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“Get down–disperse your weight!”
He
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“Get down–disperse your weight!”
He dropped to all fours and scuttled to me, his eyes burning in the light of dawn
“Don't let go,” he cautioned
He assessed for another second, and then slid his body behind mine, pushing me closer to the
rockHis arms were longer than mineEven with me in the way, he was able to get his hands
around his brother
“One, two, three,” he grunted
He pulled Kyle up against the rock, much more securely than I'd had himThe movement
smashed my face into the pillarThe bad side, though–it couldn't get much more scarred at this
point
“I'm going to pull him to this sideCan you squeeze out?”
“I'll try
I loosened my hold on Kyle, feeling my shoulders ache in relief, making sure Ian had himThen
I wriggled out from between Ian and the rock, careful not to put myself on a dangerous section
of the floorI crawled backward a few feet toward the door, ready to make a grab for Ian if he
started slipping
Ian hauled his inert brother around one side of the pillar, dragging him in jerks, a foot at a time
More of the floor crumbled, but the foundation of the pillar remained intactA new shelf formed
about two feet out from the column of rock
Ian crawled backward the way I had, dragging his brother along in short surges of muscle and
willWithin a minute, we were all three in the mouth of the corridor, Ian and I breathing in
gasps
“What… the hell… happened?”
“Our weight… was too… much
“What were you doing… by the edge? With Kyle?”
I put my head down and concentrated on breathing
What will happen then?
You know what will happenJeb will shoot him, or they'll kick him out
Maybe Ian will beat the snot out of him firstThat would be fun to watch |