Okay people, I'm back! It's been a while since I've posted anything. That was partly because I had writer's block, partly because of being busy, and finally because I haven't gotten any reviews!!!!!!!!!!!! There have been no reviews since the second chapter. This is the sixth! I like writing this story, but I won't post it unless people are reading it.
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Chapter 6
Akikota, Present Day
"Alright, we have a few choices for a safe house. The first one is right within the boundaries of their patrol routes," I say, pointing to the safe house on the map, "That means we could get were we need to quickly, but there could be a guard patrolling right outside our doorstep. Another option is the safe house that is pretty far from their patrol routes," I point to that one on the map, "It would take longer to get to the important places, but they couldn't catch us because we would be outside of their territory. The final option is the safe house that is on the coast and just outside the enemy patrol lines," I point to the safe house on the map, "This one is kind of the balance between the other two. A guard still might be waiting outside our door, but it isn't likely." I state. I prefer the last one, but it doesn't matter much.
"I like the sound of the second one," Bentley says.
"I like the first one better," Sly says in reply.
"Then we'll have a vote between all three," I say.
"Why all three? No one said they liked the third one," Sly asks.
"Because I like the third one and maybe Murray and Penelope do too and didn't feel like saying anything," I reply. I search for a piece of paper, find one, and then draw three columns on it. Then I write 1, 2, or 3 at the top of each column with the pencil that I had found also. "Put a tally mark in the column that has the number of the safe house you want to choose," I say, drawing a tally mark underneath number 3. I then hand the paper to Sly and he marks his vote and then passes it to Murray, and so on and so forth.
Soon the paper was passed back to me. I counted up the votes. "It looks like it's a tie between #1 and #3." I report. "Bentley, which would you prefer, #1 or #3?" I ask Bentley.
"I guess I like number three better," he says after a short pause.
"Yes! Number three it is!" I exclaim. We then drive to the safe house.
When we get there me, Sly, Bentley, and Penelope get out of the van and Murray goes to find a place to park the van. I pick the lock on the door and slip inside. Sly, Penelope, and Bentley follow. "Will we have to pick the lock to get in?" Penelope asks.
"No, we'll just leave the door unlocked," I reply. We look around the room. There are stairs on the far wall (southern wall), and a door. There are two windows on the eastern wall. On the west-facing wall there is a window overlooking the ocean. Under the window there is a couch. In the center of the room there is a table with six chairs around it. "Why is there all this furniture in here?" Bentley asks.
"I heard that this house was foreclosed a long time ago. The people must have had a small car so they couldn't bring the furniture with them. The bank owns this place now, but they haven't done anything with it, or sold it," I explain.
"That's odd," says Penelope. We all jolt up when Murray bangs on the door. I run over and open the door. I say to Murray,"Don't make so much noise. The door is unlocked."
"Oh, sorry," Murray says.
"Well, whatever. Anyway, where did you park the van?" I ask.
"I parked it in a garage to the north," he replies.
"Oh, crap! You parked the van in Dalade's attack vehicle garage. We'd better go get it, before they find it," I state.
"No, the van!!!!" Murray shouts.
"Calm down Murray, the van will be okay. You and Sly will go retrieve the van as fast as possible. The rest of us will direct you from back here," Bentley calmly states. And now we start Mission Van Retrieval!
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