Our heroes Bruce and Lilac have just survived a plane crash. At first it appeared that they had the upper hand on the criminals, but now they are in danger of being made prisoners again, this time deep in the jungles of South America.
As Lilac tried to rush to Bruce's aid, the criminal who called himself Grady grabbed her by the ankle. She cursed as she tripped hard, and went sprawling.
Bruce was getting the better of the very nasty tempered Marv, when he heard Lilac. This distracted him, and Marv overpowered Bruce, quickly disarming him.
"You two stay put." Marv said with an evil grin. "Good work, Grady. You finally did something right."
Marv then pulled out the handcuffs Bruce had been searching for, along with another set. "Grady, secure the prisoners!" Ordered Marv.
Once Bruce and Lilac had been handcuffed and shackled again, they were chained to two of the undamaged seats.
Marv and Grady then went on a short exploration, very much like the one Bruce and Lilac had taken only minutes before.
Then upon returning, Marv sat down to eat one of the fancy pastries which were on board for the trip. Grady started digging through the emergency bag. "Here it is!" He said in triumph.
"What are you on about?" Marv asked, annoyed with the interruption.
"I found the ELT!!!" Exclaimed Grady.
"BLT? Why are you so excited about a burger?"
"No not a BLT, an ELT! If I push this button, help will come."
Vaguely wondering how Grady knew this, he said warily "the last thing we need is to get the authorities out here."
"This one notifies the boss. We will be out of here and on our way as planned at dawn." Grady said as he pushed the button.
"How do you know this?" Asked Marv.
Grady shrugged his shoulders. "The pilot told me while you were watching movies."
To be continued...
Photo by David Riaño Cortés from Pexels and edited by me
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