"If this doesn't work, I don't think anything will," Shelby spoke to Cyd. Both girls took deep breaths to try and calm their racing nerves.
"Let's not think like that," Cyd said, reaching for Shelby's hand, sending them once more to the future lab.
Since their last unsuccessful trip to the future lab, they had done some more thinking and planning. Because the higher powers at GDD knew their names, they knew they couldn't use their real names once they escaped. They thought about just getting out of the country and going by fake names to get out of the U.S. but it wasn't an idea they were very fond of.
They had considered going to stay with Cyd's parents in Peru once they left the country, if they followed that plan of action, but they realized that that would be too predictable. In the end, they had decided to do what they were doing right now.
Cyd and Shelby had gone to the future empty handed save their disguises. They thought they'd do a little acting to get themselves out of the future lab.
When Cyd and Shelby heard the man in the suit approaching, they began to struggle against their restraints. "What the heck!" exclaimed a deep, masculine, voice when the man in the suit was supposed to come in. "Who the heck are you?"
This was really when the plan came into action. "We're from England," Shelby spoke, putting on the best fake English accent she could. "My name is Emily and this is my friend Ava. We were visiting with our class on a trip to your country when these two girls pulled us away from our group, brought us here, and strapped us to these tables." Shelby hoped her lie had worked; she and Cyd waited for his reaction with bated breath.
"Uh," he stuttered. "I'll be back," he coughed awkwardly and left the room. He returned a few minutes later with a few other men Cyd and Shelby recognized from their other trips to the future lab. With them was Janet Smythe. They thought that they were dead now that the top person had been brought in. They got ready to reach out for each other if they needed to make a quick exit.
"What's your story?" Janet asked. Apparently the man in the suit hadn't told her their story. This time, Cyd told it.
"I didn't think there was supposed to be a school group here today," Janet spoke. Cyd and Shelby thought that this was going to be their end for sure, but Janet continued. "Then again, I hate kids." Janet went over to the girls and released them from the restraints. They got off the tables slowly and cautiously. A couple guards took the girls and showed them the way out of the building, all the while alarms blared around them, warning every one of the 'escape' of the time travelers.
Once outside the building, Cyd and Shelby tried not to look back in a suspicious way. "Wait, shouldn't they have brought us back to the rest of our school group, not outside?" Shelby asked.
"Who cares," Cyd said. "That was all a lie," she added, dropping her voice. "Let's just head off somewhere and make sure this works."
"Right," Shelby said. The girls continued walking, taking a route that wouldn't have been expected of them to take. They didn't head back home or to school for the time being, that would be too suspicious. After all, they were supposedly two British girls.
They stopped outside a store where several TVs displayed the news in their front windows. Janet Smythe was on each of the screens, giving a formal statement about the escape of the time travelers they had that morning.
A man beside them scoffed. "Probably didn't even have anyone who could time travel in the first place. They just wanted the attention." The man scoffed again and continued on his way.
"If only they knew, hey Shelbs?"
"Cyd, we're not supposed to use our real names," Shelby said, clamping her hand over her mouth immediately after the words had escaped her; she had just done exactly what she was telling Cyd not to do.
They looked around them frantically for the people from GDD that they supposed were going to be getting to them at any time now. When a suspicious unmarked van rounded the corner, they took off, not taking a second to actually think logically. They weren't quick enough. The van caught up to them and people from GDD got out of the van and grabbed hold of them. Another person took their wigs off and the girls were identified as the missing time travelers. They reached for each other's hands and were sent back to their room.
"How come nothing ever works!?" Cyd exclaimed angrily.
"I dunno," Shelby shrugged sadly. They changed out of their disguises and threw everything back in its hiding spot. They sat down and began trying to figure out their next escape and how to improve upon this one.
A/N: So I have just a few more chapters or so ready and mostly written for this. I think the last one is going to be something you either hate or love with no in between because I've had that written for a while.
Sorry it took me so much longer than before to update this. I have few credits but a larger work-load this semester than last. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this and I'd love to hear what you thought about it—what you liked and didn't like. Constructive criticism is always welcome. Thanks,
-CrazyHayniac