CHAPTER FIVE – Powerless
I lay underneath the rubble, my arms shielding my head from the heavy objects, which had come crashing down in the explosion. Vaguely I could hear a hammering on the lab doors.
//The scientists are back...// I thought to myself frantically. //If they get in here and find me I'm finished! Must escape...//
Slowly but painfully I began to knock bits of rubble from my body. My breathing was heavy; taking in air was becoming more difficult by the second. I must not give up... I focused my remaining strengths into getting free from the mess.
After a long struggle, I emerged, my reward breathing in sweet oxygen. Glancing down at my injuries momentarily I saw various new bruises and cuts colouring my pale skin. This would complicate my escape, but only a little.
Staring around I looked for an exit. My eyes fixed themselves on a small window fairly high up the zone walls; it was just about big enough for me to squeeze my thin frame through, the problem would be accessing it. Hurriedly I began building an unstable pile of rubble, sharp edges tearing up my fingers and slashing my palms open. The desire to escape was stronger than my pain, the feelings coming from deep within my heart. The pile grew taller and taller until I was literally throwing the pieces onto it. Happy, I picked up a last piece and lobbed it at the window. How it hadn't managed to smash before was a complete mystery to me but it broke this time with an earth-shattering crash. I scrambled up the precarious pile and threw myself at the window. My fingers caught on the splintered frame edges and I pulled myself through and onto the Abbey roof.
I was free... Well, once I got past the guards and cameras I would be. I decided being an ultimate weapon wasn't such a bad thing when you learnt all the secrets and traits of the evil company behind it. Using my extended knowledge, I sneaked past security and climbed swiftly over the high wall, scratching my body further on the vicious chicken wire on the top. Once over, I dropped the 12 feet to the ground, and lay quiet for a moment before picking myself up and running to hide in a dark alley. Ducking behind a trash skip, I slumped down in exhaustion, my body frail and broken.
In the abbey, several scientists batter the door down. "What the heck happened in here?" "I think it must have been one of those kids." "Hey, the prototype has gone!" "What, Black Dranzer?!"
Four of the scientists begin searching the zone for the missing blade. One ducks down and picks up something shiny. "Hey, I found it. And it was still spinning..." He speaks in awe, turning the blade over in his hands before carrying it back to the security cabinet and locking it back in. Turning back to the others, he follows their disgusted gaze to the broken window.
"Whoever caused this escaped out of the window..."
One scientist speaks into a handset. "Security, we have an escaped resident. Be on special alert."
I lay underneath the rubble, my arms shielding my head from the heavy objects, which had come crashing down in the explosion. Vaguely I could hear a hammering on the lab doors.
//The scientists are back...// I thought to myself frantically. //If they get in here and find me I'm finished! Must escape...//
Slowly but painfully I began to knock bits of rubble from my body. My breathing was heavy; taking in air was becoming more difficult by the second. I must not give up... I focused my remaining strengths into getting free from the mess.
After a long struggle, I emerged, my reward breathing in sweet oxygen. Glancing down at my injuries momentarily I saw various new bruises and cuts colouring my pale skin. This would complicate my escape, but only a little.
Staring around I looked for an exit. My eyes fixed themselves on a small window fairly high up the zone walls; it was just about big enough for me to squeeze my thin frame through, the problem would be accessing it. Hurriedly I began building an unstable pile of rubble, sharp edges tearing up my fingers and slashing my palms open. The desire to escape was stronger than my pain, the feelings coming from deep within my heart. The pile grew taller and taller until I was literally throwing the pieces onto it. Happy, I picked up a last piece and lobbed it at the window. How it hadn't managed to smash before was a complete mystery to me but it broke this time with an earth-shattering crash. I scrambled up the precarious pile and threw myself at the window. My fingers caught on the splintered frame edges and I pulled myself through and onto the Abbey roof.
I was free... Well, once I got past the guards and cameras I would be. I decided being an ultimate weapon wasn't such a bad thing when you learnt all the secrets and traits of the evil company behind it. Using my extended knowledge, I sneaked past security and climbed swiftly over the high wall, scratching my body further on the vicious chicken wire on the top. Once over, I dropped the 12 feet to the ground, and lay quiet for a moment before picking myself up and running to hide in a dark alley. Ducking behind a trash skip, I slumped down in exhaustion, my body frail and broken.
In the abbey, several scientists batter the door down. "What the heck happened in here?" "I think it must have been one of those kids." "Hey, the prototype has gone!" "What, Black Dranzer?!"
Four of the scientists begin searching the zone for the missing blade. One ducks down and picks up something shiny. "Hey, I found it. And it was still spinning..." He speaks in awe, turning the blade over in his hands before carrying it back to the security cabinet and locking it back in. Turning back to the others, he follows their disgusted gaze to the broken window.
"Whoever caused this escaped out of the window..."
One scientist speaks into a handset. "Security, we have an escaped resident. Be on special alert."
