Junior and Matt arrived back at Raintree, fifteen minutes after they decided to turn around.
"Where have you two been? Did you find Kris?" Jean asked.
"No," Matt replied. "We had to turn back."
"Why?" Pablo asked.
"Trees were on fire everywhere." Junior cut in.
Jean and Pablo looked out into the distance.
Kris and Wildfire had been racing past everything trying to avoid the fire, but it was everywhere.
"I've seen that tree before." Kris said as she looked around, "Oh no, we're going in circles Wildfire!" She had fear in her eyes. And she could tell Wildfire felt it too. What if they got trapped in the fire, and never got home? They would never she Baby Wildfire again, and worst Kris thought. I'll never get to see Junior again. We will find a way out, Kris thought and I'll see him again! Kris was going to make that thought stay in her head no matter what.
"We have to get them out of there," Pablo said to Jean.
"You know we can't go in there, and neither can anyone's else. We have to let nature take its course with the fire." Jean said.
"And what about Kris and Wildfire? You want us to leave them in there. And let nature chose their fate?" Pablo said as he hit his hand on the table.
Jean was feeling the same thing, but they both knew there was nothing they could do since it was out in the wild.
We must follow our ears, Kris thought. We have to listen for the river and go back. At least then they will know where they would be. Wildfire turned around and headed back. Every minute, they could feel the heat of the fire burning down on them, they were close to the fire. Very close! Kris could now hear the river, then she saw it. As they approached the river there was a crash behind them. "There's no way out!!" Kris screamed trying to hear her voice, but the river was to loud. The tree had fell and was still burning. The only way they could go was through the river, but it was too deep and the water was rushing to fast. But it was the only way. Wildfire stepped into the water, Kris looked back the whole river side was covered by fire. Wildfire slowly kept walking, even Kris could feel the pressure of the waters pounding up against their side. Kris knew what was coming, so she didn't fight it... The water was already up to Wildfire's neck. Widlfire started to go sideways loosing his grip on the rivers bed. Wildfire knew that Kris knew, they weren't going to make it. But he kept fighting, it just wasn't enough though. The river had knocked them down in the water. Wildfire trying to keep his head above the water, and Kris struggling to get air. I can't swim Kris kept thinking as she held her breath. Her air was almost gone as she reached the top. She tooked a breath of air, and tried to look around for Wildfire. But she kept getting banged up against rocks, then everything went dark...
TO BE CONTINUED...