I duck under a branch and almost trip over a rock that had been hidden by a plant. Grunting I keep my balance and continue after Danny. Lukas, Danny, and I are playing one of our favorite games. Lone Survivor. We created it ages ago one day when we were bored out of our minds. I guess we just loved it. We would choose who was going to be the ‘survivor’ and then gave that person a 5 minute head start in the woods. You can laugh if you want, but it’s actually really addicting. Over the months after we created it, we started placing bets and guessing how long the survivor would live. Lukas had bet two movie tickets, that he could stay ‘alive’ for an hour. Danny and I had agreed. Now as I race through the woods after him I glance at my watch. If we didn’t catch Lukas in ten minutes, then we would be giving him both of our allowances for a week. He is not going to win. I put on another burst of speed and soon catch up with Danny. He falls behind me as I pass him. “How much …show more content…
Lukas has kept up this pace for fifteen minutes and that is way longer than he ever had. “I don’t know,” I call back. “But if he keeps this up he’ll win the bet.” Danny stumbles to a halt. “That’s better than us getting lost out here. Again” He adds the last part quietly as he turns away from me. “Lukas! We give. You win!” We are both silent as we wait for an answer. There is none. We look at each other and raise our hands to our mouths. “LUKAS!” Again no answer. “This is starting to freak me out a bit,” Danny whispers. His eyes are darting around searching the growing darkness for our friend. The forest suddenly seems to be filled with shadows. I shiver, get a hold of yourself, I think. But I too, am beginning to freak out. “Lukas! This isn’t funny! Come out!” I can’t help it when a little desperation creeps into my voice. I am turning back to Danny when an incredible light flashes through the forest. My vision goes white and then black. I know no