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I oh-so-hungrily wolfed down my food hoping the lab guys hadn't injected anything else into it. I walked into my "room" (it was really just a cell) and waited for my "roommate" Chelsea so we could discuss the plan of action. Chelsea was also super-human fast. I would call her my cellmate but then it would sound like we were in jail, which we practically were, but not for a bad reason, so I called her my roommate. Besides, she'd kill me if I called her my cellmate.

"So." She said as she came in.

"So?" I said. "You ready?"

"Sooooo ready! Do you remember the plan?" Today, we were escaping, at least, we hoped.

When one of the scientists brought in our food we both ran (super-human fast) out the cell door.

We rushed past other cells holding other kidnapped people.

We sped past surprised scientists.

Heck, we even ran past a couple of cages holding dogs. That was weird.

We were both thirteen about to turn fourteen so we could run about the same speed. I was about eight inches in front of Chelsea, not enough to make a big difference.

I was surprised that they opened the cell door to feed me and Chelsea dinner. I was also surprised that Chelsea and me had taken two years to think this up.

I turned a corner with Chelsea right behind me. Neither of us was running much faster than twenty miles per hour.

We dodged left, turned right, jumped over a kidnapped person who fell back in surprise, pushed a lab guy aside, well, shoved a lab guy aside, turned a corner and burst out an exit.

Just then an alarm went off.

"Uh oh." I said

"Yeah, uh oh."

"No, uh oh!" I said as we approached the edge of a cliff.

"Oh." Was all she could say. Both of us skidded to a halt just in the nick of time.