The final soldier left the room, his heavy black boots leaving mud marks on the carpet. He kicked Robbie's curled up body inside the drama classroom forcefully, making him cry out in pain, making the group of friends gasp. Beck went over to Robbie quickly, helping him to his feet and eyeing his lip that was bleeding from a supposed punch from the soldier.
Beck lifted him and took him to the chairs that Jade was supporting herself on, trying not to throw up at the thought of her best friend being taken away and the bleeding teenage boy in front of her. Tori lifted Robbie's head gently and checked for any further injuries, making full use of her first aid training she'd had over 2 years ago, but it seemed to only be the bleeding lip and bruising cheek that he had. Andre sat down on one of the overturned chairs and rested his head on his hand, "Guys… How do we get Cat back?" He rubbed his eyes with hands and looked at Beck who was automatically made the leader. His strength, courage and brilliant leadership skills, along with his charismatic personality gave him a general boost over everyone else in the run to become the group leader. Everyone simultaneously turned to face Beck, apart from Robbie who had his head rested in his hands and looked like he was crying. No one blamed him for crying…
Beck rubbed his sweaty palms together, "We'll follow the trucks. Come on." He didn't seem awfully confident about this plan and it didn't seem as though he'd spent very long working it out. Tori protested despite wanting to save Cat, "We can't follow soldiers! They'll shoot us!"
"Only if we get caught." Jade argued.
Tori stood up, "We will get caught!"
Everyone turned to face her, suddenly realising that she was right… They could fight soldiers! They didn't have the right equipment for a start! Tori explained, "As soon as we step out of the front doors, we'll only be able to run so far until we get shot down and killed. Cat will be brain wiped and become a soldier!"
Robbie sighed, "But we can't give up… Cat wouldn't give up… She'd run after the truck and do anything to get us back! Especially you girls…" Jade and Tori looked at the floor, understanding what Robbie was saying but still having doubts. Jade could see how much Robbie loved Cat, maybe even more than she loved Beck… Jade declared, "We need to go now then, to get there in time. We can take my car, it's seven seated so there's room for everyone."
Jade picked up her bag and walked out of the room, expecting the others to follow like they normally would in any other situation. It took them a while but eventually they did; scared, terrified and sceptical of whether they'd make it out with Cat dead or alive.