Sarah struggled with the lock, trying every lock pick from a hairpin to a paperclip. The lock was strong and ended up breaking everything she attempted to open it with. She grunted as she threw herself onto her bed. What could she do, she was under house arrest. Sarah had to contact Jim somehow but nothing was getting out of this house as long as she was planning on leaving with them. She rolled onto her stomach with a sigh.
What would Jim and Josh do if she never got out? She would want them to leave without her; they didn't deserve to be trapped here. Sarah was beginning to think of the worst case scenario when she heard a happy chirping outside her window. She looked up and saw a small pink alien zigzagging outside the glass. "What is that!" Sarah exclaimed. Morph could see that she didn't understand and landed on the window ledge changing into a 2 inch tall Jim. Sarah instantly lit up and ran to the window. She opened just enough that the small figure could sneak in and transform back into it's jello-like appearance.
"Were you sent by Jim?" Sarah asked the friendly pink blob. Morph gurgled a response that confirmed her assumption. Sarah ran to the desk and wrote a quick note to Jim and Josh. Morph knew what his initial assignment was and took the note she held it out to him. Sarah opened the window and Morph flew off towards the town. Sarah watched him hopefully until he was out of sight.
While they packed up their things, Jim and Josh waited patiently to see Sarah emerge from over the hill. Time past and they hadn't seen her since she left and hour earlier. "She's taking too long. Do you think something happened?" Josh said concerned. "I'm going to send Morph to find out what happened. Where is he?" Jim said. Joshua (Red Josh) said "Morph is in the kitchen helping my mom with the dishes." Jim went into the kitchen and sure enough Morph was assisting Joshua's mother by using his changing powers to substitute for the missing sponge. "Morph come here boy." Jim commanded. Morph was immediately at Jim's side. "Morph, I need you to go check on Sarah; but be quiet she could be in trouble." With this order, Morph zoomed out the window directly for the mansion.
After having sent Morph, Jim and Josh watched out the window. After only five minutes Morph came back carrying a small note. Jim took it from Morph's mouth and read it quickly. "Tristan's got Sarah under house arrest." Jim said. "How are we going to get her out? We need to leave as soon as possible." Jim thought and said, "The only option is to bust her out. We need to perform a rescue mission." "Tristan's house is probably surrounded by guards with orders to shoot intruders on sight; namely us! How do you suppose we get in?" Josh said presenting an obvious problem. Jim didn't know how he would deal with the guards if he had to confront them. "We'll just have to wing it and hope that we can get her out safely and without conflict. It will be easier to get in if less of us go so I'll go alone." Jim stated his plan and Josh protested "Jim, you will be out numbered and besides it's not like you can sneak in a house like that without alerting someone." "Hey, I was in the combat class; if I'm caught I'll knock them out."
Josh reluctantly agreed after much persuasion from Jim and they set up their plan to get Sarah out of imprisonment. Jim prepared himself for his mission and Josh went to count the guards at the perimeter of the house. Josh came running back after the sun went down and found Jim, his face painted camouflage and his braid tucked under the collar of his jacket. "There are 2 guards at the gate, 2 more guarding the door and then 8 more surrounding the rest of the house." Josh reported.
Jim armed him self with a grappling hook and a blaster the he hoped he wouldn't have to use on anyone. "Alright, I'm going. If I don't come back and Sarah hasn't been sent ahead of me then assume that I've been captured. I hope to be back by morning. Wish me luck." Josh bid his friend goodbye and Jim disappeared under the cover of darkness.
Not a single light was on in the streets and Jim could barely see where he was going. He reached the top of the hill and hid quickly in the bushes to scope out the entrance. It was just as Josh had explained, the two guards at the front gate were a still has statues listening and looking for any trouble. Jim took aim at a trash can on the opposite side of the wall and pulled the trigger. The trash cans were knocked over and split open and the guards reacted by going to investigate just as Jim had hoped. Jim ran to the gate and jumped grabbing the top and flipping over it. He landed on his feet and hid in the shadows cast by the wall.
There were two more guards at the door and these two had blasters. Jim didn't shoot anything this time not wanting to alert them and cause them to shoot. He felt around in the dirt and found a stone. He tossed it far from the guards hoping to hit the wall and makes some noise. Instead it hit one of the other guards and knocked him out. "Oops.", was all that passed through Jim head but nonetheless he got the guards to leave the door so he could climb up onto the balcony over head. Jim took the grappling hook from his shoulder and swung it up to the ledge. It caught easily and Jim began climbing up the rope. He stepped onto the balcony and pulled the rope up before any guards saw it disappear over the railing.
Lucky for Jim the balcony door was open and he wouldn't have to pick the lock. Unluckily the room he had entered was Tristan's room. Tristan was asleep and Jim noticed a troubled look on his face as he turned in his direction. Jim left his room making no noise and moved silently down the hall way. Something came to Jim's mind as he looked for Sarah's room, "How am I supposed to know which one is her room?" This soon wasn't a problem when he turned a corner and found an even bigger one. There was a guard standing in front of the bed room that he knew had to be Sarah's and Jim took the initiative and ran up to guard, who had apparently not anticipated anyone to get this far, and simply gave him a swift strike to the head knocking him out cold.
"Is it me or is this all easier than it was supposed to be." Jim opened the door after picking the lock and made his way promptly to Sarah's bed side. Sarah, it's me. It's time to go." Jim said in a whispered tone. He pulled off the covers and saw that Sarah wasn't there to begin with. All that was hidden under the covers was a rolled up blanket. The next thing Jim knew was that he was letting his eyes adjust to the sudden lights that had been turned on. Jim looked towards the door but was suddenly restrained by two guards.
"So then who is our intruder?" Tristan said entering through the door. "You obviously did notice the motion sensor placed over the door." As Tristan stepped closer he looked intently at Jim's covered face and couldn't seem to see who he was. Then when he came upon the determined look in Jim's azure eyes and the small braid that had come out from hiding he realized that it was Jim Hawkins. Tristan scowled at him and Jim did the same. "You really are incompetent Montressorian trash. Were you really stupid enough to think that we'd keep here in her room after her attempt to escape out the window this afternoon?"
Tristan turned on his heel and the two guards followed behind him dragging Jim as he struggled against them. The went down a series of stairs until reaching a door with an iron lock. Tristan took a key from a hidden compartment behind a brick and unlocked the door. It swung open and Jim was thrown in. Jim let out a grunt as he rolled across the floor. "Jim! What are you doing here!" Sarah's voice exclaimed. Jim sat up and looked at Sarah whose face was red from being struck by Tristan upon her first attempt to leave.
Tristan tossed Sarah a wet towel and said, "Clean ridiculous paint off of his face not that it will help him look any better." Tristan closed the door upon saying this leaving the two of them in the cold room made of stone. Sarah stared to wipe the camouflage paint off of Jim's face and she began to question his actions. "I couldn't just leave you here. The whole reason Josh and me came here was to bring you back home. The last time we saw you we thought you were dead and we blamed ourselves. It was so hard to face your parents at your funeral. I'd have died from guilt if I had gone back without you." Jim said as Sarah removed the last of the paint.
"So now what are we going to do, Jim? Will we be prisoners in here forever?" Sarah asked in a desperate tone. "No way, Sarah; we have a back-up plan." The night went on and the two of them couldn't sleep. Sarah was troubled and it was clearly visible on her face. Jim took hold of her hand and gave her a reassuring smile. Now all that was left was to wait for their rescue.