Axle tried to hide behind Nick as they quickly exited the lunchroom. They quickly walked up the hallways and the stairs. Axle's hand's were still shaking like leaves. Nick grabbed Axle's good hand and quickly pulled him up a flight of stairs, Axle saw Nick was taking him to Mr. Sooza's room. Nick knocked on the door and they heard a 'come in', Nick quickly opened the door and pushed Axle inside first. Nick then quickly came into the room before closing the door. Mr. Sooza looked up from his paper's as Nick looked through the door's window.

"Is everything all right boys?"

Nick looked at Axle,

"He won't let us stay unless you tell him, here's my phone. I'll tell you if anyone comes up."

Axle hesitated at first but took Nick's phone out of his hand,

"What's your password?"

"roygbiv."

Axle was perplexed by the password but typed it in, he went to Nick's photos and walked over to Mr. Sooza's desk. He clicked on the video and pressed play. Mr. Sooza looked more and more concerned with every second the video played.

"How long has this been happening?"

"About four-ish years."

Mr. Sooza nodded, Axle was glad he didn't nag him about how he should've told people sooner. Nick turned,

"Someone's coming!"

Axle pressed himself against the wall which luckily had a ledge so he was hidden from the doorway. Nick rushed over to Mr. Sooza's desk and pretended like he was talking to Mr. Sooza.

There was a knock on the door,

"Come in."

Axle pressed himself further into the wall as someone entered, they didn't approach Mr. Sooza's desk though.

"Hi I'm looking for an Axle Amado, do you happen to know where he is? I'm his brother, I came to pick him up early today."

Mr. Sooza stood,

"Sorry he came earlier to get make-up work, maybe check in the cafeteria."

There was a grunt and the sound of a door closing. Axle stayed against the wall until Nick walked over to the door and checked if he was gone. Nick motioned it was okay and Axle let out a breath he didn't realize he had been holding. Nick stayed at the door to keep watching for people and Axle returned to Mr. Sooza's desk. Mr. Sooza began,

"I must ask, do you have another place to stay?"

Axle nodded and pointed at Nick. Nick looked over and smiled, he danced around goofily,

"I am the chosen one!"

Axle snickered and looked back to Mr. Sooza, who was smiling,

"Well, he's happy about it. You do need to talk to the police though."

Axle nodded while looking at his feet,

"I know, Nick has got a police friend and we're gonna show her the video because we can't tell any of my local police officers. My parents are all buddy buddies with them and haven't believed me before. I doubt they will now."

Mr. Sooza nodded. Suddenly the intercom turned on,

"Axle Amado please report to the front office you are being picked up."

Axle froze and looked at Nick. Mr. Sooza picked up his phone and dialed the front office number.

"Hey, Fran? You remember our code right? Uh-huh, can anyone besides you hear me? Okay, code 023 for the student Axle Amado, with the add on of 045."

Mr. Sooza hung up the phone and looked at Axle and Nick,

"A code 023 means not suitable home conditions relating to family and code 045 means are at school but cannot leave with anyone who came to pick them up. Is it okay if I inform the other teachers to not let anyone take you out of the classrooms? They know the code too so I'll give them the code over the phone."

Axle nodded and Mr. Sooza proceeded to call all of Axle's teachers with the following message,

"Make sure no one can hear you... okay code's 023 and 045 for the student Axle Amado.