“Only if you take me along. I can’t stand it here. Oh, no. My programming is taking over. My shift. . .tomorrow. . .escape.” She stuttered. I was escorted to my room and locked back up. I watched until the guard fell asleep, then I picked up my phone and dialed the office. Steve answered the phone.

“Black Detective Agency.”

“Steve, what are you doing on my phone?! Where’s Tricia?”

“I, um, didn’t know where you went, and I kinda took over.”

“WHAT!?!”

“Yeah, I gave Tricia the day off. Noah is over looking for you now.”

“Steve, it’s a trap. How long has Noah been gone?”

“About an hour. . .do you hear static. . .Adam, the line’s breaking up. . .” The signal terminated. I looked at the phone. The battery level indicator was down to zero. Drat, I knew I should have bought Powergizer, you know the one with the turtle that keeps going. I fell asleep, only to be awakened by a noise in the next cell. I heard someone walking around inside.

“Hello?” I said.

“Adam, is that you?”

“No it’s Santa Claus. Noah, what are you doing here?”

“Well, I found two thugs who brought me to paradise, here.”

“Did you meet sir?”

“Who?”

“Sir!”

“Well, thanks for calling me ’sir,’ but you can call me Noah.”

“No, not you, the master, the head honcho, big cheese, the leader!”

“Oh. No, I was just brought here by a few girls. Boy where they hot!”

“Noah, Tracy’s here.”

“Really?! Where? Let’s go!”

“Not here, in the main building on the other side of the island.”

“Oh. How are we going to get over there?”

“We’re planning an escape attempt tomorrow. . .shh!. . .here comes the guard!” She came by and stopped in front of my cell.

“I hear you’re planning a break.” The girl whispered to me.

“That’s an interesting rumor. How would I manage that?” I asked.

“Cut the facade, I know some girls who would like to leave too.”

“Huh, why?” Noah muttered.

“We’re tired of living here. We’re tired of serving a man with no name. We’re tired of not going out with guys. We’re tired of these tacky bikinis!”

“I think they look just swell.” Noah commented. The guard slapped Noah across the face.

“Will you take us with you?” She pleaded with me.

“Assemble all those who want to go at breakfast tomorrow. We’ll talk then.”

“All right, is he on our side?” She inquired.

“Yeah.”

“Well, he eats at a different time.”

“Whatever, bring the girls who want to go free to my breakfast.”