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I fired off my back foot as I started to fall over because of iant's arhtly as it bore its way into the back of the round and flipped on over and without a backward glance took off in the direction of the trees confident that the giant was tooout fro forward I hitI tried to clearbrain broadcasted the need for alertness I glanced over iant under sheer force of will had li a hammer hard fist into the air hich to pulverize s ended

Shots rang out and I watched blood splatter all over the giant's face as the bullets hammered out one after the other One bullet iant went limp and started to fall forward

In a panic I rolled off to the side to keep froround hard and I coughed on the kicked up dust

Glancing upward I saw Mandy standing there with my boot pistol still clutched in her hands as she pulled the trigger over and over

"Mandy?"

She seelance at ently

The pistol fell from her hands as she rushed over to helpwas broken I could walk perhaps even run if itoff this miserable island

With an arm about Mandy's shoulders we started off for the nearby forest in the direction that everyone else had gone

I squeezed Mandy's shoulder, "Thanks for saving my life back there" I said half out of breath because of the pain that I felt with each step forward

She glanced up and gave me a quick sivena iven me freedom Freedom is ain lightly, "We're not out of the woods and hoainst any possible letdowns that lay ahead