Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:19:11 -0400 Subject: [ffml] [MW] Breakout/Kidnaping From: tha-doggfatha@juno.com (The One and Only Shadow) There was a commotion outside. Shadow knew what it sounded like. Bacca's fortress was being overrun. The ninja carefully lifted his mattress, to reveal a long tooth. It had belonged to Binky the gay orc. Shadow had pulled it out before the guards had taken the body away. As he walked to the entrance to his cell, he could hear the guards leaving the prison. They were probably being used up above for extra reinforcements. Now was the time to get the hell out of here. The ninja inserted the tooth into the lock. After a few minutes of struggling with the tooth, he finally got it to go in. Soon, he had the door to his cell open. The ninja stepped out. There, on the wall next to him, was a set of keys. Taking the keys, he started to walk towards the entrance of the prison, when he heard a voice. "Hey, man, you aren't just going to walk out, without freeing us?" The ninja couldn't tell from what cell the voice was coming from. There must have been at least 7 cells on each side of the long hallway. "Give me a good reason why I should." "We're all criminals here, just let us out. We want to extract some revenge on Bacca." "Okay, why not." The ninja started to open the cells, one by one. The first three contained what looked like mercenaries. They were humans. They abruptly left when they were freed. Shadow walked to the next cell. There was a wolflike being inside. He looked familiar. "Who are you?" "I'm Lone Wolf...the pickpocket." "Oh." Shadow opened Lone Wolf's cell. "Your free to go." The ninja opened the next two cells after Lone Wolf's. He got to the last cell on the right side, the one that was across from his. Inside of it, there was a single man. He had some sort of armor on. "Open up my cell already!" "Be patient..." "Siegfried." "Siegfried? I've heard of you before. Aren't you that treasure hunter?" "Yes. I was the best, until that Cole boy came along...oh well. Bye now." Siegfried left. After opening a few more cells, Shadow came upon the last one. It was too dark to see who was inside. Shadow opened the cell door. "Finally!" came a voice. A purple octopus-like creature jumped from the shadows. "We're free!" "Ultros?!" "Yup, it's me! Hey, aren't you...Shadow?" "Well, yes." "I remember you from a few years back...oh well, no time to reminisce. Who's fighting Bacca up there?" "Mog." "Mog? He might need some help...let's go Chupon!" As Ultros said this, a giant pink monster came out from the darkness. "Let's kick some ass!" The octopus said as he exited the prison followed by Chupon. Shadow walked to the entrance, and saw his supplies and weapons sitting on the floor. He picked everything up. He also found a bottle of alcohol. He grabbed that too. The ninja exited the building. He was free. ----------------------- "There's too many of them, my Lady!" yelled a man dressed in white robes. "We'll do what we can!" Lady Paladin replied. Mog's forces had attacked with everything they had. Lady Paladin didn't know how long Bacca's forces could last in something like this. Her healers were especially feeling the impact of the battle, as there were soldiers dropping like flies everywhere. Soldiers that needed medical attention. She continued to heal a nearby soldier, while she directed her fellow healers. It was going to be a long battle. ----------------------- Shadow walked out of the dark, peaceful prison, into a huge war zone. He could see soldiers of all kinds of races attacking the humans. Even the prisoners he had helped escape were fighting against Bacca's army. Up above, he heard a roar of a huge beast. He looked up to see a huge chunk of cheese, covered in soldiers, beating its chest. As it beat its chest, many of the soldiers fell to their deaths. The ninja needed to get the hell out of this place. He looked toward the entrance. It was fumigated with soldiers desperately trying to keep the doors to the fortress up. There was no exit there. The ninja would have to escape over the outer wall. As he ran towards the wall, he saw someone who he was certain he had heard about in stories by Mog, and various other people. It was Lady Paladin, the head healer of Bacca's army. What a bounty did she have on her. Little did she know herself, but, her worth was extraordinary on the black market. Shadow could make a hell of a lot of money if he captured her. Or, he could sell her to Mog. "Hell yeah," Shadow thought. He had to get her now, while she least expected it. The assassin started to advance on her position. He had an idea. He quickly removed a black cloth from his pack. Doing so quickly, he took out the bottle of alcohol he had retrieved from the prison. He drenched the black cloth with the liquid. Now, it was time... ----------------------- Lady Paladin hadn't healed so many soldiers ever before. And, it would get worse, as Mog's forces didn't look like they would give up. "Help...me..." A soldier moaned from her right. Suddenly, she felt someone grab her from behind. "Get off of me!" she yelled. "Say nighty night, sweetheart..." The assailant began to put a cloth up to the healer's face. "What are you--" Lady Paladin didn't finish. ----------------------- Shadow pulled the healer's body up onto his shoulders, and started to run. The wall was just ahead of him. It was all a matter of time now. He quickly took out his grappling hook, and threw it up above, aiming for it to snag onto something. It did. He pulled it to check if it was sturdy enough, then, began his ascension. The woman's body began to slip, but he held her down. After a few minutes, he was up and over the wall. He was now on the outside of the fortress. The battle was still raging on around him. He needed to find where Mog was. The ninja started to run towards what seemed like a mobile tent of some sort. He would try his luck there first.