“scrapped” -> “scraped”
“desprately” -> “desperately”
“atleats” -> “at least”
“to late” -> “too late”
You really should use a web browser with a built-in spell-checker. :) But as for the story itself, it is an exciting dilemma you have set up!

Yes I should. But most of the time when I write one of these, I usually come back the next day to fix any typos. But thank you very much for your help!