'I've never felt this heavy since I've picked up that truck for the first time…'
Alloisia sat idly at her desk, wearing her usual uniform, as she was now on her night shift. Ever since yesterday night, she found herself thinking about Jyugo nonstop. As soon as he had officially calmed down he asked to go back to his cell. She had tried to ask questions, but when she witnessed his hollow and tired expression, she held her tongue back.
He went back to his cell, but Alloisia was very concerned. She even offered for him to take her bed in the night room because she became so concerned, but he declined. When she saw Hajime again she told him everything. She even wrote a report on it once he let her go.
She didn't even gain an ounce of sleep that night.
With what happened, she just couldn't stop her mind from whirling. In the morning she tried to ask Jyugo on his way to breakfast, but he just acted like it never happened. It honestly upset her because she knew she wasn't crazy. All of that happened—she know it did! The little indents on her back from his nails and the rips on her shirt was enough proof as it is!
But, she couldn't get him to talk. He just went back to breakfast, leaving her standing there as she wanted to punch a wall. It honestly hurt her because she wanted his trust. She wanted him to talk to her. She wanted to know what's going on. She wanted to help him!
But, he just kept pushing her away…
Alloisia became so stressed about this that she kept groaning into her hands so much that Hajime almost kicked her out. Everything was so quiet that it was almost suffocating for Alloisia. That is, until the alarms blared off, signalling escapees. Hajime rushed out the door, ordering Alloisia to stay with Seitarou. Alloisia was shocked that this was happening, knowing quite well of which cell broke out. It just didn't make sense to her just yet. But, reluctantly, she stayed with Seitarou for the time being. The two were watching on the surveillance cameras, watching the inmates from Cell 13 escaping once again.
"What the hell…? He's going so fast—faster than usual…" Alloisia grumbled in shock.
"Right?" Seitarou exclaimed. "This is like a new record for them! And of course, Yamato is unable to be relied on… At this rate they'll hit the last doors and right into Hajime."
"This is bad…" Alloisia said, glaring at the screen. "Ever since we've discovered Jyugo's true powers, I know Hajime has upped his own game. He's not going to hesitate to beat him just like he had done at the tournament…"
"Wait, what're they…?" Seitarou muttered.
Watching closely on the screen, the group had already reached the outside door. But Jyugo stepped out and hit a button on the wall. Suddenly, a barred gate came down, trapping the rest of the inmates inside while Jyugo and Hajime were outside. Alloisia's eyes widened as everything clicked into place.
"Fuck...!" She cursed and rushed out the door.
"Alan, wait!" Seitarou yelled at her, but she kept running.
She ran out of the office, trying to get to the outside as fast as possible. Her mind was racing with every step she took, trying to go as fast as she could possibly run.
'Damn it, Jyugo…!' She yelled in her thoughts. 'Don't do this, don't fucking do this! You'll regret it for the rest of your life! I know I did! So don't fucking run from us...!'
After possibly five minutes of running, she instantly spotted the guys up ahead. She slowed down and almost crashed into the bars, but was able to stop herself in time. She gripped the bars, in shock of Jyugo trying to slice Hajime down.
"Son of a…!" She growled before shouting at them. "JYUGO! YOU HAVE TO STOP THIS!"
"Hey, is there anyway to open this damn gate up!?" Uno asked her, clearly concerned for Jyugo as much as she was.
"Wait… That's right!" She rushed past him and to the wall. "Maybe I can…!"
Taking her ID card out, she swiped it across the screen. The red screen beeped with a 'no' sign on the screen. Her eyes widened in shock as she realized why it didn't work.
"Why didn't that work?!" Rock asked.
"It's because it's my ID card…" She said as she put it back into her pocket. She turned to them, looking almost terrified. "I'm not allowed to access high restricting areas… And this is a high ranking area!"
"What?!" Uno exclaimed, clearly shocked.
"You gotta be shittin' me…" Rock muttered and ran his hand through his hair.
"What'd we do?!" Nico asked, clearly panicked. "If we don't stop them, someone's going to get hurt—bad!"
Alloisia, finding herself slowly begin to panic herself, ran around the group and slammed her body against the bars. She rickashayed right off of it, falling right onto the ground as not even an indent was made. They all stared at the gate in shock.
"No way…" Uno murmured.
"Nanba Prison is always improving…" Alloisia muttered as she looked horrified, slowly climbing to her feet. "Therefore, whenever a new inmates comes in, they always adapt to keeping them in… Which only means that they created the bars so strong that it goes against even my strength…!"
"Is that even possible?!" Rock asked.
"If it knocked me down than of course it is!" She exclaimed, her panic causing her patience to thin. She flinched at her own tone. "S-sorry…"
"Jyugo! That's enough! Stop it!" Uno shouted at him.
"Why won't he stop?!" Nico asked.
"I think I might know why…" Alloisia growled and yelled out as she punched the bars.
The noise rang out, causing the inmates to flinch at her sudden action. She removed her hand, seeing a partially dented bar. It wasn't impossible in breaking down. But when she looked at the damage to her hand, she was surprised to see her white glove beginning to stain red.
"Holy shit…" Uno muttered. "Aloisia, don't try that again! You'll just end up harming yourself before you can even break those bars down! Don't you dare try it again!"
"Then what do you expect me to do!?" She exclaimed, obviously looking as panicked as they are. "If we don't get out there soon either of them will die!"
"Oh, so you plan on killing yourself while trying to get out there, is that it?!" Uno shouted at her.
"Stop it!" Nico shouted, standing in between them. "Us fighting won't get us anywhere!"
"Nico's right!" Rock exclaimed. "We need to start finding a way out of here and fast!"
Alloisia tried to think of a way to get out of here, but she had none. Just as she was about to just wing it, Seitarou came running up and grabbed the bars of the gate, watching the fight right before his eyes.
"Is 15 really fighting the Supervisor?!" Seitarou asked, clearly in shock of what's happening.
"Seitarou…!" Alloisia exclaimed as she realized something. "You have to open the gate right now!"
"I can't." Seitarou said, looking at her in disbelief. "I can't let the inmates leave the building—if I do that then they'll face serious charges too."
"Damn you! This is why pretty boys are useless!" Uno shouted at him.
"Leave my dainty features out of this!" Seitarou yelled back at him.
"Are you telling us to just stand here and watch?!" Rock shouted at him.
"Supervisor will take care of it!" Seitarou said, sounding more like he was trying to reassure himself.
"Just like he took care of it last time!" Nico said, referring to the tournament.
"Seitarou, open the damn gate!" Alloisia shouted at him. "If you don't then either of them could die if we just stand here and watch!"
"We're Jyugo's friends. I promise we can stop him." Uno said, trying to convince Seitarou.
"I… I can't do that." Seitarou shook his head. "Alan can't go past this area—if she does than her mask will automatically hurt her! The Supervisor told me to never let her go past these areas!"
"I don't give a damn!" Alloisia exclaimed, looking absolutely pissed right now. "I rather have myself die than either of them and I know that won't happen! This damn mask is nothing more than a fucking nuisance!"
Her hands shot up to her face as she grabbed the mask.
"AlloiSIA, NO!" Seitarou shouted at her.
She tried ripping the mask apart with her bare hands, but Rock and Nico tackled her down. They restricted her arms, stopping her from harming the mask. This shocked her completely.
"Are you stupid?!" Rock yelled at her. "If you rip that damn thing off it'll hurt you—it's not worth it!"
"We're trying to stop people from getting hurt, not cause it!" Nico shouted at her.
Alloisia tried to fight them, but quickly became silent. She shut her mouth and reevaluated herself, instantly calming herself down. She was causing more trouble than good. Relaxing her arms, the two let go of her and she stayed on the ground. She sat up and looked right at Seitarou, locking eyes with him.
"Open the gate…" She begged, her voice soft as she sounded concerned. "Please, Seitarou. I know it's our duty to protect the inmates, but trust them this once…! I'm begging you! I don't want to see any of them die!"
Seitarou stiffened at her gaze, seeing just how desperate she was looking. He tilted his head down and took out his ID card, swiping it in front of the button. As he reacted his arm the metal gate went up. Immediately, the three inmates rushed out to aid their friend.
"Thanks a bunch, Seitarou!" Exclaimed Nico as they ran.
"The hell are you doing, you idiot?!" Hajime shouted at Seitarou.
"Jyugoo!" Uno shouted, trying to gain his attention.
Hajime quickly rushed forwards, probably thinking that they were going to try and stop him. Jyugo went right towards him, probably not even aware that the gate was up. Before Hajime could get any closer, something fast flew past Jyugo, ripping at the hip of his clothes, and hitting the ground in front of Hajime. Hajime stopped and Jyugo stumbled, giving enough time for Rock and Uno to jump in between the two.
The item was a Nanba Guard's hat… Alloisia's hat.
"Out of the way, Uno!" Jyugo shouted at Uno.
"Not a chance!" Uno yelled back.
"Step out of the way, or I'll beat you all into a bloody pulp!" Hajime threatened.
"We're not moving!" Rock yelled at him.
"Go ahead!" Uno yelled at Jyugo. "If you really want to leave than do it! But first you're going to have to slice me in half!"
"Please, just move!" Jyugo said, clearly not wanting to harm him. "I can't lose you guys… I just can't…!"
"ENOOOOOUUUUGGGH!" Alloisia shouted, her voice echoing through the area even with the mask on.
The desperate sound of her voice caused everyone to falter. Everyone except Nico. He ran behind Jyugo and used his foot to hit his inner knee. Jyugo, not at all expecting it, fell backwards and onto the ground.
"GRAB HIM, NOW!" Alloisia shouted at the three.
The three inmates immediately jumped on Jyugo.
Rock sat on his torso, pinning his arms down. Nico sat above Jyugo's head, also pinning his arms down. Uno practically sat on Jyugo's legs, preventing them from moving. Hajime was utterly baffled by the sight before him.
"What is this…?" He muttered, surprised they acted in his benefit.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid Jyugo!" Nico shouted, his eye watering with tears. "You asked me to teach you on how to play games! How can I do that if you aren't here?!"
"Sorry, Nico…" Jyugo whispered.
"If you're going to escape than all of us are going to do it together." Rock stated.
"THE HELL YOU WILL!" Hajime shouted at them.
"But I don't want to do that right now!" Rock said, ignoring Hajime for a moment. "The food's really good and I just got my oven." He grabbed the collar of Jyugo's clothes to prove his point. "So you're stayin' too, alright Jyugo?"
"Yeah, Rock…" Jyugo muttered.
Seeing that his blades went back to his normal arms, the group knew he wouldn't try anything anymore. They climbed off of him and got Jyugo back onto his feet. Jyugo looked at Uno, seeing that he had cut his cheek with his own blades by accident. Not even a second later Uno punched Jyugo right in the face.
"YOU BASTARD!" He shouted at him. "HOW DARE YOU SCRATCH MY BEAUTIFUL FACE?!"
"WHO CARES?!" Nico and Rock shouted at him.
"Stop complaining!" Jyugo shouted at him. "I was trying to help you! It's not what it looked like!"
"Shut your traps, both of you!" Nico shouted. "I've got complaints to make too, alright?!"
"I traded a midnight snack because of you!" Rock shouted.
Before another complaint could be made, something sudden hit Jyugo right in the back of the head, almost causing him to fall down. He growled and looked behind him, seeing that what hit him was the visor of a Guard's hat. He looked over, seeing Alloisia and Seitarou still standing by the gate without either of their hats. But his eyes landed on Alloisia, who was looking absolutely angry and upset.
"Damn it, Jyugo…!" She growled before shouting at the four. "YOU ALL GET YOUR ASSES BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!"
They all stiffened at her shout, seeing that she was absolutely pissed. Reluctantly, they all walked back towards the gate. Once they past the gate, they knew she had full range of punishing them now. She immediately began yelling at Jyugo as soon as he was over the line.
"The hell were you thinking…!?" She growled at him. "Fighting Hajime head on, locking us in here—you really are stupid! Do you have any idea what you actions could've caused? Do you?!"
"It's not what it looked like!" Jyugo said, trying to defend himself. "I was just—"
"Running away like a damn coward!" She shouted, causing Jyugo to step back. "Don't you dare try to tell me it was for a noble cause! Stop keeping everything to yourself and pushing everyone away, damn it…!"
"W-what…?" Jyugo looked up at her, surprised to see her crying.
"Don't try denying it!" She continued. "No matter how close anybody is to you, you just keep pushing us away! Stop trying to do everything yourself and talk to us! Whether we be in a prison or not, we're your friends! Even when something shitty happens to you, the next day you'll act like it never even happened because you don't want anybody to worry. News flash—you worry us anyways! I want you to trust me, Jyugo! Why do you keep pushing me away so much when we can help you!?"
"Alloisia…" Jyugo whispered, shocked by her words.
"Stop pushing everyone away and talk to us!" She yelled, the tears continuing to fall down her face. "If you don't tell us what's wrong then nobody will be ever able to help you! If you think running away will fix everything then you're fucking wrong, okay?! You're fucking wrong! Running away solves nothing! I know because I did it all the damn time! I hurt every single person I cared about from running away all the time. Do you know how much that hurts? Knowing you broke their hearts, unable to see them again, just because of your selfish actions that you consider 'right'!? Because it fucking hurts, okay?! It hurts so goddamn much! And this is coming from someone who can't actually feel a goddamn thing!"
"But if I don't go then…!" Jyugo stopped himself, not allowing himself to finish.
"THEN TALK TO ME, DAMN IT!" She screamed at him, startling everyone around her. "I am right in front of you! I keep offering to help but you do nothing but push me away! It hurts, okay? It hurts a lot because I want nothing more than to help you and save you! Do you understand what I'm saying!?" Jyugo's eyes widened in shock at her next words. "I CARE ABOUT YOU!"
Alloisia suddenly went quiet, having used up all her energy in that one shout. A small sob escaped her mouth as she tried hard to stay stable. "...Stop being such a shitty little brat and start thinking about how we feel, damn it…!"
"Alloisia, I…" Jyugo tried to speak, only to get elbowed harshly in the side.
"Look at what you did!" Uno shouted at him. "Some man you are! Causing a woman to cry like that! Apologize to her!"
"If you wouldn't interrupt me I would be able to!" Jyugo yelled at him.
"Don't cry, Sia!" Nico said and hugged her waist. "Jyugo's right here so there's no need to be upset anymore. It's all okay!"
"Uh, Nico, I don't think you should cling to her like that…" Rock said and pried the younger boy off of her.
"You guys…" She whispered softly, grabbing their attention. "...really exhaust me…"
With what seemed like the floor was spinning under her, she fell to the ground. But, Hajime was right there to catch her. The inmates and Seitarou exclaimed in concern, wondering what happened with her and what was wrong. Hajime only sighed loudly in annoyance and carefully picked her unconscious body up.
"Like she said, you guys exhaust her." Hajime stated. He turned and sharply glared down at Jyugo. "She didn't sleep last night at all and she had been doing nothing but worrying about your sorry ass all day. Be grateful she's so concerned about you so much, because if it wasn't for her, I would've beaten you to a pulp again…"
Jyugo stiffened under his gaze, trying to let everything process in his head. He looked absolutely horrified and guilty by what Hajime said. The Supervisor turned and growled at the group one last time.
"Now get to your cells before I drag you there myself…"
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