" He kept me for a week.. my parents had signed me up for a camping trip so they thought that there is where I went so.. he timed it perfectly.. I am too scared to tell Sawyer.... I don't.. I can't... " Raven paused for a moment, " I don't want to lose him.. "

"Cliff. Of course he would. Crazy dude showed up on the same fishing boat I was on. Said he wanted to offer me something, led me to the far end, and tossed me over. Even worse was he'd tied weights to my ankles...I still can't go into a deep pool.....What's the chance we can get Mr. Crazypants into a rocket and send him to Pluto?"

Swear word

Something crossed Ash's face before it went back to the unreadable expression. "You're afraid of losing him because Cliff was being a ******? Does that mean you might lose him if you tell him?"

Jake came out of his tent. He hadn't been able to sleep. "Yeah, I'm with Phoenix on this one. Let's send him into a black hole."

"I know Sawyer. Hes not gonna dump you for something stupid Cliff did. And Jake actually has a good idea....I think ill startbuildingsomething when we get back. I think i can make a bigger version of my missile launcher....."

Jake grinned, bordering on a smirk. "I know! I'm just so proud of myself."

" Yes.. I am scared he would think.. think that I am not good enough because I let that happen.. I am sure he would leave if I told him anything.." She looked to Jake and Phoenix " If you could get rid of him.. I would be very grateful.. "

"No problem. I got a few misslle launcher prototypes uderway, just gotta attach a few things." Phoenix acts like it's totally norma for a high school dude to play with fire on a dily basis.

Ash shook his head. "Hate to say it, but I doubt the idiot would leave you if you told him that." All of a sudden, there was a rustle in the bushes nearby and a growl. Ash clamped a hand over Raven's mouth just in case she decided to scream. There was another growl, more like a roar, and a huge grizzly bear bust through the bushes

Phoeniz oulled out a bunch od seogy randon assortment of lnives and pistols. "Dont run. And cover your noses and moutha." He said calmy, lime thos was perfectly normal. He aimed one of the pistols and shoot out wgar looke dlome a whole bag of....something that smellednraly bad. "Yyes, my barspray gun works!"

Raven didn't scream or even attempt to, but what she did do was gently push Ash off her. After, backing up a little from the bear.

( What if Cliff attempted to hurt Raven again but Sawyer stopped it or Ash? )