It was later that night when Rick began to put his plan into action. The fact he was under constant scrutiny was irrelevant. He pulled his bed over by the door, so his sense of hearing was boosted and he could easily recognise whether or not anyone was on the corridors outside his room. He squinted, as if it would make his hearing any better, he didn’t hear a thing. That was it, if he ever wanted to rescue his Grandparents he’d have to get the plan fully into gear and act now.

He clutched the map of the building, studying it once more before leaving the room. Leaving must be a quiet process if he wished to get out and into the room marked on the map successfully. According to the map he’d have to travel straight up two corridors and make a quick left, then the door to the room would be in front of him. He pursued the path, rapidly, pacing up the corridor making sure his feet were flat and made no sound hitting against the marble floor. All good so far.

With one corridor out of the way, another one lied in front of him. Only, this task seemed a lot more difficult as a windowed room with a sign saying “Cameras in Action” barricaded the corner he’d have to turn to get to the room. Rick took a quick breather, and he was off.

He attempted to blend in with the natural environment, pressing himself flat against the wall and crouching so he wasn’t visible above the window. He side-stepped silently under the area he’d be most visible. He’d made it past the window, now to turn and follow a short walk to the door.

So far so good, this walk seemed nothing. He stopped for a second, he noticed how cold it was, so cold he could see his breath in front of him. He breathed out hard, noticing a red line going from one side of the wall to the other. The walls had laser-triggered-alarms.

He made his best attempt to crawl under, but being quite a plump boy, failed miserably.
The alarm sounded, he immediately felt an arm on his shoulder, it was the cold-eyed man from earlier that day.

“And what are we up to, Ricky boy..?” He chuckled. “I suggest you get back to your room, and never make an attempt to look around this building again. After all, you could accidentally find anything.”
Rick began to head back to his room.
“Wait.” Said the man, “What’s that in your hand?” He questioned, gesturing to the map.

“Uhhm.. Nothing..” Rick replied, hesitantly.
“Really?” Questioned the man, snatching it.
He glared at it, his eyes studying it top to bottom, left to right.
“Little boys, always looking for trouble, Get to your room NOW.” He balled.

Rick scurried to his room, putting on a sleeping act.
He heard footsteps outside his room, two sets.
They ended, he overheard a conversation.

“A map, of this place?”
“Yes, with the Lab marked and highlighted.”
“Interesting, where’s the boy?”
“In there.”
“Pay extra attention to him, make sure he doesn’t get too suspicious.”
“Okay sir.”
The footsteps restarted, fading off into the distance.
Rick was now fully aware there was some sort of conspiracy going on.

He woke next morning, a knock on the door serenading him.
“Come in.” Rick groaned.
A dark-dressed woman walked in, long hair running down her back.
Rick stared at her.
“Listen, we must go – No time for chit-chat, get your stuff ready and come out now.”
Rick took full notice of her, how could he resist.

He threw some clothes on.
“Right, out here – quick!” She began to run.
Rick ran after her, trying his best to keep up.
An alarm sounded, a voice coming out of the speakers in the corridor.
“ATTENTION: ESCAPEE CORRIDOR 4 SECTOR 3.”
2 Men appeared in front of them, the woman quickly combo-kicking them, knocking them down like a bowling ball does pins.

A fire escape was ahead now, she quickly barged through it and led him to the alternate side of the nearby river.
She addressed him, “Richard..”
Rick panted, barely managing to reply “Yeah?”
“This may sound unusual, but listen to me.
I’m from the future. The project you’re Grandfather has been looking into is a Time Travelling device that would enable us to travel back into time and overthrow the government. Some evidence was leaked to them, which is why they have locked up your Grandparents. I’m from the future so I know you will get into the room you wish to, and collect the material for the device, but doing that isn’t what all that needs to be done and that’s why I’m here.”

Rick nodded, trying to take in all the information, She continued.
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TO BE CONTINUED.
Read the previous parts or this part may not make the most of sense to you.
I have yet to go into the best part of the story, but yeah.
READ, AND CLICK ENJOY IF YOU ENJOYED IT AT ALL D:
~Mittens.