Chapter 4: Escape!
OOC: Started on the same day as I finished chapter three, right after 24 maths questions (easy) and trying to control hunger (not so easy). This is what happens when I finish everything I need to.
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IC: Two uneventful days had passed. Considering that there was nothing much to do in a prison cell Jecht decided to endure in this 6 metre sq. cell. Beams of light pierced through the barred windows, but Jecht dared not to look outside or the guards might think he's escaping. Meals came twice a day, once in morning and once at night, life was okay for him, it was just the boredom. But he got past that by thinking of what to do once he's out. So the two days went past slowly, with the only accompaniments being the screams of prisoners and the squeaks, grunts and human shouts of the prison guards.
In the third day everything went by quietly like the past couple of days, the guards remembered to feed him, he did some exercise in the cells and slept and thought about freedom for most of the time. In the afternoon he finally decided to look out of the window, and found a small surprise waiting for him. A message that was tied to a rock by string was simply jammed in between the bars while he was asleep. Pulling the message off Jecht began to read the piece of yellow paper. Before long his eyes was beaming and a smile had crossed his face, the time to escape was near, now all he has to do is wait till midnight…
b Midnight /b
The evening was not that interesting, Jecht took a look at his father's gauntlet once in a while and scratched writing onto the concrete wall with a broken shard of terracotta tile. It wouldn't be long before some of his friends will begin to bust him out. Hopefully it won't take that long.
Soon his wishes have been answered by a rattle on the bars by someone, shooting up from the ground he silently walked to the window and saw Crystal and Andre as well as three more people that he did not know of.
"Hey you two!" Jecht said
"I wonder what nice man put you there eh?" Andre replied sarcastically, while Crystal took out a small plastic charge from her backpack that dangled at her side.
"Here, take this." Crystal said seriously. "If you want to get out, you will need to plant this charge inside the cell, we will do the same with the outside wall, both charges should destroy the wall."
"Right." Jecht said before catching a well-flung explosive charge in the cell, and as history likes to be neat with the timing, the door began to unlock. Fearing that they may spot the charge or his friends, he dropped down onto the floor, shoved the charge into the amber gauntlet and put the thing into the maple box given to him. Then the door swung open, and at the door stood two grunts, both are holding plasma pistols.
"What do you want?" Jecht asked menacingly.
"We were just checking up on you, thought we heard something." One of the grunts (the superior one because of the red armour.) replied.
"Well you heard wrong, lest you hear something again, it will be me snoring."
The two grunts nodded and then walked off, locking the door and then went back to patrolling. Jecht gave a sigh as he heard their footsteps grow fainter and turned round, taking the plastic explosive out of the amber gauntlet, peeling the packaging off and sticking the explosive to the wall. Sticking the small steel charge rod into the bomb he rattled the bars to show that he was ready and dived into a corner with his gauntlet.
Suddenly a white and yellow light filled the room as the explosives detonated, sending some tiles flying into the door and wall, smoke filled the room as a dark figure called him to get out quickly, which he did so with no telling twice. By now the smoke had cleared and the dented door opened by the grunts again, but it was too late as the group of freedom fighters ran down the hill with Jecht coughing quite a lot (he did have a slight case of asthma).
"Here, take this." Andre said hurriedly and passed Jecht a pistol, which was one of the post-war models used by the humans as well as three clips filled with 9mm ammunition. Three grunts ran behind them and began to fire volley after volley of green plasma bolts. Turning round while running Jecht emptied half the clip at the three enemies, killing one and wounding the others, which groaned and cried for help. The whole prison is now alive with searchlights and people rushing around to find the escaping crew. Two jackals and two grunts guarded the wire fence which Jecht crew were just about to reach and were dispatched before they even knew what was going on.
Reloading his pistol he picked up one of the dead jackal's plasma pistol and held down the trigger, charging it up to max. Then as he saw three elites coming his was he released the gun trigger, sending a light green plasma ball of death towards the group, frying one of their shields right off. The team of rescuers then opened fire, killing the unshielded elite and slowing the stunning the other two. Firing blindly behind him, Jecht crawled under the small hole that the gang made in the wire wall as he kept the elites busy and ran into the forest beyond.
b Later on /b
"So where are you going to go?" Jecht asked the gang, by now they were back to the Ghetto, a plasma bolt grazed someone in the arm and was bandaged neatly, and that was really about it for the casualties (if you can call that one.)
"Well we're probably camping out in the RF HQ." Crystal said, stifling a yawn. "You can camp out there if you want, maybe get to know more people in there and do some stuff."
"Fine, I'm a bit tired as well." Jecht replied, before suddenly remembering something vital. "What about the disk that you gave me a few days ago?" Jecht exclaimed.
Andre gave a small grin. "Like we are going to forget that." He said. "We retrieved it whilst you were away, it was only a sign up form. Since you're coming with us, you don't really need it."
"Alright." Jecht finally said. "Lets go."
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The golden elite that played with Jecht's mind a few days back walked along the dark corridors of the prison after the little unexpected raid. Staring directly forward he could just make out a large metallic purple door. Opening up his ceremonial suit's flashlight he saw that it was closer than expected. Typing in a password beside the door he watched as it hissed open.
Inside lay a console about 6 feet in height (the screen that is.), stepping over to the large, covenant keyboard he began to type in a log in code before standing back and watching the screen load, a while later that was replaced by the face of the High prophet of Truth (the new one, not the old mad idiotic hypocritical fool of a alien.). Bowing low he began to speak.
"Your excellency," the elite said. "The prisoner that you wanted to meet has escaped."
"I heard already, I could just execute you for letting such a volatile mind escape like that 'Fasamee, you know I can," The prophet then gestured for him to stand up. "But I will not, for I have other plans that will include you."
"Your excellency?" 'Fasamee asked, unsure of this plan.
"The amber knight's gauntlet, I believe that you have given it to the boy on my orders, correct?" The prophet asked.
"Yes your Excellency, I have done that on the first day." Fasamee answered.
"Good…" The prophet of regret hissed relaxingly, twiddling with his fingers while he told Fasamee the plan. "Because just before you received this little 'gift' for our little friend, I personally put tracking devices on the interior of the glove, so you may trace is whenever you wish."
"Your Excellency." Fasamee said, bowing even lower.
"Now I shall expect you to find the gauntlet's location, I suspect that the fish has taken the bait, and we will soon be reeling it up, correct?"
"The Red Faction won't know what hit them" Fasamee added, before doing the usual formal bow and walking out of the room, leaving the prophet to get on with his own business.
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OOC: Ok…this is a reasonably short chapter, mainly because I do not have much to write about, think of this as an intermission chapter.
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