Tales of the World of Freedom: Breakout

by orangejulius59

In all 52 super-prisons around the world, a breakout is occurring. We examine what happened in those prisons on that day, as well as how it happened, and how it ended.

1. Chapter 1

Tales of the World of Freedom – Breakout – Chapter 1: The Prelude:

The Crime Union's Secret Headquarters, Unknown Location, 12:44pm, unknown date:

It was a dark and stormy night in (unknown location).

Dr. Simian (a gorilla in a jumpsuit) looked at Klarion the Witch-Boy (a young, pale boy in a small suit with a cat) and his "band" – Kaecilius (a robed man with shadowy eyes), Wotan (a Viking-looking sorcerer), Blackbriar Thorn (a man who appeared to be part plant), Felix Faust (an alchemist in robes), and Wizard (a gentleman in Victorian attire) – and nodded.

Klarion giggled, and began chanting. Kaecilius, Wotan, Blackbriar Thorn, Felix Faust, and Wizard joined in, one after the other.

The mystic circle they stood upon began to glow, and the room grew very cold. One by one, the candles snuffed themselves out. Hurriedly, Dr. Simian's fellow members of the Council of (formerly) Thirteen re-lit them.

By the time they were done, a small man sitting at a writing-desk with a typewriter sat in the center of the mystic circle, and looked up.

Player 2, a man dressed in a green jumpsuit with a few gadgets on him raised an eyebrow: "THAT'S the Dark Undermaster?"

The small man looked up and glared. "Who summons me…? I wasn't even aware I COULD be summoned, actually. Anyway, what do you want?"

August Roman (an older man in a suit and cane) spoke: "We need your help. Recently, we threw out one of our own: Dr. Stratos. Now we need a replacement. We require that you weave a spell to cause a failure in the security at all 52 super-prisons on this planet. A master criminal in each prison shall be alerted to this breakout in advance…"

Various super-prisons, across the Earth, several weeks later:

All across the world, the various master criminals sitting in prison listened to the rules told, telepathically.

"The rules are simple: Whoever creates the most havoc, kills the most capes, and/or frees the most prisoners on the way out shall win the coveted thirteenth seat of leadership on our fine fraternity of fear."

All across the world, alarms went off.

All across the world, security systems went on the fritz.

All across the world, emergency power went online.

All across the world, cell doors opened.

All across the world, the message was clear:

"Let the games begin."