Chapter Five
Mort and Kathy were sitting in Ashleys office. Ashley didn't look too happy. She had found out what had happened.
"What should your punishment be?" Ashley asked,'' No dinner for a week, lock you in the basement with one meal a day, or beat you until you pass out. Tricky.''
Leo walked into the room.
"Ashley,'' Leo said,'' Have you decided yet? The kids are getting out of hand. You need to hurry.''
"Fine,'' Ashley said,'' Lock them in the basement, with one meal a day., for about a week.''
"But,'' Leo said,'' That's a little rude. Can't you do something else?"
"No,'' Ashley said,'' Sara will take them to the basement.''
Sara led them to the basement. Leo and Ashley were arguing. The basement wasn't that far away. Sara led them down there, quickly ran out and locked the door. The basement looked like it had not been clean for awhile. There was an old, torn up, bed. The wallpaper was torn in different places. It was not that big either. There was only one blanket that had holds in it. Kathy and Mort looked at each other.
"I think we should ditch this place,'' Mort said,'' Go somewhere far away and live together.''
"That don't sound bad,'' Kathy said,'' But we are just kids, we can't live with each other, all alone.''
"We can ask Leo to come with us,'' Mort said.
"You know he will come,'' Kathy said,'' But, I want to stay here. My dad promised me he would be back to pick me up and he never brakes his promises.''
"It's been over two years,'' Mort said,'' He is not coming back.''
"He left me somewhere for almost three years before and he came back.''
Mort fell silent.' Maybe he will come back,' Mort thought,' He'll take her away. Maybe he'll take me too.'
Just then the door apened and Leo walked in, with a sad look on his face.
"You have to stay down here for a week,'' Leo said,'' But she said if you were good, she might let you out early.''
"Okay,'' Mort said,'' Can you get us some blankets? There is none down here, unless you count the one that could pass as a rag.''
"I'll see what I can do,'' Leo said, leaving the basement.
"A week,'' Kathy said,'' I can't stay down here for a week.''
"Too bad,'' Mort said,'' We are here.''
"Your idea don't seem to be bad,'' Kathy said,'' Lets make a plan.''
Mort and Kathy sat on the floor start to make a plan. Leo came into the room about a half an hour later, with some blankets.
"What are you talking about?" Leo asked.
"We want to leave,'' Mort said.
Leo stared at them for awhile.' Leave?' Leo thought,' Where would they go?'
"I can't allow that,'' Leo said,'' Sorry. Here are your blankets.''
Leo handed them the blankets and left. He went to Ashleys office.
"Keep an eye on the cameras tonite,'' Leo said.
"They are going to try and escape,'' Ashley said,'' We'll keep an eye on the cameras. They are not going anywhere.''
It was almost night. That's when Kathy and Mort were going to leave. They didn't care that Leo wouldn't help them. They were going to leave anyway. Leo checked on them nearly every hour.
"Good nite,'' Leo said as he shut the door.
Mort and Kathy sat there for five minutes.
"Ready?" Kathy asked.
"As ready as I'll every be,'' Mort said as they walked up the stairs.
"Sara is gaurding the door,'' Kathy said,'' This shouldn't be to hard.''
The door was unlocked. Kathy pushed it opened hard andit hit Sara, knocking her out. Kathy and Mort climbed up the wall to the ceiling, the only place the camera couldn't see. Ashley had placed the cameras near the ground. She did place some cameras on the ceiling in the common room. Mort and Kathy were silent as they passed people that were stil awake. When they came to the commone room they jumped off the walls and made a run for the door.
"Stop,'' Someone yelled as they pushed the doors opened and ran down the hall.
Ashley and Leo ran out of their offices and ran to the front desk. The person pointed in the direction and ran down the hall. Kathy and Mort pushed the door opened and ran down the street. They looked behind them to see Ashley and Leo come out of the building.
"Run faster,'' Mort said.
They ran down some alley ways and onto the main road. They didn't stop running for about a half an hour. They stoped and sat down on a bench. They were in a park.
"Nice,'' Kathy said,'' Reminds me of home.''
"Where did you live?" Mort asked.
"In Canada,'' Kathy said,'' I know, far away. But it was beautiful. I would always run into the woods.''
"I wish I knew my perents,'' Mort whispered.
"We shouldn't stay here,'' Kathy said,'' They have cops looking for us. We should get out of here and fast.''
"You're right,'' Mort said,'' Lets go.''
They got up and walked off, just as a cop walked by. They walked for awhile, then they jumped on the roof of a trailer. They fell asleep as the trailer pulled out of the state.
