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It was a difficult choice to make. We didn't know what to do. Should we have stayed and did what we were told or should we have tried to persuade him to let us go? Should we have told him that it wasn't our fault? My friends and I didn't have much time to think, we needed to act fast. As I was trying to think about what to do, I was being untied from the pole, pushed forward, and was running at top speed towards the exit. We were escaping.

My mind was racing. Who untied me? Who pushed me? Who was helping my friends and I escape? All those thoughts vanished when I ran into my friends back. "Oww," Summer yelped. "Sorry," I muttered. We had stopped because we were in Paradise.

As I stood there taking in my surroundings in awe, I heard a familiar voice yelling at some strange girl. Hanna was the one yelling, but I didn't recognize who she was yelling at. " Where are we? How did you find us? Who are you? Are you going to take us like that other guy did? We didn't do it, I swear!" I walked over before Hanna could say another thought. " Hanna, let the girl talk". I said. Then I turned to the strange girl and asked, "But can you answer her questions?" " I can only tell you that my name is Teresa and I will not take you, I'm here to protect you and get you back home." With that we moved towards Paradise. As I looked around this wonderful place, I saw extremely tall palm trees, big blue butterflies, and a giant waterfall. The group and I stopped at the edge of the lake where the waterfall was falling into. With a motion from Teresa's hand, we walking into the lake. That's when I knew, we were going into the waterfall.

Right before we went into the waterfall, Teresa explained. She said, " Listen, I know you guys have been going through a lot. From being framed for a crime you didn't commit, being captured by a detective, and now following me through some weird paradise island. I know how you feel. I had it happen to me too. That's why I'm here. I swore, after I got out of that cell, that I would save anyone else who that happened to. Going through this waterfall will lead us to China. I know it's far from home, but this place is farther. The place the detective held you in was in a weird place, you had to go through this waterfall portal to get there. Getting to China will be a walk through the park. Now that I'm done explaining, any questions?" "Uh yes!" it was Hanna. " Has anyone ever not made it through this "waterfall portal"? Will the detective come after us and take us back? How are we to trust you ?" "Listen I know it's hard to trust people after what you've been through, but you can trust me, and the detective most likely will try to find us and capture all of us. I'm not sure about the waterfall portal though." "Great, just great" Hanna muttered. After that bickering was over I was being pushed, water was splashing everywhere, and I felt like I was falling from the sky. Maybe that's because I was.

Soon enough I was being grabbed by my shirt and was drifting through the air. Teresa had a parachute, she must have stolen from the detective, and was keeping me from falling to the ground. As I looked around I saw that Summer had a parachute and was holding Hanna. Teresa must've given Summer the extra parachute. " Why did Summer get the extra parachute" I thought to myself. " I was the one going through a portal first. I mean being PUSHED through a portal first. " I was snapped out of my thoughts when I realized my feet were touching the ground. We were in China.

Once we touched ground, Teresa told us to follow close behind. As we did so, Hanna keep bothering Teresa that we had to be more careful, that the detective could come out of anywhere and grab us. As Hanna did so, Summer and I returned rolling eyes. What was weird about this whole event was that Teresa was quiet the whole time. When I was just about to mention something to Summer, Teresa put up her hand and we all stopped. We all gathered around her. She said she heard footsteps. " Then why are we still standing here, let's go!" I whispered. At that, we all set off running. Now, we could all hear the footsteps. They were gaining on us. I couldn't even turn around to see who was chasing us, and I don't think I want to know either. We ran and we ran and we ran until Teresa yelled, " The airport is right there, we just need to make it there and we are home free! "She yelled. We followed her all the way to the airport and rushed through security, and before I knew it, I couldn't hear the footsteps anymore and we were safe on a plane. We were heading home.

It was a three day flight, but we entertained our selves. We played card games, slept, watched movies, and slept some more. It wasn't that bad of a flight, and before I knew it we had landed and we getting off the plane. Once we landed, the first person we saw was the detective.

We ran for miles but it felt like we hand't moved an inch. We kept running until Summer screamed, " Follow me, we need to get on that bus!" We all nodded in agreement. Once we made it to the bus, we climbed the steps, and Teresa threw some change at the driver, we took our seats. In about thirty minutes Summer, Hanna, and I both saw a very familiar town. It was the town we lived in.

Once they hopped off the bus, Teresa pulled us aside and said," Guys, I got you all the way home, but I have to go home now. "What do mean? You're leaving? We've been through so much and you're just going to leave just like that? We've been chased, been through a weird portal that was in a weird Paradise Island, and you're just going to leave? Just like that?" Hanna argued. "Ya really?" Summer and I said in unison. " I know it's hard to take in, but imagine if I didn't save you, what would have happened to you? I don't want to leave as much as you don't want me too, but I just feel it's my job to make sure everyone is safe and isn't being kidnapped by a crazy detective." "Will you at least come to visit every now and then?" Summer asked. " You got to believe me I will try whenever I can, but I'm not making any promises." "Okay," we said all together. "Well... bye, see you around" Bye! We all said. With those last goodbyes Teresa ran off and Summer, Hanna, and I were all welcomed by our families. We were home.

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