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- Courtney
nodded dumbly and stared at the rock in her hand. "In the excitement,
I guess I forgot I had it."
Laughter
rang out again and the fiery ball they'd seen so many times
before whizzed from above and smashed into the puzzle, opening
up the final remaining piece.
- "Is this
the last test?" Courtney asked. "Do you think we can we go home
soon?"
- Collin
smiled at his sister. "I think it'll be over soon. Hold my hand,
Court. We don't want to lose you again."
- She slipped
the piece of pitchblende into Collin's backpack and took his
offered hand. She was a little surprised when Morgan took his
other hand. The new way Collin and Morgan smiled at each other
made her wonder
if
something had changed between them since she had gone to Berlin
and they were together in Paris.
- "Let's
get this adventure over with," she sighed.
- Hand in
hand, the three stepped through the final hole in the puzzle.
They fell down, down, and then the vortex was engulfed by a
brilliant ball of fire.
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