"Yeah, were you expecting Prince Charming?" Eliza joked as she put Maria down. Maria looked around. She noticed that there were a lot more people there than she remembered. She saw Thomas, Charles, the three Schuylers, Hercules (at least that's what she thought his name was) and that French Boy that was Thomas's cousin and had a face that looked like a baguette.

She felt so relieved. "Where did you guys come from?" she asked.

"We came to save you guys. You really think that we were going to let you die just like that?" Thomas answered.

"Uh- yeah."

This made Alex chuckle. "Anyway," continued Thomas, "We all gotta find some way to get out of here."

"I mean, there are air vents we could go through." Alex suggested.

"And you think we'll be able to reach up there, especially you, you shortass?" Thomas said, snapping his fingers.

"Um, it's not that high, and it's also significantly large enough for us to be able to move quickly. "

"He does have a point, Tom," Jemmy said.

Thomas gave Jemmy the look. "So now you're on his side, too?"

"Hey, at least I'm trying to survive!"

"Okay, fine. Say that it's reasonable. How the hell are we going to open the damn cover? It's screwed on! We're screwed!"

"I can help with that." said Lafayette. He grabbed his bookbag and pulled out a screwdriver.

"How the- how the fuck did you just randomly pull out a screwdriver? Where the hell did you get that?" Thomas asked.

"Dumbass doesn't even know his cousin takes construction as a major."

"The fuck? There's construction in this high school?"

Lafayette rolled his eyes. "Anyways, let's bust this shit."

He unscrewed the four screws and pointed to Angelica, "Madame," he fake bowed and pointed to the now visible hole. She climbed in, followed by her sisters, Maria and Theo. Aaron followed his girlfriend, and next was Samuel and Charles. Jemmy hesitantly hopped in and John did, too. "Mon amour," Lafayette blew a kiss at Hercules. Blushing, Herc hopped in, followed by Lafayette. Basically, the last two were Thomas and Alex, when suddenly they heard a noise.

"Over there!" It was a guard's voice. Footsteps were banging on the floor. There definitely were more than twenty men. Alex and Thomas shared a look, and Thomas nodded at Alex to go first. He tried to get on, and since he couldn't, Alex gave Thomas a pleading look, and Thomas reluctantly grabbed the metal cover and the screws (Laf had the screwdriver) with one hand and carried Alex bridal style the best he could. He put the screws down and gently placed Alex inside the vent. Alex rapidly moved away from the entrance. Thomas jumped inside the vent, put the cover as best as he could without the screws and followed Alex.

***

"That was close," panted Angelica when they all were safe. They had found a space in the vent that was not as narrow as the rest, and had made a circle.

"Right." Sam agreed.

"So how are we supposed to get out?" Asked Herc.

"I don't know," shrugged Thomas, "but what we have to do is stay together no matter what, or who we hate." He eyed Alex as he said that.

Everyone agreed. John squeezed Alex's hand. Everyone caught their breath.

And though everyone was lost in their own thoughts, Peggy couldn't stop looking at Maria.

And Maria couldn't stop staring at Eliza...

Authors Note

It may seem like LAMS at first... but don't worry, Jamilton will come. All you need is patience.