Treasurer Hunter

Chapter 20

Lucas point of view

After killing Drakon I knew I was going to go after Daniel. He might have got the better of me once but not the second time.

Already close to the island I decide to go after Rhiannon. I think, the weakling of the competition. With a seaweed rope and the dagger from Drakon I go out after her. I run up the beach. Sand coming up my legs. Right in front of me Rhiannon and Jake sit in their makeshift house. A cloth hanging over 3 sticks. I come from the back of the "house," unseen. As I reach it I I tackle the cloth and smuggle a body. Running with the struggling bundle down the beach. Shouting comes from behind me but I just keep running trying to get to the water.

"Almost there," I think to myself. So close. I dive towards the water, the shouting getting closer. I grab sand and throw it into the wiggling bundle hoping to choke whoever is inside. The wiggling is no longer so hard to control.

I throw the bundle into the water and swim out to it. I wrap my body around the bundle and swim downwards. The bundle does not float and stays underwater. Satisfied I swim to my paddle boat with splashing behind me.

Looking backwards I see Jake. Meaning Rhiannon is dead. Just who I was hoping for. So now the only ones left are me, Sarah, Max, Jake, Daniel, and Dominic. 6 of us left.

As I think this sand swirls around me, blinding me. I thrashed around feeling helpless trying to get out. I was no longer seeing sand around me just darkness. Then I blacked out.

My eyes slowly adjusted as I realized were I was. After blacking out I was where the round started, and it looked like everyone else was too. Exept instead of piles of stuff at the center there was bricks around the Center and on top of the Center was a bow with arrows, sword, and dartgun.

Around me all the other contestants were awake. All standing on there own sections. In front of us a sign counted down from 3. As the number 1 left the screen everyone lurched forward obviously thinking that when the count down finished they were supposed to run. I sprinted across my bridge.

Jakes point of view

I leaped off my pedestal flying down my bridge. I saw Dominic had picked up a pack of knives concealed by shadows. As he moved up the center, towards the three weapons, he half turned and threw a knife. Missing completely, it hit the wooden post of my bridge. The others were almost finished running off their bridges.

I grabbed the knife and carefully threw it at Dominic. It slams into his calf. With a cry he fell to the ground with a thud. The others finally were off their bridges. Now even with the others I ran for the bricks. No one else goes for them. I grab one red brick and went off towards the real weapons.

As I reached the ladder to the top of the Center I see Luca climbing. I swing myself onto the rope bridge and scramble after him. I scale the rungs faster than him and definetly have him beat. I grab the bottom of his foot but he shakes it off and jumps off the ladder. I debate going for the weapons but decide to jump off following Luca. I land on the running Luca takling him to the ground. Pinning him down, I start hitting him with the red brick. I slam it into his skull repeatedly. The already red brick now as and even darker red on it. Every strike Luca cries for me to forgive him and let him go. Red tears come down from his eyes stained by his own blood. With a 7th hit I drive the corner of the brick into his temple. His eyes go wide and they slowly start rolling backwards. His cannon fires and I jump off him and go back up the ladder. I pull myself up the ladder, reaching the top. I grab the spear and throw it down. A pain strikes in the back of my head. A cry comes from below and a cannon goes off. My cannon. I smile to myself as it goes off. In my own little way I won because I out lived my cannon. The other cannon from below goes off and the last thing I see is Max standing over me with his dart gun.

Max's point of view

I had to do it. I had to take out Jake. He was to much of a threat to me and Sarah winning. Now only Daniel and Dominic stood in my way of winning. Now with the dart gun I aim at Dominic who was still recovering from getting the knife in his calf. I point it carefully and load the dart gun. I placed my hand on the trigger and fired. Though, I didn't have enough time to see if it hit because someone behind me (probably Daniel) talked me. He bear hugged me as we fell off the platform. As we fell, Dominic's cannon goes off.

In midair Daniel and I twisted and turned for the upper hand. Awe fell to the ground with a thud. Pain surged in my rib cage, head, leg, and every other imaginable body part.

Sarah's point of view

I saw Daniel tackle Max and them fall but the question was who's cannon went off? Who won with me? I prayed silently Max would came out alive.