Escape

~ Leonardo ~

Come back to the layer was an easy way, the only problem was to explain to my brothers just what happened and where I was gone again. But this problem was not the only thing on my mind at the time. Her voice, the sweet scent of salt and waves from when I had left the park all came rushing back to my mind in a very fast paced manner. Running down the drain passages, I decided to shake my head from thinking about her, but no matter how hard I tried, she just would not go. I mean, of course, she was my first crush, but she was absolutely real and sentimental. I hoped with all my strength, that I would be able to see her again.

But when I approached quite dark layer I got a sense of dread and fear coursing through my veins, and I knew something was off in the night sky. Like something was out of place, and then it just stopped all together.

"I wonder what it was," I thought to myself and headed up to my room to get some well deserved sleep, there were specific needs, if I were to start punishment tomorrow.

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~ Shilo ~

I had not slept at all last night, mostly because of the pain, but also because of Leonardo. The mysterious green turtle, which haunted my thoughts day in and day out. I wanted to see him, but knew it would be difficult.

By morning my wounds had healed and scarred, but was still in tremendous pain. But when I asked Randi if some painkillers she just shook her head and told me to take it like a woman.

I had also thought about what she said about my bioloske mother. Was it true that I am an adopted child?

I had to be, because the old witch has never lied.

I had spent the next few days to develop a plan for when and how I could escape. I was not quite sure how or where I would go, but all I knew was that I had to get out of here and fast. Instead of heading to school, I got math books and reading materials and every night I would be stuffed with volumes and piles of homework that was more fourth grade level than senior level.

That was a Tuesday night, the cool breeze blowing gently on my skin from above (to be clear, I had dressed for some clothes Randi called bitch clothes). My homework was done in the privacy of my room, and underneath it all sat a small notebook that had devised plans and letters to Leo and how to come out. I was scared and the little sweat on my forehead proved my nervousness as I waited for my mother would go to bed. When the light in her room went out, I pulled a large bobby pin from my ponytailed hair and padded soft against the window. She had put a code lock on the window to keep me inside, but I saw the code and knew how to get it up without a key. When the first thing I scrimmaged with bobby pin to get it just right.

The light of her bedroom door shone in mine, and I froze in the death of fear that she would come back to my room and see me at the window.

"Ping, you are finished with your homework?" I heard her voice and padded feet crosses the floorboards. That's when I decided enough was enough and I needed to get out. So with all the flexibility and speed as I could muster I'm stuck in the bobby pin into the lock and opened the window.

"Yes mom!" I said (though I also would not call her by her first name I needed for my piece to get out of here), and the padded feet came nearer, so I stopped to listen again while I grab my stuff to be ready to run away.

"Can I take a look at them?" she asked, doorknob moved when she noticed it was locked she panicked, and I could hear her reaching for the master key of my door.

"SHILO!"

"Shilo, you open the door right now!" she cried, as she did, I just jump out the window and was now staring at her furious face disbelief and frustration.

"Shilo" she screamed in a shrill cough and started for me, I quietly ran down the ladder, and she got one foot out the window.

"Shilo you are going to pay for this!" she screamed at me when I Run for my life.