Chapter 22
Helena's five guards were forcing Laura and Lucky along the path. Laura stumbled and fell. One of the guards grabbed her by the arm and jerked her back to her feet.
"Don't treat my mother that way!" Lucky yelled as he turned to face the guard. His anger showed on his face.
The guard pointed his gun at him.
"Lucky, I'm all right," Laura said. She shook her head to tell him to let it go.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm fine," she said.
"Move it! Now!" one of the guards told them. He gave Laura a little shove to get her started.
"Hey…" Lucky started to say.
"Lucky, never mind," Laura said.
The started walking along the path again. Suddenly a piercing siren sounded through the trees. The five guards looked at each other.
"That's the alarm. There's an intruder on the island," one of them said. "We have to go!"
"What about them?" another guard asked pointing to Laura and Lucky.
"Bill, you take those two back and look them up. The rest of us will join the search for the intruder. Come on!" another guard said. This guy seemed to be in charge, because the others followed his suggestion without question.
Four of the guards took off and disappeared behind the trees. The other one remained with Laura and Lucky.
"Let's go," he told them.
They had only taken a few steps before the guard fell forward knocking Lucky to the ground. Lucky stood up and looked at the guard who was lying unconscious at his feet. He looked up and saw a young girl standing at the edge of the path holding a large limb.
"Come with me," she said.
"Who are you?" Laura asked.
"I'm Jessica Smith. Helena has been holding me prisoner, but I escaped."
"Why was she holding you prisoner?" Lucky asked.
"I'll explain later. Right now, we need to hide before the other guards come back," Jessica said.
Lucky looked at Laura. She nodded at him. The two of them followed Jessica off the path, hoping that this wasn't a trick.