The Ritual

The screaming is coming from Hutch and Dom’s tent. Phil wakes up and asks Luke what the noise is. After Dom’s wailing stops, Hutch screams loudly, whimpers, and stops making noise. Luke hears an animal running away from their camp.

Luke and Phil light their torches. In his underwear and with his knife out, Luke opens his tent and sees that Dom and Hutch’s tent has collapsed. He can hear Dom underneath the mess and calls out to him while shining the torch around the forest. Dom emerges and asks where Hutch is.

The three men spend a couple hours walking around and calling Hutch’s name, but can’t find him. Luke asks the other men to pack up the unbroken tent while he collects Hutch’s useful items and looks at the map. Dom demands that they keep looking for Hutch until Phil sees the blood all over the ruined tent. Phil, Dom, and Luke cry. Luke holds the other men until they stop crying.