Alex was very nervous right now because a couple of the guards had come to her cell and she knew what that meant. They wanted to beat her and find out what those people were doing here visiting with her. I guess they didn’t believe the false conversation that we were giving them while the real conversation was going on. We have that ability now, that way we can talk safely in our bubble and instead of hearing nothing, people on the outside hear a real conversation. Just not the right one. All we need is a copy of the person’s voice. Anyway, the guards soon had the door open and began to enter the cell.

But, the first guard screamed in terror and pushed her partner back outside the cell and she slammed the door shut. “That was close!” she exclaimed. “What are you so afraid of in there?” asked the other guard. “Didn’t you see that huge lion in there?” she asked, “I don’t know how it got in there, but I’m not going in until it’s gone. Quick, call for help!” “What are you talking about?” asked the second guard, “There was nothing in there except for that brat Alex.” “There was so, it was a huge lion sitting on the far side of the room!” she exclaimed again, “Open the door and I will prove it, but let me get my gun out first.”

So, after she had her gun out the other guard opened the door and went inside. “Look out, there it is!” said the first guard and she fired her gun. But the bullets, three of them, just dropped out of the end of the gun and fell to the floor. “What are you doing?” asked the second guard, “There’s nothing in here.” She then went to the other side of the room. “Noooo! That lion is eating her, swallowing her whole!” yelled the first guard who then shot three more times. But, once again those bullets just dropped out of her gun onto the floor, so the guard ran out of the room screaming and slammed the door shut.

“What is wrong with that woman?” asked the warden, “Go check and see what is going on and take two others with you.” When the other three guards arrived the first guard met them and was talking so fast they couldn’t understand what she was saying. However, they did hear some constant knocking on the door. “Don’t open that door!” she screamed, “It’s probably that Alex brat wanting to get away from the lion! The lion ate Wanda, just swallowed her whole!” The other guards just looked at her in disbelief, then they opened the door and the second guard came walking out slowly.

“What is wrong with you?” she said to the first guard, “You act like you have gone completely crazy! There is nothing in there but Alex.” The other guards went inside with their guns out but they could not find a lion, or even a kitten. Then they were told to bring the first guard back to the office and leave Alex alone. Angel then communicated with me what she had done. “That’s perfect!” I said laughing, “That will teach them a lesson and hopefully keep them away from Alex the rest of today.” And it did too, so Alex had a nice peaceful evening and dinner, which they brought to her cell.

“Um, Steve,” said Jennifer, “I was just thinking, why didn’t you send Sky in there instead of Angel? Then all you would have to do is call Sky and she would automatically bring Alex here. Simple, right?” I looked at her and shook my head. “I overlooked something?” she asked again. I began to shake my head up and down, but she stopped me. “No, I want an explanation this time,” she said. “Fine, it’s like this,” I began, but just then Misty called to say they were landing and they wanted to know what to do next. Sigh.

“Check into a hotel,” I said, “then have dinner, then change into your Sneaker outfits and that includes the Bad Girls. Make sure everyone is ready, then get as close to that prison as possible so our electricians can get to work. The computer girls are ready on this end so it will give Sky more time to operate those doors.” “Right, you can count on us Steve,” said Misty, “I will make sure everyone is ready.” “I wish she hadn’t said that,” I told Jennifer, “now I have to worry.” She laughed. “Misty knows her job Steve,” she reminded me, “even though she’s a bit odd at home, she knows what to do when on a case. Now, back to my question about using Sky to get Alex out safely.”

“Well, she explained that when I call her then only she can come,” I said, “but she can’t bring anyone with her except another ghost.” “But one time she brought several of us,” said Jennifer, “and not all were ghosts.” “That’s because you two ghosts were holding her hands and the other girls were holding you.” “Oh, right,” she said, “that’s true. But what about another time she brought Misty with her?” “Hmm, does that mean Misty isn’t human?” I asked. “I have been saying that for a long time,” said Tracy. “That’s not nice you two!” said Jennifer. But I noticed she was laughing when she said that.

“You don’t really expect me to believe that you have ghosts on your team, do you?” asked Helene. “No, of course not,” I said, “however, there are some things we will try to explain to you later, even though they may be hard to believe.” “I look forward to that,” she said smiling, “especially how Sky can suddenly appear out of thin air. That must be quite an invention you came up with.” “Well, we can’t claim that one,” said Jennifer, “that was someone else who invented that, in a sense, though it’s not even really an invention.” She then sighed.

“By the way,” she began, “do I have any say in my new identity?” “Well, not really,” I said, “what we do is have the girls come up with three identities and names. Then you get to pick the one you like best. Or, we can pick 3 names, you pick the one you like and they will come up with an identity to fit that name which will go back to the time you were born. All identification papers will be real. There will still be 3 identities for you to choose from. If you don’t like any of the first 3 names, then we will pick 3 more until you find one you like.”

“That could take a long time Steve,” she said giggling, “so, I would like you to pick the name for me. If you like it, then I’m sure I will too.” “Ooooooo,” said Trixie and Tracy together. “You girls can take a break,” I said and all four of them went to the kitchen. I quickly ran after them when I realized what time it was, but the Wildcats were in there already. Sigh. I managed to sneak some donuts from the others while they were talking though and took them to Jennifer, Helene and Steffie, who had joined us in my absence. Soon it was time to get things going at the prison…

To Be Continued. ©2026 Steve McLeod.

Our next move was to have a leader’s meeting to decide who goes on this case and make the necessary plans to get in and out of the prison. Hopefully with Alex coming out with us and hopefully without losing anyone. Since this is not a prison in some far off foreign country, we need to be very careful. Just as we don’t want any of our people getting killed, we also don’t want to kill any of the prison personnel. That means we will be using our dart guns, not bullets. And of course we will have our rings on to put people to sleep if necessary also, that way they won’t remember anything either. We will also be using that same sleeping drug in our darts, it works fast and is very effective.

Aari and the Black Wolves are already busy with watching the jurors, judge and defense lawyer, so they can’t help us much with the prison break. However, Dave and Thomas, who are electricians, plus a couple others from the Wolves will be joining us. We also have Abigail and Cathy, who are also electricians, to help us out with this one. Cathy has been with us for a long time now and was our only electrician for most of our existence. Good thing we have more now since one electrician wouldn’t be able to handle it all quickly enough.

We not only have to take out their normal electrical supply, but any secondary, or backup supply they have as well. They will still have emergency lighting in the halls. Sky will be tasked with taking out their security cameras, plus opening the doors once the power has gone off. Unfortunately they will remain locked without any electricity, so Sky will provide the electricity for each door as we go along. For this one we will use Sky’s Bad Girls and Misty’s Sneakers, plus Rock, Cal and Burk. Cal and Burk have both been in prison so they understand the layout and how things are operated.

Some of the girls on Misty and Sky’s teams have also been in prison, so that will also be helpful for us. “I notice you keep saying ‘us’ a lot,” said Jennifer, “I think maybe you should switch to ‘you’ from now on, after all, you are not going anywhere.” “Um, yes, well, it was just a way of saying things,” I told her, “I wasn’t really planning on going. I mean, would I do such a thing?” “Do I really need to answer such a question?” she asked in return, “I will go instead.” “Oh no you don’t,” I said, “if I’m staying home then so are you. That’s the rules, I need two of you for bodyguards, plus my regular bodyguards, it was your idea.”

“It doesn’t need to be me though,” she replied, “it can be any two of the G girls.” “Well, it’s supposed to be at least one of the more experienced and one younger one,” I reminded her. She sighed. We compromised and Jennifer and Kitty will stay behind as my bodyguards. As it turned out, Friskie also stayed behind since we have Helene to guard as well. Soon the teams were flying to their destination, fortunately they don’t have to go very far, but flying is still the quickest way to go. Sienna insisted on going this time to represent me since Alex is expecting me to show up and talk with her.

That is what Helene told her and she showed her a picture of me too. That’s a slight problem because Alex may not trust anyone else, knowing that others are out to kill her. But hopefully this will work. Sienna will be bringing one of her best lawyers along as well which will make her visit more official. Angel will also go along, invisibly, to make sure there are no problems while in there and getting back out again. Then, tonight, we will have a good old fashioned jail break, providing that Alex is still alive. But if she wasn’t alive, Rossana would know and tell us right away. At least I hope she would. Of course she would.

I think perhaps I’m a little nervous about this one, that’s what Jennifer says anyway and she’s probably right. Soon our teams were in position, as close as they could get anyway until tonight. Sienna got in to see Alex, though she had to push a bit and having her lawyer present certainly helped a lot. They were actually escorted back to the area where Alex was kept in solitary confinement because of fighting with guards. Inside the cell, which surprisingly was fairly large, Sienna introduced herself, letting her know that she was my friend and why I couldn’t make it.

She then told Alex to say something, anything at all, just in a normal voice. She also told Alex that no one could hear them talking but not to look puzzled or anything, it was just something we have to block conversations so people can speak freely. But we need her voice to make up a conversation so it looks like they are talking. She smiled and just said a couple of random sentences and Sienna said that was enough. Sienna then asked why she was fighting the guards, but she maintained that she wasn’t fighting at all, instead the guards had been throwing her around and hitting her.

They said it was her that started the fight and they had to secure her and that’s why she was put into solitary confinement. “There are two guards especially that treat me roughly,” said Alex, “it’s like they want me to fight. They even make it easy for me to take one of their guns, which I never do, because then they would have an excuse to shoot me. Three of the inmates also give me a rough time, pushing me, spilling my food, tripping me, punching me and other things. At least in here I can sleep, out there I was afraid to sleep because that’s when one of them stabbed me.

If I hadn’t woken up before she stabbed, then I likely would have been killed. I never killed that woman either, I’m sure it was my brother that did it. He wanted to talk with me and gave me that address, when I went inside the woman was on the floor with a knife in her chest. It supposedly had my fingerprints on it, but I don’t know how, I never touched it at all. I guess I will be here all my life which probably won’t be long, someone will likely succeed in killing me, then my brother will get the rest of the inheritance.”

“I was only aware of him getting 20 million pounds,” said Sienna. “It’s more like 100 million pounds,” said Alex, “providing he is the lone heir.” Sienna then told Alex not to worry about a thing and that she would soon be out of prison, that’s why she had brought her lawyer along to listen to her side. She also told her not to worry, no one would hurt or kill her before she got out of here. Sienna also told her that she would be visited by more of her friends and that she should trust them totally.

“The name of one is Kat,” she said, “she used to be married to Steve and works with him now, she’s very nice, you will like her. Helene is looking forward to seeing you again too.” Alex smiled. “Helene has been like a sister to me,” she said. Sienna and her lawyer then left, but Angel remained behind to protect Alex until the team can get her safely out of that prison tonight. After they left, two guards came and put the key in the lock of the door. “Oh no, they have come to beat me because of those people visiting,” Alex said quietly…

To Be Continued. ©2026 Steve McLeod.