"I really don't want to fight, I just want to leave this place, do you know a way out?" Miller asked the officer.
"I don't know if it's possible, but i believe there is one way out of this prison..."The officer did not even finish the sentence.
"So you two are planning to leave this place without me!" James shouted at the the top of his voice.
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Immediately James shouted almost all the prisoners woke up including Zabat who had been sleeping deep the entire time.
When James heard the words that came out from the officer's mouth, he thought the officer was planning to leave with Just Miller and leave him behind.
James did not like the officer since the officer had attached him back on Earth. and if the officer had not fought with him, they would never have been in this strange planet In the first place.
"shhhhhhh" The Officer said while holding his James lips indicating that James should calm down.
"It's just a Misunderstanding" the officer said to James in the quietest way as possible.
The trio started hearing footsteps heading their way, it was dark so they could not see but James could see clearly.
"It is the other prisoners, they are heading this way, it seems like my shout woke them up". James said apologetically.
"Let's scatter and go back to sleep" The officer ordered.
"I can't walk alone, please can i follow one of you" Miller said a little scared.
"Let us just wait till they reach this point" James said with utmost confidence.
The prisoners that were walking towards them were up to fifty including Zabat, not all of them woke up some of them still kept on sleeping. Most of them woke up after hearing words that included: "Leaving this place without me"
"so there is a way to leave this place" one of the aliens said as he was now standing in front of James, Miller and the officer. The alien who spoke to them was around 8 feet tall and had a head that was shaped like a triangle and he had one eye that was coloured green. He looked so skinny to the point that it looked like he was made from bones.
James did not give any reply but he just looked at The Officer behind and gave him a wink.
"We have not yet discovered a way, but we are trying our best to find one" James said to the aliens in front of him.
"You are a liar." one of the aliens shouted at James.
"No he isn't, he is the long-awaited saviour, how can he possibly lie to us" another alien replied.
"Humans lie a lot from what I have heard and seen so far" another said.
"He is telling you all the truth" Zabat said while also leaving the crowd and going behind James, Miller and the Officer.
"Actually, there is one way." the officer said. At this point everyone was now looking at him including James, Miller and Zabat.
"If we all work together and fight them we might leave this place, i would rather die on my feet than to live on my knees. Who is with me" The officer shouted.
No one even replied and they all sighed and left. "We have tried that before and it did not workout" Zabat said as he gave a little pat to the officer's left shoulder.
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Miller could still not sleep and so where the others, almost everyone in the prison could no longer sleep and that included Getrax, who had heard James voice shouting at the time but did not bother.
"what is it, why are you so worried' James asked Miller. James was really worried for Miller because of he knew Miller was an ordinary human and that Miller was the son of Carlos and Martha Edward, those two who gave him shelter. He felt like it was his duty to bring Miller safe back home.
"I am worried sick about my mom, how she would react when she finds out that we are both missing. I wanted to be by her side during this very time. She is in distress because my dad died, and now she would be in even greater distress, as I am no longer on Earth. Who even knows if I would go home back alive?" Miller said as tears rolled down his cheek. James seeing this gave him a hug and said: "We'd be fine; you'll see your mother alive, I promise."
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It was now the next day. The day of the tournament and two Mevorotrians had come in to give their speech.
"you all know what today is, it is the day of the fighting tournament and you all are expected to be in your greatest behavior, those of you who misbehave would be punished severely"
After this speech, he called the names of the contestants.
But before the two Mevorotrians left. James shouted: "Please, can i take the place of someone? I would like to fight Getrax myself."
"Okay, if you wish to" said one of the Mevorotrians. "The match will start some minutes from now, so the contestants should prepare.
At a dark secluded area in the prison Getrax who had heard everything was now smiling: "I will crush your bones with no mercy".
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