✓𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 | C. STEIN

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"What about my secret weapon?" Gert asks referring to her dinosaur who still sat in the back of the car with a blanket over her

"Um, she stays in the car. For now." Alex says not knowing how they were to explain to the guard on shift that having a pet dinosaur was something everyone has

"Crack the windows, though. This is LA. If anybody sees an animal in the car, they'll call the cops, even if it is a dinosaur" Karolina says making Gert silently groan as she walks back to her car and makes sure the windows were down

"And what are you bringing to the party, Alex?" Nico asks their self-appointed leader

"Access. Stolen from my dad." Alex says as he takes out an ID card to hold up while looking back to the empty security booth behind him, "Now, once we get in there, we destroy as much as we can as fast as we can, then we get out. All right, I'm sure that there's plenty of security. Gonna need some help with that. Best case scenario, we don't get caught, we don't have to fight"

"When was the last time any of us experienced a best-case scenario?" Chase questions knowing that nothing they had planned as gone according to their plan because if it had, trying to expose PRIDE would have ended a while ago

"Look, I know that it's been a shitty couple of weeks," Alex says making Molly cut him off with saying an "Understatement" with a tight smile before Alex continues his pep talk, "But we're friends again, and I didn't think we ever would be. I wouldn't wanna save the world with any other crew. Let's go"

The teens then talk towards the gate the held a card key lock to which Alex was ready to unlock when a flashing light accompanied by a voice shouting at them makes them turn around, "Hey, excuse me! Stop right there!"

Alex moves from the back of their little crowd to the front to face the officer who was slowly running up to them with the flashlight still pointed straight at their eyesight, "Um, hi, I'm Alex. I think you, uh, know my dad, Geoffrey Wilder. This, uh, is his site"

"Wilder Construction's not in charge anymore. This site's being run by the Church of Gibborim now" the guard says taking the kids by surprise yet luckily they still had a way in

Karolina walks to the front taking over Alex's spot taking the guard by surprise knowing who she was, "Oh, maybe you should call my dad and have him authorize it"

"Oh" the guard says slightly embarrassed that he had not noticed her before

"We have a school photography project. He said it would be okay" Karolina lies flawlessly 

"Karolina, uh, Miss Dean. This is a nice surprise" the guard says straightening himself up to seem presentable towards Karolina who he knew held a lot of power in the Church of Gibborim

"What's your name?" Karolina asks knowing she has a hold over him and knowing his name was having even more power over him

"Carl" the guard responds

"Ah, well, it is a pleasure to meet you, Carl, but if you could just hurry, - we have a lot of work to do," Karolina says turning her head to Alex who agrees with her

"Waited to the last minute, huh? I was like that" Carl says with a smile making Karolina fake a bigger smile as the rest of the teens still looked worried

"Mm-hmm. Do you need his number?" Karolina asks as the guard didn't seem to be quickly calling anyone

"No, I have it," the guard says before taking out his phone and calling Frank Dean, the teens were all worried as to what Frank was saying on the other end but it seemed to be going well as Carl had yet to give them an angry or look at them questionably. Carl ends the call and puts his phone away before speaking up leaving the teens in suspense, "You're good. Let's go"