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. ✧ ・゜. +・o ✧
Mike, Lucas, Will and Gabe headed back to where the girls were waiting, arms crossed, talking bitterly amongst themselves. Gabe caught a few snippets of mutinous mutters about Mike, and one about Lucas, although the girls abruptly stopped when they noticed the quartet arrive. Max was opening her mouth—probably to make some snarky comment about being left behind—but Mike interrupted her with the explanation of the hastily-formed plan. That shut her up. In fact, she actually seemed kind of impressed with it all.
El, on the other hand, seemed a little apprehensive. Tapping her feet and averting her eyes from Mike, she asked, "Will this work? Will we be safe?"
"As safe as we can be," answered Lucas. "We're going to lock him in. And we're going to be far away from him."
She seemed a little more reassured, and that was when they split into teams. Alina and Max would stay here and keep an eye on Billy, Mike and El would go find a way to lure Billy into the sauna (they were thinking about using a CPR dummy) and Lucas, Gabe, and Will would find the padlock and the other supplies they might need for this test. And with that, they set off, the three groups, and prepared for what might be a battle.
Gabe, Lucas and Will made their way to a storage shed in the parking lot, listening to the constant gleeful cries of the people at the pool. A big, red sign on top of the shed said Maintenance Personnel Only, but nobody paid any mind to it. They spared a few seconds to make sure nobody was watching before Will slid the door open. Since last year (and two years ago for Lucas), crimes had been nothing to them.
The shed was cluttered with rakes, shelves, and other tools, and had a musty smell about it, signalling to Gabe that people didn't go in here very much. As he surveyed the shelves for anything they might be able to use for this plan, Lucas finally spoke up. He seemed to have decided that this was a good time to try and make up for the fight from last night.
"Uh, Will?"
Will, who was beside Gabe, tensed a little, but he didn't turn around. Lucas took this as a cue to continue.
