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snipped piano wires.
    So now only the single cable tethered me to the helicopter as it spiraled downward. And I had only seconds to leap free of the whole mess.
    I whipped around on that cord like a tail behind the falling aircraft, waiting for the best moment to move. The lower the better, I thought; the lower I jumped, the less likely I'd be to pancake on the water's surface.
    "Goodbye, Stag!" said D.X. "I'm sorry this happened!"
    Just before the helicopter hit, I let go of the cable and tried to dive free. But I forgot something.
    "Good luck!" said D.X. "Good luck on the other side!"
    The stirrups clipped to my feet.
    Instead of jumping free, I flipped forward, caught by the stirrups. Hanging upside-down, I saw the chopper break the river's surface below me.
    The helicopter dove, but its momentum was cut by the splashdown. The cord leashed to it snapped me forward like a pebble in a slingshot, pitching me at the water.
    Time seemed to slow down as I rocketed toward the roiling surface. The helicopter disappeared below, leaving only churning brown waves pierced by the cable.
    Here it comes . That's what I thought. And then I thought of something else.
    For the first time in years, I thought of my turning point, the night when I really started my climb to the top. The night when I left A.E. for dead.
    "Remember," said D.X. "Go toward the light!"
    And then the river parted around me, bitterly cold. And I plunged into darkness and silence.
    And the breath I'd meant to hold for as long as I could rushed right out of me, and I was gone.
     
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    About the Author
     
    Robert T. Jeschonek is an award-winning writer whose fiction, comics, essays, articles, and podcasts have been published around the world. His young adult urban fantasy novel, My Favorite Band Does Not Exist , was named one of Booklist ’s Top Ten First Novels for Youth. Simon & Schuster, DAW/Penguin Books, and DC Comics have published his work. He won the grand prize in Pocket Books' nationwide Strange New Worlds contest and was nominated for the British Fantasy Award. Visit him online at www.thefictioneer.com. You can also find him on Facebook and follow him as @TheFictioneer on Twitter.
     
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