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We'd only been walking for about five minutes when it began to rain. As if the day couldn't get any worse. We were drenched in seconds and soon the hard dirt beneath our feet turned into thick mud. We trudged along in silence, and I tried to ignore how much my feet were hurting - and the fact that we had almost no daylight left.
I sidestepped to avoid a rock that was in my way and my left foot slipped in the mud, making me fall. I let out a yelp of pain as I landed hard on my butt.
"Shawn!" Gus dropped to his knees beside me. "You okay?"
"I don't know," I moaned, rubbing my lower back and wincing. I looked at my feet, but it was impossible to see anything through all the mud caked on them. They stung like crazy though.
"Let's take a break for a second," Gus said.
I shook my head. "No, we've got to keep moving."
"How are your feet doing?"
I gritted my teeth and began to stand up. "I'll live," I said grimly.
Gus helped me the rest of the way and I gripped his arm as we made our way through the trees again. For the next hour we slogged through the mud, leaning on each other for support and not speaking. The rain refused to let up. If anything, it fell harder. I'd never been so miserable in my whole life.