work.”
“Hey, there's an idea,” said Joe. “A bad idea. Do you want to get yourself killed? You know what
they do around here for disobeying orders?”
“Right,” said Roy. “Hey, Let's look over
here.”
“Okay Roy,” said Joe. We heard our locker
door squeak on its hinges as an orange light entered slowly.
“Hello, hello!” he said. He had his gun trained on us. We couldn’t
see him too well since the light was behind him, but I could smell
the smoke from his burned pants and we saw that they were just
tatters.
“Hey Joe, I found them!” he yelled.
Joe came up to the locker next to Roy.
“Great, Roy. I’ll just call the boss.” Joe reached for his
radio.
“Hey, what’s that over there?” yelled
Roy.
Joe turned to look and as he did we heard Thump! Clang! as Joe was hit on the head with Roy’s gun.
“Yeah, Joe, nothing personal, but I have a score to settle
here.”
Turning back to us, he said, “Now don't you
move. And if I feel any heat on any part of my body, I'm going to
start shooting people. You understand?”
We were quiet. A sense of dread crept over my
whole body. I saw in his eyes he looked more than ready to open
fire, and at his feet lay Joe.
“I said, do you understand?” he shouted
louder.
“Yes,” we all responded.
Roy smiled. Seeing him in the orange light
with the conveyors behind him was eerie.
“Now that I have your attention, I think you
guys are about to get dead. I'll tell them you were trying to
overpower me and I shot you before you escaped. Joe wouldn't
understand it, but no one frizzles my pants and embarrasses me like
that. I'll shoot each and every one of you, but first off I'll
begin with the girl because I think she did it to me. She’s the
only one I saw with her eyes closed, concentrating.”
“Okay girl, come forward unless you want your
friends killed first.” Tracy took a trembling step forward.
He brought up the gun and leveled it at her
head, almost touching it. We braced ourselves for the shot and
heard a loud bang. But it didn’t sound quite right; not loud
enough. I opened my eyes and there lay Roy crumpled on the ground
and a bloody spot was forming under his head. A dented oil can lay
next to his body, now leaking as well. “What?” I said.
“It's me,” said the familiar voice of Guido.
“Nobody ever notices me, and I think I’m starting to like that
fact. Sorry, it took me awhile to find a weapon.”
“Thank you,” said Tracy with tears in her
eyes. “Where are you?”
“Right here,” he said next to Tracy.
She gave him a big bear hug. She held him so
long I started to get embarrassed.
“Must. . .breathe.” he said.
“Oh, sorry,” said Tracy, letting go.
“Thanks,” said Guido. “Now we need to get out
of here before Roy comes back.”
Everyone was looking at me again. I started
feeling upset about this. Who did they think I was? “Ask Guido this
time! I didn’t save you guys.” I knew this wasn’t the right place
to lose my temper, but I was sick and tired of others expecting me
to have the answers.
“Really,” I said louder, “ask him!”
Tracy looked at me as if she was going to say
something but then changed her mind. “Okay, Guido, where do we go?”
she asked.
“How about the way we came in,” he said.
“They won't expect it because they’ve already been there.” They all
nodded their heads. “Let's go,” he said. Guido was smart. Probably
smarter than me anyways.
We took off through the door and beyond the
next room with Hayasa running alongside us. We went back down to
the dungeon area, and ran down one of the corridors. The rooms were
dimly lit again. Running down the hallway, I was surprised at how
quiet everything was, with no buzz of machinery, and no one in any
of the training rooms. We came to a left turn in the tunnel and it
suddenly got very dark. You could see a few feet and then nothing.
“Tracy?” I said.
“Sure thing, I was already thinking about
this. Han, do you
“Hey, there's an idea,” said Joe. “A bad idea. Do you want to get yourself killed? You know what
they do around here for disobeying orders?”
“Right,” said Roy. “Hey, Let's look over
here.”
“Okay Roy,” said Joe. We heard our locker
door squeak on its hinges as an orange light entered slowly.
“Hello, hello!” he said. He had his gun trained on us. We couldn’t
see him too well since the light was behind him, but I could smell
the smoke from his burned pants and we saw that they were just
tatters.
“Hey Joe, I found them!” he yelled.
Joe came up to the locker next to Roy.
“Great, Roy. I’ll just call the boss.” Joe reached for his
radio.
“Hey, what’s that over there?” yelled
Roy.
Joe turned to look and as he did we heard Thump! Clang! as Joe was hit on the head with Roy’s gun.
“Yeah, Joe, nothing personal, but I have a score to settle
here.”
Turning back to us, he said, “Now don't you
move. And if I feel any heat on any part of my body, I'm going to
start shooting people. You understand?”
We were quiet. A sense of dread crept over my
whole body. I saw in his eyes he looked more than ready to open
fire, and at his feet lay Joe.
“I said, do you understand?” he shouted
louder.
“Yes,” we all responded.
Roy smiled. Seeing him in the orange light
with the conveyors behind him was eerie.
“Now that I have your attention, I think you
guys are about to get dead. I'll tell them you were trying to
overpower me and I shot you before you escaped. Joe wouldn't
understand it, but no one frizzles my pants and embarrasses me like
that. I'll shoot each and every one of you, but first off I'll
begin with the girl because I think she did it to me. She’s the
only one I saw with her eyes closed, concentrating.”
“Okay girl, come forward unless you want your
friends killed first.” Tracy took a trembling step forward.
He brought up the gun and leveled it at her
head, almost touching it. We braced ourselves for the shot and
heard a loud bang. But it didn’t sound quite right; not loud
enough. I opened my eyes and there lay Roy crumpled on the ground
and a bloody spot was forming under his head. A dented oil can lay
next to his body, now leaking as well. “What?” I said.
“It's me,” said the familiar voice of Guido.
“Nobody ever notices me, and I think I’m starting to like that
fact. Sorry, it took me awhile to find a weapon.”
“Thank you,” said Tracy with tears in her
eyes. “Where are you?”
“Right here,” he said next to Tracy.
She gave him a big bear hug. She held him so
long I started to get embarrassed.
“Must. . .breathe.” he said.
“Oh, sorry,” said Tracy, letting go.
“Thanks,” said Guido. “Now we need to get out
of here before Roy comes back.”
Everyone was looking at me again. I started
feeling upset about this. Who did they think I was? “Ask Guido this
time! I didn’t save you guys.” I knew this wasn’t the right place
to lose my temper, but I was sick and tired of others expecting me
to have the answers.
“Really,” I said louder, “ask him!”
Tracy looked at me as if she was going to say
something but then changed her mind. “Okay, Guido, where do we go?”
she asked.
“How about the way we came in,” he said.
“They won't expect it because they’ve already been there.” They all
nodded their heads. “Let's go,” he said. Guido was smart. Probably
smarter than me anyways.
We took off through the door and beyond the
next room with Hayasa running alongside us. We went back down to
the dungeon area, and ran down one of the corridors. The rooms were
dimly lit again. Running down the hallway, I was surprised at how
quiet everything was, with no buzz of machinery, and no one in any
of the training rooms. We came to a left turn in the tunnel and it
suddenly got very dark. You could see a few feet and then nothing.
“Tracy?” I said.
“Sure thing, I was already thinking about
this. Han, do you
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