Binky groaned as he regained conciseness shortly after his brief encounter with Arthur and Buster

"Oh, ouch!" he groaned, the arrow Arthur threw at him still in his left shoulder

"No biggie," he said grabbing it with his left hand "Like peeling off a bandage,"

Binky yanked the arrow out

"YEOUCH!" he cried in pain. To make matters worse he began bleeding worse

Thinking quickly he tore his shirt off and applied pressure to the wound.

"This is what they do in all those crime movies," Binky thought

Yet to make matters worse, such an injury really messed up his left arm. It hurt to move it even slightly

"Stupid Arthur. Stupid Buster," he said "I'll get them for this, yet I can't shoot anymore,"

Binky then noticed his successful kill, Rattles

"Wonder if those jerks jacked his stuff after taking me down?"

Binky walked over to the corpse

Meanwhile

Arthur and Buster were now panting

"Do you...think...we're safe now?" Buster asked

"I...Don't know..." Arthur said as he took some time to observe their surrounds

After their incident at the school they blindly made a mad dash out of there. Hopped up on pure fear and adrenaline

They were now in some woods a ways off

"I need a drink after all that," Buster said opening his bag and pulling out a water bottle. Which he proceeded to suck down. Or at least until Arthur pulled it out of his hand

"What are doing?" he whisper yelled

"What am I doing? What are you..?" Arthur covered Busters mouth

"Buster listen, we almost got killed back there. Binky nearly shot me. Hell he shot someone else dead. We don't know if anyone one else is playing, or where they could be. We need to be on our guard. Got it!?"

Buster nodded, and Arthur took his his hand off the rabbits mouth

Arthur began to check the area out

Buster began to sob and suck his thumb

"Buster?" Arthur said

"We're going to die, aren't we?" Buster said

"Not if we work together," Arthur said

"Work together? I'm think that ship has sailed Arthur," Buster said "Come to think about it, why'd you save anyway?"

"You're my best friend," Arthur said "We've always had each others backs,"

"Or, was it just show you could get you hands on my..." Buster opened his bag

"Weap..! Huh?"

Buster was holding a boomerang in his hand now

Arthur fared not much better, he had a machete

"Well, at least we have something to make a campfire," Buster said

"What about the third bag?" Arthur said "Maybe Rattles had something useful,"

The boys opened the thrid bag, only to reveal no weapon. Just food, water, and another the map

"Geez, that guy got ripped off bad," Buster said

Back at the school

"Sweet," Binky said "So he was packing after all. Good thing I shot him in the head,"

Rattles weapon, was a bullet proof vest

Somewhere else on the island

"I can't believe that happened," Muffy said reliving what her big mouth had done to Jenna

"It wasn't your fault," her conscience said "The maniac that set up this game, he killed her not you,"

"But, but I..."

"You're a Crosswire!" her conscience cried "Crosswires can fix any problem,"

"Yeah," Muffy said "I'm sure Daddy and Bailey have already called the police, maybe even the army. Surely they'll find us on one of heir satellite images or something. Though till then, I better find a place to hide.

Muffy was currently in some form of small neighborhood

The place was totally abandoned, much like the whole island surely was.

"Well, it isn't a five star resort, yet given the circumstances,"

The rich little girl looked around the houses for an opening "Please tell me I won't have to bust a window," she thought "I could rip my dress entering the house or...Wait!"

Muffy then realized all this thinking of guilt and hiding. She forgot the most important thing. "Francine!"

The little Crosswire ran off in search of her best friend "She'll be okay, she has to be! Yeah, she's so athletic and good at sports. Nobody would mess with her,"

Somewhere else

"This is nuts. This is nuts," Francine said " Katana in hand

The sport loving girl had managed to make her way to the edge of the island

Nothing out there but the vast expanse of ocean

"Maybe I can build a raft with this thing," she thought looking at her samurai sword "Yeah, I'm a great rower. I helped win camp Metocroak the canoe race last summer after all. I'm sure I can,"

Just then she heard something it sounded like a persons voice

"Huh?" She said holding out her sword "Who's there?"

No answer

Though whoever was talking, they seemed to be chanting something strange

Francine decided to investigate. Almost everyone knew her after all, she was friends with nearly everyone on the island. Plus it would be smart to just ignore potential danger

A short walk later she was near a pile of bushes, and in the clearing was Prunella. The poodle sat in a lotus yoga pose, in just her bra and panties. Plus she had used the drawn some strange symbol in the dirt

"What the?" Francine said

"By The Brick of Wonders! By the Knights of the Booya Base! I, the great wizard Prunella ask for your guidance oh great one! Appear before from your dimension!"

Francine was near speechless. "All the stress of this game must've warped her mind,"

"Grant me the power to conquer all matter of foes I encounter on my journey!" Prunella chanted

Suddenly, in the poodles own hallucinated imagination. Her hero Henry Screever appeared before her

"Prunella," the fictional book character said to her "Why have you summoned me?"

"I ask for aid in this great duel I find myself in," Prunella said "Grant me the might of the Ancient Lore!"

"Certainly," the wizard hallucination said "By the might of the holy vegetables! May thou become the Daughter of Destiny, and may thy wand banish all dark forces that befall thee,"

"YES!" Prunella cried "I AM THE DAUGHTER OF DESTINY! MY MAGIC KNOWS NO EQUAL!"

"This can't be good," Francine said seeing her friend was a total nut right now "I better..."

"Snap!" Francine stepped on a twig

"Daughter of Destiny! A foe dares enter the hex of protection!," Henry the hallucination said to Prunella

"Blippty! Bappedy! Smiggity! Smore! Wand make that creature no more!" Prunella cried as she fired her weapon. Which unfortunately for Francine, was a machine gun

Francine dashed into some nearby woods as she blabbed her magical gibberish. The trees confused her aim

"Prunella!" Francine begged she took cover behind a tree. Soon enough she ran out of bullets in her magazine

"Prunella It's me! Francine!"

"Fran...Francine?" Prunella said

"Yes Pruenlla remember, I got you that Polly Lockit doll for your birthday. I worked real hard to get it. You keep a picture of my face in yours,"

"Francine?" Prunella said again

"I'm coming out, don't shoot," Francine said as she stepped out from behind the three

"I'm not going to hurt you," she said to the crazed poodle. "See, I'm putting my sword down,"

Tears began forming in Prunella's eyes

"Yes, that's it we're friends." Francine made a gesture with her arms "Nobody has to..."

"BEGONE!" Prunella cried as she pulled out another magazine from her bag and turned Francine into Swiss Cheese

"Thought you could trick me with your brainwashing magic, Lord Modlywart!" Prunella said "I saw you preparing your spell of 1000 plagues! You shall not get my wand!"

"Well done Daughter of Destiny," the imaginary Henry said "But know Modlywart has many ways to prolong his existence. More battles are to come!"

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