A/N: Thanks for the reviews! I attempted to break it more during conversations, and I tried to be more careful with my grammar. Thanks to you guys, my writing should improve overtime. ^^
There won't be any updates for a while, seeing as I am moving across the continental U.S. D: Therefore, there was no action in this chapter. I didn't want to accidentally leave a cliffhanger. Don't you guys hate when a story ends on a cliffhanger and then isn't updated for a month or longer?
That night, Kairi and I snuck out to the solitary confinement center. Thankfully, there weren't many guards. It's called solitary confinement for a reason, isn't it?
"This way," Kairi whispered to me. As quietly as we could, we sneaked around to a barely visible, barred window peeking out from the layers of sand the building was buried in.
"Riku?" Kairi hissed, leaning into the bars. A dark silhouette appeared, silvery hair made visible by the moonlight.
"Riku!" I nearly shouted, then clamped my mouth shut. "Trying to get us all caught, are we?" he muttered sarcastically. "I am not!" I replied indignantly. "Come on, Riku. What is this all about?" Kairi urged, trying to get us back on topic. "It's about fighting for our freedom." He said. "The Elders are using the box as an excuse to be tyrannical dictators. It's time we stood up against them."
Silence. Only the chirping of crickets could be heard while Kairi and I attempted to absorb this. Fight for freedom? We had been taught in school that we were free, and now Riku was implying that they had never been free.
"Fight…for freedom?" Kairi said to herself, almost testing those words. "Yes." He said impatiently. "Why do you think we were rebelling? Well, more like me." He added. "We didn't know you actually meant to be late! We thought we were sleeping in late, because 'waking up early for a box is stupid.'" I quoted his earlier words. "Anyway, what do you mean by 'freedom?'" I asked. He snorted, as if it were the most idiotic question ever. "Freedom? You know, waking up on your own time, living by your own rules, learning what you want to learn…At least, that's what we did where I came from before I moved here." When he saw our puzzled faces, he sighed. "Think of the feeling you get when you are playing on the island during our Exercise Period." The wind running through our hair, the salt water on our feet, the privacy we had, the games we created with no rules preset…
"Freedom!" Kairi said dreamily. "Yes. That is our goal."
"What's your plan?"
"Bust me out tomorrow night. Then, we are going to sneak into the shrine and grab the Box, if there is one, and prove to the town that there's nothing to fear."
"It sounds simple enough," I commented. "How will we get you out?"
"Well, these walls are basically made of cardboard. If we light it on fire, I should be fast enough to escape. Just bring me a lighter; I'll take care of the rest of the escape. You guys work on creating a good pick to pick the lock of the back door to the shrine, as well as mapping out a fairly concealed path to it. Some water would probably be good, just in case I inhale the smoke." He added thoughtfully. "Now go!" he urged. We both nodded mutely, and then ran back to the housing development. "Meet me tomorrow morning in our secret place!" Kairi hissed. "Deal!" I responded. "See you then!" With that, I climbed through my window and into my bed.