“The door is open, let’s go”

Odin and I quickly ran out of the cell, there was chaos in the cell blocks, I could hear screams, shouts and a lot of running.

The alarm was buzzing loud and the only light left was the red lights from the alarms.

As we got out of the cell I noticed that the roof was built around rocks.

“We need to head upstairs to get out”

The place was crowded, everyone was trying to get out at the same time, and someone was fighting the guards while others didn’t dare to leave their cells.

Odin and I forced our way up the stairs only to see a floor filled with corpses of those before us that got and fought the guards, but the path was clear for us.

The entrance was right in front of us since we were on the higher levels of the facility.

Outside there was a big zeppelin and people waving us inn to escort us.

“Who are they?”

“Probably the ones who cut the power, Odin hold up”

Everyone was running past us towards the zeppelin

“I can’t see Elisa or Cortez, I will head back and help them, you stay here and when we come back make sure the path is clear and tell them to wait!”

“Sky! Come back in one piece!”

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I ran back inside towards the stream of players and down the staircase.

The amount of corpses had increased, there were no guards to see as I ran downwards. Cortez and Elisa was nowhere to be seen.

The cells at the bottom is the most likely place for them to be if I haven’t met them yet, maybe they are stuck fighting? No time to waste!

As I got to the lower levels it got quiet and the amount of people rushing the stairs stopped, but I still didn’t see them.

As I got down to the bottom floor I noticed lights and the cells wasn’t opened! I could see people banging on the doors and windows begging to be released. I tried to find the switch to set them free as I was scouting the area, then as I ran past some cells I noticed a huge door and it was slightly open, I headed over to it and peeked inside.

“What in the world……?”

It was the place from my dream, but the place was covered in blood and corpses! The smell was intense and I almost puked as I slammed the door shut.

I was left with a million thoughts, but now I had to find the switch to free these people!

The guards had already fled upwards to fend of the prisoners.

Next to the huge door was a big console I went over and pressed some buttons trying to release them, but it didn’t work until I pulled the switch. I could remember a similar console back on the real world when people had been living in vaults underground.

The gates opened and the people ran upstairs as fast as they could, Cortez and Elisa was the only ones who came to me.

“Sky!” Elisa and Cortez came running towards me.

Elisa ran up and hugged me!

Cortez had his bow drawn as he was aiming it around just in case.

“Thank you for coming back for me!” Elisa look me right in the eyes.

“And me!” Cortez said from a distance in a funny way.

“Hehe, well, what can I say?” That hug caught me a little off guard.

“Save it after we have gotten out of here!” Cortez took down his bow and headed towards the staircase.

“Yeah, right! Let’s head out, there is a zeppelin waiting for us!”

We ran upstairs all the way to the top without seeing anyone else, until we got to the exit.

“Guys they are waiting for you, get inside!” Odin made them wait for us.

“Nice work Odin!”

“Good to see you guys safe and sound!”

We ran in and Odin slammed the door just as we took off.

The zeppelin was really big!

“Can’t believe a craft like this can hold all these people.”

Before I could get any response everyone started clapping as some girl was about to speak from a mic, while a big guy was standing next to her.

“Everyone, the darkblood brotherhood are at a loss tonight!”

Everyone was cheering.

“I know many good people lost their lives on their way out of the god awful prison, but they shall forever be remembered as the true heroes that fought for their fellow comrades’ freedom!”

People were screaming and applauding the fallen ones.

“But the fight has just begun, they have been capturing innocent players like your selves, the killings, looting and torture, I say that ends now! Those of you who stands with me and wants to fight back and wipe them out of this zone forever will follow me once we get back to the city! We already know where their headquarters is and we have been waiting for this opportunity for months now. More of the plan will be debriefed if you want to join, but right now, relax and take as much free food and drinks from the bar as your belly can fill!”

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The girl and the big guy went of the stage. 

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Some prisoners were in worse shape than others and was eating as much food as they could.

The tension dropped a bit as people started to celebrate their release.

Cortez was gathering a lot of food on a plate and he started eating like a vicious beast, Elisa and Odin was at the bar getting their food, but I wasn’t as hungry.

“Sky, where are you going?” he was talking with his mouth full.

“I just going to take some fresh air” But really I had a lot on my mind.

That room…..

“Hey, what are you doing here? Not enjoying the party?”

It was the girl with the mic earlier and the big guy was still behind her.

“No thanks, I got a lot on my mind.” I kept looking out at the field bellow us, the road we were supposed to walk, we were just flying over it, the rain was still splashing down, but my rain coat automatically came on.

“I saw you back there, you went back in and you saved a lot of people that took guts.”

“I couldn’t leave my friends” 

“We could use someone like you, you seem well geared and skilled, and what do you say?”

I waited a bit before I answered.

“I will join, but on one condition that my sister doesn’t get hurt….”

“Your sister? No problem we will keep her safe”

“You don’t get it, she is one of them, but she has no way out, therefor I have to save her.” 

“I know she is you sister, but why would you save a member of the dark bloods, they are the spawn of the devil!”

“You wrong about her! She is not like them, she was scared and alone, she joined them to survive.”

“If what you say is true, we will do our best not to harm her.”

“Thank you” I was still leaning over the railing watching the clouds and feeling the rain pouring down on me, felt nice.

She got really close to my face, I backed off a bit.

“My name is Emily, that big guy is bruce, he dosent say much”

“ehhehe, Sky, nice to meet you both”

“Don’t look so sad, you will get her back”

I smiled in relief.

“Yea--?!”

The zeppelin was caught on fire and we slowly lost speed and altitude.  

“What is going on!”

People ran outside to see what this was about, we were being shot at from the ground with fire arrows from a portable ballista!

“Everyone to the escape pods!”

“There were a lot of safe pods around the zeppelin and people were quickly filling them up”

“Sky, get out of here!”

“Right!”

I ran back to where Cortez was in hope of meeting everyone. I could see only Odin and Elisa as they entered a safe pod.

Had Cortez already entered one?

I kept on looking, but he was not outside so I went indoors.

The place was burning and falling apart, some were laying around unconscious.

Cortez came out of the smoke with two guys under his arms.

“*Cough* *Cough*, Sky, get these guys in a pod, now!”

Cortez was really serious and I did not hesitate.

I grabbed a hold of them, but I could barley lift them both.

“Im going back in!”

“Cortez!” He was already gone.

I went outside and got them into a pod, but I didn’t get it to drop, something was jammed, there was no more safe pods in sight, everyone was already flying towards the city which was close by.

Cortez came back out of the smoke, but this time with three people.

“*Cough* *cough*, Sky, get inn and help me with these guys.”

I got inside the pod to help Cortez with the unconscious people.

“it won’t start!” I tried to pull the switch over and over to get it to ready mode.

“It has to be dropped manually”

“Cortez, what do you mean?” I turned around only to see him close the transparent little entry.

I punched the glass as hard as I could but it didn’t leave a scratch, Cortez shot the entry door so I couldn’t open it from the inside.

“Cortez what are you doing! What are you—“I slowly stopped punching, my knuckles were bleeding.

“Find your sister, keep her safe, I know you will” He ran inside the zeppelin through the smoke and fire after a few seconds the pod was dropped.

“Cortez!”

As the pod engines turned on we started moving towards the city, I couldn’t keep my eyes of the zeppelin, begging for Cortez to get out of there, but then it exploded! 

All the funny faces he have made and times we had togheter flashed before my eyes...

I was left speechless, I couldn’t do anything more than cry as I saw the debris fly everywhere in a big smokey fire cloud.