…I had finally managed to wiggle my arms under my butt. I brought my arms forward under my knees, and pulled my arms out from underneath my legs. Yes success! I reached down, and pulled the pocket knife out of my boot. I started cutting through the ropes. After a couple seconds I'd cut through the ropes. Finally. I put the knife back in my boot, and walked over to the door. James had put me in a small room, like the storage closet on the Seaquest. Okay now's the time to see if I can pick a lock. I grabbed the bobbie pin thing out of my hair, and put it in the lock. I'd picked several locks a couple years ago, so this should be easy. I turned the pin, and heard the faint click of the lock. YES! I opened the door, and looked around to make sure no one was standing outside the door, then I took off running.
I had no idea where I was going. I had memorized the way we'd gone coming in, but now I couldn't remember which way to go. I looked around the hallway. Ah forget it, I'm winging it. I turned to the right, checking to see if there was anyone there first. I sighed, man this is going to take forever. I turned a corner, and ran straight into someone. I fell back onto the ground. Crap! I looked up to see Nathan, and Ford standing in front of me. "Oh my god, you have no idea how happy I am to see you," I exclaimed, jumping up, and wrapping my arms around both of them.
"We're happy to see you too," Nathan replied. I pulled away from them.
"So what are we going to do about James, and the rest of them?" I asked.
"We're going to arrest them," Nathan stated.
"Yeah, but there's three of us, and six of them," I said.
"Don't worry, we've got that covered," Ford said, showing me small device.
"See this thing is heat seeking. We can tell if how many people are in each room. It seems Tony, and Tailor are by themselves, in a room that way," Ford said, pointing to the right, "James, and Tom are in a room that way," he pointed to the left, "And we've already taking care of Nickie, and Lenny." I smiled.
"I think I'll take care of Tony, and Tailor," I said.
"Not by yourself you're not," Nathan stated.
"What, why?" I asked.
"Well first off because you don't have a weapon," Ford replied.
"True, true," I said.
"Here," Nathan said, handing me a Taser. I took it from him, and gave him a funny look.
"A Taser? What am I supposed to do with this?" I asked.
"Just take it," Nathan said. I shrugged my shoulders, and followed Ford down the hall to Tony, and Tailor's room.
"This one," Ford whispered, stopping in front of a door. He opened the door, and walked into the room. I followed him into the room. Tony and Tailor were asleep on their beds. Ford pointed his gun at them, and I pointed my… Taser at them.
"Get up," Ford yelled. Tony and Tailor sat up, and looked around the room. Tony's eyes went wide at the sight of us.
"What the heck? How did you escape?" He asked, standing up.
"Well, when you kidnap someone you really should check to see if they have a pocket knife, before locking them in a room," I said. Tony scowled at me.
"Come on lets go," Ford said. Tony and Tailor followed us back to the launch. When we got on the launch Nathan was waiting there with James, and Tom. I could see Nickie, and Lenny tied up in the corner…
{Back at Seaquest}
I stepped off the launch, to see that the Seaquest was cover in Christmas decorations. Kristin ran over, and gave me a hug. "We're so glad you're safe," She said.
"So am I," I said, smiling.
"So uh who put up all the decorations?" I asked.
"We did. Just for you, and to keep us busy while we waited for you guys to get back," Lucas replied.
"It's nice, but uh whose gonna be the one to take all this down?" I asked. Kristin, and Lucas looked back, and forth between each other.
"You know we didn't think about that," Kristin mumbled.
"Not it," I said, running to the science lab were the moon pool was.
"Not it," Lucas yelled, following after me. We walked up to the moon pool, and sat down. I looked up at the clock.
"Hey it's Christmas," I exclaimed, pointing up at the clock, which said 12:05. Lucas smiled. I saw Darwin swim up to one side of the pool, and grab a metal pole off the side of the pool. Then he swam over to us, and held the end of the pole over mine, and Lucas's heads. I looked up at the pole. There was a green plant attached to the end of it.
"Is that… mistletoe?" I asked. Darwin nodded his head. I laughed.
"I think he wants us to kiss," Lucas said. Darwin nodded his head again. This time me, and Lucas both laughed. I smiled at Lucas.
"Well it is mistletoe," I said, sheepishly. Lucas smiled. I leaned closer to Lucas, and we kissed…