I see Paxton at a computer frowning but typing furiously. I run over to him.
"What's happening?" I yell. I'm scared, really scared. He touches me on the shoulder.
"An Attack." He whispers.
"Tonight. The meeting." I whisper even softer. I don't have an idea but maybe...
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I run into my room gasping. There is no way I will kill people for no reason! I pace my room my mind turning and burning.
"Emerson?" I hear someone yelling. To my surprise its Tim. I hear him thud down the hall. I don't want to talk to him! My heart beats louder. I dive under my table. He pushes the door open and it hits the wardrobe. I shudder. I crawl into a ball on the ground.
"Emerson? I wanted to talk to you about the.....Attack!" He laughs making me want to cry.
"Come out!" He laughs. I feel like I'm in a horror movie! I want to scream, punch and run away! Slowly he leaves the room, and slams the door. I peek out to see if he's still there. He's not! I breathe out. Then gasp for air. I turn to face the wall still under my table.
Shudder
Gasp
Shudder
Gasp.... What is that.
I turn to see some sort of sketch on the wall. Some words are lightly printed on the top, it says,
Escape
I breathe. No! I can't believe the escape was here all along. And I can't believe I found it before the attack. I take a closer look at it. A large square reads Base. Then all the regular doors that are usually there. Something is outlined in darker print, a trapdoor! I gasp, that's it. Tonight the meeting will matter! I take more looks at the map. More escapes, I crawl out from the table and search everywhere for a paper and a pencil. I look everywhere, and I finally find some in the bathroom! Then I scetch everything, the regular stuff in light, and the trapdoors and escapes in dark. Then i pack a bag, I'm ready for tonight!
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The clock rings eleven and I'm already in the room. Everyone starts ariving as I smile.
"Hey," I say as Teresa walks in, "I have an idea!" I say happily.
"Really? That's awesome!' she says just as happily as she takes a seat. I don't wait for any one else. I take a seat right next to Teresa. Everyone slowly walks in.
"C'mon people. I know how to get out!" Paxton snorts.
"Sure ok!"
"Trust me," I say. Then I pull out the paper.
"You see I found this carved under my table. I re drew it. The dark shaded is where we can escape!" I say exited.
"Hmm. I'm surprised. But we can't anyway, we have to attack tomorrow and they're usually on guard for a month after an attack. Just in case some loony person tries to kill us in our sleep for revenge." He says.
"Comforting." I murmur.
"Wait that's it!" Maya yells jumping up. We all look to her.
"We will escape during the attack, they're so busy we'll just make a run for it!" She says smiling proudly. This could be it. I nod.
"Yea. I like it. What do you think Paxton?" I ask.
"Ok. It could work." He says after a while, "here's how we do it." He talks endlessly but I write everything down and when we're dismissed, I'm running everything through my head. First we're going to each pack a small backpack of supplies. Then we're gonna tell Tim it's new fighting things we are gonna try secretly. Hopefully he falls for it. Then in the middle of the fight we're gonna run from all directions into the forest. Then we're free. This has to work.
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Fearless
Action"We'll keep you safe." Emerson doesn't know what happening until it happens. She's forced into the Riots army base against her will to train for hijacks and attacks. And when she realizes she's not the only one who was captured like her everything c...
