Chapter 1: The Escape
The church clock chimed nine, ten, eleven times. As the eleventh chime rang, a pair of sapphire eyes flew open inside a mansion along a dark lane. A slim girl slid out of bed, and opened a dresser drawer.
After she changed from a nightdress into a pair of jeans and a black top (which she was not supposed to have, by the way), a voice murmured from the darkness, "Ginny, you really shouldn't be doing this."
The blond girl pulled her long hair into a ponytail, to keep it out of the way. She told her sister, "I know, Leah, but I'm fed up with being stuck here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Besides, she's my friend."
"Yeah, I guess she's ok. But even if Father didn't find out, imagine what the Kids Next Door would do to you if they found out that you've been best friends with one of their agents since second grade."
The girl in the other bed sat up and tossed something to her sister, who caught it and snapped it on her left wrist. It was a small metal transmitter. Her brother, John, who was good with electronics, had managed to create a machine that when turned on, would make any being wearing it that passed by the outside cameras appear and sound like a stray cat. This was essential, since there were cameras everywhere around the mansion hallways and in the yard.
The blond girl opened the window gently, as to keep it from creaking, and unrolled a coil of rope and dropped it out, tieing the other end to her bed. Vaulting over the window, she silently rapelled down the mansion side, then tugged on the rope.
At the signal, the chubby girl got up and undid the rope, hiding it back under the bed. She gazed out the window blearily, since she hadn't bothered to put on her glasses, and murmured, "Good luck."
In the darkness, no one saw a shadow slip from place and turn the corner, heading towards a very familar tree house...
Author's Note: Hi, guys! Didja like the first chapter? I hope so, 'cause this is gonna be a long story! This may seem to resemble SALE, but trust me, the outcome is going to be a very different story, and unlike SALE, it will NOT involve gay people. And YearOfTheCat, you can go jump in a lake, 'cause I don't care what you think.
The church clock chimed nine, ten, eleven times. As the eleventh chime rang, a pair of sapphire eyes flew open inside a mansion along a dark lane. A slim girl slid out of bed, and opened a dresser drawer.
After she changed from a nightdress into a pair of jeans and a black top (which she was not supposed to have, by the way), a voice murmured from the darkness, "Ginny, you really shouldn't be doing this."
The blond girl pulled her long hair into a ponytail, to keep it out of the way. She told her sister, "I know, Leah, but I'm fed up with being stuck here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Besides, she's my friend."
"Yeah, I guess she's ok. But even if Father didn't find out, imagine what the Kids Next Door would do to you if they found out that you've been best friends with one of their agents since second grade."
The girl in the other bed sat up and tossed something to her sister, who caught it and snapped it on her left wrist. It was a small metal transmitter. Her brother, John, who was good with electronics, had managed to create a machine that when turned on, would make any being wearing it that passed by the outside cameras appear and sound like a stray cat. This was essential, since there were cameras everywhere around the mansion hallways and in the yard.
The blond girl opened the window gently, as to keep it from creaking, and unrolled a coil of rope and dropped it out, tieing the other end to her bed. Vaulting over the window, she silently rapelled down the mansion side, then tugged on the rope.
At the signal, the chubby girl got up and undid the rope, hiding it back under the bed. She gazed out the window blearily, since she hadn't bothered to put on her glasses, and murmured, "Good luck."
In the darkness, no one saw a shadow slip from place and turn the corner, heading towards a very familar tree house...
Author's Note: Hi, guys! Didja like the first chapter? I hope so, 'cause this is gonna be a long story! This may seem to resemble SALE, but trust me, the outcome is going to be a very different story, and unlike SALE, it will NOT involve gay people. And YearOfTheCat, you can go jump in a lake, 'cause I don't care what you think.
