower before going to the mess hall. I'll let them know you'll be late."

The girls watched as Phoenix carefully walked Victoria down the path towards the infirmary, and Director Hobbs office.

"I hope she'll be alright." Katie said to no one in particular.

Rachel turned to Erika. "Nice hit, Erika." Rachel put her hand up for a high-five. "You should think about playing football."

"No thanks." Erika slapped her hand. “I hate football players.”

"What's the best way to clean this stuff up?" Dani looked to their leader.

"Whatever you do, don't get it wet." Samantha warned. "Broom, vacuum or perhaps a blower would work best. We had to clean up after a fire at a friend’s house once. If that stuff gets wet, it is a real bitch to get clean."

"I'll start sweeping." Dani volunteered.

"Rachel, is there someplace in this camp that might have a shop-vac?" Samantha inquired.

"The kitchen staff might have one." Rachel shrugged. "If they don't have one, they might know where to get one."

"Katie, could you check with the kitchen?" Samantha inquired. "I'm going to see if Daisy Cabin has an extra broom." She followed Katie out the door.

"Whoa, Erika, are you all right?" Rachel asked, studying Erika's chest.

Erika looked down to find that a flap of her breast form had gotten torn in the scuffle. Shit! She screamed internally. How am I going to explain this to Sasha? She quickly slapped a hand over the loose flap and started back to the bathroom.

"Why isn't it bleeding?" Rachel inquired, concerned for her cabin mate.

"I don't know, let me take a look." Erika quickly closed the door to the bathroom and locked it.

"Do you want me to take a look at it?" Rachel asked. "It might need some cleaning."

"I've got it." Erika insisted. "I could use a band-aid though." She looked in the mirror at what looked to be a loose flap of skin that flapped open.
 
 
No wonder Rachel was curious, it looked a bit gross if you thought it was real skin. Erika rummaged around in her toiletries bag and dug out the adhesive glue that Sasha had given her and carefully re-applied the form to her skin. With a bit of that cover-up make up that Samantha had insisted that she packed, she daubed and smoothed it over the offending site, and blended it into her skin.

A knock on the bathroom door interrupted her thoughts. "Got you a band-aid." Rachel's muffled voice called.

Thinking quickly, Erika grabbed a wash cloth and placed over the now repaired site and unlocked the door.

"Okay, let me see it." Rachel insisted with a hand on her hip.

"It's nothing." Erika protested. "I just wanted the band-aid to keep it protected.

"Fine, but it better not get infected, or I'm going to make your life hell." Rachel warned. She handed the band-aid over and closed the door behind her.
 
 
Erika locked it again and quickly put the band-aid on over the site to keep Rachel from taking any more interest in it. She then pulled on her top and stretched out tired muscles. The attack of the boys had charged her body with adrenaline, but it was already starting to wear off. She was so tired. She didn't know how she was going to make it through the day.

She brushed her hair back and wrapped an elastic around it, keeping her fringe out to accent her eyes.

With two brooms and a shop-vac, the cleaning of the cabin went a bit quicker than they had expected.

Just as they were finishing up, Director Hobbs knocked on the door frame. "Good morning girls, may I come in?"

"Of course, Director Hobbs." Rachel gave the Director a cheesy smile.

"I just wanted to come by and let you ladies know that Victoria is going to be alright." She looked each girl in the eye. "Pranks aren't allowed at this camp and they are to stop immediately." She paused for impact. "I need to know which cabin was responsible for this…" She looked around at the remains of the mess that they were cleaning up. "This mess, as well as the name of the boy who assaulted your cabin mate."

"I'm not sure which cabin came in here, Director." Rachel answered quickly. "It happened so fast and it was so confusing…. Right girls?" She posed to the others.

"No, I was still under my blankets and didn't get a good look." Dani agreed.

"I was in the bathroom." Erika added.

"I'm sorry Director." Samantha shook her head. “The boys I saw were wearing masks, and I was so surprised and trying to protect myself, that I didn't make out any faces."

Director Hobbs sighed. "Well, if you girls happen to recognize your assailants, I'd like you to inform one of the counselors or myself. I need to put a stop to this prank business before someone else gets hurt."

"Of course, Director." Rachel smiled, walking the director back to the door. "We're glad to hear that Victoria is all right, and if we recognize one of the boys, then we'll let you know immediately."

"Thank you, girls. You've done a good job at cleaning up the mess. Breakfast will be ready for you when you are ready."

Rachel waited until Director Hobbs was a down the path before turning back to the cabin.

"Why didn't you want us to tell her did this?" Katie inquired with hands on hips.

"Did you have fun pranking Oak cabin?" Rachel posed.

"I…. I guess so….. yes." Katie had to think about it.

"If we rat out Oak for this, then what's to keep them from ratting us out for what we did to them the other day or after we get back at them?" She smiled at her cabin mates.

"Honor among thieves." Krystal smiled.

"Yes." Rachel smiled. "If every time a cabin gets raided or pranked, they go to Hobbs, then by the end of the week, there won't be any pranking and no fun."
 
 
They finished cleaning the cabin and all grabbed their toiletry bags, towels, and headed down to the shower building. Krystal, Samantha, Rachel and Katie still needed to change out of their white dusted pajamas and brought their change of clothes with them.

"Columbine are you in here?" Phoenix called into the shower room.

"Yes." The girls answered above the hiss of the water pouring down on them.

"Victoria is going to be okay, but will need to rest her eyes today." Phoenix informed them. "The cabin looks very good. You can hardly tell that it had been assaulted by fire extinguishers." She praised. "I'm going to take my shower now too. When you are changed, go ahead down to the mess hall and I'll meet you there." She entered one of the empty shower stalls.

The shower felt great, but the adrenaline from the morning raid had left Erika even more tired than ever. She almost fell asleep under the shower of hot water and only the bang of a stall door next to her awoke her from her stupor. She dried off, and quickly tucked herself into her gaffe, wrestled into her bra and dressed.

She wrapped her hair up in a towel and joined Katie at the sink counter and began applying a bit of mascara. She was too tired to even attempt eyes shadow or anything else. She dropped the towel from her hair and brushed it out. A yawn over took her and she almost fell with the effort it took to stretch it out.

"Are you alright?" Katie looked at her shorter cabin mate.

"I didn't sleep last night." Erika explained. "Could you help me do something with my hair?"

"Sure, what do you want?" Katie asked.

"I don't care, anything quick and easy."

"Okay, turn around." Katie directed. She brushed through Erika's hair and pulled on it for a few minutes. "Okay you're good."

"Thanks Katie." Erika yawned. She turned around and gathered her towel and scooped up her stuff off the counter. She glanced in the mirror and smiled at herself. Katie had pulled her hair up into two pigtails that bounced as she moved her head about.

Erika found herself struggling to keep her eyes open while her head bobbed over her cereal bowl.

"Erika, what's wrong?" Phoenix rested a hand on her shoulder.

"I didn't get any sleep last night." Erika admitted with a big yawn. "I can't keep my eyes open, and I'm beginning to get a head ache."

"Why don't you go to see the nurse." Phoenix gave her shoulder a squeeze. "Get some aspirin, then go back to the cabin and see if you can take a nap. Besides, I'm sure Victoria wouldn't mind some company in there. She is under orders to stay in bed and take it easy. I'm sure she would feel less isolated with you there."

"Uh…. Thanks, Phoenix." Erika smiled up at the red, curly haired counselor. "But what about the classes today?"

"Take care of yourself first, missy." Phoenix smiled. "Now, get going, or I'll have you escorted. I’ll come by and check on you in a little bit.”
 
 
Erika pushed herself away from the table and trudged out of the mess and around the corner to the infirmary. Once taking her aspirin, she lumbered up the trail and into the cabin.

"Who's there?" Victoria called from her bed.

"It's your worst nightmare." Erika was too tired to put much heart into her words.

"What are you doing here?" Victoria inquired, tilting her head towards Erika's voice.

"I didn't sleep last night and am exhausted, thanks to you." Erika snarled. "I'm going to try and get some now….. Phoenix's orders……. How are you feeling? How are your eyes?" Erika climbed up into her bed kicking off her shoes at the last moment and pulled the covers up around her shoulders.

"Why do you care?" Victoria sneered.

"Because you are my cabin mate and I considered you a friend." Erika stifled a yawn.

"They hurt a bit, but I'm not sure if it’s because of the chemicals from the extinguishers, from the eye wash, or from the antibiotic junk the nurse put in my eyes." Victoria sighed.

A quiet fell over the cabin. Erika was on the edge of sleep, everything around her seemed to be further way, sounds seemed to be coming from a great distance, her eyes began flicking back and forth, as if in R.E.M. sleep, even though she wasn't asleep yet.

"Why did you do it?" Victoria asked, snapping Erika back to full wakefulness.

"Huh?..... what?" Erika asked.

"Why did you help get that creep off of me?" She restated the question.

"Because you're my cabin mate, Victoria." Erika mumbled.

"You didn't have to, though." Victoria stated. "With how I've been treating you the last few days, why didn't you just let him finish?"

"Because, I've been in that position, Victoria, remember, I was 'the plague'. I had to go through a hazing similar to that weekly and sometimes daily at school." Erika said softly and readjusted her pillow.

"Weekly or daily?"

"I only had one class with you last year, Victoria, you saw how I was treated in class, or on the way to or from that class……" Erika yawned. "Now imagine that several times a day and that being a light hazing day."

"Did you really get duct taped to the flag pole….. naked?"

"You mean you didn't see that?"

"No, I missed it…. Did it really happen?"

"You must be the only one in school who didn't get to laugh, throw things or spit on me." Erika growled.

"Who did it?"

"Does it matter?"

"No, I guess not…….. I'm just curious."

"The starting lineup of the football team." Erika growled. "Can we drop it? I really don't like re-living that day. Besides, I need to get my sleep so that I can tell the rest of the girls that I'm a boy tonight, so that I can get thrown out of camp and humiliated some more." Erika turned over in her bed to face the wall. Within moments she was oblivious to the conscious world.

 

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To Be Continued...