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Daniel walked down the hallway, faking calm.

Heading towards the main control, he was scared out of his wits.

If the plan was not pulled off right…

Hope, Anna, Nanny, Cahills, my family, He thought.

All of them, dead.

He shook away the scary thoughts.

He knocked on the door.

"State your name and security number." The smooth, female, chilling voice said.

"Daniel (can't say last name, because it would reveal I.D of my friend), 24601." He stated.

"Come in."

He walked in.

"My shift for cameras, Wyoming." He said, emotionlessly.

"See you." She walked virtually silently out the door.

He grinned.

The plan would commence, now.

Nannerl stifled her giggles as she cut through the rope.

She'd been tied up there for… she didn't even know how long.

Nanny thought back to why she was captured.

She'd been smart from birth.

She walked before most babies crawled.

She talked before most babies babbled.

When she was 3, she was doing complex algebraic formula most high school students wouldn't understand.

But she wanted more.

Her family kept talking about clues.

39, to be exact.

Her parents talked about Ekats, branch leaders, Lucians, and other nonsense.

One day, when she was four, she figured it out.

She mixed together some ingredients in the lab that she thought were fit.

Then, her parents had started coming to the lab, she hid the glowing vial.

She'd just re-created the Ekat formula.

Only a few months afterward, she decided to test it. On herself.

She waited until midnight, and she drank it.

Immediately, knowledge and understanding poured into her young head.

Nannerl patted her skirt pocket.

Still had the other re-creation.

She went over to her new friend, Hope, and untied her.

"Thanks." Hope said as she tumbled to the floor.

"You're welcome, now we've got to rescue Anna." Nanny said while helping her up.

As they ran down the hallway, Hope asked "Tell me, why are your iris' purple?"

Nannerl frowned, "They're purple?"

Hope nodded.

"It's a long story."

Before Hope could reply, she tumbled over.

Nannerl stopped, picked her up, and ran.

"Are you O.K?" Nannerl asked.

Hope's grunts of pain supplied her with an answer.

She ran even faster.

Amy called Daniel.

"How're things going?" She asked.

"Okay, I guess." He answered cautiously.

"All right. We're sending them down." Amy said.

"Be careful." The call ended.

"Nat, Dan, Jonah, Sinead, let's go." Amy called.

They jumped out of the hatch and ran inside.

Nannerl and Anna ran down the hallway, carrying Hope.

They stopped at the door.

"Daniel! It's time!" They said, softly, as to not alert the other Vespers.

Daniel opened the door.

"Time to go," he smiled.

Dan ran down the left hallway.

He saw three figures running down the hallway.

He squinted.

But there's supposed to be… Oh! He thought.

He saw that one of the figures was caring the other one over his shoulder.

Dan ran towards them.

"Nannerl, Hope, and…?" Dan asked.

"Daniel. Pleased to meet you." He said as they ran for their lives down the hallway.

Ian let down the rope ladder.

The girl he believed was called Nannerl climbed with her friend slung over her sholder.

"We've got to hurry!" Anna (he supposed) cried.

"Dude! How can I hurry with Hope slung over my shoulder?" Nannerl yelled angrily back.

Ian helped them up.

The girl they called Hope was only slightly conscious.

"Oh no…" Nannerl said.

"Oh no is right." Ian replied.

They got everyone else up, and then Sinead did her medical work on Hope.

Daniel came over to Ian.

"Hello, I need to tell you something before Hope wakes up."

"What?" Ian asked.

"Well… I don't know how to put this…" Daniel said.

"There's a bit of a book series about the clue hunt." Daniel said simply.

"And…?" Ian inquired.

"There are groups of fans who know about the Korea thing." He said calmly.

Ian murmured a few choice words.

"And in those groups, they believe you and Amy belong together." He stated.

"I probably won't be able to persuade her otherwise?" He asked.

"No." He smiled, and walked away.

That's it for now! Please go to my profile and vote on what the next chapter should be called!

Interview!

Ian: What am I doing here?

Amy: Who tied Ian up in… bubble wrap?

Dan: What's going on?

Hopecahill39: Hi!

Ian: Oh crud.

Amy: Just so you know, I did not kiss Ian.

Hopecahill39: Yeah, right.

Dan: They did kiss! I saw them! It was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen!

Ian: Will I survive the next chapter?

Hopecahill39: You'll be humiliated, but you'll survive!

Amy: Ian! Stop throwing chairs!

Hopecahill39: I think we'd better wrap up….