Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 2020complete | Page 514

When the time came the first smoke grenade went off and then another one until it was so cloudy
and smoky all the security came to check what was going on, including the people in charge of the digital
display.
Tyler and Emma only had 3 minutes and 17 seconds before the smoke would clear up and
everyone was back to their posts. They ran from their hiding spot and while Tyler hacked into the
computer, she looked out for them in case someone would come.
"This firewall is quite hard to pass, any chance you can get it up in 10 seconds?" he asked, not
pulling his eyes away from the screen.
"I think it will have to do" she replied, feeling more and more anxious by the minute.
"Aaand done!" He ran to her, now on the lookout while she quickly inserted the flash drive and
clicked a few buttons.
"Quickly! They're coming back" He counted down in his head. 10…. She was still typing, 9….
8…. The guards were closer, 7…. 6…. 5…. 4…. She was finishing the code, 3…. Closer, 2…
"I'm done!" Feeling overjoyed that they had completed their mission they ran off back into safety
barely making it only to find that their friends were nowhere to be seen.
They looked around until they saw someone from their group waving at them. They ran over only
to realize too late they were being set up and their friend had a gun to their head. Trying to run away they
were caught by the hands by two police officers and handcuffed taken away in a car.
The last thing Tyler remembered was hearing the words from their message, ringing out on the
microphones.
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Tyler opened his eyes to metal bars. Where was he? He looked around his cell and tried to remember the
events that took place to put him in here. Nothing, his mind was blank. All he knew was that his name was
Tyler Tanner and that he loved his country.