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They started walking. Jay started thinking
about Flick. He tried to think about how she
might be feeling. She was all on her own with
the Groundlings. She didn’t know anyone
would try to rescue her. Suddenly, Jay knew
that however gruesome he found the dark,
stinky tunnel Flick must be finding it a
hundred times worse. She must be terrified.
They had to find her. They had to get her back.
For a second he put his hand on the blitzer
attached to his belt. It would be too dark to
use it down here in the Groundlings’ tunnels.
The rule was you had to stare into the eyes of
the Groundling before firing. Down here in the
dark that would be difficult.
The three of them squelched along for
another ten minutes. They reached a junction
and Ella switched on her torch again. One
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