Run Away

Chapter 22

The next morning I woke up early. I wore what Mr. Felton wanted me to wear, then headed downstairs. On my way down I saw Zack leaving his room.
"Good morning Zack."
He turned around, startled. He didn't know I was there. "Oh geez, Kendal. You scared me there."
"Guess you still don't like saying good morning, now do you?" I teased him, lightly bumping his shoulder with mine when I passed him.
"Good morning." He said just to make me happy. "There is that better?"
We were now walking side by side to the kitchen.
"Not really." I answered honestly. "It would've been better if you had remembered."
"Oh what ever. Why does it matter anyways?"
"I don't know. It just sounds polite I guess."
"Right. Polite." He repeated.
I stuck my tongue out at him, but he just smiled.
"So what are we making for breakfast today?" I asked as we entered the kitchen.
Zack picked up the list, reading it carefully. "He wants bacon and eggs. Enough to feed three."
"Sounds easy enough. What kind?"
"What kind of what?" I could tell he was teasing me. Trying to get back for the whole 'Good morning' thing.
"What kind of eggs?" I said, getting out two pans.
"Oh eggs you say!" He pretended like it all made sense now. Like I was speaking a different language, and he finally got on to what I was saying. I rolled my eyes, sighing. "Scrambled eggs."
"Now was that so hard?" I nudged him with my elbow as I passed him.
"Well how did I know you wanted to know what kind of bacon he wanted?"
I rolled my eyes again. "Look let's just get breakfast done so we can start on our chores."
"Giving up the fight?"
"I never give up." I replied back as I cracked an egg.
"Okay I'll remember that."
We worked around each other to get breakfast done on time. Once we were, we quickly ate, and did the dishes as Mr. Felton was leaving for work. We managed to get half our chores done by lunch. We had almost forgotten about lunch, as it was the 12th chore on our list. We were on chore 25. We quickly prepared lunch. As we just finished, Mr. Felton and his friends came home. We kept working until 3:00pm. By that time, Mr. Felton (and his friends) had left, so we could start on the dishes. By 5:00pm we had finished all of our chores, except making dinner, of course.
For dinner all he wanted was 1 bowl of garden salad, with some water.
"Looks like his friends aren't coming over." I said when I had read the list.
"Yeah." Zack agreed. "And looks like we might get fed tonight."
Yet again, Zack was right. When dinner was ready Mr. Felton quickly popped in.
"You guys will be on your own tonight. I have, uh, important work to take care of. Just eat the salad, clean the dishes, finish your chores, then off to bed."
"Yes Sir." Zack and I said.
He left, slamming the door behind him. We returned to the dinning room, and ate every little bit of salad there was. We took advantage of being fed. We were starving from all the work we did. Plus, we hadn't had anything since breakfast.
After we ate, we quickly did the dishes, and returned to our rooms. We had a shower, and got changed into some comfortable clothing. We once again met down in the Private Room.
"What's the plan for tonight?" I asked.
"To explore." He answered.
"Awesome, where do you want to start?"
"Over here." He walked over to the door he showed me the previous night. "I think there might be another secret door at the end of this. I'm not sure."
"Okay." I said, motioning for him to continue.
"So, we'll slowly walk through. Observing everything. If you see anything different, look around for a door."
"Okay. How do we reveal the door?"
"Bang on the spot 5 times. It should open up for you."
"Alright sounds awesome."
"Good." He smiled. "Let's get started."
He walked around, revealed some doors, and continued searching. Once we had revealed every door we could find, we opened the one door, and searched it. It had a very long, but narrow hallway. We saw some doors here and there, but not too many. At the end there were another 2 doors. In total, there was 6 doors. Each leading into bedrooms or bathrooms.
We had searched the rest of the doors. We found more bedrooms and bathrooms, but we also found kitchens, living rooms, dining rooms, and much more.
"Kendal, come here!" I heard Zack call as I finished searching a hallway. We decided it would be faster if we split up.
"I'm coming!" I yelled back to him. Following where I heard his voice. "Where are you?"
"Over here."
I ran to where I heard his voice. I quickly found him, as he wasn't too far.
"What is it?" I asked, out of breath.
"Look."
He brought me into another room. It wasn't just any ordinary room. It was different. Inside, there were tons of computers, desks, and obviously more doors. I noticed a few things I didn't quite recongize, but didn't really care.
"What is this?" I asked, amazed.
"I think it's like a spy room."
"A spy room?" Did he really just say that?
"Yes! Take a look at the monitor."
I walked closer. From a distance you couldn't see what was on it. But close up, you could see everything. Literally. Each monitor showed a different room from the house. You could see exactly what was happening at that exact moment. My jaw dropped. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
"And see all these doors?" Zack asked.
I nodded my head.
"They all lead into any room of the house. And it gets better." He walked over to some machine I didn't recongize. "This thing here." He said, patting it. "We can make it do all of our chores."
"Won't Mr. Felton notice it's not us?"
"Well we'll still have to be around, but we don't have to actually do any work. We can just pretend."
"What if Mr. Felton finds out?"
"Don't worry Kendal, he won't. While it does all the work for us, we can plan our escape. I'll try working on it to see if it can make it look like we're doing the work. You know, so we can plan our escape."
I nodded my head. All of this sounded great. I couldn't wait to get out of here. My thoughts were interrupted when one of the monitors set off an alarm. Zack ran over to it.
"Mr. Felton's home! Quick find the right door, and pretend your sleeping."
I did as Zack said. Thankfully, I found the right door, and I landed in my bed. I quickly got under the covers. Just in time too. I could hear Mr. Felton walking by my room. The door slowly creaked open.
"Kendal?" I heard Mr. Felton say.
I closed my eyes, pretending to be a sleep. Thankfully I had my back turned, so he couldn't see my face.
"Asleep. Of course." He closed the door, then walked away.
That was a close one. I thought.