Chapter 24: The Defenders

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The avatars looks at A Jaguar Statue

Ari: This is it. A Jaguar Statue.

Harold gets a gem from his pocket

Harold: I guess that must be a jaguar's eye. Come on, we better get going.

A bird finally locates the avatars; the avatars are in the path

Ari: I think we just follow this path.

George: No. It can't be that easy.

Melvin reads the final location on his map

Melvin: The Defenders.

Ari: The Defenders? What does that mean?

Harold: There's could be only one way to find out. (to George) George... give me a gem.

George confused but he's searching in his backpack to get a gem for Harold

Ari: Harold.

Harold looks at Ari, George gave Harold a gem and the path torches lighting up and the drums start to banging 

Ari: Something's about to happen.

George: I hate those drums.

The drums stops banging

George: Are you just gonna walk in there?

Harold: No. That's what the game wants us to do. It's to follow the path. It might be a trap.

Melvin saw an elephant statue that much looks like old board game elephant token

Melvin: When you see the elephant, begin the climb.

Ari: Huh. But, where are we gonna climb?

Harold: ... I'll go through the trees.

George: The trees?

Ari: Do you think that's what the clue is?

Harold: That's the move. This is the final level of the game. And I'm pretty sure this is a Bravestone.

Harold beginning to climb trees

George: Did he just refer to himself in the third person?

Ari: Mmm... the fourth person, I think.

Harold's getting better at climbing

Todd: Huh. How does he do that?

George: Climbing is one of his strengths.

Todd: Oh. Gotcha.

George: Cake makes me explode.

Harold keeps climbing the trees but he saw a squirrel screeches and Harold screams and fell off a tree. Harold grunts and winces from his pain and saw a jaguar and a jaguar attacking and eats him. The avatars are screaming and shouting. After a jaguar ate Harold behind the bushes, it shows up

Ari: You guys... I think it's a panther.

George: No... 

Two more jaguars show up

George: Those are jaguars.

The jaguars vanishes after the thunderclaps and Harold came back with his last life. Harold runs to the avatars

Ari: Harold, are you okay?

Harold: Yeah. I think so.

Todd: You still have the gem, right?

Harold gets a gem from his pocket

Todd: Okay, good.

Ari: Harold, what happened?

Harold: I don't wanna talk about it. (look at his wrist on the last life)

Todd: Okay, so we need a new plan.

Melvin: Yeah. Plan B?

Ari: Plan B. Harold, any ideas?

Harold (to George): ... Can I speak with you for a moment... in private?

George: ... Now?

George and Harold walked to a tree a little far for a private moment

George: Hey, what's going on?

Harold: I can't do this.

George: What do you mean?

Harold: I can't do this. Okay? What was I thinking? I'm not an amazing adventurer. I'm not brave.

Geroge: Harold, I just saw you hanging out of a helicopter. 

Harold: It's a lot easier to be brave when you have lives to spare. It's a lot harder... when you only have one life.

George: Hey, we only have one life, buddy. Okay, That's...That's all we get. That's how it works. The question is: is how are you gonna live it? Which guy are you gonna decide to be? Did I just quote our principal? What the hell is this game doing to me? I just wanna get out of here. Hey, I heard all of your speeches to Ari. You didn't mean to break our friendship or Ari... It was me. I was so jealous of hanging out with her that much. Not it's because of her nice drawings or her beauty, she deserved to be a third member of our treehouse comix inc as a sketch designer. You're still my best friend since kindygarten. Look, We can do this. We can do it together.

Harold: Together?

George: Together.

Harold: ... You're a good friend, George.

They smiled happily and they're back to be best friends again

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