Jail Break(?)

"What do you mean universe???" Frank asks.

"It's the corporation! What did you expect?!" Merquri asks as they dash into the hangar but their ship wasn't there.

Soon, the were easily surrounded by Inces, Retinals and Fflams alike. So it's not that he has been so out of touch that he didn't know that the universe had miraculously banded together or tolerated each other's presence, he knew that the Open World was a collaboration between giant companies, but not the military...

He glances at the Ince in the enforcer ship's holding room with them, it's piercing red eyes boring into their faces.

He decided to save the questions for later as they were pushed into the prison. He has never been into a central system prison before but it seems rather legit. They had to go through many gates which he assumes are titanium bars. Their cells are like the Southern ones, an energy shield except there are more guards and the criminals are surprisingly quiet unlike in mornings where everyone is beating each other up.

Frank was hanging his head low just in case anyone recognized him but light green bubbles made him look up. Him and Merquri were shoved into a cell already filled with rather intimidating looking reptiles while Fuki was shoved ahead.

He couldn't approach the gate to look hoping she'll be alright... Merquri glares at the reptilians in the cell, both of them measuring each other up.

"We can wait centuries before we'll get out of here..." Frank mutters. Merquri narrows her eyes and places her hands onto the wall. It's made up of concrete from the central planet and she could break through it but with the army behind the cells, she doubt she'll be able to fight her way out of it.

While Frank is having a crisis in the corner in deciding if this is worst, losing all his credits in the casino or jail for life when one of the other jail mates approaches them. Merquri is ready to fight.

"You're part of Greg's crew aren't you?" one of them asks. Frank looks up at the mention of the name.

"Either he's very popular or the universe is not so small after all".

Frank gulps and looks at them, squinting, he didn't recognize them at all. It must have been his outfit that gave it away. He loosen his jacket a little before standing back up, legs still a little wobbly.

"Look, I haven't seen him in months now..." he starts but was cut off by a laugh.

"Well then, looks like you'll need to return to him for punishment shouldn't he?" a red scaled reptile looks at him with a condescending look.

He frowns, there was no hierarchy in the gang so he didn't know where that look came from, if anything he should be looking down at him from his position. He was about to punch the guy when he hears the gate open.

"Frank, Merquri, you're being released," the ince guard replies before stepping aside to let only those that are allowed to leave through. Anyone who tries to escape are promptly shocked through, prime example the snake that just tried slithering out of the cell.

"No way- is this a trick?" Frank asks but before he could hesitate, Merquri pushes him out of the cell. He stumbles out and turns to face the one that bailed them out.

"What the-" Frank mutters as standing in front of him is Gretal... undisguised.

"What is up with you and bailing me out of jail?" he asks.

That's when suddenly the gates blow open and sirens wails.' Would coincidence stop interrupting me?!' he exclaims internally, he was pulled to the side by Gretal as Inces goes into the cell.

The group of reptiles had blown a hole through the backdoor, why they were so l

reckless Frank doesn't know.

"Come on," Gretal replies as they briskly walk pass the enforcers that just rushes past them.

"I didn't know central jails offer bail," Frank mutters as he struggles to catch up with them.

"They don't, I just pulled a few strings," they reply before being shoved at the shoulder by an Ince they didn't express anything other than a second of tension before leading them towards the confiscated ship.

Another corruption! What a scandal!

"We can just leave?" Frank asks even as Gretal was turning the engines on." Wait!" he exclaims," we forgot someone!" he replies.

"Who?" Gretal frowns, isn't the princess back in Aileorp?

"Fuki," Frank replies.

"We have to save ourselves first," Gretal states.

"We can't just leave an innocent in our place!" Frank exclaims, pressing the manual door button, he rushes out of the ship.

"I'll go after him, you stay here and guard the ship," Gretal replies to Merquri who was stopped from going after him. Merquri could just hoist him back but they are better off convincing him. Gretal runs after him but doesn't stop him as they leaps ahead the clear a path. The enforcers seeing them didn't see them as a threat and continued to march past them.

'Jesus this is scarier than being chased or attacked' Frank thinks as he runs back to the cells. He checks every cell, calling Fuki's name.

"Fuki?" he calls towards the top levels but no one replied back.

Gretal whips their head around to find the previous reptiles blocking their way out of the prison. She recognize the species however she'll just call them half-dragons.

"... impossible-"