“Shut up, Ella, you’re going to give us away,” said Nadia, putting her hands over Ella’s mouth. She had been in class at the time they were taken, and found out where they were from Oma’s release of Fireball.

  “I have the keys right here,” said Nadia. “Don’t worry, I’ll free you.” Nadia put the keys in the lock and the door opened. She opened the other cell door.

  “They’ll just take us back again once they find us,” grumbled Terrence. Phila took human form.

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  “Who says they’re going to find us?” Phila morphed her hand into a knife and sliced everyone’s bracelets off. “Now we’re under the radar.”

  “Shouldn’t we wait for Sahara?” asked Oma.

  “No time. We have to go now,” said Nadia.

  “Go where?” asked Garnet. “There’s no place to go.”

  “We’re leaving the school,” said Nadia. “I already have a plan.”