Born to Change [Completed]

29: Free

I don't waste any time and run in the direction where I know the control booth is.

I pick the lock and knock the hunter inside unconcious. I switch the cameras where we'll be passing through but leave some on to not arouse suspicion.

I then bolt out of there and to where I know my brothers will be.

The Head's old office.

I decide not to risk using the elevator and just run up the stairs. We prepared for this before we engaged the plan, so I have no trouble in running up.

I lied. When I reach the 100th floor I'm panting. I stop at the edge of the stairs for a minute to catch my breath.

I approach the doors without caution. It just so happens that there isn't any guard.

The doors slide open and I see my brothers startled to see me there. "I'm here," I say, stepping into the room.

Adrian is the first to recover from his shock. "Elle, I knew you'd come back," he says, his arms outstretched towards me, as if welcoming me back.

"It got a little too boring there," I say with indifference. My brothers laugh, and I join in too.

I keep the conversation going until sirens suddenly start blaring. My brothers scramble up from their comfortable places.

"You!" Adrian points at me, his eyes narrowed. "You distracted us!"

"Not really," I say indifferently. "You distracted yourselves. Toodles!" I wave before bolting out of the room.

I don't waste any time and run down the stairs, all the while wondering if the others are safe. If they got Hunter.

My unspoken question is answered when I see Austin's wolf running with Hunter's, along with a few more others.

"Can I ride?" I ask Austin, as I try and fail to keep pace with them. He yips and slows down to a stop, bowing his head so I can get on. I jump on him and we take off running again.

23, 22, 21....

7... 6...

Almost there...

A door slams open, causing the wolves to stop. I have to grip Austin's fur to avoid getting knocked off him.

It was like a movie. Hunters come spilling out in lines, forming new and straight ones all around us until we are all compressed. They stop, holding their weapons to the air. I can feel Austin's fear and fury, very similar to what I'm feeling.

"You are surrounded. Shift back or we shoot," a voice over the speakers say. None of us move.

"Now!" the voice says, his annoyance flashing. I get off Austin and they all shift back without thinking.

"Can I just point out that I'm not in a very comfortable position right now?" I call out, covering my eyes.

"Get the girl and lock her up. Put the others in seperate cells," the voice orders. The hunters break their lines and grab us.

"Let go!" I kick and scream, but the hunters don't seem to be fazed at all. They're carrying me over their heads, as if I'm a sacrifice.

Which I guess I am.

I try and look back to see where the others are but all I see are hunters. I try yelling for them, but my voice is drowned out by the hunters' march.

I don't notice anything else until I'm thrown into a cell. I hit the floor with a loud thud. I land on my left arm wrong and I hiss in pain. The hunters ignore me and lock my cell.