Chapter 8

Ranger's POV

I watched them as they danced. Brittany was a good dancer but Steph was not really all that great. Finally, after a couple of minutes, Tank's laughing, and Brittany telling her to stop, did she notice us here. She got this cute horrified look on her face.

I don't think I was ready for what happened next because I jumped about a foot in the air. There was a loud ringing in my ears. It was the alarm siren for when someone had broken into the building. I started on the pocess that I had drilled into my guy's heads many years ago. Evacuate first, check it out later.

"Make it stop!" Brittany was on her knees covering her ears.

"Tank! Get Brittany and leave!" I shouted over the siren. "I'll get Steph."

I watched as Tank ran over, grabbed her and flung her over his shoulder. I ran to get Steph.

I grabbed her despite her protesting and walked briskly out the door.

Brittany's POV

I quickley fell asleep slung over Tank's shoulder. What can I say...Dad used to do that when I was little to get me to go to sleep. Weird, I know.

When I woke up I was in an unfamiliar room. I moved around in the bed trying to get comfortable and realized I wasn't wearing the jeans that I had been carried out of the apartment in. I looked down at myself. Orange velvet pajama pants and an orange velvet spaghetti strap tank top. Definitley not mine. First of all, I would never wear orange. Too bright of a color for me. Secondly, I usually can't sleep in pants. I need to have shorts.

Anyways, I got up to go and snoop (my typical thing) and walked to the first door. It was a bathroom. Whoopdee do. The second one was a closet. I opened it and there were clothes in it. I hope im not invading someones room. I found my clothes at the end of the bed and put them on. I decided that if they were going to put me here then they might as well expect me to snoop around. I mean seriously, Im a teenager. So i walked out door into what appeared to be a hallway then down that until I got to a room that looked like a living room. I heard commotion and saw movement in the room connected to that. I stopped and listened. They were arguing.

"They could have gotten her!" That was mom.

"I know that." Ranger.

"Andrew is sooo going to kill me for this." No he wouldn't. Worse stuff has happened with him and I think he actually might be happy that I just got out alive. A little over dramatice but thats the way it was.

"The important thing is that she, or anyone else, didnt get hurt." Now that was a voice that I didn't recognize.

I stepped in and made my presence known. "I'm right here you know." I said exasperated.

"Brittany!" There was surprise all around. There were at least 15 people there and I only know 4. Mom, Ranger, Tank, and to my surprise or not, Diego. All the others looked like they could all be related to Ranger and Diego. "What's going on?"

Ranger stepped forward to speak. "There was a break-in at Rangeman."

"And?"

"And what? You're here now and you're staying here for a while."

"Well where exactly am I?"

"If I told you..."

"I'd have to kill you...Right?" I interuppted.

"Something like that."

"This doesnt mean I like you, you know."

He grunted at that.