An hour after the arrest, dozens of heavily armed soldiers are seen accompanying the still unconscious Courtney as she is immediately taken to the military base, as she's seen being taken into a heavily locked door leading to what seems to be a prison hall before shutting tight to never be opened again...
The general soon enters the building as well, also accompanied by dozens of heavily armed soldiers, before entering a huge, special, heavily guarded door, as it immediately shuts as soon as the general enters. The general then walks into a seemingly empty, but high-tech looking room, which looks to be a meeting room, only containing a long table and lots of office chairs. He then sits in one of them, when suddenly, a bunch of holograms of what seems to be high-ranking officials spawn on each chair, it looks to be a hologram-casted meeting,
"Ahh, General Magni, you're here!", one of them says, as the general only scoffs and looks away, "Congratulations on finally arresting such a dangerous criminal, we are already making plans on what to do with her", they say with a strangely enthusiastic tone as they sit there, pissing off the general,
"Y'know, for the World Government, you guys aren't very serious", he says with an angry tone as he fixes his seating position to a more comfortable one,
"Hoho, of course we are... As such high-ranking officials, we want to be respected, and we also want to show that people like us aren't as harmful or scary as we sound", they say with smiles and laughs, which pisses off the general even more,
"Jesus... What's the point of having such high ranks when people don't even fear you? Isn't that the point!? Such a powerful position, and you guys aren't taking advantage of it!?", he shouts at them, as the people suddenly stop talking, the mood immediately shifts as the people switch to a more serious face,
"I do not like that attitude, General, are you disrespecting us?", they say with low, serious tones, an extremely sudden shift from their cheerful tones just a moment ago, as the general quickly freezes in fear,
"N-n-no, sir... I was just saying-", the general tries to speak, but gets cut off as one of the officials get up and continue scolding him,
"Unless you do not want your position to be taken away, or to be executed, you are to be silent or to stop disrespecting us", they say in a low, angry tone as they scold the general,
"Y-y-y-yes, sir-sirs...", the general stutters in fear as he hides in his chair, as all the officials quickly shift back to their usual faces,
"So, what's the plan, people?", they all continue their meeting as usual, while the general continues to sit in his chair, sighing before quickly going back to his usual demeanor.
Meanwhile, a few hours later, ever since the Fallis City Incident and the arrest of Courtney Magni, Gavin has been running nonstop, sad, hurt and broken. Eventually, he ends up in a small town nearby. He walks past a TV shop and sees the news, with the immediate announcement of The Solar Phoenix's arrest, the public is now in shock, also in rejoice as such a dangerous criminal that has terrorized the world for over 15 years, has finally been apprehended.
As Gavin watches, he goes back to sobbing and crying severely, as continues running, eventually arriving at a nearby hotel and getting himself a room, as he jumps straight into bed to continue bawling his eyes out, mourning over his girlfriend as he thinks about the events a few hours ago.
"Godammit I'm useless...", he says to himself with a cracked, strained voice as he continues sobbing, punching the bed as he buries his face into the pillow, screaming and shouting silently as he throws a tantrum,
"Why didn't I do anything?... Right, I'm too weak... Too f-fucking weak", he continues to degrade himself due to his disappointment in himself, when suddenly...
"Gavin...", a dreamy voice can be heard, causing Gavin to snap out of his tantrum as he immediately stops crying and gets up, wondering where that voice is coming from,
"What the... What is that? Who are you?", he asks as he looks around, confused at what's going on, when the room around him suddenly changes, and Courtney is right beside him...
"Wha- C-Courtney...?", Gavin says in a confused tone as Courtney only sits there with a smile.
It seems Gavin has slipped into one of his old memories with Courtney, when he felt disappointed in himself for letting Courtney get hurt during one of their escapes. Gavin moves closer to Courtney as he then gives her a tight hug,
"There there...", she says in her soft, dreamy voice as she caresses Gavin's head as they hold each other tightly,
"Courtney...", Gavin sobs as he buries his face into her chest, crying softly as he hugs her one more time,
"Shhh, it's okay, baby, don't cry...", Courtney shushes Gavin softly as she continues lovingly caressing him, as Gavin slowly calms down, "Remember what you promised me?", she asks Gavin, as he looks up at her with a confused look,
"W-what?", Gavin asks in confusion, as Courtney only giggles at how adorable he is when confused,
"Oh, you poor thing...", she says with a chuckle as she wipes off Gavin's remaining tears, "You always said you'd protect me with all you got, right?", she said with a smile as she continues caressing Gavin, staring into his eyes as she did,
"Y-you're right... I-I did...", Gavin says in a low tone as he looks away,
"I'm sorry that I failed to protect you, Courtney... I'm a failure...", he says, disappointed in himself that he failed to do this promised task,
"Oh, baby... Don't be so down, it's okay", Courtney sighs as she tries to cheer Gavin up, redirecting his gaze back to hers as she smiles at him,
"You were always so cheerful, I loved that about you, you kept saying you were strong, and you wanted to get stronger...", she explains with a chuckle, "You were so adorable!", she says with a big smile, as Gavin looks up at her, his eyes shining as he continues the memory of the woman he loves,
"Listen, Gavin, you are strong, but just because you are strong doesn't mean you can always protect me...", Courtney explains as she continues to caress Gavin as she holds him close,
"B-but-", Gavin tries to speak against her, but Courtney only shushes him,
"Shhhh... Just don't worry for now, alright? There's always next time for everything... And besides, I'm completely fine, see?", she says with a smile as she quickly heals her injury in the memory, before quickly acting playful
"Y-yeah, you're right...", Gavin says with a sigh, as he looks down once again, still disappointed in himself, as Courtney sighs as well, before pulling him in for another tight little hug, causing Gavin to tear up once again,
"I love you, Courtney... So, so much...", he says as he begins to cry, holding her tightly, burying his face into her chest as he sobs, as Courtney holds him close, kissing his neck softly as they hug,
"I love you too, Gavin, more than you'll ever know...", she says back, as the two separate for a bit, before moving in closer for a kiss, as the memory slowly starts to fade away.
Gavin then wakes up, as he quickly sits up to see that he's back in the hotel room, he looks around to find where Courtney went, as he then sighs in disappointment once again as he remembers that she's not here anymore.
"No...", Gavin says, as he gets up from the bed, taking a deep breath as he puts on the serious, motivated face of determination as he goes over into the bathroom, resting on the sink as he stares at himself in the mirror,
"This isn't what she'd want me to do...", he says as he grips his hands on the sink, gritting his teeth as he once again thinks about what happened in the events that occurred a few hours ago, how Courtney was captured and he was unable to do anything, but this time...
"I'm... I'm gonna get stronger for you... I promise that, Courtney... And when I do, I'll break you out of there and we'll live happily ever after!", he declares as he gets off the bed and turns on the hotel TV and goes to the news.
He checks and sees that there still doesn't seem to be any news about Courtney for now, as he begins to start training to rescue Courtney!
Meanwhile, in the military base where Courtney is kept, she is seen in a dark room in the depths of the base, where other dangerous criminals and prisoners are kept. She is currently chained up using power restriction chains, which are chains made up of a rare material called Arcanyte, which is an extremely durable, power-canceling metal. Courtney is then seen waking up, as she looks around, wondering where she is,
"What the... Where the hell am I?", she asks as she continues looking around, as she then sees herself shackled and chained up. She tries to break free and move around but fails miserably, as she only exhausts herself instead.
She can tell from the chains and from the recent events that she has been captured and is currently being imprisoned by the military, as she continues looking around for a way to escape, when suddenly, a loud crash can be heard through the long, dark hall, seeming to come from a metal gate opening and closing shut, as heavy footsteps can be heard walking towards her cell. Courtney starts to panic as she tries to struggle and break free once again, but once again fails.
Eventually, the footsteps stop, as a man stands in front of her cell door, the cool door opens as the man walks in, Courtney looks up to see that it is indeed who she imagined it to be, the general. He stands there, chuckling and mocking the girl as she stays there, chained up and helpless,
"Heh, look at you, running away from home... And now this! A criminal... Even better reason for me to kill you now, and I will", he says with a laugh as he grabs her face, squeezing it by the mouth before letting go aggressively, he then circles around her as he quickly begins to check her out,
"Y'know, Courtney, I've missed you... You were gone for so long, I was so long, and here you are, back in my custody... Hehehe... Get it? It's a family joke, c'mon!", the general says with a playful, arrogant attitude as he jokes around, laughing, while Courtney only sits there with disgust and annoyance,
"Shut the fuck up", she says with a flat, angry tone, as the general growls, gritting his teeth angrily at her attitude,
"How DARE you speak to me that way!", he yells as he turns his fist into lava, before stamping it against her back, causing her to scream in pain as the general laughs as he enjoys her pain and misery,
"Hehe... You did this to yourself, girl, I'm gonna have so much fun with you...", he says as he licks his lips out of bloodlust, ready to apply all of his pent up anger for her over the years to her, all at once, as the scene fades away, the sounds of heavy hits and screams of pain being the last sounds to be heard...
The next day, first thing in the morning, Gavin is seen waking up, before quickly taking a shower, eating a quick snack as he goes outside, warming up as he prepares to go for a run. After about 30 minutes of running, he stops by the gym as he continues his workout, 10 minutes of jump-roping, 5 minute planks, arm-curls 25x4, reverse arm-curls 25x4, squats 25x4, pushups 25x4, sit-ups 25x4, and he did this everyday, every morning and every night, for the next week or so.
As Gavin struggled during one of his pushups, he felt one of his muscles start to ache, as he internally screamed in pain. Gavin dropped to the floor, panting in exhaustion, when the picture of Courtney once again returned to his mind, his eyes burned with motivation as he forced himself up, groaning with pain as he does,
"I have to get... urgh S-stronger... Gah! F-for...
C-Courtney!!!", he yelled to himself internally, as he completed that pushup, and kept going, pushing through the pain.
One day, during the weekend, he just finished a workout as he takes a sip from a water bottle, when the news suddenly flashes on the gym TV,
"Breaking News, since the arrest of Courtney Magni, aka The Solar Phoenix, almost a week ago, the World Government has already decided to publicly announce the execution date of the criminal."
These words caused Gavin's eyes to widen in shock,
"What the fuck? Execution date, already? I mean... She is one of the greatest, most dangerous criminals in the world... But damn, execution, straight to the point...", Gavin thinks to himself, as he switches his focus back to the TV as he continues drinking his water,
"The announcement states that The Solar Phoenix's execution will be due in 1 month."
These words alone, caused Gavin to spit out his water and get up,
"WHAT!?", Gavin yelled in shock as he heard the date of execution, his heart beating faster as he starts to panic,
"Jesus Christ... I have to get stronger, fast!", he declared to himself as he went back to working out, even more motivated than he was before.
For the next week, he bumped up his workout plan by a notch, now running at least 20 km everyday, doing 10 minute planks, pushups, squats, sit-ups, arm-curls, reverse arm-curls, each workout 50x4, everyday, twice a day, for the next week, nonstop, as his workout gets exponentially harder and harder each week.
For the third week, he bumps it up to 30 km runs, timed to be done within 1 hour, 20 minute planks, now adding pull-ups and chin-ups, practicing long jumps, and every other previous workout now weighted, with a 10 kg weight on every limb and his waist and torso, while also bumped up to 75x4.
He felt his body slowly start to break as he did these workouts, every muscle in his body aching, his bones stiffening, but he didn't give up, he kept going, not giving up until he's strong enough to rescue Courtney from such a high-security military base. And besides, the pain is only driving him to go even further.
For the fourth week, he bumped up his track up to 40 km runs within 1 hour, all other time related workouts up to 45 minutes, and maximizing all other workouts to 100x4, now weighted with 25 kg, twice a day, everyday, as he also started doing powerlifting and martial arts. At this point, his body was numb, but extremely strong, every muscle in his body was aching, but extremely tough, powerful and durable, it makes no sense but he did. Gavin has officially broken the limits of his body, as it continued to grow despite the overwhelming pressure placed upon it with such intense workouts, as the pain only fuels his drive and motivation to keep going, and rescue the one person that he loves and loves him, all of these factors continuing to keep him up and running the entire time to go even further than before.
For the final week before the execution, he has almost mastered three different martial arts, that being Kung-fu, Taekwondo, and Jiu-jitsu, practicing his kicks and punches with brick walls, trains, and those ship cargos, as he also continued to do every one of his workouts as usual, except the weights now being bumped up to 50 kg. This man was superhuman at this point, with only his drive and willpower alone. His runs are still 50km, but now weighted by 30 kg and to be done within 1 hour, and the other time based workouts now to be done for 1 hour, now also weighted with 30 kg.
At this point, his body was extremely fit, ripped and chiseled, the peak physique for a human being at only 19, with chiseled abs, and nearly reaching 4% in body weight, in only 1 month with such extreme workouts. His chiseled abs, his huge pecs and biceps, his detailed back, and his beautiful thighs amaze everyone around him, everyday, every time he goes out. This feat is normally impossible within the normal world, as of course, the body would be completely destroyed by then. But Gavin, he is no normal human, not anymore at least... He is, as they say, "built different", as his body's limit has already been broken, his body can go even further than any human could possibly go, he can no longer feel any type of aching or pain from these extreme workouts, all through willpower and drive. If we were to compare Gavin's abilities to inhuman feats in the real world, he would be able to carry cars at full strength, he can tank a shot from a cannon ball, he can dodge bullets, and he can run at speeds of over 50 kilometers per hour.
He did all of this, only with the motivation, the drive, and the determination to try to rescue his girlfriend.
Then one day, a few nights before Courtney's execution, Gavin gears up, "buying" a bunch of equipment and tools, such as a multitool, some tape, a bulletproof vest, and some camouflage clothing and a mask, all to prepare for one epic rescue. Gavin then went and "borrowed" a car as he quickly began to drive to the military base where Courtney is kept, which he was able to find and locate thanks to the news, Google and other sources, such as the fact that that is where the lava general's station resides. With all this information at hand, he drove thousands of miles, into the rainy, storming forest area of the military base, as he parked his car on a nearby trail. Gavin finally stands in front of the military base, the alarm and all sensors immediately activating as soon as he is seen by the cameras, as Gavin holds his multitool while looking around (like an idiot), ready to find a way to break in.