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All the boys are gone. – Edward said, and we, in a purely male company, entered the house. It was spacious and clean. Ten beds, there’s a lot to do and dance and fool around. Everything is still untouched and so clean. But knowing my guys, it won’t be long. – Maintain cleanliness and do not litter. The schedule of duty will be posted on the door tomorrow, observe it and not shirk. You are the future of our great motherland, all hope is on you.

– Something he painfully sad. I said quietly to my friend. He nodded.

– Make your own beds. You have two hours to unpack and settle in. There is a prepared camp uniform and pajamas in the closet for you. It’s signed, so you can’t go wrong. If it gets dirty we have a laundry, I’ll show you later. Change then lunch and ruler. Meet the camp director and his chefs. Then go to the nurse, she will examine you. We don’t want slovenliness in the camp. I believe that we will have a fun summer guys. And now I’m gone. – He said cheerfully and closed the door, sighing heavily. He did this more than once in his life, he has experience in this matter.

Then we realized that the time had come. Time to choose the best beds for yourself, no one wanted to sleep near the toilet, so we, pushing and fighting, took the beds, it was fun and my friend and I took places near the window. From them you can see the whole camp and the lake. And, of course, the house near which the girls were standing. I threw things on the bed and looked at them from the window. How beautiful they are when they stand with their backs to us. Especially counselor Julia, my new love. Although, as always in her youth, she is unrequited, but not devoid of romance and drama from this.

– Again you fly in the clouds. – Habitually hit me in the side Petka. It is necessary to wean him from this habit that is harmful to me, I will find nothing, how to take revenge on him, then it will stop.

– There is little. But you yourself see how beautiful it is here. Fresh air.

At these words, the fat man Tolik, the son of the local gangster director of the vegetable market, loudly spoiled the air. It’s good that he doesn’t do that in front of the ladies. The worst thing is that he doesn’t even apologize for it. The smell in the house was disgusting.

– Yes, Victor. The cleanest air I’ve ever smelled. Let’s open the window.

But then we found out that all our windows were boarded up. Anyone in their right mind would board up windows, just as it is impossible.

– Weird guys. Yegorka said. A smart and athletic guy with dark hair. His golden sweatshirt has been my envy since I saw it a month ago. My parents don’t have enough money for it. He is the son of a local funeral business. Profitable business by the way he dresses. We call him «The Gravedigger» behind his back in class. He is not offended by this and says that, having completed his studies at school, he will help his father in business. I don’t blame him, to each his own. I wouldn’t turn down that kind of money myself. Although I don’t like buggers. They don’t scare me, just don’t like the smell. Too sweet, cloying. – Only my father in the office and in the basement closes the doors so that thieves do not enter.

– What is there to rob then? – Asked Oleg, a cheerful guy does not communicate with us much, he is a hooligan worse than us, the son of a world boxing champion. Bullies others but is afraid of us. At first, when I just transferred to this elite school, he started flattering me, I had to scare him. Every day I began to put bugs on his collar and said that I would not stop until he left me behind. He has a fear of insects. Here he is behind. We often remind him of this when he forgets. We show the antennae of the cockroach with our fingers. It makes him pale. Serve him a bully.

– There is one coffin for a hundred thousand. And that’s the cheapest. There is a price up to a million, but this is for special customers. Wreaths of fifty thousand. So they nailed it after we were robbed. He touched the glass. – Armored glass, that’s all too much. You can’t even break them with a shot. And the nails look like military ones. You can’t buy these in the store. On them and symbols, some are drawn.

I took a closer look. The symbols on the hats looked too familiar to me. It is a pity that all the phones were taken away from us.

– These are Mayan symbols or even earlier. – Petka said with a smart look. He read a lot about ancient peoples. His grandfather has a large library of ancient books and parchments. – They were found in deserted stone cities in the mountains in North and South America. Grandpa says that this is how the ancient Maya protected themselves from evil. But according to him, this did not help them, and they fled into the forest. Many died there.

– All this is strange. Maybe we’ll unpack our stuff and play outside. Something scary to me. – Said the quiet boy Andryusha who got the place closest to the toilet. Although there are still three empty beds before him. Will they add someone else to us, we did not know, and he is glad about this position in our peculiar society. We feel sorry for him, but we don’t want to help him. Let yourself learn to deal with difficulties. We’ll keep an eye on him anyway. His mother is a champion in figure skating, she cooks delicious pies. He did not have a father, they say that this is her former coach. I would be sorry not to try her cabbage pies again, because I often went to visit him. He tried to be friends with me so, through the stomach. Although I didn’t want Petka to be enough for me or already gone. This camp pulls me to sad thoughts.

– Who is the last rotten egg. – Shouted Petka and we ran.

It was fun to watch others. They take everything seriously. So that Andryusha would not be the last, I left after him. How pleased he is with this, he even put his hand to his chest. I am also satisfied, I did it pleasantly and in my heart as if it were a holiday. The guys did not dare to laugh at me, they would have laughed at him until the evening. Maybe in this camp I will find a new friend or girlfriend.

Chapter 4 Whistler

It smells good in the summer outside. The flowers are blooming. Insects fly in their summer mating rituals. All is well under the light of the sun.

A dark figure is standing near the toilet booth. His clothes were rubbish and in places all corroded by rats. But the number on the chest can be read, under the layers of the clothes of the camp leaders. The figure smiles. For a long time he waited for new victims. He pursed his lips and whistled. From this whistle, insects fell to the ground next to him. The grass turned into black goo. The figure liked what he did and what he was going to do. Strength returned to him after this place came to life again after so many years of silence. Children’s laughter for him is music that gives strength, he has already heard screams, and the pain that he can give them, darkness craves new offerings, animals from the forest can no longer get enough of them, give victims of a completely different level.

– Let these kids play enough and have fun. I do not like to kill those who are sad.

And the figure disappeared leaving nothing behind, only death and sadness.

– What was it? – The fat man Tolik came out of the toilet all cold, although it was plus twenty-eight in the yard. Steam was coming out of his mouth. «I’ve never experienced anything like this, it’s like I’m going to give up eating chocolate before dinner. – Then he scratched his ass and went to the booth. «Well, no, nothing in this world can keep me from chocolate. Even hallucinations.

The witch smiled in the corner of her senior counselor’s booth. The tarot cards were laid out. All candles are lit. Goat head in pictogram on the floor. The room smelled of sulfur.

– Everything is ready. She smiled happily, she had been preparing for this day for a long time.

Nothing was reflected in the mirror in front of her, although she should have been reflected. She liked it. It’s not the first time she’s performed such rituals, and it won’t be the last. But this one is different. She was answered with this.

Come darkness to my call. Make these naughty children obedient to my will and let them begin to learn, and not misbehave.

A blurred silhouette appeared in the mirror. Although you can’t make out anything, the view is terrible. The witch’s breathing became heavy, from the smoke that went around the room, she began to cough. And it spoke in a hoarse voice.

– Your sacrifice is accepted and everything will be fulfilled according to the contract. But you must know that evil will take its toll.

The blurry silhouette is gone. The room brightened, and the witch fell unconscious, with a sense of accomplishment as a teacher. She could have been taken for dead, but her chest heaved up and down to fill her lungs. She is alive and has done a secret evil that she read on the internet. (From the author. Do not repeat stupid rituals from the Internet, they still will not work all this lies. Evil and so inside each of us does not need to be called upon).

We, having played catch-up near the house, heard the sound of a siren. So loud and shrill that the bones shook. Why make such a loud sound? A cheerful Edward came up to us. I envied him, before that he spoke so casually with the beauty counselor Yulia. Maybe they are together? Just thinking about it made me hate him. Although then I examined it and realized that it was impossible. But it’s better to know about it. Better to ask directly.

– Guys, this is a signal for us to go to dinner. We’d better hurry there’s a lot of us here.

– Are you and the counselor Julius a couple? – I asked, strictly sticking out my chest. I don’t know why I did it. The hormones are playing. Breathing became heavy and the air became stale. Few would dare to ask the question directly. Everyone looked at me like I was stupid.

– Me, me and Julia together. – The counselor changed in his face, turned purple, and his hands trembled. I didn’t think there would be such an effect. – No, it’s not. I wouldn’t mind, of course. – He was significantly silent. In vain I started talking about this, otherwise he suddenly decided to call her on a date. And by the look of Yulia, she is not against communication, maybe even a summer romance. We don’t have time for this. He started clapping his hands. And he’s more cheerful than I thought. – It’s time. Otherwise, we’ll be late, and everyone will eat for us.

We cheerfully went to the dining room. Petka looked askance at me, but said nothing. He realized that this summer I was too excited for chatter. All my thoughts were about girls. There were many in the dining room. Twice as many as guys. In total, there are two hundred people in the dining room. It’s not that small, this camp. I already thought he was deserted. But apparently I was wrong. Leaders walked between the rows of hungry children and kept order. Three well-fed aunts stood near the distribution line. Their plump faces said that the food here is hearty, though whether we will get it is a big question. We, under the supervision of Edward, stood in a row of the same hungry children. All under sixteen. Although there are eight-year-olds. And what beautiful counselors here. Each even now print on the cover of a magazine. Who collected them all? I received the answer when we took the food and sat down at the table.

– Hello my new campers. – A man in a white shirt and pants stood on the podium. The leaders clapped rhythmically. They were rehearsing it. So they got it in sync. The girls are so cute in their counselor clothes. I was especially attracted to their short shorts. – I am Anatoly Pavlovich the director of this wonderful camp «Birch Groves». In it you will spend the best days of your life.

– Last days.

Petka said quietly, we laughed. It’s good that no one noticed, or so it seemed to us.

– Not every day, you can take part in the grand opening of a new camp. You will also tell your children about this.

– You will get Katya from Viktor. Ha ha. – Sveta laughed softly. But I heard and looked at Katya, the object of my passion. She just blushed when she saw my look and turned away. That bastard Svetka wants to interfere with our happiness, I don’t understand why she does this. I already help her with algebra and geometry, disinterestedly giving my notebooks when she asks. I thought that at least there would be gratitude from her, but no, at least it wouldn’t interfere.

– Today is your first day at the camp and there will be a lot of interesting things after the lineup.

We ate and went to the line. I didn’t want to stand in the front rows with Petka, so we stood at the back, where the view is better and you can pinch the ladies. But not noticeable, otherwise they can give a slap in the face. Received them many times. Petka once and hit the balls with his knee, so he does everything carefully.

Each counselor introduced himself in turn. I did not pay attention to the guys, only to the ladies. The director spoke about plans for the summer. He wanted to do a lot for us, including hiking in the woods and playing sports and orienteering. I liked it, maybe I’ll get a prize in chess again. Then we were shown on the map where you can go where not. They handed out badges and raised the flag. We listened to the anthem and went to the nurse under the supervision of Edward.

– Boys undress. – Said nurse Faina, the most beautiful that I have seen. No older than twenty-five in a short nurse uniform in black fishnet tights. I wanted her to treat me day and night, so I stood with my mouth open.

– She is mine. Petka said softly and poked me in the side.

– I am married and I have a son, he is two years old. So no more jokes. – She said menacingly, she has very good hearing, as well as legs. – Throw off your underpants and go behind the screen.

– Can I come to you sometimes, and you will repeat these words every time. During my visit. – Fat Tolik was unrecognizable, and he succumbed to her charms.

– If you say that, I’ll smear the ass with turpentine. She raised her fist. Cute, just like her. – Get undressed quickly. Why is it the same every time?

The inspection was fun, she was surprised to see me naked, but said nothing, although I was her type. But for me, marriage is sacred and I didn’t think badly of her, almost. The other guys got the most expensive one with a ruler, except for Petka, she even laughed at him.

Chapter 5 Encounter with the Unknown

The camp during the day is friendly and beautiful, but as night fell, it began to seem that I was being watched. Chill went through the skin, I’m not the only one who felt it. Petka and the guys rubbed their hands against the cold, although it was so warm that the ground dried up under their feet. It has obviously not rained here for a long time. Although there were a lot of them in the city. The lake wasn’t cold either. Only a premonition of something great and terrible, something that will not leave us with a wet place. A strong sense of anxiety cut through to the bones, as did the cold. When Eduard came to us after a whole day of games and told us to sit by the fire and listen to his stories, we did not argue, at least it was warm there. We didn’t sit for long, then he walked us to the booth. After waiting for the other guys to fall asleep, my friend and I looked at each other.

– You’re ready for our main adventure.

– Of course the girls’ house is our goal?

– No, libertine, we will call him. Artifacts of my grandfather will help us. He often tells me that I must seek my own adventures.

– And you about it. – I was disappointed. How I would like to see Katya again. The whole day we were separated and I had little contact with the other guys. Each house formed its own detachment under its own number and name. We were «Fire Lions» at number twelve, Petka came up with the name. I wanted to be the first number, but apparently not fate. To become the first number, you need to get a lot of achievement stars from the counselors. But after examining the sleeping guys, I understand that with them I will still be at the tail of the list.

– More optimism my friend. – Petka was cheerful as ever. – Today we will prove the existence of the afterlife, and you all dream about girls.

– Good. – I said softly. I had no enthusiasm for running through dark forests. The smell of damp made it hard to think. What dangers do not wait outside the gates of the camp. The world is a very dangerous place, I knew it better than my friend. Although his lot was a lot of hardship and evil.

– Then here’s my plan. – Petka understood my indecision and came up with something. – After we perform the ritual, let’s go and spy on the girls. You will see your Katya, at least in a nightgown. And maybe more. He winked conspiratorially at me.

I revived. If a friend promised something, then he will definitely do it.

– I agree to this plan. But remember, I’ll ask if that.

– Do not drift Victor will be a holiday on your street. He extended his arms like a magician. – I see a lot of ladies near you and a big palace. A crown of solid gold with diamonds on your head.

– I like it.

– But be afraid of the little dwarf that you have to fuck. – He made an obscene gesture and got a pillow in the face.

– And you’re afraid of a cucumber in the ass. – I muttered angrily. «And be chained to a bench.

– Enough talking guys. Oleg woke up. – You have already talked about the girls, go to bed, otherwise we will all fly in for you. Not for the first time by the way. He showed his fist. A week ago, we played a little in class. Too in May the weather was good, and then the lessons were going on. So we decided to mess up a little in the classroom, let out smoke there with the help of reagents, it was not in vain that there was chemistry. We were punished, the whole class. But we somehow returned their trust. I don’t understand why they always forgive us. If I were them, I wouldn’t forgive myself. I have always considered myself somehow unique and very smart. Although my mental abilities were higher than those of the rest, society managed to convince me that I was stupid. Particularly successful in this were teachers who gave unfairly low grades, giving high grades to the children of their bosses. Even if they are stupid and can’t read properly. But they didn’t care.

– Let’s get out of here, otherwise this one will hand us over to the counselors.

Petka showed the cockroach’s antennae, and we quickly left the house. The camp scared me at night. It was dark, only the light from the windows of the houses illuminated the path. The organizers of the camp did not think about night lighting, maybe they did not want us to walk alone in the dark. They definitely don’t know child psychology, so it’s even easier for us to go unnoticed from the gaze of the counselors. To make it more fun, I whistled softly. Petka shuddered at first, then laughed and began to whistle with me. Let the kids be scared. Maybe we’ll scare the girls. It will be interesting to see their faces in panic. Although I didn’t want to scare Katya much. I like her confident.

We walked for a short time and, having found a crack in the fence, we ended up in a real forest. Coniferous trees are everywhere. We seemed to be in an ancient Scandinavian fairy tale. From every corner, a dwarf or an elf is about to jump out, or maybe a werewolf lurking in the shadows. If only there were no wolves, I thought. After walking three kilometers, we reached the place we were looking for. Old abandoned cemetery. It turned out to be even more sinister than I thought. Crosses were replaced by various intricate statues. Two dozen crypts not inferior to the size of our camp house. Strange symbols were carved on the doors. Pentagrams and red paint on the walls, I hoped it was paint.

– Petka here, it seems, is a place where satanists gather?

– Pranksters know where to gather. The aura is right here. This is how my neck stone vibrates. Istvenskaya ore will not lie. You can feel it, I can see it.

– Yes, the medallion vibrated, talking about the danger ahead. A chill comes from one of the crypts, but weak. There is more dark energy in the camp. Is it really enough to call here?

Enough, I’m sure. The demon Belphegor will come to the call and fulfill our desires. Here the energy is of a different kind, it is even strange how they coexist together and did not absorb each other.

– Are you going to ask Petka again?

– Of course. You yourself will ask about Katya. Or you already liked the counselor Yulia. He looked at me intently and smiled. – Or quiet Olya.

«Yeah, you cracked me up. I don’t know who to ask anymore. If I had a harem, then everything would be easier. I would treat each one differently. I loved it the best I could. But I would not single out any of the girls.

– Of course, dreaming. There is no such thing in this world and never will be.

– I know Petka. – I said sadly. Bitterness churned in my throat, a strange sticky feeling. My desire was simple, I wanted to know who my real parents are, it’s hard not to know who you are and where your roots are, although the adoptive parents loved me as if they were their own.

I decided to check one of the crypts and entered it. Bad idea. The door closed behind me and wouldn’t open. Well, I’m done, I thought. It became hard to breathe, darkness approached from all sides, the lantern that I held in my hands went out, although I charged it. Fantasy painted terrible pictures, something moved along the walls, their intentions are bloody, and they want to kill me and eat me. These are the guardians of this place, they are small and will not attack first, what are they waiting for, I did not want to find out. Madness began to approach me, the walls seemed to shrink, but I knew this was an illusion that my brain draws. I really didn’t come here. Svetka’s face surfaced in my mind, and that time when I saw her off under an umbrella to the bus stop. She is sweet and always looks at me without turning away. Maybe I can talk to her, it won’t get any worse.

I need to get out, otherwise my mind will leave me and for the rest of my life I will be fed from a straw. I knocked and shouted, but the door wouldn’t budge. Petya, on the other hand, also tried to open it, but could not. Something clicked in the darkness. Raised, some kind of mechanism. I swallowed the lump in my throat, it never bode well. The wall in the far corner of the crypt began to approach, crushing everything in its path, two coffins, a vase of flowers, bones crunching under its weight, making a vile sound. But most of all I was struck by the fact that iron stakes came out of the wall. I didn’t know who they were for. But definitely not for a person, especially a child. The rats that ran along the walls whistled happily, anticipating a late dinner.

– There’s a mechanism.

– So what? – Shouted through the door Petka. His voice was alarming, what is he doing there without me. I can die here, and he will probably fool around again. I’ll go out, as if I’ll hit him in the face, he’s been asking for it for a long time.

– Iron stakes are coming at me. What to do? – In complete desperation, I began to beat on the iron door. Why did I even go into this crypt and go with Petka to summon a demon. I fell for your stories. We need to grow up and not fly in the clouds. It’s better for us to figure out how to seduce girls, and not fool around. We still won’t call. We tried many times, but it did not work, and it will not work now.

Don’t worry Victor. Look around if there is a sunroof on the roof? – Again his voice was distant, he was waving something, but did not try to open the door.

I looked around. Just before the exit was a window with a small bar. As he always knows where everything is, he definitely has an intuition that crosses out all my mental abilities. But he always wants to solve any problem in an easy way, and this prevents him from talking normally with the ladies.

– Yes, there is a window, and a lattice. She keeps her word of honor from time to time.

– That is good. – My friend rejoiced, hitting something heavy on the ground. – Climb up the stakes to the roof and get out. It will be easy for you to do this, you are an athlete with us.

I clenched my fist, he knows that I am the city chess champion, so he teases me. You need to hit him right in the stomach so that he doesn’t laugh.

I did as advised by a friend, although I cut myself from the stake several times, but the wounds are not serious. I didn’t think I’d be able to get out of this mess. The rats, realizing that there would be no food, fled, they had nothing to catch here.

But the joy that I got out of the captivity of the dark crypt was not long.

– What it is? I yelled, picking up the stick from the ground in surprise. The lantern in my hand began to work again, there is definitely a magnetic anomaly, we may not have come in vain, at least we will collect information for the future. This is not our last adventure and the data is very important.

– Nothing special, just a few stray dogs just happened to be in the cemetery and guard this particular crypt. Everything as usual. – Saying this, Petka waved a set fire to a stick. It only teased the dogs, but they were afraid of fire, baring their toothy mouths foaming with rage. Any bite can be fatal, and if the flock gets in the teeth, we will not be found in this godforsaken cemetery. My throat began to constrict again. What’s wrong with me, this camp has a bad effect on me or it’s always been that way. A premonition of something bad stuck in my head. More than once I felt it when we were on the verge of death.

Why is it always like this with us?

– Not always, sometimes we just live a quiet life of teenagers, and that’s most of the time. He laughed as he kicked one of the mutts that almost bit him on the leg. – But you remember only the worst, and this is not right, this is your biggest flaw in life. In the future, try to overcome this vice.

– May be. But this is if we have a future life.

I hit the dog on the back, looks like it was their leader. His eyes burning with fire often still dreamed of me in nightmares, I love cats more.

The smell of sulfur hit my nose. A distant whistle went through the crypt, its source was in the camp. But who could whistle like that. I didn’t believe that it really could be the Whistler, I’m not a blockhead, there is no magic in our world. The dogs began to move away, obeying only the laws they knew. This is all due to the fact that we began to win, and dropped two dogs, they could have killed, but did not, although they are evil, they are still living beings. What ruled them did not want to lose their servants. We breathed a sigh of relief when the last of them bared their sharp teeth at us, ran away, I did not like her look, too meaningful for such a creature, dogs do not behave like that even when they are hungry.

An unknown force controlled them. It is much stronger than anything I could only imagine, and my imagination is alive, I suffered many times in my life because of this, I could not sleep, waking up in a sweat imagining what I had heard during the day. But everything here is real. This adventure with Petka is different from those that were before, I have not yet experienced animal horror in my life. We moved on to a new kind of adventure, and I didn’t know how to be happy with me or run away from a friend in horror and not look back.

What were these dogs guarding? – A friend threw a charred stick into the bushes and began to inspect the door to the crypt. They didn’t just show up, that’s for sure. Everything needs to be explored.

– Well, only after you. I gestured for him to come forward.

– If you insist so. – He smiled. «There must be some kind of protection system against thieves and little adventurers like you. Kind of like a panel. – Petka ran his hand along the masonry near the door, one brick staggered. – That’s it. – He pressed it, she fell to the floor, under it there were two buttons, one green the other red. My friend reached for the red one.

– Wait, what are you doing, the red one will probably turn on the spikes, or worse.

My friend laughed, his terrible laugh went through the crypt, went through the whole cemetery, frightening the runaway dogs. In the light of the moon, his face seemed lifeless and gloomy, as I have never seen him before. And this is exactly my friend, I thought, suddenly his place was taken by a dark double that, having destroyed him, wants to destroy me too. A chill went down my spine, this place is gloomy. The cemetery hummed as if alive, but it was only the wind, I hoped so.

– No, red is not always bad, if I didn’t become the owner of this crypt, I would make the shutdown button green, but rather red, so that those stupid wanderers who get here immediately by pressing the green button lose their lives or something more than life. They will give you balls.

– I hope you’re right. – With a share of skepticism, I said, hiding behind a friend. I had enough of that horror that seized me while sharp spikes were coming at me. My whole life passed before my eyes, and how much I have not done yet. How many lives have they ruined for travelers like me and my friend? I never found out the answer. But the dried blood on the floor told me that their number was great.

– Hold on to me and you won’t get lost.

Petka pressed the red button. At first nothing happened and I thought that everything was gone, but then a mechanism hummed in the floor of the crypt, its sound gave off many years of inactivity, the chains had not been lubricated or changed for a long time. From the hum of the mechanism began to pawn ears. The door opened, everything in the crypt was the same as before I entered it. Vases of flowers and coffins stood neatly in their places. The floor parted, leaving only darkness in the floor behind which one could see the steps, all covered with dust and traces of bare feet. The smell of carrion and decay wafted from the cellar. The empty eye sockets of the skeletons looked at it, silently smiling from their pedestals in the niches of the basement. Only they knew what was inside in total darkness, and therefore they laughed at us, still quite children, that they decided to disturb their peace. Who built this crypt in such a wilderness, and most importantly, why? What is there to hide?