Chapter 8: It's Cory time
The President, Samantha, Cory, Newt, Meena, Mr Baxter, Sophie, and Stickler all sat on the ground of the bunker. They had been stuck there for at least a day. They had used everything in their disposal except..
"Alright now that the situation is grim, we can use my gadgets" said Stickler
Cory stood up "has the last day just been a code blue to you?!"
"Ok first of all, Baxter, code green is right before red, second these are high grade gadgets only for emergencies"
"Well I'm so glad we've gotten to the point where you decide it's gotten too bad" Cory was moving slowly from sarcastic to aggressive
Meena stood up "Ok you're both done now, Stick, what do you have"
Stickler looked proud "it's a mini drill, and had I used it immediately we would have been caught by whoever did this the second we got up there, Mr. President, what's directly above this area?"
Martinez looked up "should be my bedroom"
"Well if someone could give me a boost to the ceiling, I'll get us out" Cory reluctantly boosted up Stickler. Stickler attached himself to the drill and disappeared, a minute later, a wire dropped to the ground, Cory looked up to see a light at the end he clipped the wire to his belt and was pulled up, Newt grabbed his feet and they flew up. They rose to the light into Martinez's room and noticed Stickler set up a pulley system. The rest of the group followed.
"Now what?" Asked Cory
Martinez pulled a gun out of his drawer "we tell everyone we're alive it'll give people hope."
President Martinez walked into the room "what the hell's going on?"
"Holy shit it's the guy I found at the mall to replace you" Cory turned to the real Martinez
"Well this is the only thing I can do now" Martinez shot the imposter in the midsection before he could call security "quick, this way"
They all went into a secret cabinet that was actually a secret room "how long have you had this?" Asked Samantha
"It's been here since the Cold War, but it's my panic room" he said
"Where are we going" Newt looked around in awe
"We've gotta leave right now, they'll be on high alert now" there was a military garage at the end with military truck. Martinez grabbed two uniforms and gave one to Cory "put this on and ride shotgun" he handed Stickler a rifle "In case they check the back, everyone in"
They piled in as Cory and Martinez put of the uniforms and got in themselves. The garage opened up in town away from the White House and they drove out after going through several checkpoints "we're gonna hide away out of town and see how things unfold" Martinez was happy despite all the things that had happened, he had gotten away alive and had saved the people he loved. He had a safehouse nearby, things were beginning to unfold just as he suspected.