Dragon Bound

Chapter 44

‘Just… a… little… more’ Dante grunted in his thoughts as he worked on the links on his shackles with his teeth, he had been able to free his teeth first of the guard on them, thanks to Artemis' hit, and after that he had been working on the links to the shackles as long as his teeth could reach, he would even dislocate his shoulder so he could reach further and would pop it back in once again when he was done, it was a painful experience, but he was used to pain, on of the greatest pain that plagued him right now though was that he couldn’t be with his family, his wife and daughter, and his daughter was fighting for that, so there was no way he would stay put, restricted by shackles while his daughter did the fighting for them, no, he would break free and join the fight and ensure his family is back together as one.

His thoughts flowed on and on in strong angry torrents and he snapped the last link in the shackles, he hadn’t meant to do that because the loud snapping sound echoed around his cell and through the halls.

“Hey! What’s going on in there?” one of the guards asked, the ones placed in front of his cell had been lazy today, they were seated and lounging lazily, they had done a lot of things that day, including taking alcohol drinks, this was illegal but they managed to sneak some in, and it wasn’t the first time they’d do that, he was almost forgotten here after all, no one comes to check on him save for Artemis and this was because she needed information since she was misguided that he would know anything about that, but thanks to that faithful visit, he could break free now.

At first, he thought of saying nothing so that the wouldn’t be suspicious but then he realized that he still needed to get the gate to his cell opened, it was built such that he wouldn’t be able to break it down from the inside no matter how he tried, unless he shifts into his dragon, but doing that would collapse his cell and bring the whole structure on that side on the building down on him, he may be powerful and dangerous but even he couldn’t survive such blow unscathed, the whole break out mission would be all for naught, this means if he was going to break out, he would have to be smart about it.

Dante knew the guards have had alcohol, a bit too much even, so all they needed was a little provocation and they would yield to him, and grant him what he needed the most at the moment, a way out.

“Oh it’s nothing” Dante answered “it is just the sound of me breaking free out of here and leaving your sorry asses in the dust” he said taunting them, normally, they wouldn’t have bothered even answering him, because they always ignore him, but since they were under the influence, their reasoning is a bit addled so they stood up in preparation to respond to him.

“What did you say, you scaly bastard?” the other one said, moving close to the cell and peeping in, these are things they ordinarily wouldn’t do, Dante could almost laugh as he saw the high rate of success of his escape plan, he held the shackles in place so it would look like he was still bound, although if the guards had been more cleared eyed and alert, they would have noticed how off the angle was.

“Oh well, if you must know, I was just talking about how I would escape from here and really mess you guys up, it be the highlight of the day, watching you cower before me right before I k… oh no, I won’t kill you, I’ll leave that for the WIC themselves to handle” Dante said as he continued to goad them further.

They both burst out laughing hysterically, a sour laugh that showed that they were actually angry rather than amused, “You? Escape? Kill us? These damp walls must be getting to you, you freak! Don’t ever ridicule us like that again, just because we are stuck here with you doesn’t make us the same” the first one spat, he was fuming as it stands, Dante was actually glad it wasn’t the other set of guards that was on duty, they had more morals and more self-control, they almost never engaged him in any way, unlike these fools who would always look for ways to get a reaction out of him.

These were the same set that was present during Artemis' visit, after she had gone, they had both taken turns taunting him, mocking him, and they had gone as far as telling him what a failure he was, to cap it all off, they had both told him of the things they’d do to his daughter, Ryoka, once she’s caught, that really was crossing the line, it infuriated him and spun him to work even faster and harder to breakout despite all the pain involved, and he wasn’t about to forgive them for that either.

“Oh but you better believe me, first I’ll c***k up your skulls, I believe it should be fairly easy, considering how empty it is, honestly I can only wonder how you manage not to sway about with every little breeze that blows, your heads should float about in the air like balloons, that’s how empty they are, after cracking your skulls though, I’ll get to the beat down and beat the living hell out of you both, then I’ll leave you to suffer till the WIC comes to end your miserable lives” Dante said going all out, dissing them so hard that it’ll be hard for them to resist hitting him.

From his cell, Dante could feel the menace emanating from them both, their anger had turned to rage and their rational reasoning was gone to the wind.

“Say, Duke, aren’t you just in the mood for some dragon meat pummeling?” the first one said to his partner who apparently was called Duke, and he himself was beyond mad, and at that point, he dipped his hands into his pockets and brought out the keys as well as a brass knuckle duster.

“Oh yes, Brian, some good pummeling, this dragon needs” Duke replied his partner, and stretched the keys to him while he put the knuckle duster on for himself, Brian collected the keys and took up his baton as well.

“Thank goodness you are all but forsaken here, no one wants you, and you’re useless, you’re obsolete now, so a little roughing up will surely go unnoticed” Brian said as he put in the key in the key hole to unlock the gate, as the lock mechanisms started to unlock, Dante tried really hard to look afraid rather than laugh out loud, in his mind though, he was rolling over in laughter, these fools, how could it be so easy to influence them as such, Dante thought to himself.

The locks gave way and the both pulled it open and came inside the cell with him, Duke’s eyebrows furrowed as he started to realize something a bit late ‘was that always how the shackles on his arms and legs bound him?’ but even as he made the connection and conclusion that Dante wasn’t bound anymore, Dante himself stood up and dropped the shackles that had bound him, confirming the freshly germinating realizations of the two guards.

“Hello boys” Dante said as he rose to his full height and looked down of the wide eyed and open mouthed guards that were more than a head shorter than he was, their knees weakened and started to shake and wobble as they were frozen in place by fright and shock, Dante took a few steps forward and they in turn took steps backwards till they were out of the cell.

“Sweet, sweet freedom, this could have only been possible with you guys help, I say a big thanks for that, you know, I actually didn’t think you guys had it in you to try to come inside hereto beat me up, I really commend you for that, I was already devising a backup plan even, but then you two showed you were gullible enough that I wouldn’t need it” Dante said to them, and he could actually smell the ammonia as they peed themselves, they switched from brave and wicked to feeble and weak so fast that Dante had to chuckle out his amusement.

“Oh, remember when I said I wouldn’t kill you guys and leave you for the WIC? Well I lied” Dante said and swooped towards them, he held both of them by their face with each of his hands, and drove them back till they hit the wall with a smack, they crumpled to their knees dazed and weakened and hurt badly as they bled from their head.

“There is no way that I would forgive you for what you said about my family and most especially about my daughter, that brave little girl of mine is fighting for us right now, not many people can take up such a heavy mantle, I will not have her disgraced, dishonored and ridiculed in any way!” He said in low rage filled voice, he actually had to remind himself not to make so much noise yet, lest his escape plan be disrupted and cut short, there are some of the guards and agents who wield dragon taming weapons, armed just so they can bring down a dragon, such as these two.

Dante reached down and took their pistols, he took their extra ammo as well and took the dragon taming rounds too, who knows, he might need to use it against one, the he screwed the silencer on and fired five shots each at the guards, he watched then with satisfaction as they squirmed in pain.

“I shot four to graze your vital points, and one to hit your kidney fully, I can’t have you making any noise as you die the slow and excruciating death that I’d just bestowed upon you both, you can’t be saved anymore at this point, know that, and die painfully and filled with regret” Dante said to them, then he continue on his way to freedom, it was going to be much easier for him from that point on, and as he was going, he had another idea, he would copy his daughter’s methods and blow up this entire place into smithereens, yes, that would make for a much better tale to tell.