"This is a bad idea!" Lyra's voice hissed through the quiet. Biggest. Understatement. In. All. Of. Human. History. It was a horribly stupid, arrogant, ridiculous, rash idea that we hadn't considered long enough to notice the gaping holes in the plan or the obvious errors that a blind person could have seen.

"You want answers, don't you? Everything points to Zoey being held here," Alexandra's voice cut through the silence, annoyed and loud enough that both Lyra and I hushed her. I returned my attention to the juncture box in front of me and went back to work: picking out wires, cutting some, and twisting others together. I was almost done.

"Maybe we should call Tommy?" Lyra sounded nervous and was fidgeting with her short black hair.

Tommy was my older brother. He's the captain of our football team and head of his class. He's the most popular kid in school. All the girls fawn over him; all the guys want to be him. I am constantly compared to him. He's a super powerful Master of Time and Space. Yes, that is actually what people call his power. Basically, he can stop and travel through time in addition to being able to travel anywhere around the globe in a heartbeat; I can barely produce electricity. He has set countless records in Hero Classes; I set records in Sidekick Classes. Now, don't get me wrong, I love him but he's overprotective enough as it is. I was not about to call him and give him another chance to save my ass when I am perfectly capable of saving it myself.

"Nope! Not doing it! And anyways I'm done." I stepped back and admired my handy work. No alarm would be triggered; No boobby traps would be set off; No cameras would even see us. "Try the fence now."

Alexandra threw a stick at the electrified twelve foot fence topped with barbed wire complete with "High Voltage" and "No Trespassing" signs. If you didn't pick up this subtle hint of wanted privacy, there were also rotating patrols with men armed to their teeth and vicious looking guard dogs. Yup, this was a horrible idea, but we needed to find our friend, Zoey. She had disappeared three weeks ago. We knew she had been captured. While no one knew for certain where she was being held, we were positive it was at this lab.

We actually didn't have too much trouble getting past the guards, hint #1 something was going to go wrong. Once inside I easily hacked into a computer, found the archive room, and the electrical key to it, hint #2. We almost got caught a few times as we crept down stairways and corridors, but we managed to avoid the scientists and guards. Before we knew it really, we were in a warehouse sized filing room standing in front of a directory.

"We should split up. Alex go look in 'Participants'. Cay, you in 'Heroes' maybe you'll recognize a connection. I'll look in 'Experiments'," Lyra suppressed a shudder as she handed out assignments, "Three minutes. Move fast."

We headed for our sections; each taking out a mini scanner. Even if Zoey wasn't here, we were not leaving empty handed. I barely actually read anything, just scanned everything I came across. Three minutes later, we met back up at the door to the hallway. Well, Lyra and I did. Alex didn't show. We sprinted down rows and through crossroads. We found her knocked out sprawled on the floor, tasered. Her hair spread gracefully out and her face calm. Her hazel eyes closed. Suddenly, we were surrounded.

A boy about Tommy's age stepped forward. "You'll do for the Doctor." He raised a taser gun at Lyra and fired. She dropped like a sack. Her eyelids fluttering closed, hiding her bright blue eyes. The boy turned towards me.

"Try that on me. I dare you," I spat at him.

He just sneered, "Oh, I already know this won't work on you, Caden. We make it habit to investigate trespassers." I froze. I saw his eyes flick to something behind me. I realized what was about to happen. Before I had to react, I felt the blow and then, nothingness.