Crescent Academy

The Hideout

It's been a week. A whole week! Just to make a stupid fake passport. Every day I fidgeted with anxiety, wondering how everyone was, wondering how Andro was. Was he at the base? Was he looking for me? Was he dead?

All these questions knawed at me from the inside, but even Coin knew nothing about the base. They trusted few that weren't actually in their group, and no one had visited Coin because they had no need for a fake ID, passport, or any other thing. Plus, they didn't like crossing the border, always paranoid that the guards will figure out that their passes are fake.

Then again, Coin wasn't one to snoop in the base's business, althought he snoops in everyone else's, so he wouldn't have asked about Andro anyways. This was mainly because they never gave him any answers.

So I was stuck worriying over what might be nothing, or might be something huge. At least my nose had healed straight in the last week.

"Are you asleep?" Rae asked from her little blow-up matress. Coin had stuffed two in his storage room, so we could stay here while he maid the passport. We had took all our stuff out of the car and I had parked it far away, walking back so that they couldn't trace us. We'd just steal a new one  when the time comes.

"No."

"Well try. Stop worriying, we'll be there soon. Wherever 'there' is."

"I'm still not telling you."

"Darn it." She mumbled, causing me to laugh. "Now come on, sleep."

The next morning, we made some instant oatmeal to fill our stomachs. We had eaten all our perishables, so we were eating Coin's meager food supply so that we didn't waste our non-perishables. Coin swept in the room, head held high like a king. "Ladies, ladies. I know I am spectacular, but please cease your clapping."

Rae and I just rolled our yes, we were both used to his egotistic behavior.

"I have good news. I finished your passport." He held a booklet up proudly. "But to have it, you must give me a kiss."

"How about I give you a punch in the face instead Coin?"

He pouted. "you're a meany, Ivy. Never let me have any fun. Here you go." He grudgingly gave me the passport.

"Thank you. I'll go get a car ready." I put down my empty bowl and stood up, but Coin waved at me to sit.

"Already covered. I have nimble fingers. Would you like to try them out?"

"Coin, that is just disgusting. Plus, you're way too old for me."

"You hurt me, in here," He pointed to his heart. "I'm only seven years older. How about a kiss to make me feel better?"

"No Coin." I growled.

"The car's out back!" He suddenly said with a smile before walking out.

"Done your oatmeal yet?"

"Just a second." Rae replied, shoveling the last of it in her mouth. "Okay, let's go."

We grabbed our supplies, which we could all carry between the two of us, and headed out back. There, an unnoticable gray car that I couldn't recognize sat with it's truck open. We dumped the stuff in and I jumped into the driver's seat. Time to go to the base. Time to see what has happened to Andro.

God I hoped he was okay.

"Just leave the stuff in here."

"Are you sure?" Rae asked, eyeing the woods warily.

"Yes I'm sure."

It had took almost two hours because the border was jammed up today. But we were finally here, at a forest a half hour out of Niagara Falls. Due to Rae's pleading, I had showed her the Falls before coming out here. But at least were here. Finally. It wasn't home, but it was the closest thing I had to it. "Now follow me, and don't talk."

Rae did as I said, and we walked into the forest, leaving the car and supplies behind. At first, she was jumpy, and leapt at every crack of branches as if she expected a bear to jump out. Or maybe she thought the Hemies who lived here were going to jump out at her, turn out to be wild savages, not accept her, and cook her alive.

If that was what she was thinking, than her mind was way out of whack.

But after the first twenty minutes, she was assured no crazy Hemi or bear was going to eat her legs like she was a turkey, and she began to grow bored. She was fidgeting, and I could tell she wanted to talk. I held out my arm, stopping her from walking any further. "We're  here."

"Where is the door?"

"There." I pointed at a closely grown cluster of trees.

"They are too close to walk between!"

"That's because we don't walk between them."

"What?"

Instead of answeing, I walked up to the second tree on the right. Then, I knocked. The 'tree' opened up, revealing a Hemi woman. She gasped in surprise, her yellow eyes widening. "Ivy?"

I nodded.

"We thought you were dead! Andro, he went looking for you. Is he here?" She stuck her head outside before I could respond. Than she saw Rae. "Who is she? You brought a stranger?"

"I trust her compleatly Rez."

"Fine. But if anything happens, the blame rests with you."

"I understand."

Now angered, Rez turned on her heel and walked back inside, leaving the door open. I took Rae's arm and entered. We were in the Hideout.

A.N. For those wondering where I dissapeared to, I was on vacation. Sorry guys :)