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Hostage.
Chapter Two.
Sophie woke up in the middle of the night. Something was wrong, that was the first thing she thought of. Usually nothing could possibly wake her up, and yet there she was sitting in her bed at… By the way, what’s the time?...
‘3 A.M.?!! What in the world can be going on in the University at 3 a.m. on Saturday morning?!’ Sophie thought with annoyance. Then she heard muffled screams and shouts in the distance. There were also some other noises coming from outside the building. It seemed like there was some kind of a fight going on in the university.
The girl turned on the lamp on a bed-stand, quickly got up and started to change into the clothes she had dispatched a few hours ago: black jeans, red turtle neck top, a belt with a small Armani eagle engraved on it and a pair of black shoes on a comfortable yet elegant platform. She wasn’t trying to put on anything fancy: she had no time and it was not the situation most appropriate to pick up a costume. This was just what she was wearing the day before and it lay on her armchair, so she didn’t have to look through her wardrobe.
She quickly glanced into the mirror to put on her contact lenses and give a light touch to her hair, that she thankfully didn’t manage to mess in her sleep. Sophie headed for the door, when an idea crossed her mind: she turned around picked up her bag, took out her cell phone, a credit card and a hundred dollar banknote. Stuffing that into her pockets and grabbing a black jeans jacket, she quickly ran off. All in all, her preparations took her about three minutes.
Sophie ran down the corridors of the campus, where sleepy students were slowly flooding out of their rooms, totally confused by all the commotion. Some of them however were fully dressed, since they had just returned from various parties and discos. Sophie ignored everyone and ran straight for her best friend Krista’s room. Half way, she saw Krista herself, who was apparently heading for Sophie’s room. She was wild awake herself, wearing blue jeans and a white zip-up sweater.
“Krista!”
“Sophie!”
“What’s going on?!” they both exclaimed at the same time. In a different situation they would have both burst out laughing, but not now.
“I have no idea,” Krista said quickly, “I woke up to the sound of shouting and fighting…”
“Me too,” Sophie answered, resuming her running with Krista following closely, “And I think the noise is coming from the main building.”
The girls kept on running. As they entered yet another corridor, one of the doors opened and a guy with messy hair, in pajamas with teddy bears and glasses. Most of those who knew him called him a freak or a nerd. The boy asked sleepily:
“Hey, what’s all the commotion?”
“Later, Frank!” yelled the two girls as they ran past him. They never called him names, but they really had no time to explain anything to anyone.
Soon the two were out of the campus and running through the large square that separated campus from the university itself. As they were reaching the entrance they saw that the main doors were wide open, and several teachers ran out of the building, away into the darkness of the night. They were screaming and apparently very frightened by something. As the girls continued to run for the building, a few more people ran out.
“Sophie, wait! Look there!”
Krista stopped dead in her tracks, panting, and looked in the direction Krista was pointing. There were five vehicles standing on the square. It looked like somebody just dropped them there and ran off. Into the university perhaps. Somehow, the vehicles looked familiar to Sophie.
“I’ve seen those before,” she said thoughtfully, frowning.
“Of course you did,” exclaimed Krista, “Those are from Lee Industries. They belong to Axel Manning’s team, remember, the ones who put Alexander Paine in jail?”
“Yes, of course, I remember,” Sophie panted, “But what the hell are they doing here?”
Then a thought began to form itself at the back of Sophie’s head. A thought that she was even afraid to think.
“If they are here…”
“With all this commotion at 3 a.m. I can think of only one reason fro them to be here!” Krista almost spoke what Sophie was thinking about. The two girls looked at each other, as there was a moment’s silence. They both thought of one and the same thing.
‘Mr.Lee and his Mu-team.’
A lot of things were written in the newspapers about those six. There were even some photos.
A shout and the sound of shooting brought the two girls out of thoughts, and they continued running.
The main hall of the university wasn’t much of a mess. So the girls ran upstairs to check the upper levels where the sounds were coming from. As they were reaching the third level, Sophie suddenly stopped.
“Wait!” she panted. Krista looked around, also panting from such a long run, “Remember, a few weeks ago something happened on the underground level?”
“You mean the time when all classes involving the use of labs were cancelled?” Krista frowned.
“Yes! Nobody ever told us what happened, but the rumors were that some rare reptilian cultures were stolen,” Sophie continued.
“And?..” Krista felt that she was definitely missing something.
“Didn’t they say it was Lee who stole the samples?” Sophie finally spat.
There was a moment silence. Then Krista slapped herself hard on the forehead.
“Of course!” she yelled, “Let’s go check downstairs!”
The two turned around and stormed to the underground level. As they ran, Krista continued wondering on what could possibly be going on.
“But what could Lee be possibly after now?” she wondered out loud.
“I have no idea,” Sophie frowned, “But I’m sure it’s something important. And something we don’t know about. After all a lot of secrets reside in this place. Secrets we, students, are not supposed to know.”
And further they ran.
Soon they reached the underground floor and, escaping the stairs, they ran down the long dark corridors. There was little light since most of the lamps were broken. Hissing noises came from broken security cameras. Apparently someone hadn’t wanted to be noticed. There were cracks in the walls, and pieces of cement on the floor, dust blurred vision.
The two girls slowed down and carefully treaded further.
“I don’t like the look of this,” Krista spoke, her voice a bit shaky.
“Shh!” Sophie pressed her finger to her lips, “I think I hear something.”
Indeed, someone was speaking, and the voices were coming from the lab on the other side of the corridor. The girls came closer and peeked inside.
Krista barely managed to restrain a scream. There they were, all eleven of them: Axel Manning’s team, the so-called Mu-team and Janus Lee himself. There were some other people there, like several professors and other University workers whom Krista and Sophie both knew or at least heard of. Apparently a big fight was taking place, as the lab was a total mess and the “Alpha Teens” were each opposing a member of the Mu-team.
“…As I expected. You couldn’t have missed out our little party, could you, Axel?” came a silky voice.
Sophie froze, her knees nearly giving in.
‘That voice…’ And there he stood himself, Mr. Janus Lee. He was different from what she remembered him: he had a different hair style, his glasses were now red instead of green, so now she could clearly see that he had mismatched eyes.
‘How strange…’
She had also never pictured him in a jumpsuit he was wearing at the moment. Which by the way revealed the man’s well-built and strong figure…
After having almost giggled, Sophie mentally slapped herself. How the hell could she be thinking something like that at a time like this?! And yet…
‘NO! Shut the hell up!’ she ordered to her inner voice. Then she felt Krista shacking a bit beside her. Sophie turned to look at her friend, who was looking straight at Sophie and laughing silently.
“What?” mouthed Sophie. Krista gestured to Lee, then to Sophie, then to Lee again. Sophie frowned in confusion, at which Krista smirked and rolled her eyes. Then she patted her cheeks lightly, the gesture which her friend recognized at once.
‘Crap,’ thought Sophie, ‘I’m busted. She saw me blushing.’
But she looked at Krista as if her friend had grown a second head and rolled eyes herself, at which Krista inclined her head to her side and raised an eyebrow, silently inquiring: “Whom are you trying to fool, girl?”
Meanwhile the girls were pulled out of their small gesture conversation when the fight between the Mu-team and Alpha teens started. Krista pulled Sophie’s sleeve, motioning for them to leave. She turned around and soundlessly made her way back to stairs. Although quite unwillingly, Sophie turned around and followed.
Once the girls were upstairs on the ground floor again, an idea occurred to Krista.
“Hey, how do you think they got here?” she asked her friend, pausing near the stairs leading to the upper levels of the University building.
Sophie paused as well. “No idea. And I’m not going to find out,” she added resuming her walk.
“Really?” Krista asked in a mock tone. “And why not?”
Sophie stopped again, turned around and looked at her friend, doubt written all over her face. She gave a quick glance at the staircase, then crossed her arms on her chest and looked at Krista.
“So what do you suggest?”
Instead of an answer, Krista quickly started climbing the staircase. Sophie let out a frustrated sigh and followed.
‘Somehow, I get the feeling I’m going to regret this.’
