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‘’We can’t let them die, please help me. Then we all can go to those ships and live happily.’’

I didn’t hear what Chrisean said, but that didn’t stop Deedee, instead she began to dig more frantically.

‘’Jeremy!’’ Chrisean yelled out my name then waved me over.

‘’It’s working, I think we just need something now to hold the hole open and those people can get out.’’

Hearing that, it caused me to run around like a headless chicken until I found three pieces of iron pipes and a piece of board.

I stuck then inside the hole to keep it open while you continued digging.

I paused for a short second, thinking what would have happened if Deedee wasn’t so easily swayed and we had persuaded her to come with us.

‘’Deedee, go tell those people to move here to there back.’’

She did as I told her and soon they were pushing out three small children, then two women and two men.

A woman didn’t hesitate to throw her arms around me.

‘’Thank you, thank you. You saved us.’’

She then hurried over and hugged De