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This chapter is loong overdue, I know. But I started a new school and i've been filling out university applications and there was a big drama with my personal statement. Basically, you have to write about why you should be given a place at university. This is hard enough without the fact that the course i want to do only runs in one place and they only take twelve people a year. Plus, theres' a character limit on the personal statement. Me and my tutor thought that it didn't include spaces but it turned out it did so we had to work to cut out bits. DRAMA!

I have no idea where I'm going right now so I'm just going to start writing...

Here goes:

CHAPTER... WHATEVER...

I'd like to say I was surprised at what Fang did but, strangely, i'm not. It's not like I exactly saw it coming, especially not when he had his tounge down my throat but still. I really needed to learn to trust my instincts. Especially now that it turns out when my gut told me Fang volunteered to kill me, it was right. So I did what I should have done a long time ago. I ran. I ran like a bat outta hell.

Of course, I knew the carreers would follow me but I had flat out fear on my side. Another disadvantage to being a career is that everything is handed to you on a platter, so they never had to work to get anything. They are also way heavier than I was from all that extra food. by the time they realised their prey hadn't rolled over and given up, I had already got a considerably good start. Combining that with the fact that they moved like a herd of ungraceful, slow elephants, I was confident I could get away. A short cackling laugh erupted from my chest and I took the time in turning around to give my followers the middle finger.

Note to self, running in a forest full of trees that will swallow you at any moment is probably not a good idea. Just a thought. I almost fell into the giant crater Steve had formed in the ground. Luckily, I ran face first into Steve before the ground had time to move. It did, though and I began to loose my footing. Shit. Crap. Shit. Crap. Were pretty much the only thoughts going through my mind at the time. By this point, the ground around me had loosened away to nothing and i was balancing on one of the giant roots to keep myself aloft. But soon, even that started to more. Woody fingers curled around my ankle, dragging me into a black abysess as far as the eye could see. I grabbed a knife from my belt, sticking it into Steve for grip. I held onto that with one hand while my other hand searched for a second knife to pry the roots off of me. About five seconds in total had passed between me running into Steve and Steve trying to swallow me. And i thought we were friends!

About two seconds later, the careers finally decided to join us and I was still struggling to get the roots off of me. My hand held in the bark slipped as my knife dropped about half an inch. I turned around as i heard the thump thump of footsteps. Maya came barreling through the trees, Fang closely following her and the other careers behind him. None of the had time to stop. Frantically, Maya's feet backpeddaled, trying to run away. But Fang had already driven into the back of her. Ratchett skidded and rolled to a stop, his arm dangling over the side of the hole. When he rolled through the air, he had managed to knock over all the other careers except for Star who tripped over Ratchet beofre she could stop. I watched as she grabbed onto him in an attempt to stop herself from falling. All she did was suceed in pulling them both into the hole. Their screams rung through the air as they disappeared from sight. Maya and fang were both grabbing onto the edges of the fissure. Bony hands from the roots of the tree grabbed onto their ankles. As they collected around their new victims, my leg was released. I scrambled to find a footing. One hand was still clinging onto the knife that was esing free of the tree trunk. My other hand hung limply at my side, knife clenched between my fingers. I swung my hand, lodging the knife into the tree to haul myself up. My struggle had caught the attention of the tree as roots left Maya to creep over to me. Quicker than before, I scuttled up the tree using the knifes as hand holds in the trunk. I successfully made it to a large V in the tree, hidden from below, and perched there to gain my breath.

Below, Holden and Star had pulled Maya out of the hole. Fang was still clinging on for dear life. Maya angrily got a knife out of a belt, similar to the one I had on. She hacked at the roots grabbing her foot until they released her and became pulp under her blade.

"Maya..." Fang wheezed. He let go of one hand in an attempt to grab hers but she pulled away.

"Sorry Fang, nothing personal, just business!" She smiled a wicked grin before driving her knife through the one hand of Fangs' that remained clinging to the dirt. Fang let out a strangled gasp. Maya pulled out the knife and Fang plummeted out of view. I resisted the urge to shout NO! but let out a sob into my hand. Maya waved to Fang as he fell. The three cannon fires covered my hysterical sobs.
"What did you do that for, we could of used him!" Holden shouted. Maya slapped him across the face.

"Do you want to be next?" Holden shrunk under her gaze. "Good. Now we need to find Birdie girl. There were only three cannon fires so she aint dead but I definitely saw her in that hole. She must of gone that way!" Maya pointed to behind the tree, right next to the spot where I almost fel in. I held my breath. No one moved. After a few seconds, Maya pushed Holden forward;

"Watch your step." She said to him, as she followed the path he took exactly, a knife aimed at his neck. They carefully avoided the tree, walking almost directly under me. When I could no longer hear their footsteps, I let out a sigh of relief.

Okay, I'm really sorry 'bout this! But it will all make sense soon, it isnt over yet. I had an epiphany halfway through writing this and suddenly I knew exactly what I was doing! I promised you Fax and yee shall have Fax. Sorry its short.

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