"Moose Tracks"
Charles knocked at Theresa's door. He banged on it a few more times before Emma called her. "Theresa? Are you in there? We are on the hunt! The Flasher struck again!"
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Are you serious??"
Theresa opened the door with an aqua robe on her. She fumed a she blew her hair over her head. "Why the hell would he want to take more pictures of us?"
"Look, we're in as much dark as you are." Charles piped into the women. "As much as we want to know, we first need to capture the Flasher."
"We need as much people as we can get!" Granger yelled. He pumped his water blaster at full blast. "Are you with us or not?"
Theresa stared at the old officer and blinked. "You know what? I'll take you up on that offer. Let me get dressed first."
"Get snappy!" Alice yelled. "The slower you're going, the more we're gonna lose that bastard!"
Soon, the gang ran through the woods, trying to dodge any branch. There were logs rotting and moss flying as they ran through them. There were a few mishaps along the way, but they were only minor. Jules was one of those mishaps when he caught up with them. He simply asked what was going on and everyone got spooked!
"Keep your voice down!" Emma whispered to the Belgian. "We don't want to scare the Flasher away."
"I see." Jules whispered back. "We're hunting the Flasher now! This will be fun."
"No, son." Major Granger pointed his water blaster to the young man. "This will NOT be fun. We are tired of that monster taking our pictures. It's not his place to do such a thing."
"I'm only curious as to why." Sumie shivered. "I mean is he...trying to make a porno movie? Maybe he is attempting to kidnap the camp and the state has to pay ransom."
"That is a nasty idea!" Eleanor bantered. She and Ruth were baffled at the very iota of an idea. Pastor Alfred pondered with the idea. "I understand the usual kidnapping where the person snatches another for ransom. But someone kidnapping a piece of land for money? Don't you think it's rather risky for one person to do this?"
"What kidnapping?" Farmer Fred pointed his boom stick at the open area. "He is trying to steal what is Billy's."
"Where is Billy?" Ruth asked. "Shouldn't he be part of this group?"
Charles scratched his chin. "Yeah, well he's not here. He wasn't in the mood to chase that guy without his clothes."
"What was he doing without any garments?" Eleanor asked. Sumie gulped and sighed in disappointment. "Eleanor, do you live in a world of ignorant bliss? If you had no clothes on you, what would you be doing right now?"
"About to take a bath?"
Emma tried to contain her laughter. Her cheeks all puffy as Charles rolled his eyes. "Eleanor, what do you want to do with Father O' Sheehan since you first laid eyes on him?"
"Well, Charles, that's different!" Eleanor blushed over the guy's question. "He's my fantasy! Billy, on the other hand, doesn't have anyone specific to fantasize."
"He does now." Emma coughed as her friends started to realize that Billy had someone to really lay beside. "Yeah, he was bouncing our new employee right outside our diner."
"I see." Eleanor sighed and caught her own heart. "I will pray for Billy to calm his own carnal impulses."
"Am I late for the angry mob party?" Out came Rosana from her cabin with her glamorous hunting outfit. Her safari hat fell over her eyes as she caught up with them. Alice pulled her hat from her eyes and put them on the tuft bangs. "Oh, thank you, Alice. This hat drives me bonkers."
"Why do wear that thing then?" Charles asked in dismay. Rosana turned to the guy. "What do you think? I need something to go with my outfit. The hat says, 'savvy huntress on the prowl.'"
"In my book, that hat says 'Caution: trip hazard!'" Charles commented, removing the hat to its entirety. "Put your hat back in the cabin. Your outfit is good enough without one. And 'ere! What's with the net??"
"I want to capture the pervert!"
The others rolled their eyes over by Rosana's over-the-top preparation. Charles lip snorted and kept going ahead of the party. "Now look, we are going to catch that guy red handed, not trap him like an animal. That is not how this little community works."
"If you think about it, Charles, the guy taking pictures is so beastly!"
"Theresa now is not the time of your opinion. What we need is find a scene we can use to catch him."
"That is what we regular folks call setting a trap." Farmer Fred commented.
"Shut up! Now, what we to find is some-
BAIT!!"
Charles flew into the air upside-down and the others watched in shocked. The next moment, he dangled in front of them with a rope around his ankle. He struggled to get himself down, cursing and asking for help. At a nearby grove of cabins, a young girl came out and sang out,
"I caught the Flasher! I caught the Flasher!"
When she came to see Charles hanging around in her trap, she gasped.
"Charles!" The girl said, her lavender pig tails puffed from sweat. "Don't tell me you're the one who is behind all of this!"
"Why the fuck would I take pictures of my neighbors, you daft tart??"
"Charles, calm down!" Emma stroked her husband's cheek bone. She turned to the girl with a guilty look in her copper eyes. Believe it or not, this girl is one of our sorority sisters. Okay, I left her out, and forgot her no doubt, but her part of the story is just plain dandy! So, to finally show her glory, the girl's name is Lori, but the rest of us call her Brandie!"