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The Great Escape ~ We Are Scientists
I looked up at him.
'Trust him?'
I pondered upon the thought a little as the tears that stained my face began to fade.
I stood up as I pushed my back against the wall.
"Ok, what if I do trust you?"
His smile grew.
"Well, I could help get you and your sister out."
I looked at him amazed.
"What about Chris?" I asked, feeling a bit frightened.
"Well, I can't really help him out. He'll have to stay."
I was shocked at this.
"Wait! Why?"
"Well," he started playing around with the stuff on my dresser.
"I can't take all of you. I'll get into even more trouble. Plus, he doesn't look like he'd be much help to us."
I looked at him hesitantly.
My mouth started to dry out.
Was this really such a good idea?
"Us?"
He stopped flipping through the different game magazines and looked at me.
"Yeah, us. I don't live alone. I live with another Jumper."
I shuffled around a little.
"And you think that it would be such a great idea to get me and my sister into more problems! I don't even know who that guy is!"
He chuckled a little and threw his hands up in defense.
"Now, now. You don't have to come with me right now. I'll let you make up your mind and I'll be here tomorrow, ok?"
I thought about it for a second.
"Yeah, ok, sure."
He smirked at that.
"Good. Well, I'll be seeing you then?"
I nodded.
"I'll escort you to the door."
He followed me into the living room and half way down the stairs to the front door.
"I'll see you tomorrow?"
I just knew that when I said that, Anne and Chris were secretly eavesdropping.
"Yeah, see you then."
I nodded him off and closed the door behind him.
As soon as I closed it, Anne squealed and ran over to the top of the stairs.
"You have a date?"
I sighed.
"No, but if tonight doesn't go well, we're leaving."
Her cheeriness dissipated at once.
"Leaving?" She echoed.
I nodded and went up the stairs.
"Ok? We both can't leave at the same time you know."
I nodded as she followed me into the kitchen.
"I need you both to keep this under-wraps though, ok?"
I yelled the ok so Chris would hear me.
I herd an 'Ok.' back from him and Anne said it softly by me so I could hear Chris.
I smiled.
Maybe things would get better.
I, then, heard screeches outside and knew that Mom and Mark were back home.
Drunk.
Roland left them, apparently, which meant bad news for us.
I grabbed Anne's arm a little too harsh for her liking.
"What? What's going on?"
She started to freak.
I would never hurt her unless it was for a good cause.
The stern look on my face must have heightened her fears too.
"Nothing. Now, I want you and Chris to hide in your room ok?"
She started stumbling through the hallway as I pushed her through it.
"Chris! Come her now!" I called for him and he bolted to me.
When I called him, it was always for something important.
I pushed them both into Anne's room.
"Now, lock the door and don't come out, no matter what! I'll knock on the wall connected to our bedroom three times when it's ok to come in, ok?"
They both nodded at my instructions.
I slammed the door shut and I heard them lock it.
It seemed to echo in the eerie quietness of the house.
I could hear myself breathing as I stood outside of Anne's doorway.
I looked around alert down the hallway, then I glided quietly down it towards the kitchen.
"Where were you?" Mark said a little too calmly as he swung around and blocked one of the hallway exits.
It made me jump and made the anxiety in my stomach flip.
"I was out with Anne, shopping for food. Remember?"
I wasn't lying.
I was with Anne shopping, I just happened to spend a lot of time talking to Neal.
He doesn't need to know that though, especially because Neal is a Jumper.
Great.
Just great.
Now I have to keep two Jumper's secrets.
"You need to be able to keep track of your time better. I think that you deserve a punishment." He calmly stated as he started approaching me.
I was shaking and darted to the kitchen as he tried to make a grab for me.
I shrieked out of instinct when I saw Karen at the other side of the kitchen, blocking the only inside exit.
Mark came up behind me quickly as I dove under Karen.
She managed to grab my foot, but I kicked her off.
Bad move.
That's going to make my punishment even worse if I get caught.
I scrambled to get up, but Mark slid a hand around my waist and lifted me up so that I couldn't touch the floor anymore.
"No! No! Put me down!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.
Tears where streaming down my face so rapidly that I couldn't see anymore and I started clawing at random spots on his back and started biting him.
"Bitch!" He yelled as he threw me across my room.
He got out a belt and started beating me on any place on my body that I wasn't protecting at the moment.
I mostly protected my face, so I could at least not have to deal with that.
Mark grabbed my by my short hair and dragged me across the room again.
He lifted me up slowly by my hair and slammed me to the wooden floor.
I screamed out in pain as I felt a new bruise form.
"You'll pay for making us look like fools, you son of a bitch!"
He yelled at me again and started smacking me around.
I couldn't pull my hands up to defend myself because his arm was getting in the way.
He finally got up once I didn't have enough energy to fight back.
He spat on my face and muttered 'bitch' before he left, slamming the door behind him.
Once I herd him walk away, I crawled to the wall that connected Anne's room to mine and knocked three times on it.
I quickly herd a scramble from the other side and Anne and Chris rushed in.
They slowed down considerably once they saw what state I was in.
"Jesus Christ." Chris whispered as he softly shut the door after he got a good look at me.
Anne helped me up onto my bed carefully.
She started crying a little and started muttering that it was all her fault and she shouldn't have shopped for the clothes.
I chuckled a little and grabbed her hand.
"It's all right. It's not your fault. Go to bed. The sun always rises."
She nodded as she whispered to Chris to go to bed too.
I turned onto my back, trying to stop the pain on my tailbone and quickly fell asleep.
I woke up the next morning to a surprise.
Instead of freezing cold water, I got scorching hot, boiling water.
I shrieked out of pain and tried to get up.
I cringed as soon as I felt the pain on my tailbone and the pull of the other bruises and cuts on my body.
I got up and did my normal routine.
Today was a normal day, except that I limped the whole day and I wasn't allowed to talk and nobody could talk to me either.
It was about 11:47 at night when I heard a tap on my window.
I opened it up and saw Neal outside.
"How's it going, princess?"
He was sitting on a tree branch on a tree not far from my window.
It was about two feet away.
I certainly wouldn't try to jump onto it though.
I sighed and replied: "Not so good."
"Huh." He said as he bobbed his head up and down and looked away thoughtfully.
"Have you made your mind up?" He asked turning back to me with his head half tilted.
I nodded.
"I'm going with you."
He smiled and started bobbing his head again.
"Ok, then. Get your stuff."
I nodded and quickly started packing my clothes that Anne just bought me and my bathroom needs that I had to sneak out of my room to get.
I found a camera I used to use and saw that it still had plenty of film left in it.
I took it and took a picture of my room, in case I needed to come back for something.
I threw my stuff out of my window and hopped off of the window ledge.
I landed on my feet, but they hurt from the punishment last night and the uneven ground.
Neal jumped down to me and I muttered 'show off'.
"Ready to go?"
"What about Anne?" I asked him quietly.
"We'll get her tomorrow around the same time. How's that?"
I fidgeted nervously and looked up at my window.
"Alright." I finally gave in.
"Let's go."
He put both of his hands on my waist as I grabbed my bag.
"Hold on." He said as I wrapped my arms around his neck.
He jumped us somewhere, but I couldn't see.
My vision was blurry, but there were a lot of hardware lights.
It seemed like there was a computer or two and maybe a big TV?
I started stumbling around after I let go of his neck since my coordination had also been effected.
"Neal? Where are we?"
I fell onto a couch?
"Just take it easy, princess. Get some sleep. It's pretty late."
Neal picked me up bridal style as he carried me through rooms and hallways.
He set me down on a bed and covered me up.
"Good night." He said as he turned off the lights.
"Night." I whispered back and fell into a deep, and much needed, sleep.
