Waaaah! T.T I feel soo bad for taking this long to update. I hope you don't hate me... =[ School is finally over, so I can write again! Yay! :D Okay... So this chapter is in Brendan's POV. Oh, and also. I'm planning on introducing another character in the next few chapters. My friend thought of her, and she fits nicely into the storyline. So she'll show up in a couple chapters, I think.

And finally, here is the next chapter. Sorry you had to wait so long for it. =]

Brendan POV

We couldn't stop there. We had to get as far away from the School as possible. So we ran. We ran almost seven miles before we had to stop to rest. Poor Mitchel was gasping for breath, so Cassie picked him up and put him on her shoulders. He rested his chin on the top of her head.

"We need somewhere to stay the night," Nico muttered, looking around. I glanced around us. We were surrounded by trees on all sides, but I could see light coming through the thick wall of trees to our left.

I pointed in that direction. "Maybe there's something that way." Nico nodded, and we walked toward the clearing. When we broke free of the trees, we saw a small town there and a road leading into it. We started to follow the road.

A few buildings down was a Holiday Inn. "We wouldn't be able to afford it, anyway," Nico said gloomily. But right as he said it, a man dressed in a green uniform ran from the doors of the hotel.

"Are you... Nico?" he asked, glancing at the rest of us one by one.

"That's me," Nico said, sounding unsure.

The man pulled an envelope from his suit and beckoned us inside the building. We stayed where we were.

"A man stopped by this morning - said his name was Jeb, or something like that. He told me that when a group of six children walked by, to give them this and let them stay in the hotel for a few nights for free. I assume he was talking about you?"

I glanced at Alexis in shock. Cassie's eyebrow was raised. "I think so, sir," Nico answered slowly. The man smiled and handed Nico the envelope.

"All right then. Come inside, you must be burning up out here." As we followed him inside, he said, "My name is Darren. If you need anything at all, just tell me." He smiled at us, then led us up to a room on the second floor. "Here you are. I'm afraid you'll have to share beds, but I hope everything else is satisfactory."

We went inside, and Darren left. Alexis sat down on one of the beds and looked around. I sat next to her.

"Oh. My. God," she and Cassie said at the same time - scary how they do that sometimes - and Alexis lay back on the bed. "We're free!" she said happily. Then she started laughing. She giggled at first, then started laughing uncontrollably. I couldn't help it - I started laughing with her. Then Cassie joined in, and soon all of us - even Nikki - were bent over laughing, for no reason at all.

Once our laughter died down a little, I stood up and started looking around. I'd never been anywhere besides the School before. It was amazing.

I found myself looking at Alexis. She had closed her eyes, and her hair formed a small halo around her head. She looked... No. I needed to stop thinking things like that. She was my best friend, and anyway, she didn't like me. Of course she didn't like me. What was there to like, anyway? I'm just annoying. I don't even have any powers.

But still. It's hard to be depressed when you just broke out of the place you've been kept all your life, a prison. I hoped we would never have to go back.