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I don't know how long I was asleep before I was suddenly awoken by someone pulling me from my bed. I attempted to fight back, but my arms were quickly pinned to my side and a dirty cloth was tied around my mouth. I was dragged through the hallways, up several flights of stairs until we reached the deck. The man and I were about to jump over board when I saw another man dragging Ann to the railing too. It was when we hit the water and I lost consciousness.

Some time later I was awoken by someone dabbing a cool damp cloth on my forehead. My vision was blurred and my head throbbed. Squinting, I tried to get a closer look at my caretaker, but I couldn't see more than a few feet in front of me. My arms and legs were heavy and couldn't help but suspect that I had maybe been drugged. I came to again sometime later. I felt more alert and could actually see. I carefully got to my feet and tried to take a few steps but fell to the ground. As I lay on the floor I noticed that a short rope was tethered to my ankle and that was tied to a rock.

Frustrated, I pulled, and chewed at the rope, but it wouldn't break! That's when I heard the sound that I thought saved me. It was the sound of several machine guns firing into the air. Realizing that my only chance of being found was to yell.

Gathering all my strength I screamed Jimmy's name over and over again until I was completely out of breath. Several minutes passed and no one came. Then quietly at first but louder a moment later was Jimmy's voice.

"Kate, Kate!"

I could hear him getting closer. A moment later I saw him enter the room that I was being held in. A thin stream of sweat ran from his brow all the way down his face. His breaths came in short gasps. Seeing me his lips spread into a smile and he ran towards me. Pulling a pocketknife from his pocket he cut me loose from the tether.

"I'm so glad your okay!" He gasped

"Slightly bewildered I asked, "How did you get here? You were about to cast off when Ann… Oh my god! What happened to Ann? I passed out when we hit the water."

"Don't worry. Jack is looking for Ann. As for how we got here, Jack found one the Native's necklaces on the ship. He immediately ran to find Ann. All he found was a mess. Thinking of you he ran to your room, but found the same thing. He ran and found Englehorn and told him to turn around. So here we are."

I still couldn't believe it; they had come back for us. Jimmy and I sat there for a moment in silence. Awhile later Jimmy helped me to my feet. We began to make our way to the entrance when we heard someone, or something come through the opening. Our eyes traced over the walls looking for somewhere to hide, but it was no use. We were trapped.

A moment later, three women came into the cave. They wore simple leather dresses and several necklaces with animal teeth. When they saw me loose and with someone else they showed nothing but anger. The only thing I remember was being hit and seeing them push Jimmy out of the cave.

When I awoke again I was in a totally foreign place. My shirt was damp from lying in the sodden dirt. I found my ankle tethered to an enormous tree. As I sat there I noticed something was wrong, terribly wrong. There wasn't a sound to be heard. Not a chirp of a bird or a buzz of an insect. There wasn't even a breeze. The air was heavy and seemed like an old building ready to collapse.

After rubbing a sharp rock against the vine that was around my ankle I heard it rip. After several more heavy strokes it fell away. Teetering a bit I stood up and hobbled around for a second. My legs were sore and the bump on my head was throbbing horribly.

I suddenly realized how hungry I was. I probably hadn't eaten for hours, not since Jimmy… oh, Jimmy. What had become of him after he tried to save me? Not being able to bear it I set off to find some food. I walked for a bit until I found a large clearing. As I stepped into it I couldn't help but gag. A horrible stench was coming from the far side. Letting curiosity get the better side of me I wandered a bit closer. That when I discovered what a horrible mistake I had made.

At the far end of the clearing lay an enormous carcass. Only half of the body was there. Over it stood a huge creature unlike anything I had ever seen. Blood dripped from its large teeth and it stood at least ten feet tall. When it heard me enter the clearing it large head turned to face me. Its amber eyes dilated as it saw me. Realizing how much danger I was in a turned and ran.

Branches whipped at my face as I ran. I could hear the creature running behind me. By the sound of the steps it was quickly gaining on me. Knowing I couldn't keep running forever I made a quick cut and started running in a different direction.

I finally stopped running when a raised root brought me to the ground. I lay on the ground shaking a breathless. The numerous cuts across my face and bare feet stung. That's when I realized that I had no shoes. Those horrible people had taken my shoes when they dropped me in the forest. Angry I kicked the stone in front of me, but immediately regretted that. A horrible pain seared up my foot, leaving me with a wonderful new gash.

After sitting for a moment I continued on my search for food. I finally found a tree with what looked like bananas. Excited I climbed the tree the best I could and just barely managed to get a few down. Propping myself up against a tree I began to eat. They tasted so good and after eating about five of them I was sufficiently full.

Standing up I threw the peels to the side and began to walk again. Not knowing where I was going I began to wander in the way I had come. This did me little good. After an hour of walking I was completely lost. I was convinced I had seen the same rock four times. Completely frustrated I sat down on the ground and began to cry.

I hadn't even been crying for a minute when I heard and felt a deep rumbling. Looking up I couldn't hear anything, but the rumbling got louder and the shaking became more violent. Then from the distance I could see a man running toward me, it was Bruce. Following him were several men from the Venture and whom I saw next made me cry for joy. Jimmy was running in my direction. Then I gasped. Creatures ten times bigger than the one that chased me came running after them. Fifteen more followed the leader.

Stupidly I ran towards him. When we met he grabbed my arm and kept running. To our side was a huge cliff. We had almost got away from the cliff when we heard a terrible crack. The piece of land we were on began to fall off the cliff. Jimmy and I scrambled to get off the falling piece of rock, but we were unsuccessful.

The rock broke off completely from the cliff. I felt us plummeting farther and farther into the abyss below.