The Strength of his Determination

The prisoner lunged himself forward, using the weight of the boulder to swing himself closer towards the gates with one hand, and latching onto the ceiling with his other hand; digging into fortified titanium with his fingers like they are claws.

One more lunge and he would be on the gates. He would wait, hanging unto the ceiling by one hand for however long it would take until the guards outside opened the gates to come in from the outside to help search for him.

'Dumb*sses.'

He had to time this right.

About half a minute passed and sure enough, *Scweeeeeee...*

The heavy doors were opened a crack and the walkway extended to let only two rows of soldiers in. Little did they know that the prisoner was lying in wait, planning to escape through the unavoidable crack atop the gates.

"Huff..."

In a flash, the prisoner lunged into the air, throwing his body unto the gates. Stealthy and silent as a shadow, he slipped outside through the little opening at the top, unnoticed until...

"Aaaaaaaawwwwhhhhh!", the prisoner yelped.

He had been completely flattened, plastered to the ground and unable to move even a muscle by the intense atmospheric pressure outside.

For every second he remained out there, more of his bones were crushed. Had he not been immortal, he would be dead right now.

Even the iron boulder was being dented more and more with each passing second.

"Quick! Take me back in!",

Gorak's words were starved of air as he was starting to suffocate. It was impossible to breathe out here. The air was too heavy to breathe.

The guards had half a mind to leave him there to continue getting crushed a while longer, but then their orders were to keep the prisoner alive, so they moved to help.

With the force of the atmospheric pressure, and the gigantic size of the prisoner, it took 15 of them to drag him back in, but by the time it was done, the prisoner had already passed out.

"He's unconscious?"

"Good thing we have these climate suits to protect us from the atmospheric pressure and the terrible cold. Otherwise, we'd be long dead."

"Mhm"

"He's truly incredible. A legend indeed. To think he clawed his way down here through the ceiling!"

"He was still wearing his bounds. I thought they were power-limiting. He's supposed to be as weak as a sickly human... how is he still this strong."

"He carried the iron boulder and restraints all the way too...

Look! The boulder is terribly dented. It looks like crumpled up paper!"

"...."

"It's the strength of his determination."

"Yeah" "Yes." "Yup" "Definitely.", the guards collectively agreed.

"We have to tell the boss."

"Yes. But first, send him back to his cage."

"Aye aye, Captain."

"Heave... Ho! Heave... Ho! Heave... Ho!"

Just like that, 3 guards, each one two-thirds the size of the prisoner, dragged him by the chains on the floor all the way back to his cage where they reinstalled his restraints; stronger and better than they were before whilst he was yet unconscious.

Thus, the escape attempt of this prisoner came to a blank, sorry end.

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*'The Keepers' are gods; powerful immortal beings created to protect and control all realms of existence. They are entrusted with the duty of maintaining a balance between all realms, elements and creations made by the Creator.

Like humans, they have free will to do as they please with their immense powers, but will eventually be made to account for their actions.

But for some, they stopped listening when they heard "you have free will to do as you please"!!!!

They would do ONLY as they please.

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**** KNOW YOUR GODS! ****

Presenter: Have you ever been curious about gods?

What they do, what they think, their interests and the convictions that influence their decisions?

Their interactions with one another, and with other beings...

Or simply just how they entertain themselves?

Well, wonder no more! Because we at the U.F.Organisation have a compilation of extremely rare footage of your gods in action!

Oh yes! We have hidden cameras scattered all over the Cosmos, recording all the good stuff, as we speak!

Unknown Viewer: You mean, invading their privacy.

Presenter: Exactly!

And on this session of "Know Your Gods", we would be bring you an intriguing moment, caught on cameras in 'The Hold'!

An altercation between:

1. Gorak the legendary; Keeper of Negative Emotions,

2. Chalding, the Keeper of Retribution and Punishment and Founder of 'The Hold', and...

3. Golden boy, Empyrean! Keeper of Atmospheres, and as you know, the only son of The Head Keeper.

Watch this:

LOCATION: The Hold.

Gorak's Cage, right after his last escape attempt.

Chalding: Hahahahhahaha... hahahahaha... *rolling on the floor, dying of laughter*

Gorak: Yeah, yeah, very funny. Laugh all you want.

Chalding: Wahahahahahaha....!!

Gorak: *gets pissed* It's not even funny anymore!

Chalding: You should've seen your face!

*lays flat on the floor, mimicking Gorak's miserable state*

"Take me back in!... Theik mhee bhack eehn!!!" Hahahahahahaha!!

Gorak: "..."

Empyrean, Keeper of Atmospheres walks in. (He's the guy responsible for the Atmospheric Pressure of the Hold.)

Empyrean: Hey guys! What's up? *innocent and sociable*

Gorak: You?! *fuming*

*turns to Chalding* What's he doing here?!

Empyrean: Of course I'm here to see you, Gorak my old friend! *cheerful*

It's been a long time... over 200 years?

Gorak: See me? More like make a mockery of me. Hmph!

Empyrean: Haha! Funny as always. It's good to see you, friend. Surely, you're happy to see me...

Chalding: Empyrean is here to fortify The Hold further. As you know, he is the brains behind the Atmospheric pressure surrounding The Hold.

What with you running around all the time, I had to call him to add further surprises to make The Hold a much more interesting playground! *smirks mischievously*

Gorak: What?!

Chalding: *continues* He will be intensifying the levels of Atmospheric pressure on the planet, and of course adding on more traps!

Empyrean: That's right.

Gorak: "..." *stunned*

Empyrean: I still came to see you though. How have you been? I hear you've been having a lot of fun... *smiles cheerfully*

Gorak: !??! You-

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To be continued.