“Not for nothing. It made you feel important.”

“Swell.” We sat around the camp fire we had started, and ate dinner. We sang songs, and talked for a while. It was getting dark. Noah, Jenn, Andy, and Marie went and hid along the route. I tied my wife up, blindfolded her, and put one of Noah’s handy dandy tracking devices on her. “Now darling, after you’re taken we can hopefully save you, but if not. . .well, we’ll get you out. They may torture you, and you may be forced to do terrible rotten things. From this moment you will be facing extreme danger every minute.”

“And loving it!” She said. At five of nine we walked to the trading sight. I heard something moving.

“Who are you?”

“Adam Schofield.”

“And do you have what we have requested?”

“Yes, one woman to trade for the life of another.”

“How do we know that you are not being followed, or this is some trap?”

“I guess you’ll have to trust me.” Just then, Noah sneezed.

I heard, “Sorry about that!”

“It’s a trap!” One of the natives said.

“No! I’ll make the trade.” I turned to where my friends were hiding. “Come out from hiding!” They came out.

“They must all be blindfolded, including you. We will come and switch women. Then leave. We will send someone to free you. Leave your trade off girl five feet in front of you.” I blindfolded them, and myself. They came and checked our bindings then exchanged women, or I think that’s what they did.

A little while later, a man came and untied us. Tricia was there. She came over and hugged me. “Oh, I’m so glad to see you. Where are we?”

“In our futures.”

“Huh? All I know is I appeared by this big idol. Two guys burned a tent and handed me their torch. The next thing I know I’m on top of some volcano. “

“Oh, so that’s the conversation I overheard.”

“Who’s this?”

“Tricia, meet Jenn.”

“Nice to meet you.” Jenn said.

“This is a great reunion, but don’t you think we must find your wife?

“Yes, Adam. You must get her before this afternoon or she will die in my place.” Rushing back to camp, we obtained the tracker and returned to the location of the trade off. We made our way through tough terrain and saw a volcano. On top was my wife, tied to a stake, and dangling above the mouth. We proceeded to brainstorm a plan. Noah, Tricia and I were to go up to the chief. Andy, and Marie were to take out two guards and infiltrate their ranks. Meanwhile, Jenn was to get the diamond from under the fish. That’s about as far as we planned when dawn came.