Sing Your Way Out
Chapter 22: Morocco?
Cj POV:
"GABE! Will you get up?" Swan hissed at him.
"Why?" Gabe growled back.
"We need to be able to make a quick get away." Daisy hissed.
"What's that…." Tiki hissed.
"That's not…" Ian said
"It can't be…" Gabe hissed
"It is…" Harv said
"GUNFIRE!" Roark hissed
"MOVE!" Jay and Joy hissed at the same time.
We all turned to move at the same time. The sound of gunfire ripping through the air. We through pur selves into the forest next to the tarmac. 'back into the forest again' I thought sourly. We found a small stone hallow, and dove in. I landed on something that was definitely not rock. I looked down. Ian.
"I'm so sorry!" I said, springing up, and moving to help him up.
"I'm fine." Ian said
"Quiet!" Swan hissed at us. The gun fire was still sounding in the distance.
We all sat in silence. Then we heard it.
"It has to be the escaped students from Tower." A gruff voice came.
"We are going to get a good reward when we hand them over!" A second voice said with glee.
"Yo Creo que hemos encontrado los fugitivos!" The first voice rambled on in Spanish.
"What the hell?" Ray hissed under his breath.
"Que bien! Aqui viene el dinero!" A third voice came with a laugh.
"We must be in Spain." Fenton said under his breath.
"What makes you think that?" Joy whispered back.
"Listen to the way they talk." Fenton whispered.
"Okay? Then where do we need to get to?" Tiki hissed under her breath.
"Well? Harv, Roark? Where to next?" Gabe whispered.
"We already know that Cornelius Tower created Tower." Ian whispered.
"We also know that he knows you." I whispered, turning in the cramped space, to look at him.
"Why don't we find him, and ask him!" Suki said.
"That's not a bad Idea." Ork said with a smile.
"We have Ian. Since he obviously knows Ian, he might tell us something." Jasmine said with a smile.
"One problem. Where dose he live? If he is alive at all!" James growled.
"Be quiet!" Susan hissed.
"As if!" James whispered, mock copying her tone.
"Quiet both of you! We have a situation here!" Agave whispered to them.
Gunfire erupted near our hiding spot. Ian moved to stand next to me.
"We have to get out of here." Jay whispered.
"We still don't know where lives." Ork hissed.
"I know where the picture was taken." Ian whispered. Sadness, confusion, and uncertainty flashed across his face.
"Where." I whispered softly
"Morocco." Ian replied in the softest voice I had ever heard him use.
"That's where we have to head to next." Roark whispered.
We raced towards the plane.
"Ustedes! Paren!" The men screamed as soon as we were in sight.
The plane was completely destroyed. We turned and raced back into the forest. We ran, and kept running. We ran until we couldn't hear gunfire, or the growls of dogs. Jay and James both proposed that we find out exactly where in Spain we were.
The Next Day…
We slowly crept into a small town. We had walked all of last night, only stopping to eat. We were dead tired. Daisy kept drawing her knife at the smallest sounds. Tiki jumped at her own shadow. Ian tried to hide it, but his face showed fear. Jay had anxiety written all over his face. Joy kept pausing to see if there were any plants that would be useful to cure wounds. Ork kept looking around nervously. Jasmine keept close to Harv, who in turn, constantly whispered comforting things to her. Roark was determined, and nervous. James and Susan stayed close together, as did Suki and Gabe. Ray looked like he was going to die of boredom, thanks to Fenton. Agave was determined to move on, even if her face said otherwise. Tower did this to us. Filled us with fear of even the smallest things.
We found the most solitary roads, and stuck to them. We looked around for any signs of being followed. Ian and Jay found a small shop, and went to ask for a map. Agave and Joy went to go look for better clothes that wouldn't give us away. Ork sat down next to a fountain he found in the town center, and fell asleep.
"Ill go make sure he doesn't stay asleep." Tiki said.
"Sure, ill go with you." Susan said.
"Hey, Gabe, want to go see the thing, over there." Suki asked
'Sure." Gabe said, as they walked away.
Soon enough, I was left standing alone in the town square. I sighed. Slowly, I walked back to the edge of the forest. I found a nice bush that concealed me completely, and still had a view of the small town. The square was clearly visible. I looked down at the town, I was laying on my stomach, and could only see the town through the spaces between the branches. My mind started to wander. What of the people still stuck in Tower? What about my dad? He said he was going to leave the school. What of Noel? The sun slowly rose in the horizon. I watched as Ork threw water at Tiki, and she lunged at him, and Susan laughed. Ian was talking to Joy. My stomach flipped at the sight of him. I sighed. I blinked. Ian seemed frantic, even at this distance, I could tell. Joy said something, and pointed towards the tree line I was hiding in. I frowned. I don't want to talk to anyone rite now. I rolled over, and stared at the sky, through the branches of the bush. I blinked. My eyes felt heavy. After all of that running. I turned onto my side, and closed my eyes. A few minutes wouldn't hurt.
Ian POV:
Frantic. I was frantic. Cj had simply disappeared. I couldn't find her anywhere. I asked Joy.
"Joy! Do you know where Cj went?' I asked
"She was headed for the tree line over there when I last saw her." Joy said, pointing.
"Thanks Joy!" I said, and headed of in that direction.
Cj POV:
I looked up at the clouds. The day was bright. I had slept for about half an hour. It made a difference. I went through my pack, and found something to eat. How long ago had we left Tower? I couldn't even remember.
"CEEJ!" Ian called.
"Don't shout. I'm right here." I replied
"CJ, can I talk to you?" Ian asked
"Sure." I said as I climbed out of my bush.
"CJ, where do we go now. Morocco could be a fiasco. What if he's not there? What if 'they' are?" Ian asked, his eyes clouded.
"Well, where did you live before coming to Tower?" I asked.
"I lived in the US." Ian said.
"Well, lets go to the US then." I said.
"Are you sure? What if they track us?" Ian said miserably.
"They won't." I lied.
"Then let's go tell the others about it.
A few hours later…
"Wait, let me get this straight. You want to go to the US, but you don't have a reliable reason, and you don't know how." Roark said with venom in his voice.
"We have to start somewhere!" Jay hissed
"They have a point, we might as well start somewhere, and Morocco could be a trap. That's the last thing we need." Joy Said, standing from her place at the table, backing up Jay, and drawing attention to our table in the crowded restaurant.
"True, but lower your voice. Those creeps might still be after us." Suki said.
"Okay, suppose we do decided to leave. How do you, Ian, suppose we do that, exactly?" James said, looking over at Ian with curious eyes.
"A plane. We can find one." Gabe said, cutting in and using his hypersuasion.
"Gabe…" Ian said warningly.
"Don't worry, I got this." Gabe said.
"We can find a plane, it's not that hard." Gabe continued.
"Then, once we get over there, we can start on a real plan." I said, cutting in.
"Yea. All we had until now, was willpower, hatred, fear, and a flimsy plan." Suasan said in agreement.
"This won't be easy, but we can do it, we have to do something for all of those still in tower." Jasmine said.
"We might even find Norman." Suki said.
"So, do we all agree on this?" Ray asked.
"I would think so." Fenton said
"So it's a plan then." Agave said with a smile. That smile scared me.
A day later…
"RUN!" Tiki screeched.
We all ran forward, there was a plane in front of us, and dogs behind us. Harv opened the passenger door for us. We threw our stuff in, and climbed in. Harv and Roark in the front. In a blink, we were up in the air.
"GABE! I blame you." James said.
"WHAT? What did I do?" Gabe hissed at him.
"You had to make a remark about how that guys face looked like a pineapple." James snarled.
"It did! How did I know he was a scout from Tower, searching for us!" Gabe snarled back.
"YOU TWO HAD BETTER STOPP NOW!" Susan hissed.
They both went silent.
"Well that's settled, let's sit back and enjoy the flight, while we can." Ork said with a smile.
If it had only lasted.
END OF PART 2
Well. Im sorry I haven't updated. Ive had a lot to do. Ive been working on this chapter since I finished the last one. I had a huge writers block. I would sincerely appreciate it if you posed comments. I recently wrote a one-shot for The Hunger Games, and not one reply. I wrote it a day after the last chapter. Anyway, I wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy New Year, and so on. I will not be able to write a chapter for Christmas, as I will be on a vacation for Christmas and my birthday. I won't be able to write for the new year ither because I will also be gone. So, I will see you all next year. Im really sorry I haven't written lately. Im an IB student, if that explanes anything. (Im adding a section on my profile about IB jokse, if ur interested.) Part three is coming soon. So, a re-cap, no new chapters until 2012, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, I hope you are all good. Happy Holidays, best of wishes, and so on. Till' Next Time.
-Ferntiger