"Yes," the crew member said with a nod.
"How many people have the other team found?" Maria asked.
"One," said the crew member.
"Just one?"
Other than Demi, the other seven people's eyes widened in shock.
"After all, no one else has such great hearing like Ms. Demi," the crew member said with a smile.
"So, what's our prize?" Everyone was excited.
The crew member pulled out a huge gift pack with an obvious logo on it. It was a gift pack from "Three Squirrels". Tyler was the only one happy about it; everyone else didn't feel the same way.
"I thought it would be water or some ingredients," said Wendy.
"Or at least some utensils," Maria complained.
"I can work with some shovels or some other tools too," Connor said.
"Even some packaged pasta would be better than this," said Nigel.
"Can we change it for something else?" asked Sally.
Then, Matt said, "I think it's nice. After all, we're getting it for free. So, let's just accept it."
"Alright. We'll take it." Nigel nodded.
Nigel and Matt were well-acquainted as they had worked together a few times before.
Meanwhile, the crew members felt speechless. After all, who would complain when receiving something for free?"
"Carry it, Tyler," said Nigel.
Hearing that, Tyler hurriedly picked up the gift pack.
At that moment, Seamus and his other student finally caught up to them. Demi had to walk back and forth to search for everyone because not all of them were in the same area. Then, she slowed down her pace again, and that was why Seamus could finally catch up to her.
"So, what should we do next?" Maria asked, instinctively turning to Demi.
"We should look for a water source. Then, we'll be able to cook near it," said Demi.
"But we don't even have any utensils yet," said Sally.
"Oh, right! I found six flags earlier, so let's see if we have any hints," Demi said, pulling out the six flags with symbols on them.
"That's right! Demi found six flags while searching for everyone earlier. I have no idea how she did it. After all, we were searching with our eyes peeled too." Wendy looked at Demi in admiration.
The crowd gave Demi a thumbs up after hearing that. "That's awesome, Demi!"
"I only found two when I was waiting for Demi," said Tyler as he pulled out the flags he found.
"That's way better than me. I only found one." Connor took out his flag as well.
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