In a distant world, evil has been defeated, what had caused peace in there. Although that peace didn't last enough. A new evil has been rebirth, and it has almost extinguished the human kind trough experiences. Just a few managed to escape. Some of the ones, who were able to survive, became anthros, and the same happened to the animals, however, the ones who didn't become anthros, were transformed into monsters whose only purpose is to obey its master.
The name of this evil is Neo Cortex, also known as Dr. Cortex, who's, on his rage ended up recurring to the dark science of alchemy, and during one of his experiences, he ended up unlocking all the evil that was hidden in the very deep of his heart. Forgiveness and mercy no long exist for him.
A resistance was created. It's small, although all the members are ready for battle for the freedom that had existed one day. Unfortunately the members are young, because the adults have lost the only thing that's motivating these young warriors: hope.
Inside a dungeon, in one of the Cortex's many fortresses, someone was arrested in a cell. It was a male anthro, a white wolf with reddish eyes, and he was wearing a gray t-shirt with black pants. His name was Guido, and he was around 17 years. He was sitting in a dark corner of the cell.
The place was very old. The roof, floor and walls were made using big and heavy rocks. All the cells were rusty, however, the materials used were very resistant, so there's no escape without a key. And even if he were able to escape from his cell, he have another obstacle ahead, the big metal door that leads to the exit of that awful place. The only source of light was a small candle on the opposite rock wall.
Suddenly the old metal door echoed when it got unlocked. Someone was coming. Probally was one of the guards, the ones who would escort him to Cortex, the one who would interrogate him about the resistance, and later one decide what to do with him. If everything went well, Guido could become one of Cortex's subordinate, otherwise… He was trying not to thing about it.
The big metal door opened echoing the creaking, but it was difficult to hear the steps of the person who was coming to escort him, what made him fell anxious.
"Did you thought that I would leave you there?" said a feminine, and familiar, voice
Guido got surprised when he looked up to see a familiar face. She was also an antro. She was a cat with a yellow ochre fur, and was wearing earth brown pants and a black top and a white shirt, with all the buttons opened, showing her belly whose have a cream color and the top. She was called Juba, and was around 20, but has a childish face, looking a 16 years old teen.
"Sorry for the delay…" she said
"No, sempai, you came back! You don't have to apologize…" he said while she opened the cell's door, which one made also a loud creak when it got unlocked.
"We'll have to talk later, now we must get outta here before one of them start to miss his keys…" she said, pushing him by the hand. They went to the big metal door, and stopped behind it. Ears on top of the head, listening, searching for any kind of sound. One of the guards was coming to their direction. He was just a few meters away. This was their only chance. If that guard catch them, all the effort had been in vain. Juba was holding his hand with strength. She was nervous. The steps were getting closer and closer. It was now, or never. They started running. When the guard saw them, they were already on the top of the stairs that lead to one of the main hall of that fortress. They luck was the awful illumination, what gave them time enough to run, because the guard took a while until he realize that the prisoner was escaping. But, when he realized that, he started to shoot on them, and to order them to stop.
In each stair, each hall, Juba and Guido were forced to change the direction, because the guards that were appearing from nowhere and shoot on them. At least they didn't got shoot, and were going well. They had finally misled the guards.
"Do you know where the exit is?" asked Guido, while them still running.
"Yes!" she replied.
"It's after this door!" she said, opened the door. However, when she opened, the door led to an empty room. No furniture, no mirror, no wardrobe, nothing. Just and old window.
"Ops…" said Juba, almost in a whisper, while Guido starred her with some anger on his eyes.
"Wrong door…" she continued
"Yes, I realized that!" He said nervous.
"It's not my fault… With all this mess, I might have climbed one or two stairs wrong… and also turned on the wrong halls… passed trough three, or four wrong doors…." she mumbled, trying to find an excuse
"Without mention those 'shortcuts', right?" Guido said, he still mad at her
"But this place is a labyrinth!" she replied with a childish voice, while he just stared at her.
"THERE THEY ARE!" screamed one of the guards
Juba and Guido stopped with the discussion, and rushed inside the empty room.
"They're where?" asked the superior, when he got to the place.
"Inside there, sir!" answered the subordinate.
"And what are you waiting for? Go get them, NOW!" ordered the superior.
The guards had hits to door so hard that it fell on the floor.
When they got inside, the empty room was… empty.
"Are you SURE that they had gone inside here?" asked the superior with a tough voice, and with a growl.
"Yes, sir" answered the subordinate.
The superior walked to the window, and started to analyze it. He took a lantern, lighting around the dusty window.
There, he found paw prints on it. They had gone trough the roof.
He ended up smirking.
"Order the pack to go to the watch tower, and to go outside, around the wall. They won't get out. At least, not alive… And then, the Master will be pleased…." He said sounding very victorious.