Chapter 37: He We Are in Our New Hideout!
After about a walking for 2 & a half hours, the group enters the small town of Pillstone. Luke turns around to the group, puts his arms out & says, "Welcome to the city of Pillstone! A city where no one really asks any questions, besides 'How are you?' & if you're in a shop, they might ask if you need any help. But everyone is very private here & will not bother you unless you start trouble. Now, let's go to the hideout. If I remember correctly, it should be just up the street & around the corner. I'll show you the hideout & then we can get a change of clothes like Jasmine said we needed. Also, the place has a couple of cameras. Most of them are in the shops, but nothing much to record outside of people possibly robbing the stores & shops."
Luke takes the group down the round & turns into a seemingly random alleyway. He moves some trash cans & a few bags of trash, revealing a tiny hole. He gets on the ground & reaches into the hole, with his left arm going all the way in that he has to reach in up to his shoulder & says, "Let me find the lever to unlock this lock. That'll let us open the last lock to get into the hideout."
After a few moments of reaching around in the hole, Luke says, "I think I almost have it," Luke pulls a small handle. A small click's heard from the hole & on the opposite wall of the alleyway & says, "There we go!"
He pulls his hand out of the hole, moves the trash cans back where they were initially. Then he goes to the opposite wall of the alleyway & then gets next to an old-looking couch, turns to the group & asks, "Can someone help me move this?"
John says, "Yeah, I'll help," He gets next to Luke & both of them push the couch to the side, revealing a rectangular drainage ditch. Luke thanks John then gets down next to the drainage ditch & reaches into it.
Then he says, "Ok, now time to unlock this last lock & we should be good! Now this one will be a bit hard to open." Luke starts to flip up multiple locks up & down in a specific combination & then says, "Ok, almost done! Just a bit more."
After around 30 seconds, Luke says, "Ok & I should be do-" Suddenly, there's a popping noise from the end of the alleyway & says, "Ok, I'm done. Let's go, but first! Let's move the couch back. Don't want anyone to find this lock!" Then, Luke & John get next to the couch & pull it back to where it was initially. Luke thanks John again, then says, "Ok, follow me."
The group follows Luke to the end of the alleyway & he takes out a seemingly random brick from the wall & puts his face very close. A small machine comes out & scans his eyes. Then a woman in an automated tone-sounding voice quietly says, "Welcome, to hideout Mike-3385-Charlie, Luke. Are you in any immediate danger, sir?"
Luke immediately replies, "No, Sophie, I'm not. Everything is fine for now. But put the base in Rugby Protocol just in case & get ready to accept 3 new users while inside. Ok, Sophie?"
Sophie replies, "The base is now in Rugby Protocol & 3 people will be added to the base's safe-list. Confirmed, Luke. Is there anything else needed?"
Luke immediately replies, "No, that's all, Sophie. Thank you"
Sophie replies, "You're welcome, Luke. Opening Base's door."
Suddenly, a small part of the wall is pulled back on the alleyway side, revealing an entrance to the base. Luke tells the group, "Ok, guys. Come on in & follow me so that I can add you guys to the base's safe-list, so you guys can have access to the base whenever you need to use it."
Everyone moves to the wall's opening & slides into the small gap on the sides of the door's entrance revealed from the small door.
Once everyone is inside, Luke takes the group to a terminal with a machine that looks like the same eye-scanning machine outside. He walks up to the terminal types on the keyboard for a bit & then tells Alexia, "Walk up the scanner & let it scan your beautiful eyes, Alexia."
Alexia walks up to the optical scanner & looks into it. After it finishes scanning her eyes, Luke says, "Sophie, add new user 'Alexia Milson' to the safe-list via optical scan."
Sophie replies, "New user 'Alexia Milson' added. Welcome Alexia, hope your day is going well."
Alexia glances at Luke & says, "That's a weird thing to say after being added, but whatever."
Luke replies, "I just wanted Sophie to sound friendly in some way."
Alexia shrugs & replies, "I guess. It still feels weird to me personally, but I think that's only me."
Luke says, "Sorry, I'll change that later. Ok, so who's next?"
John says, "I guess I'll go next," He then walks up to the optical scanner & lean into it. After it's done scanning his eyes, Luke replies in an annoyed tone, "Sophie, add new user 'John Price' to the safe-list via optical scan."
Sophie replies, also saying, "New user 'John Price' added. Welcome John, hope your day is also going well."
John rolls his eyes & looks at Jasmine, saying, "I guess it's your turn, Jasmine."
Jasmine rolls her eyes & says, "I guess you're right," She walks up to the scanner & looks into it until it finishes scanning her eyes. She then rolls her eyes while saying, "Ok, anything else?"
Luke says, "Sophie, add new user 'Jasmine Avila Garza' to the safe-list from the optical scan."
Sophie replies, also saying, "New user 'Jasmine Avila Garza' added. Welcome Jasmine, hope your day is going well. Like I hope everyone else's day is going."
Jasmine looks at Luke confused & says to him, "How do you know my full name?"
Luke immediately replies, "I know every one of Alexia's friends. Remember?"
Jasmine looks at Luke with a confused & disgusted look on his face, then says, "That's weird, but whatever! Is everything done? Can we all now get into the base?"
Luke starts typing away at the terminal & then says, "It looks all good on my end, Sophie can you confirm all is correct on your end?"
Sophie then replies, "Yes, Luke, everything is correct on my side. The scans have been checked 600 times while you were adding them into the system. So they should all have been added correctly."
Luke then looks at the group & says, "Ok, that should be it. Follow me & I'll show you all around?" He takes them to one of the doors, turns on the light, which has many weapons lining the walls, then says, "Well, this is the armory. Anything from simple knives to powerful explosives or guns is so powerful that they're illegal in almost every state & even in a few other countries. Suppose you need it, then safe to assume that we have it. Fun fact, if we're caught having this much illegal stuff, then we would be considered terrorists!"
He turns off the light, walks over to another door in the hideout, turns on the light to that room & says, "Ok, over here is the living quarters. Everything from beds to bathrooms can stay for up to 6 months from the food rations in the other room. Hopefully, we don't need to stay here that long or any longer than that. We have 20 beds & 3 bathrooms here with 2 closets for everything you might need."
He walks to a door on the side of the room, between few bunks of beds on the walls. He then opens the door & turns on the light in that room. He then says, "We even have another room of 20 beds & 3 bathrooms with 2 closets for everything you might need if you want to split up so that guys are in one room, while girls are in the other room. You know, in case you all want privacy from each other. OR in case we have more than 20 people that need to stay in here."
Jasmine asks Luke, "How & where are the food rations stored?"
Luke immediately & excitedly replies, "I was actually about to show you guys where that is at & more!"
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