I didn't think. I shoved Kenjii into the safe nook between the front seats and scrambled toward the door as the helicopter jolted again, righting itself.
Daniel lunged for me and missed. Wind rushed in through the open door. I could barely breathe, barely see. Then I saw Rafe's hands gripping the bottom frame.
Rafe's hands from the bottom of the door.
I dropped and grabbed his wrists just as he lost his grip. As he fell, I shot forward. I kicked wildly, trying to hook something with my legs. Then someone caught my foot and I stopped with a jolt.
I didn't need to look back to see who had me. The same person who'd had my back since we were five. Daniel.
"Corey, get over here!" he shouted.
The helicopter lurched, and I slid again, Daniel still holding my ankle. My hands were locked around Rafe's wrists, his around mine. Then Corey caught my other foot, and the helicopter leveled off.
I could hear them shouting inside. Their words came in fits and starts, sucked away by the wind roaring past my ears. And in those first few seconds of confusion, I didn't really even understand what had happened. I could hear the wind. Feel the wind. Taste it even. But it took a moment for me to crack my eyes open and realize I was hanging outside the helicopter. the helicopter.
The earth bobbed and whirled below us, trees and rock and water spinning into a blur.
"Don't look down!" I thought it was Daniel, but then realized Rafe was staring up at me.
"I've got you!" I shouted.
He smiled, this weirdly calm smile. "I know.
Daniel lunged for me and missed. Wind rushed in through the open door. I could barely breathe, barely see. Then I saw Rafe's hands gripping the bottom frame.
Rafe's hands from the bottom of the door.
I dropped and grabbed his wrists just as he lost his grip. As he fell, I shot forward. I kicked wildly, trying to hook something with my legs. Then someone caught my foot and I stopped with a jolt.
I didn't need to look back to see who had me. The same person who'd had my back since we were five. Daniel.
"Corey, get over here!" he shouted.
The helicopter lurched, and I slid again, Daniel still holding my ankle. My hands were locked around Rafe's wrists, his around mine. Then Corey caught my other foot, and the helicopter leveled off.
I could hear them shouting inside. Their words came in fits and starts, sucked away by the wind roaring past my ears. And in those first few seconds of confusion, I didn't really even understand what had happened. I could hear the wind. Feel the wind. Taste it even. But it took a moment for me to crack my eyes open and realize I was hanging outside the helicopter. the helicopter.
The earth bobbed and whirled below us, trees and rock and water spinning into a blur.
"Don't look down!" I thought it was Daniel, but then realized Rafe was staring up at me.
"I've got you!" I shouted.
He smiled, this weirdly calm smile. "I know.
( Kelley Armstrong )
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