Chapter 4
4 years later
So tonight, is the big one, Throughout the years I have taken part in endless demonstrations, marches and protests all in the name of animal rights, but I have never broken in somewhere to free animals before. Admittedly, there has always been a part of me that had wanted to, but I guess I had been too scared of doing something illegal. Yes, I am petrified of the consequences that tonight could possibly bring with it, strangely I also feel empowered by the thought of rescuing these poor creatures from the hell they are currently existing in. Three more hours to go…
They said they would be here! Twelve thirty on the dot and I am alone, no one to be seen for miles. How I thought that wearing a balaclava and dressing entirely in black would reduce my worry, I don't know. It hasn't, in fact anxiety is rushing through every vein in my entire body. Maybe pacing would help? Okay, that didn't help either, my heart just pounded faster and I began violently shaking.
Footsteps were becoming increasingly apparent. Struggling to catch my breath, I fell back against the cold brick wall. 'Annie?' A heavy sigh of relief escaped my wreck of a body. Ben had recently joined the animal liberation front, he looked equally, if not more shook up than I currently was. 'You scared the shit out of me!' his face held an apologetic demise momentarily, quickly replaced by a look of fear as we both remembered where we were and what our purpose was.
Two more nail biting minutes was all we had to endure until the three other activists appeared. Mary, the leader of the group, persuaded me to come tonight. She told me persistently throughout my activism that its very rarely that something goes wrong and anyone gets in trouble or caught. That so much planning and consideration goes into something such as this, and I should rest my worrisome mind. Mary looked surprisingly calm and collective as she went over the plan and the instructions one last time. My job was simple. My job was to collect the key from behind the reception desk, the one that was labelled 'room 32' and with this I was to go down the corridor and on my first right go up one flight of stairs, and the door would be the first one on the right. All I had to do was unlock the door and get as much of the rabbits I could get from the cages and take them out with me.