Rise of The Scorpions

Chapter 11

Man that was close. I almost didn't get away but I have the plans now. I just need to figure out how I'm actually going to get in. I go home and start on my plan to break Devin Dark out of prison. The first thing I have to do is figure out how to get into the building. I have to do some surveillance to see how good their security is. Why am I doing this again? Right I'm doing this to save Trevor. He doesn't want me to but I don't want anything to happen to him. I can't let anything happen to him. He is my partner in more ways than one and I can't lose him.

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After looking at the plans for about an hour and re-talking myself into this, I figure I should go start some surveillance. I take my car and start my long drive to the prison that holds the infamous Devin Dark.

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The drive is about an hour long with only a few stops. I park a ways from the prison as to not be spotted. I then walk the last few miles. The walk isn't long and it's actually pretty nice, it's like a nice hike through a forest, or at least that's what I tell myself to make me feel better. It's night and the stars are out and it's beautiful. I watch the sky while I walk through the forest. I watch the way the trees move with the slight wind. I hear the animals in the forest talking to each other and the wolves howling at the full moon. I feel the cool breeze running through my hair. I smell the fresh smell of wilderness. I taste the bitterness in the air from the cold. I stop and take all this in, for a minute forgetting what I am there for. I remember and I continue on my path.

I finally arrive and I look around. There is a tall concrete fence almost medieval looking. Luckily I brought some supplies. I use my grappling hook to climb the wall. When I get to the top of the wall surrounding the building, I find that there is a guard at every door. They have fully automatic guns and there are a lot of cameras. I take out the map and I draw a little circle where the cameras are and little stick people for the guards. I decide that I will wait a few hours and see about when they change shifts.

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After about an hour the guards change shifts. There is about 5 minutes between the time that the first guard leaves until the next one gets there. That gives me enough time to get in and find where Dark is. After that we will have to wait till the next shift change. I notice that the guards change every two hours. I write that down in my notes. I really hope this works. If it doesn't....no I can't think about that right now. I need to focus on the task at hand. I need to get this intel. I need to make sure everything is right so that I don't fail.

I turn around and climb back down the wall. It's time to go home. Tomorrow I will come here and say that I have to talk to Dark. I'll secretly tell him the plan but they will think that I am there to interrogate him. They know who I am and they trust me and my organization so this will be a piece of cake. While I'm here I will memorize the inside to mark on my map at a later time. I can't believe that I'm actually going to go through with this. Why couldn't I just tell the organization? What do I say if they ask to talk to him? What if they try to contact him and realize that he is gone? No, he probably already thought all of this through. He probably thought of everything.

I get back into my car and start to drive off and that's when I feel something off. I watch my mirror and every turn I take, the car behind me takes the same turn. I'm being tailed, but by who? I speed up to try to lose the car. The next road I see I turn and speed off down the road. I look behind me and the car is gone. That was close, but who was that? Was it the guy that kidnapped Trevor or was it someone from the agency? I don't know but either way I'm glad that I lost them. That's when I get a call from an unknown number. I answer.

"Hello?"

"Tisk, tisk, tisk. That's not a good thing to do miss. I told you that I would keep an eye on you."

"YOU!! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO WAS FOLLOWING ME?!"

"Yes ma'am. I need to know what you are doing so that you don't go and tell the cops or your agency. I thought we had been through this."

"We have but I didn't think you would have some weird person tailing me in a pitch black car that I could only see by the headlights. It's sketchy."

"That's the point. He must have gotten too close, that or you are much more perceptive than I thought you would be."

"Oh, trust me I'm way more perceptive. He was back really far and that's how I got away so easily."

"Welp, poor kid."

"What do you mean?"

I hear laughter on the other end, "Poor kid did nothing wrong other than lose you and he got into a tragic accident."

"WHAT??!"

"Oh, that's right you weren't there to see. He didn't even know who he was following. All he knew was that if he lost you he would die."

"N....no. Y....you didn't."

"Oh yes. Yes I did. Now don't do that again." They hang up and I start to cry. I just made an innocent kid die, and why? Because I had to make him lose me. I can't do this, I can't put anyone else in harms way.