The Ones Who Remain/Issue 9

This is issue 9 of The Ones Who Remain, entitled: Riot.

Issue 9; Riot
Everything happens to fast for Johnson, or any of the other Echo guards, to gain control of the situation. Johnson's killing of Freddy just moments before turned the prison into a madhouse...the prisoner's were rioting. Something from Freddy's death ignited a fuse in them and they were taking it out on the Echo guards.

As some of the prisoners threw chairs up at the guards, a man, dark-skin, light blue eyes, broke a piece of wood off of the table, and chucked it at the window, shattering the glass.

Johnson tried to hold his ground amongst the other Echo guards, trying to look as stern and stoic as possible. But, as they yelling became louder, and as one of the older guards is hit in the head by a piece of wood, some of Johnson's men's facades started to slip, and started to inch away from the chaos.

During the chaos, the misty-eyes Caitlyn, who just before couldn't stop staring at Freddy's limp body, now has a course of action. She quickly takes Freddy's body by the ankle, and with all her might, yanks him off of Mike's unconscious body. When Freddy's corpse is completely off of Mike, the 'shaky' prisoner, along with another young female prisoner who were in the midst of fleeing from the chaos, stop by Caitlyn & Mike, helping Mike up on their way out, before fleeing, Caitlyn close behind them.

As the large swarm of prisoners continue throwing chairs, wood, whatever they can find at the stoic Johnson and his team, who are quivering, unsure what to do. Behind Johnson's stoic expression though, his mind was racing. He needed to find a way to re-gain control of this situation...and he knew the perfect way.

Lifting his pistol toward the crowd of rioting prisoners, he looks around at his team, who slowly follow his lead. He lifts up his hand, knowing he won't be able to yell louder than the prisoners. Then, one by one, he put his fingers down, and the Echo guards readied their weapons, fingers resting on the trigger. As his last finger went down, a wall of bullets flew toward the rioting prisoners.

Now in one of the cells, the 'shaky' prisoner lies Mike onto the bed, as the young brunette prisoner shut the cell bars closed. Caitlyn's mother-like instincts kick in and instantly starts checking up on Mike's wounds, as the two other prisoners watch intently down the hall for...anything.

"What the hell was that?" the 'shaky' prisoner asked.

The brunette scoffed. "Those dumbasses should've known this was coming. Freddy--everyone loved Freddy. Those fuckers are gonna pay for that."

"We should be out there."

"No," Caitlyn quickly said, interrupting the two, but never taking her eyes off of Mike. "Stacey, please help me here--get me a shirt or some water or something."

Stacey, the brunette, nodded and quickly hurried off. "What happened to him?" the 'shaky' prisoner asked, making his way over toward the two.

"He's soaking wet--bruised, mostly his head, probably from that water torture..."

He sighed. "Yeah, I know what it is."

Another round of gunshots are heard in the distance as Stacey returns with a bottle of water, along with a roll of duct tape, which she passed to the 'shaky' prisoner, who handed them to Caitlyn.

"Thank you." Caitlyn said, not once taking her eyes off of Mike. "Scott, Stacey, can you guys just keep a lookout for now please? I'll let you know if I need something."

Both the 'shaky' prisoner, Scott, and Stacey both gave each other wary looks, but nonetheless complied, and quickly peered out of the cell into the empty hallway...the only sight coming from a couple more fleeing prisoners.