In front of them the pilot steered the helicopter to the right and began to fly them towards a familiar suburb.

"Yes there is a passageway in this Freedom  Fields," said Arella.

"Oh yes, this Freedom Fields, and I know where the passageway is. Somehow I just know, but I cannot tell these criminals, can I Arella?" said Ann.

"What choice do you have?" said the man with the gun.

"None at the moment, because I don't know how to fly a helicopter, but when we get to the orphanage, things will be different for all of us," thought Ann.

Arella nodded her head.

"What are you two up to?" asked the man.

"I had an ache in my neck. Ann once told me that a good nod gets rid of it," said Arella, "So I smiled at her."

"You'll have a bullet in your neck if you don't show me that passageway when we get to Freedom Fields. You know that, don't you?"

*          *          *          *

The helicopter landed on the Freedom Fields oval and its four occupants emerged when the blades had ceased their rotation. They approached the building and found it locked up and empty.

"There's nobody here," said Ann.

"Of course not. They're all still at the beach. Today's our beach outing. That's why we were at the beach. If only we hadn't been such strong swimmers," said Arella.

"If only you'd both get on with it," snarled the man with the gun, "Reynolds, get that window out of our way!"
The pilot looked around and found a garbage can. He threw it at the window, and an unusual thing happened. As Ann stared in bewilderment, the whole window, including its frame was knocked inwards by the garbage can, until both items fell on the floor.

"The glass did not break," she said.

"Of course not. Do you think we want to cut ourselves climbing through?" snarled the gunman.

"Come on Peters, let's go," said Reynolds.

"Well you go first, just in case the girls are thinking of running free inside. Then the girls can follow you, telling you which way to go. I will follow behind with the gun" said Peters.

Reynolds climbed through the window. Arella was next, then Ann and finally Peters.

"The whole thing's ridiculous," thought Ann O’Malley, "Why do they think they need guns to handle two young schoolgirls? I am thirteen, and Arella is only twelve."

"Just remember not to use your super strong arms and legs on us, Ann, because I can still blow your head off with my gun," said Peters.

"How could they have possibly known that?" thought Ann, "Maybe they can read minds like Arella."

"No they cannot, but do not worry. I am beginning to understand what's been happening to us. Even if they get the treasure, it won't matter, because we won't have lost it," said Arella.

"Yes you seem to be right. I'm quite sure now, for some reason I cannot fully make sense of, that it won't matter at all. We'll show them the treasure," said Ann.

*          *          *          *

Ann led them into the room beside Arella's and pulled the carpet from the floor. She rolled it up and tossed it onto a bed. Below them was a trapdoor. Ann opened it and saw a rope ladder dangling down a hole. There was also a light switch just under a floorboard. The four of them descended the rope ladder and saw a dimly lit passage at the bottom. The light switch had turned on the lamps in the passage, when Ann had pressed the switch.

After half an hour of underground wandering, they came to an empty room with two shovels hanging from a hook in the wall at the end of the passageway.

"Alright, Ann use both shovels. Your special arms can dig it up fast. All you need to do is dig with all your strength in the middle of the floor."

Ann went to work. Each hand had to hold the shovel near its base and scoop out a large pile of dirt. She obeyed Peters' instructions.

*          *          *          *

It seemed as though fifteen minutes had passed, before she unearthed a large chest.

"Now grab the handle on the top and pull it up," said Peters.

Ann obeyed.

"Open it and the treasure will be ours," said Reynolds.