Secret City

Chapter 1: The Mystery Bed

I took out the piece of paper that my father has given me before THE MEN took him. I cherished it the most because he told me to. He also said that I should only read it when I really need help and no one can give it to me. The night THE MEN took us into custody, I  read it because I'm the only one that Venice could rely on and I didn't know how I can be someone that she would. I honestly didn't expect what I saw, what I expected was a will or something more like a letter from our parents. Instead of these things, I saw a map.

"Analyzing the map, I concluded that our parents built an underground shelter." I said to my sister and my best friend.

"That is so cool." Khaly exclaimed. Khaly has been my best friend since we were 3. Our parents are best friends too, mainly because they work under the same "company". I know that I can't live without his gray eyes and his black hair, I can always rely on him. Always.

"Wait. You mean Mom and Dad used their abilities to do this? For us, Paris?" Venice clarified.

If you're wondering what the abilities are, No, it has nothing to do with flying or super strength. It is Mom's great ability to think out of the box and her complete knowledge with almost everything and Dad's skill when it comes to technology, he can build something with almost anything.

"Yes. That's what I think." I nodded. Every night, when Venice is fast asleep I analyze the map. Mom and Dad have been teaching me everything they know. I really coped with the technology and knowledge stuff. That's my forte. My waterloo, fortunately, is my sister's forte. She thinks the way Mom thinks, out of the box.

"Here's the plan." I said "I made us these kits. Each bag has a tranq gun in it, a device that will deactivate all the alarms you'll pass through and a walkietalkie. We'll use this for tonight. "

"Wait. Wait. I know you're brilliant and all, but where did you get the materials you used?" Khaly asked.

"I used the gun of the cell guards, and the frequent trips to the nurse wasn't put to waste to, I steal a couple of depressants every time and I used it as the bullet of these tranq guns. The TV wasn't also trash. Since it was already broken when we arrived at this cell, I took some gears from it. Voila, I made these, the walkietalkie was from the missing remotes. I stole Khaly's remote and the cell guard's too."

"So cool." Khaly said.

I heard him whisper something else but I didn't bother to ask what it is since I have less then two hours before our escape. "So, the entrance of our underground mansion is at the tree in our backyard"

"There are a lot of trees there. Which one?" Venice asked.

"There's a riddle. 'From the mouth of the back I just walk like a ruler, The tree with the upside down heart won't give me a bummer. If you approach the right true there will be a buzzer. But before I go down I must dig the well, because there I will see a fortune that fell.' Venice, I know Mom did this, and this is your thing."

"Well, " Venice said "The mouth of the back is the back door, since in my drawings when I was 2 the door looks like the mouth of the house. How do we walk like a ruler? Like a king or queen or something?"

"Rulers are straight." Khaly said out of nowhere.

"That's it! We need to move straight, walk forward. Good job Khaly." I concluded.

"Thanks, glad I could help." he said.

"Ok, back to the other parts." Venice said, a little disappointed because she did not figure that one out. "The tree with the upside down heart is the tree which we decorate with hearts during the anniversary of Mom and Dad."

"I wonder why it says upside down." I  wondered.

"Maybe just to confuse people if this paper fell in the wrong hands." Venice said. "The riddle says we must go to the well first. There we will see a fortune that fell, I'm confused with that one. Let's just think of it later when we reach the house."

We agreed to this, we prepared for our escape. We decided not to join the other convicts because they will be a large group and it will be an obvious escape. I noticed something new in the map. There is a passage way from HELL, a place which in this story is the prison, to heaven, a place which here is the neighborhood we grew up in. And I saw that the passageway is under a bed. Analyzing the dimension of each prison cell and the uniform location of each bed, I realized that it was OUR BED.

Maybe escaping isn't so hard after all. Thanks Mom. Thanks Dad.

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AN: Chapter 1 is here. I hope you like it. :) I'm so excited to post the next chapter. It will be in Khaly's and Venice's POV. Pleas vote for this chapter if you like it.

Chapter 2 Preview (A 2-sentence Preview):

Khaly's POV

"I love you, I just hope you can see that." I said to myself.

Venice's POV

"I just wish that you'll see me as Venice, not as Paris' sister." I told Khaly.

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