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"Okay, everyone, it’s time!" Hans yelled, making everyone rush ahead of me and start attacking whoever was trying to stop them.
I was so focused that everything around me was a blur.
I couldn’t see the reaction of the trainers or anyone at that moment. Many attempted to come at me, but my teammates pushed them out of my way. At the same time, they had to make sure they weren’t left too far behind either. Finally, as I reached the finish line and someone jumped in my way, I instinctively lifted my hand and punched them, knocking them out of my path as I crossed the finish line.
The feeling of crossing that line hit differently. Suddenly, everything went silent—until Emmet’s loud clap broke me out of my daze.
I lifted my head and saw Hans making sure everyone was crossing the border without getting held back by the other teammates.
Once everyone had crossed, Hans also came to our side and rushed my way.
"We did it!" he screamed with his hands up, coming in for a hug. The moment he hugged me and we both started jumping up and down, I think we woke Jenny up on my back.
"Ow! Why is my bed moving so much?" she complained, making us stop and then share a glance before laughing out loud.
"Come here, princess," Hans said, helping her down, but her hands were still tightly taped in front of her body with the compass between them. I finally raised my head and saw the trainers watching me while talking to each other. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
And then, Emmet smiled proudly, raising his hand to give me a thumbs-up.
He began walking our way with Norman and the others to get the item from us.
"That was a brilliant idea," Emmet commented as he pointed at the taped hands.
"Why are her hands taped?" Maximus asked, confused.
"If Sydney hadn’t acted up, Jenny would have enjoyed this test so much," I muttered under my breath to Hans, who grunted while peeling the tape off Jenny’s hands and handing the compass to the brothers.
"That’s right. We have our first winner," Norman declared after examining the item, making our eyes go wide. We were the first ones to cross.
I was the happiest. Jenny was still pretty out of it, so she sat on the ground while we waited for the other teams to arrive.
The second team to show up was Penn and Lamar. They were rushing toward the finish line, and I could tell they had been through a rough time too. They were badly injured, blood dripping down their faces.
The minute they crossed the finish line, their entire team collapsed on the ground. But Kaye approached them and grabbed the item out of their hands to inspect it.
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