The sight of the crumpled vehicle made Amanda’s legs give way, and Drake had to prop her up under the arm to keep her steady.  Staring at the mangled bus wedged against a broken pine tree a short distance up the steep hill, Amanda could not believe that anybody would have survived the accident!  The path the bus had taken down the mountainside behind it seemed impossible!  An almost vertical descent, through large trees and even larger boulders.  There were signs of scattered parcels and baggage all along the mountainside, flashes of manufactured color that had no place between the natural greens and browns of the forest. 

She regained her composure and started making her way towards the vehicle, with Drake and Cheese close behind her.  As she rounded a chest high boulder, she stopped...

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