Chapter 14, The Dragon's Cave Summary

Angela runs down the bank to where the car lay crumpled and broken. Tycho follows, slightly behind her, taking a more cautious approach to the decline. As they approach the car, they hear a man's painful moan coming from inside the car. At that moment, Angela realizes, with relief, that it is "the Cherrys," and not her mother in the car. Still, they need to help whomever it is. Tycho runs ahead of Angela, who is no longer propelled by "her most personal fear." At the site of the accident, Phil Cherry is sitting in the brush, cradling his injured arm. He yells for Tycho and Angela to help his brother, Jerry, who is still trapped inside the mangled car. The car is still oozing gasoline, but Tycho knows he has to help Jerry escape danger, despite...