Moreno to base. Moreno to base."
Someone answered.
Moreno gave his coordinates, then said, "Still no sign of the Morris girl. She can't have run far, though. I'll keep looking."
The ATV started up again.
"Hayley escaped," Corey said.
"You heard that?" I said.
"Um, yeah. We all did."
"Because we were supposed to," Daniel said. "He was talking too loud. He even turned off the ATV so his voice would carry better."
"Because he's talking into a radio," Corey said.
"I bet if we keep going, we'll hear him do the same thing a little farther down. It's another trap."
Corey looked at me. "It…sounds like it," I said. "But if it's a good trap, then they really let Hayley go. She's out here as bait."
"So you think you can outsmart them and rescue her?" Sam said. "No, the thing to do is keep going."
We argued about that, of course.
Someone answered.
Moreno gave his coordinates, then said, "Still no sign of the Morris girl. She can't have run far, though. I'll keep looking."
The ATV started up again.
"Hayley escaped," Corey said.
"You heard that?" I said.
"Um, yeah. We all did."
"Because we were supposed to," Daniel said. "He was talking too loud. He even turned off the ATV so his voice would carry better."
"Because he's talking into a radio," Corey said.
"I bet if we keep going, we'll hear him do the same thing a little farther down. It's another trap."
Corey looked at me. "It…sounds like it," I said. "But if it's a good trap, then they really let Hayley go. She's out here as bait."
"So you think you can outsmart them and rescue her?" Sam said. "No, the thing to do is keep going."
We argued about that, of course.
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