A Reason to Fight

CH 11- Jailbreak

Baekhyun was slouched over in a chair, still bound in handcuffs behind his back, with visible wounds on his face and arms. Two soldiers were standing behind him with guns, and an officer was seated in front of him at a desk.

"I wasn't expecting the Exo Pilot to be just a kid."

Baekhyun moved slightly but was quickly restrained by the soldiers standing behind him, "Well, Excuse me! Have I wounded your pride?!"

The officer laughed, "Not compared to how your pride will suffer. You'll be publicly executed."

Baekhyun paused for a moment before he tried to leap from the chair in desperation, the soldiers behind him quickly reacted and smacked the back of his neck, causing him to knock out.

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Baekhyun awoke inside his prison cell and immediately started coughing in pain. He trembled as he used all his strength to sit up against the wall. Baekhyun closed his eyes as he leaned his head back against the cold steel wall behind him. It was so quiet, Baekhyun felt like it never got this quiet on Earth, even in the silent places of that world. Space had a unique stillness that Baekhyun found quite terrifying. He always felt like it was going to swallow him up.

Suddenly he heard a whacking sound that Baekhyun distinctively recognized as a fist smacking against another person's body. The body collapsed against his prison door and skid down before flopping over and hitting the floor.

His prison door opened, and Sehun was revealed standing in the doorway. Baekhyun's eyes widened in surprise.

"Sehun!"

Sehun paused staring at him before he picked up the unconscious soldiers gun and entered the room to kneel next to Baekhyun. Baekhyun looked over at him and his face turned upset in frustration.

"Why did you leave without me?!"

"I thought you only cared about the Earth."

Baekhyun paused in surprise, he didn't think Sehun actually had a rational reason for leaving him. His face softened as Sehun reached for his own gun in his holster and handed it to Baekhyun.

Baekhyun took the gun and smiled at Sehun, "I'm an Exo Pilot too, I couldn't leave this all up to you."

Sehun slowly lifted Baekhyun up, wrapping one of Baekhyun's arms around his neck. Baekhyun cringed in pain and Sehun paused for a moment. Baekhyun took a deep breath, his body trembled a little as he used his strength to stand. They started walking together and made their way out of the prison cell.

"So where's your Exo Suit?"

"I left it on Earth. It'd stick out here in space. Then I'd get caught like you. "

Baekhyun laughed, but the act of it was painful for him and he started coughing again. He paused for a moment before speaking.

"How will you get us out of here?"

"I don't really have much of a plan."

Baekhyun smiled as he stared up at him. He figured that was unusual for Sehun, he wondered if he had rushed here to save him without much thought. Sehun pressed the button on a small switch he was holding and explosives began to detonate far from their location. Alarms began sounding in the base, and they could hear soldier's voices screaming.

They made their way down a hallway and discovered it was blocked by some long iron bars. Baekhyun looked back down the hallway where they had come from, but he could hear soldiers running in that direction. Before Baekhyun could speak, Sehun approached the bars and began bending them apart. Baekhyun watched him in amazement.