To live or to kill

High in the Alps, 15 year old Kyle Watkins was waiting. All he knew was that at 1:30pm he would hear a noise of warning, a noise of fear. He checked his watch. It was 1.29. Counting down until that moment, he flicked his short, brown hair out of his emerald eyes. 5 seconds…3 seconds…1 second… "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!" A blood-curdling scream pierced the silence. Not having moved a muscle during the scream, his breath was let out slowly. He reached in his backpack for his compass, and pressed the 'Sudden Sound' button on it. As if by magic, the needle started spinning. It settled after a minute or so, pointing NNE. Getting down from his cliff edge, he slowly made his towards the scream…