The guards were out of it. It took all my strength not to strangle them. I said, "Pierce. Will you be OK here?" He said over his shoulder, "If you can find an emergency release button, that would be nice." He got the door open and the kids walked free.
I said, "Guys, is there, like, a computer or something around here?" A black kid, who was the tallest in the group, spoke up. "The guards all hang out in a room back there." He pointed down the hall. I looked at the cage he was in and my heart stopped.
A little boy, who couldn't be anymore than eight, was leaning against the wall. His head hung there, I went over to him and lifted his head by his chin, his eyes were still open. I put a hand against his chest. No pulse. No heartbeat. I gently brushed his eyes close and let his head hang there.
I got back to the kid and said, "What's your name?" He answered, "Oscar." "Oscar, I need you to be brave here. When we release the kids I need you to get them out of here. Just press the button on the elevator." He nodded. "I remember how to do that much." I smiled a little. He's trying to joke about this, just like I would do.
"You won't be down here for long." I said. Pierce got a second door opened and the biggest one in there stepped up to me. He was big and strong and had light brown hair. He had two sets of grey wings. One set that was placed higher up his body than normal, and another was set down his back.
He said, "Me and my sister got here a couple of weeks ago. They took my sister away somewhere. I ain't leaving till I find her." I nodded. "And your name is?" He said, "Micheal."
"Stay close kid." We ran to the back room and almost burst the door down. I looked around. Looks like a regular break room. Which pissed me off even more. Like they can relax and kick back from cracking their whips all day. Or they can take a break from starving CHILDREN.
I found the control box, but it had a lock on it. Micheal said, "I got this." I barely got out of the way before he punched the door in and ripped it away. I found the release all button in a small plastic case that glowed red. Funny how they named it "Release All" and not "Emergency Release".
The gates swung open and almost slammed Pierce in the face. The kids wandered out I said, "Everyone to the elevator! Your free now!" I saw a door labelled stairs next to the elevator. I said, "Pierce!" He turned to me in the crowd. "Go up the stairs and break the door! Then come back and help!" He nodded and ran to the door. I said, " Micheal. You can look for your sister if you want. You don't have to stick with me." He shook his head. "She's on the lower levels. I remember them taking her down there."
"Looks like we're going the same direction. Lets go." We got to the elevator and went down. The kids flowed their way to the stairs. I hit the B2 button. One down, two more to go.
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