To Hawaii, with Love by Michael P. Spradlin

Author:Michael P. Spradlin [Spradlin, Michael P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4804-5788-1
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2013-10-30T00:22:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

The Boys Are Back in Town

FOR A MINUTE I couldn’t figure out what was happening. We kept hearing and seeing these explosions of red light that filled the pit all around us. Then it hit me. Alex! He’d warned me “there would be fireworks”! He was using the flare gun that Brent had brought to shoot flares all around the pit. It was loud and confusing and a perfect diversion.

This was my chance. Dumb and Dumber had relaxed their grip on me in the confusion. I dropped straight to the ground and jerked my arms free. Then I sprang to my feet and ran at Blankenship. He was looking up at the flares going off and didn’t see me coming. I put my shoulder down and ran right into his chest, knocking him to the ground. Pilar spun away. Even though her hands were tied behind her, her feet were free.

“Run!” I yelled at her, and she didn’t have to be told twice. She sprinted across the bottom of the pit, toward the lava tube on the opposite side.

I wanted them to have to chase us both, so I started to sprint toward the scaffolding. But I got only a few steps before I felt someone grab my robe from behind. I turned around to see Leikala clutching the gown and digging in her heels.

“Let me go!” I screamed at her.

“No!” she yelled.

I grabbed a handful of the gown as hard as I could and twisted in the opposite direction. The sudden change in balance made her fall to the ground and lose her grip. I sprinted to the scaffolding and started climbing up. I scampered up a few feet and then felt the scaffolding shake. Glancing down, I saw Dumber climbing up after me. I kept climbing as fast as I could. When I was maybe thirty feet from the top, I felt the scaffolding vibrate as the elevator started down from above.

Then somehow a bright light lit up the pit. I heard this loud roaring noise and felt a wind whip up all-around us. But I was being cut off from escape and couldn’t pay attention to all of that. I was trapped about thirty feet up from the ground, with Dumber gaining from below and the elevator coming down to crush me. My only chance was to see if I could work around to the side, out of the way of the elevator.

I looked down again to see Dumber getting closer. That was my mistake, because as I was trying to move sideways on the scaffolding I missed the crossbar with my foot and stumbled. I tried desperately to clutch at the next crossbar with my hand, but I couldn’t reach it. I felt Dumber reach out and snatch my ankle as I fell past him.

I heard Pilar scream. If Dumber let go, I wasn’t going to survive the fall. Even if I did, Mithras would have me, and I knew what would happen next. But I could hear Dumber grunting as he tried to hold on to me and keep his grip on the scaffolding.

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