Chapter 116: A Way Out (3)

*Flashback*

Loki POV

Lucifer then ravaged through the cabinets looking for something despite Brianna urging him to do it faster so she can open the wall at the opposite side of the door and go through to the other side before the soldiers bust in. Alexis took this time to destroy every electrical tool in the room, cameras, lights, everything.

In the dark, we're using flashlights to see and we whisper just in case the people on the outside who's trying to forcefully break in right now are using devices to listen in.

"Just a moment!" he shouted back and he then found this small vault where his hand then light up in a white light and melt through it.

I can see this small case where he opened it quickly and closed it back again and stuffed it in his clothing before putting on the vest gave to him by Alexis. She then also handed him a backpack.

"You guys sure you got the trackers out of this thing?" Lucifer asked

"Yes, now arm yourself." Alex replied and toss him several magazines "Save your powers for later, we probably need a day at least to leave this whole thing."

"And why isn't he getting anything helmet or vest?"

"No fitted size, so pads and straps are the best we can, you 2 ready?"

"By the way, go up, not that side." Lucifer mouthed and then created a ladder made of white light and lit the whole room up as we put away the flashlight "Pantry up there, no cameras and we can stock food and water."

I then use the sole of my shoes to splash against the blood of the dead people and rush to make fake foot prints near the wall before taking it off and the rest followed as Lucifer then burned them along with the people's remains. Alexis and Lucifer held the ladder and once Brianna touched the ceiling, Alexis got my idea and shouted.

"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry through the wall before they can go through!" she shouted as we all climbed up with me going last since I'm the lightest. Lucifer lowered his hand through the hole and shot a blast of light right as Brianna close the hole.

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In the pantry, Alexis overloaded the doors and made it stayed shut as we then stock up with rations and water bottles.

"We'll delaying them by letting them search the floor below by about 30 minutes, so we can take a 15 min break here if any of you are tired." Alexis said once she finished checking for cameras and listening devices

I was of course cautious of her, since she might be a spy, but I asked her questions on our way to Lucifer, she answered them truthfully, so I'll take her words, and so was her claim of the 2 women planning this for a while.

"I know the pantry is good, but the floor below have a direct exit, going up sound easy, but the ground floor is where we'll be surrounded." Brianna pointed out

"I know, but I know a way if we have you and Loki with me." Lucifer said "Loki, your weakness of the illusion is heat signatures, right?"

"How'd you know?"

"I overheard it once, as much as strict as these guys are, they aren't perfect. Even if you cast a veil of illusions that can fool cameras and people, thermal goggles of this caliber can still see it, albeit to your credit, faintly. But they would take out the goggles if it's not you because I can interfere with that since light produce heat.'"

"They're not wrong, but it depends on the thickness of the veil I cast, I'm can go past thermal vision."

"How long?" He asked

"1 hour?"

"Good. I need a bit of stretching, I've been tied down for too long, 10 minutes and we'll head that way, there's a bathroom there, we're heading to the sewers."

"No." Alexis said "The sewers are more protected than ever, it was the easiest escape route, but now amongst the worst way to escape. And it was already difficult before."

"Shit, so where do we go?"

"Any of you know how to fly a private jet or helicopter?"

"What kind of fucking question is that? Of course not!" Lucifer retorted

"Don't shout."

"Oh sorry..." he apologized "I mean, did you think we'll be like in a cool spy movie where we have a transition of us all of a sudden sitting in a plane with me as the pilot, no chance, I agree that going to the port is easiest to escape this stupid facility and the manmade island as a whole, but it's stupid."

"I know, so do you know how to drive at least?" she asked "Because I know a way to get to an armored vehicle at the very least, that was my plan involving Loki, I didn't know about the heat signature weakness, but an hour is good enough for us to find a temporary hiding space for a day."

"Yeah, but don't their cars require an ID?" I asked

"I got that." Brianna said and took out 3 cards "They won't realize it's missing since where I'm from have no use for it unless it's on their monthly inspection 4 days from now."

"What about the tracking devices? It's hard to disable them with the engine and everything else there."

"They got a new prototype car, no tracking device and barely any machinery. Alex will make sure we can't be followed, only thing it got is a machine gun that can't even be operated yet, all the other functions might self destruct the car if used, so we'll make use of that."

"So safe route or risky route?" Alexis asked "We can vote on it, risky route is 1 hour away, but it means about a good chance of being captured while the safe route will take 1 whole day of sneaking around, we can take about a 2 nap at best during these time, and we might be too tired by the time we get on the car."

"Safe." me and Lucifer answered

"Well that's 3-1." Brianna smirked