Tika ran faster, she could see the outline of Payne's robe. Her legs were almost numb, and her breath had left her long ago. Just when she thoguht she was going to close in on her friend, she tripped. Her ankle cuaght on a tree branch and something snapped. Her ankle to be exact. "Crap! Ow...ow ow ow ow." She put her hands over the ankle and squeezed it.