Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

Chapter 91

Lucas didn’t really want them to take the risk, but they seemed determined on going.

Finally, Lucas sighed, “I can take you there, but we’re not getting close.”

Eileen responded, “No problem.”

Then she tossed them the green ribbon.

Eddie and Lucas saw the writing on the ribbon: ‘The First Crossroad…

The dots indicated that the sentence wasn’t finished; it was just a half-spoken phrase.

“The hell does ‘The First Crossroad’ mean?” Eddie asked.

Eileen just shrugged, “Beats me.”

Lucas pondered a bit and handed back the ribbon, “Croc Cove Creek isn’t far from here. If we hit the road now, we should get there in about two hours.”

Eileen stood up, “Then let’s hit the road.”

The six of them set off back.

By dusk, they reached the place known as Croc Cove Creek.

Eileen stared at the half-visible crocodile eyes peeking out from the riverbed.

Looking around, she asked Lucas and Eddie, “Do you guys see the blue ribbon?”

Eddie replied, “The crocs move around. We’ve seen a blue ribbon here before, but who knows where it’s swum off to now?”

“So how are we supposed to find it, it’s too hard.”

“Over there,” Egbert suddenly said.

Eileen instantly turned to him, “Where?”

Egbert, with a slight frown and an expressionless face, said, “The ribbon fell off, it’s in the river.”

Eileen turned and sure enough, there was a big croc, laying on a blue ribbon in the muddy riverbed.

The ribbon didn’t just fall off, it was pinned by a croc.

Back at camp, the show director shook his head at Major Warner, “Sly fox, I don’t believe you didn’t foresee this. What made you think to tie the ribbon to a croc’s head? Now it’s fallen off, with all these crocs in the river, I bet you never planned to give them the clue on the ribbon, huh?”

Major Warner just shook his head with a smile, “If it’s Egbert, he can get it.”

The director was surprised, then rubbed his chin, “Really?”

piece of

he going to

shook his

director was surprised, “Then…”

Egbert tells him how; with Burton’s strength and reflexes, although it’s a bit tricky, he should

questioned, “Isn’t Burton a bit

but with Egbert there,

voice trailed

was puzzled until he followed Major Warner’s

was just as stunned.

Eileen was using a rope from their supply pack, one end tied to a tree, the other

three or four crocs were already

two of the crocs in the head with her boots, and the

them was the croc lying

off it, the blue ribbon

one croc’s head as a pivot, flicked up the ribbon with her other

and Eileen was quick to retract her feet, avoiding the snapping jaws

she

was smooth

took less

every pivot, even her anticipation of the crocs’ movements, everything

was clear she had planned this

spotted the ribbon to the moment

five

had this whole plan ready to go, and executed it flawlessly on her

to Major Warner in disbelief, whose face was also

the director asked, “You said earlier that if Egbert tried, he would have done it easily. How would he have done

was quiet, his eyes fixed on the screen, on the smug face of

moment, he said slowly, “Just

had tried, he would have done it

have been confident about pulling it off, how could Eileen do it

rubbing his face, he suddenly remembered what Major Warner had said last time after the red ribbon

swallowed hard, “You said before that Eileen’s smart, but a bit clumsy. Because she used the time-consuming slingshot method, she used rocks to knock down the red ribbon from a distance. Although the method worked, it wasn’t the most efficient. You also said that if she knew how to throw knives, she could have just thrown a folding knife

blinked, “I did say that.”

just didn’t want to risk losing the knife, so she used rocks?”

looked at the

popped up.

guys see that?]

[Yes.]

[I saw it.]

[Oh my god.]

[AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!]