Tucker stood catching his breath as he wiped the sweat of his face, he had been at beta max for almost eighteen months now, and apart from the obvious hell of being in a impenetrable prison, it had rained everyday he had been here.
The only enjoyment he had was his ally,
They would call each other friends, but they both knew that if an escape route opened up they wouldn't go back for each other,
His name was Ivar Peterson but everybody called him cap, he used to run his own private army before he blew a hole in the middle of a planet for fun, For that he deserved to be in the hole.
Tucker had been forced to mine at the rocks just like all the other prisoners, the irritating clicking noise had become a part of his life and it no longer bothered him,
His life was dull and grey, with only the rain that soaked his body each day offering some comfort for his hard cracked skin.
An alarm went off when it was time for them to be locked up at night, the same alarm he had heard when he had been gassed.
His room was a simple box with nothing but a bunk bed, (Even though he did not share his room) a toilet and sink, his only personal belongings was a picture of his old village, even though he wasn't sure there was anything left of his old home, This he would pondered over every day, wondering if his friends were still in this world.
Walking back to his room he met with cap, tucker sighed, he was fed up of having the same conversation with him every day,
"Hey bud!! Have you heard about the uprising being planned?"
This threw Tucker by complete suprise, as he thought there was no way out of this hell hole,
"An uprising?!" He laugh, He knew that laughing was not a good idea but he couldn't help it, "I'm sorry Ivar but this place is not escapable, it just can't happen".
"Ah Tucker you may think that but....." He stopped thinking what to say, "Lets just say in a few days if you notice something odd about everything, don't hesitate, just run and don't look back and you'll be okay"
Tucker didnt know what to say so he just nodded and walked away contemplating what cap had just said, he came to the conclusion his only ally had finally lost the plot, he sighed and layed on his bunk, after a short while he was finally embraced with sleep.
The next few days went by as standard, apart from that he hadn't seen cap for almost four days, he didn't think too much about it, it was only at lunch he saw cap he looked jumpy as he sat next to Tucker,
"Are you okay? you look like you've just got shot by a lightning rod" said Tucker who was keeping guard of himself,
"Look Tucker in a few days you'll hear a huge boom, wait a minute and your door will be unlocked, you'll need to run to the top of the building, at the top of the hole is a skyscraper, I will meet you on the roof, and don't tell anybody okay?!"
He then ran off leaving Tucker confused and even more sure that cap was insane, he wiped away the thoughts and continued to eat his food.
Two days later Tucker was fast asleep in his quarters when something stirred him, he sat up half asleep and listened for anything, he could hear nothing but he could feel a slow vibration that was steadily getting more and more violent, Suddenly everything around him changed, a huge explosion rocked Aragon and everything around him, throwing him to floor, he just laughed, no way this could be happening for real, he pushed himself up from the floor and stood at the door waiting and waiting, until everything calmed for a few seconds, then sure enough his door powered down and slid open.
He stepped out of his door and listened, he listened for any guards, for the time being he was clear, he decided to follow caps directions and get to the top of the skyscraper, he pelted down the coridoor as fast as he dared go, he didn't even encounter any guards as he became level with actual ground, he didn't stop to marvel at it though, he just ran to the first floor.
He saw a guard as he turned the corner, this was the obstacle he had faced, he wasn't scared though, he took the few precious seconds he had to plan how to take him out and then ran,
He ran straight at the guard and could feel every muscle move as he ran, he felt his breathing go in and out, all in slow motion he took control of the situation, he had reached the guard,
Everything went a lot easier than he had thought, he skid through the guards legs and gripped his arms, as soon as he stood up behind the guard he pulled his arms from under him, the poor guard flipped and smashed his head into the ground, Tucker almost felt sorry for him, almost, Tucker started running again, he didn't encounter any more guards even as he burst through the doors onto the cieling, he had to wait for cap as he didn't know what to do from here, he kept waiting... where was he!? He couldnt wait much longer; He heard gunshots around the platform (meanwhile it had started to rain) so he ran around the short amount of building he was on, there was still a whole level higher than him, as the building still had one more story to climb, whoever built this prison was not a very good architect.
He finally got closer to the gunfire and saw cap running for his life, Tucker ran toward him but was thrust backwards when a huge explosion blasted him backwards, his ears were ringing and his head hurt, he lifted he head, he couldn't see cap anywhere, he grogily got to his feet and stumbled over to were cap was last standing, a huge hole was blasted straight through the floor and the drop went straight down to the ground two hundred feet down,
He heard cap before he saw him, he had managed to grab a hold of the railings instead of just flying off the edge and falling, Tucker pulled him up slowly and only just managed to get him back onto the platform, they both stood up,
"What do we do now??" Tucker shouted over the rain.
"Watch and lea_!" Cap was cut off by several guards bursting out, guns blazing,
Cap ran around the wall to protect himself but Tucker was too slow, he took three bullets in his right shoulder and one in his stomach, he fell to the floor unable to move and in agony, he felt cap or more heard as he couldn't open his eyes,
"Tucker I'm sorry I have to go, good luck my friend" and with that he was gone,
Tucker could feel himself slipping in and out of conciousness, the last thing he heard was what sounded like a helicopter screams and then darkness.
Sorry guys I feel like this chapter was quite boring but I needed to have a way for him to escape and this is what my small mind thought up :) the next few chapters will be way better :/ :)
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Action"On the alien planet Aragon a man is kidnapped from his city and jailed for 18 months, when all hope was gone he found himself in a small settlement..... How else to repay them than help fight against their corruption"
