"Audrey," she mumbled quietly; green eyes bouncing from the plump woman sitting at the desk in front of her and the paperwork beneath her stout fingers. "Audrey Williams."

"Speak up," the woman commanded, squinting at Audrey through her thin-rimmed, round glasses. "You see this huge-ass glass separating us or not? You think I can hear you through it?"

The woman's tone was severe, causing Audrey to innocently assume that she was probably on the verge of going past the gone.

But that couldn't be possible – the government would never allow a Crank to run a Crank Palace, let alone have a Crank accept newcomers.

"Audrey Williams," the brunette repeated out loud, the tips of her short hair irritating the right side of her chin. "And these are my sisters; Sophie and Cassidy."

The woman—whose name tag read 'Jen'—scoffed slightly, her piercing gaze lowering onto the papers as she scribbled down the given names.

"And you're responsible for them?" Jen asked, her lips curling upwards ever so slightly, as if she were unimpressed.

Audrey's brows furrowed. "Um, yeah, of course I am."

Jen snorted before folding away the paper that now had the sisters' names on it. It took a lot out of Audrey to keep her cool and not lash out on the woman – she knew the consequences that kind of stress would have.

"What's the point in giving her our names anyway?" the middle sibling, Sophie, questioned as she grew impatient. "It's not like she or the other Munies would give a klunk about us if we went past the gone."

"Sh." Audrey ordered, gritting her teeth. "Relax, Soph."

"Relax?" Sophie continued. "How do you expect me to 'relax'?"

"Shhh."

"Be realistic Rory; once we're past the gone, they're either gonna kill us on the spot or, if we get 'lucky', they'll transfer us who knows where—"

"Would you shut up for a second?" Audrey growled, tightly grasping onto her sister's arm. "Seriously Soph, you'll be past the gone in a few days if you keep up this dumb act. Get your flippin' head together."

For a brief moment, Audrey pried her eyes off of Sophie and looked to her youngest sister on the right. "What do you think, Cass?"

Cassidy shrugged. "Don't care, really."

Abruptly, Jen let out a curt, audible laugh.

"Is something funny to you?" Audrey asked aggressively.

"You three," Jen replied, pausing as she continued to snicker. "You three are a riot. Watching you go insane would be one hell of a show."

Audrey forced a sarcastic half-smile to the plump, unpleasant woman. "Well, thanks. Make sure you get front row seats to experience it firsthand, upfront and personal."

As soon as Audrey's words processed in the woman's mind, her laughter had died away and was instantly replaced with an expression of disgust. "Central Zone; the mansion on the South-East end."

It took a few seconds for Audrey and her siblings to realize that Jen was addressing their escort; a tall man that towered over the three of them from behind, face hidden behind large, protective goggles and a Launcher at the ready within his taut grip.

He nodded at the woman's instructions and urged the three sisters to follow him, his voice hoarse and rough, as if he hadn't had a sip of water in days. The two eldest females turned to face him while Cassidy opened her olive eyes wide at Jen.

"Where do they take us?" she asked, blinking rapidly. "Once we…once we're past the gone, I mean."

Audrey and Sophie swiftly turned to their sister, however, before they could say anything, Jen surprisingly answered her question.

"You'll see it right now, actually – the place you'll end up going to." Jen's smirk was just as nasty as her response. She craned her neck to meet with Audrey's eyes, and her smirk widened. It made her look a lot worse. "See you around, Rory."

cast:

Willa Holland as Aurora Williams

Emma Roberts as Sophie Williams

Mackenzie Foy as Cassidy Williams

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