The Good Traitor, Part 4

The Good Traitor (Part Four)

            “Hey, who’s there,” a voice called from the distance.

“Oh, no, I think they saw us,” Sheer said as she peered through a window that had been smashed to pieces. The pieces were still lying in the ground from whenever it had happened.

            “I know what to do! Follow me. But hurry, and keep a low profile,” Aleck responded, in a quiet voice.

            “I think that’s them,” another voice called.

“Let’s get’m,” the first voice called again.

“Alright ‘bots, let’s move,” a third voice commanded. They must have been the Leader of a small group of Searchers. No! They’re being followed by Searchers! 

            They then quickly moved forward into the darkness of the large facility. It was most likely used for storage, considering all of the shelves and crates all over the place. It looked as if they must have been in some sort of order, but the place had been ransacked. By the looks of it, it must have been a group of Hunters that broke in and took everything that looked like it had value.

 Then Sheer and Aleck began searching for a room that they could hide in until the potential threat left the area. Then, Aleck quickly acquired his spare flashlight that he kept with him whenever he left the Hatch that he stayed in. Aleck then flipped the “on” switch, and light flooded the small area they were in. With the help of the light, Aleck noticed a door to a room. They both ran toward the door.

 Once they got to the door, they opened it. Sheer hurried into the small room, most likely an office of some sort, and Aleck followed. Aleck then closed the door, and locked it. Aleck flipped the switch on his flashlight to “off”, and then they went silent.

The room was dark, but there were two medium sized windows on the opposite side wall that provided enough light to see most of their surroundings in the small office.

It remained silent for a while.

Aleck then opened his mouth to say something, but then a muffled noise came from outside the room. The metal door prevented most of the sound from coming into the small room.

Then, nothing…

Aleck and Sheer remained extremely silent. Deathly silent.

Bang! Something slammed against the metal door.

Both of them scurried over to a dark corner in the room.

“What the…,” Aleck said under his breath, wide eyed. Sheer still remained extremely silent, out of fear.

Clang… clang, clang, clang! Now the handle on the door was being shaken violently. Sheer and Aleck were scared to death. Then there was one last, very loud CLANG! Thankfully, after that, it stopped.

Sheer and Aleck could just make out a voice outside the door. It sounded like someone was shouting angrily, but they couldn’t make out what was being said.

Finally, it went silent again.

They waited for a long while, neither speaking.

After a while, Aleck thought about unlocking and opening the door him and Sheer had come in, but decided against it. It would probably attract unwanted attention. Or, even worse, the Searchers or City Guard might be waiting outside the door to ambush anyone who left the room. It was probably a better idea to leave the building by opening one of the widows and escape through that. No, that was their only option if they hoped to escape the now dreaded building.

They waited a little while longer.

Sheer then broke the silence, “How are we going to get out of here? Through one of those windows on that wall?” she asked in a whisper, pointing at the opposite wall where the windows were.

“I think that is our only choice we have,” Aleck responded, in a quiet voice.

“Then let’s go. I can’t stand it in here anymore!”

“Okay, let’s try to open the windows, but make as little sound as possible.”

“Alright then, let’s get to it!”

They both walked over to the windows, Aleck looked out the right one, and Sheer peered out the left one. The coast looked clear, but they didn’t have a clear view of the sides of the building, so there was no telling if there were some Villains awaiting their escape from the small room.

“Well, I don’t see anything this way…,” Aleck said, trailing off.

“Neither do I,” Sheer said in a quiet voice.

“Good. We should go now, before anyone else decides to come and see if there’s anyone back here.”

“Okay, let’s do this!”

They both searched for a latch or anything that would allow the window to open. Fortunately, they found a small switch on the two bottom corners of the window that released the window from the window sill. Then, they quickly, but quietly, threw open the windows, and hopped outside.

CRACK!

To Be Continued!