seven

7

The sound of heavy rain blast through the roof of the cell, causing the cell to be quiet, every where was dark, it was past noon, almost midnight, some slaves were asleep but two slaves remained awake.

Waiting for the right time to hatch their plan.

"Why wait, isn't it time already?"

Rachel asked, staring through the bars, there was at least two guards, who protect the entrance of the cell's door.

"Yes it is, I am thinking of a plan so as to escape these cell without getting caught"

Alexia said, standing up and walking to the bars of the cell.

Then an idea came through her mind, a little smile breaking through her lips.

"I have a plan"

Alexia said, turning to meet Rachel.

"What's the idea"

Rachel asked, looking at the other cells, other slaves were soundly asleep, so oblivious of what was happening.

"You pretend as if you wanna pee"

"What, pee, how does peeing involves in these plan of yours"

Rachel half shouted, looking at Alexia wide eye.

"Reduce your voice, you don't want to wake the other slaves up do you"

Alexia said, walking closer to Rachel's cell.

"You go out the cell, pretend to pee, which they would give you a permission to, then you create a distraction, which would distract the two guards who guard the cells. Then quickly, I escape the cell, before we continue our plan B"

Alexia said, watching as Rachel gave her a dumbfounded look.

"That sounds easy, but the distraction, what distraction can I create?"

Rachel asked, she was not a fast thinker like Alexia, but she was good at executing a task.

"You figure it out your self"

Alexia said, staring at her, giving her a light smile.

"What. Really you think I can do these"

Rachel asked, there was no way she form a plan.

"I trust you, you are smarter than you think, now, quick, we don't have much time behind us"

Alexia said, giving her a nod, assuring her she could do these.

"OK I got these"

Rachel said, standing up from the cell, giving a sigh, she opened the door as she head to the cell main door.

Alexi watched through the bars, not standing up but pretended to be asleep to avoid been caught.

Her heart kept skipping at every steps she took, there was no way she could do these. Finally, she opened the door, leading the cell main door, just as expected, two guards protected the doors, even under the rain.

"What do you need, why come out at these times of the night. Are you perhaps planning for an escape"

The guard asked, staring at her in a suspicious manner.

"No, I do not plan to make an escape. Those thoughts never seem to cross my mind, more over, I am going to get sold soon enough, so why plan an escape"

Rachel said, it was best to remove any trace of suspicion before she enters their trap.

"Ooh really. So what do you find outside your cell. Or perhaps, do you seek death?"

The second guard asked. Rachel shook at these words, the guards words have sounded like a question, but she was not insane enough to know that it was a statement, which he will not hesitate to execute without any warning.

"No no Sir, I came only to pee, that was all. The rain makes it possible for our system to pass alot of urine. Especially in the night"

Rachel said, defending herself quickly. She wouldn't try create any mistakes that might make her loose her life, not now that the slave establishment decides to sell them for monetary purposes.

"Do you think she speaks the truth"

The first guard asked, staring at her.

"She have never caused troubles for the other slaves, likewise to the warden. So she speaks the truth."

The second guard said, giving her a permission to go do her stuff.

Quickly, without waiting for the first guard to protest, she ran off.

Alexia waited patiently, she trusted her best friend, she wouldn't go, screwing their plans up.

Just then, she heard a loud sound, coming out from the cell, looking up to the cell door, she heard football steps leaving the cell main door. Not thinking twice, she stood up, looking at the other cell inmates, watching as they slightly moved about in their cells. Quietly, she sneaked out from the cell, not creating any sound.

No guard stood watch outside the cell main door, it was free from cell guards, quickly, she ran towards the office of the registry room, that was their plan, their meeting point.

A light whistle blew on the air, resounding through the space she stood. Quickly she turns around, searching for where the sound had come from. Her eyes made contact with a figure, which hid behind the walls of the registry office.

She strode towards her in quick strides, walking carefully in the thick night to avoid been caught.

"You did a great job. What did you do, what tricks did you use on the guards?"

Alexia asked,

"I used my powers to create a fake loud sound, more like a blast, and I made it a little real, creating a little spark of light"

Rachel said, flashing her a grin.

"Very good, now plan let's execute plans B witch"

Alexia said, hopping out from their hiding place, as they went towards the registry room. One advantage of the registry room was that no one guards the door, Because they do not expect anyone to barge into the registry room, a slave knows what happens to them when such things happens.

"The hall is empty, quick open the door"

Alexia said, making way to wards the registry room, they do not need a key to open the door, since Rachel was a witch.

"Quick, I guard the place"

Alexia said, she sounded determined, the warden won't go through the register because he never expects anyone to come change the names, no one would have dared risk interfering with the register.

But she was no one, she was witty, wild and not yet tamed as the warden had described her.

Rachel ran towards her, her footsteps coming soft on the padded floor. To prevent making any sound, making a sound was trouble to them.

"You know what to do"

Alexia asked, looking around.

"Yes I do, I just unlock the key, no need of burning it"

Rachel said, with a twitch of her hands, the lock broke open, the lock got opened in an instant.

Rachel turned giving Alexia a smile.

"Good job, now go in, my savior"

Alexia said, throwing her a smile, then quietly, she pushed her in to the room.

Rachel walked to the piles of papers, she has find out every details that has to do with the register. Quickly, she carefully sort out for the register, it had a thick dark orange color.

She found it, giving a slight breath out, she took the ink eraser as she erased the seventeenth name on the list, quickly writing "Alexia Ortega" on it, then going down to the last line, she placed the erased name on it, she could not afford to have a slave not getting sold, maybe to a good master.

Quietly, she dropped the paper down, about to leave the room, she turned back, what if the warden looked through the book and find Alexia's name on it, it would bring big trouble for them, quietly she went back.

Bringing out the register, she pronounced some spell, casting an unseen magic on the register, making it look like the previous non edited register, she do unbind the spell in the slave trade, which would take place in the slave establishment.

Alexia stood behind the pillars, waiting patiently for Rachel, she hoped things turned out just as she had planned, a noise came, breaking her from her thoughts.

She sighted three guards, coming towards the hall, they were a bit far away from registry room. Her heart skipped, Rachel was not out yet, why was she taking so long to be done with the job, it supposed to be a simple task.

She breathed patiently, hoping the guards walk so slowly to the registry room.

She heard a little squeaky sound coming out from the hole where she stood, bending down slowly, she saw a rat, a huge rat, how she hated these rodents, a plan popped into her head, smiling slightly, she could not believe what she was about to do, but she had to do it. Maybe God had sent these rat to save them from the guard, quickly, without thinking twice, she picked up the rat, just as she stood up, she saw Rachel stepping out from the room, the guards were now more closer to the room, Rachel ran towards the pillars where she hid.

A slight scream escaped her lips, the sight of the rat had made her scream, Rachel hated rats more than the way she herself had hated them.

"Shh, there are guards, control your voice"

Alexia said quietly, looking at the guards, who had stopped in their tracks due to the slight scream they had heard.

"Did you hear that sound, where do you think it had come from"

One of the guards said, turning around to searching for any other presence in the room.