Death Valley Short Story

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Death Valley
By:Whitlee Heid

When I found the abandoned campsite I was so overjoyed! I felt my heart would jump out of my chest. “ Donna ,Jenny hurry I found an abandoned campsite!” I screamed. “ Great where are you?” Donna yelled.
“ Over here!” I yelled back.
Then I heard a high pitch scream come from where Donna and Jenny were coming from.
“ Are you guys ok ,” I yelled , “I heard a scream.”
“It’s Jenny a rattle snake just bit her we need to find help !”Donna yelled.
“ Oh my god I'm coming!!!” I screamed.
As I got to Jenny and Donna I was worried about what I was gunna see then I reached them. Jenny was on the ground screaming, crying for mercy. As Donna held her I realized if we don’t get help Jenny was gonna die.
As I sat next to
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As me and Donna reached the campsite again we found some food and a running hose. I ran over and turned on the water it was ice cold to the touch. Then I smelled something awful it smelled like rotten eggs. I just ignored the smell and kept drinking the ice, cold water. Then all I heard was a loud BOOM and screams. Then everything went black. I woke up with burns and bleeding cuts. Then I looked around and saw that the camper was gone. Finally I saw Donna laying by a tree. As I tried to get up I felt a sharp pain in my foot then I look down and noticed my foot had a bone almost sticking out of my foot. Then I looked up and saw a helicopter. “Donna,Donna!!!!” I yelled, “It’s a helicopter!!!”
She didn’t answer, so I started to wave a blanket that was near me. Then the helicopter started to come down. I was so excited.
“Are you alive mam’ ,“ the rescue man called.
“Yes but I don’t know if my friend is,” I yelled back.
As they picked me up they told me that my Donna didn’t make it. I realised that I have to make it out of this for them.

5 years later
When I look back on that day I remember that my life changed. I went from not worrying about life to living life to the

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