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Apex World

A young man is being transported to one of the Seven Terraces Rehabilitation Program in order to regain his freedom from spending a year in one of the Nine Circles Prison. Had to survive a gauntlet order to reach out for his freedom.

LC_Rowan · Sci-fi
Not enough ratings
7 Chs

The Seventh Island

Chuckled. "You lot seem to care about this crap?" He gives out a personal review to the documentation video. "Why both telling me about crap that I can learn from school?"

One of the prison guards, a Hound walked up to him. "Many of my fellow comrades had died from your group." He snarled at Adrian to intimidate him.

Hand waving to clear the air. "Back up, Officer Kibble. I didn't want to know what kind of meal you were eating. Speaking of which, where's Officer Biscuit?" Adrian jokes.

The Hound punches Adrian.

"Violent asshole." Hound said to Adrian.

"That's funny." Adrian laugh it off. "Because I was tearing up a violent asshole when an Hound and I were doing it the other night before this."

The Hound punches him again.

Adrian cracke his neck. "Don't want to sound as a racist here, but I'm pretty sure a Donkey can throw a harder punch than you."

"Weren't you gonna say a Bitch?" He snarks down at Adrian.

"Oh no. Don't want to compare the lovely ladies to you." Makes a snarky comeback.

The Hound pull him up from the chair, "I hope you die on the island, because if not, I'm coming after you when you get out."

"I didn't know you have such free time." Adrian chuckled. "I've never met an Anima that want a piece of some caramel after work." Flirting with the Hound.

"I want a bite right now..." The Hound open up his mouth and ready to take a bite on the neck.

"Kessler!" another Hound Anima walk up to Kessler to stop him. "Let the Savages have some fun."

Kessler let Adrian go. "You're a dead man, Freebird!"

Adrian smirks then pull out a lottery ball with the word, seven on it.

"Out of all the numbers, I had to get the one that gave me nothing but hell for the past year." Thinks to himself.

"Freebird!" Kessler walk back up to him.

"You need some more sugar in your blood?" Adrian continue to jokes, but noticed two bags.

"No, it's your gear and your weapons. You're allowed to change your attire, but the weapons, had to stay in the bag." Kessler explains.

Adrian picks up the Weapons Bag as he noticed that it's military grade security lock.

"I doubt it that I would open it up." Adrian respectfully placed the Weapons Bag down as he open up his attire. "Is there a changing room, or else I have to get naked in front of you? Because either or, I can work with both." He chuckled.

Start changing in his clothes while everyone else at nearby start doing so.

Adrien attire with a red, black and white color theme.

-An ALA shirt with an open hoodie that has a red five claw scar design the goes over, separates black and white to give a harlequin look.

-Skinny jeans with a weapons holster that contains; combat knife holder; revolver holster; and a Gravity buckle that can hold the Tomahawk.

-Gravity Gloves that can call back any weapon that has the same matching.

-Sneakers with Gravity pulsar that gives them a small airtime when jumping.

"You seem to have a lot of Gravity weapons." Kessler is looking over his gear. "Must had paid a lot for them."

"A bit too much, but these sneakers was just I wanted till my grandpa said to me that I can combine his old Tomahawk with Gravity tech. So I had to get them so I can keep his memory alive. Plus you know how hard it is to walk up to your tomahawk and pick it up? It's quite annoying." Adrian pulls out a wedding ring then place it inside of his jeans.

The PA system. "Will all the inmates please start preparing for their departure. Plane will be landing in ten minutes."

Adrian is getting ready and preparing themselves as they're getting ready to land. Adrian checks his dreadlocks.

The plane stop at the airport of the Savage Isles where the other criminals left the plane, slowly.

All of them are seeing a bright clear blue skies as they're seeing a small resort that had heavy built walls and a forest on it. On the building, there's a small triangle flag with nine on it.

There's a mixed bag of criminals of race, age (18+), and sex are presented.

"Woah!" Adrian said as 300 inmates are making their way onto the resort and their Weapon Bags aren't open up.

An Intelligent Savage, Feline Anima, tanned skin color walk up to the group.

"Welcome to the Isles." They bow in front of them.

Adrian bow with a handful of criminals, but the others are either waving or showing not caring at all.

"My name is Demetri, and I'm here to welcome to you all to my Island."

All of them said hi to him.

"How long do you have?" One of the criminals said as they're wondering on his time limit.

"I have an infinite amount of time to join thy Lord in the afterlife with the rest of my feline brothers and sisters. But as for my mortal form, I only have at least 6 months."

"Sorry to hear, bro." Adrian nods. "I had to buried some of my pets back home myself. It's quite dishearten to hear."

"Smart ass." a female Hare convict mutters.

-

Name: Usagi Okada

Date of Birth: March 7th

Age: 20

Race: Hare Anima

Country: Japan

Height: 5'

Weight: 115lbs

Status: Single

Sexuality Orientation: Bisexual

Weapons: Umbrella sword; GLOCK 19 pistol.

Circle Level: Ninth.

-

Usagi is wearing a bandanna headband with her rabbit ears on the back with her short hair, both ears and hair are black. Crop top shirt. Tight shorts with a bunny black tail. Gravity sneakers. Kimono jacket. And her weapon is an umbrella sword, and a pistol. Modern Geisha style.

Demetri chuckled it away. "I've been inform by the Nine Circles Prison that you all are here to have your chance for freedom. And repent for whatever crimes you had commit, but it's not too late for self improvement. You're all here to enjoy the taste of Paradiso before welcoming back to the world you had left behind."

"So when we'll be leaving?" The Hare asked.

Demetri looks at her. "It depends on your Circle Level, but more of weeks than the original months format."

"Good to know." Another Feline male spoke up, dark skin.

-

Name: Jaxson King

Date of Birth: April 12

Age: 32

Race: Feline Anima

Country: United States

Height: 6'5"

Weight: 245lbs

Status: Widowed

Sexuality Orientation: Straight

Weapons: Colt Model 1839 Carbine; Claw Gauntlets.

Circle Level: Eighth

-

Shirt with vest. Cargo pants. Sneakers with claws on the tip. Wrist bands. Goatee. Shaved head on the sides with slick back hair Mohawk, and one cat ear as the other seemed to be cut off.

He walked up to Demetri. "Sorry to hear how you feel brother." He offers a handshake, which been accepted. "Name's Jaxson King."

"Welcome, Jaxson."

Adrian rolling his eyes.

"I've read all your crimes, and I have a present for you." Demetri brings a box of watches.

"What is that?" A female human, white, had asked.

-

Name: Brittany Marshall

Date of Birth: October 30th

Age: 29

Race: Human

Country: United States

Height: 5'4"

Weight: 135lbs

Status: Married

Sexuality Orientation: Straight

Weapons: ArmaLite AR-18 Rifle; Combat Knife

Circle Level: Fifth

-

"They're watches to give you the special time, and each one had already been activated to your record." Demetri said as he passed around the Watches.

They put on their Watches and reveal special time. Adrian got a 7 Hour intervals.

"What does these intervals mean?" Adrian asked.

Demetri look shocked but said to them all. "You're about to find out within an hour. Now go into the luxury of the Isles. And if you have some anger or stress to deal with, you can do that out there in an hour."

Usagi walked up to the mansion-like place. "Does this place have a washroom? Because I want to take a shower."

"Yes. The staff here will guide you, but all washrooms are co-ed. If you feel uncomfortable, I apologize for the inconvenience." Demetri apologized while bowing.

"Then I'm gonna sleep go for a nap." Adrian is walking up to the hammock beds.

Throughout that entire hour, many people are just enjoying some their own peace of mind while the staff are placing some kind of Survival kits.

Adrian is having a few dreams of his memories.

~

In an old apartment building with nothing but a bed, TV set, and a laptop on a corner desk. Hitting the age of 19.

Looking down at his wedding ring as he's seem to be ready.

Looking up to a 19 year old, white, 5'2" blonde hair Feline girl with long rainbow hair, wearing glasses with green eyes. Her ears is even have some rainbow dye. She seem to be an artist and a cosplayer. She's a walking Pride flag. At least the picture of her on his corner desk.

She entered her apartment in a hyper eccentric style.

Adrian looked nervous to put away the ring, then she walk up to him.

"Hi, Ian!" She sat next to him while giving him a kiss on the cheek.

"Hey, Lisa." Adrian spoke with a red face. "How are you doing?"

Placing her arm around him. "I'm doing well. Just trying out some new colors for my body art."

She's showing him her latest artwork as she start pulling off her clothes and down to a sports bra and shorts.

"See!" She shows off her artwork of Indigenous paintings. "I've been working on it for hours. The only problem I have is to maintain the paint till I shower it all off." She giggled.

Adrian looks so red as he's embarrassed to see her nearly naked, but amazed by her body work.

He walked up to see her body as he walks around her. "So much, you must had help with this."

"My mom, but she convinced me on the cover up on my boobs and private area." Lisa does some little teasing.

Adrian gave her a kiss but he walked back. "I don't want to ruin your art project here."

"I was gonna wash it all off anyways, but love to have some fun with you today." Nose tipping as she's being flirtatious with Adrian.

His smartphone rings up, Adrian groan. "Sorry, Lisa." He picked it up.

"Hey, this is Adrian." He talk onto the phone. "Change of plans? When?" He spoke out of frustration. "As in right now?!" Turned back to see Lisa getting her clothes on. "Sorry, Lisa. The ALA want me right now, for extra security." He quickly put on his jacket and grab his stuff before rushing up to the door. "You know where all the stuff is, and I got to go!" Adrian gave Lisa a kiss before leaving the apartment that transition into his next location.

"Sorry, I'm late!" Adrain walk up to multiple different Animas and Humans walking around. "Just got caught in traffic and all. Some poor Hound got hit by a car, so what's up?"

Unknown to Adrian, multiple law enforcement are making their way into the building and start causing a riot inside of the warehouse building.

"Shit!"

"Everyone leave!"

Adrian is trying to leave but multiple Hounds, Felines, and Hares managed to tackle him down then arrest him then after a hard tossed into the vehichle.

~

"Hey, Freebird." Adrian was waken up from his nap by hitting the ground, which had 45 minutes had passed. He woke up to see a towering 6'9", Neigh. White.

Adrian turned but the Neigh pushed him off.

"Wake up man!" He shouted.

Roughly got up. "What the hell do you want?!" He pushed the Neigh back, but been forced back onto a wall with his face being covered by his hand.

"I want to form a little alliance here. Since we used to work together in Prison, and seeing that I got that same 7 Hour Interval as you, we can get passed this trial together." He placed his arm around Adrian to act friendly to him. "You remember all the times we spend together back at Prison. Remember the first night you came last year?"

"I remember. It was... quite romantic." Adrian is uncomfortable and disgusted by his action.

"Yeah, and I wonder if we could go for a quick shower time together?"

"I would rather not, Page." Adrian declines.

Page headlock pull him to the front door to the forest. "You know how this will work, right?"

"I've been informed. Just survive weeks, depending on your Circle Level then gain your freedom. I got it." Adrian said to Page.

"Right!" Page forced a face-to-face moment with Adrian. "Then how about a kiss good luck?"

"No thank..." But Page gave him a wet sloppy kiss to Adrian and trying to open up his Weapons Bag but couldn't open it up.

Let Adrian go. "We'll be in this together, Adrian." Page walked away as Adrian threw up the kiss.

"I did not want my first day to be another assault to my rectum." Adrian rub his rear end, remembering his first night as Page showed him around the Seventh Circle. Noticed Demetri then walked up to him. "Demetri, right?"

"That's correct, Mr. Freebird."

"Question..." Adrian is gonna talk to Demetri about something in private.

Everyone around the Mansion are preparing for the remaining 15 minutes, but on the last moments before the doors open up.

"All convicts please go to the front." PA system said.

All 70 convicts are making their way to front with Demetri is at front.

Demetri walk up to them all. "Now let me explain the rules of Savage Isles once you leave the Mansion. Whatever Circle you had spent, will be your time to remain out there. Example, we have a few Nine Circle Levels and they'll have to stay out there for nine hours straight, and that same goes with the weeks you'll have to chance to redeem yourself. As for combat to survival, it's in God's Free Will you can do whatever freedom you can have, but remember this; causing death on the Savage Isles will let the Savages to know as their sense of smelling had increased to rush up and devour the body. Sexual encounters, thief, murder, anything you can do out there is on your own will. Not God."

Brittany raised her hand up.

"Yes, Mrs. Marshall?"

"What happen if our time have expired?"

"Good question. A campsite, or camp building that was used as a hotel at one point in the past are presented here. The Savages seem to understand, and don't usually go to places like those, or if you had managed to get back here, the doors will be open but we'll be open for every nine hours."

"For how long?" Jaxson asked.

"Same rule as the time intervals, but don't worry to those who had to stay out there for far less time, I recommend on staying out there due to that there's a time relapse bonus."

Convicts are talking about this among themselves.

Adrian raised his hand till he been called out. "What do you mean time relapse bonus?"

"The longer you stay out there from your original time interval, you'll gain addentional hours added to rest up. For example Mr. Freebird, if you stay out there for 14 hours, you don't have to go out there for another 14 hours. It get added up."

Usagi add a question, "Had anyone attempted to stay out there much longer in order to rest up for their sentence?"

"Our longest resting time had been 135 hours, and he's from the Ninth Circle. So in total, five days and 15 hours. He continue on with this till he managed to get free after nine months of the original sentence system here before changing into weeks instead."

"So what happen if you try to re-enter the building during the time out here?" Jaxson continues to asked.

"Sadly, you will be shot down or far worst, have your time intervals be altered. Back to First Circle, they're trying to enter the building, they had their time extended for nine hours but their relapse will be their original one hour. So I recommend on spending your time relapse in the buildings wisely, since you'll be here for over a week and so. Don't worry, they'll be food and water, and whatever service you need can be provided. Now be prepared."

The iron gates are opening up to the forest.

"Because these will be closed for nine hours, as for the other buildings, there's a map in your survival kits to all the locations. But they'll have their gates closed."

Adrian asked. "How can you make sure that someone will try to sneak in?"

"Those watches, they'll have an electrical shocking mechanism to knock you out."

"And to remove it in order to get the feeling off?" Usagi added.

"During your relapse, but had to put it back on before heading out there."

"I see." Jaxson mutters to himself. "Then all I have to make my hours count then."

Usagi mutters to herself as well. "Since I'm a Hare, I can outrun any Savage out here. So I'll use the hit-and-run tactic."

Brittany looks around as if she's looking for someone.

Adrian finger count as he's thinking about time intervals and how long he can handle out there for the next seven weeks then shrugs it off.

"Any more question?" Demetri asked.

Adrian raised his hand up till spoken. "Yeah, is there some folk making this into a betting pool? Because this does seem like a perfect thing to make a couple of bets."

"And unfortunately they do. But there is a prize from what I've been told."

"And that is?" Brittany is curious.

"As a way to make up on such cruelty, they decided that those who survive will have a start up money of fifty thousand, in your country currency."

All of them seem excited as they're talking about it, but Jaxson seems to be worried about it, as well Usagi but she grins as she seem to be happy about the money.

Demetri then remembers. "That reminds me, since I don't want to deceive any of you, there are consequences for committing a crime. They'll take money away, and you'll start with whatever money from the deduction of your crimes and abusing the Free Will that God had given you for your own vendettas and needs. As for how deductions are determined since they're the Nine Wardens of the Nine Circles Prisons. They do like to have their private betting parties, so I don't really know how the details are."

All of them kept silent as they're coming up a plan.

"If there is no more questions? Good luck on surviving."

The iron gates had open up as they're all walking in after they grab their survival kits. As they're all slowly making their way out on their own directions. From the last person, Jaxson, the time intervals started.

-7 Hours Remaining-

Page walked behind Adrian then place his arm around him.

"Let's talk about surviving together out here. Because we're all here to make it by, but the difference is that we have a past together."

Adrian rolled his eyes.

"Not let see what we're dealing with. But since we got some money if we survive, and now I'm gonna ask for your consent for some little play time." Page is asking nicely.

Adrian looked disgusted. "No. Because I just want to spend my seven weeks, and get that startup money. And we can move on from then on." Removing Page's arm.

"You seem to be distant from me?" Page continue to follow him, but Adrian continue to ignore him.

Trees are rustling as the heat of the forest continue to grow.

Adrian is looking around as Page aggressively walked up to him to push him hard down.

~

First day in the Seventh Prison.

Adrian been pushed down hard down on the ground at the courtyard.

"You were good!" One of the prisoners compliment Adrian but he didn't take it.

Got up then goes for a swing, but the person leans back and apply the rear naked choke.

"You want to go for another round?"

Being toyed with, the others to give out a couple of gut punches then been tossed around.

They're cat calling him out as they're beating Adrian down.

~

"Man, what the hell is wrong with you?!" Page is stomping down on Adrian. "I've been nice to you since you came to prison!" Roughly pull him up then place him on a tree then his forearm holding him back. "I don't want to be violent, but you're making me violent."

"You do realize that there are some other people out here, right?" Adrian tell him. "I'm not that special after all. The moment I went to prison, my girl left me."

"And that's why you need me!" Page is getting closer to him. "You need support from those who love you. And I'm here for you."

Adrian attempt a knife overhead strike. Page caught it, but Adrian sneakily shot him on the midsection.

Page realized then walk back then noticed that he's bleeding. Horrified, Adrian gravity leaps back and kneecap shot Page, to let a Savage Anima to rush up and tackled Page down.

Page screams as the Savage Anima is clawing at Page. Adrian looks down to see Page barely getting off and trying to run away, but Adrian shot the other leg.

Tossing his Gravity Tomahawk onto the Savage Anima on the head, killing it. He leaps down to land in front of Page.

Pull the hair up to come face-to-face with him while placing the revolver in his mouth.

"Will you please, shut the hell up!" Adrian pistol whips Page. "We were never friends! Because who was the one who started all of this in our toxic relationship?" Placing the revolver back in his mouth while Page start crying out of fear. "And I want out of it, you see." Raised his hand to call back the tomahawk back into his hand then make a swift kill turn onto another Savage Anima then instantly turned around to aim the revolver at Page.

"L... look! I'm sorry, alright!" Page pleads. "Can you forgive me from all the crimes I had done to you?"

"Sorry, Page."

"No, no, no!" Page started to cry.

Cocks up the revolver. "I still haven't forgot how you gang up at me at the shower."

Adrian shot at him, thus killing him.

More grass rustling, he quickly grab Page's survival kit then leaps up to avoid any incoming attacks. He leaps over the trees to see the massive island have multiple convicts fighting and dying while most are either avoiding death or avoiding confrontation with the Savages.

Looking around and see the tallest and largest tree of the island on a cliff, it vines and roots are showing and going down into the ground below, keeping itself up. Decided to leap towards it then midair roll to shot another Savage to get some more air time to managed to reach the cliff.

Tossed his Tomahawk towards the tree then exchange shooting hands. Shot down onto a boulder to leap up while the Tomahawk is pulling Adrian up towards it for safe landing as he grabs it then roll to sit near the cliff side.

Adrian looks around to see nothing but beauty in the island as they're surrounded by trees and ocean with a few mountain sides.

"For 7 Weeks I had to survive to gain my freedom? Well it takes a journey through Hell in order to be accepted in Heaven."

Laughs with a smirk.

"Guess I'll have to make that journey."