"Are we really going to go through with this plan? It's suicidal," Tyr said as he reloaded a weapon. They were sitting in an alley preparing for an attack on the dungeon.
"Well, if you've got a better one let's hear it," Beka answered.
Tyr was silent.
"I would've thought you'd like this plan," Beka continued. "It seems like your style."
"It is not my style to use children in my attacks!" Tyr said angrily.
Beka laughed. "So that's your problem. You're upset that we're the diversion and Rullin's the one doing the rescue. Face it Tyr, you like playing the hero."
Before Tyr could answer Rommie, Harper, and Trance came in carrying an armload of weapons. "Okay," Harper said dumping his weapons on the ground, "that's the last of 'em. Are you sure we need all this?"
"From what Rullin says, the Secret Police is made up of thousands of guards," Beka replied. "Trust me, we need 'em."
Rullin hurried down the alley way carrying a wrapped bundle under his arm. "Are we ready?" he asked.
Beka nodded.
"Great, take your positions and tell me when your in place," Rullin said.
Tyr rolled his eyes as Rullin hurried off. "Are we really going taking orders from a child?" he demanded.
"Yes Tyr," Rommie answered. "Our Captain's life depends on it. Trust me it will be in your best interests to listen to him," she said in a threatening voice.
Tyr growled "Suit yourselves, but we're probably going to be killed in this plan anyway." With that he left the alley to take his position.
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Rullin knelt down in front of the air duct for the dungeon. He made sure that the bundle containing his tools was securely wrapped. "We're in postion," Andromeda notified him.
"Great," Rullin answered. "As soon as you hear the alarm, start blasting."
"Okay."
Rullin pried off the grid over the air duct. Immediately an alarm inside the building sounded. That was the cue for the others to start fighting. Rullin crawled inside the airduct and replaced the grid. He began wrigling his way down the narrow tube. "I can't believe I'm breaking /into/ the dungeon," he muttered as he continued down the duct. "Estay, I'm going to kill you."
"Well, can you rescue me first?" came a familiar voice from below.
Rullin jumped -not a good thing to do in a small airduct- and bumped his head on the ceiling. "Ow!" Rullin looked down through the grid. "Estay is that you?"
"No, it's Merdan doing impressions," Estay replied sarcastically. "Of course it's me! Now get down here and break us out, would ya?"
"Who's this 'us'?" Rullin asked as he took out his mini laser saw and cut the grid open. He dropped down onto the floor of the hallway between two cages.
"You remember Captain Hunt," Estay said.
Rullin glanced behind him to the man in the cage opposite Estay. It was the Captain from the ship they'd broken into. "Oh, hi Captain."
"Hi," the Captain said.
"Yoo-hoo, Rully! Wanna get to the rescuing here? I'm not getting any younger," Estay exclaimed.
"Yeah, yeah," Rullin said. He took off the bundle of tools and unrolled it on the floor. "Why didn't you just escape like you did before?"
Estay wrattled the chains around her wrists. "Slight problem."
"Oh, those are new," Rullin remarked. He began cutting the bars off the Estay's cage.
"No wait, toss me a laser saw and I'll get myself out," Estay said. "You get the Captain free."
"Okay, you ready?" Rullin asked.
"Uh-huh," Estay answered. Rullin tossed the laser saw to her, but it fell short and landed on the ground. "Oh, nice throw," she said sarcastically.
Rullin shrugged. "Sorry."
"Just free the Captain," Estay replied annoyedly. She nudged the laser saw with one foot until it rested on top of the other one. Then she kicked it up and caught it in her right hand. "I'm good!" she exclaimed. Twisting her wrist, she cut the chains off of her right hand. Then used her free hand to cut the other one loose.
It only took a few minutes to cut the cage open. She stepped out just as Rully and the Captain emerged from the other cage. "Lets go," Rullin said.
"You're not going anywhere," a voice from behind them said. Estay looked from Rullin to the tool bag with a meaningful glance. Rullin nodded imperceptably.
"Merdy, you have horrible timing," Estay said turning.
"I see you've managed to get out of my prison again," Merdan said.
Estay shrugged. "This time I had a laser saw. Last time it was a little bit harder."
"And how did you get out last time?" Merdan asked.
Estay laughed. "I can't believe you didn't figure it out! I mean, think about it. How is it that I could escape from your maximum security dungeon and not the regular prison?"
"I don't know!" Merdan growled.
"Fine, I'll show you," Estay said. She walked over to the cage. "See, the secret is the bars. Old fashioned iron bars. Well, imitation iron."
"So?" Merdan demanded. "I'm losing my patience," he threatened.
"So? So that's how I escaped." She sighed in annoyance. "Here, watch." Estay took a couple of deep breaths. On the last breath she exhaled as hard as she could, compressing her ribcage. Then she squeezed through the small opening between two bars. At last, she stood triumphant inside the cage. "Ta-da!" Estay walked around and out through the open door. "Simple, huh?"
"That! That was how you escaped?" Merdan demanded angrily. "All this time examining my layout, my security measures, worrying if more would find the way to escape!"
Estay shrugged. "Not unless they're really skinny."
Merdan gave an angry yell and lunged for Estay, but Rullin, who had used Estay's diversion to grab a tool from his pack, bashed Merdan on the back of the head.
"Good work," Estay said. "Now lets get out of here."
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"Well, if you've got a better one let's hear it," Beka answered.
Tyr was silent.
"I would've thought you'd like this plan," Beka continued. "It seems like your style."
"It is not my style to use children in my attacks!" Tyr said angrily.
Beka laughed. "So that's your problem. You're upset that we're the diversion and Rullin's the one doing the rescue. Face it Tyr, you like playing the hero."
Before Tyr could answer Rommie, Harper, and Trance came in carrying an armload of weapons. "Okay," Harper said dumping his weapons on the ground, "that's the last of 'em. Are you sure we need all this?"
"From what Rullin says, the Secret Police is made up of thousands of guards," Beka replied. "Trust me, we need 'em."
Rullin hurried down the alley way carrying a wrapped bundle under his arm. "Are we ready?" he asked.
Beka nodded.
"Great, take your positions and tell me when your in place," Rullin said.
Tyr rolled his eyes as Rullin hurried off. "Are we really going taking orders from a child?" he demanded.
"Yes Tyr," Rommie answered. "Our Captain's life depends on it. Trust me it will be in your best interests to listen to him," she said in a threatening voice.
Tyr growled "Suit yourselves, but we're probably going to be killed in this plan anyway." With that he left the alley to take his position.
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Rullin knelt down in front of the air duct for the dungeon. He made sure that the bundle containing his tools was securely wrapped. "We're in postion," Andromeda notified him.
"Great," Rullin answered. "As soon as you hear the alarm, start blasting."
"Okay."
Rullin pried off the grid over the air duct. Immediately an alarm inside the building sounded. That was the cue for the others to start fighting. Rullin crawled inside the airduct and replaced the grid. He began wrigling his way down the narrow tube. "I can't believe I'm breaking /into/ the dungeon," he muttered as he continued down the duct. "Estay, I'm going to kill you."
"Well, can you rescue me first?" came a familiar voice from below.
Rullin jumped -not a good thing to do in a small airduct- and bumped his head on the ceiling. "Ow!" Rullin looked down through the grid. "Estay is that you?"
"No, it's Merdan doing impressions," Estay replied sarcastically. "Of course it's me! Now get down here and break us out, would ya?"
"Who's this 'us'?" Rullin asked as he took out his mini laser saw and cut the grid open. He dropped down onto the floor of the hallway between two cages.
"You remember Captain Hunt," Estay said.
Rullin glanced behind him to the man in the cage opposite Estay. It was the Captain from the ship they'd broken into. "Oh, hi Captain."
"Hi," the Captain said.
"Yoo-hoo, Rully! Wanna get to the rescuing here? I'm not getting any younger," Estay exclaimed.
"Yeah, yeah," Rullin said. He took off the bundle of tools and unrolled it on the floor. "Why didn't you just escape like you did before?"
Estay wrattled the chains around her wrists. "Slight problem."
"Oh, those are new," Rullin remarked. He began cutting the bars off the Estay's cage.
"No wait, toss me a laser saw and I'll get myself out," Estay said. "You get the Captain free."
"Okay, you ready?" Rullin asked.
"Uh-huh," Estay answered. Rullin tossed the laser saw to her, but it fell short and landed on the ground. "Oh, nice throw," she said sarcastically.
Rullin shrugged. "Sorry."
"Just free the Captain," Estay replied annoyedly. She nudged the laser saw with one foot until it rested on top of the other one. Then she kicked it up and caught it in her right hand. "I'm good!" she exclaimed. Twisting her wrist, she cut the chains off of her right hand. Then used her free hand to cut the other one loose.
It only took a few minutes to cut the cage open. She stepped out just as Rully and the Captain emerged from the other cage. "Lets go," Rullin said.
"You're not going anywhere," a voice from behind them said. Estay looked from Rullin to the tool bag with a meaningful glance. Rullin nodded imperceptably.
"Merdy, you have horrible timing," Estay said turning.
"I see you've managed to get out of my prison again," Merdan said.
Estay shrugged. "This time I had a laser saw. Last time it was a little bit harder."
"And how did you get out last time?" Merdan asked.
Estay laughed. "I can't believe you didn't figure it out! I mean, think about it. How is it that I could escape from your maximum security dungeon and not the regular prison?"
"I don't know!" Merdan growled.
"Fine, I'll show you," Estay said. She walked over to the cage. "See, the secret is the bars. Old fashioned iron bars. Well, imitation iron."
"So?" Merdan demanded. "I'm losing my patience," he threatened.
"So? So that's how I escaped." She sighed in annoyance. "Here, watch." Estay took a couple of deep breaths. On the last breath she exhaled as hard as she could, compressing her ribcage. Then she squeezed through the small opening between two bars. At last, she stood triumphant inside the cage. "Ta-da!" Estay walked around and out through the open door. "Simple, huh?"
"That! That was how you escaped?" Merdan demanded angrily. "All this time examining my layout, my security measures, worrying if more would find the way to escape!"
Estay shrugged. "Not unless they're really skinny."
Merdan gave an angry yell and lunged for Estay, but Rullin, who had used Estay's diversion to grab a tool from his pack, bashed Merdan on the back of the head.
"Good work," Estay said. "Now lets get out of here."
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