In this world it was rare to see guns not because they were hard to come by, because they were often used for murder.
They had been outlawed and anyone found having one could be brutally punished having certain sensitive parts chopped off a piece at a time but never killed.
Even though the masters were not condemned for killing slaves. (this was only because they tested slave for ability to breed when first purchased) they did not own guns either and were subject to the law as well. If slaves tried to escape they had to chase them down on horse and drag them back. Most masters would not risk owning a gun because of the laws in place.
Derelicts master was not so cautious..., he kept it well hidden but owned one non the less.
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It had been another year and all the preparations were in place for the three of them to escape. They had found well made cloths and hidden them away and made gourds into a container for water they even stole weapons, small knifes from the masters kitchen.
Finally. they stole shoes, none of them had ever owned shoes so the fact that they group had gotten their hands on them surprised even themselves.
"Now since the only thing we will need is some food to leave i think we should steal some bread and leave tonight." Derelict had been the leader in all this and was quite good at sneaking and remaining unseen.
"Okay then tonight it is .... im really nervous i didn't think the time would come so soon." Zackary was always the most cautious and cowardly, even though he was the tallest of the three.
"Don't worry zack our valiant leader will lead us to safety. " Tehame said trying to relax Zackary. "So when we leave what stops the masters from hunting us down?" Tehame turned to Derelict in queation.
"This ....." Derelict presented a bottle of fluid. "This stuff is supposed to attract deer since it is made from there urine." "Since the dogs will try to track us with sent we only need to change our sent to get away, and hopefully there will be a large gap between when we leave and when the notice we are gone."
None of the three knew anything about hunting and were essentially just winging this plan anyway so the agreed to it.
Derelict left to go steal bread and water and something to carry it in. Since he was the quietest and quickest he was usually the one to steal such items and had become accustomed to it. His team would be in charge of carrying such items since he was the only one who knew how to fight against more than one opponent.
They had hoped to avoid it but planned for it none the less. Derelict stole the needed supplies without detection and headed back to his team.
They had began the cut a small hole large.enough for the three of them to leave the fenced in area. It was a large 10 foot tall wooden fence. it was in some places covered in bushes with sharp leaves that poked you.
They had punched a hole behind one of these bushes albeit after much pain to tehame. Luckily the clothes they now wore protected them unlike the rags they wore before.
Once they had all made it through and were on the other side the dripped the deer scent on there shoes and legs and the ground the crawled on and began their run.
In the masters house there was turmoil the masters wife had found him with another woman in their bed and barred him from the room for the foreseeable future.
He was much more aggressive tonight than usual and was drinking and smoking. he had walked outside of his front door to look upon the fields in which his slave toiled.
He noticed a pair of legs crawling in to the bushes and knew what it ment. with a smile on his face he walk back inside and grabbed his gun a small pistol...