Emma stared at the tiled floor for a few seconds as her head began to fill with different outcomes of their situation. "Let's go. It will never be safe here anymore. The Ratris have found it" Emma said to the children. "Even though there's only eight here, the rest of the Ratri Clan probably already know about the shelter too" Yugo added. "So...we have to abandon the shelter..."Yvette sighed. "Our home..."Mark said with tears in his eyes. "Our garden..." Dominic trailed off. "Our family,living together...." Anna said sadly as they thought of all their hard work that had now no more meaning or purpose.
Yugo stood up from the ground. "Our lives are more important. Besides we've been preparing for this day in case we were ever attacked...I know y/n has" Yugo said, looking at the girl. "More like worrying and stressing about it" y/n sighed,she fiddled with the hem of her shirt before Ray took her hand in his. "We weren't going to stay here forever no matter what happened, right? Our goal is still the human world. Let's work out a plan to secretly escape" Ray said. "We do have secret weapons and supplies packed down here incase of an emergency" Y/n said, pointing to the cupboard beside them full of weapons.
"What about the escape route?" Emma asked. Yugo smirked and moved the cupboard to the side revealing another secret door. "Right here" he said. All the children gasped with relief and excitement. "This shelter has three entry points. Other than the one we always use there are two emergency exits" Yugo explained. "So this is the emergency escape door!" Jemima said. "Correct. Three are seven routes to the emergency exits. One the back of the armory, two the north hallway, three the monitors room, four the reference room, five the bath, six the south hallway and seven the secret room with the telephone. All those routes are well hidden. Even if the intruders get in they won't know about those secret passageways" Yugo said.
Everyone picked up a weapon and put it in a bag on their shoulders along with some bandages and rations of food. "What about our teddy bears and books? We can't go back for them" Alilca said with a frown. "Don't worry I can make you a brand new stuffed animal when we get a new shelter" Gillian smiled and ruffled Alicia's hair. "And I thought you memorised all the books in the library" Emma said. "It's not the same without the pictures..." Alilca said, sadly. "When we escape I'll draw the pictures from the books for you" Y/n said, trying to cheer the girl up while everyone was preparing their bags. Alilca nodded and prepared her bag.
"How are you going to draw if you left your pencils in the kitchen?" Ray asked, standing behind y/n. "I'll figure that out once everyone is safe I was just trying to make Alicia feel better" y/n rolled her eyes, annoyed. "Why are you angry?" Did I do something?" Ray asked, confused at the girls sudden mood change. "I'm just...stressed. I know we are all under attack and in serious danger but I can't help but feel angry. The Ratris who are doing this to us are my family if I like it or not. I almost feel like this is partly my fault...maybe they wouldn't be so heavy on finding us if I wasn't here...maybe the shelter would be okay..." y/n sighed, buttoning the top of her bag. "But it's not your fault. You ran away from them with us, you lived at the shelter with us, cooked meals with me for everyone, taught the Goldy pond children how to read properly and draw. You aren't one of them, you didn't grow up with them. You share a last name, yeah? but we are your family. You've been there for us and you've always been there for me. You aren't a Ratri. Not like them anyways" Ray said, putting his hands on her shoulders.
"Thanks Ray" y/n smiled at Ray and hugged him tightly closing her eyes as he hugged her back. "Is everyone ready to go? We're gonna head for the underground path Sonju made. We can escape now as it's dark outside. It will take about a days walk to arrive in the forest properly but we can make it!" Emma announced as everyone turned their heads to her.
"We can manage as long as we are alive. be calm and quick so the won't find us. Let's run" Yugo said,standing next to Emma just at the secret door to the emergency exit.
"Here we go again" y/n sighed, putting her bag over her shoulders. "Hey y/n" Ray said, gaining her attention. "Mhm?" She asked. Ray took off his blue scarf and placed it over onto y/ns neck. "It's going to be cold outside and you'll get sick" Ray said, fixing the scarf on her neck. Y/n laughed for a few moments "Remember back at Gracefield I got sick at least twice a month, Norman used to get sick a lot too!" she said. "I don't think I can forget, I always cooked soups when you were both were sick and I basically camped in the infirmary with you until you got better" he said, remembering their childhood together. Y/n placed her hand on his face and kissed him softly, making Ray blush. "Let's relive even better memories together and get out of this mess" y/n said, taking his hand and intertwining her fingers with his. As the two stepped through the emergency door with the others.
"Monitor room, can you hear me" Andrew asked through the microphone placed above his ear. "Yes sir the monitors are still on. There is some footage it looks like some is fake. I'll reconnect them soon to live footage shortly" one of his men answered who was standing in the monitor room, gazing at the cameras. "That room is their lifeline to safety. I'm sure there are cameras pointed in most directions" Andrew said.
Lucas and Rossi ran through the secret passageway from the telephone room. The two listened carefully to what was happening in the monitor room as they pressed their ears to the wall. "Lucas...we should be going to the others" Rossi whispered feeling panicked. "They found the fake footage. If that footage goes live, everyone will be in plain sight when they go up. But the exits will be found out too...we cannot hand this room over to the enemies" Lucas whispered. "Lucas I'm scared" the boy said, oh the verge of tears. "Rossi stay here. I'll handle this okay?" Lucas asked as Rossi hesitantly nodded.
Lucas crept his way into the monitor room to one of Andrews men who were watching over the loading footage. Suddenly Lucas jumped onto the man's shoulders as he gasped. Lucas tightened his grip around the man's neck until he fell unconscious onto the floor. "Lucas!!" Rossi loudly whispered. "Don't come out yet. I am going to destroy the monitors- Rossi you need to go now. I'll catch up later" Lucas said, handing Rossi the walkie Talkie of the fallen man. Rossi understood Lucas's orders and sprinted down the secret hallway to find the others.
Back in the emergency tunnel the others were trying to find their way around the map of the tunnels. "We go this way Next!" Chris said, pointing straight ahead. Leading the group was Emma, y/n, Ray and Yugo. The four watched carefully making sure everyone was safe. "What a complicated map..."y/n said. "It's fine we memorised the correct route" Ray added to y/ns thoughts. "Even if the enemies find this secret tunnel we have the geographical advantage" Emma reassured them.
Y/n walked up towards Emma. "We should be able to escape before they catch up , right?" The girl asked. "Of course. We will get away for sure" Emma smiled at y/n.
Yugo and Ray walked side by side behind the two girls. "Hey Ray does it bother you?" Yugo asked, breaking the silence. "What?" Ray asked. "The enemies and why there are eight of them. There are over sixty of us and we have weapons too" Yugo said, staring at the ground. "They only sent eight, it's not a lot. Maybe they just didn't know how many there were of us. Or that we had weapons" Ray thought. "But if they did....then they'd send an elite team that required only a few men to bring us under control" Yugo said. Ray shrugged his shoulders. "Or maybe this attack is something the Ratri clan needs to keep under wraps. But I mean it's not just that...other things are annoying me. Like how did they avoid the cameras? Or even locate the shelter? It's true that something isn't right. We didn't overlook anything did we?" Ray asked Yugo, looking up at him.
"We are almost there!" Chris smiled. "We'll walk a bit more and go up again to reach the exit!" Chris explained which made most of the children sigh in relief. "Y/n, Emma" two of the boys from Goldy pond called, as they ran up to the pair. "Yeah?"y/n asked with a smile. "We can open the exit door" the boys said kindly. "Sure!" Emma said. "We Are almost out" Chris said to y/n, hugging her with a smile.
Suddenly there was a loud gunshot and the two Goldy pond boys fell onto the ground covered in blood. Chris's and y/ns eyes widened. Another bullet came shooting down aiming for Chris. "Chris!" Y/n shouted as she grabbed the boy and everyone began to run back the opposite way. "Are you hurt?! Is Chris okay??" Ray asked y/n who was standing beside him holding the young boy in her arms. "Chris is hurt- badly. He won't wake up" y/n was full of shock at just what happened to those boys and Chris.
Ray, Emma and the others apart from y/n who was holding Chris all aimed their guns at the exit. "They were wearing bullet proof vests..."Yugo said as he looked in horror at the two now murdered boys. "No way!!" Lanni said in shock. "Did they die!!" Thoma cried.
"Children bred as food can you hear me?" A man's voice echoed through the tunnel, coming from the exit. "My name is Andrew and I'm here to kill you all. I know you are here and there's no point in hiding. In the last year and nine months I have killed all your supporters that's how we found your location. And its internal structure. We have secured all exits. You will all die here today, cattle children. And we are here to take Miss Ratri back to the farms by force. That is the situation so come out with your hands up. If you do I promise the end will be swift and painless."
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