A loud crash echoed through the prison as Edward jolted awake in his cell. "What the hell?!" He looked around, heart racing. Soldiers with rifles were retreating, while others lay motionless on the floor, alarms blaring in the background.
"Miya!" A little boy's voice pierced through the chaos as he sprinted toward Edward, keys jangling in his hand. He stopped in front of the cage, breathless. "You're her brother, right? What happened?" Before Edward could respond, he turned and saw the girl he had spoken to earlier crawling on the ground, fear etched across her face.
"Miya!" the boy cried out again, rushing toward her. But just then, a tall figure loomed behind her—a muscular man in heavy armor, a prison guard cap perched on his head. His badge read "Warden of Steelclad Prison, Yharvis."
With a vicious yank, Yharvis grabbed Miya by the hair and tossed her aside like a rag doll. He fixed his gaze on the boy, eyes cold. "Anyone who stands in my way shall meet no mercy. That is South's order."
"Run!" Edward shouted, pushing the boy aside just in time to evade Yharvis's devastating kick. The force shattered the nearby windows, sending shards flying. "Get as far away as you can! I'll save your sister!"
"Sacrificing yourself for the inevitable is foolish." Yharvis said as he punched Edward's stomach, launching him across the prison. He coughed out blood from the punch, then grabbed a small knife he found near him, "this prison took all my tools and devices, I'm defenceless.." He muttered to himself.
Edward looked around, searching for something, but then around 4 prisoners walked behind him, "were you the runt that caused the explosion and freed us?" A raspy man asked him as Edward turned around, he saw an older man with a grey beard holding a crowbar grin behind him. Although Edward thought it would be smarter to say no, he reluctantly nodded his head. "Well, thank you bud, we are the Dreadful Spider Gang, and that man killed our leader, we'll repay you for freeing us, so let us take revenge!" The grey bearded man assured as the 4 prisoners walked in front of him holding weapons.
"I'll find a way to help, just please stall them." Edward asked as he ran, with the prisoners laughing as Yharvis approached them menacingly. "Boys, let's avenge our leader." The grey bearded man said as they slowly surrounded Yharvis.
"You ripped our leader's jaw off before ripping his leg off." One of the prisoners said as he took out a knife. "Yea-" another prisoner attempted to say before Yharvis punctured his stomach with a jab, then threw him into a storage room. The rest of the prisoners charged at him.
The grey bearded man was first to attack, but Yharvis caught his crowbar, twisted it, then ripped the twisted part off before stabbing him in the chest, then turning around to smash his fist into the other prisoner's face, deforming it like a horse kicking a man in the face. "Damn you!" the last prisoner said before Yharvis vanished behind him before mutilating his legs, crippling him.
"Now then, where did he go?" Yharvis said as he took out a piece of cloth to wipe off the blood from his hands, then talked through a walkie-talkie, and ordered every soldier in the prison to hunt Edward.