WALKER'S PRISON

Walker patrolled the hallways of his prison, overseeing the day-to-day care (if you could call it that) of the prisoners. He was especially wary of one particular prisoner. This prisoner had been locked up for millennia but was a very powerful ghost. Since he had been locked up for so long most had forgotten about him, but Walker knew that he was probably the most powerful prisoner of them all. He always worried that because this ghost had very...particular powers, and he only used these particular powers when the time was right, that he would be able to escape with ease. Walker always prided himself in maintaining a tough prison with tough guards but he had to be especially careful around Kairos.

He was, after all, the younger brother of Clockwork.

In fact, Clockwork himself was the one responsible for turning his brother in. Clockwork was the ultimate master of time, with the ability to see the past, present, and future; the ability to warp and bend time; as well as other abilities. His young brother had the same abilities but with less of a grasp on them and a youthful arrogance. Kairos was also reckless, but he was very cold and calculating. He only took action when the timing was right.

Kairos hadn't done any serious damage to humanity or ghost-manity yet. He had been locked up mostly as a precaution, to prevent him from causing any harm. Because of his relative lack of experience with manipulating time, he could only use his powers if he had a time staff.

Or so Walker thought.

Walker reached Kairos's cell and the two had a stare-down, just like they always did. Unlike his brother, who always wore a robe and was constantly going from young to old and back again, Kairos chose to maintain his age. He wore dark black pants and had an hourglass symbol on his bare chest. His wings were tucked up against his back; since he had no need for them in the cell, he often kept them tucked in because it was more comfortable that way. Kairos gave a smirk and a wink, as he always did, and Walker narrowed his eyes. After fifteen seconds, Walker scoffed and started to walk away.

"Yoo hoo, Walker!" Walker's eyes immediately went wide at the sound of Kairos's voice. He hadn't heard that voice since he first locked him up all those millennia ago. Walker stopped dead in his tracks and spun around to find Kairos standing directly behind him. But how could that be? The cells were impenetrable by ghosts; only humans could have passed through the bars. Walker was again taken aback when he noticed Kairos was twirling his jail keys on his index finger.

Walker quickly regained his composure. "You're done for, punk!" he sneered. He snapped his fingers and instantly Kairos was surrounded on both sides by members of the Ghost Zone Police Department. Immediately they rushed at the prisoner.

Just before they reached him, Kairos said, "Ah buh buh, time out!" To Walker's surprise, the inexperienced time lord snapped his fingers and was able to freeze everyone dead in their tracks. With a smug grin on his face, Kairos spread his wings, dropped Walker's keys, and floated safely away. ONce he was a safe distance away he said, "Time in" and snapped his fingers again. The guards collided and very briefly fought each other before realizing that Kairos was long gone.

An alarm sounded throughout the prison. More guards were dispatched and began frantically searching for the escaped convict. Soon, Kairos was found in a hallway near the exit to the prison. Kairos turned to face the large gathering of guards and smirked an evil smirk. "Time out," he said, snapping his fingers again. The guards froze, but almost instantly unfroze. "Ugh, darn it! These powers still don't work right without a time staff. No matter..." Kairos folded his wings around his body and disappeared, leaving a clock symbol behind briefly.

Kairos took one last look back at the prison and chuckled to himself. He began to float away from the prison before he ran smack dab into his brother.

"Little brother," Clockwork said. Though he rarely expressed emotion in his words, they carried a harsh undertone.

"Hmph, Clockwork," Kairos hissed. "Right on time."

"We both know how this is going to end, Kairos," Clockwork said. "You may have been able to escape a few jail guards, but there's no escaping the Master of Time." With those words, Clockwork transported both of them to his tower.