Kimberly woke up the following morning. She still had her arms wrapped around Tommy. But, she noticed he had his arms wrapped around her too. He probably wanted to keep her warm. Tommy woke up, shortly after she did. They went back out into the open. Ivan and Kat were waiting for them.
"You made it another day," remarked Ivan. "It's your third day in the jungle."
Kat was still wearing her prom dress. It was still in mint condition. She looked like she was clean. They were covered in dirt, they had cuts on their bodies, and their clothes were horrible. Kimberly's hair was coming undone. She had make up all over her face. She cried when Kat taunted her. Dirt was under her nails.
They followed Ivan and Kat deeper into the jungle. They reached the place, where they found the great power. But, the monsters that they faced weren't there. Kat and Ivan rode a tree elevator to the top of the mountain. Tommy and Kimberly had to reach the top on their own.
"We're going to have to climb all the way to the top?"
"I'm afraid so, Beautiful."
"Would you stop calling me that?"
"You've never had a problem with it before."
"Well, I didn't look horriable then!"
"Kim, you are still beautiful."
"Why do you even think that?"
"Kim, you have a beautiful soul and you're beautiful inside and out."
He grabbed her hand they began to climb to the top of the mountain. After they had been climbing for awhile, Kimberly let go of his hand. She felt like he was treating her like a small child.
"Why'd you do that for?"
"Tommy, I am 19 years old! I don't need you to hold my hand every time we are in a tight spot. I can take care of myself."
"I realize that."
"Then why did you have to hold on to me for?"
"Maybe because I wanted to know you that you were safe. And you are the only thing that I have right now."
"Since when I have been a thing?"
"I meant that you are all that I have now."
"Tommy, we are both okay. Did Ivan tell you something?"
"Well, did Kat tell you something?"
"Ivan told me that if we didn't go to Amber Beach, you would have went the Pan Global Games. He showed me an image where my clone got a letter from your clone. Your clone broke up with my clone. I saw an image where my clone was crying at the lake."
"Kat told me that you married me because you didn't want to have a bad reputation."
"What do you mean?"
"She said that we'd be living in the same place. Kat said people would think that that we slept together. She said you didn't want that type of reputation."
"I didn't marry because of that reason!"
"Then what was your real reason for eloping with me?"
Tommy's eyes started to tear up. Kimberly knew that she just said something that really hurt him.
"Kim, I thought you knew the reason."
He stormed off. Tommy continued to climb to the top of the mountain without her. He was already ahead of her. She'd have to run to catch up with him. Tommy couldn't believe that she'd question him like that. They dated for three years. She heard him promise that he would protect her from Ivan. He continued to climb to the top of the mountain. As soon as she asked him why he eloped with her, he had been crying. He just didn't want her to see it. Tommy saw that she still climbing. He decided to wait for her.
Kimberly saw that he was waiting for her. Why did he want her to catch up with him? He could have already been at the top by now. Kimberly continued to walk up the narrow edges of the mountain. She wished that he didn't say what she said earlier. If she never said it, he wouldn't be at the top. He would be right next to her, and he'd be helping her climb the mountain. A few hours later, she finally caught up with him. He was still waiting for her.
"Why did you wait?"
"I just wanted to."
She didn't question him. Kimberly was glad that he cared enough to wait. They still had a long way to go before they got to the top. It was the middle of the day, she wondered if they would get to the top, before night fall.
"Do you see any short cuts that we could take?"
Tommy looked around. They could either take a rope bridge or a chairlift. The rope bridge looked like it was barely holding up. The chairlift looked was
"We'll take the chair lift."
"Tommy, I'm scared of heights!"
"Kim, we'll get across safer."
She walked over to the chair lift with him and they got on. Tommy noticed that there was a button to press. He pressed it and it began to take them up to the higher part of the mountain. There weren't any seat belts on the chair lift, which made Kimberly more terrified. She moved closer to Tommy. They were almost to where they needed to be.
"Kim, we're almost there."
They were only a few feet away from reaching the other side. For some reason, the chair left stopped. Kimberly started freaking out. Tommy looked to see how far they were from getting to the other side. They were only about one or two feet away from the other edge. Tommy knew that they could probably jump to the other side.
"Kim, we can get across. We will just have a jump."
Kimberly started to freak.
"We can make it, you can hold on to me if you want to."
She quickly grabbed his hand and gave it a tight squeeze. They jumped across to the other side. Both of them made it okay. They close to the top of the mountain.