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Max's POV

So it turns out I can't fly a plane, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

The take off was easy, the spell doing most of the work while all I had to do was direct it. But once it was in the air I realised I would have to actually know which direction Australia was. That resulted in me flying the plane in circles for about an hour.

"Do you know where we're going?" Molly yelled over the wind.

"Of course, we're going to Australia!" I answered.

"You do realise Australia is south of Mongolia right?" Molly yelled again.

"I know!"

"Then why are you heading north, back to Russia!" I quickly jerked the stick harshly to the right, spinning the plane around and causing Molly to let out a harsh scream. "Don't do that!" she yelled in my ear but I only smirked.

It was a long flight, I think I even fell asleep at one point because when I opened my eyes after what felt like a really long blink, we were over water and it was light. A lot of water.

"Molly? How long was I out?" I yelled over the engine.

"You were asleep?" she cried, sounding very distressed. "In any case we've been flying for about nine hours."

"Nine hours? How far away is Australia?" I asked, rubbing my eyes.

"About twelve hours!" wow that's a long way to fly. Props to Luka for doing this nearly every week.

"So we have about three hours left?" Molly didn't answer so I'm guessing she either nodded, or knowing Molly, rolled her eyes.

I wish this thing could go faster. Hang on…I'm a wizard, I don't need to wish.

"This plane moves far to slow, make it move faster to where the Outback grows" Not my best rhyme so far but it must of worked because, along with the immense pain that shot through my wrist, the plane shot forwards.

"Whoa! What'd you do?" she asked, leaning forwards to yell right in my ear.

"Just gave it a little jump start!" I shouted back while cradling my scorched wrist. In less then an hour we were over land. "Molly, I welcome you to Australia!"

"Great! Now land this thing!" she screamed. There was a new urgency in her voice. Swivelling around for the first time I noticed Molly, sitting with her knees against her chest and her eyes squeezed shut.

"Molly? Are you afraid of flying?" she snapped her eyes open, green orbs glaring at me.

"No! I just don't…enjoy being very high up…ever!" I rolled my eyes before grabbing the steering stick again and pushing it forwards.

The nose of the plane dipped down and instantly I felt a pair of hands wrap around my waist and hold tightly. I smirked as the plane rocketed towards the ground.

"Don't we need to find Luka's delivery spot?" Molly screamed. Instantly I yanked the stick back up, bringing us back to cruising along.

"This plane has it's place to go, take us to where only Luka will know." The plane swerved drastically to left, already descending towards the ground. Huh, we must have been close.

The plane continued its decent, ducking below the cloud level to reveal…nothing. All there was that could be seen was the outback.

"Where's this delivery supposed to go?" Molly asked.

"I don't know! Maybe it's for a farm or something!" I suggested. The plane rattled as it continued onwards, causing Molly's hand to seek out mine again.

Finally the planes wheels touched the ground, causing us to bounce and Molly to squeeze my hand tighter. The plane rumbled along the ground and as soon as it stopped, Molly leaped from it, planting her feet firmly on the ground.

"In an hour or two take to the sky, return to Luka and Alexander and tell them 'Thanks and goodbye'" I grit my teeth against the pain in my wrist. I couldn't keep this up much longer or soon I would have no skin left on my wrist.

"Max which way do we go now? We're in the middle of nowhere," Molly asked.

"I don't know…which way you want to go?" I asked. Molly shrugged.

"South? It's worked for us so far?" I shrugged at her suggestion, heading off into the outback.

"There must be a road somewhere!" Molly groaned after what I think was our second hour of walking.

"How am I supposed to know?" I snapped back, irritated from the heat radiating from the sun. It. Was. Boiling. There was also no cover from the sun so we were pretty much cooked.

"Well you were the one flying that stupid plane!" Molly yelled back. It was either the heat or just her but something today was really pissing me off. Whirling around, I stood tall as she nearly ran right into me, her forehead bumping against the bridge of my nose. I hadn't realised we were nearly the same height.

"You know what? You need to get off that freaking high horse of yours and start being more helpful! So far I've done everything to get us here and we're still in danger so could you PLEASE! Either shut up or try to help!" I yelled at her. Her eyes darkened into a deep green as she stepped closer to me.

"Haven't been helpful? I'd still be stuck in that Russian warehouse and you'd be dead if it wasn't for me so don't you dare say I'm useless!" she screamed back.

"I never actually called you useless but right now you're making yourself pretty useless!" her chest heaved as she let out a frustrated scream.

"That's it! I've tried to tolerate your total idiocy but enough is enough!" she yelled before turning and stomping off in an entirely new direction.

"Where are you going? We're in the middle of nowhere!" I yelled back in a mocking voice.

"Well you say civilisation could be that way, so I'm going this way!" she screamed. A sense of déjà vu hit me from when my family and I got captured by wizard hunters.

"Fine!" I yelled.

"Fine!"

"Good!"

"Good!"

I didn't reply, just turned and stalked off in the other direction. I didn't Molly to find my way home, I would probably get home sooner without her now.

For the next ten minutes I stomped through the outback, grumbling to myself under my breath about Molly's stupid stubbornness and how her eyes gleamed when she got angry and how her hair swished as she spun around and…I'm getting off topic.

"Something troubling ya lad?" a voice asked with a thick Australian accent. I kicked a stone as I walked.

"Yeah but it's complica-" I stopped short as I realised I wasn't imagining the voice.

"Ya alright?" I turned to the voice this time. It was a tall guy with a Hugh Jackman motif going for him. He was rugged with a scruffy short beard and thick brown hair that sat under a hat to shield him from the sun. How I managed to miss him approaching me I'll never know.

"Y-yeah I'm fine," I said, still a little shocked. The man raised an eyebrow.

"Oh really? Cause ya seem to be pretty ticked off about something," he said. I sighed.

"Well it's just that…I'm lost and need to find somewhere to stay," I said. The man nodded, rubbing his chin.

"Ahh, well if ya want ya can come back with me to Red Rock," he said.

"Red Rock?" I asked.

"It's a small town near the west coast. So do you wanna come?" I nodded, glad for the help.

"Yeah, that'd be great," I was about to follow him when I stopped. "…but there's a girl with me." the man looked around.

"I don't think so mate," he said with humour in his voice.

"Well we kinda got in a fight and she stormed off the other way," the man nodded.

"Well then I think we should go find her, it's not safe in the outback alone," he said as he began to walk away.

"Then where are you going?" I asked as I followed.

"Back to my jeep, I only came over here because I heard distressing noises and feared someone was hurting the animals." I ducked my head, feeling my blush raise.

"Yeah, that was us yelling at each other," I mumbled. The man chuckled.

"Ah…young love." I blushed even harder at his claim.

"Believe me, it's anything but," I mumbled.

We made it back to the guys jeep, who's name was Jack, and started off in the direction I had seen Molly go off in.

Molly's POV

As soon as I felt the sting in my ankle I knew I was in trouble. I collapsed to the dusty ground and clutched my ankle. To small puncture wounds dotted my ankle and I was already feeling woozy as the gold and black snake slithered away. I knew I was a goner, Max must be at least half an hour away from me and no one else knew I was here.

All I could do was lie here and wait for the poison to slowly kill me. My only regret was yelling at the one person who was trying everything in their power to help me.

"Molly? Molly where are you? She came this way…" I knew that voice. He came to look for me?

"Max…" I groaned, begging he could hear me.

"Molly?" the voice asked, getting stronger.

"Max," I tried again. I could hear feet pounding and another voice alongside Max's.

"Is that her?" the voice had a thick Australian accent to it and sounded deep.

"Molly!" before I knew it I was being lifted into someone's lap, their head shielding the sun from my eyes. I cracked them open and was met with a pair of deep brown eyes. "Molly are you ok? What happened?" he asked hurriedly, swiping my blue fringe from my eyes before touching my burning cheek gently.

"Miss, did anything bite you?" the man asked. I nodded weakly.

"Yeah…a black and gold snake," I croaked out.

"Is that bad?" Max asked, his hand gently rubbing my shoulder. I curled into his touch, his body comforting me despite the situation. The man didn't answer for a while.

"She's going to need help right away," was all he said.

"Well let's hurry!" Max said, hauling me up and starting us at a slow run.

"Stop!" Max froze and I stumbled. "Don't get her running, it will pump the blood and poison faster around her body. You'd better carry her if you're going to be impatient." I was about to make a remark when suddenly I was hoisted up, bridal style into Max's arms.

"It's ok Molly…you're goanna be fine," he whispered to me as we started to walk. But I was slowly slipping into unconsciousness already, the snakes venom acting quicker then I thought it would.

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