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Chapter 26
Jay
The many of us and Marissa, who just arrived, all sit in the living room.
"Well, the way it looks, he's got that entire place on video at his disposal," I tell everyone.
"We aren't going to be able to break in, are we?" Ethan asks.
"No. We aren't," I agree. "We're going to have to wire someone and send them in."
"Wire?" Claire asks.
"Set them up with video- and sound-recording devices," I explain.
"What's wiring going to do?" Myles asks. "I had a cell phone on me and he took it."
"He did?" Kate asks. "You never said anything."
"I felt that it was gone," he says, shrugging.
"Anyway," I interrupt before their arguing does. "Myles is right. We'll have to get around that."
"Well," Kate says. "I've got an idea..."
"Go ahead," I say.
"Myles and I could slip back in through that window," Kate suggests. "He may not have noticed our disappearance."
"That's true," I agree. "But do you know how to get into the cell?"
"Yeah," Myles says suddenly, and he turn to Kate. "Kate, when he went through the mirror with that kid."
Suddenly, the phone rang. It was loud and urgent-sounding, the ringer that only played when a PIPA number was calling.
"I'll get it!" Claire says, jumping up and rushing to it. "Hello?"
Claire
"Hello?" answers a feminine voice. "Is this Lily Aurastone?"
"No, it's her daughter. Who is this?" I ask.
"This is Leah Frase, from PIPA's Springfield base," she says. "Can I speak with your mother?"
"No, she-"
"Honey, this is a matter of national security," she insists.
I mentally roll my eyes. "Miss, my parents were kidnapped."
"Are you-"
Suddenly fed up with the conversation, I call over Uncle Jay and give him the phone. He takes it and calls Ethan over. I guess my parents being kidnapped is a sensitive topic for me. With who wouldn't it be?
"What?" Ethan asks.
"Take the phone. It's a PIPA agent," Uncle Jay says.
Ethan takes it. "Hello?"
"Come on," Uncle Jay says, leading me back into the room.
Once we enter the room, Ethan calls again. "Claire! Is there any way we can contact your mom?"
I turn around and he comes up to me, the phone still at his ear.
"Yeah," I say. "Actually, we can call her. She has her earpiece."
Ethan says so to the woman on the phone. He says he'll call her back, then hangs up. "Call your mother, Claire. Hurry." He hands me the phone.
I take it and dial. "Mom?"
"Claire? Is something wrong?" my mom asks.
Even though hearing her voice makes me want to cry of relief, I keep it together. Ethan tells me what to say. "Mom? The Springfield base called. They haven't had contact with two of the agents they sent in and are wondering if you know them."
"Who?"
"Um, Will and Laek?" I say.
"Yup, they're here. Actually, Claire, call Diane over," my mom suggests. "Call me when she gets here, okay Honey? I love you."
"I love you, too," I say, and hang up.
Lily
"Hello?" I answer as Diane calls. Or, I think it's her.
"Hello," Diane says. "Is everything alright?"
"We're in Hell," I tell her. "Austin's words, anyway. Does Jay have a plan to get us out yet?"
"He's in the workings. Actually, he, your kids, Myles and Kate (who escaped, yes), Ethan, Destiny, Jaeson, and PIPA are all teaming up. Apparently, they know a lot more than we do and didn't realize it," Diane says. "Accept, the way things like this usually go, we won't be involved."
"Alright. Don't put Claire and Tyler in danger," I instruct.
"Okay, I won't," Diane says. "Anyway, are Will Riverside and Laek Crystalink there?"
"Yes," I say. "They're... okay."
"Okay?" Diane says. "I was told Will had a dangerous ability."
"Dangerous? As in to himself or to others?" I ask Diane. I glance at Will and his friend, who were discussing our situation and how they could break the psychic barrier.
"Himself," Diane says. "Unless he has Laek helping him."
"Well, he used it," I tell her, again glancing at the pair. "Without Laek, and he hurt himself."
"How badly?" Diane wonders.
"Burnt himself and did something to mess with the electricity in his system," I tell her. "But Laek fixed the electricity thing."
"Alright," she says. "And that is where you lose me."
"What?"
"I was only told so much. 'So much' didn't include what happened when he uses his ability without Laek," Diane told me.
"Alright," I tell her. "Just tell them they're okay."
"Okay. Lily..."
"Yes, Diane?"
"I... Tell Austin I'll kick him if somebody gets hurt," Diane says.
"You mean you'll miss him if something happens?"
"Yeah..."
I smile to myself. "I'll tell him for you."
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