The tall girl rolled her eyes. "It's just one phone call. Haven't you heard of prank calls? Y'all don't take responsibility seriously anyway-who knows if you'd come?

"And if it comes down to it, this was just a drill. We could report you if you failed it!"

The chief ranger was left thoroughly seething by the tall girl's unreasonable retort. But so what if he was? He certainly could not lay a finger on these children!

In fact, not only did he have to show restraint, but he also tried persuading them to leave again out of concern for their safety.

"Anyway," he said calmly, "your tent really isn't going to help you survive. Come with us-we're getting off the mountain."

"Who do you think you are? You have no right to order us around!"

"You better watch it, or we'd sue!"

The chief ranger felt like he was being fed dung-who were these suicidal and difficult people?!

However, he could not just turn his back on them either. These kids were here as tourists, and he could not let them just die like that.

he

up right then, his fist poised to punch

appeared out of nowhere, grabbing his wrist and

a light shove, he knocked the

him as they saw that. "What's your problem, pretty

ranger was livid. "Don't you dare put the blame on us! Your

what if he was? Are you

restraint and slap each of

other college students, but the others were pretty reasonable and affable.

talk about this, alright?" he reasoned. "Just trust me. None

snorted. "Look- it's above 73°F. Why wouldn't

It's fine right now, but in just an hour, this place would be really inhospitable. Aren't you college students?

college student snorted. "You're just saying that because you

friend said, holding up a phone.

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