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"Big screen entertainment? What the hell is that supposed to mean? A movie theater?"
Stryker disappeared back into the trash can. Cody scowled and glanced around to see if anybody had been watching. No one had, but she noticed a tray somebody else had left behind. And she got an idea.
The tray was full of the leftovers of somebody's spaghetti, and a melted ice cream. And an open carton of milk. She grinned, a mischievious glint in her eyes, and grabbed the tray, promptly dumping it's contents into the trash can.
"Bon appetite, Stryker."
She left the cafeteria and started down the hall towards the exit that led to the parking lot. She mulled over what Stryker had told her.
'Big screen entertainment? That's gotta be a movie theater... Wait -- isn't there a mall nearby?'
She remembered a mall she had hung out at, for a while, while she'd been on the streets. Unless she was completely lost thanks to her forced move to the school, it wasn't very far away.
'Might as well give it a shot. ...But what about security....?'
She detoured out a side door and headed for the trees that lined the school grounds. They appeared to wrap around clear to the road, and hopefully they'd give her enough cover to get off school grounds unnoticed.
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