tyler hadnt slept much after the encounter.
he stayed up, theorizing about what the man had said.
east is up.
he hid contraband in the gutted floorboards in his room. his journal, matches, and a knife all sat in the floor beneath the boards.
the girl in the cell across from him had returned. she seemed frantic, but had a fight in her eyes. her name was Audrey.
head shaved, clothed in an olive green jumpsuit like the rest of the prisoners had been.
a day earlier, Audrey had slid him contraband when a guard wasnt looking. a hair pin.
every week, the bishops and their leader, Nicholas, or Nico as he went by, gathered around the neon rod and muttered the words of heathens. This gave the prisoners a good half an hour, as the guards were with the bishops.
He figured out Nico was the one in the red cloak.
"hey! come here!" Audrey seethed, signaling him to use the hairpin to unlock his cell.
Tyler did so, and rushed to her cell.
tears were welling up in her eyes, and she extended a thin hand to Tyler.
"You have to get out of here. Take this is Josh. the one with the tree tattoo. He'll help you. Find the rebels. Find the trench." Audrey said, handing him a map, tears falling down her face.
"W-What? What do you-"
Audrey cut him off, rolling up her sleeve to reveal a band of yellow tape around her bicep.
"The Banditos Tyler. Find Josh, find the Banditos. Leave the city. Get out. Run."
"But-"
Tyler opened the map, seeing that it was some sort of huge circle.
Tyler heard a noise in the neon room, meaning the bishops were almost done.
"Audrey I-"
"Go Tyler!"
Tyler scurried back to his cell and locked himself in.
As the guards checked in on his cell block, Audrey pulled out a small bottle out from her bed.
Chlorine.
"Inmate what are you-" the guard asked, being cut off by her chugging the entire bottle down.
"Audrey no!" Tyler screamed, struggling against his bars.
Audrey coughed up blood, using her last breath and a shaky hand to draw a symbol with her blood.
Some sort of trident looking character.
Then it hit Tyler.
east is up.
Tyler held a shaky hand over his mouth, stifling his sobs.
But Tyler had to focus. Audrey had given him valuable information, just before taking her own life.
And now, Tyler must find a way out. And a way to finally take down DEMA.
