Sean''s brain totally fried, and he shot a desperate look at Alexander.


    Quinn turned to Alexander too, asking, "Alex, how the heck did he know there was a tiger?"


    Alexander stayed chill, still sitting on the ground like nothing happened. "It''s a forest. Tigers are kinda expected," he shot back.


    Quinn''s fists clenched, her chest heaving as she red at Alexander.


    "There are wolves and snakes too. Why''d he go straight for the tiger?" she pressed.


    "How should I know?" Alexander snapped, giving Sean a cold stare. "You tell her."


    Sean bit his lip, his fingers twitching nervously. He stuttered for ages but couldn''t get a word out.


    Alexander sighed, gritting his teeth. "Maybe he spotted the tiger with a drone while looking for us and rushed over?"


    Sean jumped in, "Yeah, that''s it!"


    "I was using a drone to search the whole forest when I saw Mr. Kennedy fighting a tiger on the screen. So I grabbed Matthew and the others and came running!" Sean said, waving his hands around for emphasis. "Then why didn''t you show up when we were attacked by wolves?" Quinn asked.


    "That time..."


    Sean was about to exin when Alexander started coughing like he was about to keel over.


    "Mrs. Kennedy, Mr. Kennedy looks really bad. Should we get him out of here?" Sean asked quickly.


    Alexander clutched his chest, coughing so hard he could barely breathe, but still managed to say, "I''m fine. Just a busted rib." Quinn''s eye twitched.


    Sean got all flustered and rushed to help Alexander up. "A broken rib is serious. We need to get out of here now!" he said, panicking.Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g!


    He turned to Quinn, "Mrs. Kennedy, let''s get out first. I''ll exin everythingter."


    Quinn eyed Alexander suspiciously. "Exin what?" she asked.


    Alexander swayed and copsed, and Sean caught him just in time. "Mrs. Kennedy, Mr. Kennedy''s in bad shape. Please, stop with the questions." Ignoring Quinn, Sean and Matthew started carrying Alexander out.


    Quinn nced back at the dead tiger, then at the barely-standing Alexander, her face full of doubt.


    Sean was all about getting Alexander out. They found a motorcycle nearby, and Sean helped Alexander onto it, hopping in front to drive. Just as they were about to leave, Alexander''s voice came from behind, "Sean, if you say one more word, I''ll cut your tongue out." Sean felt a chill run down his spine and nodded stiffly.


    Quinn sat on Matthew''s motorcycle, staring at the drone leading the way, lost in thought.


    The motorcycle''s engine roared, mixing with the drone''s buzz, but she could still pick out the drone''s sound, which was eerily familiar. She suddenly asked Matthew, "How long have you been searching?"


    Matthew replied instinctively, "Since the day you went missing."


    "No one''s given you trouble?" Quinn asked.


    "No." Matthew bit his tongue, realizing he might''ve said too much.


    He thought to himself, ''I''ll just pin it all on Seanter. I didn''t say anything.''