unlocked the door. Zeus kicked it open. There were at least twenty prisoners crammed into the room. “Estamos escapando!” Ostin shouted. “Salganse ahorita! Huyan!”
The prisoners just stared at Ostin, confused at seeing an Americanin a Peruvian soldier uniform telling them to escape.
“Come on!” Ostin shouted. “Motín!”
They still just stood there.
“We haven’t time for this,” Zeus said. “Stay in your cage, you rats.”
“No, start the fires,” Ostin said. “That’s the plan.”
“Right,” Zeus said. He blasted the mattress with both hands. It burst into flames. The convicts jumped back, then, looking at Zeus in horror, fled the room. Ostin, Zeus, and Taylor ran back to Taylor’s cell. “Come on!” Zeus shouted.
“McKenna,” Ostin said. “Light the mattresses on fire!”
“Love to.” Her hand burst into flames, and she lit the mattress. Then she and Zeus went to each of the cells, lighting the mattresses until smoke poured out of the cells and filled the hallway. An alarm went off.
Ostin opened the cell door for the other prisoners, who didn’t need any persuading to get out, though they stayed away from Zeus.
“Everyone take their positions!” Ostin shouted. “Taylor, we need them to let us out now.”
They walked to the door at the end of the corridor . “Abran la puerta!” Ostin shouted.
Taylor concentrated. Immediately the door opened. Soldiers rushed into the building with guns and fire extinguishers.
“Ian, which way?” Ostin shouted.
“Follow me.”
When they got to the outside door, one of the soldiers pointed a gun at them. “Alto!”
The man suddenly collapsed to the ground.
A soldier standing behind the fallen man said, “Amigos, this way!”
“Who are you?” Ostin asked.
“ Apúrate! ” the man said, grabbing Ostin’s arm. “We haven’t much time.”
“Are you with Jaime?” Taylor asked.
The man looked confused. “Jaime?”
“The voice,” Taylor said.
He hesitated a moment, then said, “The voice. Sí. ”
Another alarm went off, and outside the fences the soldiers were emerging from their tents. “Please. Hurry.”
They followed the man over to an idling prisoner transport van. He opened the back doors. “Everyone in, hurry.”
Suddenly there was a huge explosion about a hundred yards west of the camp. Men started shouting and two sirens went off.
“Get in!” the man shouted.
When everyone was inside, the man shut the doors behind them, then ran around to the passenger’s side and climbed in. He shouted to the driver, “Vámonos!”
The van pulled forward, needling through the growing crowd of soldiers who had come to fight the fire. They drove up to the first check station, where they were stopped by a guard with a machine gun. He spoke to the driver. “A dónde vas?”
“Estamos sacandoles del encendio. Orden del general.”
The soldier looked at the teens in the van. “No puedo dejarte ir.”
The man in the passenger seat fired something, and the soldier dropped to the ground. Then the man pushed a button on a hand remote, and there was another explosion—this one closer to the jail—taking out a hundred-foot section of the fence.
“Vamos!” he shouted to the driver.
“Distraction,” Ostin said. “Clever.”
The van drove quickly in the opposite direction of hundreds of soldiers who were running toward the jail. Within just a few minutes they had passed out of the military compound.
“We did it,” the man said through a speaker box. “We got away.”
Everyone in back clapped, except Ostin, who looked conflicted. Jack punched him in the shoulder. “Lighten up, dude. You and that awesome brain of yours broke us out of there.”
Wade also punched Ostin in the shoulder. “Yeah, you’re the brain man.”
Ostin still didn’t look happy. “I didn’t get us out of there; those guys did.” He turned to Taylor and frowned. “Why didn’t he know Jaime?”
Taylor shrugged. “Maybe they don’t use
The prisoners just stared at Ostin, confused at seeing an Americanin a Peruvian soldier uniform telling them to escape.
“Come on!” Ostin shouted. “Motín!”
They still just stood there.
“We haven’t time for this,” Zeus said. “Stay in your cage, you rats.”
“No, start the fires,” Ostin said. “That’s the plan.”
“Right,” Zeus said. He blasted the mattress with both hands. It burst into flames. The convicts jumped back, then, looking at Zeus in horror, fled the room. Ostin, Zeus, and Taylor ran back to Taylor’s cell. “Come on!” Zeus shouted.
“McKenna,” Ostin said. “Light the mattresses on fire!”
“Love to.” Her hand burst into flames, and she lit the mattress. Then she and Zeus went to each of the cells, lighting the mattresses until smoke poured out of the cells and filled the hallway. An alarm went off.
Ostin opened the cell door for the other prisoners, who didn’t need any persuading to get out, though they stayed away from Zeus.
“Everyone take their positions!” Ostin shouted. “Taylor, we need them to let us out now.”
They walked to the door at the end of the corridor . “Abran la puerta!” Ostin shouted.
Taylor concentrated. Immediately the door opened. Soldiers rushed into the building with guns and fire extinguishers.
“Ian, which way?” Ostin shouted.
“Follow me.”
When they got to the outside door, one of the soldiers pointed a gun at them. “Alto!”
The man suddenly collapsed to the ground.
A soldier standing behind the fallen man said, “Amigos, this way!”
“Who are you?” Ostin asked.
“ Apúrate! ” the man said, grabbing Ostin’s arm. “We haven’t much time.”
“Are you with Jaime?” Taylor asked.
The man looked confused. “Jaime?”
“The voice,” Taylor said.
He hesitated a moment, then said, “The voice. Sí. ”
Another alarm went off, and outside the fences the soldiers were emerging from their tents. “Please. Hurry.”
They followed the man over to an idling prisoner transport van. He opened the back doors. “Everyone in, hurry.”
Suddenly there was a huge explosion about a hundred yards west of the camp. Men started shouting and two sirens went off.
“Get in!” the man shouted.
When everyone was inside, the man shut the doors behind them, then ran around to the passenger’s side and climbed in. He shouted to the driver, “Vámonos!”
The van pulled forward, needling through the growing crowd of soldiers who had come to fight the fire. They drove up to the first check station, where they were stopped by a guard with a machine gun. He spoke to the driver. “A dónde vas?”
“Estamos sacandoles del encendio. Orden del general.”
The soldier looked at the teens in the van. “No puedo dejarte ir.”
The man in the passenger seat fired something, and the soldier dropped to the ground. Then the man pushed a button on a hand remote, and there was another explosion—this one closer to the jail—taking out a hundred-foot section of the fence.
“Vamos!” he shouted to the driver.
“Distraction,” Ostin said. “Clever.”
The van drove quickly in the opposite direction of hundreds of soldiers who were running toward the jail. Within just a few minutes they had passed out of the military compound.
“We did it,” the man said through a speaker box. “We got away.”
Everyone in back clapped, except Ostin, who looked conflicted. Jack punched him in the shoulder. “Lighten up, dude. You and that awesome brain of yours broke us out of there.”
Wade also punched Ostin in the shoulder. “Yeah, you’re the brain man.”
Ostin still didn’t look happy. “I didn’t get us out of there; those guys did.” He turned to Taylor and frowned. “Why didn’t he know Jaime?”
Taylor shrugged. “Maybe they don’t use
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