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257them, shouted for them to wait, and finished his call. He walked over to them, %u201cWe need to get everyone ready, including Caroline. A helicopter is coming to take us to someone who can heal Caroline. I%u2019ll explain on the way. You prepare Caroline. Where%u2019s Lisa and Colin?%u201dJohn pointed to a small church in the corner of the estate. %u201cThey%u2019re schooling kids in the church.%u201d%u201cI%u2019ll get them,%u201d Dawn said.An hour later, all of them were on a helicopter flying over the Brazilian rain forest. They had carried Caroline down from the bedroom on a stretcher. She was now strapped to it and was firmly anchored on the helicopter%u2019s floor.%u201cWe are going to visit a small village in the forest. Few people have ever gone there. The natives living there are a small tribe who maintain very little contact with the outside world. We sent a mission there two years ago and they have become permanent residents. Our church funds it and helps the tribe. Currently, we have hired a small private army to keep the deforesters out of their region, and we are currently fighting in the Brazilian court for the area to remain theirs and not to be invaded further,%u201d the Dean explained.They were amazed to think they would shortly be meeting this tribe.%u201cI contacted the Reverend there by satellite phone. He%u2019s a friend of mine. I told him about Caroline and her condition. He told me the village doctor knows what%u2019s causing her to be ill the way she is, and has methods to heal her. That%u2019s all I know,%u201d the Dean concluded.%u201cWill they allow the helicopter to land in the village?%u201d John asked.%u201cNo,%u201d the Dean replied. %u201cThe Reverend is meeting us in a small clearing close to the river. They%u2019ll take us by raft and canoe to the village.%u201d%u201cHow exciting,%u201d Jennifer said. %u201cWill we get the chance to fuck them?%u201d%u201cThe Reverend does. So, yes, probably.%u201d The Dean said.The group stared out of the window, but John, against the instruction from the pilot to remain strapped in his seat, squatted on the floor next to the near-corpse of Caroline. The others turned to watch him as he The Undertaker