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Chapter 25
We stood back to back, assessing our one and only option.
Battle.
Two of the warriors fired their arrows. I instinctively ducked, as did Zak and Señor Ramirez. Rachel screamed and dropped to the floor.
I looked over to her and I was zapped of my senses. Everything was in slow motion. I could not hear the clinking and swooshing of Señor Ramirez’s and the warrior’s swords right next to me, nor could I see our predators fiercely pouncing on our enemy. A pool of blood formed next to Rachel as she gazed distantly into the ceiling, with the arrow protruding from her stomach. I rushed over to her and bent down beside her, ignoring the possibility of also getting hit.
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“Rachel!” He shook her body desperately. “NO!”Zak put his hands to his face and cried intensely. A wave of sadness came over me as I went over and kneeled down beside her. Señor Ramirez walked over to us and stooped down next to me. He shook his head and sighed in pity. The three predators came over and hung their heads in despair. An air of mournful silence hung in the warehouse amidst the vast scatter of dead and unconscious Obsidian warriors sprawled on the floor.Señor Ramirez ripped the bottom half of Rachel’s trouser leg and used it to cover her face.“Should…we bury…her?” I asked sadly.“That will take too much of
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CRASH! The helicopter plummeted headfirst into the ocean. I flew across the helicopter’s interior and my forehead collided with the backseat, as blood began to gush out from the bruise and mix with the water. Like a contagious virus spreading rapidly, the salty ocean water filled up the sinking helicopter. Tiny fish scuttled in, eager to discover their new surroundings. Holding my breath as hard as I could, I swam back across to Drago, whilst a growing feeling of nausea swept around my body. An unconscious heap of devilish flesh, I hastily dug my hand in Drago’s inside pocket and felt the crispness and smoothness of the Golden Leaf. I pulled it out. But it remained firmly put. I cursed to myself in frustration.
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