After discussing the plan for a bit, "Leo if we go with that plan, then what do you propose we do to get past the beastmen on the other floors?"
"I don't know." Regrettably, Leo responded.
"We should take the 2nd elevator shaft." Claws suddenly said. Joe and Leo looked at Claws. "The 2nd elevator was damaged upon landing. If we stick to the left side of the wall, there should be a maintenance ladder."
Joe ran the plan through his head and agreed it could work. The only problem would be once they got to the first floor how would they get past the guards. Joe figured no plan was perfect and thought they could wing it.
Sprite spoke up after running an analysis. "After compiling the data, I believe the plan has a 23% chance of success. I don't think you should risk it, Sir.
"Sprite we have to take chances sometimes."
Later that night stuffing Leo's old bandages in the door slit. Claws attacked the door. After a few Iron Reapers, sparks started flying and ignited the old rags. Once the pieces of cloth were lit the three men fanned the smoke into the hallway. All three of them yelled "Fire. Fire. Fire."
Guards down the hall came over coughing from the smoke. As they started to open the iron door, sprite scanned the location of both guards. "Unit 9345 claw strike 5 paces forward and Sir use Ascending Sun 3 paces to the right." Acting right away both guards were knocked out. The Smokescreen didn't even let them see it coming.
Joe ran over to the next room covering his mouth. Motioning Claws to give him a hand and they opened the cell door. When the door was opened, a female draconian was staring them down. She was a fierce warrior with orange scales. Her eyes were crystal blue and teeth as sharp as Claws. Understanding right away these were escapees and not guards the draconian stepped forward and said, "thanks." Then she dashed down the hallway.
The three ran after her toward the center where the elevator shafts were. When they reached the elevator shafts, many guards were laying about dead. The draconian made quick work of them. "Stop right there." Two beastman guards came out of a doorway and using a plasma rifle fired at the trio. Joe pushed Claws out of the way and got shot in the left arm leaving a scorched mark.
"Human you alright."
"Don't worry about it Claws. Open that shaft and let's get out of here." Even though Joe acted tough, he was hurt badly by the blast. It took a chunk from his arm.
In the elevator shaft, each one took a turn jumping to the ladder. Leo went first, followed by Claws, and then Joe. Joe was having a hard time climbing with his busted arm.
"They're going up the shaft. Fire on them."
With nowhere to run, they were sitting ducks. Then Claws said, "Goodbye humans." He jumped off the ladder and performed an Iron Reaper mid-air attacked the guards. Claws tackled the two back into the corridor, and they never saw Claws again.
Once they finally reached the 1st floor, Leo had to open the doors. After extending the doors ajar, Leo pulled Joe up. "Now, what do we do?" Leo said to Joe.
Looking around the room, they noticed it was a hanger with multiple crafts on it. Joe spotted a two-man craft close to the exit door. Once they jumped inside Sprite scanned it and directed Joe how to power it on.
"Hold on tight Leo. Fire." Joe fired the blasters until the exit hatch opened and flew out it.
Back down on the 3rd floor, Claws was fighting like a madman. After killing seven guards, a beast man turned the corner that put the fear into Claws.
"Unit 737," growled Claws.
"Unit 9345 how dare you side with fifthly humans. Steel Reaper!" A claw strike so fast that, it split Claws into two halves. As Claws fell to the ground, he was upset that the beastmen treated humans like garbage, but humans treated him better than his own race ever did. Claws died regretting being born a beast man.
A guard ran up to Unit 737. "Boss, the draconian also escaped."
"Damn it!" Unit 737 stabbed his claw into the wall. "Send all able beastmen to focus on the draconian. Once she is re-captured, we will focus on the humans."
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Before the trio executed the escape, in the next cell over, a draconian heard the plan being formed. The draconian's name was Itmen-Anon. She was an assassin that was captured as she was reporting on beastmen's bases in North America. Itmen was outside when a ship above her sent out net after net till she was pinned down.
Unit 737 walked up to her and said. "Looks like my fourth catch this week." The beastman punched her, and she woke up in the iron box.
That night, when the trio executed their plan, the smoke that entered her cell woke her from sleeping. Then after a bit of noise three men opened her compartment. Looking at the trio, a beastman, an old human, and a young human, she moved forward and thanked them.
She dashed down the hallway. Beastmen tried to slow her path, but she performed 19 hidden strikes killing them all. She passed the elevators and ran to the end of the hall. At the end of the building, there was a staircase. Many beastmen came down the stairwell to face the draconian only to die by her hands.
She killed her way to the first floor and once there she used her Dragon Arts: Fire Fist to blast the door open. She jumped out the breach and landed on the ground.
As Itmen headed south, she saw a hovercraft head west in the corner of her eye. She wished them luck and disappeared without a trace.