Chapter Seven: Jail Break/Escape route A
Over the next few days Monger and the monsters discussed their plans on escaping, Monger's idea was straight forward: breakout. What they needed first was a distraction to get as many of the guards away from them as possible (Monger said that was already arranged).
Once that was done they would escape through the main doors to the main corridor, once there they would have to split up and go down different passages that were ideal for some but unusable for others.
The day before the planned breakout, Monger and the monsters went over the plan one last time. To deceive the guards, who were watching them on the security cameras; they acted as if they were playing cards. B.O.B however thought they were playing cards for real, "Yahtzee!" he cried.
"Whatever," growled Link.
"As I was saying," said Monger, "Once the distraction is made and the main doors are broken down there will be 4 routes that will lead to the surface. We will divide into 4 teams: Team Science, Team Blue Snake, Team Big Gals and Team Butterfly. Dr Cockroach, Dr Sprocket, T.O.M and I will take the science block elevators,"
"Blue boy and I will take the ventilation systems," said Fang.
"Sarah and I will take the highway to the missile silos," said Susan.
"And B, Matt, Rex and me will take the caverns to the airplane silos!" said Link.
"Actually, I'm going with Sarah," Matt cut in.
"No," protested Sarah, "Butterflyosaurus' route is the safest, you could get hurt!"
"So could you," Matt pointed out, placing his hand on hers; "If they were able to injure Susan then they could do the same to you! I'm not leaving you!"
Sarah sighed in defeat, "Okay, fine,"
"Now that's sorted, we'd better turn in early. Tomorrow's an important day!" said Monger.
"Yeah," said Dr Cockroach with sarcasm, "Tomorrow we get to become fugitives!"
The monsters were up early the next morning, the prison guards were still patrolling the facility, the exact same time as the day before, and the day before that. The security cameras zoomed in on the monsters who were all at the big table eating their breakfasts. Butterflyosaurus was lapping up her sugared water.
Monger gave a quick glance to the security camera looking at them, he then turned to the monsters, "This is it…ya'll ready?"
They all nodded, Monger flipped a switch on his broken watch and revealed a red button, "Good…I'm now gonna initiate our distraction! Get ready to move!"
"General, what is this distraction?" asked Susan.
Monger grinned, "Don't worry, you've seen him before, he's been getting ready for over a week!"
"He?" puzzled Dr Sprocket.
Monger pressed the red button and a minute later the alarms went off all over the facility, the lights began to flash red as the speakers called out, "ALL AVAILABLE UNITS TO THE SUFACE IMMEDIATELY! THE BASE IS UNDER ATTACK FROM SOME SORT OF…GIANT SNAIL?"
"Esqargantua!" cried Link, Butterflyosaurus' antennas shot up.
"Yep, been stationary near the base for over a week. Disguised himself as a mountain!" explained Monger.
"Weird looking mountain if you ask me?" muttered Sprocket.
"Our opportunities here people! Let's move!" barked Monger. "Docs, you're up first!"
Dr Cockroach and Sprocket gathered up all the food they had left over on the table, Sprocket had managed to put together a cannon-like device which was made from old TVs and radios left over from the old facility. Dr Cockroach poured the food contents into the cannon and began pressing numerous switches, "Now, the organic solids get broken down and restructured into a single acidic mass," he said to himself.
"Just fire the damn thing!" stressed Fang, jumping on the spot.
Dr Sprocket positioned the cannon and pointed it at the door, "Is the ammo ready my friend?" he said to Dr Cockroach.
"Affirmative, all food has been converted into a corrosive substance!" he cackled.
Sprocket pulled the main lever and the small cannon fired a gooey green substance at the door, it splattered all over the metal surface. The door began to smoke as the acidic element slowly weakened the door, the mad scientists laughed manically, only they could turn food into a bio-weapon of mass destruction.
"Main door is weakened General!" Dr Cockroach saluted Monger.
"Very good. Ginormica, Titana, you're next!"
The girls took their positions, standing side by side facing the door. Susan held her necklace tightly as she got ready to charge, "Now!"
They threw themselves at the door, their shoulders colliding into the weakened metal, with a groan and crash the door broke off its hinges and fell into the cavernous hallway. Susan and Sarah returned to the others, Dr Cockroach and Sprocket used the cannon again (now using the remains of Butterflyosaurus' water) to weaken the giant butterfly's door, the butterfly then ripped the door away, revealing the enormous cave. Their path to freedom was before them.
"Right, this is where we part ways," said Monger, "You all know the rendezvous?"
The monsters nodded, "Everyone take care and good luck." said Susan.
Butterflyosaurus lowered her tail to the ground, Rex and Link scrambled up onto her back and the giant bug took off down the cave. Fang and B.O.B stepped into the hallway and tore off a panel in the wall; they slipped inside the vents and disappeared. Matt placed himself on Sarah's shoulder, using her long hair as a harness, whilst she and Susan made their way to the Area 52 highway. Leaving Monger, T.O.M and the two docs to enter the nearby science block.
Team Science walked slowly and quietly through the empty corridors, normally they would be bustling with scientists and technicians, but since Crowe took over the entire centre was now quiet and decaying. Panels and cables were hanging from the ceiling and labs were gutted out of all their high tech equipment.
"A great tragedy," said Dr Cockroach, "These places should be filled with brilliant minds working out the theory of alchemy or finding cures for the common cold. But instead these labs are just left to rot."
"If I had a heart it would break!" Sprocket said sadly.
"Crowe didn't see any use for science, only the containment of 'unnatural beings'!" said Monger.
"It's good thing we're not 'unnatural beings' then isn't it? We're monsters!" said T.O.M.
"Same thing, dimwit!" groaned Dr Cockroach.
"Shh," whispered Monger, placing his finger to his lips. The monsters suddenly stopped as they reached a bend, around the corner stood two guards, they had been ordered to stay put. "We need to take 'em out if we wanna get past!"
"That's easy!" said T.O.M. He placed his hands on Sprockets head and yanked it off his body.
"You overgrown vegetable!" hissed Sprocket, "What are you doing?"
"I might be mindless but I'm not brainless!" the veg said.
T.O.M shot round the corner, exposing himself to the guards, they jumped with a start at the site of the mutant tomato. "Hey guys, HEADS UP!"
T.O.M threw Sprocket's head like a bowling ball and he crashed into the guards, knocking them on the floor, Monger and Dr Cockroach ran up to the guards and knocked them out with a punch to the face. T.O.M slid up to them, looking pleased with himself, "Unorthodox but ludicrously effective!" grinned Monger.
One of the guards stood up and prepared to strike Monger from behind, "Look out!" cried Sprocket.
Sprocket's headless body came flying at Monger, he ducked and the robot crashed into the guard, there was a horrifying snapping noise and the guard and robot fell to the floor. "By the transformers of Cybertron! I think I killed him!" cried Sprocket, his head still rolling on the floor.
Monger examined the guard's body; he then stood up and turned to the others, the guard's head in his hand.
"Great E=MC2!" exclaimed Dr Cockroach, "It's a robot!"
From the neck of the guard came several different coloured cables, the body emitting whiffs of smoke. "This explains the lack of emotion and clocking off time!"
"Crowe's created robotic troops?" said Sprocket, his body trying to get hold of his head, "You think he invented them cos he thought that was the 'safest' way to look after monsters?"
"Maybe," said Monger, "But it does make things easier!"
He reached for his customized radio, "This is Team Science to all teams, the guards are automatons, do not hold back on them, you are clear to use excessive force!"
"Tell me something I don't know!" shouted Fang.
Monger switched off his radio and turned to the others, "Right, let's keep moving…"
The other guard had stood up, its gun trained on them. T.O.M grabbed Sprocket's head again and tossed it at the guard, knocking its head off completely.
"You son of a Heinz ketchup bottle!" screamed Sprocket. His body soon found its head and carefully fixed it back on.
Dr Cockroach picked up the head and examined it, "You know, these things may have detailed files that might give us an edge over Crowe. If we can extract its circuitry it might be able to tell us everything!"
Sprocket opened his chest panel, "Store it in here, we can examine it later!" Dr Cockroach placed the head in Sprockets chest and the robo doc closed it.
"The elevators are at the end of this corridor, lets move!" said Monger.
The elevator itself looked like scrap, its doorframe covered in rust and the call panel hanging off by a few wires. Sprocket managed to get it fixed and soon the elevator arrived, "Top floor please." said T.O.M.
"Actually the lift goes up through a mountain, that's the observation station and where my office used to be." Monger said, the lift arrived and they all got in, Monger pressed the G button just as more soldiers arrived at the other end of the corridor.
"Prisoners escaping! Terminate them!"
They opened fire but the lift closed just in time, the bullets making huge dents in the doors as the lift slowly ascended. The monsters slumped on the floor, relieved that they had gotten through.
"I wouldn't be celebrating just yet," said Monger.
"Why's that?" asked Dr Cockroach.
"Because we're about to enter a war zone between Crowe's robot soldiers and Esqargantua!"