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NIGHT ALONE
Tally and Shay made it to the cave first.
Croy arrived a few minutes later, without warning, he
and his board hurtling through the waterfall in a sudden
explosion of splashing and cursing. He tumbled into the
darkness, his body rolling across the stone floor with a
series of sickening thuds.
Tally scrambled from the back of the cave, a flashlight
in one hand.
Croy shook his head and groaned. “I lost them.”
Tally looked at the entrance of the cave, the sheet of
water a solid curtain against the night. “I hope so. Where’s
everybody else?”
“Don’t know. Maddy told us all to go different ways.
Since I was flying solo, I went all the way around the
greenbelt first to get them off track.” He laid his head
back, still panting. A position-finder fell from one of his
hands.
“Wow. You went fast.”
“You’re telling me. No crash bracelets.”