(G26 - KT)
It was around lunchtime when you decided against climbing down the cliffs and instead to talk
the old rickety walkway which wiggled down for 150ft to the beach below. Raz took the lead and
the walkway started to creak and crunch. Shifti was second and the walkway started to wobble
even under his well balanced steps. Nobby was next and when she was just 5ft on the slippery
slope the walkway creaked and moaned ominously and started rocked back and forth. Either by
shear disbelief, stupidity or non existing architectural understanding the three even told
Mashai to follow. As soon as Mashai's bodyweight was fully on the walkway, the wooden structure
gave way in a loud crunching manner; tumbling down from the top towards the bottom. Shifti's
skills kicked in and he managed to run down the slippery slope sliding and snowboarding down
the moss covered planks. Raz was running but slipped around 50ft from the saving beach. He
manged to cling to the cliffs wall and avoided and uncontrolled drop into the sea below. Nobby
was less lucky. She ran but fell and slipped over the edge of the walkway diving into the seas
with the wooden structure falling on top of her. Mashai managed to hang on to the cliff and
slowly started to climb down towards the sea.
Shifti was immediately dropping from seight, hiding somewhere on the beach close to collapsed
end of the walkway. Raz decided to take a controlled dive into the sea and started to swim
towards the beach, but he was soon caught in a water eddy and went underwater. Nobby was in
an even worse situation. She was about 100ft of the beach. She tried to swim but could just
in time safe herself by hanging on to the cliff as if her life depended on it ... well it did.
All of the sudden there was a loud snap and one of the mooring lines from a burning vessel
finally gave way letting the burning wreck drift towards the cliff face where Nobby was
hanging on but unable to move out of the way. Shifti realized what could happen and came up
with a rather ingenious idea.
Meanwhile Raz was dragged underwater but was able to get some firm footing on the bottom of
the cove and started a slow march for the last 30ft towards the beach. Mashai was sliding
into the water around 30ft behind Nobby and started to swim towards her. She barely noticed
the little crossbow floating in the water and grabbed a little item which has come loose and
was just slipping from the laces wrapped around the bolt.
With a loud splintering noice the burning vessel crushed into the cliff and both Mashai and
Nobby went out of seight. Shifti realized that they may have lost their backup powers. He
and Raz were by themselves ... and there was movement on the beach. The moment Shifti
shot the crosscow bolt towards Nobby only seconds before, he was spotted by the savage
pirates who were left of the massacre that happened on the beach. Three of them charged
towards him.
