CHAPTER 002 : Escape Plan

THE SLUM GANG FINNALY ARRIVE AT THEIR BASE AND IT LOOKS LIVELIER THAN EVER. THE GANG MEMBERS WELCOME DRAX WITH A CHANT… "SLUM GANG", "SLUM GANG", "SLUM GANG". DRAX STANDS ON A BIG STAGE INFRONT OF AN ARENA AND PICKS UP A MICROPHONE TO ADDRESS HIS SUBORDINATES.

DRAX : MY FELLOW HUMANS. IT IS MY HONOR TO BE ADDRESSING YOU AS LEADER OF THE SLUM GANG BANDITS. ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, TONIGHT WE SHALL FEAST ON HUMAN MEAT AND SOME BEVERAGES WE'VE BEEN COLLECTED OVER THESE PAST FEW WEEKS.

THE BANDITS ROAR. ISAGI LOOKS AROUND HIS CAGE AND SEE'S MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN CAGES WITH LABELS OF MEAT.

ISAGI : (THINKS TO HIMSELF) SO THIS IS A HUMAN FARM AND WE'RE THE MEAT HUH.

THE BANDITS TAKE ISAGI OUT OF HIS CAGE AND TIE HIM UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ARENA WHERE THE SPOTLIGHT SHINES ON HIM AND EVERYONE IS LOOKING.

DRAX : TODAY SIX OF OUR FELLOW BROTHERS FELL IN BATTLE AND THEY WERE KILLED BY ONE PERSON "ISAGI KUROZAKI". TONIGHT THE WHEEL OF JUDGEMENT SHALL BE SPINNED TO DECIDE HIS PUNISHMENT.

A BIG WHEEL IS PUT ON STAGE AND SPINNED. IT SPINS UNTIL IT FINALLY STOPS ON "DEATH BY IMPALING"

DRAKE : NOW THAT'S A PUNISHMENT WELL DESERVED FOR A DEVIL SUCH AS HIM. NOW MY DEAR BROTHERS, TODAY WE FEAST TO OUR HEARTS DESIRES AND TOMMOROW WE HAVE SHALL INDULGE IN ALITTLE BIT OF FUN.

THE CROWD ROARS AND THE PARTY BECOMES LOUDER THAND EVER. HUMANS ARE TAKENOUT OF THE CAGE ONE AFTER THE OTHER TO BE SLAUGHTERED AND PROCESSED INTO MEAT. DRAX SITS ON HIS THRONE AND A GIRL EMERGES FROM HIS SIDE.

DRAX : WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT ROX, THE UTOPIA YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED. I CREATED IT. YOU'RE SAFE AND NOONE WILL EVER HURT YOU HERE, NOT EVEN THE KAIJIN.

ROXY : YES MY LORD, THANK YOU FOR BESTOWING BLESSINGS UPON ME.

DRAX : YOU KNOW I'D DO ANYTHING FOR YOU RIGHT?

ROXY : YES MY LORD.

DRAX : NOW GO AND ENJOY YOURSELF.

ROXXANE JOINS THE PARTY.

6 HOURS LATER

THE PARTY DIES DOWN. EVERYONE IS EITHER PASSED OUT, DEAD OR ASLEEP.

ISAGI : (TALKS TO HIMSELF) I HAVE TO FIND A WAY OUT OF HERE

THE GIRL WHO WAS STANDING BESIDE DRAX EMERGES FROM THE DARK.

ISAGI : WHAT DO YOU WANT?

ROXY : NEED SOME HELP?

ISAGI : AND WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU HELP ME?

ROXY : BECAUSE I NEED YOUR HELP TO LEAVE THIS PLACE.

ISAGI : WHY CHOOSE ME? I'M SURE THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE WHO CAN HELP WITH THAT.

ROXY : I SAW YOU FIGHT EARLIER, YOU'RE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF PROTECTING ME UNTIL I REACH WHERE I NEED TO GO. JUST HELP ME AND ILL HELP YOU.

ISAGI : WHY SHOULD I TRUST YOU?

ROXY : WELL…. YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A CHOICE NOW DO YOU?

ISAGI LOOKS AT HIS SITUATION THEN DECIDES.

ISAGI : OK FINE, RELEASE ME AND I'LL HELP YOU.

ROXXANE RELEASES ISAGI FROM HIS BINDS, WITH HIS RIB STILL RECOVERING HE LIMPS TO A NEARBY LOCKER.

ROXY : WHERE ARE YOU GOING? THE BIKES WITH THE SUPPLIES IS THIS WAY.

ISAGI : YOU HEAD FOR THE BIKES FIRST, THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF FIRST.

ROXXANE RUNS TO THE BIKES WHILE ISAGI PULLS OUT SOME WIRES AND EXPLOSIVES FROM THE LOCKER. HE PLANTS THEM UNDER THE GANGS CARS AND THROWS SOME KEYS TO A NEARBY CAGE. WHILE HE FINISHES UP, A GANG MEMBER WAKES UP TO PEE AND FOR A MOMENT THEY CATCH A GLIMPSE OF ISAGI.

GANG MEMBER : WAIT IS THAT … NAHH I MUST STILL BE DRUNK.

HE COMES TO HIS SENSES AND TRIES TO RUN TO THE ALARM TO WAKE EVERYONE UP BUT HE CAN'T WALK STRAIGHT.

GANG MEMBER : (SHOUTS AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS) THE HOSTAGE IS ESCAPING.

THE WHOLE GANG COMES TO THEIR SENSES AND SCRAMBLE TO THEIR CARS BUT IT'S TOO LATE BECAUSE ISAGI AND ROXY ARE ALREADY ON THEIR BIKES, READY TO GO.

DRAX : (ALSO SHOUTING) GET THOSE BIKES!!!

THEY ALL GET INTO THEIR VEHICLES AND START THE CHASE. IN ONE OF THE ARMORED TRUCKS, DRAX RAISES A MEGAPHONE.

DRAX : YOU'VE JUST COMMITTED A GRAVE SIN BY ABDUCTING ROXXANE, KUROZAKI. BUT I MIGHT FORGIVE YOU FOR ALL THE SINS YOU'VE COMMITTED THUS FAR, IF YOU TURN THOSE BIKES BACK HERE, THIS INSTANT!!

ISAGI : (THINKS TO HIMSELF) ABDUCTED???

ROXY : KEEP DRIVING, DRAX IS AN UNFORGIVING MAN, IF HE CATCHES US WE'RE AS GOOD AS DEAD.

ISAGI : I KNOW THAT AND I WASN'T PLANNING ON GOING BACK.

ROXY : GOOD. NOW WHY ISNT IT WORKING?

ISAGI : WHAT?

ROXY : BEFORE THE PARTY, I LACED THEIR DRINKS WITH NICOTAX. BY NOW THEY SHOULD BE SLEEPING.

ISAGI : NICOTAX ISNT GONNA WORK, IT'S UNRELIABLE.

ROXY BECOMES PISSED

ROXY : AWW YEAH. ATLEAST I DID SOMETHINGINSTEAD OF WASTING OUR TIME. WHAT DID YOU DO HUH?

ISAGI : IF YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW, MISS LOUD MOUTH. WHEN I WAS BUSY WASTING OUR PRECIOUS TIME, I PLACED SOME EXPLOSIVES UNDER THEIR CARS.

ROXY : THAT'S PRETTY SMART. SO WHY AREN'T YOU DETONATING THEM?

ISAGI : I WANT THEM TO GET A BIT OF DISTANCE FROM THEIR BASE. THEN INCASE SOME OF THEM SURVIVE THEY WON'T EASILY MOBILISE MORE TROOPS AFTER US.

ROXY : SEE, I KNEW TAKING YOU WITH ME WAS A SMART CHOICE.

ISAGI : OK NOW LETS GET ENOUGH DITANCE FROM THEM SO WE DON'T GET AFFECTED BY THE BLAST.

THEY BOTH PUT THEIR BIKES ON HIGH GEARS BEFORE ISAGI CAN PRESS THE BUTTON.

ISAGI : HERE GOES NOTHING.

HE PRESSES THE BUTTON AND FROM THE DISTANCE THEY CAN BOTH HEAR A LOUD EXPLOSION WITH SCREAMS OF ANGUISH. THEY DON'T BOTHER CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY SURVIVORS AND CONTINUE FORWARD.

ROXY : DO YOU THINK HE'S DEAD?

ISAGI : WHO?

ROXY : DRAX…

ISAGI : IF HE CAN SURVIVE THAT, THEN…

HE HESITATES TO SPEAK

ISAGI : LET'S FORGET ABOUT HIM, BESIDES EVEN IF HE SURVIVES, HE WONT BE IN ANY CONDITION TO GO ANYWHERE SO HE'LL PROBABLY DIE FROM BLOODLOSS. THERE'S ALSO THE KAIJIN, THEY MIGHT GET TO HIM FIRST.

ROXY : YEAH I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT.

DEEP WITHIN HE DOESN'T FEEL AT EASE BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT DRAX IS CAPABLE OF. IF DRAX SURVIVES THE EXPLOSION THEN HE WOULD SURELY HUNT THEM DOWN UNTIL THEIR LAST BREATH. THUS THE QUESTION OF WHETHER HE IS STILL ALIVE OR NOT.

ISAGI : SO WHERE IS THIS SECRET LOCATION, WE'RE GOING TO?

THEY BOTH STOP THEIR BIKES AND ROXY PULLS OUT A HOLOGRAPHIC MAP.

ROXY :IF WE FOLLOW THIS ROUTE, THROUGH THE DESERT, WE'LL ARRIVE AT THE DAWN CITY RUINS. THEN WE GO THROUGH THEM UNTIL WE ARRIVE AT THIS CHECKPOINT.

ISAGI LOOKS AT THE MAP AND SEE'S NOTHING AT THE FINAL DESTINATION.

ISAGI : BUT THERE'S NOTHING THERE.

ROXY : OFCOURSE YOU WON'T SEE IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SHOW UP ON MAPS.

ISAGI : (TALKS TO HIMSELF) I DON'T TRUST HER ONE BIT…. BUT IT'S NOT LIKE I HAVE A CHOICE

HE LOOKS THE MAP OVER AGAIN.

ISAGI : OK FINE, WE'LL FOLLOW YOUR PLAN FOR NOW.

THEN HE LOOKS AWAY AND PREPARES TO DEPART.

ISAGI : (TALKS TO HIMSELF) IF SHIT GOES WRONG, IM DITCHING HER.

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