Lockdown by Raelyn Drake

Author:Raelyn Drake
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Action, Action & Adventure, Adventure, Alien, Alien Attack, Alien Attacks, Alien Contact, Alien Invasion, Aliens, Apocalypse, Apocalyptic, Attack on Earth, Darby Creek, Escape, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Fiction, Hi/Lo, High Interest, High School, High School Students, Lockdown, Post-Apocalyptic, Raelyn Drake, Reluctant Readers, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, Survival, UFO
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Published: 2018-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

With their shoes back on, the three of them crept quietly down the stairwell, pausing every so often to listen for footsteps or voices. But everything was silent.

Almost eerily silent, Sanjay thought as they peered around the corner at the bottom of the stairs. If the teachers and the rest of the CAPPers were stationed in the main office like Max had said, then why was it so quiet? Even if most people were asleep, someone would be standing guard, just like at the library. And the shifting and breathing and snoring of a bunch of people ought to create some noise. The entire hallway looked and felt abandoned.

They crept down the hallway to the main office door. If anyone happened to turn the corner, he or she would see the three of them instantly. There were no classrooms to duck into, just some locked janitorial and maintenance closets. Sanjay felt horribly exposed, like a prey animal sneaking into a predator’s den.

“What do we do if the main office is full of CAPPers?” Luis asked.

Chloe sighed. “Shout for help and hope the teachers take our side,” she said. “I’m only half joking.”

“Yeah,” Sanjay agreed. “There’s not really any way for us to sneak in. There’s only the one door.”

They reached the glass panels on either side of the door. The main office was dark, lit only by the moonlight through an outside window. They couldn’t see any candlelight inside.

Sanjay cautiously tried the doorknob. It was unlocked, and the door swung open soundlessly. He looked at Chloe and Luis, but they shrugged, so Sanjay eased inside the door, followed closely by his friends. They closed the door carefully behind them.

They didn’t dare use the hand-crank flashlight until they were absolutely certain that there were no CAPPers here. The main office had a secretary’s desk and a small waiting area with a coffee table and a couch. Directly to the left was the door to the school nurse’s office. The right wall was lined with doors that led to the offices of the principal, vice principal, and school guidance counselor. And in the back left corner, behind the secretary’s desk, was a door marked teachers’ lounge.

The floor in the office suite was covered with the same thin institutional carpet as the library, and they padded around noiselessly. They peered behind the secretary’s desk and listened at the closed doors of the offices, but they didn’t see any sleeping figures or hear any sounds. Chloe motioned that they should open the office doors and check inside, but Sanjay shook his head. If any CAPPers were sleeping in those rooms, there was a chance they wouldn’t hear three intruders enter the Teachers’ Lounge. But the sound of a door opening could easily wake them.

The three of them made their way back to the teachers’ lounge and opened the door.

Sanjay wasn’t sure what he had expected to find.

The best-case scenario he had imagined was finding all the teachers, including Mr. O’Donnell, Ms. Kim, and Officer Mendoza, so that they could all discuss what was going on at the school.

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