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Bushido was going to retort but her argument was lost when they reached the child's cell. "Cobalt Sheen... That's who is in there.... He had potential. Not that that matters. You cannot stop me from doing what I believe to be right.. Which is reuniting these children with parents. I failed to protect them. Obviously I cannot take care of them, do its best that we take the course of atonement. I'm sorry that you disagrre", she said quietly.

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"Very well... if that's how you want this to go..." The wolf said, his tone slightly stern. He wasn't finished... not by a long shot. He just needed something more powerful to sway his case. That would come later.

with a hefty punch, the great popped out and landed near the child, startling him. He looked up, seeing the wolf. "Time to go, kid." He called.

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Bushido just stood there glaring at the wolf as the colt grabbed the grate and threw it back up, flipping with it so that it landed back where it belonged and he landed on top of it, wincing and jumped to Bushido, wrapping his hooves around her neck in tears. She wrapped one hoof around him, hating herself for what she planned to do to her clan. "Bushi-sama.....", he started only receive a shot to the gut from her. "Be silent. You will not dishonor your parents memories by getting caught again so do not speak. Make noise and I will leave you begomd", she said knowing if the cost was capture again he would experience true hell.

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Seth watched in slight disbelief as the child's excitement to see his master be shot down by her hateful word. Was she really this cruel? Was she literally torturing this kid, only to kill him after they escape? There had to be more behind this story... No sane pony would destroy a legacy as great as their clan seemed to be, not to mention killing kids. 

After a few seconds of staring at the two, the wolf just looked back towards the vent he was leading them through. "Stay close." He said in a cold, emotionless voice. It was meant for the mare, but it would probably just add to the foals sadness.

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The young foal sat crying after Bushido had punched him and his tears only increased in number after the harshness in the wolf's voice. Bushido hugged him and put him on her back with a look of self loathing and defeat. "Cobalt... I'm sorry. But I mean it, if you are not quiet... We will all be caught and we probably won't escape again".

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Again, Seth was silent. He felt bad for the kid, and should not hav barked at the two. He just was pissed at the mare for wanting to kill off her clan over some 'honor' thing. Seth wasn't against honor. Being a wolf, he lived his life on it. However, to kill off your own kin over something like this, it was not his way. 

Going down the vent shaft, he found a rout that lead to a maintenance tunnel. "Ok... now we have to stay out of sight. It we are spotted, kill on sight." 

 

Opening the grate to the dimly lit hallway of steam pipes and water mains, he stepped out, looking around. He stayed there for a bit, letting his ears sense anything. There was no movement of hooves. They were clear. "Ok, hop out. I am going to do a bit of scouting. You can talk, but try to keep it to a low volume. It might be a good time for you tow to... catch up..." Seth said, hinting at the mare's plan. The kid deserved to know what awaited him when they did break out, and Seth would give the the privacy they needed. Beginning to walk ahead, he let the two stay near the vent.

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Bushido sat with the colt and smiled. "Sorry about the gut shut. Just had to get him to leave and figured passing him off with all of the kill the clan stuff would do the trick. Which it did. So now I can use the Blood Lotus now that he won't see it",. She tore open the wound in her leg and used the blood to draw a lotus flower on the floor. The petals broke off and spread out showing where the guards were and where any other clan members were all while the wound closed

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Walking off, the wolf scouted for anything useful to the escape. It wasn't entirely fruitless, as he did manage to find a few workpony jackets. Could be useful for a disguise. Holding on to them, he continued on. Cameras were sometimes around, but he kept out of sight. As he went on, he could only think of how brutal  the mare was... How could she even think about killing a kid? Maybe it wasn't his place to judge. No, it was his place. If he was freeing them, then he had some right to stand up for what she was about to do. When he would return, he would bring the conversation back up.

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"Why couldn't he see you use it, it's not one of the hidden arts... Just windering", the cost asked his master with a childish grin. "Because he would probably get pissed at me for cutting myself so much and spilling so much of my blood when he's trying help us get out. And the bloods still on the ground even though the wound had closed".

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finding an access tunnel to the main elevator shafts, Seth smiled. Tehy were probably locked down, but the three could climb out through the shaft themselves. Seeing their plan of escape in hand, the wolf began his return trip. Once close enough to speak without worry of being cought, he called out to them "Ohy, I might have found a bit of luck!" He said, tossing two worker's jackets their way. He was still out of site of the blood.

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They caught the jackets and threw them on Bushido a bit faster than normal as she hid the wounds with the jacket. They walked over to the world, the mare with a limp from the accumulative damage to her leg. The colt was walking in in front of her to try and hide the limo.

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"So, I see you two are on speaking terms." He said, eyeing their smiles. What had happened while they were gone? Maybe it wasn't important. Not now at least. "Ok, so I found us a way out. Any suggestions, or should we bail while we have the chance?" He asked, hoping for a quick retreat. 

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Bushido limped over to him after placing Cobalt onto her shoulders. "He's the only one of my clan still mm... Alive. So let's go. I dont want to make him see his family's corpses, do hasty retreat seems like the best ide", she said leaning in the wall to get the weight off of the leg.

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The wolf stood there for some time, obviously noting the limp. He saw it, and she was caught. However, now wan't the time to address the matter. They had to leave. Going down the corridor, the wolf led them directly to the elevator access port. Leading them atop it, he nodded. "ok.. now wait here while i see to getting this thing mobile again." Seth replied, tossing off the armor pieces. opening the emergency door on the roof, the wolf hopped down. He was about to press the assent button, but hoof beet him to it. A guard was standing in the elevator, shocked by Seth's presence. 

 

"Um..." The guard said, his hoof lowering to his built as the elevator stated to rise. Before it reached his pistol, the wolf pounced on the guard, gripping his neck in his jaws. With a quick bone-snapping yank, the pony's neck broke within. As the body lay limp, the head twisted at an unnatural angle, the wolf smiled. With a hefty toss, he threw the corpse atop the elevator to join the two above. He too then left the elevator, seeing as it was already on the move. Looking from the limp body, Seth looked to the mare. "So, looks like we are getting out of this place once and for all. Now, care to tell me why you injured yourself again?" He asked, not exactly accusing, more inquiring. 

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Bushido just stood looking down not wanting to answer which prompted the young colt to. "She was yearning to see who else was here..... The entire clan is... And they are all dead.... Which is why she is not trying to save anypony else.... She used a blood art that showed the locations of all nearby life forms".

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Seth's heart dropped, what the colt had said stabbed a knife deep into his chest. He had insulted the mare for wanting to kill her family, and now... they were murdered in cold blood. Without saying a word, the wolf just looked to elevator's assent. It wasn't long till they arrived at the topmost floor the elevator would allow. They were still a bit deep into the prison, but they just needed pass a single checkpoint. Seth then looked to the door. "Ready?" He then asked, his voice slightly unstable.

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Bushido was silent from that point on, feeling no need to speak and knowing words were useless. The young colt too ad gone silent, bringing a slightly eerie air to the group. All the wolf recieved in response to his question were silent nods, as though the capacity  for words had been ripped from them.

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The wolf opened the doors, looking down the empty halls. He took the tazer of the guard he immobilized, keeping it strapped to his arm. "Just... try to stay close..." He said, keeping his head to the hall. He walked out, keeping his eyes looking for guards, but his mind was elsewhere. He knew what it meant to have family killed... but for this many... at one time. 

As they walked, two guards came out of a door. They were giggling to each other. They had their wings draped over each other, obviously in love. When they saw the three, their expressions fell to a scared look.

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Bushido heard the giggling pair and rushed them, smashing their heads into each other, crushing their skulls. All mercy or restraint was gone from her eyes, they were filled with a darkness, a hatred, a complete and utter loathing and resentment, something almost evil.

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Seth himself would have killed one of them, forcing the other to lead them. However, at the sight of the mare's fury, he actually worried for Bushido. They needed to get away from this place. Stepping over the bodies, he looked to their twitching forms. Continuing down the hall, Seth walked along side the two, still trying to find their way out. He dared not say anything, not wanting to end up like the guards. However, when the alarm bells began to ring, he growled. "Damn, well time to go loud..." He said, going into a run.

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Bushido heard the alarm and grabbed the colt behind her, dropping him onto her back and running alongside the wolf. The colt seemed a bit frightened of Bushido after watching her crush the two guards' skulls, though he understood her hatred and shared it.

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Running down the hall, more guards came running towards them. However, they were doomed. The wolf pounced on the forward-most guard, the tazer making contact with his neck. After half a second of energy going strait to his spine, the wolf let up and looked to the next victims that were approaching. "Keep going!" He yelled, dashing forward, grabbing the next pony's gun and forcing him to fire a spread of bullets into the crowd behind him. He then forced his claws deep into the equine's throat. It was then that a knife came down and dug deep into the wolf's side. 

 

"Got you, you fuck!" An armored guard yelled, pushing the knife deeper, forcing Seth to the floor.

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Bushido threw Cobalt off if her back and ordered him to run and hide, knowing he was on no shape to fight. "Secret art 13:Searing Chauns", she said icly as flaming chains erupted from the ground wrapping around the remaining guards, turning them to ash, the chains burning right through the guards armor. She quickly pulled the knife out of Seth and took her headband out, letting her mane fall to its full length and wrapped his wound with the headband.

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Feeling the knife being pulled out of his chest, the wolf coughed a bit. He would live, although he was definitely hurt. Standing, the wolf looked to the piles of ash and then to the mare. "Well, remind me to not piss you off." he said, continuing at a slightly less fast pace. He ran down the hall until they reached a large cement door. It wasn't guarded on this end, which meant they were going to be ready for them on the other side. Going over to the door panel, he pried off the panel and began to hotwire the open sequence. "Give me cover, I need a sec." He said, working on the door.

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"Got it. Don't piss me off", she said as they went through the corridors with the colt back on her back. When he asked her to cover him, she nodded. "Secret Art 1: Doppelganger", she muttered with a hoof on Seth, which brought four exact copies of the wolf to life, the mare becoming excessively fatigued by the use of the arts.