Chapter 5: The First Activity*
A few hours after talking with Adagio, Wind was sitting in the living room with all the Shift Cars.
"I still can't believe that Adagio convinced the others to you guys here," Wind told the Shift Cars.
"I'm curious as to why you and Starforce didn't reveal yourselves earlier," Technic commented.
"Well, we needed to be sure," Starforce explained.
"I get that, but the way you did it surprised me," Speed commented. Wind and Starforce laughed in response.
Wind stopped laughing when he heard the door to the cabin open. "I wonder what our first activity is going to be?" he heard Sonata ask.
Wind quickly got up and walked over to the front of the cabin.
"Hey there everyone, what were you discussing?" Wind asked the girls.
"Well, we were talking about what the first activity for the week," Sunset told him.
"Really, well I guess I should explain a few things concerning that," Wind said, leading them into the living room. When the girls saw the Shift Cars on the table, they tensed up a little bit. "There is something I need to show you first," Wind said as he grabbed Starforce and tossed it to Sunset.
Sunset caught it and was surprised to see the toy car in her hands. "Hey Wind, I didn't know you had a toy car like Adagio's," Sunset said in surprise. Everyone, except Adagio, walked to Sunset to see Starforce. When they all were around Sunset, the four of them felt a shock. After they felt the shock, everyone realized what the car was and looked at Wind.
"I guess I have some explaining to do," Wind said as he sat down.
After a few minutes of explaining, Wind stayed silent and waited for a response from someone. "Well, that's an interesting tale," Sunset said, a bit of shock in her voice.
"So, what do you all think?" Wind asked the group.
"I believe it, considering you have Starforce," Aria said.
"Same here, I'm going to assume the same for you three?" Sunset said, looking at Trixie, Sonata, and Adagio. They all nodded in agreement and the Shift Cars simply made excited noises.
"Well, I think it's time I talk about how the camp activities are going to work," Wind told the group. Sunset and the others gathered around Wind to listen to what he had to say. "To start, I won't revealing much other than the event for each day," Wind explained to the group. They all nodded in understanding.
"Well, for the most part, all the activities will take place in the morning and end before lunch. Each day will have a different activity to complete, usually focusing on something specific. The activity today will be a simple team building exercise. I don't know much more about the activity than that."
"So, you don't know what the exercise will be?" Adagio asked curiously.
"That's right," Wind responded.
"Well, at least we know when that activity will take place," Aria said, getting up from the couch.
"I think that you should all get ready for the activity," Wind said as he got up.
"What are you going to do while we get ready?" Trixie asked curiously.
"I'm going to talk with the Shift Cars," Wind said. They all nodded and went to get ready for the day ahead of them.
After a few minutes of getting ready, Wind lead the group to the center of the camp.
"So, why are we meeting in the center of the camp?" Sonata asked.
"Because there is a meeting place there," Wind explained. No more questions were asked as they arrived at the meeting ground. When they arrived they saw, that there were a few students there already. "Now, we wait for the rest to arrive, you can talk amongst yourselves," Wind told the group.
The group talked as more students arrived. When all the students were there, one of the counselors started to explain the activity.
"Good morning campers, I'm going to explain the activity for today. Today is a simple activity, but it could take a while to complete. The activity for today is capture the flag. In order to succeed, you will need to find four flags scattered around the camp. However, you all won't know the locations of the flags. The only way you'll find out the locations are by hints given your councilors .The first team to get all four fags and return here will get an advantage in tomorrow's challenge. Are there any questions?"
Not one of the students said anything. "Well, I think that there is nothing left to explain, so the challenge is on," the councilor said happily.
Very quickly, all the students immediately ran to their chancellors. "That dismissal went about as well as I had hoped," Wind thought, mentally face palming.
Soon, Team Sacred meet up and went back to the cabin.
"So, what are the hints?" Sunset asked Wind.
"Before I tell you them, you may want to write them down," Wind told them.
Trixie grabbed a nearby piece of paper and pencil.
"The first hint is that one is near a large body of water, hidden in plain sight," Wind said. Wind paused to let Trixie write down the hint. "The second is that two of them are near one another and the third hint is that they are places people wouldn't expect to look," Wind explained.
"Is that all the hints?" Aria asked curiously.
"Well, I do know the fourth hint, but I'm going to keep that a secret until you find the other three flags," Wind said, a smirk forming on his face.
Adagio noticed something in his eyes, but kept quiet about it.
"So, what's the plan for getting the flags?" Sunset inquired.
"I suggest splitting up to get the flags faster," Wind told the group.
"That's a good idea," Sonata said happily.
"I agree, it would be faster," Aria commented.
"Well, since I'll be staying behind, one of you will be going alone," Wind explained.
"I'll go alone," Aria volunteered.
"Ok, than you four spit into groups of two," Wind told the others.
After a few minutes talking and discussing, Adagio decided to go with Sonata and Sunset decided to go with Trixie.
"I think we're all ready," Aria said.
"Before you go, I have something that might help you all," Wind said, reaching into a nearby drawer. Wind pulled out a set of three walkie-talkies and handed one to each group. "These walkie-talkies are made for long range communication, so you'll be able communicate from across the camp," Wind explained.
The groups grabbed their walkie-talkies and got everything they needed.
"Good luck you five, I'll be waiting for you to return," Wind said. With that, Team Sacred split up and went to different places around the camp.
Adagio and Sonata were just arriving at the nearby lake when they heard some conversation. "Hide," Adagio told Sonata, ducking behind a nearby tree. Sonata did the same, just before a group of students holding a flag passed them. "Looks like you were right to come this way Sonata," Adagio said.
"If I may say this, I told you so," Sonata said playfully.
"Slow down there, we still need to find the flag," Adagio said. Adagio looked around and thought about the hint they were given.
"What do you think the hint means by hidden in plain sight?" Sonata asked curiously.
"I'm trying to figure that out," Adagio said, thinking about the clue. Looking around, Adagio failed to see any flags at all. "I can't find anything," Adagio said.
"Neither can I," Sonata said, looking at the lake. The two looked around and couldn't find anything. "I'm going to look up in the trees, see if I can find something," Sonata said.
"You do that," Adagio told Sonata, looking around the lake once more.
After waiting a few minutes, Sonata came down from the tree holding a long box.
"You found something?" Adagio asked, impressed Sonata found something.
"Yes, and I think I figured out what the clue means," Sonata said, opening the box. Inside the box, there was a long piece of wood.
"What is that and what is it supposed to do?" Adagio questioned as Sonata grabbed the piece of wood.
"It's supposed to do this," Sonata replied as she walked up to the lake and put the piece of wood in the water. After waiting a few seconds, Sonata pulled up the wood and it had a flag on it.
"Wait, how did you figure that out?" Adagio asked in amazement.
"When I found the box in the tree, I was confused at first, then I remembered the hint," Sonata explained, grabbing the flag from the wood.
"The flag is located near a body of water in plain sight, what about it?" Adagio inquired.
"Just because it's in plain sight doesn't mean we can see it," Sonata said.
Adagio was about to say something, when she started to understand what Sonata meant. "I think I get what you're trying to say," Adagio said, a look of realization forming on her face. "Exactly, just because it's in plain sight doesn't mean it's obvious at first," Sonata told Adagio.
"And when you saw the lake after getting the box, that's when you realized what the hint meant," Adagio said.
"That is basically what happened," Sonata said.
"I'll tell the others in that case," Adagio told Sonata.
Adagio reached for the walkie-talkie as it bussed to life. "Hey Adagio, are you there?" Aria asked.
"I'm here, what is it Aria?" Adagio replied.
"Did you find your flag already?" Aria inquired.
"We did, you can that Sonata for that," Adagio told her.
"Well, that's good to know, I'm almost to an area I think my flag could be," Aria said.
"Ok, where are you?" Adagio asked.
"I'm in a tree house by the lake," Aria responded.
"Wait, then you should be able to see us because we're at the lake right now," Adagio said. There was the sound of scuffling on the walkie-talkie, so she assumed Aria was moving.
"I can definitely see you, didn't think you would be so close," Aria commented.
"Ok, good to know you're nearby," Adagio said.
"Why do you say that?" Aria asked curiously.
"I'm going to talk to Wind about something, I want you to watch Sonata," Adagio told Aria.
"Fine, just give her the walkie-talkie and I'll guide her over," Aria said in an annoyed tone.
"Got it," Adagio said, turning off the walkie-talkie. Adagio then walked over to Sonata, who was looking at the lake.
"How did it go?" Sonata questioned.
"Good, Aria called and said she's nearby," Adagio responded.
"Really, can we go meet up with her?" Sonata asked happily.
"You go ahead, I need to talk with Wind," Adagio told her.
"About what?" Sonata inquired.
"I just have this feeling that he is hiding something from us," Adagio explained.
"What could he be hiding?" Sonata asked.
"I'm going to find that out," Adagio said, giving Sonata the walkie-talkie. After giving her the walkie-talkie, Adagio turned around and went back to the cabin.
After a few minutes of walking, Adagio eventually arrived at the cabin. Opening the door, she looked instantly knew where to look for Wind. Heading to the living room, she saw Wind sitting on the couch. "Hey, I was wondering where you were," Adagio told him.
"Your back, did you find your flags?" Wind asked.
"Me and Sonata did, but I'm here to talk about that fourth hint you told us about," Adagio told him.
"Like I said, I want you to either figure it out on your own or find the rest of the flags," Wind reiterated, staring at the TV.
"In that case, would you mind giving me the last flag?" Adagio asked politely.
Wind paused, turned around, and looked Adagio in her eyes. "How did you know?" Wind inquired calmly.
"When you told us to figure the hint out for our selves, I saw something in your eyes," Adagio explained, sitting in a nearby chair.
"Would that something be the hint of a liar?" Wind responded.
"Something like that," Adagio said.
"How did you know I had a flag?" Wind asked.
"I figured that the camp councilors would do something with one flag, and you telling us to find out the last hint for ourselves tipped me off," Adagio explained.
Wind stayed silent for a moment and smiled. "Here I thought I was more careful," Wind said laughing a little. Wind opened a nearby drawer and pulled out a flag. "You've earned it," Wind said, holding the flag out.
Adagio grabbed the flag and then paused to think about something. "Why did you ask us to find out for ourselves?" Adagio asked.
"I don't want reveal that at the moment, but I'll tell you tonight," Wind told her. Adagio was about to say something when Wind got up from the couch.
"For now, you need to get to the square," Wind told Adagio.
"Why?" Adagio questioned.
"Well, I think the others should have their flags by now," Wind explained.
Adagio than remembered why she came to see Wind in the first place. "Your right, but don't think we are done talking about this," Adagio said running to the square. As Adagio left, Wind went back inside and waited for the girls to return.
After waiting a few minutes, Wind heard the door to the cabin close. Looking up from the book he was reading, he saw Team Sacred enter the room.
"How did it go?" Wind asked.
"We were the winners of the challenge," Sunset said happily.
"I honestly thought we would take longer, but Adagio pulled out a surprise," Trixie said.
"I'm glad that you all won," Wind told the group.
"So, what do we do now?" Sonata asked.
"Feel free to do whatever you wish," Wind said getting up from the couch. With that, Team Sacred went about to do their own business.