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	Escape
	"Slow down!" called Emily. They were following the creature down a semmingly endless maze of corridors. In the distance were the sounds of the Goo Soldiers, shouting at each other. Their escape had evidently been discovered, after all, it had hardly been subtle. "Come on! Come on!" squeaked the creature. "Nearly there, nearly there!" The others jogged along behind, looking over their shoulders. The creature suddenly skidded to a halt in an empty section of corridor. "Why have we stopped?" gasped Emily. The creature just looked at her, then went over to a wall and began stroking it. "Wha - ?" she started, but was interrupted by a furious shushing. The long, spindly fingers of their rescuer were fluttering over the wall, searching for something. All the time the sounds of the soldiers were coming closer and closer. They were completely exposed, if the soldiers came now there was no escape. "Hurry up!!" hissed Abi. She was ignores. Footsteps were coming closer. They could hear the chanting. "Grey Goo Iron II" "Grey Goo Iron II" They were panicking now. Still the creature was caressing the walls. The footsteps were just around the corner. Grimly they turned, preparing to fight. "Come! Come!" They looked over to the creature, who was now stood next to a large hole. "Come!" it repeated insistently. They didn't need telling again, piling into the hole just as a group of soldiers came clattering around the corner. Someone must have hit a switch, as a hidden door slid into place, engulfing them in darkness. A light flicked on. They were in a small room, which looked like a maintenance area. "Cutting it a bit fine aren't you Makealabel?" said a sarcastic voice. The girls whirled round to find a guy, about their age, stood on steps set into the back wall, looking down at them. He had long dark hair that fell into his eyes, and was dressed in a red shirt and grey jeans. Turning his attention to the trio, who were too surprised (and out of breath) to speak, he spoke. "You'd better come with me, someone wants to meet you." Turning, he climbed the steps and disapeared down the corridor. Mystified, the friends followed, with the creature, whose name, it transpired, was Makealabel, trailing along behind. After what seemd like an eternity of dingy passages, with rusty pipes and shappy cabling running along the walls like veins, they came to an open space, empty apart from a spiral staircase, leading up to a trapdoor in the ceiling. "This next bit will be tricky." said the mysterious guy they had been following. "Who are you?" asked Tara. "Tim." he said, after a pause. Then he turned and began climbing the stairs.
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