As the locomotive curved and climbed higher and higher, the temperature dropped lower and lower. In the engine compartment, however, Xi had worked up a sweat. He climbed on top of the mountain of coal and dug his shovel into the black nuggets, scooping a load into the basket. Beneath the coal, something shifted. But the blanket of coal was so black, Xi didn’t notice. Buried as deep as they could manage in their haste to hide, Jake and Shane tried desperately to move their legs to avoid Xi’s stabbing spade. They had trouble breathing, the coal dust thick in their lungs, but as Xi dug deeper into the mound, the greater danger came not from suffocating but from losing a limb to Xi’s shovel and being discovered. Xi had a weapon already in hand. Jake and Shane were unarmed. Right now, remaining undetected was their best chance of staying alive and trying to rescue the others. Crunch! The shovel’s blade missed Shane’s foot by an inch. Stab! Jake forced his leg a fraction to the left and barely missed having his thigh severed.
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