Ellie and Sean huddled together outside the school.
"Does anyone have a phone?" Spinner asked.
"The one time I actually need it, I don't have it." Manny complained.
Spinner hugged her.
JT and Marco were holding hands, both shaking with fear.
"Does anyone have money? We can try the pay phone." Ellie suggested but everyone was broke.
"Maybe we can find enough spare money on the ground to call the cops." Marco said.
"Or we can pull the fire alarm." Sean said, looking down at the ground.
"What would that do?" JT asked, smugly.
"If you pull the fire alarm an alarm goes off in the fire department. They look at this big map of the area that they have on the wall. A red light flashes in the exact location of where the alarm went off." Sean was still staring intently at the ground.
"But someone has to go back inside to pull the alarm." Ellie said, nervousness growing in her voice.
"I'll go." Sean said, looking up for the first time.
"No. I don't want you going back in there." Ellie pleaded.
"I have to. To save us. To save Emma and Jay." Sean looked into her eyes but she grabbed on to his arm, not letting him go.
"I'll go." Spinner said, walking towards the front door.
"No!" Manny shrieked, running after him, but Marco held her back.
"He has to." JT said, softly.
When Spinner entered the school, smoke overwhelmed him. But he found the fire alarm and pulled it, the blaring noise ringing out through the halls. He tried to look deeper to see if he could spot Emma of Jay. But the smoke stung his eyes and he had to get out.
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"Do you know who that is?" Emma said, gawking at the face.
"Isn't that the owner of the Dot?" Jay asked.
"No! That's Rick's father!" Emma cried.
Jay put his arms around Emma and pushed her over to the window, quickly helping her out, and then jumping out himself.
They rushed around to the front of the building where they saw Sean, Ellie, Manny, JT, and Marco. Someone was missing.
"Where's Spinner?" Emma asked.
"He went inside." Manny said, sadly.
"What? Why?" Jay asked, panicking.
"To pull the fire alarm. And get the firemen here." Sean explained.
"I wanna know who the guy with the gun was." Marco said.
Emma and Jay exchanged glances.
"Of course they know." Sean said, "Jay wouldn't leave without looking at the guy's face."
"So who is it?" JT asked.
Emma huddled close to Jay, "Rick's father."