TRAGEDY UP NORTH

Chapter 5: The Clock's Ticking

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Gordo raced down the hill at full speed. He didn't care if he fell or if he was hurt, all he cared about was getting to Lizzie and saving her. He could tell that she wasn't too far from him, but knew he had to work fast. Who knew where they could be by the time he got back. As soon as he approached the bottom of the hill, he took off his skis so that he could move quicker. He could suddenly hear the love of his life yell out a faint, "help me Gordo!" interrupted by, "shut you stupid girl or I'll kill you right now." Gordo wasn't about to let anyone hurt Lizzie, so he moved even faster. Suddenly he could see the three in clear view. He began to creep towards them making almost no noise. He was so close, yet so far away.

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Miranda was beginning to get panicky. She couldn't let anything happen to her best friends and now both of them were in possible danger. She tried to look to Ethan for comfort, but she had a feeling that he had no idea what was really going on and that his mind was somewhere else completely.

"Ethan," she began looking right at him, "what if something happens to Lizzie or Gordo? What am I going to do?" She could feel a single tear rolling down her cheek and Ethan grabbed her and held her close to him.

"It's okay Miranda, let me help you."

She could feel his hands running all over her body. At first it was soothing, but then she didn't know what to think.

"Um, Ethan."

"It's okay Miranda, I know you want this." Ethan said as he pulled her to the snowy ground. He was on top of her and Miranda, being much smaller, had little defense.

"AAAH, Ethan get off of me, what are you doing!" She screamed. But he didn't budge and began to pull off her many layers of clothes. "Ethan stop!"

"Hey, chill Miranda. You're going to like this."

"Help Me! Somebody help me!" But she knew that nobody was around to help her. What was she going to do.

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Gordo was all but a few feet from the group. He knew that he had to do something fast. He ran a few feet and then jumped up, pulling all of them to the ground when he landed. The first person he got hold of was Kate who he pushed to the side. She whimpered and lay flat on the ground still getting over that shock of fear that she had just experienced. She was about to reach for Lizzie, when the man, wearing a ski mask, pushed him to the ground and pulled up Lizzie. Gordo was about to grab hold of them when he saw something shiny near Lizzie's throat.

"Don't move until I'm done, or your girlfriend gets it." He said waving the knife about near her. She let out a desperate cry and looked at Gordo with pleading eyes. He didn't know what to do, but he knew that he had to help her. He loved her!