<span style="text-decoration: underline">Teague</span><br/>“I love you Teague," said a familiar voice, shortly followed by a small kiss on the cheek.<br/><br/>“I love you to, Aurea.” Teague wanted to look at her so she knew he meant it, but he wasn't going to risk everyone's life for such a seemingly small gesture. Looking in the rear-view mirror, he saw Owen and Keelin talking to each other; across from them sat Jessica, asleep in Evan's arms. Casey and Dillion sat in the very back, most likely conversing about tonight's show. The bar had been kind of isolated here in the cold, icy mountains. They probably wouldn't have played there, but had needed the money and promised Mr. Swanson, Casey and Keelin's father, that they would. There were a few new faces there tonight; though not playing there often, the bar had always been their hangout. Teague usually got along with everyone, but there was a stranger who'd given him a weird feeling, especially after having him pick a card out of a deck and leaving before he could give it back. With a shrug, Teague had pocketed the card to get rid of later.<br/><br/>He took Aurea's hand in his and gently squeezed as their fingers became entwined. Pulling to a stop at the sign, Teague turned and kissed her, running a hand through her black hair before forcing himself to pull away and start driving again. She leaned her head against his shoulder, falling asleep soon after.<br/><br/>A few minutes later, there was a small “pop” and he lost control of the van, swerving back and forth across the icy road. Instinctively slamming on the brakes, he might as well have pushed the gas pedal all the way down. Up ahead, Teague could see the cliff that had became notorious to the locals due to the many lives it'd taken during its existence. It seemed as if the cliff was coming to them, knowing it had the chance to add a few more to its record. Screams filled the van as the others all realized where they were headed. Noticing a tree had grown on the end of the cliff, he told everyone to throw their weight to the right to try and put the tree in the path of the careening van, knowing it was their last hope. It worked, but now it was up to the tree to decide if they would live or die.<br/><br/>Teague grabbed Aurea's hand and told her that he loved her, then they hit the tree. Remembering the driver's side airbag didn't work, he covered his face with his arms before going through the windshield, the seat belt having been so weak that a little kid could have ripped it without trying.<br/><br/>The sound of crunching metal against breaking branches rang through his ears along with the screams and cries of his friends as he grabbed at an ice covered branch, ice shards cutting into his hands. Screaming out in pain as his hands were tore up, Teague finally came to a stop. Looking down, he saw he was dangling over the freezing river which is where everyone who goes over the cliff ends up. Looking at the carnage that used to be his van, he saw Casey pulling an unconscious Dillion out of the back as Owen helped the girls out. None of them looked good: Dillion had a bad looking gash over his left eye; Casey appeared to have a broken arm; Jessica and Keelin were holding their sides which indicated they had a few broken ribs; Owen had a broken leg; Aurea had a broken arm with cuts all over her face and arms, and Evan...<br/><br/>“Where's Evan?!” yelled Teague, hoping they'd hear him.<br/><br/>“He's stuck! I can't get his foot loose,” yelled Casey, who had disappeared back into the van. Before he could respond, Teague heard a loud “crack” as the tree started to lean more over the edge; the impact of the van having knocked the tree loose.<br/><br/>“Teague!” yelled Aurea.<br/><br/>“Get Evan out of there! The van is going with the tree!”<br/><br/>“Teague come on!”<br/><br/>“I can't! My grip is already weakening!” The tree lurched again, almost shaking him off.<br/><br/>“Teague catch!” Teague looked up as Casey and Dillion threw a rope out to him. He caught it, but before he could let go of the tree, it fell over the edge with the van. Knowing that he would pull Casey and Evan over the edge with him, he let go of the rope. As he plummeted toward his icy grave, Teague felt a warm sensation moving from the pocket he'd placed the card in earlier up his body and through his arm. He closed his eyes, waiting for impact. He hit the ground hard and heard a sickening crack as pain raced through his body. He managed to cry out for help, not even realizing that he wasn't sinking or even in the icy mountains any longer.<br/><br/><span style="text-decoration: underline">Ryker</span><br/>Having heard a rather loud "thud", followed by an unnatural "crack", Ryker raced toward the man on the ground who was crying for help. He knelt down, yanking off his shirt to try to stop the bleeding in the man's abdomen, but the guy's shirt was too soaked in blood to tell where the blood was coming from. "SOMEONE HELP!" he yelled, looking around. He saw some people off in the distance and he yelled again, louder. "You're going to be fine! Help is coming," he told the man, hoping it was true.