I woke up the next day feeling exhausted. I stretched and changed into my usual
outfit. A pair of green jeans, a long sleeved green shirt and a green jacket which
is the usual uniform For my team. I looked around and saw none in the dorm so
With extra caution I picked up My bow and nocked an arrow. With caution I snuck
through the tunnels wondering if something bad happened. I checked all
the rooms besides the living room/dining room and saw a cake and suspicious
boxes but then "SURPRISE" everyone yelled as they jumped out of their hiding
Spots. I looked confused for a second but then I remembered… Today
Is my 13th birthday. I wondered how they knew, I never told anyone. "How
Did you know?" I asked confused Jules gave me a sly grin and said
"We're not that bad detectives" I grinned back. "Open this one first!" Leo said and
Handed me a long box with blue wrapping paper and a green ribbon.
I opened it and inside was a short sword with a handmade leather handle.
I grinned and said "thanks man" frank handed me a smaller box wrapped white
paper. I opened it and Inside was a new quiver full of arrows. I thanked him and
The others each gave me a box with various items. After that Jason asked
"should we cut the cake?" "Yeah, if everyones ready" Jules replied
Frank handed me his sword to cut the cake with and we cut it revealing to be my
favorite flavor Vanilla with chocolate frosting. I took my piece and was about to
Take a bite when an alarm I've never heard before played. "Uh oh.." Frank said
"theres another one" "I'll go get them, same place you found me right?" Frank
Nodded so I started walking off "wait!" Jules said "I'm coming with you, its safer
to travel in pairs." I agreed and we headed for the spot. When we got closer we
Started being more cautious and we snuck quietly walking in sink. We entered
the area and saw two. We approached them trying not to scare them. The boy
Stood in front of the girl who looked like his sister. "S-stay back!" he said
sounding terrified. He looked no more than 11 the girl looked the same age, 11.
They were both shaking with fear, Just like how I had been when Frank found
Me. "Hey don't worry we're not going to hurt you" Jules said in a calm voice
"W-whats going on?" the girl asked "We cant explain here, its not safe we can
take you somewhere safe, If you let us." the girl and boy looked at each other for
a second before nodding. "Alright" Jules said and offered me her hand and I may
Or not have been blushing Just a little bit. Together we took them back to
Basecamp. When we got there I explained to my best knowledge what
happened. Both of the kids looked close to breaking down in tears. "D-dad didn't
even try to stop them.." the girl sniffled "I-i bet he tried, Emily" the boy said trying
to comfort her. "We're going to get out of here someday.." I whispered to Jules.
"I-im Percy" the boy said, extending his hand. I shook it and then the girl
Said quietly"Im Emily" "Nico" I offered "jules" she said and we showed them back
into the living room/dining room area and offered them each a piece of cake, they
both turned it down. They stayed quiet for a while so me and Jules decided to
leave them alone and wandered off out of the base into the tunnel system still
holding hands neither of us moving our hands. "I wonder… the hole by the
Entrance… maybe we could make it bigger and get us all out of here…" I thought
aloud "that might work.." Jules replied we puzzled over it for a second "we should
Try" Jules said "right" I replied and we walked all the way back. When we got
back we started to make a staircase up to the tiny hole. When we got up i
screwed a loop into the ceiling that way we could attach ropes so we didn't hurt
ourselves. I tied my rope and slowly started putting all my weight onto it until i
was hanging. When It didn't break Jules climbed up and tied hers too. I squeezed
My eyes closed cause I'm scared of heights. Slowly I opened my eyes and saw
that Jules was already trying to break pieces off with a curved arrow, so I did the
Same. within hours nothing changed and I was getting ready to give up when
small pieces started to break off. Soon there was a hole big enough to squeeze a
person in it, I stuck my head through and saw a fortress in the distance with lots
of guards. Jules saw it too. "We should tell the others to pack their stuff" I said
Excitedly glancing at my gray and colorless skin. We climbed down the ropes and
ran to tell the others. "WE'VE GOT AN ESCAPE" me and Jules yelled at the
same time. Everyone ran into the main room, even the two new kids. We ran
over And showed it to them. 2 by 2 we sent them up until it was our turn. Once
we were all up we all blinked and squinted not used to the sunlight. I laid in the
Grass. I was in there for almost a year, and now I was free. But what about the
Others down there? "We need to get the others out of here too" I said everyone
But the new kids nodded I slided down the rope and said "ill find them." "I'm
coming with you" Jules said "Its not safe" I said "Too bad I'm coming" she replied
We got down the ropes and started to the other teams gate and knocked on the
Door.