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We got to a spring, and just as Mustang was about to suggest something, a female ran out in the road.

The car swerved and came to a stop, I thought Mustang would have reversed but instead he sped up.

‘’What? She needed our help,’’ I said.

‘’No, the fuck that bitch doesn’t!’’

When I looked back I saw two men waving their guns in the air and laughing.

There was nothing for me to say, but to look ahead as if I was the one driving.

‘’What if we don’t make it to the ship?’’ Chrisean suddenly said. ‘’I don’t want to be a downer, but there are all these odds against us. I don’t know if we will make it.’’

‘’Little lady, best believe that we will. Despite what we have to go through,’’ Mustang said.

‘’I have been through worse than this. Was once stuck in the desert for twenty days, no food no water and the moment I was about to give up I saw a dead camel. You want to know what I did?’’

He paused for dramatic effect.

‘’I ate pieces of its meat raw and had to drink cactus juice. Then finally I w