"Where did you get that? Take that away from us." One of them declared.
"No! no! no! I am not going to hurt you guys with this; I want to save you." He assured them, looking into the rifle to make sure there were bullets in it. The girls were still trembling in fear, and some of them started crying while others were screaming. The room was soundproof, so the people outside couldn’t hear them.
"Shhh, calm down girls, I am not going to harm you…you guys want to get out of here, right?" He asked them, and they nodded positively.
"I also want to get out of here; you will all have to work with me." He said. He explained his escape plan to them; they all liked the plan and promised to help him.
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Ashley sneezed as she got to the painting her vault was behind. She was sure Spike didn’
