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what I feared. He was going to have us kill someone.
    “You must perform a final task,” Wyatt said, studying the
other students walking the track on the outside of the woods. “One that’s incriminating .”
    “I don’t think I can kill anyone,” I whispered.
    Wyatt looked over his shoulder at me. “Are you nuts ? Kill someone? What’s the matter with you?”
    I stared at the ground, embarrassed of opening my big mouth.
As I kicked at the dirt, I whispered, “It was a joke.”
    Wyatt shook his head in disbelief. “ Doubt it,” he
said as he returned his attention to the innocent bystanders walking the track.
“There’s no killing here. Come on, we’re sixth graders .”
    “Then what is it?” Zoe asked.
    Wyatt pointed his finger at one of the girls on the track.
She was walking with her friends. A purple and pink purse was slung from her
shoulder. “Steal Emily’s purse and return it to me within the hour.”

    Zoe joined Wyatt at his side. “ What ? You want us to
steal Emily’s purse? Are you nuts? We’re not stealing anything from
anyone! Besides, those girls are my friends!”
    Wyatt turned around and looked at me. “Then the two of you
are dismissed. Leave this place at once.”
    I sighed, looking at my cousin. She was standing with her
hands on her hips – the usual “you’ve got to be kidding me” look in her
eyes. It’s a look I’m familiar with. I didn’t want to argue with her, so I
didn’t, but she must’ve seen my hesitation.
    “Fine,” she said softly. She was doing it for me.
    “Excellent,” said Wyatt as he slipped his mask back on.
    “So where’s our black pajamas that we wear since we’re
ninjas?” I asked.
    Wyatt shook his head and spoke from behind the fabric on his
face. “You get those after you return with the purse.”
    “After?” Zoe asked.
    This was going to be more difficult than I thought.
    Wyatt and the clan disappeared from behind us. Zoe and I
waited until Emily and her friends made a full lap around the track so they
were right in front of us again. I could see her purple purse swinging gently
over her should. The strap was short. It wouldn’t be as easy as sneaking it off
her arm.
    “What do you think?” I asked Zoe.
    “I think I’m gonna be sick,” she replied.
    She can be such a drama queen. “Thank you for going along
with this.”
    She rolled her eyes. “Pretty sure I’m already regretting
it.”
    I straightened my posture, feeling guilty about Zoe’s
involvement. I started to talk, to tell her she could back out of it if she
wanted, but she interrupted me.
    “Look!” she cried as she pointed. “They’re taking a break in
the grass! She put her purse on the ground!”
    When I looked out, I saw that Zoe was right. Emily was
laying on her back along with her friends. They were staring at the clouds or
something, I couldn’t tell exactly what they were doing, but I didn’t care. The
purse was free from her shoulder.
    “Follow my lead,” Zoe said as she burst through the tree
line.
    I jumped through, trying to keep up, but she was fast! She
sprinted like some kind of gazelle running from a predator! What was she going
to do? Was she just going to snatch the purse and run like heck? I’m pretty
sure those girls would notice something as obvious as that and, wait a second.
Was she going to use me as a distraction?
    My heart started to race as I saw the whole disaster play
out in my head. She would scrape the purse off the ground. Just as the girls
would notice, I’d suddenly appear, hobbling like a penguin because I suck at
running. In all the chaos, they would see me as the bad guy and since I’m
pretty slow, I’d be the one those lions would devour. How could Zoe
do such a thing to me ?
    I watched as my cousin finally made it to her group of
friends. My heart stopped as I waited for her to grab the purse, but to my
surprise, she didn’t. Instead, she tripped just as she reached the circle and
tumbled across the grass violently