Chapter Eleven
Yuri banged on the door, yelling, but the sound of the foghorn was too loud. Scraping his hands against the metal door, he looked round hopelessly.
His brain whirred as he tried to think.
Soon, he had dragged Jody out of the box and laid her on the concrete floor, before pulling at Tyler's clothes. The heavier boy still slumped against the wall of the box.
Feeling as if this was hopeless, Yuri then went to Jody and patted her cheek. "Joe-dee!" he yelled, "Wake up! The boat is moving!" then he glanced round. What could he do?
He ran across the floor to the door, hoping someone would hear him on the other side. If not, it looked like they were headed to his country.
On the other side, one of the officers was walking down, to get to his quarters quicker. He paused for a moment, listening to the banging.
"Hey!" he shouted down to the next corridor, where another crew member was walking. "I think there's someone on the other side!"
Unlocking the door, they soon saw Yuri, gasping and a little out of breath.
"What the-" one of them began, trying to grab Yuri's shoulder before he ran off. They shouted, going after him, before they saw Jody lying on the floor.
The boat had to turn back while still in sight of land.
Harry and Floss had run round with the keys, noticing May-Li was too injured to run around herself. They had found each of the children, some still asleep, in the cages. They found Johnny slumped on the sofa, drugged again. Those that were awake had run out instantly or tried to help take out those that were still asleep.
Despite the fact Mo was awake, his legs were slightly weak. That wasn't surprising for someone who'd spent four days in a cage, tied up or drugged.
As the last children to come out, Ryan dragging along Johnny, reached the minibus, Miranda returned. Getting out of the forklift, she ran to the minibus, furious.
"Hey!" she shouted, along with a lot of other words.
May-Li started the car in gear. She was in no state to drive, so Ryan took the wheel. He'd never had lessons, so they drove rather slowly out of the parking area, Miranda screaming and banging on the back of the bus.
Harry asked, "Where are Jody and Tyler?"
May-Li looked in the direction of the dock, as a load of dockworkers, alerted by Miranda's shrieking, came up. She told him, "I think they've just come in."
Within a few minutes, the police and ambulance crews were at the dock. The police had arrested Miranda, who was screaming that she was being used, as well as taking out the criminals from inside the building.
The ambulance crews were checking the children over, as well as insisting that May-Li needed to go to hospital. They said that even if it wasn't life-threatening, she still needed a check-up.
"So does everyone here," the officer insured her, "we need to look at them for all sorts of reasons."
Johnny, who'd woken up by now, glanced over at Tee, who was sitting next to him in the ambulance. "Tee, when we were in their van, I noticed that they had a box. Your bra was in there. They didn't..."
Tee looked confused, before she answered, "I remember the woman complaining that she wanted us to have a bath. She said she'd already gone through our stuff. I guess she must have picked it up."
Johnny looked so relieved that he almost smiled.
By now, Yuri had finished talking to the police. He had been very instant at first, demanding for several minutes that he had never wanted to come here in the first place. But they'd reassured him that he would be sent back anyway, so there was no problem.
Then his eyes widened and he began running towards the house.
"Hey!" the police officer shouted, "What is it!"
Yuri shouted after him, "The boy-girls!"
But before he got there, two officers came out, with the sleepy Toni and Billie.
May-Li looked confused as she said, "I thought they were on the boat."
Yuri explained. "The Yuri lifted the boy-girls out and put them behind a sofa. Then the Yuri put in sofa cushions, plastic chairs, to make it seem as if the boy-girls were there. It just took three minutes."
The police officer asked, "How could you do that in three minutes?"
Yuri shrugged. "When a man works on a farm, he gets strong."
Then he told the police officer, "The Yuri did not want the evil men to take the children. When the little blond boy went in the Mo-boy's room, the Yuri pretend to cough and said that he was next, because Mr Dunstan said. The Yuri then asked for them not to go," he then did a cross, right to left, "and the children have not gone. The Yuri made the evil men sleepy while the loud woman went away."
There was a silence while everyone took this in, while Mo cried, "Hey! You're wearing my pyjamas!"
A/N: I am sorry this is short, but I promise the next chapter is the last. I know it was a surprise, but did you like my story?