Are We There Yet?

Sam POV

After about ten hours of walking we had stopped, mostly because of Fred's complaining. My feet hurt too, but I wasn't going to say anything. Cade nearly kicked Fred's butt for making us stop. Cade had set Gabby down near a rock when she started to wake up. I heard them talking. Cade was just reassuring her everything was fine. I was surprised with how motherly Cade was with Gabby. Considering she never had that much of a mom in her life. Cade glanced up at me and for a moment I thought I had said my last thought out loud, but calmed down when Cade beckoned me over to her, with a half-smile on her face, as if to say I don't like you, but I don't hate you either.

"You said you had a high IQ. How high?"

"Huh?" I wasn't expecting her to ask that.

"Back at the cave, when we were talking."

"Oh. 140."

Cade let out a low whistle through her teeth. "Not bad. Mine's 145."

I blinked. No one had a higher IQ than me. "Wow."

Cade nodded. "I'm putting you in charge while I scout for bush tuckers."

"Wha- what?" I was never left in charge. Joe was our leader and Fred was always his second in command. They always thought I was too weak to be in charge.

"I'm not leaving them in charge." She looked over at Fred and Joe, who were wrestling in the dirt. I rolled my eyes. Typical them.

"Plus, I'm leaving Gabby here. They don't seem like they would be able to handle it."

"Are you sure? Because Joe does have a little sister. He might-"

"You're in charge."

"Oh, uh, ok." I shook as I spoke.

Cade smiled at me. "Thanks."

She jogged off to look around. I turned back to Joe and Fred. They had stopped wrestling and were looking at me.

"What was that about?" Fred raised an eyebrow at me.

I shrugged. "I'm in charge." Of course, after about five minutes of that, we heard an ear splitting scream.


"Cadey!" Gabby jumped up and ran off in the direction Cade had just left. She was fast for a four-year-old. Really fast. The boys rapidly followed her. When they rounded the corner, they gasped. Cade had a huge gash on her arm and was hanging merely inches above a river. And in the river, about twenty crocodiles waiting to eat her for dinner. "Cadey!" Gabby tried to run off towards Cade, but Joe pulled her back.

"What are we going to do?" Sam freaked.

"How did she even get down there?" Fred looked at her.

"I don't know, maybe she slipped?" Joe replied.

"Guys! We have to get her out of there!" Sam yelled. They stared at him, shocked at his boldness.

"And how do you expect us to do that, Mr. Leader?" Fred retorted.

"I, I don't know." Sam wasn't so into being in charge anymore. Cade screamed again as a crocodile snapped at her foot. If it wasn't for her arm, she probably would have already escaped, easy. Now, it was up to them. Sam looked around. "What if we threw her a rope and tied it around her waist. We could pull her up no problem."

"Yeah, except we don't have a rope, genius." Fred scanned the area.

"Well, Cade brought a huge bag with her. She might have some rope with her." Joe helped.

Sam nodded. "Let's check." Cade screamed again. "Now."

They ran back to camp and dug through Cade's bag. They found rope and bandages. Fred grabbed the rope and left the bandages out. They would need them to seal her wound. If they could save her in time. When they ran back to the scene Gabby was crying for Cade, tears were streaming down her face.

"Fred, go drop the rope down and help Cade tie it around her waist." Fred, without question or complaint, did what Sam told him to. Joe grabbed the rope behind Sam. As soon as Fred finished tying the rope around Cade's waist, he ran and grabbed the rope behind Joe.

"Pull!" Fred shouted as soon as he was ready.

It took them five minutes to pull Cade over the edge. She stood for three seconds, before she fell over on top of Sam.


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