"Caireen! Get over here, quietly," Caleb whispered. His diversion plan had changed a little bit, but he was sure it would work.

Over the past 2 weeks or so, Caireen had spied on Raven and Nero. Everyday, besides one day, they had gone to Nero's quarters after work. "Okay, coast is clear," Mariana said. Everyone snuck out from behind the ventilation shaft. So far, this plan had almost been as risky as escaping.

Mariana turned on a radio, which had love music in it, while Caireen and Marc ran around the room throwing red and pink streamers and paper cut like hearts everywhere. Suddenly, the door began opening. They dove behind a chair. 2 guards walked in.

Well, the sensors were apparently wrong, there is no one in here. But what the hell did Nero do up here?" He asked the other guard, picking up a streamer.

"I really don't know," The other guard answer. Suddenly, there was a noise. Almost like a ventilation shaft closing.

"In the vents!" The first guard yelled. But they weren't in time. They could hear whoever broke in escaping back through the shafts.

###.

Caleb, Caireen, Mariana and Marc climbed out of the ventilation shaft they had found in the staff bathroom stall.

"We don't need them to be distracted. We can still escape." Caleb said.

"God those guards aren't great at their jobs," Marc said.

The 4 students walked out of the bathroom. The rest of the students at H.I.V.E were at dinner, but these 4 had different plans. They needed to plan their escape.

###.

"So you're telling me, that someone broke in and set up a romance scene then escaped through the ventilation shaft?" Nero asked. He, Raven and the 2 guards stood in his quarters.

"Yes, sir," One of the guards said.

"And you didn't chase them? Or try to at least?" Nero asked.

"No, sir, we apologize and realize we screwed up, sir," The second guard said.

"This is very troublesome," Nero said, "Maybe being guards isn't the right job for you 2,"

###.

"Mariana?" Caireen said, walking over the Mariana's bed.

"Yea?" Mariana asked, looking up from her Villainy Studies textbook.

"Do you think we'll make it out?" Caireen asked.

"I hope, but we really have no way of knowing," Mariana said.

"If we do, can you promise me something?" Caireen asked.

"Of course," Mariana said.

"I wanna stay friends," Caireen said, "You've just been a great friend since I've been here. Back at home, I didn't really have that many friends. And even the few I had weren't great friends. You're just the nicest girl I've ever met, and have treated me like everyone else. I really appreciate it,"

"Aww, Caireen thats to nice, of course we can stay in touch!" Mariana said, standing up and hugging her best friend.

"Now, we just need to get out of here," Caireen said.