G.U.N Maximum security Prison
Location unknown
A level
7:47 AM
The three prisoners had just turned a corner on the top level of the compound and were now racing back towards the elevator in relative silence. Arra was in front, being the fastest of the three, Crack behind him, and Glide further back, simply trying to keep up with the others. When they finally reached it and pressed the down button, they were forced to take pause and wait. The three looked at one another. They were not the same three criminals they were before they had been captured.
Each one was older, their aging features magnified both by the relative difference and as a side-effect of the amniotic fluids they had been in for the past two years. Arra, a pangolin, had lost quite a bit of luster in the armored plates that covered his entire backside. Crack, a ram, was moving with a bit less of his usual power. And glide, a flying lizard, had not spread his wing-like gills in two years and when he did, they had been some tearing.
It was also a different world than it had been two years ago. There were new technologies, new governments, new obstacles. They had been transferred over ten times to compounds all around the world. They had no idea where they were or what they were doing. Not that that ever made much difference to them.
Their train of thought stopped as the elevator doors opened and the three pressed themselves against the walls by the doors. Nothing had come out of the door yet, which meant it was either empty, or whoever was inside knew where they were. The latter was confirmed as rounds were fired through the wall and penetrated directly above Arra's head.
The pangolin's mind raced. This was a prison. The walls were armored and, unless technology had changed much, weapons with armor-piercing rounds couldn't be operated manually. And no G.U.N. soldier would fire blindly into a wall. Whatever fired on them had to know they were there. It would have to be able to see through walls and fire armor-piercing weapons. A robot, then.
His suspicions were confirmed as the security robot clambered forth from within the elevator and opened fire upon the would-be fugitives. Arra, being the only one in the line of fire at the time, instinctively curled up into a ball and rolled forward and through the robot's legs. Usually, his plates would block most kinds of bullets, but armor-piercers and those fired at close range would tear right into him. The robot turned and followed Arra with its eyes. It was about to fire when Crack rammed into it's left leg, causing the leg to dent and the robot to falter. Crack smiled as he heard the familiar sound of metal crunching against his horns. It reminded him of the good old days.
Glide took the opportunity to do what he enjoyed most. Annoying. He flapped his arms and flew up to and around the robot's head, occaisinally scratching and kicking. The robot, not being programmed to process that amount of data, began frantically attempting to fire at Glide, but not at himself, needless to say, he failed. Glide eventually darted out of the way and landed just as Crack leapt up into the air and slammed Arra, still a ball, down onto the robot's head, crumpling it as if it were an aluminum can. Glide turned to the others as they landed, "Took your good sweet time about it didn't you?"
Crack and Arra turned to the flying lizard and said in unison "Shut up, Glide."
Glide ignored them as he went to go into the elevator, finding that it had already closed and locked. He stopped and turned to the others, opening his mouth to speak.
Arra interrupted "Come on, there are more of them coming…" and curled up into a ball and rolled down the hallway.
Glide immediately turned and followed the pangolin, trusting him completely. Crack was a bit more stubborn and chose to stay put until he saw some actual robots. It wasn't long before he believed, as a bullet caught him in one of the horns and he chased after the others.
G.U.N. Maximum security prison
Location unknown
A level Labs
7:54 AM
After being chased down a hallway by a squadron of security robots, the three prisoners were not keen on continuing the chase until they were caught. They had reached the compound's laboratories, a place none of them were comfortable being in. The place itself was a series of beds, both medicinal and otherwise, surrounded by cabinets filled with chemicals and supplies. Various empty stasis tubes and things the three couldn't even begin to describe lined the walls. Aside from these things, the labs were empty.
Crack noticed this as he walked along the all too familiar beds and asked the others "Where is everybody?"
"I don't know… makes it easier for us, though…" Replied the pangolin as he moved towards the other end of the labs.
"Yeah… this is easy…" noted Glide.
It was at that precise moment that an explosive proton charge collided with the north corner of the prison compound, directly above the labs. The resulting shockwave sent Crack, Glide, and Arra into unconsciousness. And they had just woken up, too.