One Autumn Morning

Chapter Five

The raft finally hit land and Sarah pulled the duffel off of the raft and dragged the raft and oar into some bushes nearby. Sarah looked at her phone and saw that it was about 6:00. 

"Hey, Willow. Do you want to have some dinner?"

Yeah! That sounds great! Sarah and Willow walked a little distance from the building so that they wouldn't be spotted if someone looked out of the building. Under the shelter of some trees, Sarah poured out some kibble into a pile, and Willow started chowing down. She also pulled out some jerky for herself and started eating. She had some water and when they were finished Sarah searched through her duffel. It was dark out now and since they were sneaking into a building, Sarah decided to change. She changed into a black top with black jeans and she kept her black old-school vans on. She pulled her brown hair back into a ponytail and grabbed the flashlight out of her backpack. She stuffed the duffel under a bush and decided to take the backpack with her just in case because it was black anyways. She took off Willow's collar and put it in her backpack so it wouldn't rattle around and she slung it over her shoulder. Willow and Sarah crept up to the fence and started forming a plan. 

They decided that Sarah would climb up the tree and use one of the vines from the raft to tie it around Willow's belly and pull her up. They tied the vine around Willow and Sarah threw the vine up to the bottom branch and Sarah started climbing. When she got to the top she grabbed the vine and hoisted Willow up. Sarah stood on the inside and let Willow go on the end. Willow asked if she could go first and Sarah obliged and she watched her crouch down and leap over the fence. For a moment, it looked like she was flying then she started falling in an ark down. It looked like she'd land on her paws until at the last minute she tilted down and she landed in a ball, rolling like she was doing forwards roll, sliding onto her face and then her legs falling back down, landing on the floor with a thump.

I'm good Sarah! Your turn! Sarah nodded and sprinted off the branch, she braced herself and was able to stick the landing, again. Willow wagged her tail and they started walking to the building. When they reached the building, Sarah turned to Willow,

"What's the plan?"

Well, I was thinking that we could go through the basement. Teddy had gone earlier to scope it out. He came back and told us about the layout of the grounds inside, he said that he saw the most amount of guards outside the fence, by the front and back door, and on the roof but he only saw like up to 2 people guarding the basement. We can probably beat a few guards, right?

"Ummm... we could try,"Sarah responded hesitantly. "My parents made me take self-defense classes when I was younger so I might be able to." Sarah and Willow walk to the basement door and Sarah tried the door, and to her surprise, it was unlocked. She pushed it open and it let out a loud creeeaaak and Sarah jumped back instinctively but she didn't see anyone coming. She and Willow walked through the door and saw the stairs that led up to the main floor. They started heading up the stairs and they saw 3 guards, or should you say the guards saw them. The guards started charging towards them and Sarah looked at Willow in panic.

I'm so sorry! He said that there were only up to 2! I'll get the one on the left and you get the other ones.

Sarah nodded and Willow charged at the guy on the left, she jumped up and started biting him. Sarah went and started punching the middle man. She punched his face and kicked him in the groin. He doubled over and Sarah jumped on his back, she wrapped her arms around his throat and he started choking and then he passed out and collapsed to the floor. Willow was still biting the man, but he had collapsed to the floor and was in a fetal position, begging her to stop. "Willow, stop! Help me with the other man!" Willow stopped with her tail tucked between her legs. 

Sorry, Sarah. I got a little carried away.

"It's ok, Willow. Just help me!" The man had started going to Sarah so she stomped on his foot and he hopped back. Willow charged at him and started nipping at his legs. Sarah punched his face and he fell back. Sarah punched him again and he went out cold. "We did it! We actually did it! I thought we were going to die!" Willow wagged and they kept going up the stairs to the next floor. This one was, surprisingly, unguarded so they continued. Willow stopped and put her nose to the floor.

Wait! I found their scent! Follow me!

"Ok," Sarah responded. She followed Willow as she kept trotting through the passageways, turning left then right, going up staircases, and sneaking down corridors. Eventually, they reached a locked door and Willow turned to Sarah.

This is it. We have to get in there somehow.

"Ok, so I've watched enough crime shows to know how to pick a lock." Sarah reaches into her backpack and searches around until she finds a bobby pin. She bends it into a straight line and pushes it into the lock, she twists it around, and then she hears a click. Sarah smiles and turns the handle. They tiptoe into the room and keep walking as quietly as they can and see another door at the end of the hall. Willow goes in front and all a sudden, an ax swings over Willow's body but, thankfully, since she's a dog, it was too high up so it missed. Sarah gulps and looks at the floor. The tiles are different patterns and she sees the same crown that was on the badge she had seen earlier. She took off her shoe and placed it on the crown. When nothing happened she stepped on that square and put her shoe back on. "Ok Willow, only step on the tiles with the crowns." Willow wags her tail and they keep going until they get to the end of the hall. Sarah cracks the door open and nothing happens so she keeps opening it, ready to jump to the side at the last second. It opens with no traps so Sarah and Willow step in, they see cages full of what Sarah assumes are Willow's pack. 

Pack! It's me! The dogs stir and they sit up. When they look out they see Sarah and Willow standing there, at first they wag but then they all start all storming both their minds' at once.

Get out! It's not safe here! It's a trap!

Willow and Sarah look at each other and Sarah turns to the dogs,

"We're not leaving without you." She reaches over and starts undoing the cages when she hears a loud CLANG. She turns around and sees that a glass wall with iron edges has hit the floor. She grabs her jacket out of her backpack, wraps it around her knuckles, and punches the glass but it doesn't break. She tries again but nothing happens. Willow looks at her with sad eyes.

This must have been a trap all along. The glass is bulletproof. There's no way out.

A/N: So here's another chapter! Sorry for all the cliffhangers, I just feel like those are the perfect way to end a chapter. I hope you're enjoying it so far! Comment if you have any suggestions or anything like that!

-Megan

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