"Everyone up!" Lance roared as the doors slammed closed behind him as Marco ran in with Luis and the kids as he held iverson hostage still as Veronica closed the door when Rachel ran in.

"Lance!" Plaxum cried out a gasp as he let go of iverson but Veronica held the gun to him as the man glared.

"Hey Hey i got you, don't worry," Lance ran over to her. He grunted trying to open the cage.

"Try this," Rachel handed him a crow bar. Lance swung it at the lock and it broke off.

"That's... not how you use it," she blinked as Plaxum crawled out and lance hugged her tightly as she buried her face in his neck.

"Your alive, I thought they took you to the arena, they took Harper," plaxum looked up at him with wide eyes as lance let go and swung st nymas lock next to her.

"Harpers fine, we're getting the hell out of here," lance smirked helping Nyma out.

"Glad you still haven't given up on us sir," Nyma hugged him quickly.

"I'd never," he smiled.

"I'm sorry about Lotor," Plaxum gulped.

Lance nodded softly at his old friend as Plaxum held onto him tightly.

"Let's make it worth while," lance kissed her forehead gently as she smiled.

"Nyma, Plaxum, free as many alteans you can, leave empire warriors, no matter who they are or what they say, we don't leave anyone else behind," lance told the girls sternly.

"Yes sir," Nyma nodded running off as lance handed Plaxum the crowbar.

"What about him?" Plaxum glared at iverson.

"We kill him after he sees his failure," Lance smiled.

"Still got that spark in ya," she giggled running off to free the others.

"Veronica, Luis, help them, they'll let you know which is empire," lance told them as Nyma kicked in a cage and a eight foot buff man got out with a long braid down his back.

"General," he nodded with a deep voice.

"Kolivan," lance smiled.

"Oh... you weren't kidding about the radiation..." Veronica breathed with wide eyes.

"Nope," Lance beamed and kicked in a cage as he crawled up with his feet and fingers going through the holes to get up as he grabbed a cage and pulled it open as he flipped back to the ground.

"Narti love, wanna help ya boy out?" Lance smirked up as a girl with a hood and bandaging around her eyes crawled out like a lizard.

"That's so wicked," Rachel smiled with wide eyes as Marco held his two kids behind him.

"Rabids..." Leo breathed.

"No, those are heroes, they'll protect you," Lance smirked at him.

"Really?!" Rosy gasped.

"Papa can we help?" She looked up at Marco.

"No, stay with tia Veronica," Marco gulped.

"Rachel, Marco, your with me, we're making sure it's all clear up ahead," Lance told them and Rachel nodded.

"Why do you go ahead? Shouldn't we help?" Marco jogged with the twins as they ran ahead.

"As a leader you always go first to get the first hit rather then your soldiers, anything happens to me Plaxum will take care of them," Lance explained as Rachel opened the door with her hand on a scanner.

"Wait,"

They stopped as Veronica ran to catch up with them as Kolivan held iverson by the collar and walked over, dragging him easily. How did they even get him...?

"Behind those doors are the rabids, only two more minutes till they're knocked out, right now they're frantic as the gas messes with them for a little," Veronica told them as they stood in front of the door. They heard cheers and whooping behind them as more warriors where freed.

"Two minutes we'll all be free, we can wait," lance nodded.

"The rest are taking care of the other cages," Plaxum told lance with a excited smile.

"Damn lance I knew it was bad down here but didn't know it was this... horrid," she gulped shaking her head looking at the McClain siblings as Luis held his nephew and niece walking over.

"We're free," lance smiled nodding.

"And them?" She looked at the siblings.

"We're going to be free too," Rachel pursed her lips. Lance put a hand on her shoulder nodding.

"This is your choice, you all... I'm giving you a chance," lance spoke slowly as he swallowed a lump in his throat.

"I give anyone I think deserves it this chance, to learn and respect our ways, to be loyal to us, and we'll protect you, that's what our clans are, a large family that protects each other as long as we are loyal," Lance smiled at the McClain's softly as rosy squirmed out of Luis's arms and walked up to him.

"We get to go up?" She asked looking up at lance.

"It's your choice," lance looked at Marco as he was thinking.

"I'm going," Rachel said.

"I will too," Veronica gulped.

"I'm not being left alone with him," Luis teased as Marco looked at his family.

"Okay..." he sighed as rosy squealed happily and hugged lances waist.

"I get to finally see the sun!" Rosy giggled clapping as Leo punched the air happily.

"That's everyone!" Nyma called from the room of warriors.

"Listen up!" Lance roared as they all silenced down.

"We go through those doors there are rabids on the ground, they may be dead or unconscious!" Lance cupped his hands around his mouth.

"So stay away in case they start grabbing! We go in groups of ten so no one gets left behind! Either your the first group or last, we are free before dawn!" Lance smiled victoriously as everyone hollered and cheered happily at the thought of being home again.

"Veronica, will you do the honors?" Lance asked his older sister and she nodded opening the doors.

"Plaxum you lead the way, Harper should've warned Altea by now but I'll make sure everyone is out," Lance looked at her.

"You got it sir," Plaxum winked and grabbed ten other people as Kolivan held iverson tightly by the back of the neck with a low growl.

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"Is that the last of them?" Lance asked walking through the prison hearing the snarls and growls from the empire.

"Your bastard, what kind of honor do you have?!" A soldier from the empire kicked at the door.

"A bastard that looks after his own, your people tried taking down my home," Lance smirked.

"Kolivan you take your people and get back to camp, I won't weigh you down any more," Lance turned back to the strong leader.

"I am in debt to you general lance, thank you, after this mess is cleaned up... send your right hand man Keith, I think it's time we spoke," Kolivan nodded at him.

"Yes sir," Lance smirked.

"Guys follow Kolivan, I'll be there in a minute," he told the McClain as he glared down at iverson.

"Lance you don't have to kill him," Rachel walked over as the others went to leave.

"Yes I do," Lance glared.

"You won't," Iverson laughed rolling his eyes.

"You speak of honor, you won't kill me like this," he smirked.

"Actually," Lance knelt down to him. "I don't care about honor for you, you took away something I love, so I took away your dignity, you failed, we're free and your home is nothing but a soulless cage,"

"Your bluffing," Iverson snarled.

"Why would I? Your just another bug I'm killing and no one will remember your name," lance chuckled as he pulled iverson close.

"I don't care about you, killing you just means your out of the way," he whispered in his ear. Iverson was about to retort but was cut off by a sharp quick snap echoing the air.

Rachel screamed a little as the body dropped at lances feet and covered her mouth.

"Let's go," lance grabbed her wrist and pulled her to the ladder as she started to crawl up with wide eyes as she was able to see the sun. Lance took a deep breath and gripped the cold metal of the ladder.

"I'm going home,"