As Kiya let out the faint, confused noise out of his mouth, unbeknownst to the pain he would suffer, the bullet landed on him. The pain was enough to make someone faint, that is if they hadn't eaten for 2 weeks. He was in severe pain and tried to scream. Being unsuccessful, he rolled on the floor like a worm digging into the ground. This 'rolling' however served as entertainment for the owners, who were of nobility.
Like tigers hunt other ones. They were the ones who hunted their own 'kins', because of the difference between nobles and peasants. They hunted other nobles and made them a laughing stock, turning them into slaves.The latest noble they captured was one called Theodore el Genzo, that is 4 months ago. He was light-skinned, with brown hair, his eyes were dark red. He was a boy who hated the owners and wanted to rip them apart, which was not possible at the moment, but surely later.
As Kiya rolled on the dirty floor, many sharp variations on the ground also poked at him, seemingly hating and poking fun at him. He just wanted to die but as he quickly remembered his motives, this made his will to live stronger.After that, the nobles mocked him.
Noble 1: "Hmm, impure scum."Noble 2: "Why did we even get this dog who can't even scream? He has been leeching off us."Although they did not feed him anything from the moment they found him, the space he was sitting on was considered worthy of leeching off.Noble 1: "Let's go, the meeting starts in 10."Noble 2: "Alright."
The nobles closed the iron door which was sealing the slaves. They only had about 10 square meters of space there, just enough to sit and roll. Just after the moment they left, the slaves started cursing them with anger.There were only 11 slaves but 3 of them were nobles. Capturing them was meant to mock their family and it worked. One of them was the previously mentioned Theodore el Genzo. He did not like being a nobleman. He considered nobles equivalent to pure and utter scum. But he controlled his anger. He controlled his anger for 6 months. At this point, the family must have issued a search for him, after all, he was the descendant of the family head.
Genzo: "What a drag…. Hey, are you fine?"Kiya: "Yes, I am."Genzo: "Oh good.Do… you have any food? I'm… starving," Kiya said with a faint voice.Genzo: "Here." Genzo gave him half a loaf of bread.Kiya: "Thank you," he said, then began devouring it.Genzo: "Name?"Kiya: "Kiya."Genzo: "My name is Theodore el Genzo, many call me Theo, some call me Genzo."Kiya: "Genzo."Genzo: "What a drag this is. I just wanted to escape from my palace and live in a house in a village. Away from hard work. Hey look, some noble named Frederick is planning an escape from here. Do you want to tag alon—"Kiya: "YES," Kiya said with hope.Genzo: "Heh, eat for now."
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Genzo: "Have you ever wanted to just get away from everything and live in a secluded place?"Kiya: "..." (Kiya doesn't respond as he was eating.)Genzo: "Oh yeah, you were eating."Kiya: "Oh… I did, but I found my purpose now."Genzo: "Huh… I wish I had a purpose."
After Kiya finished eating, they had a long pause which ended when the mentioned Frederick said something. Everyone looked up to see him standing—he was like a shimmer of hope they so desperately needed.
Frederick: "Look, I want to get out of this hellhole and for that I need help… Help from you guys. Don't you want to get out of here?" he asked a slave.Slave: "Yes."Frederick: "Ahh, yes. Louder."Slave: "Yes."Frederick: "LOUDER!"Slave: "YES!" the slave screamed, grabbing the remaining slaves' attention toward him.Frederick: "Ah, like this. Don't you all want to get out? And for that, I can help. My family may already be searching for me, but the difficulty of getting into this fortress will be very high. But if we can escape to the point where we are just within reach of my family, then they would pull us out and save me. With that, I can save you."
Slave: "But how? This prison-like fortress is very hard."Frederick: "Ah, I have a plan for that. The nobles seem to have a meeting at the start of the week at 10 a.m. Because of that, they tighten the security and increase the number of guards here.""…" Everyone listened with curiosity, placing their hopes on him.Frederick: "The number of guards will go from 20 to about 60. In this cell, we have 11 members. So, taking an average, there might be 9 prisoners in each cell. But we don't know how many cells are in this fortress prison."
Slave: "26." Another voice emerged.Frederick: "Ohh, how do you know?"Hitleck: "I am Hitleck De Glat. My family had ties with this prison-operating noble family prior to them being robbed."Frederick: "So you were a slave owner too?"Hitleck: "No, I never liked living with strangers in my home. I mean, my parents did have slaves."Frederick: "Well Hitleck, you have been a great help," Fred said as he patted Hit's shoulders.
With courage and hope flowing through the hearts of the slaves, Fred continued.Frederick: "My plan is to reach the Warden's office and release everyone."Slave: "How is that possible?"Frederick: "This is where everyone comes in. You guys gotta help me get to the office."Slave: "Don't we need a layout?"Hitleck: "I know the layout of this entire prison."Frederick: "Ok, then let's begin the plan."
They were overflowing with hope and trust in Frederick. They trusted him as if they had trusted their belt.
Hitleck: "So, there are 3 cell blocks in the prison—that is, A, B, and the main block. The A and B block is where they keep the slaves. The main is the place where the food is prepared and the guards' workplace. The Warden's office is in the main block. But there is a huge gap between the main block and the A and B block, big enough to play a whole football match! The gap has some greenery but most of it is a wasteland. The gap is not left insecure. There are four watchtowers. Also, the A, B, and Main block are surrounded by thick and tall walls. We have got to surpass all that to even GET to the main block. Getting to the Warden's office is another level, and getting out is another because the wall is surrounded by another wall, between which another place called 'The Shell' exists. Although the population of guards there is low, we would need to release the whole prison to get out just to storm onto Shell."
Hitleck stopped and just tried to imagine the difficulty of this mission.
Frederick: "Well, heck… You know what? I believe we can do it. But the real question is... who will?"
The slaves murmured among themselves, unsure of the plan. After a while, a voice emerged.
Kiya: "I will."
It was Kiya, and he wanted to get out of here, but he couldn't just watch as others fought for their freedom. By this time, Kiya and Genzo had grown close.
Genzo was shocked for a moment at Kiya's words.Genzo: "What are you doing?"Kiya: "I am going."Genzo: "No, you can't. You will get shot and die!"Kiya: "Well, I can't just sit still either."Genzo: "Ahhh, what a drag… I will go too."Frederick: "Oh, one more volunteer. I guess a partner couldn't hurt."Kiya: "Genzo?"Genzo: "Tch, I can't sit still either.Both of us WILL go."