Captivity

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"Gah!"

'hit'

"Aah!"

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"Gaah!"

Spike the wolf was getting beaten up by one of the bear brothers that took him and the Smash Champs hostage.

"Think furball's had enough?"

"Hmm, set him down."

"What?"

"Just do it."

(growls)

The bear dropped Spike on the floor, and he started to walk away.

"Ho, we're not done yet." The bear said and dragged his brother back to the wolf.

"Sometimes, you have to put your foot down real hard." He said and stomped on Spike twice, once in the crotch.

"Huh, that's the best you can do? Watch and learn buddy."

He lifted his foot and stomped on Spike's head 3 times.

"No Dante, you gotta put your back into it, like this!"

The two brothers repeatedly kept stomping on Spike over and over until he was covered in bruises. Once they were done...

"He looks like he was tenderized, Max."

"Well, we did the tenderizing." Dante said

"True."

"Let's put him with the others."

They dragged Spike to the room where Al, Jag, King, Teddy, and Ember were locked. Each of them were chained to the wall.

"Furball was lots of fun today. Hopefully the rest of you will just as much fun."

"In your dreams, you dirtbags!" Al screamed.

"When i get my hands on you, i'll-"

"You'll what? Claw my eyes out? Scratch me raw?"

Jag had been the first to get brutally beaten, followed by Ember, then King and Teddy together, and finally Spike and Al.

"Why are you doing this to us?" Teddy screamed. The dominant brother walked up to him and grabbed him by the chin.

"This is just for starters. We got something really big planned for you tomorrow, for all of you."

"We'll let you get some sleep. Save your energy for tomorrow."

The dominant brother then leaned in and whispered to Teddy.

"You're gonna need it."

BAM!

"Oof!"

"Ted!" Jag screamed and struggled against his chains.

"I wouldn't if I were you."

The bear brothers left the team and closed the door. They locked the door and left the team alone. Evening came and left, and it was night when finally...

"This is just great. Our first mission and we get taken prisoner, by two knuckleheads. Nice leadership kitty." Al spoke

"Are you saying this is my fault croc?"

"If the fur fits."

"(laughs) Oh that's rich." Spike laughed

"Shut up Furball, you and your croc friend are no better. If you were leading this team, we'd still be in this mess." Ember argued. The jaguar, fox, wolf, and alligator argued for a few minutes blaming one another for the situation.

"Amigos, amigos. Can't we all just get along?" King said, but nobody was listening. "Por el amor de"

The arguing kept going on and on, and eventually...

"STOP!" Teddy screamed, causing an echo in the room. Everyone went silent when he yelled.

"Enough already. Arguing isn't going to fix a damn thing. Bad enough those bozos made quick work of us, but what good is being at each other's throats gonna do? Huh? We're supposed to be working together, not fighting each other."

The room stayed silent a couple minutes before Jag spoke up.

"Big guy is right, we need to work on a way to get out of here. If we can't do that, then we're no good as a team."

"Agreed, arguing isn't exactly helping right now." Ember said

Al was reluctant to admit he was wrong.

"Al, shouldn't we apologize?"

"Why?"

"Because if you don't, we'll leave you if we manage to break free from captivity."

That pissed off Al a bit on the inside, but Ember had a point. They couldn't stay there any more, especially since the bear brothers have something planned ahead. They were not interested in finding out.

"So what's the plan?" He spat

"Al, you're skilled with your little magic tricks. Can you rig something up to undo these chains?"

"I'll try."

First, the obvious choice: He blasted the chain. The energy however bounced all over the room. It nearly hit one of his teammates.

"Oops"

"Watch it."

"Hey, i'm sorry. It was an accident."

He tried creating a saw and using it to cut the chain, but the saw broke in half.

"Dammit. Anyone else got any ideas?"

Ember looked at her cuffs and when she turned her wrist, she saw a reflection of the chain on the wall. She stood up and checked it out, only to see a gap in the wall.

"Al, can you create a crowbar?"

"I guess so."

He fashioned up a crowbar and slid it over to her.

"What good will that do? I already tried-"

She spun it around and jammed it into the opening in her chain on the wall. She used all her strength and eventually it gave way and broke off.

"Whoa"

"Cool."

"Right on."

She then used that same trick to free Al so he could conjure up 2 more crowbars. He gave one to Ember, which she gave to Jag after freeing him. While they freed King and Teddy, Al freed his pal Spike.

"Now that's what i call busting." Jag said

"Alright, now what?" Spike asked

"Waiting on your orders Jag" Teddy said

"First, we need a way to undo these cuffs."

"What's going on in there?"

A goon hired to be a guard by the bears heard the commotion and was unlocking the door. Everyone looked at Jag and he had a plan. He got behind the door and everyone followed. When the door opened, he told them to be quiet. He snuck up on the guard and blitzed him with the crowbar. He fell unconscious and Jag grabbed the keys.

"One of these keys has gotta undo these cuffs."

The guard woke up, but nobody noticed until he knocked Jag off his feet.

"Gah!"

Jag and the human guard struggled with each other when Jag dropped the keys.

"Come on, amigo!"

Jag knocked the keys away and Al got an idea.

"Hey Spike, see the keys?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah"

"Fetch!"

The wolf got on all fours, and ran to the keys. The cuffs slowed him down, but he got the keys and bolted back.

"Good job. Here, we'll each try a key and see which one works."

"Okay." The others said

(screaming)

The others looked and saw Jag get thrown into a wall. He was then getting kicked into next week. They hurried and tried each key, until King lucked out with the fifth key.

"Perfecto!"

His cuffs came undone and the guard noticed.

"King, look out!" Jag shouted

Ember grabbed the exact key to undo the cuffs on everyone else while King and Jag dealt with the guard.

"I'll set him up, you go for the takedown."

Jag used his kung-fu skills to catch the guard by surprise and when he did, King hopped on his back and used a takedown move. He flipped backwards and landed on top of the guard with him facedown to the floor. He passed out for good this time.

"Thanks." Jag said out of breath

"We're a team, we stick together."

"So now what?"

"What do you mean?"

"We need a leader, and you just showed us whose capable." Al agreed. Jag was surprised to hear him say that.

"I must've been hit too hard."

"I'm serious."

"Waiting on your orders." Ember added

He looked at everyone, who gave him a determined smile and face. They were ready to work as a team and with a strong smile, he tightened his fist and decided it was time.

"Smash Champs, we're busting out of here!"

Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed the chapter and please review.