I was thrown into solitary confinement for not killing Liaria. The dungeon I was kept in was dark and grimy. I assumed it was to crush my spirit. Considering the fact that they didn't kill Liaria my spirit wasn't going to be crushed very easily.

I had to have been down there for at least a few days. It got boring considering the only thing I could do was sit there and plan some miraculous escape and eat when I recieved my meals. Finally, after what I felt was close to a week, I had a visitor. Princess Luxzaria.

"Not that I mind a visitor, but what are you doing here?" I asked standing up.

"I meant to come sooner but father's servants are always watching me... and you," she replied.

"And you're visiting me because...?"

"Because you refused to kill Liaria and I find that honorable. You're not a killer, I can tell that much. My father used to be a good man but after he met Reshef he's become cruel and now he's having you murder each other. I can get you out of here... I know that's what you want," Luxzaria told me.

"Define 'out of here'," I replied apporaching the bars to my cell, now interested in what she was saying.

"Out of my father's kingdom. Off of the planet. Back to your home," she told me.

"What's in it for you?" I asked.

"Take me with you. I can't stand this kingdom anymore, it's changed too much. I have to leave," she replied. We continued discussing her plan and established that we would be able to help Orcos, Laiaria, and Threever escape with us. First she was going to have to convince her father to let me out of solitary confinement. Considering she managed to convince him to make the Kill-your-opponent-day a one time thing(for now) it seemed very likely that we would be escaping while Earth still had a chance of being saved.

I remained in solitary another 4 days before the guards released me for a battle. It was such a relief to be outside again. Being stuck in a dark cell for a week(at least I think it was a week) was annoying. After my fight I told Orcos about the princess's plan. At first he thought it was a risky plan but after I pointed out the fact that we didn't have any other plans after a year he agreed to go along with it.

The next six months went by relatively the same with the exception of Orocs, Liaria, Threever and myself planning our escape from Demstar IV. We just had to wait on Princess Luxzaria to pull through with her side of the escape and we'd be fine. The only problem was that we'd only be able to escape from King Zelku's kingdom in the beginning. It was enough but afterwards we would have to find a way off of Demstar IV and then plot a route back to Earth. Honestly I was starting to worry that it was completely destroyed by this point. I'd be gone for nearly 2 years now.

"I don't like this plan. I don't trust her," Liaria hissed the day we would put he first part of our plan into action.

"Would you rather me and Orcos go first then?" I asked. "We have to trust Luxzaria. Without her we'd still be where we were last year."

"Fine. We'll trust her. I just feel like she'll betray us... Threever, you're SURE this stuff isn't poisioned?" Liaria asked holding up a small vile.

"Positive. You remember my restart code?" he replied.

"Of course. Let's get ready for this then," she answered as the two set off to a different corridor. For today's battles King Zelku is having us fight in teams of two. I'm teamed with Orcos against Liaria and Threever, thanks to Luxzaria. We would give the audience their show just long enough for it to seem real then Orcos and I would claim our victory and allow Liaria and Threever to get out the kingdom.

Orcos and I waited as losers of the last battle limped out of the arena. We were up. Orcos took a bow and quiver of arrows. I grabbed the sword I'd always used. Liaria did the same with her spear. Threever took nothing. He was a cyborg after all. He had mastered quite a few fighting styles in addition to having an arsenal built into his body.

I charged the two as Orcos stayed back and aimed his bow at them. I shot a blast of webbbing at Threever and lunged at Liaria and slashed my sword at her. She blocked it with her staff. Threever shot energy blasts from his finger tips and destroyed the arrows and webbing before they reached him. I kicked Liaria in the stomach and swung my sword again. My sword grazed her arm, drawing some blood in the process. I diverted my attention to Threever who was giving Orcos a tough time.

"Switch!" I called to him as I threw my sword at Threever. He moved out of the way but I shot a webline at the sword and yanked it back, slicing Threever in the arm, causing him to spark. He shot an energy blast at me that hit me square in the chest and knocked me against the wall of the stadium.

"Don't be so predictible. Think outside the box," Threever suggested as he shot another energy blast that I proceeded to sidestep then jump over another that he sent after it. He continued sending energy blast after energy blast at me, giving me no chance to go for a counter attack without getting hit.

I took a quick glance at Orcos who was holding back Liaria's staff attack with his bow. I needed to try something new to get on the offensive. I jumped as high as I could into the air. Threever started sending energy blasts at me, as expected. I gripped my sword and started spinning it in front of me as I fell towards Threever. My plan worked, my sword acted as a shield against the energy blasts and, for the most part, protected me until I got to Threever and stabbed the sword through his chest and punched him in the face.

I noticed Orcos throw toward the center of the stadium so I kicked Threever in that direction as well. They hit each other. "Come on guys... stop dragging it out. It's time we get this show on the road," Liaria taunted us. That was the sign. Orcos loaded his bow with an arrow and I ran at them with my sword. Threever charged back and Liaria charged at Orcos.

The arrow hit Liaria in the chest. She stumbled and fell to the ground. "LIARIA!" Threever's attention diverted to his fallen ally. I stabbed him in the chest as well and he fell, sparking until all of his systems went dead.

"We win," Orcos said. Part one of our plan was complete.

*Later that night...* "I thought that Aracnor guy was against killing," one of the prisoners whispered as Orcos and I passed by on our way back to our quarters after dinner.

"Yeah, I could say the same about Orcos but I guess we were wrong," another whispered back.

"Looks like it worked," I said to Orcos as we were locked in our quarters and the guards walked away.

"It would appear so. I was worried I'd hit Liaria in a vital organ but I managed to get her just below the shoulder. She should be fine when she awakens," Orcos explained.

"Yeah, and Threever just needs to be rebooted. Now we just need to pull off the same trick and we'll be fine. At least with getting out of the kingdom..." I laid down on my bed and picked up my picture of Miu. "We'll be together soon..." I thought to myself. "I'll fix everything."

*1 week later...* Princess Luxzaria told us that she had everything set up for for Orcos and my own escape, as well as her own separate escape. This time we wouldn't be escaping at the same time because there weren't any more double battles planned for at least a month(an Earth month at least). First Orcos was defeated and "killed". I was amazed at how well the drug(?) Luxzaria had given us worked to make us look dead. I knew it was risky trusting that the drug wasn't actually killing us but it was a risk worth taking. My spider sense never went off around Luxzaria or the drug so it had to be safe.

Luxzaria and I had planned to escape together. She hired a Skrull to replace her so her father wouldn't become suspicious for a while. I took my serum and was beaten pretty bad in my fight from what I remember of it. On top of that Luxzaria told me that my opponent had continued to beat me even after my body had went limp.

I had woken up in a cave two days later where Orcos, Liaria, Threever and Luxzaria were waiting for me to wake up. Our plan worked. We escaped Zelku's kingdom by faking our deaths in battle. Now we just had to get off of Demstar IV and make our way back to Earth.

"Okay... so how are we getting off the planet now?" I asked as I got up and stretched a bit.

"I have another plan," Luxzaria told us.