My Secret, My Bully, My Mates by Miss L

“So far Jack’s team and ours are the fastest and both teams go single file and send people every two feet give or take. The rope can hold a significan amount of weight if it is tied properly like this one is.”

“Is the rope tying something we train as well? I would love to learn that?”

“It is, but focus, what are you suggesting?” He gives an amused smirk at my excitement over tying rope.

“That we double up. There’s twenty of us, we could go across in pairs, instead of sending each across one at a time. We’ve all made it to training, so have to assume everyone here is strong enough and coordinated enough to do that. It will be a huge test of trust for the person piggy backing. It is the most realistic scenario though. If you have a small child who is scared, they are going to be difficult enough to get moving, let alone adding a huge height to the mix.”

might be onto something,

idea, for whatever reason she

rolls his eyes. “Sounds about right, no worries.” Then he walks away to give

minutes of them talking she shouts, “Gather round, new plan.” Once we are all together she squats in the middle and we huddle around listening to her give us the plan in a hushed voice. “We are going to pair up once we get to the top. We have done this single file plenty of times and it hasn’t made us any faster. Pair off one male one female. This isn’t a men are stronger thing, so don’t complain. The guys are statistically taller than the women and this will work in our favor. Ladies, we are going to ride piggyback and go across in pairs. Since this hasn’t been tested, give just a bit more space between partners to stay safe. Also ladies, work as lookouts, make sure the trainers don’t have any plans to strike at us. We need

their head in agreement and starting to pair

Wyatt wraps his arm around my neck as

her?” Trackers

and moves close and whispers, “Nice plan, she may or may not give you any credit, but several of us heard you come up with it.” She winks and moves off to

shouts