Atsuko was too shocked to say anything as he drove off, and turned back to see Marama kicking up some dusy.
"Marama! We need to get back to Maako. I think he's in danger."
The look on Marama's face was left deeply ingrained in her mind and would be forever, she suspected, the hope and life visibily drained from her expression leaving a blank despairing shell.
"No. This can't be happening." She murmured faintly, clinging desperately to a tree to stand upright. "I can't do this." Atsuko could see that Marama was trembling weakly. "He's going to kill him."
"And that's why you don't have time to stand there freaking out." Atsuko interjected, she took her by the elbows, taking most of her weight, but she could tell she wasn't listening, she was just staring past her, it angered her to see someone so strong become this weak, this pathetic. Atsuko grabbed Marama by the chin with one hand, lifting her face up so it was level with hers.
"Listen to me! I can't rescue him without you. I don't know this island, or you know, guns."
"What about the truck? It's broken. How will we get back?"
"Can't we steal the pirate truck, I doubt they're going to care considering they're dead" Atsuko commented with a frustrated eye roll. She walked over to the truck in question and saw, to her relief, that the keys were still left in the ignition, Atsuko had only ever driven once in her life, and that was in an empty car park when she was 12, hardly the best experience for racing through the thick treacherous jungle that lay ahead of them, but still better than Marama while she was in a state of shock, Atsuko looked back at Marama and saw without her support she had curled in a ball on the ground.
"Damn it!" Atsuko grumbled under her breath bitterly. "Hey! Snap out of it right now. We need to get going now if we have any chance of finding Maako in time… and what's that noise?" A fainting hissing slowly became audible from some unknown direction, Atsuko's heart started beating rapidly in her chest, thumping hard against her rib cage as the sinister hissing got louder. It was getting closer, whatever 'it' was.
"Marama! Get in the truck. Something's coming." Atsuko hissed quietly, still Marama didn't respond it was as if she'd become comatose. Atsuko crouched down low to the ground, slowly creeping towards Marama, beads of sweat forming on her forehead as the feeling of trepidation and horror built inside her, threatening to overwhelm her, along with the horrible dizzy feeling that made her feel as if she could faint any second.
A/N Sorry this one was so shorter than the others. Hope you guys are liking this so far.
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