13 Fear Games by R.L. Stine

Author:R.L. Stine [Stine, R.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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“But the bones were in a perfect circle,” April explained.

Marlin shrugged his broad shoulders. “So? What does that prove?”

“An animal couldn’t do that,” April insisted. “It proves that we’re not alone on this island. There’s someone else here.”

Her three teammates shook their heads.

They were sitting on the sand, near the shore. A red ball of a sun was sinking slowly into the ocean, filling the water with a spectacular light show.

Seagulls glided lazily in the graying sky. Two tall white herons strutted up and down the beach, ignoring the four kids and their argument.

“I don’t understand why you don’t believe me,” April said. “I mean—”

“Marks told us that no one has ever lived on this island,” Anthony interrupted. “So why do you want to call him a liar?”

“I don’t. I’m not saying he’s a liar. But maybe he doesn’t know everything about this island.”

“How could anyone live on this island?” Kristen chimed in. “It’s impossible. There is absolutely nothing here. I think you should forget about those bones, April.”

“But—” April started to protest.

“What if Marks put those bones there?” Marlin asked.

“Yes. Right!” Anthony quickly agreed. “What if it’s part of a test? You know, one of the Life Games.”

“What if the bones are part of the loyalty test?” Marlin continued. “And you are ruining it for us by calling Marks a liar.”

“You are going to mess it up for us again!” Anthony said, glaring at April.

April felt herself losing control. “What is your problem, Anthony?” she demanded. “You’ve been on my case ever since we arrived.”

His cheeks turned bright red. “Sorry,” he muttered. “Really. Guess I’m just losing it or something.” He stuck out his hand. “Shake?”

April shook his hand. She smiled at him. “Friends?”

“Sure,” he said.

Everyone here is so totally tense, April thought. All of us. We should be laughing and kidding around. It should be nonstop party time on this amazing island.

But everyone is totally stressed about the Life Games competitions. No one can relax.

Maybe I can do something about that, she thought. Maybe I can do something to get everyone to lighten up and have a few laughs….

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