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Chapter Three: Jungle

"Wow." Leslie whispered, taking in the sight.

"What is this place?" Jack asked, astonished too.

Neither of their questions were answered, but the device in Seth's hand beeped instead.

"This way." he told them, and began walking through the glowing forest. Sara followed, then Leslie, and Jack at the back.

Seth silently pointed for Sara to go one direction, while he went another.

Not knowing that they had split, Leslie ended up following Seth since he was leading the way anyway, and Jack followed Sara because he thought she was leading.

Leslie and Seth approached a glowing bubble of goo on a short fat stem, and Seth's device started beeping loudly. A smile spread across his face.

"Sara, it's here!" he called, then noticed that Leslie was there, admiring the bubble-like thing. She glided the tips of her fingers across it, taking in its smooth texture.

"What we came for is inside it." Seth told her, glancing between her admiring expression and the plant. Stepping beside her, Seth guided her hand to one of the oozing bubbles. "It's in that one." He murmured. His hand lingered on hers, unmoving. Leslie enjoyed the warmth emitting from his touch, until the rustling in the bushes distracted them. Seth took his hand away immediately and stepped aside, so Jack wouldn't have to start yelling. If an argument started, Seth would probably start fighting and possibly injure Jack. He was that strong.

Sara and Jack arrived, and it was Jack's turn to stare at the goo plant.

Sara took off a necklace and put the pendant on the thing, Leslie standing beside her. It sat on top, and the pendant began to flash as the goo began expanding and glowing brighter.

Sara then put her hand into the goo bubble that Seth had previously pointed out to Leslie. It made a squishing noise, and another device was pulled out. The four of them stood there, either admiring it or wondering what the hell it was.

"What is it?" Leslie asked.

"It is what we came for." Sara replied, happy.

"Is anyone else looking for it.?" Jack asked, "Say the person who trashed everything upstairs."

"We think so." Seth replied. "It is very valuable, which is why we must have got here first."

"Why are you so sure that whoever else is looking for it, still isn't looking for it now?"

An expression of realisation appeared on Seth and Sara's faces. Several bangs came from a small distance away, and continued to get closer.

"Go, go. Go." Jack said, pushing Leslie towards Seth and Sara. Seth kept his hand near Leslie's, and kept Sara beside him as they walked slowly away. Jack put himself in front of the three, his chair leg up and ready to be used.

The silence was murder, as they kept a listen to the sounds surrounding them.

Suddenly a footstep came from their immediate right, snapping one of the twigs on the ground.

"Run! Run! Run!" Jack yelled. Seth grabbed Leslie's hand and pulled her with him, and she grabbed Sara's to keep them together. Jack stayed back to fight whoever was there.

Suddenly, Seth tugged them into a bush and crouched down, signalling for the girls to stay quiet.

Leslie was pressed beside Seth, who still had a tight grip on her hand. She caught the slightest of a smile from Sara out of the corner of her eye, but wasn't too sure.

From overhead, one of the goo plants exploded, catching the them off guard. Seth let out a surprised yell and fell backwards, bringing Leslie down with him, and then Sara after that.

They jumped to their feet and began running again, Sara leading and Leslie pulling Seth.

"Jack Bruno!" Sara yelled out, looking over a clump of bushes to him.

"Kids!" Jack shouted back. Another shot was fired, which made them crouch away.

The forest was beginning to light on fire, which gave them no choice but to run.

"Go, go, go Sara!" Seth screamed, urging her ahead. Leslie held Seth's hand tighter, their fingers intertwined, afraid of letting go and getting left behind with whatever was attacking them.

A blast threw them off their feet and they landed in the dirt nearby. Immediately, they were on their feet and Seth was pushing the two girls ahead of him, following closely behind.

They came to a halt, and Sara shouted out for Jack again.

An armoured figure appeared behind them, and knocked the device from Sara's hands. He then went to throw her aside as she went to fight back.

"Seth!" she yelled.

Seth came from behind and threw himself at the guy, but he just pushed him away, leaving Sara with a chance of getting away.

He bent to pick the device up, but it flew from the ground to Sara's outstretched hand.

Jack came out of nowhere, and rugby tackled the armoured guy to the ground, surprising the others.

The guy managed to gain advantage over Jack, holding him in a head lock.

Sara looked panicked, and stretched her free arm out into the air. One of the goo plants that was on fire flew from its branch on the ceiling and hit the armoured guy, knocking him away from Jack.

"Go. We gotta go. We gotta go!" Jack told them, pushing Sara ahead and letting Seth and Leslie follow. More shots were fired as they ran into the cave and through the opened bookcase. Seth threw Leslie in front of him into the room and tried to slide the bookcase before the armoured guy got another shot in, which was relatively larger than the others. Leslie came forward and helped Seth in sliding the bookcase.

They got it closed on time, but the attack hit the back of the bookcase, throwing them to the ground. Leslie landed better than Seth, but he was knocked unconscious. Jack was thrown against the walls, and Sara curled up in the cave to protect herself from the blast.

"Seth!" she called, noticing her brother on the floor. Jack picked him up, and sent Sara and Leslie ahead of him to the taxi.

Sara closed the fridge door after them, but it soon blasted open as they continued running out of the house.

When they got to the taxi, Jack put Seth in the back seat. Sara followed Seth in and tried to put on his seatbelt.

Leslie jumped into the front seat, slamming the wrecked door after her and Jack took off away from the house as it exploded behind them.

From the ground below them, explosions shot skyward.

They drove away from the house fast, and slowed down a bit when they were a good enough distance away.

Leslie looked over her shoulder at Seth, who was still unconscious. She smiled, remembering how he had kept her with him through the attack and wouldn't let go. She could still feel the grip of his hand in hers.

Meanwhile, Sara watched her, and smiled herself.

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