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CHAPTER 8 - I WANT OUT

Present – Day 9

     We knew what we needed to do but we had no mental drive of how to initiate this escape. We still had no diversion set and it was already day nine. The escorts maintained their surveillance on us as the final countdown was finally upon approach. I could see them rounding up their equipment and packing the ship. By tomorrow that ship would be long gone, and we'd be victims of the almighty sun.

      “What now?” Babe asked.

“We don't have a distraction.” I said, grinding my teeth. “I think we're fucked.”

“So it's just me, you and Aliza in on this?”

“Ellie.” I muttered. “Ellie could come with us.”

“That crazy bitch?!”

“Will you shut the fuck up?!”

“How do we know that woman won't fucking kill us on our way back to Earth?”

“She's not as crazy as she seems.”

“How about keep this three woman operation.” Babe said. “We need a swinging dick on this. We need some man power.” She was right. Stealth alone was not going to liberate us. We needed some brawn to dismantle any inconvenient matters that might come along. I could rely on Ice but that bastard raped me in the bathroom, so I'm not going to trust him inside a compact, small ship. Then the idea of asking Lucas came to light. He didn't seem like a bad pick. I turned from Babe and began running through the prison, looking for where Lucas could be. As I came to an ending corridor, there I saw Lucas standing there, staring at the see-through wall.

“Can I talk to you?” I asked.

“Never said you couldn't.” Lucas replied.

“What are you doing?”

“Staring at our demise.” We both glanced at the fiery waves of gas and inferno that encompassed the glass wall. “Tomorrow will be here fast and before we know it, we'll be one with the sun.”

“That sounds really poetic and shitty at the same time.”

“What did you want to talk about?”

“How about not becoming one with the sun.”

“What?”

“I'm talking about escaping and returning to Earth.”

“Oh okay. A jail break.”

“It wouldn't be my first time.”

“Well for someone who has assassinated the President, I'm sure you have a history of getting out of prisons, but not like this.”

“We just need your assistance. Afterward you'll be out of here with us.”

“You really believe you have this all mapped out.”

“Do this with us and you'll be on the path to Earth.”

“Wow.” Lucas said with a smirk, finally turning around to look at me. “If I'd knew someone would be making an attempt to get out of here, I would've made plans.”

“Well start making them.”

“If we make it out of here, I have a lot of unfinished business I would need to handle.”

              “You knew some bad people?” I leaned against the glass, ready to finally listen to his life story.

“My sister. I was supposed to see her. She was involved with a bunch of bad people. She tried to get away from them but they tracked her down, found out what she was going to do and killed her.”

“Do you have an idea of who they were?”

“I have an idea.” he said taking off in the opposite direction. I followed him .

“So you're going to help us right?” I asked.

“Sure. I got nothing better to do.”

“Great. I overheard the escorts saying that they were firing up the ship at around noon tomorrow, Earth time.”

“So what do I do?”

“You are the diversion.”

“Diversion?” Lucas stopped walking and looked at me. “Don't fuck me over-”

“I'm not going to fuck you over. I'm not going to leave you here.”

“If I help you do this, I'm on that ship too.”

“I'm not going to leave anyone behind. Babe and Aliza are in on this and the escape can't be fully carried out unless you're providing the distraction.”

“Well these people don't really give a shit about what we do here. I don't know what I'd have to do to catch their attention.”  

“Do you feel like getting your hands dirty?”

“Who am I fighting?”

“Ice.”

“Alright. Simple.” Lucas said with a wide smile.

     The later part of that day spawned normally and I waited anxiously for the next wake up call. Tomorrow we'd be scheduled to die, but the plans were set to change for a few of us. We'd awake for the day and allow the escorts to pack the ship with the appropriate supplies. Fuel, food; the works. Afterward, Lucas' part would play out and he would provide the distraction. The distraction would be enough to pull most of the armed escorts from the loading area, lowering the numbers and giving Aliza, Babe and I the opportunityto take down lesser escorts. Once we've eliminated the escorts and the observers, Lucas will board the ship shortly after and we'll be out of here before the prison's walls give way.

October 21
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      I laughed to myself. If Linda and I were still on good terms, we'd have a ball talking about this escape. Then again, if she and I were on good terms, I wouldn't have been here in the first place. Our dispute started it's journey when one of our members didn't want to continue with the cult. Her name was Vita Mcdonald and at the time I deemed her weak and after a bit of mentally hounding her, I was prepared to let her go. We had no reason to hurt any members or ex-members, as long as they were not convinced to go to the police about anything. I trusted her but Linda did not. This was a problem, given the fact I put her in charge and natural suggestions for a typical farewell flew out of the damn window.

     “I can't do this anymore. Where's the ending solution to this?!” Vita shouted.

“That solution shouldn't be of your concern.” Linda snarled. I stayed silent, abiding to my promise. “Your concern should be making sure you follow our orders.”

“You see?!” Vita shouted, pointing a knife hand at Linda. “This started out as a group to spread true change. We all shared the same ideals. Now, you two are big bad wolves chasing fucking sheep.”

Linda grabbed Vita's wrist with a twist.

“Don't ever raise your hand to me you worthless shit!” she snapped.

“Fuck you. Your word doesn't count anymore.”

“My word has meant more than your goddamn life.”

Vita then snatched away her hand. I wasn't too determined to step in. I wanted to see how she handled the situation at hand.

“So you want out?” Linda asked.

“I don't want anything to do with any of you. My daughter is getting bigger and she doesn't need to be exposed to this group that has become more of a shame than a change.”

Linda nodded and before I could show Vita the door, Linda wrapped up Vita in a vicious choke hold, pointing a pistol at Vita's head.

“How about now bitch?” Linda said with a grin, slowly placing her finger on the trigger. “You want out now?!”

     “Don't fucking do this!” Vita cried.

“Look who's fucking crying?!” Linda laughed.

“My daughter is my everything.”

“If that's true, then why make the decision of leaving the organization responsible for creating a better future for her.”

“Slaughtering people as a method of persuasion is not creating a better future. We were martyrs of truth and change, now we are saints of fear.”

“Fear and death are effective examples of what we stand for. For years we have stood and watch our friends and family become whipped by the very people who are sworn in to protect us. Now it's our time to give that back to them. Show them that they are now our examples.

And now, you will be our example.”

That very second, I knew it was crucial that I'd step in. I wasn't up for an unscheduled execution. That would've have been a bit sloppy in my opinion.

“Wait!” I interrupted

“Shit Claire!” Linda shouted. “I thought you said you'd let me swing this.”

“Yeah but I came in today with no intent of getting our hands dirty. Especially with one of our own.”

“One of our own? For fuck sake, you heard her. She wants out. So I'm going to show her the way out.”

“Alright.” My voice grew firm. “I'm serious. Don't fucking kill her.”

“She's going to give us all out!”

“If she does, we'll find her and take care of her then.”

My eyes were glued to Linda's. I could see the psychotic stare in her eyes. An eager, blank gaze that told me that her emotions had attenuated and now she had a drive for fear. In the next immediate second, the gun went off, sending a splash of brain matter and blood showering upon me and a few other members. As Vita's body went to the floor, I gripped Linda by her collar and slammed her against a wall.

“What the fuck?!” I shouted.

“She deserved it. That bitch fucking deserved it!” Linda yelled.

“This isn't how we work. We are not supposed to be sloppy!”

“She had it coming. Just like anyone else who decides they want out!” Linda shouted, looking at the rest of the cult members. “I'll be glad to show you the door too.”

Present - Day 10

     From that moment, the realization of me not wanting to be involved with Linda's desire for authority had hit me fast, and I even made an attempt to figure out how I was going to turn myself in without getting my head blown off by a pissed off enforcement chief. They could have but they didn't, and maybe I would have been better off dead, than feeling as nervous as I was at this moment. Day ten was here and it was time to execute. I made my way to the unloading area, where the ship was docked, locking eyes with a few of the observers and a handful of escorts. I moped in watching the personnel pack their equipment.

     “Made amends with the devil?” Banuelos said, coming up to me.

“Yeah. He's got one hell of a room mate coming his way.” I smirked. “No but actually I was hoping you'd give me a ride back home.”

Banuelos pointed at me with a wide grin. “You're funny.”

“I have to have a sense of humor at times like these.” I laughed. “I'll send you a post card.”

Banuelos laughed and continued loading equipment into the small ship hatch.

Something was wrong. There should have been a distress alert already. Lucas and Ice should have already been going at it. Something was wrong and I needed to get to the bottom of it before we missed our only chance for survival. I about faced and sprinted back down the corridor and before the search party could began, grunts and shouts began to become audible. I followed the sound to find two men viciously grappling each other, savagely slamming each other against to the lucid walls. Ice was landing powerful right hand shots to Lucas' face, busting his nose and Lucas attempted to weaken his assault by ramming him against the walls. Murphy's fucking law, every time. I ran forward and shoved  Ice back from Lucas.

     “I'm gonna bite that little pussy before this is over!” he shouted, charging at me. Before he could touch me, Lucas thrust kicked the asshole, sending him off of his feet. Ice rolled quickly and climbed back to his feet.  As he and Lucas got back into it, whipping each other down the corridors, I tensely followed along. I wasn't sure what more I could have done, but Ice needed to be taken out, and those escorts needed to be down here now. Ice tossed a strong left hand, slamming Lucas in the jaw before Lucas retaliated with a shoulder toss, planting Ice on the floor. The two continued their brawl, wandering into an area that I've yet to see before. My mind jumped from the brawl between Lucas and Ice, and focused on the room. Camera feeds of each section of the prison were set up here. Temperature regulators, and engine watch screens were everywhere. It had hit me. We were where we truly needed to be. The control room. A loud kick to Ice's jaw snapped me back to reality and as my observation returned back to Lucas, Ice was a bloody mess on the floor, unconscious.

“Thanks for the help.” Lucas said, wiping a bit of blood from his nose.

“I try when I can.” I said, wandering the room. I made my way to a computer that had information on each of us prisoners. Most likely information they could use as observation data to report once they were back on Earth. Next to the computer was a small lever. The only lever in the entire control room. I realize it was the only lever that mattered at this point. The lever that would speed up what I needed to happen, but also speed up the time I needed to get the fuck out of here. At this point, time was no longer an associate and I had to abuse it.

     “We need to get out of here, before we get the attention we don't need.” Lucas warned.

“This is the attention that we need.” I said gripping the lever. “Get ready to haul ass.”

“What are you doing?”

“Getting us out of here now.”

I pulled the the heavy lever, and as that action took place, a loud alarm went off. I could hear machinery clicking amongst the alarm.