Chapter 14
At the end of the corridor she saw a blue glow and reflective water patterns dancing on the wall.
"ABEL!" She ran down the hallway and came to a quarter full cell, the water was up to his knees and he was still chained to the ceiling.
"It was starting to fill up right when you left the bed room." He said through the communicator. "Would you mind getting me out of here before i drown? The water is raising very fast in here and I'm starting to panic a little."
"Okay. I'll see what i can do." Oh lord, what am i going to do? She looked around the hallway and noticed a control panal on the far end.
She went over to it and started typing, trying to find something that would stop the water flow. After several minutes of searching, she became frustrated. "I have no idea want i'm searching for!" She whined as she fell to her knees.
"Switch the computer to voice mode." Came Abel's voice.
Rose got up and went over to the cell. The water level was now up to Abel's waist. It is filling up fast. "What do you mean?"
"Tell the computer to switch to voice mode and access the water valve control." He explained. He sounded a little more worried then earlier. "Then tell the computer to turn off the water valve control and shut it off. It's easier then trying to look it up blindly."
Rose nodded and went back over to the computer.
"Uhhh.....computer. Switch to voice mode." Rose said as she stood before the computer, feeling foolish.
"Confirmed." Rose smiled hearing the computer actually heard her. "Voice mode activated."
"Access Water Valve Control and shut down." She said more confidently.
"Access Denied. Pass code Required."
Pass code? She stared at the screen confused and the ran back to Abel. "It say it needs a pass code."
"Use yours Rose. And hurry!" He really sounded in fear now. The water was now to his stomach.
"But what is it? I don't remember!" She was starting to get frustrated as she looked at him.
"Both mine, Cain's and Seth's pass code ID number all start with UNASF94-8-RMOC-666. Then it's our crusnik number and finally our initials. Mines ak."
She stood there for a minute, repeating the code in her head and hoped that a memory would awaken.
The water level got higher and higher as she tried to remember. It was almost over his chest when something in Rose's mind finally snapped.
"So if your initials are ak then mine should be...I GOT IT!" She gasped and then ran back over to the computer. I remember now. The last four digits are going to be 04-rs! Because my inilsals should be Rosetta Sahl!
"Hurry Rose!"
She pushed a random key on the keyboard to wake it up again. "Computer! Shut down water valve contorl. Passcode UNASF94-8-RMOC-666-04-rs!" She prayed to god that it worked.
The water was right under Abel's chin when the computer responded. "Access Granted. Water Valve Control shutting down."
Right when Abel had to lift his head to still be able to breath, the water stopped raising. He sighed nervously and looked at the glass wall as best as he could so see a proud Rose.
"I did it! I remembered!" She said as she smiled proudly at him.
"That's.....That's very nice Rose....but would you mind GETTING ME OUT OF HERE!" He used the chains that held his arms to pull himself out of the water so he wouldn't have to crane his neck so much.
Rose thought for a moment, trying to think of a way to get Abel out of the water and the cell. She looked around and noticed several large drains that ran down the hallway. They must have put those there for a reason. She thought as she looked at them.
She then gasped as she got an idea and pulled out Abel's revolver from it's holster.
"What are you doing with my gun?" he asked as he noticed her staring at the glass.
She backed against the wall and aimed to the far right of the priest. "Getting you out." She then pulled the trigger and the bullet went right through the glass, cracking it a bit.
Abel realized what she was doing when he saw the glass cracking. "I see. You're going to break the glass and let the water run out."
"Uh huh." She shook her hand from the sudden shock wave that came from firing Abel's gun. "There's drains up and down this hallway. They must have put them there so that when the opened this cell, the water would have somewhere to go."
"That's what i love about you. You're so brilliant!"
She smiled. "I try."
"Keep firing then. You have four shots left in my gun now. Hopefully the glass will shatter before you run out."
She nodded and watched him dunk his head under the water. Probably so i can shoot everywhere to break the glass.
She let off another shot to the left of Abel this time and even more cracks appeared. Water was leaking out the bullet holes and cracks. The cracks got bigger from the pressure the water was putting on the glass.
One more outta do it! She aimed carefully right at Abel and fired a third round.
The bullet broke through the glass and shattered the glass completely.
She was pushed against the wall as the water rushed out of the cell, down the hallway, and into the drains. She got completely soaked from where she stood as the water washed over her as it made it's escape. She heard Abel gasping for breath once the water stopped rushing out of the cell.
"ABEL!" She carefully walked over the broken glass and ran over to him. She literally pounced on him and hugged him tightly. "I'm so glad you're okay." She said as she started crying on his chest.
"It's okay Rose." All he could do was looked at her. "It's okay. I'm alright. A little wet but i'm alright."
Rose nodded and she just continued to cry on him.
After several minutes, she soon calmed down and looked up at him. "I'd....I'd better go and find the keys to free you."
"You should. My arms are starting to fall asleep again." He said as he smiled at her.
She smiled back and went looking for the keys. She found them outside the cell on a hook. She grabbed them and ran back to Abel. "I found them."
"Good. Now get me out of here before something else happens." He said as he watched her jump and pull down his right arm to unlock the cuff around his wrist. The moment his arm was free, he wrapped it around her, pulling her into a hug. "I've missed this."
She smiled at him as she reached up and unlocked the other cuff that held him chained to the ceiling.
With both arms free, he held her in a tight hug, taking in the scent of her honeysuckle and clove scented hair.
Rose dropped the keys and hugged him back, glad to be back in his embrace.
"I promise Rose. After all this is over, we are so going to Barcelona. No matter what Caterina says, we're going." He said softly into her ear as he kissed her cheek.
"Let's go then." She said as she pulled away and looked up at him, smiling. "The faster we get out of here, the sooner we can go to Barcelona."
"I hope i'm not interrupting anything?"
Rose gasped and turned around, relaxing as she saw who it was. "Patrick! You're alive!"
The vampire was scratched up some and there was blood spattered over his face, but he stood there smiling proudly. "I fought with most of them when i started spying on them. I knew how to bring them down."
Rose nodded and looked up at Abel. "He's the one who saved me Abel. He works for the Empress."
Abel smiled and nodded. Good old Seth. Always watching out for me. "I thank you for saving my love."
"Don't thank me just yet." Patrick said as he glanced back down the hallway. "The commotion we caused will no doubt bring more trouble." He then took out a small sack and tossed it to Abel, who caught it in mid-air. "We may more then likely have to fight our way out now."
Abel nodded and looked at Rose. She automatically knew what he wanted and took off the holster, handing it to him. He took the holster and put it on while Rose walked out the cell. She found her soaked bag and Abel's gun and picked them up. Abel came up behind her and took his gun back, placing it back in the holster. He then looked at the small sack that was tossed to him. "What's in here?"
"More bullets for your gun." Patrick said as he looked at the priest. "I got into contact with Lady Caterina and asked her what bullets your gun takes."
"I see." He opened the sack and saw the silver tipped bullets.
"Patrick. We need to shut down the invisibility generator." Rose said as she reloaded her gun.
"We can do that from here." Patrick went over the to computer and started typing.
Rose and Abel looked over his shoulder as the vampire hacked into the mainframe and to the power grid. He was about to click the 'shut down' option when Rose stopped him.
"What? Why did you stop me?" Patrick asked as he looked at her.
"See that?" She pointed to the option below the 'shut down' option that read 'Self Destruct'. "Wouldn't that be better? That way when they realize the cloaking device is off, they can't turn it back on."
"But if we destroy it..." Abel said as he soon realized what she was thinking. "...If we destroy it, it might make the ship explode. And....." He gasped and smiled at the sudden thought that had reached him. "And we could destroy Cain and the Rosen Kreuz Order!"
Patrick thought about it for a moment and then nodded. "Sounds like a plan. The Condra Monde and the Order has caused enough trouble for both humans and vampires. Not to mention giving us vampires a bad name and reputation. But i'm putting a timer on the self destruct so that we have time to escape the ship." He said as he clicked on the 'self destruct' option and entered the time for the generator to explode in 30 minutes. "There. That should do it. I even made it so the alarms won't go off until 5 minutes before the explosion."
"Good work Patrick." Abel said as smiled at the vampire. "Now lets get out of here."
Patrick nodded and shut down the computer. All three then ran for the door.
But before they reached it, Rose froze a few feet away.
"What is it Rose?" Abel asked as he looked back at her.
"Vampires. Behind the door." She said as she stared at the door. "A lot of them. They're waiting for us to come out and ambush us."
"I knew this was going to happen." Patrick said as he pulled out his gun.
"It was bound to happen Patrick." Abel said as he took out his revolver.
Rose nodded and took her gun out of her bag. She handed Abel the access card, since he was the one next to the scanner.
"Everyone ready?" Abel asked as his hand hovered over the scanner with the card.
Patrick and Rose nodded and pointed their guns at the door.
Abel pointed his at the door and slid the card in the scanner.
The vampires behind grined at the three of them but stared at Rose.
"Hello little mouse." Said a vampire that smiled greedily.
"Good bye vampire." Rose pulled the trigger and the bullet went right between the vampires eyes.
"My lord. We have a disturbance in the cell block." Said Isaak as he looked at his monitors.
Cain was behind him twirling a glass of blood wine in his fingers. "What kind of disturbance Magus?"
"Your brother escaped his cell by the help of the little mouse and a traitorous vampire it seems." He said coolly as he smirked at the three fighting their way out of the cell block.
"My little mouse escaped her room did she?" He set down his glass and stood, grabbing his cloak and tying it on. He then came up behind Isaak and watched the fight. "My, my. She truely is quite the little fighter now is she?"
"Indeed she is." Isaak said as he glanced at his master. "Should i go and retrieve her my lord?"
"No need for that Magus. I will go and fetch her myself." He said as he turned and walked toward the door. "They will be heading to the roof to make their escape by flight while in crusnik form. That is when i will take her back."
Isaak nodded. "Very well my lord."
Cain smirked and the door opened and he walked through it. I warned you Abel. What's mine is mine. You can't have it.