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Warning: This chapter contains a formula for a chemically ignited explosive. So in the words of the Mythbusters, "Please, don't try anything your about to see at home!" (But if you do try it and live to tell please let me know how it turns out!)
Holley was suddenly aware of the sound of her squeaky door being pushed open. Opening her eyes she was startled by several shadowy figures running into her room, armed with pillows. "Finn!" she cried grabbing her bed pillow, "Wake up!" As the intruders began attacking them with pillows, Finn jumped up. Holley threw him an extra pillow and they fought off the attack. As Finn leaped toward the light switch he was hit mid-way with a pillow, sending him to the floor. Holley lunged for her flashlight and shone it in one of the intruder's faces. "Sid!" she cried, "What are you doing here!"
"Me and my friends were just making sure you weren't burning the midnight oil studying!" he replied with a whack of his pillow.
"Well we're not, so please leave, we have a full day of studying to do tomorrow!"
"In a minute! Is that anyway to treat your guests!" Sid said, getting in a few more whacks with his pillow.
"When the barge into my room and attack me and my friend with pillows then, yes that's how you treat them!"
Reluctantly, Sid called to his friends, who were pounding Finn with their pillows, and all four of them left the room without another word.
"What was that!?" Finn exclaimed.
"Oh, just Sid's traditional wake-up call," she replied. Looking at her clock she exclaimed, "It's only one in the morning!"
Flopping back down on the bed, Holley put a pillow over her head as Finn returned to his chair. Suddenly a thought occurred to her, Sid might come back and if he did she wanted to be ready. Getting out of bed, she grabbed a roll of twine and picked up her make-up case. Pulling several compacts out, Holley tied the metal case onto the inside doorknob. If Sid and his band of midnight marauders were going to return, she was ready.
The night passed uneventfully however, and the three agents met in the mess hall for breakfast. The agents filled their trays and sat down at a table.
"Geeze Fin!" Sid exclaimed, "You look like you got hit by a train!"
Finn shot him a look and said dryly, "And whose fault is that?"
Sid took a bite of yogurt and grinned at Finn.
"Yeah thanks Sid, really appreciated it!" Holley said sarcastically.
In a few minutes the bell rang signaling the beginning of the first class of the day. Finn, Holley and Sid cleared their places and walked to their first class, Advanced Ballistics.
When they walked into the room, they each grabbed a seat near the front of the room and pulled out their textbooks and set them on the table in front of them. "Good morning class, welcome back to C.H.R.O.M.E's training facility. I'm Mrs. Fredrick and I am you Ballistics teacher!" the middle-aged woman said happily. After roll was called, she began her lecture about explosives. Finn and Holley were taking notes while Sid bounced his pencil absently on the table. Finn rolled his eyes when suddenly a piece of information grabbed his attention
"Now, I'm sure you've all had proper firearm training and know how to control explosives, so I will give you a vital piece of information. If you are ever in a situation that calls for a strong explosive, take a mixture of 1 part Potassium Chlorate, and three parts table sugar. Add just one drop of concentrated Sulfuric Acid and it will explode. Very violently I might add!"
Finn grabbed a red pen and wrote down the formula and underlined it, tempted to try it when he had the chance. The teacher continued with her lesson for another hour before the bell rang, signaling the end of first period. Just before the bell rang Sid started counting down, "Three...two….one…FREEDOM!" he screamed, as he grabbed his backpack and ran out of the room. Finn waited for the acidic corrections of the teacher but she didn't bat an eye. As he and Holley left the room along with the other students he turned to her and asked, "Does he do that all the time?"
"Only when he's bored, the teachers learn to live with it," she replied as she walked away, leaving Finn to wonder what had just happened.
After Ballistics they split up, Finn heading to advanced chemistry, Holley to the weapons lab for her class on designing gadgets and computer software and Sid headed out to the small runway for his flight lesson.
In Chemistry, the teacher was preparing an experiment and asked the students to gather the necessary supplies. Finn, getting the test tubes, entered the supply closet where small packets of potassium chlorate and small bottles of sulfuric acid caught his eye. Pocketing a few, he picked up several test tubes and rejoined the group.
After the class Finn once again headed toward the lunchroom. On the way he passed the coffee station set up outside the headmaster's office. Pocketing a few packs of sugar he smiled excited to try the recipe for the explosive. "Finn! Wait up!" Holley called as she ran up beside him.
"How was class?" he asked.
"Good how about you?"
"Good I got all the ingredients for the explosive!"
"Okay, just when you experiment do it outside AWAY from the buildings!" She laughed as they walked into the lunchroom where they met Sid at a table.
After lunch it was a free period where the students could do whatever they wanted. Sid was heading out to the airfield when Finn stopped him. "Sid come with me to the lab. I want to see if I can use the chemical formula for the explosives to modify my favorite missile!"
Hesitantly Sid agreed, "Are you sure you know what you're doing?"
"Of course!" Finn reassured him, "I've taken courses on this! C'mon!"
Finn practically skipped down the hall toward the lab. Suddenly out of nowhere, several men dresses in black with ski masks suddenly sprang out of a closet and grabbed Finn, clapping a hand over his mouth and wrenching his arms behind him. "Finn!" Sid cried, lunging forward. Pulling out a pair of handcuffs, one of the men handcuffed one of his wrists to a doorknob before running down the hall, dragging Finn behind them. Frantically, Sid dug in his pocket and was satisfied when he felt the cool metal of a paper clip. Pulling it out, he unbent it, and jammed it into the lock on the handcuffs. In a moment the handcuffs clicked open and Sid took off, running back toward the lunchroom. Rounding the corner, he ran smack into Holley. "Finn's been kidnapped!" he blurted.
"What?! When?" she cried.
"About five minutes ago, they took him down the south hallway!"
"C'mon, let's tell the headmaster!" Holley replied as they both ran down the hallway toward the principal's office.
Well…. That's the end of that chapter. You didn't think I would forget about my promise to tell you how Finn blew up the lab would I? If your reading this and have no idea what the heck I'm talking about, read my other story Kidnapped Hearts the idea for this story came from chapter 4. (Which I will update soon.) Oh I have one request: Could you please leave my some feedback? Those few seconds you spend writing really make my day!
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