Chapter 11- Saving Carl.
A.N. Just to clear something up here, the team did go on to different floors in chapter 10, but they were not mentioned. This was because the doors were locked, and it seemed useless to say they went to different floors. This is just so you are not confused by any descriptions in this chapter. Enjoy it! - badwolf1
Jimmy and the others stared at the balcony above them, and wondered how to get up to it. It was a difficult climb, and there appeared to be no other way to reach the top floor.
"We have to do something, our way to Carl may be up there." Cindy said, and everybody nodded in agreement.
"There has to be another way, I doubt Hunt would lasso himself up there all the time." Jimmy said, and everyone went back into the office they had been in moments before.
"Look around." Libby said, and the team began to scour the office for something useful. After a few minutes, Sheen found a button underneath Mr Hunt's desk.
"I found something!" He shouted, and without hesitation pressed the button. Instantly a curtain drew back, and a lift appeared. The freedom fighters stepped inside.
The lift was large, and comfortable. It only had one button, and that was up. Clearly it had been designed simply for one purpose, to give Mr Hunt and his staff access to the top floor. And to keep other people out.
The lift shot upwards, and stopped at the top floor.
"What are a strange hotel." Sheen remarked.
"Yeah the layout is ridiculous, the rooms unrealistic, it's as if Hunt never wanted people to leave." Cindy replied.
"That was probably the point, once you come in you don't walk back out. The only way you exit is in a body bag." Libby added.
"Yeah well that isn't going to happen to us, we leave with Carl; and we all leave together." Jimmy said strongly, and the conversation ended.
The top floor was different to the other floors the team had seen, it was more advanced and computers were in every room. The other floors had been regular, and boring. This was the exact opposite. The team stepped into one room, and found it was destroyed, bullets were everywhere and there were laser marks on the walls.
"What happened here?" Cindy asked quietly.
"I don't know, but we don't have time to find out." Jimmy answered, and they kept on going.
After ten minutes the freedom fighters reached a door labelled "Security." Slowly they opened the door, and found it full of monitors and security footage.
"Over here!" Libby shouted, and everyone came over to see what she wanted.
"Door override." Sheen read, and laughed triumphantly. "Great now we can open the doors and save Carl!" He shouted joyfully.
"That is what you would like to think." A cold evil voice said, and the group turned around slowly.
A tall muscled man was standing in the doorway holding an automatic Uzi gun in his hands, and he was smiling cruelly.
"I don't know how you found this place, but you're not leaving." The gun burst into life, and once again, a shield saved the resistance. The security room had it's own defence system, including a shield. This now sprung into life around Jimmy and the others, protecting them from certain death. Then the other security function occurred, a massive scythe swung through the doorway slicing the man in half. It swung back again, and disappeared.
"Talk about cutting edge technology." Jimmy said, and examined their assailant.
"He was a sergeant." Cindy muttered as she stared at the body.
"Hunt probably sent him to finish us." Jimmy whispered, he had witnessed death before; but still to see a man butchered in front of him…
"Jimmy an emails come up." Libby told him, he nodded and tore his eyes away from the mess. He opened the email; it contained a message for them.
"That's twice I've saved you Neutron, you need to watch yourself. Hunt is on level 3 now, and Carl is on level 1. Once you open those doors the soldiers will pour out, but there is another way on this floor. Look for the vault, that could help you. In more ways than one.
See you soon. Anonymous."
"Someone saved us." Jimmy said.
"What?" Cindy asked him.
"Somebody activated that system, or we would be dead now." He replied, and he focused himself.
The freedom fighters carried on, they had pressed the button; and the soldiers were definitely on their way. The vault was in a small dark room, a corridor from the security room. The key was on top, without thinking Jimmy opened up the safe. Inside was a button which he then pressed, similar to Hunt's office an elevator appeared. Jimmy noticed something else inside the safe, he picked it up and his eyes widened in shock. He pocketed the item, and the journey continued.
The lift stopped at level 1, and the resistance crept out. Jimmy was horrified at what he saw, hundreds of people were being forced to work. They were carrying heavy metal items; people were hot and dehydrated; most of them were collapsing. It was slavery, plain and simple. Jimmy's eyes scanned the large circular room for his friend and he found him
"Carl!" He ran over to him, and helped him.
"Come on Carl, we need to escape. While the soldiers are looking for us." Cindy said, the boy nodded. It was too much of an effort to speak yet.
The group set off, and reached the main hall; when they were stopped.
"Where do you think you're going?" Mr Hunt asked them, and he drew out his whip. The people were watching them, Jimmy could only think of one thing.
"Run riot!" He screamed at the people, who stayed still for a second. And then they ran everywhere trying to escape, in all the confusion the group slipped away. But not for long.
"Oh no you don't!" Mr Hunt shouted, and he followed them, Sheen skidded to a halt, and turned.
"Go!" He shouted to Jimmy.
"What are you doing?" Came the reply.
"I'll hold Hunt off, get to safety!"
"You can't do it alone!"
"Trust me!" Sheen shouted, the words had a great affect on Jimmy who nodded and ran with the others.
"It's game time." He muttered, and charged heroically into battle…
A.N. Review, Review, Review! Until next time- badwolf1.
