Everyone was talking. Not about Parker, not about Mark, but about Hazel. She had just left, and Kayla knew this next part was up to her. Walking over to where everyone else was, Kayla felt a slight bit unsure. If this failed, she didn't want to face the consequences. No, no. I need to stay positive. I can't be a pessimist here! Cmon Kayla, be a leader!

"Guys." She said, and everyone turned to face her.

"Yeah, what is it? The fact that Hazel just gave in to him and left? I wouldn't be surprised if she joined his side." Parker said, and Kayla shook her head.

"No, she's not interested in how it works. She's trying to figure out how we escape. She gave me a code for this door. Seeing the keypad will be difficult, and I need your guy's help on this." She replied. "Now, who's in to help escape?"

There was a mix of yes and sure replies as everyone stood up to help. Kayla walked over toward the gate, and stood beside it.

"I need someone on the end who might be able to see the keys. The code is 2 6 7, okay?" She said, and Skye walked to the other side, doing her best to see.

"I can kinda see it. You wanna reach around?"

Kayla reached her hand around towards the keypad. The othed friends tried to help her out as Skye gave her directions. Finally, all they needed was the seven.

"Just left a little more!" Skye said, sounding excited. "And tap it!"

Kayla tapped the last number, before pulling back quickly. She just barely escaped being yanked along by the gate as it opened, falling back to the ground. Standing up and brushing herself off, Kayla hurried out of the room, everyone else following behind.

"Okay, now we need to..."

"I hear footsteps!" Adam whispered, and Kayla felt panic set in. Where were they going to hide?

The two guards walked down he empty hallway. They had been told to check on the group every day, and were on their way now.
"I still wonder why we don't need to eat here. It's odd not having breakfast in the morning or dinner at night."

"Agreed." The other guard replied, but stopped at the sight of an open gate. "What the..?!" He said worriedly, running in through the opening. "Where did they? How did they?"

The other guard followed him in. "They're all gone, but how?"

Each of them began to search the room for a secret place they might have escaped. As they did so, there was a faint beep behind them. Each guard turned around just in time to see Claire lock the gate on them. They each made grabs for her through the bars, but were unsucessful.

"Cmon guys, we need to hurry. Who knows how long it'll take for someone to notice these guys are gone!" Claire called back. Everyone quickly and carefully followed her down the hallway, and left the two men stuck inside.