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    Suddenly, one of the planks creaked loudly. Sarah paused, but nothing happened. She moved onto the next one which also creaked. It creaked louder than the previous one and, before the others knew what was happening, the plank, along with the next one, broke in half!
    Frightened, Sarah cried out as she fell down the hole. “Help!”
 
Chapter 12: Run!
     
    Luckily, Sarah didn’t lose her grip on the rope ladder, which meant that instead of hitting the ground she was left dangling a foot below the hole.
    Clinging tightly to the rope, Amy called out. “Are you all right, Sarah?”
    “I’m fine, just pull me up,” Sarah shouted back.
    Amy looked at the others. “We pull on three. One, two, three!”
    With everyone pulling as hard as they could, Sarah was slowly lifted up through the hole. Once she was out, everyone kept on pulling as they tried to drag her back to them . Suddenly, Sarah yelled out. “Stop!”
    “Why?” Will questioned, frowning.
    Sarah gingerly stood up. “I’m going to continue on.”
    “No, it’s too dangerous,” Amy said. “We’ll try another way.”
    “There isn’t any other way,” Sarah shouted back.
    “But you could have been seriously injured!” Will exclaimed.
    “But I wasn’t. Just give me another chance. I know I can do it,” Sarah protested.
    “Let her,” Nancy said. “It’s the only way.”
    “But she’s my sister!” Amy yelled. “I should be the one doing that.”
    “She’s more than halfway there,” Nancy said. “Let her continue.”
    Amy looked at her sister. “Be extra careful this time, okay?”
    Sarah nodded. The others watched as she stood there, trying to decide which way to go. She then moved, taking one step at a time. Soon, she had reached the end of the rope. Before the others could decide what to do, she suddenly dropped the rope and ran the rest of the way to the chest.
    Two of the planks broke, but fortunately Sarah was a step ahead and she didn’t fall. The others breathed a sigh of relief as the girl reached the chest. “I’ll open it and see if the paintings are in here.”
    The others waited in anticipation as Sarah opened up the lid and shuffled around in the chest.
    “What can you see?” Amy asked.
    Sarah pulled out something and showed it to the others. It was a white sheet.
    Nancy frowned. “Is that all? No paintings?”
    Sarah nodded. “A few odds and ends, but yes, that’s all.”
    Nancy frowned as she gazed at the white sheet. “Why would that be in the chest?”
    Will grinned. “Of course! I thought it came from up here.”
    “What are you talking about?” Nancy asked.
    “One of the men tried to scare us,” Will replied . “Tried to make us believe in ghosts so we would leave the island. I’m pretty sure they would have used that sheet when they tried to frighten us.”
    Nancy laughed. “That’s just like them.”
    “How do you know what these men are like?” Will said, puzzled.
    Nancy hesitated. “Oh, I was just meaning that it sounds typical based on what I have read about these men.”
    Will called out to Sarah. “Is there anything else in there?”
    Sarah closed the lid. “No.”
    Nancy glared down at Luke as she spotted him through the rotten planks. “He lied.”
    “Well, it probably wasn’t the first time he did that,” Amy said.
    “No, but it’ll be his last.” Nancy turned to Sarah. “Grab the rope.”
    Sarah stepped forward. The return wasn’t as difficult as before since she knew where to stand, and she was soon back with them.
    After taking the rope ladder, Nancy threw it down the side. Once in place, she climbed down. She strode over to Luke and slapped him on the face. “You lied.”
    Luke smirked. “Took you long enough to discover that.”
    Nancy paced back and forth as the others climbed down the rope and joined her. “You will tell me where the paintings are now.”
    Luke sneered. “Or else what? Are you going to slap me again?”
    Nancy laughed as she pulled out her pistol