Ragtag

Chapter 9

Vox Machina leaves the hideout and heads in the direction of the prison. They gather in a nearby building and let Percy climb to the roof to use on of his gadgets to peek into the prison and find Archie.

"East wing.Second floor." He says when he joins the others.   

"What is that?" Grog asks looking at the large gun with a scope that Percy used.

"This? Oh,nothing but bad news." Percy answers,folding the gun and putting it in an enchanted bag. Vex stands and looks at the group.

"Okay,this is how it's going down. It'll be easier to avoid capture if we split into two groups. Front door team and back door team."

"You know Scandog's all about the back door. But quick quesh: when has splitting the team every worked?"

"Uh,since shut the fuck up."

"Okay,fair counter point."

The back door team,consisting of Scanlan,Percy,Vax and Isona,separate from the others and to ,well,the back door. Vax gets out his lock picks and starts at the back door,the rest of the group standing behind him. 

A few seconds pass.

Then some more.

Then the seconds turns into minutes.

Isona crosses her arms and stares at Vax,who would usually have to the door opened by now. Vax grumbles curses as he struggles to lock pick the door. A snap in heard as his lock pick breaks.

"Are you kidding me?" Vax snaps and throws the lock pick to the ground.

"Fucking doors." Scanlan grumbles. 

Vax holds one of his daggers in the lock and Scanlan moves around two lock picks. Percy and Isona stand behind them,Percy obviously starting to get annoyed. The dagger slips.

"Ah,my fingers!" Scanlan cries out,clutching his bleeding hand.

"It's not a door. It's a thing of evil." Vax says. He suddenly whips around. "Isona,put your sword in the lock,see if that works."

"Wha- if your dagger didn't work,what makes you think my sword,that most likely won't even fit,will work." She questions while handing Scanlan a piece of cloth to clean his bloody fingers.

"I don't know,I'm trying anything at this point." Isona sighs but unsheathes her sword anyway.

"I'm going to find a window." Percy says and walks away. Vax crouches in front of the door and Isona looms over him. She sticks the tip of her sword in the lock and Vax,once again,tries to pick the lock. After a few seconds her sword slips out and stabs the ground in front of Vax.

"Told you it wouldn't work." She says and puts her sword back,moving to stand next to Scanlan. Annoyed,Vax runs at the door,but Scanlan holds him back by his cape. Scanlan runs at the door,intending to kick it down,but Vax blocks his way and they end up slapping each other. Isona isn't sure if she wants to laugh or roll her eyes.

"Scanlan's foot!" Scanlan sings,strumming his lute and a purple foot shoots out and hits the door. It does nothing. A sudden scream sound out and a body falls onto the group.

"I fell out of the window." Percy says.

"I think you bruised my kidney." Isona groans as she and Percy stands.    

"What do we do now?" Percy asks. The door suddenly opens and a whistling guard dumps on container on Vax and Scanlan. Guessing by the smell,it was not water. The guard realizes the group and they all stare. Vax then throws his dagger,stabbing the guard in the neck. They all run inside,Scanlan and Vax groaning as they shake the liquid off of them. They cautiously walk the halls and spot Vex.