Masterminds

Chapter 12

Chapter 12

We woke up to guards yelling at us. Not exactly the best morning greeting. I heard noises and started to stir, but Jet was a step ahead of me. He shook my body yelling, "bro! We got to go now!" I opened my eye causing my cyborg eye to glow red once again. I frowned, knowing it wasn't a dream.

Jet helped me up as I saw three guards climb up onto the roof. I cursed and grabbed our back pack and ran away with Nia and Wrench following behind. We jumped onto another roof as guards on the found began to multiply one by one. Escaping on the ground clearly wasn't our best option.

The roof shingles clicked below our feet as more and more guards got into the roof. What made our task to get away even harder were the guards below us firing the guns at us. We ducked, trying to avoid the bullets when Jet gasped and fell on his knees grabbing his shoulder. "Jet!" I yelled. He got back up and kept running. "I'm fine. They got my shoulder." That's like Jet to be a solider to the end.

We bounced from roof to roof when ahead of us, guards piled onto the roof and raced towards us. "Uh, anyone got a plan" I gulped. The guards were right in front of us when a Jet groaned and said, "fall with style!"

Before I could argue, he pushed Nia, Wrench and I off the ledge, towards the back section of the Supreme Rank building. We screamed as the ground came closer and closer into view when a garbage filled with leaves and grass broke our fall.

We plunged into the trash can as guards looked down on us shouting. I sighed in relief and scrambled out of the garbage with Nia, Wrench and Jet. We ran down the small street behind the building finding somewhere to hide.

The Supreme Rank Wall towered over us as we found ourselves getting closer to a large van with people sitting on the back of it talking. A large can sat in front of them with a fire roaring inside.

My friends and I ducked behind a pile of wooden crates, catching our breath. I leaned my head back and sighed. "What do we do now? We're trapped between the Supreme Rank Building, this gigantic wall and the hobo campers over there."

"Hey! Listen here mister! We're not hobos. Ya got that!" a squeaky voice said behind us. We slowly turned around to see a little girl in a ragged dress. She has blonde hair tied back in pigtails and big brown eyes.

We yelped and scrambled back as she folded her arms and said, "your a bunch of strange people. We don't usually get strange people like you around here" the girl said through a toothless grin.

Her eyes wandered towards me when she gasped and said, "you've been upgraded to, mister! Why did you say that before!" The little girl grabbed my hand and pulled me into the clearing yelling, "papa! Look what I found! Can I keep him!"

I gulped as all the people in front of us turned towards me. "He's got friends too! Can I keep them papa!" Jet and Nia peeked out from behind the garbage can sheepishly when Wrench barked and ran in front if the little girl wagging his tail. Wrench always had this thing for cute little girls.

The girl let go of my hand and chased Wrench. "Oh my gosh! A doggy! Can I keep the doggy too papa!" She laughed as she chased Wrench in circles.

Jet, Nia and I slowly made our way to the people. They had Supreme guard outfits on, but they didn't seem to react to our faces. "Uh... hi" I croaked.

The little girl ran up to us carrying Wrench saying, "hey papa. He's been Upgraded! Can we keep him?" I didn't really like the sound of that.

A man with scruffy blonde hair stood up and stared at me dead in the eye. His brown eyes looked cold, and his freckle face looked stern. "By Betsy, you've got a nasty Upgrade." I sighed and said, "tell me about it."