Our heroes stealthily walked through the halls of the first level of the underground cell.

Liang lead the way so he could take down any surveillance dolls they come across, Seeing a security doll Laing immediately takes it down, blood splatting out

"Wow neat oh." Nico said poking the broken servalence doll

"Well that seemed easier than expected." Honey said smirking.

"Nice job, is it dead now?" Jyugo asked.

"These guys are a bit more reselant than that, though if you strike them the neck or heart, they will pass out. Conveniently an impractical design flaw." Upa said.

"Oh my lord." Uno said hiding behind the corner "You didn't think to tell me that there were zombies walking around down here?!" He exclaimed with tears in his eyes

"If we had you would have been to scared to come with us you little wuss." Jyugo said.

"Are there any more of these things down here?" Honey asked looking at Liang "Some of us aren't exactly built for pumling bruits." He said as Uno cried.

"Yes it would be best if we avoided them we need to conserve our energy." Laing said.

Trois leaned against the wall next to a painting saying level one and started tapping the wall "This is only the first level, we'll have to be as quiet as possible while we make our way through the rest of the underground cells. So feel free to carry me if you like boys." He said

"Let's make a plan, there are five levels in all right?" Uno said as something pulled on his hair.

"One by one we'll search until we find Hajime and Aki. *Pull.* We'll help them escape he'll kiss our feet *pull* Aki will be grateful and then we can get the hell out of here. *Pull pull.* I wish. *Tug.* We had an idea. *Tug.* Which floor they were on. *Tug.*" That was the last straw for him

"Don't pull my hair until we come up with a freaking safe plan! Get off me!" He shouted only to see that it was a servalence doll that was pulling his hair. The color drained from his body and he screamed at the top of his lungs.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!" His screams alerted every servalence doll on the first level.

Time skip

The guys run as they were being chased by a bunch of surveillance dolls

As the group ran Uno screamed like a little girl while crying a waterfall of tears.

"If you don't stop that howling we'll never lose them!" Honey exclaimed. "You wouldn't be saying that if you were the one they got handsy with!" Uno cried.

"Stop bickering and run." Trois said. Honey stepped on a trap wire causing arrows to shoot from the wall.

"Honey get down!" Trois said slamming Honey's face against the ground. "You almost broke me! I'll kill you!" Honey shouted blood dripping out his nose.

"Wow Honey that bloody nose sure does take away the focus from all of your unappealing features." Trois said smiling

"Shut up!" Honey shouted angrily before more blood pouring out his nose seeing the servalence dolls catching up to them.

"Hey are you hanging in there Jyugo?" Uno asked him, then cringed when he saw his face

" Uno if I pass out and die here you just keep running okay...promise...." Jyugo said obviously at his physical limit despite running for only a few seconds.

"This is a textbook example of why you shouldn't neglect your training." Upa said jumping on Jugo's shoulders.

"move it! Swing those arms!" Upa said karate chopping Jugo's head. "Hey cut that out! This is not the time to start him on a new work out regimen!" Uno said.

"You can punish him later Upa." Laing said

Soon the guys came across a door that looked like it was supposed to be sealed shut, but the tape on it had been shredded

" but what confused the guys, was why the dolls didn't come any closer " why'd they stop?" Honey wondered

" I have no idea" Trois said

Jyugo turned to the door " management office?" The door was locked, so he unlocked it and the group went in

Once all inside they each head in a different direction and find a resting place so we can regain some stamina

" we can hide out here until things quiet down" Liang says

" agreed" Honey nods

" did anybody else notice the torn caution tape?" Uno asked

" we heard rumours about a forbidden archive room somewhere in the building, this is probably it, it was used exquisitely by enki...and judging by the torn tape someone was in here recently" upa says

He noticed nico panting against the wall " hey kid, you'll do well to take this time to rest while we're in here" he says

"Oh, I just one second to catch my breath....." nico smiled, then Turned his head to the side I'm gone...no need to worry..." but it was clear he wasn't okay to his cell mates

" if you say so" upa says

"Nicos not looking so good" Uno says to Jyugo " he still needs his medicine"

"Your right I'll try and find him some water in the meantime" Jyugo says walking somewhere in the room " good thinking" Uno Agreed

Jyugo was wandering around passing files upon files upon files, enki had a lot of them " not seeing anything that can help nico in Here" he said to himself he the. Noticed a bunch of papers tact on the wall with peoples pictures on them " a wall of inmates, that's....kinda creepy...looks like their from prisons all over the world, guess the former supervisor was really into his job" he then stopped himself when he felt his foot bump into, he looked down and saw a chest covered in chains

" what's in there?" He wondered, as soon as he opened it, he discovers more papers about inmates " oh...more paper work" he grumbled

He then picked up a bunch clipped together " there a lot of info about dangerous criminals, convicts, guys on death roll, he's even got stuff about escapees what else?-" as soon as he turned the page, his heart dropped

Meanwhile

" inori..." enki walked up to the man

" sup boss" he greeted while smoking a cigarette

"Your certain, the one was among the inmates collected with suguroku?" He questioned " he's in our possession?"

" that he is" inori answered

" well that's a sort of fortunate coincidence" they turned to ruka as soon as they heard his voice " saves us from having to hunt him down" he says

Enki starts having a flashback, of when a creature maimed him in the past

He clenched his injured arm " who are you?"

The clouds moved away from the moon, and starts shining on The, only their shadow was reflected, even if he was in the dark

" you don't even look like a human..." his arms were blades

A grin formed on their face

"If that inmate is the same one I fasted long again I'll find the monster and finish him myself" he mutters while gripping the arm they got cut

Back to the room

Jyugo looked in shock at his own image on the file " human...experimentation?" He muttered in confusion, he then remembered what elf said

'Specimen number 15!'

' so...that wasn't a dream...' he thought as he tapped his cuff around his neck, as he placed it back down, he noticed something underneath one of the shelf's " what's that?" As soon as he pulled it out he gasped

It was the box elf had when they met, he quickly opened it to look, but was confused to find the bottle empty " her eye....it's gone...."

' did he lie about having it?...'

" hey Jyugo" he flinched when he heard Uno walk from behind him " did you find anything useful?" He asked

Jyugo immediately, shoved the box back where he found it, and shut the case and walked pass him " no...not yet, I-ill keep looking"

" okay?..." Uno says while looking at him concerned and confused

Liang opened the door to find the dolls gone " if we plan to keep moving we better head out now" he said

"Nanbaka better give us time with a masseuse after all this" Honey says

" I concur" Trois agree then noticed something in one of the draws

" sorry man but we couldn't find anything" Uno says apologising to nico " can your hold out a little longer?" He asked

"I'm okay" nico chimed getting up " I got a little rest so I should be good to go" he then turned to Jyugo who was walking out " thank you, you too Jyugo"

He continued his way out the room " Uh...Yeah"

" let's roll everybody" Uno says since Trois was almost left behind

he picked up the mysterious shiny thing in The draw " coming he says" turning and walking out with them

' they all know about me more than I do...' Jyugo thought ' I'm a stranger in my own skin...that weird elf guy...and now the former supervisor....why can't I remember?' He wondered ' after everything that's been done to me, can I even call myself human?' The thought of the sound the cuffs turning into blades rang in his head 'I'm lost...I don't know who I am...what have I forgotten?'

"These stairs should lead to the second underground level," Liang spoke up.

Jyugo see a set of stair lead deeper into the underground cells, guarded by a barred gate

"Lady Luck is always on my side, guys. Guess their security budgets running kind of low." Uno said

"Don't let you guard down, none of us knows what lies ahead. Stay alert" Liang warned

Liang was shot down, grunting as his back hits the wall, scaring the crap out of the guys

"What the hell just happened?" Honey asked

The group turn to where that shot was fired and to see a Nanba guard with a pair of strange swords and a talisman on his forehead.

"It's Rokuriki!" Liang gasped.

"That talisman he's wearing has the attack charm." Upa noticed

"Huh, bet that's a bad thing." Uno says

"Yes, it's a forbidden enchantment which lashes on one's primal emotions. It uses the subject's combative spirit as a means of controlling them, unless the manipulating orders. Otherwise the subject considers everything that moves as an enemy to be eliminated." Liang says while walking aside to fight him

"I'm sure Enki's the one pulling the strings here. Though I'm surprised that he used the talisman on a guard." Upa says

That Rokuriki guy moved and attacked Liang with those swords.

Liang tried to avoid them, but he got cut on his left shoulder. Honey commented,

"He's doing a pathetic job of avoiding other attacks." Honey said

"What exactly are those dreadful weapons he has?" Trois asked Upa "They're called deer-hook swords. As the name implies, they're built to resemble a deer's antlers - multiple hooks that can snag or completely rip an opponent apart." The boy explained

"Damn! How's he suppose to defend himself against such fast attacks?" Uno questioned

"He can't." Upa jumped in and kicked Rokuriki in the back, He sent him flying down the hallway.

"Appreciate it" Liang thanked

"I only interfered because of the second-hand embarrassment," Upa shrugged, "A martial artist unable to assess a situation clearly is destined to be a miserable failure. The Rokuriki we know is merely a Shell now. He's being controlled by Enki. When you let your emotions take over, you lose sight of the truth. Focus on your purpose."

"You're correct." Liang turned to jyugo. "Jyugo, would you mind opening the lock for us please?"

"Sure."

, "Building 5 is our responsibility, so go on. Leave Rokuriki to us" Liang said

"You can take the rest of the levels without us" upa says while shocking the others

"Why would we?" Jyugo asked

"There's no way we'll abandon you Master!" Nico exclaimed

"It's necessary that Liang and I take care of things here," Upa told him, "Most of you would slow us down anyway. Rather not get killed than seeing if we can help it."

"An escape artist, candy-loving escapee, gambler, sick fanboy, and two dandies would be useless" Liang said while placing a hand on his Head

"Stop being prejudice!" Uno cried, " go kick his ass then come right back, what if there are more freakin Zombie dolls around!"

" stress makes wrinkles, im too pretty to fight those things! It just isn't worth the risk!" Honey wailed

" yeah! That goes double for me!" Uno agrees only to himself

Trois turns and walked down ' for the first time, I have no interest in joining in'

"Will you guys Just go!"

"We'll miss you" Uno cried

" rejoin us as on as you can" Honey adds

As they head down the stair we hear the gate close

Liang was the one who close it

"Hey! Why are you guys closing the door?!" Honey said as they ran back up

"What?! You think we'll let you lock yourself in there?! Yo Jyugo!" Uno turned to Jyugo"

"right" right as he was about to open it

"leave it!" Liang ordered him " keep the door closed"

"You want to tell us what this is a bout?!" He questioned " how can you catch if you can't-"

"Listen, the hand cuffs you took of us earlier are unique and and quite deadly," Liang told him.

"They were designed to blow our limbs if tampered with, but you removed them with ease,

" Samon, Aki and the rest of the supervisors won't be able to do anything if they're restrained by those cuffs" while Jyugo started in shock " understand me, you can release them, your the only one who can, we need you to keep going Jyugo, with your help, we can save the supervisors without enki even knowing"

" wait!" Jyugo grabbed the bars " don't leave!...I just get everybody into more shit when I help!..." Until Liang placed a hand on his " You have to trust yourself, You have great strength jyugo" Liang gave an assuring smile and pushed him back " upa"

Upa used his qigong to hit the ceiling, which rained down on the front of the gate.

"Watch are you doing?!" Trois exclaimed they watched as the two disappeared behind the debris

"....their gone...." Jyugo says

"We should keep moving" Trois lowers his head " every wasted second ruins our chances of success" the others turn to walk down

Uno pulling Jyugo along

With the two

" those were passionate words" upa comments " why would you trust someone that you've hardly spoken to?" Upa wondered " we don't know where his loyalties lie"

" sometimes you have no choice but to let a man prove himself" Liang says, he remembered the conversation he had with Rock, about his opinion on Jyugo to find answers, but the part where'd he helped rock, reminded him about Samon, the training, and how powerless he was and wanting to save his supervisor from enki, especially when he saw Aki shivering at the sight of him, even through she was strong enough to fight him

" I found his devotion quite confusing at the time" he said referring to what rock said " I thought that by freedom, he was referring to what he felt when he got out of prison, the truth, was more complex than that..."

He remembered when he was taken down, and his training 'the reason I train each day despite the fact that I may never Rejoin Society, is because the administration I have for my mentor, I want to use my skills to repay him for his lessons, to demonstrate my respect for his principles..and I want to thank her for saving me that day...'the memory of when he met Aki flashed in his head

The horrid memory of enki holding him by the neck still, and stepping on aki's back haunted him ' I failed...I couldn't even get close enough to help them..I was powerless from the moment they overcame us....how can I save them...if I can't even defend myself!....there's nothing i can do....not with my limitations, I have so much confidence in My technics, the traitors were probably amused by my shameful efforts, how stupid of me To think I could stand up to them...I wasn't even worth killing, I can't help anyone and yet' but then Jyugo came and set him free

' freedom...is what I'd been hoping for...I'd given up on it, and then it was there for then Taking...I understand now...I know exactly what rock meant'

" this precious freedom, will give me the chance I need to aid my mentor and saviour" Liang got in his defensive position "it was Jyugo who released me from that prison, I will fight!"

"Alright, I may not be certain about him, but I do have faith in your opinion" upa agreed, then narrowed his eyes at who was coming "and regardless, it's for the best that they moved on without us"

" isn't that a damn shame" a familiar voice grumbled, his eyes glowed red in the dark " I thought I'd have a chance to skin you alive one by one, but you had to help those brats get away" the figure was tall, almost like enki

" who the hell let him out of his cell?" Upa grit his teeth

" guess we can play cat and mouse before dinner..." the person stepped forward " your not going anywhere!!"Liang glared with rage " we're here to fight and we'll die time Before we let you through!"

The man chuckled " I never knew my former grunt could be so rude, what crawled up your ass?"

He was a very tall, overweight man whose face was completely concealed by a large pig mask stitched down the middle, covering his shoulders

He wore a yellow inmates' jumpsuit fastened with red crossed threads.

" hachiman, what are you hoping to accomplish?" Liang asked

" what Do you think? I Want freedom, Want the hell outta this dump!"

Upa pinched his nose "'it's been a while since you've changed out that peg"

"They said in free to roam down here as long as I keep an eye out, anytime I find shit stains like you I'm supposed to clean them up" he says while scratching his tummy " if was getting dull down here until I bumped into my favourite traitors, I'll never forget what you two did you me, I can't wait to see the blood drip from Your sagging throats"

Rokuriki charges forward " he's coming fast" upa says

" I see" Liang said raised a hand up, the two started to engage each other, Liang dodging, his attacks this time weren't hurting him, but what was confusion wat his hands was glowing red ' Liang can block any normal blades head on, but these hook blades have to be parried to the side, the amount of focus required is incredible' upa thought as he watched

After the last swing, Liang thrust his arm out at the sword, which caused it to break, surprising the controlled guard " that was pretty slick" hachiman commented

Liang then brought his hand back, the thrust it out again at the guard, sending him flying and crashing into the wall " I'm sorry, a respectful warrior doesn't dishonour his enemy by holding back" he said while his fist was pressed against his hand

With the others

" I'm ready to admit that you've impressed me," Trois said to Jyugo.

" how so?" Jyugo asked

"With your jailbreaking. I simply have to ask, have you always been able to unlock things so easily?" Trois asked

"Yeah guess."

"It's extraordinary you were able to master it with so little effort" Trois said fixing his glasses " surely you realise how unique that talent is, I underestimated you"

"Oh..."

"Excuse me darling but did you even notice I complimented you?" Trois questioned while govjng him a 'are you kidding me look'

"What.....?" Jyugo says sweat dropping

"when someone takes the time to praise you, they deserve a response, don't be like Honey through he just gets full of himself."

" huh?!" Honey came back up "What are say about me? Damn it Trois, your only supposed to start a spat when I'm in earshot, tell me why my name was on your lips!" Trois to pushing his face away before he could do anything " my his reactions is complete unwarranted, but At least it provides a jumping off point for conversation"

" go to hell!" Honeys voice was muffled which Trois laughs ' for better it for worst, he acts as if nothing fazes him, poor thing is lost in his own world'

"What i was trying to say is that it can be hurtful to other people when you seem indifferent to their thoughts" Trois explained as he pushed honeys head away " now I reiterate ever single one of us is captivated by that special ability of yours"

"But...I don't know what to say..."

" if your ever at a loss for ways to talk to someone, try putting the focus on them?" he advised " ask questions, taking the time to learn about people will help you to make them...happy and comfortable around you" he says as Uno walked back up " and learning about others, you also tend to discover things about yourself and Knowing your own and tastes is essential to to winning a lady like Aki .."

Uno wrapped his arm around Jyugo. " I don't think this poor baby is ever gonna get a girlfriend, but don't you worry chick repent head, I'll always be around to keep you warm at night" Uno teased while he gaped at ko

" hey I can get a girl if I wanted too! I have very little body hair and my nipples are bright pink! Remember?!" Jyugo snapped at him

"Yep, just show some girl your nips, that'll work" Uno said sarcastically

"No no gentlemen" Trois said shaking his finger at them " you must rise above such immaturity, to be truly popular with the fairest sex you have to improve your inner self"

"Through before you go to all the trouble you do need to be handsome" Honey added.

"Oh, how unfortunate for you too," Trois commented.

"Are you blind there's no question I'm the best looking guy here!" Uno bragged.

"Please! If I had a Face like yours I'd sue my parents!"

"I am so hot! what do you think Nico? Which one of us is the hottest and remember which one knows here you live" Uno looked and see that Nico was not there.

"Nico?...."

He was gone

"........WHAT!!!!"

With the other two

"Would you look at that" hachiman said lifting
Rokuriki up by the head "Beaten so easy, What a useless prick, I think it's kinda funny actually, These weakling guards try to act like badasses only, because they have us in chains" hachiman said while repeatedly stepped on the guard

"Their the ones who make this place unbearable" he says as he reached for his large hammer " they always get in the way of a good plan, guards really know how to put the hot iron on but outside the prison gates you can do whatever the hell you want, Power is the truest force and I had plenty, That's how you boys enjoyed the luxury's of the underworld
Isn't that right?" He says

"The monkey and wench can mentor you for the rest of your damn lives, But we broke you in the underworld, There no way you can recover from the-conditioning you received form yours truly, I told you people are trash
Their perishable such a good income nothing more, Get stronger and crush the weak, Kill your feelings, Take what's yours, I taught you that" he said as he walked towards them "I hear that you boys have been training hard, But I fail to see what for Your skills are simple tools of out trade" Liang started gettting really angry "Your purpose is to kill you'll never have a-" the man didn't get to when upa uppercut him with a strong force

"Everything you ever taught us or said we were was a lie you filthy pig! She helped us see that!" He glared "Which means we have plenty to learn Free want to rejoin Society, But what better place to start learn long than, With out only real mentor....Oh and what was that crap you tried to feed us earlier? And what did you call Akira?" He asked while cracking his hand "I don't exactly recall us agreeing to become your tools....So stop acting like we owe you! And if you insult her one more time I'll make sure to cave your skull in!" He yelled "if your still itching to go back to that world of power and disloyalty,By all means" upa lifted his hand up and gesturing for him to come at them "But first your gonna have to get through me" he smirked