The Black Hood

Chapter 5: Escape

                                                                             1 YEAR LATER

It's been a year now and I'm still stuck in this hell, I have become their champion winning match after match. I have more blood on my hands than I have in my body and that's something I'm not proud of, but each match has been getting a smaller crowd people are getting tired of the fights being the same maybe now they'll let all of us go. I've gotten stronger and learned many different types of fighting styles, Chapo has been training me and now I've learned how dangerous he can be, I know how he thinks, and I know that I have to take him and the LB down. Lately there's been a lot of talk about how to make the fights more interesting but all to no avail although I have heard something about this project they are working on and they say that it's time to test it on someone tonight, this could either go very bad or extremely bad. When I'm not fighting Chapo has me do some interrogations to other gang members and leaders, anyone who is an enemy to the blood or even questions it, I've made all of them crack sometimes in tears and begging for death which is another thing I'm not proud of.

I'm laying on the cold floor of my cell still thinking of all the things I've done this past year until my thoughts are ruined by the banging on the bars, I stand up and go to the door where I am lead out by Chapo, "So what are we training for today?" I ask Chapo "Oh we aren't training today John, we are going to do something a little different" he says with a smirk that sends chills down my spine. We walk to the medical wing where I've spent most of my time after fights, we walk inside as Chapo closes and locks the door there's a doctor in here that I have never met before and a bed with restraints, but before I could process everything Chapo grabs me and puts me on the bed and restrains me. I try to fight and start squirming and pulling on the restraints trying to get free but it's no use, "What the hell are you doing!?" I yell at him as the doctor takes out a needle filled with some sort of liquid, "We're just giving you an upgrade, John, to make the fights more interesting and don't worry you're the first to try this so you should feel honored" he says with a chuckle. I keep struggling to get free as the doctor comes closer with the needle, "What the hell is that?!?" I yell as he points the needle at my arm "It's a serum we've created that will enhance all your human abilities or kill you, let's find out" he says with a laugh as he stabs my arm with the needle and I scream in pain. I feel the serum shoot up inside me as I keep screaming and pulling on the restraints, everything starts to get blurry the last thing I see is Chapo smiling at me and I pass out.

I wake up on the ground everything still hazy as there are bright lights in my face, I squint as my eyes adjust to the lighting. I look around and I see that I'm caged in as a crowd roars with excitement as I look around, I'm back in the arena but I feel different somehow stronger, agile, and just so different. What the hell am I wearing? I touch my head and feel fabric on it. Why did they put a hood on me and a black Kevlar outfit? You can't even see my face. I hear a loud voice come on the intercom, "Welcome to our best fight yet, this fight will make history, we present to you our champion The Black Hood!" the crowd cheers in excitement. They gave me a name? This was their plan to get more people to the fights and now with this serum it will only get worse from here. "Watch as he takes down his challenger, or should I say challengers in a fight where he will be able to use three weapons of choice, this will be a bloodbath!" the announcer says as the crowd cheers for more. I look over to the side where I see a rack full of weapons both old and new. I go over to it and see just a clutter from assault rifles to swords, three of them immediately catch my attention. I pick up a bow and a quiver full of arrows, dual katana's, and dual MAC 10's all of which will help me in this situation. I put the the quiver on my back and sheath my katana's on my back as well, my bow in my hand and MAC 10's on my sides I see two men open the door and let in a mob of kids running towards me. I can't do this...I can't kill them...I have to find a way out of here and save all of them. They keep running towards me as I back flip off the wall of the cage and as I'm in the air I see the lock to the cage and finally see my escape. I take out one of my MAC 10's and shoot a barrage of bullets at the lock as it breaks off, I dive towards the door and swing it open "Everyone out! Run!" I yell as I shoot two of the guards coming towards me and begin leading these kids to the exit killing anyone who gets in our way. We get closer to the exit "Keep going! Keep running and never look back!" I yell as I go back towards the cells. There are still some kids in the cells but if I save them now I won't have time to get to Chapo and finally end him and I can't do both or I'll risk getting captured again. Guards come in and immediately start shooting me, I unsheathe my katana's and deflect the bullets back to them as if it was so natural to me to do this like an instinct. The kids begin yelling out to me to save them to help them, I can't just leave them here to be tortured like I have, I have to save them. I slice the locks of they're cells and begin running towards the exit with them, more guards start coming towards us as I draw my bow with three arrows and shoot two square in the forehead and another right in the throat. One is still left standing about to pull the trigger as I shoot another arrow in the barrel of his gun causing it to not be fired as I advance toward him and knee him in the stomach and grab his head and slam it into a wall causing him to knock out. We get outside and immediately two guards point they're guns at me as I quickly take out mine and point it at them, "Looks like we got ourselves an old Mexican standoff" one of them says with a smirk, I turn to kids "Run! Don't worry about me just keep going" I tell them as they keep on running. I turn to the guards who are still pointing they're guns at me, "Both of you put your weapons down or else" I say to them. They both look at each other and laugh "Who the hell do you think you a-" he gets cut off by bullet I just shot him with in his stomach as I quickly grab the arm of the other and disarm him by twisting his arm back and breaking it, the first guard falls to the ground but shoots at me as I quickly use the guard that I'm holding as a shield then toss him aside, I kick the gun out of his hand and then lean over him "If you live through this tell Chapo that I'm coming for him next" I whisper to him as I take out an arrow and stab it into his arm as he screams in pain I start to run away from this hell. I keep running not having any idea where I'm going but anywhere is better than here I'll just have to find some place.