Chronicles of Tenaria: A Bad Prison Break
The Detective wasn’t exaggerating when she said it was a long trip. It felt like Curly was in that van for days before they finally pulled up to the prison.
He stepped out of the van, greeted by the harsh desert sun. Three figures stand in front of the prison gate, a woman with curly blonde hair, green eyes under brown rimmed glasses, dressed in a black suit and skirt. At her sides are two guards, both large, the one on her right tall, light brown skin and short brown hair, to her left slightly shorter with tan white skin and a defined widows peak, ending with a light curl.
“Detective Lupe” The woman in the middle smiles.
“Warden.” Lupe smiles back.
“So, who did you bring us today?’ The Warden asks.
“Meet Curly Satlin. Brother to the famed hero Hood, and current muscle for the infamous crime lord Don Lomas. “ Detective Lupe replies as she steps aside and lets the guards take Curly.
The taller guard tries to push Curly forward, to no avail.
“You can just ask Officer, trying to push me is a waste of time” Curly turns his head and faces him.
“Officer Kent, just ask” The Warden rolls her eyes.
Officer Kent groans, “move.”
Curly smirks and starts walking forward. The Officers follow behind him.
The shorter guard hits Curly in his back with the butt of his gun. Curly keeps walking, “Officer please. You waste your energy”
“Officer Markus.” The warden calls out. “I know you two idiots have something to prove, but you are wasting your energy with him”
Officer Markus laughs, “oh yeah? Well he’s cuffed so what will he do?”
With a loud clink, Curly breaks his cuffs. “I think I’ll keep the cuffs, I’ve grown attached to them. “
The officers stand, shocked.
“Mister Satlin. Please refrain from breaking the cuffs” The warden rolls her eyes.
“Of course Ma’am, my apologies.”
“Please, Warden Teach will be fine” She nods, “now follow me please. Obviously these two won’t be able to stop trying to prove their manliness long enough to take you anywhere”
The guards turn and look at each other, embarrassed.
Curly smirks, following Warden Teach.
“Welcome to Red Rock Prison. You are, as expected surrounded by miles upon miles of desert. Because of the caliber of prisoners kept here, we have regular rotations of gifted heroes patrolling the outside of the fence, so escape is a futile attempt, even for someone like you.” She smiles, “you will be kept in cell block F. It’s a gifted wing, people with powers like you.”
“I don’t have powers.” Curly replies, “I am just big. I’m normal.”
“No big guy, you aren’t” She chuckles.
“I know you don’t like the word ‘gifted’ to describe your kind...but it’s what you are. You were given gifts. Curly I don’t care how big you are, I’ve seen you lifts entire cars over your head and throw it miles away.” She stops walking, stopping him as well. “What are you then? How do you do that?”
“Listen lady, I’m just strong. Nothing more” He shrugs.
“Well then, tell me how did you get your strength?”
“What? What do you mean how did I get my strength? I’m a lumberjack warden, I cut down trees for a living and as a result I got strong.” Curly looks confused “what? Were you expecting here? Visited by the gods? Dropped in a radioactive pool? Born a mutant? Lady I’m just a man. Nothing more.”
Warden Teach allows a small smirk to cross her lips, her eyes glint with mischief. “Sure.”
She nods and continues walking. She leads him to a large wall at the far end of the prison. The entrance a large metal door. Teach places her hand on a scanner beside the door.
“Mr Satlin, welcome to Cell Block F. The Super Sector as the guards seem to call it.” She rolls her eyes as the large steel door slowly opens. Behind were rows upon rows of individual cells, each filled with blue padded walls.
“What’s with the wall pillows?” Curly asks.
“Each cell, and the walls themselves are filled with power dampeners. None of the prisoners kept here have access to their powers. We once kept Pinstripe here and the dampeners were able to sever the bond the mask had with the host. Try it, break through the wall here.”
Curly turns and faces the wall next the large door. “You sure?”
“Yeah, I trust the dampeners.” She grins.
Curly sighs, he steps to the wall and punches the wall. The entire cell block shakes as cracks quickly grow and spread across the walls. Soon the walls crumble and fall, each cell crumbling, the prison erupts with a roar as the prisoners notice their newfound freedom.
“Oh...Oh no..” Warden Teach unclips her radio from her jacket and activates “Prison break! Prison break! All guards to cell block F, send emergency broadcasts to all available gifted heroes to get here ASAP!”
“Hey Warden” A man with purple skin, four arms, and sharp fangs slowly starts walking up to Warden Teach “looks like you all alone here with us.” He starts to chuckle and lick his lips.
Curly picks the prisoner up by his throat. “Yeah...no.”
CRACK, Curly snaps his neck and lets the body drop to the floor.
“Listen, Warden, you need to go get some guards ok?”
“What?” She looks frantic.
Curly sighs, and stands by her, “fine, i’ll wait with you until they come.”
Golden symbols appear in the air in front of Curly, soon Hood and Aaron stood before them.
“Really Curly? A prison break?” Hood asks.
“In my defense, it was accidental this time.”
Soon, other heroes followed. Guards swarmed the prison, quickly rounding up prisoners. Curly looks around, watching as heroes and guards fight against the various villains. He shrugs and starts walking towards the fence of the prison.
“Hey!” A voice, a young boys voice calls out from behind Curly.
Curly slowly turns around and faces the source. Standing before him were two boys, both dressed in a seemingly patchwork outfit of colors. One short, one tall, the short one was in a hoodie with a paint splash star and two feathers in the hood, the other a blue scarf and goggles.
“Denim and Tress. Hood’s boys. “ Curly sighs “what do you want kids? “
“You are a criminal right now, you are in a prison.” Tress replies.
Curly sighs, “I am not fighting kids. No, I refuse.”
Curly turns and starts walking to the fence again.
Suddenly an arrow of fire pierces his back.
Curly stops walking, slowly turning back and faces them.
“Denim why.” Tress summons a scythe into his hands.
“Fine. You kids wanna go, lets go” Curly pulls the arrow out of his back and drops it on the ground.
Denim grins, his bow of fire disappearing, two swords appearing instead. “Come on big guy.”
Curly growls and rushes forward to duo. Tress screams, swinging his scythe, slicing up Curly’s chest.
He steps back, Denim rushes behind, slicing the back of his legs, making him drop to the ground.
Tress quickly slings a wave of electricity from his scythe into Curly.
Curly yells as the power rushes through him, he tries to stand again, but instead falls.
Denim smiles “Tress we just took down Curly!”
They both smile and shout “HELL YEAH!”
Hood stands beside them suddenly. “We’ll just...take him with us. Prisons don’t hold him well.”
Special guest appearences by @veltfire7 my brother Dalton and my wife as Warden Teach, as well as @gkatte letting me borrow Denim and Tress!
