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to see which one she might be in and notice
that luckily there is only one that is closed and locked. I get to
work, picking the lock until it clicks open.
    I
look inside to see Starlet staring up at me in surprise, sat on the
floor with her back against the wall.
    “ Rickie!” she jumps up
and rushes over.
    I
put my arms around her and hold her close, feeling relieved that
she’s safe and unharmed.
    “ You shouldn’t be here,” she says, sounding worried as she
buries her head into my chest. “Snider wanted to keep me here so
he’d hopefully catch you and the others.”
    “ I know,” I reassure her, “but there’s no way I could let
them kill you, Star. I had to come and rescue you.”
    “ But he’s ordered more police officers to come over, how did you get in?” she asks,
puzzled.
    I
grin , “The extra police
haven’t arrived yet and I always have ways of getting
in.”
    We run along the corridor together and I see five police
cars pull up outside. I quickly lead her towards the smashed window
and we get out onto the fire escape.
    Once we’re down we both
jump into the car where Mick is waiting.
    “ Hi Star, glad you’re okay, ” he says, giving her a smile over the front seat. “Good
work Rickie, let’s get out of here before we’re
spotted.”

Chapter
12
     
     
    Starlet’s best friend called Sarah, the one with purple hair, runs over to her as soon
as we get back. She asks if Starlet is okay and looks sick with
worry. Starlet reassures her that she’s fine, but Sarah starts
asking questions about what happened. Carl arrives and interrupts
them.
    “ Starlet, can you see me in my office?” he says and I feel
nervous knowing she’s in trouble.
    Starlet looks anxious too,
realizing it’s serious, so I go beside her.
    “ Don’t worry, everything’s fine. I’ll come in with
you.”
    “ You didn’t need to come in, Rickie,” Carl tells me as we go
into his office together.
    “ I do b ro, there’s
something you need to know before you talk to Star. It’s my fault
they know Star’s identity as a freedom fighter.”
    Carl and Starlet both
look at me in total surprise.
    “ I let her come on a mission,” I explain, feeling guilty.
“They must have seen her with me and somehow found out who she
was.”
    “ When was this mission?” Carl is already annoyed because he
knows he didn’t accept for her to go and I should have asked him,
since he’s our leader.
    “ She helped me break into Snider’s building to destroy the
microchips. I know I shouldn’t have taken her with me but I thought
it would be cool for her to get some experience.”
    “ She could have been
caught.”
    “ I was looking after her; I wouldn’t have let them arrest
her,” I insist. “I’m sorry bro, I didn’t think this would
happen.”
    Starlet squeezes my hand reassuringly, telling me that
she’s not mad at this being my fault. I smile at her a
little.
    Carl questions her for a while, making sure she hasn’t told
them information. I can’t help feeling a little annoyed that he’s
making sure she’s not a traitor, even though I u nderstand it’s procedure. I know Starlet would
never betray us, especially when the other side is responsible for
her parents’ death.
    Starlet tells him that they know that we’re responsible for
one of the break-ins we did on a mission and that they have CCTV
images of her and me. I feel even guiltier, realizing I was right
and knowing it would have been easy for them to track her down with
a photo and her dance posters displayed around the city. The
posters would have given them the times, dates and locations to
find her, so she was pretty much sitting bait for them.
    “ Unfortunately now your freedom fighter identity is known
the police will be on lookout for you,” Carl tells her seriously.
“You’ll probably be registered as a criminal to the government in
their records. You’ll need to remain unseen once you’re outside
this building, if you’re spotted you’ll