Call of the Hero: One Day

Chapter 10: Breakout

Chapter 10: Breakout

With everything going on, Azaiah tried to keep his eyes focused on every single detail, the changes in the patterns on the floor, the width of the hallway, the number of steps it took before reaching another door. Each room he saw he looked into, forcing the door open if he could, however it seemed lke very single one of them was empty. He started going faster, pushing his speed faster, and wrapping that around DJ too. He knew he didn’t have much tie before someone else ended up dead or at least hurt, and he wasn’t going to allow that to happen. After trying around 5 doors, he finally found one with people in it.

“Hey, are you guys awkae in there?” Azaiah asked, to which he got a few mumbled yesses. He saw there were around 5 of them, all of them his friends from the party. He dove after them,undoing the locks holding them in the same way he and DJ had been locked up.

“Do you know what’s happening?” Alex, one of the captives, asked.

“Not a great picture ofi t, however I do know that there are a numbere of armed guards around here. We’re going to get out of here though before they can hurt us.”

“Are you sure that’s a good idea?” Stevie asked, stretching after she had been locked for and obivoulsy feeling quite a bit stiff.

“Honestly, no,” Azaiah said, “But I believe this is the best choice we have avalible. We’re going to get out of here, and not give them the time to counter attack.”

“Can we fight against guns?” Stevie persisted.

“Yes,” Azaiah said confidently. “Just trust me guys, I won’t let them hurt you.”

“Well, you manged to break us out, why should I doubt you now?” Alex said while Azaiah undid the locks on the last of them.

“Do you have any idea where the others are being held?”

Azaioah was met with a mix of nos and the head shakes. So, he wasn’t the only one kept I the dark about where they were. He really had to do something soon though, like find a map or some other way to figure out where they all are. With the fact that this seemed to be a very orderly built building, and that they were spread out, he had an idea where the next group of people would be. He was sure by now that they had notied at least him breaking out and would send someone to stop them. If he could get everyone in one location, that would make it a lot easier to protect everyone and get out of here.

“Are any of you any good with a gun?” Azaiah asked.

One of the guys who Azaiah didn’t know the name of raised his hand. “DJ, give your gun to him then. All of you, stay here until I get back. I can move quicker without anyone else.”

“You’re going out there completely unarmed?” Alex asked.

“Trust me,” Azaiah said. “They won’t hurt me.”

The others looked at each other, evidently worried for Azaiah, and in theor shoes, he’s do the same. But they didn’t know what he was capitible of, didn’t know that guns were nothing compared to his speed and power, but more than that, he wanted to do this to protect them. They had a weapon, they could hide in the room, theyw eren’t in chains anymore.

“If you’re not back soon, we’re coming to save you,” Alex said

“All right,” Azaiah conceded. This wouldn’t take long, he wouldn’t allow it to.

Rounding the corner out of the room, Azaiah started running as fast as he could, accelerating his body as fast as he could, and then jumping and flying through the hallways, counting the doors as he passed them, kicking them with the speed of his flight allowing him to knock a couple them off their hinges. As he guessed, after five doors, he found Zack and 8 others in a room no larger than the one he was put in. “Is everyone okay?” Azaiah called.

“Yuan is hurt, they shot him,” This caused Azaiah to go through the room and saw the blood pouring out from Yuan’s stomach. So, they weren’t just lying. But the bullet hadn’t killed him, at least not yet. It might have been a long shot, but they could still find a way to get out of here and get Yuan to a hospital. Azaiah quickly went to Zack and unlocked the chains around him. “Take the key and get everyone else out. I’ll go grab the others and meet up with you soon.

As Azaiah left the room without waiting for an answer, he saw what he both feared and knew was coming. Up ahead of here were about ten armed guards. “Put your hands in the air!”

Azaiah did listen to them. However, what theyd din’t know was that the force of gravity was being increased on them to such a degree they couldn’t stand anymore. One of them figured out what Azaiah had done and fired at Azaiah while he still had a chance, but the bufllet just fell away and hit the ground.

He then fofcused on the guns, forcing them to fly up to the ceeling and stick there, as if they were being held by a magnet. He knew that he couldn’t hold that many people for long like that, but he hoped it would last long enough to get everyone out of there and to safety.

Azaiah then went back to the room where Alex was and led that group to where Zack’s room was. Yuan was able to stand still, the bullet seemed to not hit any vital organs, so the blood loss was the main concern. They fashioned several of the guy’s shirts into a bandage to hold the blood in, though that wouldn’t hold for too long, but it was better than doing nothing. Zack and Alex held Yuan’s weight as they walked through the large building. Once they passed the guards and the guns, Azaiah released his hold on the guns, letting them fall to the ground os that some of his friends could also be armed.

“How did you do that?” DJ asked, echoing the sentiment that all of them had.

“I have my secrets. Just do me a favor, don’t tell anyone about what you see me do here.”

“You saved our lives, I don’t think we can say no to a request like that,” DJ said. He just hoped he could save all of their lives, and not just mots of them. He rounded a few corners, and they came to what looked like an elevator. Azaiah ran to it and pressed the button on it, hoping it would at least take there where they could get out of here or get a better idea of where they were. Looking around, he kenw that Yuan really had to get medical help soon, and while Azaiah did have the power to slow and speed up time for those around him, he coudln’t completely undo injuries.

As they heard the sound of the elevator coming, Azaiah walked up to Yuan. Figuring that they’d already seen him manipulate gravity with the guns, showing a bit more of what he could do wouldhn’t hurt anything. He held his hand to Yuna’s wound, and tried to slow time around it and soon encasing Yuan’s whole body.

“You’re going to feel a bit weird, and like everyone around you is moving and talking fast,” Azaiah said. “Don’t be scared.”

Yuan nodded leaving them all to wonder just what he mant by that, however as the eilvator door rang to indicate it was there, they didn’t ask questions, just got in.