"Pssh, yeah." Nina reached in her curls and pulled out a hair pin. "Don't even know why I bother with those things anymore. I'm the only one that got stuck with this ridiculously curly hair." She handed the pin to Sam through the bars. "Good luck with that. I don't think it's going to work though. This isn't some movie."
"It'll work. Sam's smart, he knows what he's doing." I smiled. "Do your thing, get us out of here."

I smiled nervously at Daisy through the bars as I took the hair pin from Nina. "Thanks." I said and bent down, hoping that I wasn't being stupid and this would actually work.
"Maybe someone should look for some keys while you do that, just in case..." Joe suggested skeptically.
"Yeah, no offence Sam but-" Spencer broke off as the lock I was manipulating with the hair pin gave a loud click, and I pushed the door open.
"No way." I muttered but stood up, feeling quite happy with myself.
"You've got to be kidding me." I heard Joe say before Spencer pushed past us, rushing in to see Nina.

I think we were all a little shocked that Sam's lock picking actually worked. No one was really expecting that lock to click but it did. I stepped aside as her brother, Spencer, ran and hugged her. "I missed you too, kid." She smiled. I guessed he was the youngest of the trio.
While they caught up, I rushed out of the cell, happy I wasn't trapped anymore. "Hey, thanks for saving us." I gave Sam a quick hug and smiled. "But we should really get out of here. I can barely breathe." My smile faded. "Got a plan?" I asked.

"It's rough, but it'll have to do. I've talked to Joe, Em and Spencer and they're coming with us, hopefully Nina will agree as well. Did you find Christy, Luke or Penelope?" I asked hopefully, although it didn't seem like she did, otherwise they'd be trapped in here with her.
"Hey, let's go. We've gotta get out of here and get Em." Joe said, turning to us once he'd given Nina a squeeze on the shoulder.
"Do you think she's okay?" Spencer asked as worry filled his eyes.
"There's only one way to find out." Joe said and led the way.

"Who is Em?" I asked curiously as I followed them out. "And how are we going to sneak out of here without being caught? It was easy for me because I was alone. But now there's a group of us." I stopped. "And what about the rest of them? We're just gonna let them sit in there until they're on the front lines tomorrow?" I asked, waiting on an answer from any one of them.

"We'll come back and get them out tonight." I said automatically, hardly realizing what I was saying I was so caught up in my thought to do with the plan.
"Em, is our sister and she's out there distracting the guards for us." Joe explained looking over his shoulder at Daisy. "She must be doing a good job as well, seeing as we've gotten this far. As for getting out of here, I say we exit one by one. Quietly. Head for the building we came from and then we can go from there."

"Mm'kay." I nodded. "Since you guys have mapped this whole thing out. One of you should go first. We'll follow. I'm not good with the whole 'following directions' thing. Never quite stuck with me. I get confused, yada yada yada...." I trailed off. "So one of you lead the way. I'll follow. Then we go from there. Is that ok?" I asked, looking from Joe to Spencer, to Sam.

I smiled and nodded at Daisy as we reached the door. "Yeah, that's fine. C'mon." I said and stepped forwards, peering around the edge of the door.
Em was still standing there looking slightly nervous as she chatted away to the guards who's backs were to us. Her face filled with relief when she saw me and I nodded, letting her know we had the others. She gained confidence once more and continued to distract the guards.
"Joe." I said stepping back and he nodded to me. "I'll go last, you get everyone over there and I'll follow."
"Okay." He agreed and peered around the door before creeping back to the shadows of safety.
"Alright, Spencer you next." I waved him over and sent him out, watching and hoping that he would be quiet enough.
Sighing with relief when he reached Joe, I gestured to Nina who nodded and quickly followed the others, not needing me to tell her when to go.
"Okay, Daisy. You go and I'll be right behind you." I said turning to her.

I nodded. "Alright." I looked at him one last time before following Nina and the others. Once I reached them, I turned my attention to the doorway, waiting on Sam to make his way out.
"You guys ok?" I heard Joe ask. Nina and I nodded. "Where's Sam?" He asked.
"He's coming. He's just got to be careful." I kept my eyes glued on the doorway, waiting to see him come out so we could make a run for it.

Peering around the doorway one last time, I made sure the coast was clear before sneaking past the guards as quietly as I could, making my way towards the others.
As soon as I reached them, I turned around looking out at Em, waiting for her to come and join us now we were out safe.
"C'mon Em." I heard Joe mutter from beside me.
A few minutes later, we all watched silently as Em started to pull back from the group of soldiers, leaving them with a smile and a wave as if they'd all been friends forever. I stepped back behind the building, pulling the others out of sight so that if the guards turned to watch her go they wouldn't spot us waiting for her.
"Hey!" One guard called at last, causing all of us to freeze where we stood.
Em was close to us now, her feet turning on the gravel sounded loud as she faced them again. "Yeah?" She called calmly.
"Le' us know if ye see any mischief going on, if ye do, bring 'em back 'ere for us will ye?" The guard I recognized as Locke called after her and the rest of them chuckled.
Em replied, "Sure thing," and then walked away from them, coming around the corner to be greeted and grabbed by Nina as she rejoined us.

"I'm glad you guys are okay." Nina said into the shoulder of Em. They were all hugging and checking each other over to make sure they were good. It was actually really sweet. Their little moment reminded me of my siblings and I before our brother passed.
"That was a close one." I breathed out as the girl named Em finally made it back to her siblings. "Now that we're all here. What's the plan?" I looked over to Sam and waited for him to reply. "Should we just book it now, or what? Cause I'm ready to get the heck out of here."

"I'm with her." Joe said. "You said we'd get Nina and go, that was the agreement. Remember?" He added turning to face me.
I nodded. "Yeah, I know, but seeing as they don't know we're still out here we don't have to rush. We can take our time to get food, medical supplies, weapons.. the maps. We don't want to go out there unprepared." I told them and then turned to Daisy, pulling her aside.
"You didn't see Luke, Christy or Penelope did you? Were they in there?" I asked gesturing over my shoulder back towards the cell. "We should have looked for them."

I shook my head. "Nope, I didn't see them. I was knocked out. When I woke up, I was in the cell." I admitted. "They might be Jaxlor's for all we know. If they saw you, they would've said something in there... Right?" I crossed my arms over my chest. "I feel bad leaving them. I really do. But I don't know what else to do."

I looked down at Daisy for a moment before nodding. "Okay." I said and turned away. Maybe they'd already escaped, maybe they were in that prison block, either way I hoped they were okay.
"Okay let's go, do you want to split up or stay together?" I asked the others, they were only just reunited, I wasn't sure how keen they'd be with splitting up again.

"I hate to admit it, but splitting up would be a lot better." Nina answered for her siblings. "Joe, you stay with Em. Spencer will stay with me. Deal?" She looked at her siblings. The weren't too happy about splitting up, but the nodded, agreeing to who they'd be grouped with. "Sam, you're the Plan Man. Who's getting what? Where and when are we meeting?" She asked.

I looked over them all, how everyone could be looking to me for guidance and plans was bizarre. I wasn't a leader. I wasn't even a good son.
"Uh, well Daisy and I will go and get the maps and any other information we can find from the Generals office then we'll head to the infirmary on our way to the fence and pick up some medical supplies. Em and Joe, you guys can get as many weapons as you can carry, fills bags, we'll definitely need them." Once they nodded I turned to Nina and Spencer. "You guys concentrate on food and gear. Anything that could be useful grab it; torches, matches, a tent if possible, sleeping bags if not. Anything. Got it?"
They all nodded and I felt my chest tighten with nerves. If someone got hurt today it would be my fault, I was the 'Plan Man' after all, all this was my idea.
"Now be careful, we can't risk getting caught or letting them catch on to what we're doing. We'll meet by the artillery shed in an hour. Joe and Em you guys will probably get there first seeing as you're needing weapons and that's where they're stashed, once you get what you need, hide just outside the fence line. In an hour, if someones not there leave. Just leave. The more of us that get out the better, but let's not risk it."

"We'll all be there." Nina said, then turned to her siblings.. "And if we're not, I'll kick your ass. We gotta make it home to mom." She was talking to her siblings now. I guessed she was the oldest. "Be careful. Don't screw up. I love you guys." They hugged once more. "Joe--" She paused. "You know what to do. Watch Em's back." She said.
"And you watch, Spence." He responded. They nodded at each other before going there separate ways. Now it was just Sam and I.

"You ready?" I turned to him after the siblings were gone and on their mission. I hoped they'd be alright. We were counting on them. We actually needed them and if any of them messed this up, we'd have to pay for it in some way.

I watched the others jog off, going to complete their assigned jobs. "Yeah," I said turning to Daisy, "Let's do this."
A new found determination had spread within me, I wasn't going to let either one of this group down, I couldn't.
"C'mon, General's office first. Hopefully it'll be just as deserted as last time and we can just be in and out." Turning around, I led Daisy in the direction of the Ex-General's office, wondering if that smarmy guy from earlier would still be sitting there, going through his papers, not knowing what was going on around him.

I nodded. "Alright. Then after that, the medical supplies." I followed him towards the General's office, hoping we would get there without getting caught. "You think we'll make it out of here safely?" I asked Sam, hoping he'd give me his honest opinion. I was a little nervous of how this would end, but I had a good feeling we'd be alright.

I hesitated before answering her. Would we make it out of here safely?
"I don't know." I sighed truthfully. "I'd like to say yes, of course we'll get out of here in one piece, all of us... but I really don't know. How can I?"
I glanced over at her. "You know they'll be expecting this; rebellion. Jaxlor's and The Tilerian Guards, they've got to know they haven't got everyone in custody or under lock down. They'll be expecting this." I said voicing what I'd been thinking since this began.