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Annie scaled the chain link fence with ease and landed with barely any noise on the other side.
Ben and I didn't have as much luck.
"You should've used the gate."Annie pointed at a gate a few feet away, barely hanging from its hinges and tried to conceal her smile.
"Why do you bother climbing the fence, then?" I asked grouchily, dusting myself off.
"Tradition." Annie answered before disappearing into the trees.
Ben and I followed her, crashing through bushes.
She turned around and glared at us "You've just scared off all my targets."
"What do you mean, scared off?" I shot back, still annoyed. Then my eyes widened. "Wait, you actually shoot rabbits and stuff?"
Annie kept walking.
After what seemed like forever, we reached an open field dotted with flowers.
I unsheathed my knife while Annie plopped down in the grass and watched me and Ben expectantly.
There was an awkward silence.
"I've never dueled someone before." I said.
More silence.
I swear, I could hear crickets.
"You guys are so stupid," Annie finally said "On the count of three, okay? One… two… three."
Ben swung his light saber to activate it, but nothing happened.
He started to swing it again, but my knife was already at his throat by then.
"I win!" I sheathed my weapon and opened the battery compartment on his saber.
It was empty.
He did a double take. "What? I put in new batteries yesterday!"
I grinned mischievously. "I wonder where they went…"
"You took them out?" Ben asked incredulously.
"All's fair in love and war."
Annie laughed. "Isn't that from Shakespeare?"
"Or from the Bible," Heather said. "All quotes are either Shakespeare or the Bible."
Ben groaned. "What are you doing here?"
"Believe me; I don't want to be here either. Grandma said to call you guys in to dinner."
Oh, joy. More family members.
Yeah, I know this is short, but its better than nothing, right? *readers look at me in silence* Right? *more silence* Okay, maybe not.
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