ok, this chapter is for Rain, GalaxyPink, eXtreme eVolution, AND Capt. Cow FOR READING AFTER ALL THIS TIME AND NOT JUST BAILING WHEN THE CHAPTERS WERE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.
Debbie, Ok, yes I have planned on bringing this up through the LG timeline but I'm not saying anything else you'll just have to read to see what happens.
Chapter 6 the Hike Pt. 2
Her right arm had the branch clamping down for dear life. The left wasn't quite so lucky.
For a split second she hung there holding on as best she could and then she waved her arm and preyed she could get a hold before her hand gave out from the strain of trying to hold all of her weight.
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"Kendrix!" Leo shouted his worry growing with every second.
Something was really wrong she was probably in real trouble, he could just feel it.
"Kendrix come on answer me!" he thought of all of the things that could have happened to such a sheltered girl and hoped he could find her before anything else did.
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Kendrix swung her arm again and then she had it and then for a
Split second she just dangled there trying to slow her heartbeat.
"That went well." She muttered and then knowing if she didn't do something her grip would give, Kendrix said another prey that she could indeed do this and not die. Then she began to rock back and forth and then on the count of 3 she swung her legs up so she could hook her leg around the branch.
Pulling herself up on to it, she then knew her ankle would have to rest. Shifting her weight slightly Kendrix let herself straddle the tree limb.
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Leo hadn't seen or heard anything as he ran but then he caught sight of it, the dark stain near the base of the tree.
"Kendrix!" He shouted hoping she was still close by and not too badly hurt to call for help.
"Leo?" A voice called and at first he thought it was his imagination but then.
"Leo up here!" He then scanned his eyes up the tree and there, straddling the tree sat his little brain.
"What the hell are you doing up there!" He demanded and she sighed.
"There was some problems and I got too far behind, I figured if I could get high enough to see everything maybe I could get someone's attention."
"Oh ok, well you should get down."
"Um Leo," she began sounding a little nervous.
"Yeah!"
"I kind of hurt my ankle and..."
"You'll hurt it more if you jump." He said knowingly.
THEN a flash of Mike lying on the couch at home in a cast had Leo's mind made up. Looking up at her, meeting her eyes he gave her a cocky smile.
"Ok, just take it easy. I'm gonna think of..."
"I have an idea, to get up here I stood on the rock beget up here if I do the reverse I can get down, but can you try and." He heard it before she did and was running even as she yelped and dove to her right.
"Kendrix!" Leo was running even as she hit the ground and lay still in the bush where
She'd landed.
"Kendrix?" He was then kneeling beside her. "Can you hear me?" He asked afraid she'd not answer then also afraid she would. If something was really wrong…
"Yeah, I'm, I'm ok." She managed spitting out a leaf.
"Gees Brains you almost gave me a heart attack." He said and she managed to sit up.
"I was a little scared there." She admitted even as Leo was checking her ankle.
"I know the feeling." He said and could still feel his heart pounding from fear. When she'd gone down…
"It's just sprained." She told him and he nodded having come to the same conclusion. He then was looking around for some sticks to make a splint.
"Ok," he got up, picked up the end of the branch she'd been on and laying it diagonal he stepped on it, breaking off about a foot, then he did it again and carried them back to her. This should do it." He said and then with out thinking he tore off the material of his sleeves.
"Leo what you can't…"
"Already did besides, we gotta hold it together some how." He said and made short work of securing it about her injured limb.
"Leo!" Someone was calling as Leo was using what was left of his other sleeve to clean up the still oozing scratch on her arm.
"So want to tell me how that happened, it's too rough to be from the fall and I'd guess it's from tree bark.
"Misty."
"Oh," He scowled, that brat was really starting to bug him.
"She poked me with something and I stumbled into a tree. That's why I got behind I forgot I didn't have my emergency kit in my pocket and by then you guys were up a ways. Then I tripped on the tree root…" She blushed and He smiled, she was kind of pretty when she did that.
"Kendrix!" Another voice shouted and she looked at him. He nodded and getting up called.
"Over here!" Then he was helping her to her feet.
"Where!"
"Look for the red stained tree!" Kendrix called and then there were more shouts as the other campers who'd been with the group arrived.
"Is everything alright?" Jenny Malloy asked her found charges.
Kendrix nodded even as jenny began to examine the girl's injuries.
"I um just tripped over a tree root is all."
"Alright, well we better get you back to the infirmary." The black haired teen told her and she began rounding up the group who'd all finally caught up to them.
"Oh my gosh what happened?" Misty asked Looking at Leo's shirt.
"We had a little first aid situation"
"Oh," Misty sniffed looking to where Kendrix began to hobble after Jenny. "You know some people really shouldn't be aloud out of doors." She said and there was a murmur of voices as Leo turned to the girl.
"And some people should never leave the mall." He shot back and her eyes widened in fained shock at his words and then as if he'd hurt her feeling thy filled with tears.
Leo just rolled his eyes in disgust and walked away, moving to catch up to Kendrix.
"Looks like you're not going to get what you want this time." Mora, one of Misty's friends smirked at her.
'Want to bet?" Misty asked and Nora nodded.
"Leo's no dummy; I bet you'll never be able to get him to ask you to the Farewell dance.'
"You're on." Misty smiled evilly, she'd show Nora who was the queen and she'd also have little Leo in her pocket by the end of the summer.
TBC
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