I wake up for the last time in this bed. I can't wait to sleep in a comfy bed, I had dreamt about it for years. I look over to Peters bed which was empty. I get out of my bed, get dressed and head to the rainbow room. Once I got there I saw Peter stood talking with the other orderly. "good morning sleepyhead" he said walking over to me. "good morning Mr ballard" I smiled and walked over to 011. It didn't take much longer for the other children to arrive to the rainbow room.
I could tell 011 was exited to escape. She had a beaming smile and didn't move how she normally moved. She was more sharp with her movement and seemed more awake.

"get a good asleep 004?" she turned her head towards me. "perfect" I replied placing a counter in making it land on 3. "are you nervous?" I asked her. "not at all" she was very confident with her answer. I heard the door open and looked to see who it was. Papa. We all got up and lined up. "good morning children". "good morning papa" he smiled. "todays experiment will be happening later in the evening" he exited the room and we all went back to what we were doing. "hey Andy I need to go and speak to papa ill be like 3 minutes do you mind" me and 011 turned our head towards each other knowing it was time. My heart racing as Peter left.

I nooded at 011, which then stood up and made her way to the orderly. I walked over pretending to look for and activity near by. "excuse me Mr oaklen I really need to go to the toilet" he sighed. "I'm sorry 011 but Mr ballard just left I can't leave the other children unattended. Can you wait?" she shook her head no. "hey Mr Oaklen I can take her. The toilet is only down the hallway" he turned to me. "thank you for your offer 004 but I'm not allowed to do that"."please I really need to go" 011 begged. He was thinking about it which was a good thing. "fine. But you better be back here in less than five minutes. If not I will tell papa and you know what that means" we both nod and walk down the hall.

The panic was now starting to settle and I could tell 011 felt the same way. I grabbed her hand in a rush leading her to the stairway. I got the key card, scanned it and rushed through the door. We ran down loads and loads of stairs. We had the occasional trip but was able to balance each other. We finally reached the bottom. Both taking a deep breath and holding hands extra tight I scanned the key card again and opened the door. We  entered the room which was lit by a singular blue light. "Peter" I called out. Me and 011 still holding hands cautiously. "pet-" I went to call out again but bumped into someone. I turned and saw Peter who place a finger on my lip to make me quiet.

He looked between me and 011. "come" he said leading us to a corner. There was the pipe that Peter had explained to me. It was bigger than I thought. "there's one thing we have to do before we climb out. I looked at his neck knowing what he meant. I couldn't bring myself to do it I was never good with blood. I turned to 011." Peter has something in his neck and we need to get it out" she looked at me confused. "everyone here is a prisoner not just you and 004" he started. All I could think about was the amount of time we had. "here" he raises her hand to where the lump was. "it's what papa calls soteria. It tracks me and weakens my powers" she frowned "what do you mean powers. He then lifts his sleeve up to show his tattoo." but papa said 001 doesn't exist". "well papa lies" I angrily inturrupt.

"when I was first brought to this place I was lonely I only had papa until one day he brought another child to the lab who was a girl. One day another child attacked me and the girl had to save me she had no choice but to kill the boy. When I awoke from my coma papa told me the girl was dead. I felt as if I had lost everything. Mainly the reason to live" my heart sank at his words. "this girl was she pretty. Is that why you liked her" this comment by 011 made us both laugh. "yes she was pretty, but she didn't die papa lied to me and he told the girl that I had died too. That's when he made me an orderly because he thought I had killed the child and thought I wasn't safe". She realises. "that's why he gave you the soteria" he just nods. "that's awful. Papa is evil" how did she not notice this before. "I'll do it" she says putting a smile on both mine and Peters faces.

Peter quickly takes off his belt and folds it. I crouch down and give him a reassuring look. He takes a deap breath and puts the belt in his mouth. I move his hair out of the way and 011 starts to try and remove the soteria. I could see him squinting his eyes in pain. He suddenly grabs my arm unknowingly digging his nails into it. Finally the soteria goes flying across the room. He let's put a deep breath and removes his hand from my arm. He notices that I was bleeding. "I-I'm so sorry are you OK?" I smile. "I should be the one asking you that question" he chuckles. "right" he stands up and steps towards the pipe. "all we have to do is climb through this which will lead us to the woods just outside that lab gates. We will then see another pipe and will have to climb through that which will lead us far into the woods. We then run I don't care if you are tired no offence but our lives depend on the speed we run at OK?"." OK me and 011 reply. He starts unscrewing the bolts around the lid of the pipe.

"are you sure we are going to fit" he turns to me with a face I had never seen before. "I checked the measurements beforehand I'm not stupid" I couldn't help but laugh. "this is not a laughing matter 004". "you never coped well under pressure" I joked. I looked over to 011 who was looking at some shelves. I walked over and on the shelf I saw huge containers filled to the brim with pills. I picked one up and went to undo it. "don't do that" Peter startled me. "why?" he pointed to the lid. "the moment you slightly twist that it sets off an alarm if you don't have a special card or something like that". I placed the container back down cautiously.

"right I'm done" he says placing the bolts on the floor. "right are you ready?" me, 011 and Peter hold hands. "yes" we both reply. 011 climbs in first. She was naturally small so it wasn't a surprise she fit. "it's really dark in here" she turns her head toward us. "oh here" I go back to the shelf and grab a small torch and roll it over to her. "thanks". It was now my turn. I had tears in my eyes it was too overwhelming. "hey, look its going to be OK. We are going to get out of here. And we are going yo have that picnic and go to school OK?" he wipes the tears from my face and I nod. Right here goes nothing.

I climb through the entrance without a single struggle. "well if I fit in here Peter you definitely will. See I even have enough room to turn around" I turned to look at him. His smile was beaming from ear to ear. His ocean blue eyes starting to sparkle in the light from the tears. "come on hurry up we need to go" I hurry him. 011 crawls next to me. "come on Peter we don't have enough time to waste". Peter lifts his hand up to his neck wipes the blood than brushes it off on his trousers. "right sheffle back then so I have enough room" me and 011 do as he says.