Chapter 34
"Oh my stars, how many hallways and turns does this place have?!" Nightmare muttered angrily as he, Cross, Error, and Jessica walked around the building.
They had managed to get into the underground base, now they just needed to find Chris and get out. Heh, the phrase 'easier said than done' applied perfectly in this situation.
Jessica then got a thoughtful look.
"I might have an idea, but it'll depend on how good you guys are on impersonating someone" she said.
The Meme squad all exchanged looks with each other...
"Alright, I'll admit, this is a good idea, but are you sure this is going to work?" Cross said as he tied Jessica's arms behind her back.
"It should work. The S.S.O. is all about getting prisoners to experiment on" Jessica replied as Nightmare fiddled with the collar of the S.S.O. outfit while Error hid the unconscious bodies of the S.S.O. officials.
"So, recap, all we have to do is act like we captured you and then asked for directions to the cell block?" Nightmare asked.
Jessica sighed.
"For the hundredth time, yes-ow! Not that tight!" she said before cutting herself off since Cross tied the ropes a bit too tight.
"Oh, sorry" he said, loosening the ropes a bit.
It was tight enough to look convincing enough, but loose enough so that Jessica could slip her arms out with a bit of work.
"Well, sounds like someone's coming right now" Error said as he looked down the hall.
Sure enough, there were two S.S.O. officials coming down the hall. They paused when they saw what was happening in front of them.
"Hey! What's going on here?" one of them asked.
Error saluted them, since they were a higher rank than them.
"Sir, we got lost on the way to the prison blocks" he said.
Jessica assumed a scowl, looking like she was hating the situation.
After taking a quick look around at the situation, one of the guards asked, "Why are there three of you?"
"Because she's a lot stronger than she looks, sir" Cross said, lightly tightening his grip on the young girl for emphasis.
After a few seconds of tense silence, the guards bought the act.
"Eh, can't expect newbies to instantly know their way around here. Come on, we'll show you part of the way" one of them said.
They went past the group, and began to lead the way.
"Told you it would work" Jessica mouthed to Nightmare before they started moving after the guards.
After a few twists and turns, they stopped.
"Take this hallway and keep going straight. You'll get to some heavy double doors, then you'll be at the cell blocks. Be careful of cell block four. A problem prisoner by the name of Christopher Jackson is in there" they said.
Cross, Nightmare, and Error all nodded and went down the hallway.
"Alright, so we need to get to cell block four" Jessica muttered.
The group got to the double doors and went through to find yet another hallway. Nightmare let out an annoyed growl, but at least there were directions painted up on the wall. Cell block four was on the right.
"Come on!" Jessica said, pulling against Cross a bit.
The group eventually got to the cell block and entered it.
"Oh, wow" they all chorused quietly.
There were a lot of prisoners there.
"Okay, definitely didn't see this coming, but, let's get searching" Jessica said as Cross untied her.
The boys got out of the uncomfortable S.S.O. uniforms since they were over the regular clothes while Jessica started moving around the cells. They all got a lot of curious and suspicious looking glances form the prisoners that were in there.
After all, it had been a while since they set eyes on other living beings that weren't S.S.O. Jessica went past a cell that suddenly caught her eye.
She backed herself up and looked inside. Chris was half asleep when she heard something softly call her name.
She lifted her head up slightly, only to widened her eyes at the sight of someone she thought she would never see again.
"Jessica?" she asked.
"Oh my gods, Chris! Error! Nightmare! Cross! I found her!" Jessica cried over her shoulder.
She looked back at the weak battle trainer.
"Hang in there, Chris. We'll get you out of here" she said.
Chris nodded as the Meme Squad showed up.
"Yeesh, you don't look so good" Cross said.
"Yeah, no shit sherlock" Chris replied tiredly as Error started picking the lock to the cell.
Once he did, he and Jessica came in and picked the locks that held Chris's wrists together as well as the lock to the metal collar around her neck.
"What does that thing even do?" Jessica asked as she placed it on the floor.
"It prevents me from using magic, and if I do, that thing was programmed to electrocute me" Chris replied.
"Jeez, and how long has you been here again?" Nightmare asked as Chris got out of the cell with Error and Jessica right behind her.
"Oh boy, couple weeks now? Anyway, we need to get moving. We have about ten minutes before the guards come back and find me gone" Chris replied.
"Wait, ten minutes?! It took us almost an hour to get here!" Nightmare whined.
"Heh, then you guys are lucky that I've memorized the place around here, come on. I know the way" Chris said.
She turned to look at someone that was in a cell next to hers.
"Don't worry Josh. I'll get you and everyone else out of here. That's a promise" she said.
"I'm holding you to that Chris! Just to let you know!" Josh replied.
"Alright, now let's go" Chris said before she took off, Jessica and the Meme Squad in tow.
"Who was that?" Jessica asked.
"Just a friend that I made. Don't tell Ink though" Chris replied.
"Ink is Chris's boyfriend. Another reason why he personally wants her back" Jessica told Nightmare, who smirked at the information.
"Finally! Something I can tease the guy about!" he said triumphantly.
"Hey! Stop right there!" someone suddenly yelled.
"Shit! We've been spotted!" Jessica cried.
"Keep going!" Chris replied.
"How are you even able to run in your current state?!" Cross asked.
"Its called an adrenaline rush!" Chris told him.
After ten minutes, everyone was outside.
"Ha! Nowhere to run now!" someone yelled.
"That's what you think!" Nightmare snapped before throwing down a smoke bomb.
Gathering her energy, Chris created a ball of magic and held it out.
Everyone put their hands on it, and by the time the powder cleared from the smoke bomb, Chris, Jessica, and the Meme Squad were gone...
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