Captive! by Gary Paulsen

Author:Gary Paulsen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780307804266
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2011-08-02T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

“We’ve been walking for hours.” Mitch stopped to catch his breath. “The sun’s up and we’re going nowhere. I think I’ve seen these same stupid trees three times.”

Roman sat down on a rock. “You’re right. None of us knows anything about traveling in the mountains. If we’re not careful, we’ll wind up lost and in worse shape than we were before.”

“I’m pretty sure we should keep heading downhill,” Woody said. “I read somewhere that you should do that if you ever got lost.”

“We’ve been heading downhill, Worm.” Jeff fell to the ground beside Roman. “We just keep running into more trees.”

Woody wiped his face with the back of his dirty hand. “All I know is we better keep moving, or those guys are going to find us.”

“Shoot, they don’t even know we’re gone.” Jeff put his hands behind his head and relaxed against the trunk of a tree. “We went back and covered up the hole, remember? Those dummies think we’re safe and sound buried underneath the ground.”

“Did you hear that?” Woody strained to listen. “It sounded like an engine.”

Roman jumped up. “It’s a car. And that means there’s a road nearby. Come on.”

They crashed through the trees and oak brush right on Roman’s heels, racing toward the noise. In a few seconds they were standing at the edge of a dirt road.

“You did it, Worm!” Jeff shouted. “Now all we have to do is wait for that car to get here.”

“Just to be on the safe side, I’ll wait for the car,” Roman said. “We wouldn’t want to run into those creeps again. You guys stay in the bushes until I give you the signal.”

Roman stood in the shadows next to a tree and watched the others scramble into the bushes. The car was coming closer, moving slowly. It was an older model, rust-colored, with four doors. Finally it rounded the corner and Roman could see the driver, a young woman with long black hair.

Roman stepped out from behind the tree and waved furiously for the driver to stop. She slammed on the brakes and rolled down her window.

“You gave me quite a start. I didn’t expect to see anyone way out here.”

Roman leaned down. “You’ve got to help us, ma’am. My friends and I were kidnapped. We escaped and now we have to get in touch with the police.”

“I’d be glad to help you in any way I can.” The woman looked around. “Did you say you were with friends?”

“Oh yeah.” Roman motioned for the others to come out of the bushes. “We were afraid you might turn out to be the kidnappers, so they hid until we were sure.”

The woman watched Mitch and Jeff crawl out of the oak brush. Woody hung back. She turned to Roman. “Why don’t you and your friends get in, and I’ll take you to my house. I live right up the road. You can call the police from there.”

Roman opened the back door, and Mitch and Jeff climbed in. Woody grabbed Roman’s sleeve.

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