Judge Dredd: Mystery of the Cipher

Prog 1

Mega City One - 0021 hours
"You! Hold it right there!" Said the commanding voice of Judge Dredd as he and his team had finally finished chasing a criminal perp through the desolate streets and dark alleyways of Mega City One, they had him cornered; "Running from a judge when receiving a sentence... That's six more years in the iso-cubes creep!" He said as they got closer and closer to him; the criminal didn't say anything and something that had bugged Dredd the whole time he was chasing the perp. "Say something!" The Judge ordered angrily; the criminal began to snicker and then laughed loudly; just as the ground began to shake. "Drokk! It's a trap! The perp's got an earthquake device!" Dredd said as they turned to run; only for a crack to open up underneath them.

This was long enough for Dredd to get a good look at the criminal; everything was normal except his eyes, which were slits and seemed to be glowing. Dredd was thrown off balance and into the darkness below; unaware of where this would take him. When the immortal lawman awoke; it felt like his whole body had been shot, he jumped to his feet and saw he was in a forest... Alone. The only thing nearby that he recognised was his Lawmaster motorcycle; he quickly got on and took off through the woods, a journey that seemed to take hours. A journey that was being watched by another...