If Ree were to come up with a plan, it would most likely end up in explosions, bullets and whole lot of running away. So much for covert, she thought. Ree exhaled, and took in her surroundings for the last time.
The dome was settled on concrete floor, which surrounded it until the very edge of the forest. The walls looked about five feet thick, and where supported by metal ballasts. Just like any other desalination center, the ocean rolled close by, long tubes taking in the gray water by the second. Ree was confused by the simplicity of it. Gazzy told them of giant filters, evaporators and pipes leading everywhere; not just one big dome. Ree had came to the conclusion that maybe those things were under the dome, but what was the sense in that? She had to think of something later, for her next problem was soon to come.
"Em, you have the best vision out of the three of us. See were the least amount of guards are," Ree said. Em nodded, and continued to gaze at the dome. Ree studied Em. Em seemed to have something on her mind, something that was keeping her on edge. Oh well. Ree would have to find out later.
"You came up with something?" Chas asked, looking sick.
Ree nodded. There was a silence."Well... do you want to tell us what it is?" Chas sounded annoyed, but his faced revealed that he was not ready for her plan at all.
"I will tell you, just wait, you impatient little-"
"Ree, there are only six soldiers by a black water truck on the left side of the dome. Do you see?" Em pointed to her left, showing off her thin yet muscular arm.
Ree squinted her black eyes. Pretty much all of the flock had inherited raptor vision from their parents, but for some reason Em had a bigger advantage than Flame, Ree, Chas and Di. Not Scout though. No one could surpass Scout's vision, which they found extremely ironic considering his father was blind.
Ree indeed did see few soldiers by the area Em pointed to. But she also saw that they carried bigger guns than all the other soldiers. Ree bit her lip. That area would has to do. She turned to her "siblings".
"Listen. If you two don't follow my exact instructions, you will end up dead," she locked eyes with Em and Chas. They both gulped, and began to listen to Ree's plan about how they would steal an entire water truck.
Nerves bit at the core of Ree's stomach. She breathed heavily as the faint sound of voices came into her range. She was so close.
So close.
She hoped with desperation that Chas remembered what to do. She wasn't worried about Em, the only worry was if she stayed in the same-Suddenly, as if snapping her out of a trance, the sound of a cricket chirping filled the air. Cheep! Cheep! Cheep!
Silence.
Three. That was Chas' signal.
Ree ran to edge of the forest, where the dome lay. She didn't care that she was stepping on every dry leaf and twig there was, she needed to get there as fast as she could. Her heart raced as the dome walls and a black water truck bumped into her view.
She came just in time to see the look on the soldier's faces as a flash of blond whipped past them.
The soldiers looked at each other, than looked down at their hands.
Chas had left them unarmed.