Mandi heard Brittany sigh in relief, at Roland's news a few days later.
"Really?" the excitement in her voice wasn't disguised, in the least. "We'll be there tomorrow?" her eyes were shining.
"Well, we could be there, today, but it'll be better if we wait till tomorrow to confront him." Roland said, almost absent-mindedly.
Robin growled. "If we can get her out today, then why wait?" It was clearly obvious that he was anxious to get his soulmate back.
"Because, if we do go today, we'll all be tired and worn out. If we go tomorrow, we'll have a better chance of actually getting her out without getting caught." Roland snapped back at the brunette.
Robin sighed, and hesitantly agreed. As they were looking for a cave to sleep in, that night, Mandi couldn't help but notice how much they'd all changed in the last week. Everybody's skin had drawn over their faces, to make them look older, and more mature. And they'd all probably have lost weight, considering all the climbing they'd been doing, and the fact that they'd run out of food two days ago.
Plus, they were all wiser, probably. Mandi wasn't sure how, she just knew that they all were. As she looked at her companions, she noticed knowledge ages beyond their time. They'd been more in just this past week then most people go through in a life time. And Tyler's probably gone through more, she probably had stories to tell them.
Tyler...
Worry began to work it's way into Mandi's gut. Were they treating her alright? Was she healthy? Or was she-Mandi couldn't bring herself to think the word. If they hadn't been giving her water, she very well could be. The human body couldn't survive a whole week without water.
Don't think like that. She stubernlly told herself. Tyler is alive, she has to be.
Yet, she couldn't shake the feeling, that, maybe Tyler was dead. It was a constant nagging feeling that just wouldn't go away, no matter how much Mandi tried to fight it.
"Is there anything we should know about the hideout?" she asked, to try and keep her mind off of the subject of Tyler.
Roland turned around to face her, his eyes had lost their mischivious shine. They hadn't been sarcastic or willful since that day, when he had eavesdropped on Mandi and Brittany.
"Only singing carries. So, most the time prisoners just sing to get messages apart." he turned to Brittany. "You'll enjoy that." then he turned back to Mandi. "He'll be used to hearing singing, so he won't question why so much is going on."
Mandi's eyes widened. "But, what if Tyler doesn't understand the message we're trying to get through?" she asked.
"She's been there a whole week. She's probably learned more then most people do in a life time. Although, I don't know if any one of us will be able to understand her message." Roland glanced around the room, as if to ask for any takers.
"I might." Brittany raised a hand. "I grew up on music. If anyone can, it'd be me."
Roland nodded, before rolling out his sleeping bag. "Then it's settled. We should all get to bed, now."
"Because," Gillian whispered. "The sooner we go to bed, the sooner we wake up, and the sooner we wake up-"
"The sooner we'll get Tyler back." Robin finished the sentence for her, glaring at the ground.
~NWNWNWNWNWNWNWNW
"Here's the room they're probably keeping her." Roland mumbled, opening a door, the next day.
They had been inside the hide out for almost an hour, now, and had been led through confusing tunnels, until Mandi was almost certain that they were lost. But, then Roland had pointed it out, and she was wondering how in the world he could know. Though, she didn't spend too much time dwelling on the thought.
They opened up the door, to reveal a circular room, with three other doors, and the earth painted on the ground.
"Um, Roland." Fern said, raising an eyebrow. "This isn't a room, how are we supposed to know which one she's in?"
Roland turned to face Brittany. "This is where you come in." he told her. "Sing, try and get a message to her."
Brittany nodded, closed her eyes, and thought, for a second. "Cuz when you're fifteen, and somebody tells you they love you, you're gonna believe them." she sang.
Suddenly, Tyler's voice came from all around them. "Does your mother know that you're out?" they heard her sing.
Mandi could see Robin tense up at his soulmate's voice. She quickly turned to face Brittany, who nodded, and tried to think of another song to sing, before she sighed.
"What door are you behind?" she sang in a opera voice.
Roland hit her over the head, and hissed, "Don't sing what you're actually asking. We don't want him to hear."
Brittany shrugged, just as Tyler's singing voice began. "Clown's to the left of me. Jokers to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with you."
"She's in the middle door." Fern gasped, whipping his head around.
"Yeah..." Gillian mumbled. "But which one is the middle one?"
"Remember those walls I built?" Tyler's singing voice came again. "Well, baby, they're tumbling down. They didn't even put up a fight. They didn't even make a sound. It's like I've been awake, yeah, every rule I tried to break, yeah, it's a risk that I'm takin'. I ain't never gonna shut you out. Everywhere I'm looking out, I'm surrounded by your embrace. Baby, I can feel your halo, and don't it feel good! Used to think maybe you loved me, now baby I'm sure. And I just can't wait till the day, when you knock on my door. Oh, oh, I'm walking on sunshine, whoa! I'm walking on sunshine, whoa, and don't it feel good?"
Everyone looked at Brittany, as she tried to figure out what Tyler was trying to tell them.
Finally, Brittany looked up at the one window, which shone a light, near one of the doors. "I think I know which one it is." she whispered, pointing to the door, the light was by.
"I'm not even gonna ask." Robin mumbled, as he went to open it. He turned the handle, pulled, and frowned. Nothing happened. "It's locked." he growled.
"Well, where's the key?" Mandi asked.
Everyone turned to Brittany.
Brittany cleared her throat, and sang, "Where are those happy days they seem so hard to find!"
"Draw a circle, that's the Earth, draw a circle, that's the earth, draw a circle that's the Earth, I'm Hetalia."
David growled. "How does that answer our question?"
"Well," Brittany contemplated. "Hetalia is how Italians say Italy. Maybe..." she turned to face the wall that Italy was at. There were over a hundred keys hanging there. "Well, how do we know which one it is?"
"A kiss on the hand, may be, quite continental, but diamonds are a girl's best friend." Tyler sang again.
"How does she know what we asked, if we didn't sing it?" Fern asked.
Roland shrugged. "Not sure, but here." he grabbed the key that looked like a diamond. "I think this is the one she's talking about."
He handed the key to Robin, who put it in the slot, and turned it. Mandi heard the tumbles click as the door unlocked, and Robin slowly opened the door...
