SEVENTH ISLAND

The chase

"Your bloody kidding me!" Harry stood with his mouth open. "We're meant to believe that you betrayed you own leader!" Hudson rolled his eyes. Kit stepped forward. "Hold on Harry, let's hear what he has to say." "Fine," Harry sighed. Hudson stood still and didn't say anything. "Well! come on!" Harry pushed impatiently. Hudson sighed and told everyone to sit down. "It's true that Finn was my leader, but when you guys stole those chickens i was quite surprised, Aidan has been one of my closest friends for years now, and I just wanted to join your groub, I guess if you don't want me then I'll just go." Hudson began to turn around and wander out the cave door. "Your in," said Aidan. "What?" Hudson and Harry both turned to face Aidan in surprise. "Hudson quick and fast and clever, we could definitely use him on our team." "Also, it would give Finn's team a distinct disadvantage," Kit added, winking at Aidan. "That's right, all in favour, raise your hand." Aidan and Kit raised their hands, followed by Cooper. Nat nervously raised his hand unsure. Last came Harry who still thought it was a bad idea. He just lowered his head and muttered, "I still don't like the idea." Every one looked at Hudson, expecting him to say something. Hudson pointed in the direction Finn and the rest of his group have gone. "Thank you, now let's go get 'em!" At that, every got up and ran down the hill. Even Harry had a smile on his face. When they reached the bottom they paused, then began to head up the river. Nat shot a warning arrow at Finn. It hit the tree next to him. Finn turned around but soon continued running. Aidan was worried that Finn could turn around and start attacking them with his axe. Unfortunately, he did. But instead of attacking them he began hacking at a tree. The group tried to stop but they were running down hill. Aidan, Nat, Hudson and Harry managed to stop in time but Cooper and Kit began to roll down the hill. Nat shot an arrow at Cooper's collar pinning him to the ground. "Kit, you need to jump into the river!" As the tree came crashing down towards him, he dived to the right and with a big splash, landed in the river. Kit burst out, gasping for air. He grabbed the side of the river, so he wouldn't get swept away. Aidan gave him a nod as they ran past him. "Stay!" Nat yelled glancing at Kit. When they reached the other side of the fallen tree, they realised that Finn had gotten away. "Damn it!" Harry yelled, slamming his head against a near by tree, "owwww!" He rubbed his head annoyed. Nat sat down disappointedly. "It can't possibly get any worse than thi-" Nat was cut off by a short scream. Kit had let go and was being swept away by the river. Harry went back to banging his head on the tree. "Apparently it can Nat, apparently it can."