CHAPTER 6: THE ESCAPE

A/N: Hey sry I haven't updated in like forever…I've been working on other stories and stuff that I hope to have on Fictionpress.net soon!!! Anyhoo, here's Chapter 6 (Finally)

It was soon morning. The humans, being their cruel, uncaring selves, sent Eunan, Kira, Jacob, and I to work again. We were all in the fields.

About midday, Simon went on his break. We were presently unmonitored, but I was certain a replacement caretaker would be along soon enough. Anyway, there was no hope of escape now, since we were all tied up.

I began to struggle against my leash. I needed to be free, just for a minute. To my surprise, however, the leash broke like a twig; I didn't even need to struggle that much. I wondered why no one had ever tried. Then, it hit me. Fear of the humans and their whips.

Kira was over two plants; Eunan was in between us. She looked absolutely horrible from yesterday. Half of her head was skinless and bloody. Her entire body was covered in bruises. Even though she had drunken so much of the liquid she concocted, her body was still in a terrible state. I was worried that, even though she was one of the strongest girls I had ever met, she wouldn't make it through this. And she would never see home again.

Kira, I whispered. She looked up sharply, and her eyes widened upon seeing that I had broken my leash.

Celestino, what are you doing? she hissed. The humans will kill you for sure.

I grinned, in spite of this. There's no human watching us right now. Listen, I know you're respected among the prisoners. I need you to help me to spread the word that I have a plan, and we're all going to escape out of here tomorrow morning.

Kira smiled. Why don't you just tell everyone right now? I had no time to protest. At once, Kira yelled, Listen up! Everyone stopped their work and gave Kira their undivided attention. I knew she was respected, but not this respected.

Kira nudged me, and I turned over a huge bucket, dumping out the plants inside it. Then, I got on top of the bucket. I could now see much more of the fields, and about 500 faces were staring at me.

All right, I know none of you came here voluntarily, and probably all of you are sick and tired of being slaves for these disgusting humans. I came here three weeks ago, and I've already had enough. I don't know what I'd do if I were here ten years, like some of you.

Anyway, last night, I came up with a plan. A plan to escape from this prison. In order for this plan to work, however, I will need all of your assistance.

Tomorrow morning, when the humans take us out of our cages, I want any strong males over 16 to break their leashes, turn around, and attack the humans. Paralyze them, break their bones, throw them in the cages, do whatever you have to. During this time, weaker males, females, and children will follow Kira and myself out the door and outside. The males will then follow.

We will not stop running until night. By then, I will have some of the Force's emergency ships waiting to take us all home.

This is an incredibly risky plan, and many of you will be injured. However, if everything goes right, and we all stick together, I know that we will be free by tomorrow!

Well, after this speech, the entire field erupted in cheers. I knew it would be exceedingly hard to evacuate about 750 of us, but it would be worth it. Besides, the humans were in a post-war state, and, after my studies of humans, I knew that this was one of the worst states for them to be in, both physically and mentally.

I stepped down from the bucket, and Kira stepped up. Also, I want each of you to take most of your medicine tonight, since the humans will no doubt try to kill us with the Chemical. If you don't have much left, let Celestino or myself know, and we will get you some.

We all worked half-heartedly the rest of the day. I, myself, couldn't get thoughts of rebellion out of my head. It was an overwhelming feeling I hadn't had since…

All of a sudden, my mind flashed me back to the cool summer night last time I was here, on Earth. Orion had just finished telling me about Kira and Selene. About how he would get the humans no matter what it took…

I was now in my cage. Eunan was leaning over the bars of our cage, whispering something to Kira, who was smiling. I could tell they were certainly excited about the escape.

I looked behind Kira and saw Jacob, who had a somewhat apprehensive look on his face, as he did most of the time . He had been here since he was two. I never found out how he actually got here, just that he was here with his parents, who had each died in a lapse of just three months when he was ten. Kira also told me that Jacob didn't remember a thing about home. To him, freedom was as alien as a word could be.

Covering myself with the stained, ragged cloth, I quickly closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

***

It was finally the morning of the rebellion. Everything went as normal, for now. Eunan and I had our typical breakfast of half-mush, half-Chemical substance. Then, in came the humans, unsuspecting, with our leashes.

Since our cage was one of the ones at the end of the room, I had to do this as soon as I was shackled. ATTACK! I yelled, and the rebellion began.

It went almost as smoothly as I had planned. Blood was everywhere, and I was happy to see some humans were actually in cages as I made my way to the front, along with Kira, Eunan, and Jacob. I knocked out a few humans on my way up. Many of them were on the floor or in the cages. Perfect. However, I did see some of the humans exit the back door of the cage room. It didn't occur to me until later that they were going for reinforcements.

I opened the front door, and hissed to Eunan and Jacob, Lead them and run as fast as you can to the ship and get the reinforcements. They nodded, and were off, dashing as fast as their legs could carry them, a huge mass behind them, running.

Kira! I then yelled, upon seeing her waiting. She turned around sharply, in the midst of the escaping mob. Go with Eunan to lead them.

No, Celestino, I'm not leaving you alone, she yelled back. Eunan can manage on his own.

What? You think I can't? I exclaimed. Kira gave me one of her smirks. Go! I shouted, as the last few males escaped. I slammed the door and followed.

Now we were running. Not stopping for anything. I heard the humans collecting behind us. We were almost up to the gate, almost out of the prison, when I hit the ground.

There was a human behind me, attacking me. No, three. They were dragging my body back to the prison, back to hell.

All of a sudden, I was lifted up. I peered through my mask of blood only to see Kira, taking on the three humans, Benjamin, Leonard, and Simon, by herself. Celestino, go! she shouted.

Are you crazy? I yelled, grabbing Simon and throwing him to the ground. I punched his stomach a few times, knocking the wind out of him. Then, I scratched at his face, and finally, drove my claws through his heart. The evil slave-driver was finally dead.

Meanwhile, out of the corner of my eye, I could see Kira fighting off both Leonard and Benjamin, who had transformed from official-looking professors into what they really were, animals. That just proved that there was some human in every one of them.

I helped Kira, and threw them off her back. I was immediately thrown down and knocked nearly unconscious by one of them, I couldn't tell who. Kira, full of fury and determination, grabbed a weapon, I think it was called a knife or something, belonging to one of the humans that was nearby. Benjamin and Leonard were on the ground, face-up, trying desperately to get back on their legs. It was hopeless. Kira drove the knife through Benjamin's heart, killing him, too. She then ripped out the blood-covered knife, and charged at Leonard, who was too swift for her.

He tackled Kira from behind, causing her to fumble and lose grip on the knife, which cut off a few of her fingers. Leonard was on all fours, over Kira, holding her still, knife in his bloody paw. He aimed for her heart, and the knife went down.

If I was even a second later, Kira would've been dead. I rushed up, the blood I had left within me rushing to my head, and knocked over Leonard, who was on the dirt ground now. The knife flew through the air, and landed next to Simon and Benjamin's bodies. I had the human pinned.

He struggled like hell, of course, but was no match for me. We had weakened Leonard greatly; he was extremely close to death, now. Celestino! yelled Kira, and she tossed me the knife.

I glanced up after grabbing the knife and saw the last bodies run into the forest. Kira-go catch up with them, I yelled. She stood there.

Not without you, she said.

Oh, come on, Kira. Just go already. I'm fine. Go on, I replied, sick of her stubbornness. Eunan's probably a mess without you, I added.

Kira managed a smile. All right, you win, General. See you at the ship. She then ran off, leaving me with Leonard.

He was struggling so hard through this whole thing, but couldn't get out of my grip; he was simply too weak. I aimed at him with the knife, but didn't drive it through him. Instead, I stood up and kicked him aside before he had time to fight back. He was now laying beside Simon. I spoke to him. "I thought you were different than them. I was wrong. You're just a human, too," I said. Leonard glared at me. I drove the knife through his back as he limped towards me to pathetically attack.

I left the knife in Leonard and ran. It was then I realized that I had just spoken human. It was kind of strange; my voice had been much more robotic and mechanical than when I spoke normally. I guess I just picked it up after living under human rule for a month.

I ran off, into the horizon. Earth's sun was at its highest point, which meant it was the middle of the day. I figured that everyone else had to be at least halfway to the ship by now.

I stood on a hill and looked back at the ruins of the prison. Even up there, I could see the blood, the dead bodies, and the battle that would always be implanted deep in my memory forever.

Wow. Chapter 6. Hehehehe…that was kinda cool. Anyway, I'll have chapter 7 up ASAP!!! :o)