“Keep your voice down Heath!” Cindy cautioned.
“I think we should plan a diversion and get them to split up,” Chelley suggested.
“Good idea, but how?” Heath asked uncertainly, quieter this time.
“There has to be another way around,” Chelley said hopefully.
“Why don’t we get one of them to come to us?” Cindy put forth. “Then we could ambush him, and the second guy, when he comes to check on the first guy.”
“But they might call for help,” Heath warned.
“It’s a risk we might have to take,” Chelley answered, “And it’s probably the fastest way of getting in.”
“Someone’s going to have to run across to the other side of the corridor for it to work properly.” Heath determined, he was doubtful the plan would work.
“I’ll do it,” Cindy volunteered.
“Are you sure Cindy?” asked Chelley, a little concerned, “It could be dangerous if you give us away.”
“It’s the least I can do,” Cindy said generously.
“Okay, on three,” Heath instructed reluctantly, Cindy broke away from the huddle. “One, two, three!” He counted her in and she dashed across to the other side of the corridor as quickly as she could.
Heath gave her the thumbs up then hit the wall with his hand to draw the guard towards them; it worked.
“Did you hear that?” One of the guards said to the other.
“Yeah, I better go and check it out.”
Cindy could hear the guard’s footsteps slowly becoming louder and louder, then she could see him approaching. Just before he turned the corner to where Heath and Chelley were waiting, Cindy grabbed him from behind, put her hand around his mouth and pushed him towards them. Cindy prayed that the other guard hadn’t seen her. Heath knocked him out and searched him for a weapon. He found a silenced gun and a walkie-talkie. He shoved the gun into his pocket and said into the walkie-talkie, in his most guard-like voice, “Mate, you better come and check this out.”
He got a reply, “I’ll be right there, over.”
Seeing as this guard wasn’t as suspicious, he was easier to confront. They basically did the same thing. Luckily Heath didn’t have to resort to using the gun.
The three tiptoed up to the door that the guards had been guarding then paused, “What are we going to do when we get in?” Cindy asked curiously.
“Chelley and I will use our powers to deter any guards and you can try to sneak over to Callie, so she can use her power, then free Amy and Brant.” Heath announced.
Chelley nodded, “We can do this, I know we can.”
“On three?” Heath chuckled.
“Alright.” Cindy and Chelley agreed.
“One, two, three!” They whispered together.
Heath burst into the room closely followed by Chelley. He didn’t waste any time getting started, already taking aim at the nearest bad guy. Chelley did too. Cindy noticed immediately that her three friends were tied to chairs in the middle of the room. She dashed over to Callie, ducking her head and trying to be as inconspicuous as possible. She started undoing the ropes, but to her alarm Callie was unconscious, lying limp in the chair; Cindy would make them pay for this. She also noticed that Heath and Chelley weren’t going too well and that an Asian man was watching them, laughing.
“I bet that’s Hartono,” Cindy thought to herself. She kept on crouching behind Callie’s chair, trying make her wake up, but she wouldn’t. Things still weren’t going very well for the others, because Heath was hunched up on the ground, Chelley had been backed into the corner of the room and Amy and Brant were struggling in their chairs, a muscular man standing in front of them.
What could Cindy do? This was not going to plan. They were all done for. She had to do something, something spectacular. They couldn’t come this far and then lose.
All of a sudden she felt a power growing inside of her, trying to escape. She started having convulsions until she couldn’t take it anymore. She stood up and let out a deafening scream.
“It’s happening!” Brant said ecstatically from his chair.
Cindy stopped screaming and she felt this rage inside of her, she was full of confidence; nothing could stand in her way. She outstretched her arms either side of her and looked up towards the roof. The walls started shaking and all Mr. Hartono’s men stopped what they were doing and turned to face her. Everything went quiet. An amazing white light suddenly blasted out of Cindy’s hands and mouth and engulfed the whole room. When the light subsided, Mr. Hartono’s men were sprawled on the floor, but where was Mr. Hartono? He’d gotten away.
Cindy put her arms by her sides and looked down from the roof. Had she done this? Yes! She’d discovered her power, and what an amazing one at that. It felt so amazing in those few moments when she was full of confidence and energy. But now she felt a little drained, a little tired.
Her friends gingerly all got to their feet and smiled at her after wiping a shocked look off their faces, Callie had come to. One by one they patted her on the back or hugged her. “I’m glad everyone’s okay,” Cindy said jovially.
“Cindy that was…” Amy stopped, lost for words. “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome,” she replied.
“People, we have a meeting to sabotage. Would anyone happen to know where it is?” Brant questioned, looking in Callie’s direction.
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“Alright then, let’s go.” Brant paused, then addressed the group once more. “I’d just like to let everyone know that I’m very proud of all of you.”
They all headed out of the factory, together once more. But it was really for the first time, Cindy thought to herself. She noticed that Heath and Brant were talking quietly to each other a lot, and Brant put his arm around Heath lovingly a few times. She wished that her Dad was there to do that.
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Ohhhh, we're getting close to the ending now. I can sense these things. (Plus I think you mentioned there are 16 chapters, but shhhh.) I'd say keep up the good work, but seeing as all you're doing is re-typing old work... um, keep up the re-typing! :)
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