Chapter 2
Escape Plan
"No. What were we supposed to see?" Mrs. Jones asked.
"There is a skylight." I replied calmly but I was starting to get frustrated.
"Alex, that will do us no good. If you have not noticed they have armed men all over the place. We are stuck!"
"No, we aren't!"
"Alex, I don't have time for riddles!"
I could tell Mrs. Jones was getting irritated. I thought she would have figured it out by now.
"Most of the armed men are all outside the doors and windows. The few men inside we can easily take down. We alert the student a few at a time outside of the view of the guards. We call Mr. Blunt, I am assuming you know his number," she nodded at this. "We get some people on the outside to quietly cut through the glass and lower themselves in. We then invade from the outside and inside at the same time. The enemy will be overwhelmed."
Everyone's jaw dropped at the fact that I had figured this out. Finally, Mrs. Jones spoke up.
"Alex that is brilliant but we have no means of contacting Alan. What if someone walks in while the MI6 operatives and SAS men are here?"
"Well, first, they did take away everyone's cell phones, but I have a second emergency phone strapped to the inside of my leg. Second we can hide the men behind the bleachers. If they are in descent then we must have a look out and if they will quickly drop to the floor and hide if they are near the ceiling they will quickly get back onto the roof."
"Alex, that's genius. Now give me the phone. I will call Alan; while you get a couple of your classmates back her. Then I will tell them the plan and they will go find one more student to come back here and they will be informed."
I quickly pulled out my phone. Mrs. Jones called Mr. Blunt while I went to get some students. It had to be a big enough group to get all the students thorough quickly but not so big that it will be noticeable. I decided to start off the students who were just sitting down doing nothing. Then I got the curious set of students who wanted to know why I was talking with Mrs. Jones and the "group" out of sight of the guards.
I told them to slowly make their way over to the bleachers in five minutes. They all agreed, eager to know what was going on. After I had talked to both groups of students, I had managed to get a total of about 30-40 students. I then quickly made my way back to the "group".
When I arrived Mrs. Jones told me that Mr. Blunt had agreed to the plan and in an hour the plan would be put into action. So anywhere between and hour and a half and two hours should be expected before someone's arrival. (It will take them a while to arrive)
When the students arrived, Mrs. Jones quickly gave them the plan (and apparently a signal to attack the guards, which was a new part of the plan). They were then told to send some more students over. The next hour pretty much continued in that manner.
As soon as all the students were briefed, some final preparations were made. The signal was given (for your information the signal was me shouting "I don't want to die"). The students then proceeded to knock the guard unconscious. The guards were then tied up and shove in a closet. The whole guard take out part of the plan took about 20-30 minutes.
About 10 minutes later the people sent by MI6 started to arrive.
Most of your confusion will be quenched in Chapter 4. My disclaimer is that I do not in anyway own Alex Rider (well at least not now).