Glowing in the Distance
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Megan and Joey watched as Rose pounded on the steel, blocking her exit. Rose kept kicking and punching even though they all knew they could not get through. They were all stuck in the entry- way for the steel had also covered the entry to all doors and stairs. Megan knew the guilt Rose was feeling but she had to calm her down before she hurt herself.
"Rose you have to stop. Kicking and punching the door won't help Kori." Megan said to her. Rose was out of breath for a moment when Joey came up.
"We have to get out of here without hurting ourselves if we want to save Kori." Joey signed to his sister. She looked at him with anger all over her entire face.
"How are we going to help her? We have no phones, no way to get to a phone, and we're trapped in here. Who knows what he could be doing to her right now?" Rose screamed at the both of them. Megan turned away, hurt by her best friend. Then Megan noticed something leading in to the main office.
"Maybe there is a way to get to a phone." Megan said. Joey and Rose both looked in her direction. The steel might have blocked the entrance ways but not the glass wall looking into the main office. Rose smiled thinking of a plan to get in there.
"How do we get through?" Joey signed to both of them. Rose got her keys that were on the floor. She shoved one in through the glass and carved a small crude circle.
"Uumm... Rose no one can fit through that." Megan pointed out. Rose stuck her hand in and grabbed a potted plant and a paper weight rock.
"That's not our way in. These are." Rose said. She threw the plant at the window. All that happened was the pot broke and the fake plant fell out. Megan grabbed the rock from Rose's hand and threw it at the window causing it to shatter. All three crept in since there was broken glass everywhere and they only had slippers on. Rose got to the phone first.
"We can't call 911." she said very frustrated.
"Why?" Megan questioned. She was still trying to get past the broken glass.
"Because no one can override the emergency lock down, and they have nothing to get through." Rose explained to all of them.
"But I think we know someone who can. Joey do you still know Kole's number?" Megan asked. Joey nodded. Megan was getting too excited and didn't see the last piece of glass. She stepped on it and it sliced her foot. She winced in pain and Rose pulled her away from it.
"Tell us your plan and quick." Rose commanded while applying pressure to Megan's badly bleeding foot.
"Kole knows Lilith who knows Rachel who knows Victor. Victor can hack into the security system and get the steel away then we can call for 911." Megan explained. Rose went to go call and Joey took over on Megan after he dialed Kole's number. Rose was waiting for her to pick up.
A familiar buzzing noise was going off. It interrupted three girls from their sleep. Two of them stared angrily at the girl on the top bunk. The girl answered her phone.
"Hello?" Kole answered groggily.
"Kole it's Rose. I need you to call Lilith and tell her to call Rachel. Then tell Rachel to get a hold of Victor." Rose said frantically. Kole had started to wake up more.
"Why?" she asked.
"Have you noticed that it is much darker in your room?" Rose asked. Now that she mentioned it Kole could see nothing but what the cell phone light illuminated for her.
"Why is that?" she asked Rose.
"Because a security system has been activated and we're trapped. We need Victor to shut if off quickly." Kole understood. She got off the phone with Rose. Kole called Lilith. Lilith got the message and texted Rachel the information. Rose was tending to Megan's foot once again.
"Hopefully Victor get us out and we can go get Kori." Rose said.
"I don't think we'll have time to." Joey signed. Rose got up and looked down the hallway where Joey was watching. Her eyes grew big as she saw a bright orange glow and felt the sensation of heat coming towards them. Rose was stiff, staring at the fire wondering if they would even get out.
Rachel was sitting on the living room floor at Richard's house. She and Victor were watching a movie with Richard since they needed him to stop moping around. He had been complaining about Kori telling him that all they could be was friends. With the information Richard knew about what Kori felt for him, he wouldn't buy it.
"Here comes my favorite part." Victor said. Rachel rolled her eyes at the pointless movie. Then her phone went off. She looked at the text from Lilith. She rolled her eyes in disbelief. Richard noticed while Vic was watching his favorite part.
"What is it?" Richard asked.
"Lilith trying to play a joke on me." Rachel said and tried to concentrate on the movie. Richard would have thought nothing of it when the clock read 11:54.
"I thought she wasn't the type to play jokes." Richard said. Rachel though about it a minute. Lilith usually spent weekend nights by herself. She loved just taking it all in. She only left her phone on in case there was an emergency and someone wanted to get through.
"What did the message say anyways?" Victor asked noticing the weird behavior as well.
"It said that they needed you to hack into the security system and override the maximum security breach at the school." Rachel explained then they all heard a frantic knocking at the front door. Barbra was at the top of the stairwell about to tell everyone to keep it down. Alfred went to answer the door. He was about to say something when Sarah shoved her way past them and she and Garfield found the three of them in the living room.
"Has anyone gotten a hold of Kori, Joey, Rose, or Megan?" Sarah questioned in a hurry. They all shook their heads no. Barbra made her way down stairs wondering what this was all about.
"What now? If they haven't gotten a hold of her do you think..." Garfield began to question when Richard jumped in.
"Wait a minute what is going on?" Richard asked standing up from the couch. Sarah and Garfield exchanged glances. Sarah decided that she would explain.
"The school is on fire and no one can get out. And we think Kori might be trapped along with everyone else." Sarah said.
"Yeah, Sarah got a call from Miriam saying there was this metal thing covering their window in the school! She shares a room with Kole and Kole got a call from Rose who is also trapped inside!" Gar said very upset. Richard pieced together why they were scared. Kori was suppose to be with Rose. Richard went into command mode to save Kori's life.
"Victor, try to hack into the system so the firefighters can get into the school! Rachel, keep everyone posted on what's going on!" Richard commanded. Richard grabbed his keys that were hanging on the hook. Barbra stopped him a minute.
"What are you going to do?" she asked him with a stern look on her face. Richard went past her.
"Going to save Kori." he said over his shoulder. He got to the garage and mounted his red Harley Davidson motorcycle. He usually rode the one the Wayne company built, but he had a hunch that he shouldn't be recognized. He started it up and left the garage and left for the school.
Victor grabbed his personal computer and started typing away. Sarah peered over his shoulder while Rachel and Garfield waited. Barbra was getting frustrated with all of them.
"Isn't anyone going to stop him?" Babs questioned angrily. Rachel looked her direction.
"First we need Victor to unlock the security system to save everyone in the school. Richard can't do anything until he does, so right now he's safe." she answered. Barbra rolled her eyes and went to the Wayne's garage. She got on her own bike to try to stop Richard from doing something stupid.
Being as tiny as he was he was still determined to open that door. He could sense there was something terribly wrong and he needed to wake someone up. He shoved against the door using his weight to push it open. A light shown through the window in the room lighting the way. He didn't need the light with his eyes but it did make finding someone a lot easier. Now his only problem was getting up on the bed. He was a fat little guy so he couldn't jump very high. He could hear the light snoring coming from the mass that lay atop of the bed.
"No,No..." he heard the heap say. He then noticed a small chair that was next to the night stand right next to the bed. He used all his little might to get on that chair. He then made his way over to the night stand. He made sure not to bump the lamp. He then finally made it to the bed. He felt a sudden urge to hurry for he feared she was running out of time.
Ryan felt a pawing at his nose. Ryan was tired from being yelled at by the teacher and then being sent to detention. Galfore had yelled at him for his behavior. Ryan just wanted to forget the whole reason his day went bad and why he went to bed early. It was all because of Sam. When Silkie's pawing at his nose didn't work he had to use a more drastic measure. He channeled all his weight and sat on Ryan's neck. Being as fat as the little kitten was it started to deprive Ryan of oxygen. He finally got up angry at Silkie. He noticed a weird glow coming from Kori's room.
"Timoko go to bed. And go to sleep." Ryan commanded to both Silikie and Timoko. Silkie stared at him and the glowing light didn't go away. Frustrated, Ryan got up and went into Kori's room. Timoko heard the footsteps.
"Could you please turn the light off?" she begged wanting more sleep. Ryan was now very puzzled.
"What? I don't have a light on you do." Ryan stated while pointing at Timmy. She sat up in bed looking at him weirdly.
"MMMMEOOOOWWWW!" a yowl erupted from Silkie. They both turned to look at Silkie pawing at the glass door that lead to the glowing and the balcony. Timmy got out of bed and opened the door to the balcony. A breeze blew past her face. Ryan was right behind her. They saw the glowing was coming from flames at the Academy. Timoko stared at it until she saw Silkie looking at it to very scared.
"Kori's trapped inside." Timoko said referring to the building on fire. Ryan rolled his eyes.
"She's sleeping over at a friend's house." Ryan stated.
"Her friend is the principal's daughter to that school." Timoko stated. Ryan now found that what was coming from Timmy might actually be true and his sister was trapped in a burning building with no way out.
Note Corner Time
I loved using third-person on this chapter. It was actually a lot of fun. If you are wondering about the part where no one is named that is Silkie trying to get into Ryan's room. Kori's whereabouts will be revealed in the next chapter and how the fire got started. More cliff hanger's ahead. So read and review to find out what happens next.