Valiant Thieves

Chapter 1: Escaping Backwash Prison

"Oi you! You in the rags." A raspy voice called to me. "Name's Warrick." I replied. "Alrigh en' Warrick, whadd you in for?" "Heh." I chuckled at his question. What was I in for? "Stealing from the rich." I said. "Bahahahahaha!! What do you think your Robin Hood? Some kind of valiant thief?" He laughed at me. "What's it to you?" I replied."Alrigh alrigh." He said. "Hey Bonez les show em what ere in her fer." Some prison rat said to him. "I think we should too Skully." I heard them slide an object into the lock of a door and opened it. I sighed "Alright let's get this over with." I stood from my bunk as they opened my door. Bonez walked in cracking his knuckles. A rather small man. He swung at me with his left arm. I quickly dodged and kicked him back pulling the knife out of my boot. He swung at me again as I countered it with my knife to his neck. He fell to the ground clutching his neck and Skully looked at me shocked. He was a rather big muscular fellow. "You killed my bess fren!" He charged me and I quickly rolled to the left sticking my knife in his calf. He let out a quick howl as he swung again striking me in the back of the head. I stood up staggering. I looked in time to see him swinging again. I ducked kicking him in his stomach. He stood back and I wasn't giving him anymore ground, I was gaining on him. I punched him in the face sending him backward. He charged at me picking me up. I started pounding him in the face but he wouldn't stop running. Eventually I dug my thumbs into his eyes and he let me go screaming bloody murder. I ran behind him jumped on his back and grabbed his head. With a jerk I heard the snap of his neck. I let go of him dropping to the floor as he fell to the ground face first. Grabbing my knife from his calf I wiped it off sticking it back in my boot. "Well at least you gave me a way to escape." I chuckled. Walking out I heard guards coming in my direction. I drug Bonez out into the middle of the jail cell corridor and stood beside the stairs. "It came from this cell block!" I heard one of them say. They ran past me to Bonez's body. "Someone killed him." One of them said. "This one too!" Shouted another. I didn't hesitate to start walking out. As I rounded the corner up the stairs I peeked around. Nobody there I stayed low to the ground walking as fast and quietly as I could. I walked out the door and didn't look back as I sprinted my way to victory. I ran all the way to the outskirts of town until I found a barn. It's starting to get dark. I thought to myself. I'll just rest here for tonight. I opened the barn door and climbed to the top loft finding the most comfortable bale of hay to rest upon. "Warrick! You have to let go of this pirate nonsense! Get your head out of sky, and think about a proper future!"