"Where'd they go?" asked Jill.

Chris dropped to his knees and looked down. The road was apparently on top of a cliff, and they'd both gone over the side. "Claire! Leon!" he called out.

"I hope they're okay," Jill said. "I don't hear water though, so there's no river or anything."
"How can you be sure?" Chris asked, panicked. He looked back down. "Hello! Can you guys hear me?"

The lack of response scared him even more. He got up and ran to the Jeep, climbed in, and jumped back out. He then ran to Leon's car, reached in, and ran back to Jill. He handed her a radio, and stuck the other in his pocket. "I'm going down there, I'll call you on the radio to let you know what's going on," he said.

"No way! Chris, we have no idea how steep that cliff is or what's at the bottom," Jill said.
"I know what's at the bottom. Claire's at the bottom, and I'm going down there. Are you seriously trying to stop me?" he asked.

Jill could see the worry in his eyes and sighed. "No, I know I can't stop you...Just, be careful, okay?" she said. "Keep the radio on and do NOT lose it. If I don't hear from you in exactly one minute, I'm going down after you."

Chris nodded and sat on the edge of the cliff. He made sure his coat was zipped all the way up, took a deep breath and let himself slide down, using his feet to control his speed. It wasn't very steep, but the snow made it impossible to stop sliding.
His foot bumped against something, causing him to stop sliding. He looked down and saw his foot right against Leon's leg. "Hey, are you guys okay?" he asked.

Claire was next to Leon, examining his other foot. "I think he sprained it," she said. She barely touched it, and Leon flinched.

"Careful!" he said. He looked at Chris and glared. "Here's a good idea, let's throw snowballs at each other on the side of a cliff...genius."

"Hey, it was an accident! Besides, it's not like I knew the cliff was there," said Chris.

"It was still pretty stupid," Claire said.

Chris looked at her. "Teaming up on me now?" he asked.

"Got that right," she said.

Before Chris could reply, the radio crackled. "Chris, what's going on down there?" said Jill.

He brought the radio up. "I found them, everything's fine," he said.

"Like hell it is!" Claire said. She took the radio out of his hand and hit the button. "He's lying, Jill. Leon can't move his foot, I think it's sprained," she said.

"Oh shit...Can he stand?" asked Jill.

Leon shook his head, and Claire hit the button. "No, he can't. Do we have a rope or anything?" she asked.

"I don't think so. Can you guys climb up the cliff?"

Claire looked at the cliff, barely seeing it through the falling snow. "Don't think so, it's pretty steep and icy," she said. She looked back to her brother. "Maybe Chris can carry him up," she said.

"No way," protested Chris.

"I don't want his help," said Leon.

Without needing to get up, Claire kicked Chris and simultaneously smacked Leon on the arm. "Both of you, stop whining," she said. She brought the radio up again. "I have an idea, Jill. Why don't you find a big branch or something and help me up the cliff, and we'll leave the guys down here until they grow a set," she said.

Jill laughed over the radio. "Sounds like a plan. Leave them out to the wolves," she said.

Claire blinked. "Wolves?" she asked.

Chris and Leon stared at her, then to the woods right by the cliff. "She's joking, right?" said Chris.

"Hope so," said Leon.

The radio crackled. "Hang on, I found a rope in the trunk of Leon's car. I can tie the other end to the Jeep and pull you guys out!" she said.

Claire sighed. "Jill," she said.

"Yeah?" said Jill over the radio.

"Your Jeep's in a ditch."

"...Right. Well maybe I can-"
"Leon's car stalled," said Claire.

"...Right. Well, shit. I can maybe pull one of you up at a time?" said Jill.

Chris took the radio back from Claire, who tried to fight him for it but lost. "I think that's the best idea," he said into the radio.

"Alright, I'll have the rope down in a minute," said Jill.

Chris put the radio in his coat pocket and sighed. "Well, as much as I hate to say it," he said.

"No. Leon's going first, not you," Claire said.

"That's what I was gonna say..."

"Liar."

"Guys, come on..." Leon said. "It's not like I'll be going anywhere else once I'm up there. Claire should go first."

An ice-scraper attached to a rope bumped Chris on the shoulder. He grabbed it and looked up, confused, and took out the radio. "Jill, why did you send us an ice-scraper?" he asked.

"It's to anchor the rope down...Wanted to make sure it got to you guys. If you don't like it, I can take it back..." Jill said.

"No no, it's cool. We're sending Leon up first," said Chris. He held the rope out to Leon and grinned. "Ladies first," he said.

"Screw you," said Leon. He took the rope and wrapped it around himself, then nodded. "Good to go."

Chris nodded back and brought the radio up. "Okay Jill, he's ready," he said.

"Got it," said Jill.

Chris put the radio down and grabbed the rope. "I hope this thing's strong enough," he said. He tugged on it, and suddenly got a bunch of slack. He blinked and looked up, but before he could even think he was tackled to the ground.

"WHAT THE HELL!" Jill shouted.

Chris looked up and saw that she was the one who'd tackled him. "Um...hey?" he said.

"WHY DID YOU PULL THE FREAKING ROPE?" she asked, untying the rope from around her waist.
"I was...testing to see if it was strong enough..." Chris said. "I didn't think you'd tie it around yourself! I mean, come on!"

"What else was I supposed to tie it to!" Jill asked. She got up, threw the rope at him, and sighed.

Leon watched her. "So...there's no other way up the cliff?" he asked.

Jill looked at him and nodded. "Sorry, guys," she said.

Claire shook her head. "And Jill came tumbling after..."