Michael handed me the bomb slowly and carefully, in case he was to accidentally set something off. Calum and Ashton went to go find Belly and Elle stayed with us.
Once Bri was untied, she kissed me quickly, “Good luck, baby. I believe in you.”
I popped the back off. I had done practice runs of this in videos games and other things before, so this should’ve been easy as pie. Right?
Michael found me a screwdriver and a pair of pliers in the room, which was good because I didn’t have any of my regular tools with me.
Like normal bombs, it was simple. They were all pretty much wired the same so they don’t have to risk confusion. The red wire is the one you always need to steer clear of, because it is the one that will set off the bomb immediately. The blue wire was the one you needed to find. The blue wire was the one who could stop the bomb from blowing. You need to rip the blue wire out completely from its roots to get it to stop.
In this case, we were the blue wire, and Chris was the red.
I ripped the wire out like I knew how, teeth gritted and mind on edge the whole time. When the light on the bomb shut off, I knew that I had done the job correctly, but it wasn’t over. Not just yet.
Calum and Ashton came back in with Belly, but she looked a little woozy. Calum was trying to hold her up.
"Did you do it?" Calum asked.
I nodded to him, “What’s up with her?”
"They knocked her out pretty good, I think they might have drugged her pretty seriously. I mean she is the one who would most likely put up the greatest fight.” He picked her up and threw her over her shoulder in a fireman’s carry.
"My bomb!" Chris ran through the doorway towards us, about to jump on me.
"Watch out!" Ashton exclaimed as Chris collided with me.
Chris used his strength to hold me down, then punching me square in the jaw before Ashton lifted him up and off of me.
"Cal-Pal, now!" Ashton called and then Calum shot his rope onto Chris, tying him up.
I wiped the sweat from my brow and then stood up, holding my jaw. A little blood trickled out of my mouth.
"I can still destroy the city!" Chris said, looking crazed.
"Shut up, Chris." Ashton smacked him across the face, knocking him out.
