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She thundered to get free as the hands surrounded her. The young girl was forced to drop her dual pistols.
"J-jet…"
A man told her to shut up and hit her on the back of her neck with his ARM hilt. Blood trickled from the wound on her neck. Her feet dragged helplessly, drawing two lines in the sand.
Everything was hopeless. Gallows was tranquilized, Clive was knocked out, and Jet was taken away to a separate sector. She could not glance beside her. Janus, Maya, and their team was taken the same way. Janus was dragged by his coat. He was unconscious and was bleeding from his mouth. Maya was tied up like a hostage.
Hot tears ran down her cheeks. It stung the scratches on her face. Virginia's thoughts just floated away like a dream. Only a single thought drifted in her mind. Her tears hurt.
She woke up in a rusty cage. Her team mates were in different cages. They sat in what looks like an old storage room. The dim lighting scraped against each other. Virginia struggled to fit her head between the bars. It blew away her mind. Different drifters, some she knew and some she saw as strangers were all trapped in cages. She saw weapons that were common to her and even some that she never saw before.
Her turquoise eyes followed down the row, identifying drifters as it rolled. There was Roswell, that weird drifter who thought aliens were real. Ian was in another cage. He was the drifter who acted extremely cocky. There was also Cormano, the reckless drifter from Little Twister. There were much more cages with different drifters of different races.
But Jet was no where to be found. Virginia flopped back in exhaustion, trying to remember what happened.
The brunette girl just remembered the wound on her neck and fingered it gently. Someone had bandaged it up, including with the rest of her scratches during the struggle.
"They want us in top physical condition—"
She took a shocked breath as her eyes traced the source of the voice. Virginia narrowed her eyes through the poor light, only to find the infamous Janus Cascade. He was in the same condition as her. But he seemed really calm throughout the situation they were in.
"Do you want to know why we're here?" Janus questioned.
"P-please, where is Jet?" Virginia asked.
"He's gone. They took him to another sector in this crap-hole. Whelp, I guess we're stuck here, Princess…" He laughed to himself. "Anyway, we're in the catacombs of Gunner's Heaven."
Virginia directed her eyes to the cages beside her. Clive and Gallows were still out cold.
"Who brought us here?"
"That bastard, Begucci." Ian was in the cell across from her. He tipped his hat nonchalantly. "Every few years, he holds a tournament. He hires goons to ambush and capture random drifters to compete against each other for their freedom. There will only be one winner who will be set free. The other drifters will continue fighting in the tournament until they're free. No one guarantees if you'll live or not…"
"So we're all trapped in this hell," stated Maya, just a few cells away.
"I'm afraid so," said Ian arrogantly. "That rich bastard will put you against the people you trust, your team mates, and your friends. Wealthy people from all over Filgaia come to watch…
"And how would a ruffian like you know about this?" Maya interrogated.
Ian smirked. "I snuck into Gunner's Heaven to watch when I was a kid. Almost got caught, too." He chuckled to himself at his memories.
Maya was petting Shady. The guards thought that a cat was no threat, so they let him stay with Maya. He was shaking uncontrollably.
"What's wrong with him?"
Maya looked up into Virginia's face. "They bought him here in a box. You know he's claustrophobic."
"I have to find Jet." Virginia put a gloved hand to her head in grief.
"Good luck with that," Maya sarcastically said. "If you haven't noticed, we're stuck in cages and our ARMS are missing. Plus, the catacombs are divided into four sectors. Oh, and don't forget the guards. Don't think you're the only one who has to find someone. My brother was taken to another sector."
Virginia stood up. "This gives us all the more reason to break out…
