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Danny dodged and threw yet another fire ball at Max. Max blocked it and sent one right at Jackson and then at Danny. They had been at this for it seemed like forever, yet it had only been about two hours. Jackson glanced outside and saw the sun had sank down in the sky.

"God this would be really hard in the dark," Jackson thought to himself as threw a energy ball at Max. Danny could see from the corner of his eye that Jackson was getting tired, and in truth he was draining fast, but he wouldn't let Max win after everything he had put him…and mostly Allyson through.

Jackson ducked and bolted behind a bolder just as energy was about to hit him.

"Hey you alright?" Danny asked as Jackson bumped into him. Jackson glanced over at him and nodded as he said, "Yeah lets finish this."

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"Up there behind the falls," Lex pointed up. Allyson nodded saying, "Alright, Lex you stay here…you'll be safe, and thanks."

"You're welcome, but Ally are you positive you want to do this? Mel please talk some sense into her please," Lex pleaded turning to Melissa. Melissa looked down at Lex and then up at the cliff. She could see fire through the water and a chill run up her spine. The she glanced at Allyson, but she didn't seem the least bit affected by the fire.

"Well, she must be used to all of this by now," Melissa thought to herself sadly.

"You coming Mel?" Allyson asked as she glanced once more up at the cave. Melissa looked down at Lex once more and called back, "Yeah, I'm coming."

Looking at Lex she said, "It'll be alright Lex it's two against one, I'm sure Jackson and Danny will be fine and everything will be fine." With that she knelt down and hugged him tightly. Allyson hugged him just as tightly and whispered in his ear, "Thank you so much Lex, I really owe you my life."

Lex looked up at her, with tears in his eyes saying, "No problem Ally, just make sure you all came back safely ok." Allyson smiled and kissed him on the top of his head. The turning to Melissa she said, "Ready?"

Melissa gulped, but nodded firmly. Lex cried out, "If someone gtets hurt, but jump into the river and you'll be healed…and be careful." Melissa and Allyson both nodded and smiled at Lex, before they began to climb.

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"You can't hide forever back there," Max yelled out. Danny and Jackson only responded by throwing energy balls at him, but Max blocked them easily.

"At least Lex is safe," Danny thought to Jackson. Jackson turned to him and nodded, but froze when he heard a voice that filled him with both relief and fear.

"Danny, Jackson, you guys alright?" Melissa called. Max ignored her, but Jackson stood up crying, "Mel, what are you doing-"

He was cut off as he fall to the floor holding his side in pain. Max grinned as he glanced over his shoulder saying, "Why thank you Melissa." She ignored him and ran over to Jackson. She knelt down next to him asking, "Are you al-"

She was cut off as she was flung onto the floor as a fire ball flew over her head and slammed into the wall. She turned and saw Danny's hand on her shoulder saying, "You ok Mel."

She nodded, but fear was present in her eyes. "Never turn your back in a fight," Danny warned her as he moved away and began firing at Max again. Mel kept her body low to the floor and looked at Jackson. He looked fine except for the gash on his side. She then remembered what Lex said. Whispering in Jackson's ear she asked, "Can you move?" He looked up at her from the corner of his eye and nodded slightly.

Melissa turned back to Danny. He was busy fighting Max a little further down the tunnel, yet she could still see the fire.

"Where's Allyson?" She thought to herself as she glanced at the entrance "She probably just too weak to really climb that fast," Melissa thought sadly. Yet that thought quickly vanished when she felt a tug on her arm.

Remembering Jackson she quickly and quietly picked him up and moved to the edge of the cliff. Thinking quickly she said, "Do you trust me Jackson?" He nodded, but was unsure of what was going on. With that she pushed him through the water fall and heard a splash from below.

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Jackson hit the water and automatically began swimming up to the surface. He broke the surface with a gasp and started swimming towards shore. He reached it and fall against the shore, tired and confused.

"Jackson, that you?" a familiar voice asked from behind a tree. Jackson head snapped up and a wide surprised smile formed on his face as he cried, "Lex, oh my god are you alright?"

He opened his arms and Lex ran into them and they hugged tightly. Lex pulled away slightly saying, "Oh Jakcson, I'm so sorry."

"Sorry about what?" Jackson asked confused.

"I was the one who brought Allyson and Mel here."

"Allyson, you mean she's not…not"

"Nope, she completely healed, a little weak, but all in all she's fine," Lex said motioning to the spring behind Jackson. As if reading his mind, Jackson looked down at his own bruises and found that they had healed.

"But, how?"

"I don't know…magic."

"I guess, but Lex you really need to get out of here and where are the others?" Jackson asked looking around.

"They're still at camp…they don't know where we are," Lex said quietly looking down at the ground. Jackson ran his hand through his hair as he said, "Alright, look…go back to camp, but tell they others to stay there…there's no need to indanger them more." With that Jackson turned around to start climbing back up.

"What about you and Danny?"

"Don't worry about us Lex…and don't worry Melissa and Allyson will be fine too, ok. now GO!" Jackson cried as he started to climb. Lex watched and then headed back to camp.

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