THE THING IN THE PIT

BRUCE – SANTA PRISCA PRISON

Bruce made up a phony ID and prison record, then he got himself sent to Santa Prisca Prison. The Prison is a two story wall that goes around a twenty foot hole. The hole goes down to the underground prison where the inmates are kept. Bruce is sent down a rope and just before he can get free of the rope he is attacked by Prisoners waiting at the bottom.

With two fingers on his left hand he jabs them into the eyes of one man. He howls falling backwards as Bruce headbutts the next man giving him a concussion. He leaps up and grabs the rope as the guards pull it up. He dives on a pile of men and knocking them off their feet. He finds a narrow tunnel with a cut off to nullify their numbers and they attack two and three at a time.

He breaks the leg of the first man, gut punches the second, and snaps the arm of the last man. The next set of men charge him. One is armed with a two-by-four. The man swings the two-by-four, but Bruce takes it from him as he kicks the other man in the groin. Using the two-by-four like a sword/bat, he bashes the man he took it from in the head.

Wave after wave comes at him and as they do, bones, jaws, ribs, and backs are broken. Skulls are fractured and the bodies pile up. When thirty-five of the fifty men are piled up the rest walk away. Bruce stares at the mound of moaning bodies and as he is walking by a hand grabs his ankle. He steps on his hand breaking it. Their wales of pain echo through the caves of the underground prison.

For a few hours Bruce walks around exploring the underground Prison. The Prisoners are able to walk around as they will. There are gangs, the gang that attacked him was the weakest gang. Their territory was around the hole fifty feet up. Many hours later Bruce finds a blind man. "Who are you?" He repeats his question in Spanish, "Quien eres? Habla espnaol?"

"I speak English. You are the new guy. Brandon."

"I am."

"Huh…Sure…My name is Armondo."

"How long have you been here?"

"Most of my life."

He develops a friendship with Armondo and a few of the other Prisoners and protects them from the gangs. When food comes down a hook is placed on a platform and the food is lowered down. Problem is that the largest gang a hundred men strong controls the food. Bruce or Brandon puts an end to that by taking the gang apart and the food is distributed fairly.

One day Bruce is bought before the Warden. "Your skills as a fighter haven't gone unnoticed…Brandon. If that's your real name. I have decided to place you in the pit fights." He doesn't say anything. "Prisoner I am talking to you."

He laughs, "I like you take him away." When Bruce is placed in the arena to fight he does not attack his opponent. He dodges all the man's attacks, who wares out and the crowd boos. "You disappoint me."

"Good!"

The guards brandish their billy-clubs, "What did you say?"

"I don't fight for entertainment."

"You do as you are told Prisoner." Bruce turns his back on him and the Warden nods. The guards begin to beat him. He closes his eyes and ignores the pain. If he felt they were going to kill him then he would fight back.

"Tell me about Bane." Bruce says to Armondo. For six months Bruce defies the Warden and listens to stories about Bane. He gathers the people in his gang, "I'm breaking out of here…Do you any of you want to come?" They all agree. As Brandon he climbs up the side of the rock at midnight. His prison clothes had been painted black. When he reaches the top Bruce runs across the yard, as he runs he scoops up some rocks and throws one at one of the light. He throws another at a guard knocking him out.

He scales the wall and comes up behind a guard knocking him out by wrapping his arm around his throat. He makes it to the lockers and grabs a uniform. Then he lowers the platform used to send food down and brings up his friends. He gives them guard uniforms and they escape by stealing a supply truck. Bruce makes it to a nearby town and calls Alfred. As he waits for the private jet Bruce removes the fake nose, eyebrows, lips, and the mole. He shaves and showers then he drives to the airport with the men he freed.