89 Come Find Me (1/2)
Olivia ran as fast as she could down the street, she was mindful to not drop the phone and to take care of the little one in her womb.As she ran past street corners she caught sight of police officers stopping pedestrian.She had no time to be stopped and questioned so she she took a quick detour into an alley.
It was dark and grimy, she had to swallow the bile that threatened to creep up her throat as she remembered what almost happened the last time she was in an alley.She turned on the smart phone and opened up the search engine.Relief washed over her when she saw that the phone could connect but felt her heart plummet when she could connect to social media or messenger.
She tried texting her friends and Eli but a giant waving finger came up on the screen with the text 'No Cheating'.Olivia tried the maps app and it successfully loaded.She quickly punched in the address and soon a map was generated.She tried hard to see if there was a possible short cut or way to avoid the police officers.
Once she figured out her route she stepped out of the alley and calmly walked the street.It was going to take her close to an hour to walk to her destination and she prayed that she made the right choice.She climbed over fences, went through stores and used their back doors, trudged through rivers and climbed through bush until she was finally close to where she needed to be.
Olivia involuntarily shivered as her eyes looked upon the Maki Hudu Memorial Building.The phone she had securely zipped up in her jersey pocket started to vibrate, she quickly moved to grab the phone and swiped the screen.”Hello?!” she semi-yelled.The electronic voice started to laugh. ”Little Livy you found the place!Good girl, good girl!Now here is the tricky part get inside without being seen, once your in you will have to go to A very ex-ci-ting room to find your next cl-ue.” the line cut and Olivia looked at the screen.
A message came through 'Half hour is all your gonna get before your clue disappears.”Olivia pocketed the phone into the jersey and she steeled her nerves.Now was not the time to allow anything to distract her, no matter how bad it looked.
Olivia decided to make her way to the emergency door that was propped open by the small pile of dead bodies.She snuck through some more bushes and watched as the patrolling officers moved around the area.The moment they passed her and turned the corner she bolted out and went for the emergency door just to find it locked.She cursed as she pounded a fist against the door.She turned and tried to think of another way in.
The phone in her jersey went off again and she quickly checked to see the new message.'Ten minutes wasted, time is slipping by hurry.'Olivia felt her hands go cold, she needed to think.How was she going to get inside and she remembered.There was a small fire escape she could use to climb onto a balcony.It was dangerous but she had run out of options.
She quickly darted a few more feet, she saw the raised flower bed, she stepped onto the wall of the flowerbed and tried to find a grove she could place her hand to lift herself up onto the slanted stone steps that were attached the the building.She hauled herself up with all her might and was already a quarter of the way up the building.
She needed the height from the stone step to barely reach the ledge that went around the building.Once she got a grip onto the ledge she tried to lift her leg upwards, sweat was dripping down her face as she strained to bring her leg onto the ledge.She quickly realized that there was not enough room to drag her body upwards, she dropped her leg and started moving her hands slowly along the edge.
She knew she need to move fast and try to get the fire escape before the patrolling officers came back to where she was.Her muscles were aching as she was suspended in the air but it was a small gap to close.Once she was close enough to the ladder she hauled her leg up again.She lifted half her body up and placed and elbow on the ledge while her other hand held onto the ledge for dear life and her other leg hung downwards.
She took a deep breath and watched drops of her sweat plop onto the ledge,She gritted her teeth and pushed herself upwards.She barely held onto her balance as she grabbed the first bar of the escape ladder.Soon she heard footsteps approaching to her location, she grabbed the next bar and started to pull herself up.
Her hand were know coated with sweat and she didn't dare stop moving to clean them off there were only 6 bars on the ladder and she could jump onto the balcony but she needed to do it fast before the patrol spotted her.Three bars left and now her feet were on the ledge, she could hear them coming closer and heard low grumbling voices.
One bar left, she saw the two officers, she held her breath as she stepped lightly on the ladder, her one foot slipped and kicked the bar.The one officer stopped the other ”Hey did you hear something?” he asked his tanned co-worker.”No why?' the tanned officer asked.”I think I heard metal chime or something from up above.”the offices looked up and saw no one there.