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?”

“It’s a piece of

he going to

his head,

was surprised, “Then…”

“But without Egbert, Burton could do it too. As long as Egbert tells him how; with Burton’s strength and

questioned, “Isn’t Burton a

“It’s risky, but with

trailed

director was puzzled until he followed Major Warner’s gaze

just

from their supply pack, one end tied to a tree, the other in her hand. She tiptoed, leapt into the

body floated above the water like a swallow. Below, three or four

the head with her boots, and the force was so strong that

croc lying on the

blue ribbon floated up a bit.

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

quick to retract her feet, avoiding the snapping jaws

she landed safely on the

process was smooth as

it all took less than a

of the crocs’ movements, everything

was clear she had planned this

spotted

than five

go, and executed it flawlessly on her

disbelief,

earlier that if Egbert tried, he would have

the screen, on the smug face of

said slowly, “Just

Egbert had tried, he would have done it

Egbert would have been confident about pulling it

face, he suddenly remembered what Major Warner had

method worked, it wasn’t the most efficient. You also said that if

Warner blinked, “I did

didn’t want to risk losing the knife, so

at the

popped

you guys see that?]

[Yes.]

[I saw it.]

[Oh my god.]

[AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!]