S44

10. Ready

Time skip: 24th January

            S44's POV:
Our free time is over and I'm going back to my cell. Zack is already there. I was just finishing some things up in the library. I swear, I read almost all the books in there.

I'm ready to go now if I wanted to. It's just that Masha needs to do something tomorrow. Something about her plants, I didn't pay much attention when she was talking, I was reading a book.

I entered the cell and greeted Zack. Then my look moved to the place under my bed, where I hid my bag. Then I looked at the lattice on the vent hole. Tomorrow we are braking it.

It won't last long. This airway should lead outside. It does have some complicated paths, like a maze, but we memorized it. Only tomorrow left at this crazy place. But, for some strange reason, I can't shake this strange feeling of unease.

I go to my bed and start sleeping right away. It's nice to fall asleep so quickly on my last night here. I wasn't getting much sleep this past month because I worried about the plan. I drift off to sleep as I hear a pleasent melody that someone was singing.

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              S44's POV:
I open my eyes, not bothered by the light that was coming from my ceiling. I get up effortlessly and stare at my hands. Then I start looking around. I see Zack still asleep and the cell was just the way it was before I fell asleep.

But something felt different. It wasn't the cell nor anything around me that caused this strange uneasy feeling, it was me. I can't quite put my finger on it but I had this bad feeling.

As I look around my eyes land on the clock. I was super early, it's 5:00am. I, having nothing else to do, got up and started getting ready.

As I finished and had a lot of time left, I chacked all the things needed for the escape. I finished that and sat on my bed.

I was looking around myself still thinking about that feeling I had, and still do. Something was telling me to wake them both up and run right now. But I shook it off as I thought of how Masha has something to take care of and that they would be exosted and tired if I were to wake them up now.

I was just chacking and thinking and doing pointless stuff before they woke up and we went to the lab.

We finished everything there and went down to COLOSEUM. This is the last time I will need to do this dangerous and stupid test. That made me kind of happy knowing that, if this plan works, we won't need to fear for our lifes anymore.

But as I sat on a chair waiting for doctors to call us in I had this stupid feeling of unease again.

I shiver as I feel someone's hand on my shoulder that snaps me out of my thoughts. I quickly turn around to see Zack with a worried expression on his face.

"Are you OK?" He asked. Did I really look that scared?

"I'm fine. Just a bit nervous." I said, trying to make him feel better. But he knows me too well.

"And you expect me to believe that? You did these tests effortlessly since you were a child and NOW you are getting nervous?" he asked, probably retoricly, while giving me that look.

I could only look away at this. You shouldn't be worried about me now, you idiot. There are a lot of better things to do. I'll get over this soon.

" Spill it. " He demanded while sighing." What is bothering you? I wanted to ask you about your dream a month ago, but I didn't, and now I regret it. I don't want to regret anything else so anwer now, please." He finished all those sentences in one breath and then looked at me.

"Fine." I'm giving in. "I just have this strange feeling of unease since.... yesterday, and I think we should run as soon as possible. I-... Look, I'm just being paranoid, don't need to worry about it." I said kind of emberessed.

"What kind of feeling?" he asked for more details.

"This morning, as you know, I woke up early. I had the feeling I should wake you up and escape right away. But then I remembered that Masha has-"

"You should have woken me up." He interrupted me. I looked at him as he continued. "You can't do that alone. You should have woken me up. I know I'm bad at waking up, but still." he said with his arm behind his neck.

"I see. Sorry." I said still not understanding what he was saying.

"We are escapind right after COLOSEUM." He than stated.

"Huh?" was all I could say before he interrupted and started explaining.

"We can't wait anymore. If you have a hunch that we should go earlyer, than we should go as soon as possible." he said.

A hunch. So that is what that was? I was about to say something but at that moment doctor entered and called us. As we went out the door Zack patted my head and gave me a reassuring smile.

" Don't worry. It's going to be OK. Let's concentrate on this obsticle for now." he said and went in front of me.

'Don't worry. Don't worry. It's going to be OK. Everything will be just fine.' if I say it to myself enough times maybe it comes true.

I take a deep breath and run up a bit to stop right beside Zack and Masha. We looked at each other and that at the jungle type COLOSEUM field. This is it. The last time we are entering this hunting grounds. Not to mention, the last time we look at our friends while praying that we will see each other after it.

"This is it." Masha said.

"You ready?" Zack asked, excitement in his voice.

I take a deep breath once again. Shaking off the bad feeling that still follows me around. I open my eyes throwing all the fear and doubt aside. Taking my last first step in COLOSEUM.

"Ready. "