A/n: thanks for the reviews again, guys. I'm going to concentrate on finishing this fic in the next couple of weeks because blitz is at a tricky stage and I need a break from trying to write the new chapter. Sorry about that.
Chapter 14: Escape
Brin returned to Logan's cell about an hour later. He looked up at her with concern.
"Everything going to plan so far?" he asked.
"Yes, sir. Colonel Lydecker has taken the director to the other end of the building to observe an X7 training session."
"You don't have to call me sir, Brin. My name is Logan. Did you get the weapons?"
"Yes." Brin passed him a suspiciously familiar handgun.
"Hey, this is mine. How'd you get hold of it?"
"I stole it when we brought you in, in case of emergencies. It's higher quality than the standard issue."
"What is it with X5s and larceny?" Asked Logan, pushing the gun out of sight down the side of his chair. Seeing brin's confusion, he sighed. "Never mind. Let's go."
They proceeded to Renfro's office, and the highest clearance computer teminal in the building. Brin maintaining their cover by pointing her standard issue gun at the back of Logan's head. None of the guards questioned further when she told them she was taking him for questioning. At last, Logan rolled into the office, Brin close behind.
"Ok, would you keep watch at the door while I do my thing?"
"Yes, sir."
"I asked you to quit calling me that." He pushed Renfro's executive swivel chair out of his way and smiled when he saw that she was still logged in to her computer.
Swiftly he accessed the files on the rogue X5's and dumped them onto a spare disk he found on the desk. Then he froze all the security cameras. Not as effective as looping them, but he didn't have time to do it properly. He checked the time; fifteen minutes left.
Next, he opened his online email account and sent a particularly nasty, and undetectable, virus he had saved there for emergencies to Renfro's computer. He set a ten minute timer on it so it would wipe her hard disk once he had finished with it, neatly getting rid of any trace that he had been in the system.
Finally, he changed the door override code to 7-15-15-4-2-25-5 (GOODBYE) so only he could use it, got into the security mainframe and set off every alarm in the building. Automatically, all the doors locked down, trapping every soldier, genetically enhanced or not, exactly where they were.
On the spur of the moment, he stole Renfro's laptop from her desk and stuffed it into the storage space under his chair with the disk.
"Ok, Brin, time to go home. Lead the way out."
The two escapees marched and rolled quickly to the main exit without incident, although the din of the alarms was starting to give Logan a headache. He punched in the code one final time at the external door and as it opened they saw a class of around twenty-five children in fatigues and their instructors outside, trying to get in.
Sorry it's so short, I'll try and update again soon. Nearly written 15 already.