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A Summary Of A Hero's Journey Chapter 8

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“Get it together Asshole. We need to find Daniel,” Hunter says. Hunter steps back and smirks as Carter climbs to his feet and brushes off his clothes. Carter resists the urge to trip hunter as he runs toward the beach and up to Hillcrest. Carter walks up the dirt hill to the chapel. The path winds through the woods and the roots of the closely grown trees are used in place of stairs. Carter arrives at the chapel. They don’t use the space as often as they should. It is simple with large screen windows, a plain wooden cross, and unadorned altar at the front. They sing inside occasionally, but the campers often don’t care for the building, they find it oppressive. Carter pauses at the top of the hill. Surveying the camp spread out below him, …show more content…

He watches as in front of his cabin, candles disappear simultaneously while someone laughs into the night. Carter spots something by the gaga ball pit. A shadow moving over other shadows. The shadow rotates, revealing that its creation stems from a candle. Carter sprints down the hill, ignoring the twinges from his ankle. If that is Daniel, he can prove he is just as capable as Hunter, if not, no one camper should be alone anyways. At the large, metal soccer goal with chipped white paint, he sees there indeed is a solitary light in the distance. It is processing away from the center of camp, orbiting out to the fringes. Continuing, he passes the gaga ball pit, an eight sided enclosure of low wooden beams reinforced with steel corners that is everyone’s favorite game, except his. A rip-off form of dodge ball and handball that hurts his back from crouching the entire time. The night is deepening. Clouds above coalesce to form an opaque blanket for …show more content…

There aren’t any footsteps or shouts, which is unfortunate as it would signal help is nearby. Daniel is crying beneath him, clutching at his right knee, one of the two he seems to have now, covered by baggy jeans that are turning darker in the poor lighting. Carter and Daniel go through the routine of determining the injury severity. Carter’s heart rate is high. The light, crisp air rushes into and out of his lungs as he subverts his panic. The two of them are 150 feet into the woods on a gravel trail behind the horse pen. Carter glances around in the dark, looking for sticks or something to brace Daniels grotesque knee. He grabs two branches, each about an inch in diameter and two feet in length, then takes off the gym socks he has worn five days this week without washing. Placing the twigs on either side of Daniel’s leg he ties one sock around the knee and another around the ankle. This boy must be dumb. Hillcrest is on the other side of camp, where everyone else is. Carter looks around for his backpack, that’s right, he left it at the cabin for the game. He pats his pockets looking for his phone. Empty. He surveys the area and doesn’t see where it may have landed in the collision and gives it up as lost. Gently tying his faded shirt around the dark patch, Carter stands. He places his arms under Daniel’s and lifts him to his feet. Daniel’s face is contorted and frightening cast in

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