"Caireen!" Mariana said, shaking her best friend, an attempt to wake her up. Carieen's eyes opened.
"Are you ready?" Mariana whispered.
"Yea," Caireen replied, climbing out of bed.
"Lets hope Caleb and Marc come soon," Mariana said as they walked over to the door.
The plan was for Caleb and Marc to blow their dorm door with a mini bomb, then request to get into Mariana and Caireen's room, and they would let them in. It was challenging and confusing, but they just had to do their best. The next few steps of the plan were even tougher.
Suddenly, the request came up for entrance. Mariana opened the door.
"Are you guys all ready?" Marc whispered.
"Yea, we need to move quickly," Mariana said, looking at her watch.
The group moved slowly and quietly through the hallway and into the stairwell. The decent down the stairs was nerve wracking. They knew that motion sensors could catch them if there were any, but the H.I.V.E staff would probably call it a glitch. In their minds, the doors of the rooms were indestructible, so how would a student sneak out?
Mariana quietly opened the door and made sure it was clear before gesturing for the other 4 to follow. It was weird, stepping into an empty atrium. They were used to it filled with chattery children.
They slowly moved across the hallway to the sealed blast doors.
"Marc," Mariana whispered, gesturing at the doors.
Marc nodded, opening his pocket and pulling out another mini bomb. With a little pop it went off, and made a whole big enough for them to crawl through one at a time.
"Ladies first," Caleb whispered, gesturing at the hole. Mariana poked her head through it.
"All clear, she whispered to the rest of the group. One by one, Caireen climbed out, then Marc, and finally Caleb. They crept silently through the empty corridors until they finally came to the launch bay.
"Okay, now we just open the door," Caireen said. The boys tried to push it, but it didn't budge.
"Crap," Caleb whispered, "Do we have another mini-bomb?"
"I'll look, Marc said, looking through his disorganized bag. H.I. suddenly appeared on the wall. Caleb swore under his breath as Caireen gasped.
"I'll let you through," he said, the doors opening. The group looked at him in shock.
"You deserve it," H.I. said. The group walked into the room. The crater launch bay was even bigger than they imagined. Suddenly, a sensor began beeping on the wall, and the alarms began going off. Guards immediatley reacted, surround the 4 students in the middle of the room.
Nero and Raven then walked through the doors.
"On the ground, hands on your head," a guard said.
Caireen looked at Mariana, who looked just as shocked. They had worked so long and hard, only to be stopped at the last second.
"This is always fun, escapes, always tried, never work," Nero said, circling the group. "You guys really did well. At the beginning, we couldn't even track you. But once your out of the accommodation block, your watched like a hawk,"
"You guys just need to think about what any other escape group has to face: This is your home. This place has something to offer for you. The better you accept that, the happier you'll be. Lets face it- In the real world, you'd all be in jail,"
"For stealing? I'm only a kid, maybe I don't know any better," Mariana said. Caireen tried to hold back her giggles.
"Mariana, stealing is good, we like that hear. The real world, they don't care, they'll jail you for whatever you want. You clearly enjoy stealing, how wouldn't you enjoy this? And Marc, those things you call pranks? They aren't pranks. They're acts of villainy. We had to take you hear before you blew up the Eiffel Tower, cause maybe in the future, you'll blow up something even better. You love blowing things up, why don't you come where you can do that? And Caleb, beating people up on a regular basis is dangerous. You were reported so many times, thank god no one had any pictures or your name, you'd be jailed in a second. And Caireen, you just convince so well. You can easily get the job done, but you never used it for good things, and thats why the world considers you a threat. But not here. All of you have reason to stay here, and you need to except it," Nero said.
After that speech by Nero, the group realized what H.I.V.E had to offer. They returned to their studies soon enough, under more precaution.
A/N: Thanks for reading! Happy I finished this but sad too :(... Thats why I am writing a sequel! The first chapter will be out soon :) Thanks for sticking with me on this one!