The man's head was all over the once brown wall behind the chair. It slowly dripped down the wall, a scarlet trail was left on the wall. Jezebel looked slowly around the room and was about to leave. But, behind a wall, he heard something banging. It seemed to come from behind a bookcase, so Jezebel tore it from the wall. Two metal hinges were ripped out along, and a dark room was revealed. In the middle of the room, was a cage. Inside its metal bars, was a woman around Jezebel's age, dressed in the leftover scraps of a white t-shirt and jeans. There were scorch marks along the clothes, Jezebel pondered that this woman was tortured at some point. She lifted her head and looked into his eyes.
"Please, let me out of here." the woman hoarsely released. There was a lever on one of the concrete walls, he pulled it. Several bars receded down, revealing an entrance into the cage. He stepped in and asked her a question.
"Who are you?"
"I..." she drew a large breath, "I am the child of Giacomo Rocco, leader of the Green Tiger Gang. My name is Alissa."
"Well, what are you doing here then, in this base?"
"I uh... might have attempted to kill my father."
"Oh. Well, why didn't he just... you know, kill you?"
"I am his child. So, instead, he just tortured me." She let a few tears run down her cheek.
"Well, you're safe with me. At least for now, as I was about to head over there anyway. He's stolen someone quite important to me."
"Are you going to kill him?"
"Potentially. I'm not targeting him specifically, though, I do happen to get quite angry when someone targets the person I'm protecting."
"C-could you take me with you?"
"Uh, sure Alissa. But, why?"
"Because I hate that man. He does not deserve to live. Plus, seems like you'll need help. Do you have any powers?"
"A few."
"Well, I have 'A few' as well. So, let's just team up huh?"
"You seem like you recovered quite quickly from the torture, I assume you heal fast?"
"And I can spread it to other people."
"Cool, cool. Anything else?"
"Ah yes, I'm also able to cause people to explode, through the immense increase of fat cells in their body."
"Oh, that's... very cool, I suppose anyways."
"I always thought so."
"So, why didn't it work on your father?"
"Oh, he can negate powers."
"Really?"
"Yep."
"Well, that'll be a great big problem, won't it?"
"Yep."
"Do you know where they keep prisoners?"
"Yes, I do... Jezebel was it? Mind if I call you Jez?"
"Only if you're down to let me call you Ali."
"Fine with me, Jez."
"Got it, Ali."
"So, you said you know where to go?"
"Yes, I do Jez. There's actually a back entrance so we can get your charge and leave real quick."
"Works for me, I can find plenty of other ways to cause havoc in the base. Looks like I'll have to pay another visit to a... good friend of mine."
"Got it, so lets head out of here huh? This cage is really stuffy, plus, I need some new clothes."
"Great, that place I was talking about sells clothes!"
"Nice, now, let's get out of here. We can take one of their cars."
Jezebel and Alissa strolled through a large number of bodies, down to the garage. A number of cars were parked there, but Jezebel's eyes laid on something more unique. A pale yellow car, very small in nature. Almost a replica of a 1967 Fiat.
"Let's take this." He said.
"Oh, alright. Totally thought you would have gone for a more longer car. "
"Nah, I've always been a fan of the Fiat series. Especially the pale yellow 1967 one."
"Any particular reason why?"
"Ah, just a show I saw quite some time ago."
"Alright. So, any plans on how to get in?"
"That's... a good question. Give me a second."
'Uh, Ags. Could you unlock and drive that car?'
[Sure Jez. Glad to help!]
The car unlocked and lifted off the ground. The doors of the car opened.
"Please enter, m'lady," Jezebel said with an excessive bow.
"Of course, Sir Jez. It would be my pleasure" she replied.
They both entered the car, and it automatically took off to Buxahs shop once again. The yellow vehicle came to a quick halt at the worn storefront.
"Come along now, pick out whatever you want. Me and the owner here are great friends."
They entered the store
"Hey Buxah, how's the business? Don't mind us! Just here to pick up some clothes and explosives!"
"God fucking damnit! You again?!?! Just take whatever! Don't hurt me!"
"Got it! Will do, chief!"
"Hey Ali, just get whatever! I'll be off getting some explosives."
"Certainly! Always love free things."
They picked out the things they wanted. Alissa got a nice, easy to move in, black bodysuit, which she covered with a tee-shirt and jeans she had found. She also attached a holster and picked out a nice pistol that was reminiscent of a Glock 19. Jezebel found remote detonation explosives and a set of grenades. He didn't know what kind of grenades, but he got them anyways.
"Ready to head out of here, Ali?"
"Yep, all good."
"Thanks, Buxah, you're a lifesaver! I promise this is the last time I call on you!"
"Fuck you man! I hope you die!"
"Ah, thanks for the love bud!"
They traveled back to the car and set a destination for the main hideout of the gang who had kidnapped Jean. In the car, he asked Alissa about how they would infiltrate.
"Well, Jez. We go in through the back door, and you plant explosives around the complex. I'll search for Jean and get her, by the way, what does she look like?"
"Ah, she's an Elari. So longish neck, light blue skin, relatively humanoid in nature."
"Got it."
"Yep, good. So, any good weak spots to put the explosives in?"
"Well to be honest, anywhere in the base would do. For some reason, they use some dumb power source that is extremely volatile to power the base. That power runs through the walls, so, one decently sized explosion? The whole place goes 'Kaboom!'"
"That... is very good to know. Now, let's get going huh? This'll be a decently sized drive over."
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Jean struggled against her chains, her once clean stomach was bruised and slightly singed. She held a defiant look in her eyes.
"Damn sis, you really don't budge under pressure do you?" Laurelynn said.
"Well, Laurelynn. It's not the first time I've experienced great pain."
"Oh yeah, when was the last time you experienced this much pain?"
"Nothing recent, it was when you were born actually, haha!"
"You bitch!" Laurelynn growled. She swung an electrified implement that was in her hand. It slapped against Jean's skin, and she let loose a tear.
"Ah, a single tear? Looks like you're responding well after all... Jean."
"Well, that's as much as you're going to get from me.
"As I said before, we'll see about that."
Elsewhere in the base.
"Boss! One of our bases was attacked!"
"Which one and how much damage?"
"The one in the city holding your daughter! Everyone was killed!"
"WHAT!?!" the large and bulky man exclaimed.
"B-boss Rocco! Your daughter is safe, don't worry!"
Rocco had slightly calmed.
"Good, so, where is she now?"
"We believe she is heading here, along with an as yet unidentified male. Hold on a second, I'll put his picture on the screen."
Jezebel's picture appeared on the screen, inside the car they had stolen.
"Well, at least the man has good taste in car," Rocco said.