Timeless Creations

10. The uncovered truth

Chris glanced at the door nervously. Maybe he could make a run for it.....

Leela's voice rang like a gun shot in the silent room. "Chris!" she said.

Chris, still glancing nervously at the door managed to utter a "Hey Leela. Fancy meeting you here! Well you know I'm going to go to the bathro..."

Leela cut him off sharply "Chris I know what's going on. I have ever since you started your first meeting. You realise that we have cameras in every room right?"

At once Chris felt his heart sink. Leela knew. Marcus knew. Soon they would be forced to do something. Or worse their families would die at the hand of his captor. "So if you knew why didn't you stop us sooner?" Chris asked defiantly.

"So it's true! To be honest I was just bluffing. I knew you had been up to something but I wasn't sure what. I thought you guys were just talking about your lives at home!"

Chris decided to come clean. "Well you know Leela. What are you going to do about it?"

"Well of course I'll tell Marcus. However that means we won't be able to escape. I have been trying to get out of this hell-hole for two years but to no avail. He seems to keep a tracker on me. Luckily I slipped a drug into his brandy that made him fall asleep."

Chris couldn't believe his ears. Leela was on his side. His family was still fine. Maybe they could pull off the escape. He couldn't wait to tell the others.....

*************

Jean and Nick walked into the room with a expression of confusion and fear. They started muttering something about needing to find the bathroom or wandering where the food storeroom was but Chris quickly intervened.

"She knows guys."

Horror washed over their faces. They thought that all of their hard work was gone. Tears started to fill Jean's eyes.

"Relax. She is with us."

Jean's face turned quickly and in an instant he ran up and hugged her.
Nick on the other hand was a little more suspicious. Okay a lot more suspicious.

He eyed her, well, suspiciously as if looking for hidden cameras and microphones. "How do we know that she isn't just a spy? How do we really know that she is with us, huh?"

Chris hadn't thought of this. Maybe he was so convicted that she was one of them that he didn't think straight.
No! She must be one of us! She must be on our side! thought Chris. "She is with us. I trust her" replied Chris.

"I think you're just crushing on her" retorted Nick.

Blushing Chris added "Why would she risk being found by Marcus if she wasn't on our side!?"

Nick replied back again "Like I said. She could be a spy. Getting intel on us and then reporting back to Marcus!"

The two of them were about to engage in a fist-fight when Leela shouted "Stop! Maybe if I tell you what that monster has done to me and where I come from you would believe me that I was on your side."

Chris thought that Leela had hope and courage in her stunning eyes.

Nick just thought that they were full of deception.

Jean just wanted to know what was for breakfast the next day.