"She's got a minute and a half to go!" yelled one of the Shadow Riders to his compatriots over the sound of his horses hoofbeats."Come on! Fall off, you piece of round eared scum! Fall off!" cried Sticks as they slowly gained on Heidi.
Chopper was still behind them, but gaining ground fast! Urged on by the fact that Captain Irzen would skin him alive if anything happened to the Lady Knight--or worse yet, the Lieutenant, who seemed to have won the favor of The Little One.
The Shadow Rider pressed onward in his attempt to rescue Heidi.
