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CHAPTER 11 Rescued
They all froze as a gunshot rang in the thin air. Looking at each other, they straightened up and ran as fast as they could toward the abandoned house.
Two more shots rang out and the boys heard a man scream in pain as they reached the house. Kenny reached the window first and peaked in. Evans was on the floor, pointing the gun at Bo and Benny who were leaning heavily on the wall and each other. The gun was cocked as Kenny watched. Taking a risk, he stepped in full view of the window. He breathed a sigh of relief as Bo's eyes flickered to meet his.
"Stall him." he mouthed.
Bo nodded slightly in understanding.
"You won't die." she broke the silence.
Kenny hurried away from the window and toward the rest of the guys. They had a rescue to plan.
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Bo looked toward the window just in time to see Kenny. Her heart pounded as she saw him mouth "Stall him". She nodded slightly in reply. Their rescue was here.
"You won't die." she broke the silence as Kenny disappeared from the window. "Not if you get medical attention fast."
"Liar." Evans snarled, but he didn't pull the trigger.
"It's true!" Benny caught on. He had seen Kenny too. "A rattlers bite can take a few hours to kill. You're strong and healthy; if you get medical attention fast you'll survive."
Evans thought about it for a minute before deciding. Slowly, painfully, he pulled himself to his feet. He had his back to the door.
"Thank you for the information." he smiled evilly. "To bad you won't be there to help find the medical attention."
He pulled the trigger. Bo and Benny reacted immediately; they each separated and fell to the floor. Bo wasn't fast enough, however, and the bullet barely clipped her head. She was gone before she hit the ground.
"What do we do?" Ham asked as Kenny filled them in on the situation inside.
"I say we run in there and over power him!" Squints suggested.
"Yeah, yeah!" Yeah-Yeah agreed. "We have surprise on our side! And he's weak!"
No one could come up with a better plan.
"All right," Kenny agreed. "Ham, me and you'll run in there first and get the gun. The rest of you follow us and pin him to the ground. Timmy, you find the knife and make sure it's far away from him."
They all nodded in agreement and got ready to go. They were at the door when the shot was fired.
"Go!" Kenny yelled as he ran inside.
It was over in a matter of seconds. They all tackled Evans. The gun was thrown to the other side of the room and Timmy quickly found the knife and threw it out the window.
"Bo!" Benny exclaimed as the others held onto Evans who was growing weaker by the second.
They all looked over in horror at Bo who lay on the ground. Her head was bleeding and she wasn't moving.
"Is she…" Kenny couldn't finish.
Benny shook his head as he felt her throat for a pulse.
"She's alive," he said relieved. "Just knocked out."
Evans passed out suddenly and they all piled off of him.
"Look!" Squints shouted, pointing out the window. "It's the police!"
Sure enough, police cars were speeding through the field and pulled to a stop in front of the farmhouse. The policemen jumped out and ran inside. They stared in surprise at the boys.
"What happened?" the sheriff recovered first.
"Fill you in later, Sheriff." Benny said. "He's been bit twice by a rattlesnake." He motioned to Evans who lay on the ground.
The sheriff nodded and two deputies ran over and hauled the unconscious man to his feet and took him outside and into a police car.
"What happened to her?" the sheriff asked looking at Bo.
Benny didn't reply. Giving in to his own wounds, he fell beside Bo, unconscious.
