(UNDER EDITING) The Runaways of Westville

6|| Gladiator.

Micheal watched in fear as one of his fellow inmates was dragged kicking and screaming into what the prison guards were calling 'the pit'. The prisoner was acting like he was about to be ejected into the cold darkness of space to slowly die choking on nothing and freezing beyond recognition, but this pit place didn't sound so bad so why was he acting like that?

This was Micheal's life now, prison, and getting 'fun' punishments for starting what all the guards thought was a prison riot. He was in line with about ten other inmates all of which seemed absolutely terrified of this pit place. Goblin, Rowan, Vi and sadly Rose has all evaded punishment successfully but Micheal was the one covered in grime from being thrown into the floor by Rose. He was three people away from dealing with whatever this pit really was, he couldn't care less. He felt numb and empty, yesterday's events left him mentally exhausted and unresponsive to anything verbal. All he could do was nod, practically thoughtless.

He soon heard a rumble sounding almost like a chainsaw starting up, quickly after it there were screams and tremors shook the entire building. Maybe this pit place was a little more terrifying then Micheal thought. He quickly realized that the rumbles and screams weren't from the pit but from the hall behind him, another deeper tremor shook the building and the sounds of a huge moving machine got extremely louder.

He was scooped out of the line, he kicked and squirmed yelling for whoever it was to put him down, his heart racing. He felt like he was practically dying. He felt the grip whoever it was loosen as he squirmed and kicked yelling, his eyes tightly screwed shut. The small gesture of physical touch when he was in a vulnerable state was enough to send him into full fight or flight and he was not about to get picked up.

"Calm down kid! It's me Goblin! And your friends," Goblin gently let go of him and he realized he was on whatever machine it was. He opened his eyes and realized they were on top of a school bus, a school bus that looked decorated for the apocalypse. He looked around and saw Vi and Rowan down in the bus. Wait, why were they on top of a bus?! Goblin laughed a little. No doubt about it Micheal probably looked like a deer in headlights. He didn't get much time to look around as Goblin pulled him over to a dent in the top of the bus and pressed them both down as the bus plowed through another wall in the most cinematic way possibly imaginable, how was an apocalypse bus supposed to do that?! Goblin stood up once the smoke cleared, the bus was stumbling and shaking though Goblin was somehow able to stand. Micheal was at a loss for words.

"The fuck?!" He spouted the only words he could think of to even describe the situation they were in, how the hell did he even end up here in the span of a about week?! He ended up making Goblin chuckle as they plowed through the outer wall of the prison, this was a prison break. Holy shit.

"Welcome to the daily lives of the rebellion! We break people out of jail and take them to our safe haven on our bus! I like to call it The Gladiator!" Goblin kept talking to Micheal as police sirens started up in the distance. Micheal flinched at them, why were they always so loud? Goblin seemed to notice. "Your a bit young for jail, what were you in for?"

"Nuking Westville," there was a slight tone of fear in his voice but he pushed it down and tried to speak as plainly as possible, holding back a giggle at the sentiment, this was just his type of humor and he wanted to see if Goblin would understand. He doubted it but maybe Goblin was messed up like him. Goblin only nodded, the joke going over his head as he took it seriously.

"So what's your names?" Goblin seemed to only want information at the moment which was slightly concerning, but everything was concerning, for fucks sake they were riding on top of a bus equipped for war breaking open a prison and freeing half the people in it, in a full scale riot.

"Micheal Woods, the other two are Rowan Bronze and Vi Quicksilver, Rowan is the tall person with a chihuahua for a personality, Vi is dangerous and not to be trusted with the safety of your bones and I'm just here for the ride," He slurred his words a bit towards the end, trying to remember how to speak more than anything, just saying what he had in his mind, thankfully he didn't slip up and end up looking like a complete idiot.