Lovers' Maehem

Chapter 52

Griffin

January 3rd, 2181

4:00pm

Everyone rushes home, but we've been out all day so I tell everyone to shower and be in my room by 4. It's 4 now and people are knocking at my door. I leave the plans on the table and go open it for everyone and immediately explain my plan.

"So..." I trail off, "can we do it?" Everyone looks between each other.

"With a few tweaks," Charles says, "I think we could do it. But we need more time. Give it until tomorrow at least. Going right now... we wouldn't be prepared." Everyone agrees with Charles, but I hate that I have to leave her there, with them, for even one more night.

"Okay," I agree, "but can we solidify everything today?" I ask. Everyone nods and we start working. The plan is simple; we will attack during the day, around 3pm. They won't expect us because their protocol is to do it at night time. We will get in through the back door. It's glass so if we all use the emergency glass breaking things, we can shatter the whole door. They will know we are inside, but the back door appeared to by one room connected to the kitchen. That's where Mae is. We assume something will be holding her down so we will carry exacto knives and burners. That way we can get through handcuffs if that's what they are using. We took a note from the Blake book and will carry a sedation needle to knock them out. If we were to get injured or need back up, we will start with 5 of us, have 2 waiting to the side of the building, and 2 in the car ready at our calling. This will work. And if it doesn't... at least we go down trying.

"Oh come on!" Mack exclaims for the tenth time! "I should be in the first group!" I shake my head.

"Mack you're amazing at this, but you know very well having Lucas, Jayden, Hayden, Paris and I go is our best bet. You and Harper can go round 2 while Ivy and Charles stay back in the car as round 3." Charles, while a brilliant man, is getting less, agilent in his old age, so we all agreed keeping him and Ivy as last resort is good. Don't get me wrong, Ivy is great, but so is everyone here. This group is the best of the best, and well... Ivy is the worst of the best.

"You're being sexist!" she calls. She does this when she is unhappy with the placing. "1 girl and 4 guys is not very equality prone!" she says.

"Mack," I roll my eyes, "you know very well I'm not being sexist. Now can we please just go over details!" Mack gives up and we continue the details. I'll be in charge of getting off Mae's right hand out of.. whatever it's entrapped in. Each of us have one limb to get free while the fifth person, Lucas, will stay on guard and fight them off if they come. That plan may have to change in real life, but we'll figure it out. There are only 5 of them, and 9 of us. We can do this. We will do this.

That night I have trouble falling asleep, but once I'm asleep, I'm out. I was running completely on coffee so I sleep straight until 10, when Mack wakes me up. She's taken it upon herself to sleep on the couch because she doesn't want me alone. So she wakes me up, and I join her and the rest of the team in the kitchen for waffles and fruit that I think Mack and Lucas made, but I'm not 100% sure. We discuss the plan over with each other 2 more times, and then head out towards their house. At 2:56 I stare at the glass window we are about to break, wondering how this will end up in an hour. Less than an hour even. I'd like to think I'll have Mae by my side. Completely ok, but I somehow know that won't happen.

"Griffin?" Hayden says next to me, "on your say." I take a deep breath and I hope I won't regret this.

"Let's do this." On my words we all run towards the back and put the glass breakers on together. "3, 2, 1!" I shout and the glass panel shatters. If they didn't know we were here, they do now. We rush into the kitchen where it's just Mae's mom. Lucas moves fast with the sedation bullet and Evelyn Blake is on the floor within seconds. "Hey," I say to Mae grinning as I distract her from the lighters and knives cutting away her straps.