<strong>Ridge</strong><br/><br/>Ridge cursed at himself in the ceiling. He had not predicted this. He felt he should have predicted this. He heard a voice coming from outside and one coming from around Serenity's neck. Both of them were very bad news. Ridge was not going to give up yet though. They still had no clue where he was in the loft of the pokecenter so at least that saved him temporarily from getting attacked and/or killed. But all he had on him was a taser. He did not even have his lab coat or his back pack for crying out loud. This was going to be a situation RIdge was not sure if he was going to make it out unscathed from. But he was not all about himself. He was going to protect Bleu and Serenity. He would even take a bullet for them if he had to.<br/><br/>Ridge needed to think. And the situation was a little to tense to think at the moment so carefully crawled his way over to where he believed Bleu was. "Do whatever you can to escape safely with the girl." he whispered down to her as quiet as he could. His words sounded almost like a goodbye. It was as if it was his final command to Bleu. He did not tell her where to meet him. He made no mention of any other thing but escape. He wanted her to make it out at least. He could not bear the thought of her getting shot and possibly dying. His own escape plans were beginning to form. His options were get out on the roof and get shot by potential snipers or come down and get killed by infantrymen. Ridge knew up was going to be better than down. Snipers were a possibility but not a guarantee like the soldiers that were down there were. He was going to have to take his chances.<br/><br/>Ridge started to look for some kind of hatch in the loft through which to make his escape on to the roof. He did this as silently and stealthily as he could. The seconds were counting down till he was waiting to hear gunfire or something coming up at him. He had failed Bleu and the girl. And he had done all of it in under five minutes of being conscious. He felt like he was a bit of a failure as a tamer. But he was trying to find a way to make up for it and get everyone out of here alive. And then a thought came to him. He could be a decoy for the girls. He just wondered how he was going to do it and live. He would figure that out once he found his way out of the loft and onto the roof.