Escaping the Inescapable (Re-written)

by Studdevil

Ranma's Plan and Ryoga's Fear (part 1)

"There's always a key to something that is locked. There has to be. How can you lock something without a key? Sometimes the key is keeping someone out of something. Sometimes a key is keeping something inside. There always has to be a key, right?"

The young martial artist head was exploding with questions. Questions that led to other questions. His mind was being put into overdrive from the current problem at hand. There's no way out.

The boy reached out a strong muscular hand and gripped the steel bar that was in the way of him being free. He wished it would just disappear.

He drove his hand into the bar as hard as he could, hoping to break it. He collided with the bar and heard a loud ringing noises followed by pain shooting up his arm.

"Ow! Crap! Dang it!" He practically screamed in pain. With his hand still twitching in pain he plopped down on his butt and started to think again. "I can't even make a dent in the bar, less break it down. How am I... We gonna get outta here...? In movies there'd usually be a hook on the wall with them hanging off of that. Or maybe a dog holding them in his mouth." After carefully scanning the room he saw no sign of anything that could help them.

His thoughts drifted off to other things like Akane. She was holding Ryoga to her chest very affectionately. Normally he would have said something to stop her, or try to boot the pig away, but this time, seeing how the little pig was making her so happy at a time like this, he thought it was better just to leave them alone.

"I guess the stupid Ryoga's good for something." Ranma would rather her cuddling with him then her sad again.

Now he was back to thinking of a way out. "No key's. No big lock to pick. All there is in here is a bunch of stupid crates!"

He slammed his hand down on one of the crates as hard as he could. He broke through the wood and heard the shattering of glass.

"What the...?"

Curiosity got the better of him and he slowly reached his hand into the small wooden crate. He dipped his finger in farther. He made contact with..something.

He grabbed it. It has a circular shape. Sort of a tube like thing. "Maybe a jar?" He put his hand in lower and felt a cold liquid. The young boy also noticed his finger was shrinking.

"No!" Said a now smaller, red haired girl. Both Akane and P-chan looked up at him. They had been so busy playing that they just now noticed Ranma's change.

Ranma slumped in annoyance and disappointment. "Why water! We need something that can help us! How can water help us!"

"You found water Ranma! I bet you're thirsty huh, P-chan?" Akane stopped tickling the little piglet.

"P-chan... Water..." Ranma looked over at the little black piglet in Akane's arms, then to the crate filled with jars of water, to the little lamp burning in the middle of the circular room.

"I think I've got a plan to get out" Ranma stated to the entire room. "But Ryoga 'aint gonna like it..."

End of Chapter Four

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