Creature in the Crater : 15

"The best time to act will be if the creature leaves the base because even if it somehow finds out about our escape immediately, it still has to get back to stop us," Klane had said. "Otherwise if it shows no signs of going anywhere we might have to act more quickly but let's not risk triggering any alarms until we are totally ready this time. Switch the alegoyle deterrent on as you would normally do so as not to make the creature suspicious but try and get one of those amplifiers to me as soon as possible provided you think there is no risk of an alert. Then we must be patient again and when you decide the time is right switch the screen off."
Now that the creature planned to take a trip in the afternoon, it seemed sensible to wait until it had been gone for a while and only then to make their bid for freedom. Ketha hoped that she hadn't damaged the aerocopter too badly since it was now needed to take the creature away and give the prisoners all this second chance. She didn't really know what Klane had planned though. He had just promised a surprise.
There was a row of the hand held amplification devices on a small shelf next to the screen generator. Ketha was convinced that if she took one, these things would not trigger any alarm. They weren't connected to the alegoyle screen and they weren't active, though she knew they could be switched on easily, having seen how the creature used them. It could not suspect that an amplifier would help the prisoners at all. In fact Ketha had no idea how Klane intended to use it either...