(The Escape Plan)

*July 25th, 1918*

It was the afternoon and Olga and Tatiana were playing cards and Alexei was chatting with Maria while Kaede and Anastasia were reading books since it was the free hour in which everyone can do something as a guard walked in,

"Good afternoon and where's Vitkor?" Olga said calmly,

"Viktor was the morning guard and My name is Maxim and I'll be your afternoon guard until 5:30pm" Maxim spoke in a polite manner in which made Olga suspicious,

"Don't fear, I won't be mean in fact we have a lot to discuss so everyone please follow me" Maxim said as he went towards the spare room,

"Yes sir" Olga replied as everyone including Kaede followed him to the spare room as Maxim closed the doors,

"Sit down, please" Maxim politely ordered as everyone simply sat down,

"I plan to break you guys free, and Kaede right?" Maxim said as he had taken a seat and looked at her,

"Um...Yes? How do you know?" Kaede questioned with a confused look on her face,

"I heard you and Anastasia talking! But no worries I am a changed man" Maxim replied with a smile,

"How can we trust you? You and your entire army loathe us" Maria spoke as she looked at Maxim,

"She's right! and how do we not know this is a trap to kill us like our mama and papa!" Tatiana added on as her voice was filled with worry and concern as Maxim raised his hand so he could speak

"I saw the interactions between you guys and how much love you guys have and I believed that everyone here was monsters but! I saw the light! And I saw that you people are good people who simply want peace and freedom and I will grant you that" Maxim said with a smile as everyone began to slowly trust him,

"Maybe he's right but how could we be sure? But God had brought him to us so maybe he is a good man" Tatiana thought to herself,

"If he's telling the truth, then it's best to follow him but where would we go? England? America? Japan?" Maria thought to herself as she turned towards Maxim,

"Yes..I'll join and I do believe you are telling the truth!" Maria spoke as Maxim smiled a bit,

"If my older sister is trusting him then he seems to be a good man who speaks the truth!" Alexei said as he nodded at the man,

"I'll join! And I have a plan as well and maybe we can combine the plans!" Kaede said as she nodded at Maxim,

"Okay! I'll cave!" Anastasia said while Olga finally agreed towards everyone,

"Sounds good! And we have 10 days to plan out the escape since this place is heavily guarded and it requires good skill and patience to escape this prison" Maxim said as he looked at everyone,

"10 days? Not bad! and I say that we practice our running skills just in case!" Kaede said with a confident smile,

"This plan could work however how are we gonna escape this prison?" Maria asked as she putted her fingers on her chin,

"By truck...and we will go when there is no guards and the main reason I picked 10 days from now is because most of these men will have their drinking party so most of them will be passed out or drunk to notice anything and that's our opening chance to escape!" Maxim explained,

"Play stupid games, Win stupid prizes" Olga said in a playfully smart manner while Maxim and the others chuckled,

"I will explain more detail later on and be safe now got it?" Maxim said as everyone nodded their heads,

"Alright! Time for lunch!" Maxim said with a smile as everyone headed upstairs as he followed along,

"I hope that we do escape and can finally have happy lives" Tatiana thought to herself as everyone made it upstairs and sat at the table,

"I'm starrrvvvinng!" Anastasia cried out in a playful tone while Olga smiled at her siblings and Kaede chatting amongst each other.