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?”

said, “It’s a piece of

he

Warner shook his

director was surprised, “Then…”

do it too. As long as Egbert tells him how; with Burton’s strength and reflexes, although it’s a bit tricky, he should be able to

director questioned, “Isn’t Burton a bit too

risky, but with Egbert there,

voice trailed off.

he followed Major Warner’s gaze

was just as stunned.

tied to a tree, the other in her

three or four

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

them was the croc lying on

it, the blue ribbon floated up

pivot, flicked up the ribbon with her other boot, and flung

blue ribbon landed on the ground and Eileen was quick to retract her feet, avoiding the snapping jaws

from the rope, she

whole process was smooth as silk.

less than a

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

she had planned this in

spotted the ribbon to the moment she acted?

five minutes.

plan ready to go, and executed it

in disbelief, whose face

hard, the director asked, “You said earlier that if Egbert tried, he would have

the screen, on the

he said slowly, “Just like that.”

tried, he would have done it the

pulling

still in shock, rubbing his face, he suddenly remembered what Major Warner had said last time

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

“I did say that.”

didn’t

at the director, stunned.

popped up.

you guys

[Yes.]

[I saw it.]

[Oh my god.]

[AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!]