SEVENTH ISLAND

The escape

Ten minutes had passed and Aidan was still trying to untie the rope around his hand. "How's that escape plan coming along?" Asked Nat sounding impatient. Aidan looked up and replied "I'm working on it." Nat pulled off his boot. Aidan stared in confusion. "Oh you've got a knife, that's very wonderful!" Nat looked up and raised his eye brows. "Better," he laughed. He was drinking apple juice from the boot. "I want one of those," Aidan whispered as Nat passed it to him. "My incredibly genius understanding of the human body tells me you are troubled," sighed Aidan still untying the ropes on his hands. Nat slowly nodded and replied with, "It's Finn, I've always been annoyed with him, and now, I'm even more annoyed!" Aidan turned to face Nat. "Really?" He asked. Nat nodded, "I'd give my left arm to get a chance at Finn!" Aidan raised an eye brow. "Not your right?" Nat looked up. "I need my good arm to thrust my blade through his heart." Aidan laughed. "See if you get the chance mate!" Aidan held his hands up and wriggled his fingers. He had tired the rope off. Taking a deep breath, Aidan put both feet up against the tree. He pushed and dragged himself up. He smiled as he realised it was working. Push after push he climbed up to the top of the palm tree, until there was no palm tree left. When he reached the top the ropes fell off him. Aidan picked up the ropes and a coconut from the tree. He tied the rope to the coconut. He swung the coconut around his head and threw it onto the next tree. He pulled on the rope and bent the tree his was standing on until both of the trees were touching. Then he let go. He was flung through the air and onto one of the trees next to Finn's camp. He jumped down and fell over from dizziness. Aidan got up to hear Hudson yell, "look, the prisoner is escaping!" Aidan stood up and grabbed the rope. He threw the coconut into a tree root and pushed it in. When all the boys came charging towards him he ducked down and weaves in and out of them. He held the rope out and was tripping them all over. After a good long minute of dodging, ducking and weaving, Aidan pulled on the rope. Aidan stared at the tree. He had tied all the boys up to the tree just like they had done to him. Harry ran over to Nat and begun to untie him. "I figured that was the symbol!" He yelled as the ropes fell loose. Aidan ran over with a big smile. Nat turned around to face him. "I'm terribly sorry Aidan but I will not be going back there!" Aidan held up his hands. He had grabbed the two chickens on his way back. "No need!" He smiled. "Shall we have a nibble?" He joked. Nat rolled his eyes. "We'll eat at the cave!" They all ran back to the cave were they cooked the chicken. They sung and danced at their victory for the rest of the night.