Thanks for the feedbacks, they are inspiring. So here is the second part of the escape.
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Five pairs of eyes were fixed to the latch as it was rotating slowly. No one dared to breathe loud fearing that the sound could alert the guard about their presence. Michael's fast reflex had turned off the torch's fire, his arm held it in the air beneath the cylinder's arch. The sepulchral silence was interrupted by the shaky noise of the vibrating door but it didn't open up. After five eternal seconds the guard freed the latch and walked away following his patrol road.
None of them had the courage to move, not even a single hair, until they couldn't hear the guard's footsteps any longer. Just in case, they waited five immobile minutes in absolute silence.
The first person to react was Charles Westmoreland. He was kneeled on a corner watching how the base of the box was burned by a rivet. He had had to use a box with each rivet. The old man slowly stood up and searched another box.
Michael lowered his aching arm and looked for a match into his pocket. He found the last one praying that no guard came back, otherwise he couldn't light the torch once again.
The fire blazed over the front of the rivet making it red while the tips of the knives pressed firmly on the base to expel it. After fifteen minutes of arduous work the rivet screeched smoothly and furrowed the air toward the box that awaited it. Michael was impressed by Charles' dexterity. He never let it fall.
Up to now the setbacks had been overcome but there was something the strategist didn't foresee, without the support of the rivets the whole weight of the pipe fell on the flimsy hands of T-Bag. It was too much for the criminal's weak contexture. There was only one law in this world that Theodore never could infringe, no matter how he tried. He staggered as the pipe slipped aside dragging the little man down.
If the tube reached the ground they would be in serious troubles, the noise would alert all the guards around…
