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Chapter 7. New friends
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2021-07-15 03:34:44ADRIANA
Not long after Ximena takes to the stages again, asking everyone to be quiet. “Remember, all lost artefacts must be returned to these chests and no shifting! We will begin in five… four… three… two… one… GO!!!”
Our team runs up the mountain and as soon we are surrounded by bushes, I call for the others. “Guys, wait we need to have a gameplan and work strategic here. Megara has the paper with all our artefacts on it. Who is really good at tracking?” I ask and James raises his hand. “I am, I come from a family of trackers.” He speaks. “Perfect, we will both do the tracking.” I tell him and he nods. “Now if we all hold on to one artefact the chances of it being stolen are a lot slimmer. The other two will act as security. I do not want to lose any of the artefacts, so better safe than sorry.” I say. Alexei and Joao offer to act as our security. Since they are the two lar
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