S44

6. Just us

              S44's POV:
Today's lunch was so quiet. Even more then usual. Someone had to brake this silence. And i'm not the right option for that job. So i look at Zack, he seemed out of it so i steped on his foot under the table.

"Ouch!" He snaped out of his transe, finaly. Masha looked kind of surprised and than that turned into confusion. Zack looked at me confused himself, but then he got the point and started talking.

"Haha, well Masha you want to hang out in the library with S and me later?" He asked while rubbing back of his neck with his arm and giving her a big closed eye smile.

"S-sure. Why not?" She asked retoricly. She wasn't quite in the conversation herslef. She wasn't the talkative type.

Now that i think about it, nobody here was ever 'the talkative type'. Zack and Logan were the closest choice but not even they deserved the title.

I guess that we didn't have much to talk about. Or we just wanted to keep some distance between us, just in case we have to let go in the worst possible way, death.

Now that we invited her the only thing to do is wait for her to finish with her plants. Zack and i are sitting in the library and waiting. I gave up thinking of the scenario. She could say anything and it wasn't so hard to think of words to say on the spot. I just hope she agrees.

If she doesn't she could... Wait, what can she do? She could tell us to guards and doctors, but what would she gain from it? Would they let her live longer or something? Would Zack do that?

I look at Zack. He looked kind of nervous. So i tapped his shoulder. He looked at me and i gave him reasuring smile.

No! Stop this pessimistic thoughts! We know eachother for years. They would never do that. What i should be scared of is if we will be able to escape all alieve. Not to stop believing in eachother.

As i stop thinking, i hear door crack. I turn around to see Masha. I smile to her and she smiles back. She then sits in the chair next to mine. I took out those 4 books to show her the map, but kept them all closed until we talk to her first.

"So." She starts. "What is so fun in here? Any books to recomend for me?" She asks. I just get up and bring her one about plants. It's so hard to start this topic.

She was reading the book i gave her. I looked around to see if there are any guards around. When i saw that it was safe and started...

"Masha, we want to escape this place."  I exclaim while closing the book i was reading. Zack took a deep breath preparing for what's to come next.

"I think that, at this rate, we will all die here and that it's better to try our luck." He said, then looking at me to continue. Masha droped her book and for once started listening.

"We wanted to ask you to join us." I finished looking her in the eye. My crimson red eyes looked deep in her blue ones, demanding for the answer.

At first she looked confused,then scared. I guess she needs time to load this new information. Then she....smiled? Started laughing? What?

"Hahahahaha-" she put hand on her mouth trying to hold her giggles. Both Zack and I just looked at her confused.

"Y-you are kidding, right?" She said trying to breathe again while whiping of her tears from laughing so hard. Now i see, that's why. Better be direct with her.

"No. We are dead serious." I say and look at her seriously. She then stops laughing and her look turns in scared one.

"Will you join us? Yes or no?" I ask, not loosing an eyecontact with her. She starts looking around, probably looking if there are any guards. Then she turned back to me and started talking, well more like whispering.

"You do realise that if we are caught we are dead, right?" She asks with fear in her eyes.

"We are dead if we stay anyways so...." Zack tells her. Her eyes back to mine.

"Who else knows about this?" She asks.

"Just the three of us." I answear.

"Do you have any information about this place or know how to get it. Or do you have some made up plan already?" She asks, i gave her plain look."I mean this is you, S, we are talking about. I bet you did a lot on your own. But you won't tell me anything before hearing my answear?" She asks already knowing the answear but i nod non the less.

"Yes or no?" I ask once again. "Will you come with us or not?" Just to make sure she got it.

She looks around once more. Then at Zack and then back at me. She took a deep breath before giving me a smile.

"You can count on me!" She says in the end. "I am a bit scared, but i'll trust you two. We do know each other for years now, right?" She smiles once again. Then bell rings, the sign that our free time is over.

"We will talk tomorow about everything else." I say as i go to my cell.

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
       S44's POV:
"Well, now when that's over with..." i say as i throw myself on my bed. Zack entering the cell, he looks at me, smiles and then sits on his bed.

"Thet went well." He says.

"Remember what we talked about yesterday?" I ask. He nods.

"Right. There are some airways in this building." He says. I nod and continue.

"This is all underground. Meaning there should be some way to get fresh air inside. Luckily, that was on map, too." I say and smile.

We could escape throught there, but there are couple of things to do before that. A couple of obsticals to overcome.

First, we need destraction. We will need time to get out and by that time they would notice that we are gone. Meaning we need to give them a toy to play with while we run away.

Second, the second part of the map is above ground. That means that there are probably some cameras and alarms there so we need to find a way to deal with that.

And finaly, third, food and stuff to bring with us. Yes, escape is posible, but what after we leave? We need food and clothes to survive. Plus we don't know where to go after we escape. Where is safe? Where not? That is going to be the hardest part.

We need more information about some staff, but aside from that, everything else should go easy. We can escape. That is good.

"But what about all the kids on other floors?" Zack asks, waking me up from my dream.

"There shouldn't be many of them that would be sent on this floor. So i planed to come back and free them after a couple of years." I say and he look at me.

"Couple of years?" He asked.

"I understand that there might be more kids with powers and with that more labratoris. I need to find out what outside world is like. Then we will think of something." I say with reasuring smile.

"That means that the only ones escaping will be......us, three?" He asked while pointing to himself, me and the cell in front of ours, meaning Masha.

"Yes." I answear then look in ceiling. "Just us." I say as my eyes were closing and i fell asleep.