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in unison as if building up strength to push Jay over.
    â€˜Come on!’ shouted Zed.
    â€˜But I’m so ugly!’ moaned Emm.
    â€˜Emm, you’re gorgeous!’ said Dee. ‘You haven’t got a hammer arm for a start.’
    â€˜Girls! Come on!’ shouted Zed at them. They all climbed back into the dark transport corridor.
    Dee hooked her hammer arm over the rail.
    â€˜Give me XL, my arm’s secure enough,’ she said to Emm, who handed him up to her.
    KT and Zed held Emm up and she grabbed the rail with both arms. Then KT jumped up and grabbed on too.
    â€˜What about me! How do I climb up?’ Jay called from the front.
    Zed thought for a moment.
    â€˜Shuffle towards the edge and hold your arm in front of it so the box knows you’re still there. I’ll hold on at the back with my third arm. When I shout “ready”, jump to the side and stick your arms up.’
    Everyone was holding onto the container. The gap between the side of the container and the wall was very narrow.
    â€˜Make sure you stay close to the container,’ Dee said to Emm. Emm nodded, trying not to think about her head hitting the wall.
    â€˜We’ll be OK,’ Dee smiled at her.
    The technical assistants were seconds away. As the assistants travelled down the white corridor, Professor Xanax projected images of the children’s faces directly in front of them. There was no way they wouldn’t recognise the Lab Rats.
    Beep… Beep… Beep.
    The beeping of their craft grew louder and louder and then suddenly stopped. They had arrived.
    Zed scrambled up at the back of the container. His rear arm gripped the rail with his feet against the container wall for extra grip.
    â€˜OK now!’ he shouted.
    Jay didn’t moved. He was frozen with fear.
    â€˜I can’t do it!’
    â€˜You can,’ said Dee, ‘it’s easy.’
    â€˜Move it you idiot!’ shouted KT from the side. He was looking around at the gap in the wall, waiting for the moment the technicians would appear. Emm closed hereyes and pressed her body as close to the container as she could.
    â€˜I’m not an idiot,’ said Jay. ‘You try standing with this huge box pushing your nose!’
    â€˜Dee,’ Zed said, ‘talk him through it.’
    â€˜Listen to me Jay,’ Dee spoke calmly. ‘Just move one little step to the side. A tiny one.’
    Jay moved.
    â€˜OK.’
    â€˜Now another… and again. You can do it, Jay. It’ll be fine.’
    He moved another step.
    â€˜You ready Zed?’ Dee shouted to the back.
    â€˜In here!’ One of the assistants poked his head though the doorway and spotted the children. They had to go.
    â€˜Now Jay, now!’ they all shouted at once.
    Jay breathed, shut his eyes, stepped to the side and held his hands up. He could suddenly feel the container move past him with a rush of air. His hands were up, his eyes closed tight.
    â€˜Ow.’ His arms were almost jerked off his shoulders and suddenly his legs were in the air.
    â€˜Yee-hah!’ Zed shouted. ‘See ya losers!’
    The container was hurtling along the passage again. The technicians leapt back to avoid the speeding containers as the Lab Rats escaped them. The container rushed forward. Dee, Emm and KT clung to the side, terrified of the wall that was just a centimetre or two away from them. Zed and Jay hung from the back.
    As they hurtled along, unable to see anything in the pitch dark, Emm could sense how close to the wall they were.
    â€˜Ouch!’ she cried. A clump of her hair had flown up in the wind, caught on the wall and been ripped out. She turned her head to the side and pressed her cheek to the side of the container. It was cold on her face, but she pressed hard, determined to keep her hair safe.
    â€˜Open your eyes!’ said Zed as he held on to Jay at the back.
    Jay opened one eye. He couldn’t see anything. He opened the other