California, San Francisco, 19XX, 8:00 a.m.
[Two men who look like police officers walk down a concrete hall with prison cells on the left and right. They make their way up to a cell with a prisoner inside and bang on the bars.]
Police Officer 1: Today's the day Snake. Let's get going...
[The prisoner in the cell looks up. He's sitting on a spring mattress wearing an orange jumpsuit with cuffs on his legs and hands. His head is shaved with a snake tattoo around it leading over to his neck. He has an extended ginger collared goatee. He puts his hands up and puts on a fake playful smile.]
Snake: Awww, come on... Can't I stay a bit longer? From what I've heard Alcatraz sucks the big one!
Police Officer 2: Don't be like that. You'll have tons of fun at Alcatraz! Making license plates, doing laundry, getting stabbed in the showers! Just think of all the fun things you can do!
[The first Police Officer elbows his buddy.]
Police Officer 1: Enough talking. Let's go Snake.
[Snake lets out a sigh and stands up. The first Police Officer unlocks the cell and opens the door, he gestures for Snake to start walking with his baton. Snake walks towards the Officers and out of the cell.]
Police Officer 1: Follow us, and don't try anything.
Snake: Mmm...
[The two Police Officers start walking down the hall with Snake walking in between them, the two Officers look straight ahead while keeping an eye on him while Snake keeps his head down.]
Snake: You sure I can't stay any longer?
Police Officer 1: Maybe if you cooperated and told us where your gang was hiding you wouldn't be on your way to Alcatraz in shackles.
Police Officer 2: Yea, maybe something more comfortable... Like a rope!
Snake: Fuck you both. I'd never sell out my gang.
Police Officer 2: How honorable...
Snake: Fuck you!
Police Officer 1: Both of you shut the hell up.
[Snake and the second Officer grumble and quiet down.]
*Muffled Boom*
[Both the Officers and Snake stop walking and turn around. Both the Officers reach for their waist and grab their pistols, they look around aiming their firearms carefully.]
Police Officer 1: What the fuck was that?
Police Officer 2: Sounded like some sort of an explosion!
Police Officer 1: Well- where the fuck did it come from?
???: (Incredibly Muffled) I told you we needed another stick!
???: (Muffled) Fuck yah!
???: (Muffled) Just light the damn thing!
[Both of the Officers look towards their right, at the concrete wall.]
Police Officer 2: Were those... Voices?
Police Officer 1: Was that coming from inside the walls?
???: (Incredibly Muffled) I'm living in your walls!
*BOOM*
[The wall behind the Officers and Snake explodes, pieces of concrete and metal rebar fly everywhere. Snake immediately covers his head and hits the ground.]
Police Officer 2: What the hell!
[A figure comes through the smoke and rubble holding a pistol in his right hand.]
Figure: HELL-O!
*Bang*
[The Figure shoots the second Police Officer.]
Police Officer 1: CRAP!
[A second figure comes through the smoke and shoots the first Police Officer. Snake looks up at the two dead Police Officers.]
Snake: Oh come on, that guy was kinda nice to me.
[The smoke begins to clear out revealing the two figures. The first figure has combat boots on with blue jeans and a black hoodie, he also has a gas mask on his face with darkened lenses. He puts his hands up and starts gesturing downwards.]
Gas Mask Guy: (Muffled) I know, I know. We're late.
[The second figure is wearing combat boots and his black suit pants, a black suit, and a trifold hat. He has a bandana around his face.]
Trifold Hat Guy: Hy boss.
[The Trifold Hat Guy aims his firearm down the hallway Snake and the Police Officers came from. Then a third figure comes through the smoke, he has a pair of boots on along with blue jeans and overalls. He has a white mask on that has a rainbow over the eyes. Snake sees the guy and looks at him with a baffled expression.]
Snake: White... What. The. Fuck! Are you wearing?
White: My uh... My kid found my mask...
Snake: Absolute fucking dumbass.
[The Gas Mask Guy goes over and offers a hand to Snake, he takes it and tries to stand up. He falls back down, there's a bit of blood on his jumpsuit around his stomach. A piece of rubble from the explosion must have hit him.]
Snake: *Groan of Pain* Which one of you morons was in charge of the dynamite?
Gas Mask Guy: (Muffled) Take a wild guess.
Snake: DINGO!
[The Trifold Hat Guy puts up a middle finger.]
Dingo: Puh' a cork in it' yah wanker!
Snake: *Groan* Goddamn it!
[An alarm starts blaring throughout the facility. Snake looks at the Gas Mask Guy.]
Snake: ASH! You better have a fucking plan!
[The Gas Mask Guy responds to Snake by gesturing downwards.]
Ash: (Muffled) Don't worry! I do! We're gonna go out the way we came!
[The hole in the wall begins to crumble, then collapses. Everyone stares at the collapsed hole for a couple of seconds before looking back at Ash.]
Ash: (Muffled) Uhh... Ok new plan, we go up the stairs.
White: (Sarcastically) Oh yea! Good idea! Exactly where all the cops are!
Snake: *Groan of Pain* Oh you fucking...
Dingo: Can we get' bloody going!
[Snake grabs one of the Police Officers pistols as Ash helps him up to a standing position. White and Dingo walk past the two and start walking down the concrete hallway aiming their guns anywhere someone could pop out. The four make their way to a staircase and begin to climb up it.]
Snake: Wheres Wrench? *Groan of Pain*
Ash: (Muffled) He's waiting with the truck near the pick-up point.
Snake: Why'd he stay behind?
White: He didn't want to get shot.
Snake: Pussy.
[As they make their way to the top of the staircase some gunshots go off above them, Dingo and White duck down. They ready themselves and finish walking up the stairs to the next floor, immediately as they set foot on the floor more gunshots go off. Dingo and White are out of view of the other two, Ash and Snake slowly get to the main floor and see Dingo and White standing over two injured Officers on the floor.]
Ash: (Muffled) Well that went well.
[The sound of half a dozen footsteps can be heard running up the stairs the four just came up from.]
Ash: (Muffled) Spoke too soon.
White: More are coming!
Dingo: Let's geh' the hell out of here!
[The four of them walk towards the front doors and walk outside, Ash still holding up Snake as they move. When they get outside they all look around, the streets clear with not a person or vehicle in sight. Everyone except Snake looks incredibly confused.]
Dingo: Where in the bloody hell is Wrench!?
Ash: (Muffled) Shit!
Snake: ASH!
Ash: (Muffled) Hold on I'm thinking!
[The footsteps from before are getting louder. Snake and White turn around to look back inside the building and see shadows coming up from the staircase/ The cops are getting closer.]
White: Ash they're right behind us!
Ash: (Muffled) Ok, ok. He's probably wasn't able to get here in time, he might be somewhere nearby.
White: Are you implying we go looking for him?
Ash: (Muffled) No, I'm implying that we go to the backup spot just in case things went south. Which they did.
Snake: You made a backup spot?
Ash: (Muffled) Of course I did! I'm not that big of fucking a moron!
White/Dingo: Debatable.
[The sound of sirens can be heard in the distance and the Cops have made it to the ground floor.]
Police Officer: Stop right there!
Dingo: Crap!
Ash: (Muffled) White, take Snake! Everyone into the alleyway!
[Ash pushes Snake towards White as the police behind them start shooting at the four.]
Snake: *Groan of Pain* You cunt!
[The four of them run down a small staircase and make a right into a side alleyway avoiding the oncoming gunfire. They make their way down the alleyway as fast as they can and out to the other side where they see a crowded street. People are walking on the sidewalk and the streets are blocked with cars.]
Snake: Do you know where you are taking us?
Ash: (Muffled) Uhh... I think so... Wait, are we going East or Weast?
White/Dingo: WEST!
Ash: (Muffled) Right, yea this way.
[The four then begin to make their way through the crowd. Getting through is difficult as the crowd has essentially created a human shield preventing them from moving. Some of the people near them eye them curiously.]
Snake: *Cough* This is bad...
Ash: (Muffled) Fuck there's too many of them!
*BANG* *BANG* *BANG*
[The crowd immediately begins to scatter away from the four in all directions, some even run into the street causing cars to swerve and hit one another. Everyone looks towards Dingo who's holding a pistol up towards the air.]
Ash: (Muffled) Uh... I was gonna suggest we run as fast as we can just shoot anyone who tries to stop us, but that works too.
White: Holy shit dude.
Snake: Let's get going!
[The four make their way through the stopped cars and to the other side of the street where they spot another alleyway. Dingo leads them down the alleyway with Ash, White, and Snake behind.]
Dingo: C'mon mate, we're almost there!
[Dingo begins to run down the alleyway leaving the other three behind.]
Ash: (Muffled) Wait for us you fucking moron!
[Now Ash starts running after Dingo, leaving White and Snake. As Dingo comes out the other side of the alleyway a voice yells at him as soon as he gets to the sidewalk.]
???: Freeze!
[The voice is coming from a Police Officer who's holding a shotgun in hands aimed right at Dingo.]
Dingo: Crap!
*Bang*
[The Officer pulls the trigger and shoots towards Dingo, but before the pellets hit him Ash charges into him pushing him out of harm's way. Ash shoots at the Officer hitting him in the shoulder causing him to recoil and lose his balance.]
Snake: SHIT!
[Ash and Dingo hit the ground as White grabs his pistol and shoots the officer in the chest causing him to fall. Snake and White walk over to Ash and Dingo who are both lying on the ground.]
Snake: Are you two alright?
Dingo: Mate I'm fine.
[Dingo stands up and looks over at the Officer who shot him. He's not moving which means he's dead or out cold.]
Snake: Ash?
Ash: (Muffled) Fuck...
Dingo: Wat's your problem?
White: Oh shit!
[It's then everyone notices a pool of blood on the ground near Dingo, Ash pushes himself onto his back allowing everyone to see that he's the one who's bleeding.]
Dingo: What the hell Ash!
Snake: Crap.
[His hoodie and shirt have holes in it near his stomach and blood flowing out of it, blood quickly flows out of him onto the sidewalk. The pellets from the shotgun must have hit Ash instead of Dingo when Ash pushed him out of the way.]
Ash: (Muffled) Aw, it hurts... It really fucking hurts...
White: That looks really bad fellas!
Ash: (Muffled) To be honest fellas- *Heavy Wet Cough* It feels just as bad as it looks...
Snake: Where the hell is Wrench?!
Dingo: Only Ash knows!
Snake: Ash, where is he?
Ash: (Muffled) The backup point is just beyond this road down the alleyway.
White: Then we're almost there!
Ash: (Muffled) So many alleyways... *Heavy Cough* Who picked this spot anyways?
Dingo: Yah did!
Ash: (Muffled) AHHH! Shut up! *Heavy Cough* I can already hear bells, I don't need you yelling as well...
Snake: He's dying, and he's making jokes... Dingo! Grab him, and lets go!
[Dingo bends over and lifts up Ash, he holds him up by the shoulders. Ash has his head slumped over and is having trouble standing.]
Dingo: C'mon let's get the hell outta here!
[The four of them run out and onto the street to get to the next alleyway, the streets empty but people can be seen running away from them and sirens in the far distance. They make it to the other side and run into the alleyway, like the others it's pretty much empty. Up ahead of them is an intersection between all the buildings in the alleyway, they could go forward, left, or right.]
Snake: Which way Ash?
Ash: (Muffled & Quietly) *Mumbling*
White: What?
Snake: Dingo, take his mask off.
[Dingo nods and lowers Ash's mask around his neck, resting it comfortably on him. It allows all of them to get a good look at his face, he's got some short black slightly messy hair and hazel eyes, there's also his skin which is starting to look pale.]
Dingo: That ain't good.
White: How are you doing Ash?
[Ash immediately coughs up blood all over White's face. White looks in a deep breath and looks at him annoyed.]
Ash: (Quietly) How's that for an answer?
White: *Annoyed Click* Tch. Perfect.
Snake: How's your breathing?
Ash: (Quietly) Hurg. Soup.
Dingo: Wat?
[Ash coughs up a nice amount of blood onto the ground.]
Ash: (Quietly) That good...
Snake: One of the pellets must have hit something vital. We need to get him out of here quickly... Ash! Which way do we go?
Ash: (Quietly) Ugh, fuck... Right... Through the building and... And down the alley...
Snake: You heard him!
[The four make their way to the intersection and take a right, upon the right they are met with an abandoned-looking building that is creating a dead-end for them. The windows are all boarded up on this side leaving only a door to be their only entrance and exit.]
Dingo: In there?
Ash: (Quietly) Mmm...
[The three of them take that as a yes, they carefully move over to the building while keeping a good eye out behind them. Dingo walks over to the door, still carrying Ash, and tries to open the door, it won't budge, it's probably locked.]
Dingo: It's locked mate!
White: Outta the way, I got this!
[White raises his gun and aims it at the door handle, specifically at its lock. Dingo steps aside holding Ash.]
Ash: (Quietly) No wai-
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang*
[But before Ash can finish his sentence White unloads six rounds into the door handle, effectively breaking it. He then runs up and kicks the door wide open, he even breaks it off the top hinge. He then turns and gestures for the others to enter.]
White: Open sesame.
Ash: (Quietly) You- *Bloody Cough* Fucking moron...
White: What? I got the door open.
???: (Yelling) I heard gunshots from this alleyway! They must be in there!
[Everyone turns around and looks down the alleyway they came from. Numerous people yelling "This way!" and "Follow me!" can be heard accompanied by the sounds of a dozen footsteps.]
Snake: You also let the cops know exactly where we are...
[Ash nods agreeing with Snake.]
Dingo: Then let's get going!
[The four all hurry inside the building. It's pretty dark and looks relatively abandoned, with boarded-up windows, garbage on the floor, the smell of homeless piss. *Deep Inhale* Ah... California... Anyways, abandoned. They see an open doorway on the other side of the room and make their way to the front of the building facing towards the street. The windows are boarded up and the door is too. White runs over to the doorway and tries to rip the boards off with his bare hands. Dingo places Ash against a wall and walks over to the door to try to help White. Snake walks over to Ash and leans next to him against the wall. He silently watches White and Dingo struggle to open the door.]
Snake: *Cough* How are you doing Ash?
Ash: (Quietly) *Wet Cough* Well... I got stabbed by my Ex once... So... To be honest? This isn't that bad... *Bloody Cough* Except for the fact that I'm slowly drowning in my own blood...
Snake: Don't worry, we're all gonna be just fine.
Ash: (Quietly) Mm-hmm...
???: (Yelling) In the abandoned building! Follow me!
[More yelling and footsteps behind them, the Police are almost here.]
White: Shit man!
Dingo: It ain't budgen!
Ash: (Quietly) Door stuck...
White: What the hell do we do now?
[Snake stands up and grabs his pistol, he takes out the mag to make sure it has ammo.]
Snake: Looks like we're gonna have to- *Cough* Shoot our way out.
White: With two of you injured? No way!
Dingo: We won't last a bloody minute.
Ash: (Quietly) Literally... A bloody minute...
White: Can you please stop using what little oxygen you have to make jokes.
Ash: (Quietly) White, if I didn't learn to make life a show... I would have killed myself a long time ago...
Dingo: Snake?
Snake: I- I got nothing... All I can think of is pushing through all of the cops then breaking it towards Wrench. Ash?
[Everyone looks at Ash. Ash exchanges looks with all of them before closing his eyes for a second, taking a deep breath, and attempting to stand by leaning his hand against the wall.]
Ash: (Quietly) Uhh... Fire escape...
Snake: Fire escape?
[Ash points towards the staircase on the other side of the room, it looks like it goes to a second floor.]
White: Holy shit! We're gonna make it!
Snake: Good idea Ash, Dingo grab him, and let's get going.
Dingo: Got it.
Ash: (Quietly) Wait...
[Everyone looks at Ash, he's shakily pointing towards the door they entered from. The sound of footsteps and voices are much louder than before, their times up.]
Ash: (Quietly) Go, I'll stay...
Snake/White/Dingo: What!
Ash: (Quietly) Ahhh, bells! *Groans*
[Ash leans back against the wall, there's blood dripping from him staring at the wall he's leaning against and the rotten floor he stands on.]
Ash: (Quietly) Look... They'll know we went upstairs... And at this point, I'm just dead weight. *Bloody Cough* The fact I can stand is a fucking miracle... Just go...
Dingo: We're not leaving you behind mate!
Police Officer: (Yelling) There in here!
White: Sorry, not happening.
Police Officer: (Yelling) Hurry up!
Ash: (Quietly) Go damn it! *Bloody Cough* Fuck...
Snake: *Sigh* Alright let's go.
White: You can't be serious, Snake.
Dingo: What the bloody hell ar' you talking abot?
[Ash raises an eyebrow.]
Ash: (Quietly) How many times have you said bloody today?
Snake: Look...
[Snake places both of his hands on his wound, it's still bleeding a bit.]
Snake: We're not gonna leave him. Once we find Wrench we'll circle around and pick him up. Right, Ash?
Ash: (Quietly) *Wet Cough* Yep.
White: Alright... But we better get moving!
[White walks over to Snake and supports him, he then runs towards the staircase with Dingo right behind him.]
Dingo: Just hold off for five minutes mate!
Snake: Hide if you can! Avoid a fight!
Ash: (Quietly) Yep, yep...
[The three all disappear upstairs and spot a window close by, it's not boarded up and has a walkway beneath it. Dingo opens the window and steps onto the walkway, White and Snake follow him. There's a metal ladder up on the walkway, Dingo runs over and sends it to the ground. The three look down and see that it's all clear, one by one they descend the latter, Snake goes down the slowest and last but safely makes it to the bottom. They peek out the alleyway and look across the street, there's another alleyway ahead, and it looks like there's a truck sitting idle in it.]
White: That must be Wrench.
Snake: Let's go! We need to hurry!
[They make their way across the street, avoiding cars and people, and into the alleyway. They begin walking down it and eventually come to a truck parked between two buildings. White lets go of Snake allowing him to limp over to the truck and bang on the driver's side door, the door opens up with a man wearing a black construction helmet and mask looking out.]
???: What took you guys so long?
Snake: Floor it as soon as we get in the trunk Wrench!
[Snake limps around the truck towards the passenger seat while White and Dingo get in the back.]
Wrench: Where the hell is Ash?
Dingo: Mate he's fukin with God!
Wrench: What?
Snake: He's holding off the Cops for us, we need you to circle around and grab him!
Wrench: Got it!
White: Drive fast because he's injured!
Snake: Careful Wrench you got a hurting robber in the passenger seat.
[Dingo and White hold on tight as the truck takes off down the alleyway and out to the road. It begins to take a sharp left before stopping causing all the passengers to shake.]
Snake: *Groan of Pain* What the hell Wrench?
Wrench: *Points forward* That the hell!
[Flashing red and blue lights can be seen right in front of them coming down the street, three police cars are rapidly approaching them.]
White: Wow, they're fast!
Dingo: Of course the're fast! The're the fukin police!!!
[Wrench immediately puts the truck in reverse and spins it around, he floors it down the street away from the approaching Police Cars.]
White: Wrench, Ash is holdup the other way!
Wrench: We can't go that way! I'll circle back around for him!
Dingo: He was bleeding a bloody mess back there'! Hurry!
Wrench: Where the hell is he?!
Snake: He's- *Groan* He's inside an abandoned building on the street we just came from!
Wrench: Got it! But I can't do shit while these A-holes are still on us!
Dingo: Then lose em' for God's sake!
Back with Ash...
[Ash looks up the stairway his three heist mates went. He lets out a sigh and chuckles.]
Ash: (Quietly) *Chuckle* Fuck... So this is how I go out huh?
Police Officer: (Yelling) In here! Quickly!
[He starts slowly limping towards a door under the staircase.]
Ash: (Quietly) Always thought what that gypsy said would come true... But then again- *Bloody Cough*
[Ash lets out a large bloody cough and falls forward onto the floor.]
*Crack*
[A small cracking noise can be heard, his gas mask hit the ground first and cracked the right eyepiece creating an X-like crack. The sound of the footsteps is loud, the Police are inside.]
Police Officer: (Yelling) Police! Show us your hands!
[Ash starts to crawl towards the door under the staircase leaving a trail of blood on the floor. His head is low, he can barely keep his eyes open. It's a miracle he can still move in his condition.]
Ash: (Quietly) Then again... She was crazy...
[He is barely able to make it to the door as the footsteps and voices get even louder.]
Police Officer: (Yelling) Police! Make yourselves known!
Ash: (Quietly) I'm not over here...
[Ash gets on his knees and opens the door to the small room under the staircase. The room has some cardboard on the ground, a pillow, a fire ax leaning against the wall, a lightbulb, and some rusted pipes with valves.]
Police Officer: (Yelling) Police!
Ash: (Yelling) Yea, yea, just another second...
[Ash stands up using the door frame as support, he grabs onto a pipe and turns its valve. A small rumbling comes from the pipe, whatever wasn't coming through it before is now. Ash then grabs the fire ax and stands on his two legs. He takes a deep breath. His skin has lost a lot of its color and his eyes look pale. He takes another deep breath.]
Ash: (Quietly) *Deep Breath* I'm ok with this...
[With the last of his strength he raises the fire ax and swings down on the pipe, the pipe bursts open sending an invisible fume right at Ash's face. He coughs and falls to the ground leaving the fire ax stuck in the pipe. There's already a blood pool under him. He pushes himself up against the wall under the rusted pipes. There's more yelling, it seems to be coming from the room right next to him.]
Police Officer: (Yelling) Front Door! This is the Police! Get on your knees and keep your hands up!
[Ash lets out another deep breath as he stares off towards the doorway near the front door. He reaches towards his neck and pulls out a silver locket beneath his hoodie, he stares at it silently for a second before opening it and looking at the picture inside, he smiles immediately. But not long after he opens it, he accidentally coughs, sending some blood onto it. On the left side is a picture of him wearing a suit and tie with a leather strap holding some sort of headwear behind his back. He's smiling, looking indescribably happy. He seems to be reaching both of his hands toward the center of the locket where the small hinge is. Whatever he's holding onto is out of view. The picture on the right side of the locket is covered in fresh coughed up blood preventing him from seeing what is there. His smile soon fades. He lets out a sigh and closes the locket, letting it fall onto his bloodied chest. He then reaches into his pants pocket and pulls out a flip lighter, he flicks it open and places his thumb on the flint wheel. As soon as he does the footsteps are as loud as they can be. Four police officers charge through the doorway into the front room.]
Police Officer: (Yelling) Police! Hands where we can-
[The Officers all immediately notice Ash sitting on the floor holding the lighter. They also notice the smell... The unmistakable smell of one thing... Gas. Ash smiles when he sees the look on their faces change in an instant.]
Ash: (Quietly) Let there be light...
*Flick*
*BOOM*
Snake: What the hell!?
Wrench: What the fuck was that?!
[Everyone in the truck faces towards the sound of a huge explosion, even Wrench glances over before putting his eyes back on the road. The huge sound blocked out the police sirens for only a second. The three stare off in silence, shocked by what just happened.]
Dingo: Was- Wasn't that the...
White: Did he-
Wrench: Wait. Was that the- Fuck...
Dingo: Bloody hell...
[Snake glares at the now-forming smoke column over the building rooftops. He looks back forward and lets out a sigh.]
Snake: Damn it, Ash...
Wrench: Please tell me that wasn't the building Ash was holding up in.
[White and Dingo look towards the floor of the truck, Nobody replies.]
Wrench: Well?!
Snake: It was...
[Wrench and Snake look forward down the road.]
Wrench: Fuck...
[They all stay silent. The only sounds being made are the truck's engine running as fast as it can and the Police sirens tailing them. After a couple of seconds of silence Dingo speaks up.]
Dingo: Now what the hell do we do?
White: I- I don't know man...
Wrench: Snake, orders?
[Snake sits quietly for a bit clutching his wound. He looks pissed, maybe even upset that he couldn't get back in time to save his comrade.]
Snake: Lose the cops. *Cough*
Wrench: But aren't you injured?
Snake: A rock hit me from the explosion, I'm fine. Let's lose the cops first, we'll worry about me later...
Wrench: Shouldn't we get you to a hospital.
White: We could if the entirety of California's police force wasn't looking for us right now...
Dingo: Thy probably are...
Snake: Just drive.
[White and Dingo look back at the smoke column coming from the burning building. While their faces can't be seen, their eyes show all the grief needed.]
White: Fuck... Out of all of us... I can't believe the most prepared one bit it first...
Dingo: He only gawt shot because I ran up ahayd... Fuckn hell...
Wrench: We- We can't let it bug us now. You heard what Snake said well put him to rest later.
[The four continue to drive away quietly. Besides the police sirens of course. Snake then looks over back over to the now huge smoke column, he mutters something.]
Snake: (Muttering) Gory, Gory... What a helluva way to die...
Hell, Outskirts of Pentagram City, 19XX, 8:15 a.m.
Ash: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!-
*CRASH*
Ash: *Groan of Pain* Ow... Fuck!
[Ash just fell from nowhere in the sky into a dead tree.]
Ash: Well, thank god for this non-existent tree cushioning my fall.
[The branch he's lying on breaks, letting him fall to the ground. On his face. Ash lets out a groan and looks up. He's surrounded by dead trees.]
Ash: *Groan* Did I get sent flying like some sort of Looney Tunes character?
[He stands up and dusts himself off, he brushes some dirt off of his eyes and tries to clean off his dirtied pants, bloodied hoodie, and cracked gas mask around his neck. He looks at his stomach and chest confused, there are still holes in his clothes and it looks to have been burned a bit but he's not bleeding anymore. Only his dried blood remains.]
Ash: The hell... Didn't I get shot? And...
[He stops brushing himself off and looks up.]
Ash: Didn't I fucking die?
[He stands there in silence for a second before shrugging.]
Ash: Eh... Maybe... The human body can survive a shotgun shot to the chest and gas explosion if you're positioned correctly... Maybe...
[He then looks around at his surroundings, there's what seems to be a forest filled with dead trees and bushes all around him. Not a single bit of green is anywhere in sight.]
Ash: Where the hell am I? It looks like a burnt-down forest... Wait, how did I even get here?
[Ash looks up at the sky where he fell. The only thing up there is a dark red void with a bit of glowing red that he can't quite make out.]
Ash: What the hell's going on?
[He rubs the back of his head as he continues to look around, he notices something in the distance through some trees, it looks to be some sort of sign.]
Ash: Maybe that could answer my question...
[He walks over to the sign in the distance, pushing through thorny bushes and dead low-hanging branches. When he gets to the sign he pulls away a dead shrub blocking the writing on it, after pulling the shrub out of the ground and tossing it to the side he can clearly read what it says. The sign says "Welcome to Hell!" in red. He looks at the sign with a blank glare for a second before letting out a disappointed and annoyed sigh.]
Ash: *Annoyed Sigh* Great... I fell headfirst into lunatic territory.
[He kicks the sign, breaking it in half.]
Ash: Now I need to find out where I am really-
[Ash's words are cut off by him answering his own question as he looks up and off into the distance. The first thing he notices is what looks to be a giant pentagram in the sky looming above everything, like some sort of sun or constant reminder. The second thing he notices is a city beneath it towering over the forest. The city isn't huge but definitely has some size in it, it most likely will grow over the next couple of years. Its an interesting site to behold, definitely something you wouldn't expect to see in a place like this. Ash crosses his arms and looks at his left hand.]
Ash: Ok... (Puts up a Finger) So I'm either on some sort of crazy drug trip... (Puts up a Finger) In actual Hell... (Puts up a Finger) Or of what I believe Texas to look like...
[He looks around at his surroundings a bit more, taking in everything he sees, he nods and closes his hand allowing him to cross his arms correctly. From some weird-looking skulls in the dirt, dead trees everywhere, and the weird-looking city, he knows exactly where he is.]
Ash: I think it's the third one... And there's nothing that can convince me otherwise!
[Asher exclaims and points up confidently. Then his nose twitches and he sneezes.]
Ash: Ah... Ah-ACHOO! Fucking hell...
[A tail brushes against his nose, scratching it.]
Ash: Thanks.
Ash: Pardon me, what the fuck?
[Ash turns around to see what just scratched his nose, he then sees that he now has a pointed tail on him. Like some sort of devil or demon. He stares at it with wide eyes and a blank face for a couple of seconds.]
Ash: Alright...
[Ash scratches his chin.]
Ash: What are the chances that it's the Drug trip and Texas... Unless.
[He reaches up with both of his hands and touches his dirtied head. On the top of his head, coming out of his hair are two ashy-colored horns that point out and bend back in.]
Ash: Ok... So it is number two...
[He takes his hands and shoves them into his hoodie pockets. He lets out a confused sigh as he takes another look at the city in the distance.]
Ash: Well... I- guess I'm in Hell... I gotta admit though... It's one hell of a sight. Ha!
[He then punches his chest to make sure he's not hurt or dreaming and scratches his head.]
Ash: Hmmm... I wonder if I'll be able to fit in here like in California...
[An explosion can be heard and seen coming from a building in the city.]
Ash: *Chuckles* Heh-heh... Looks like I'm gonna fit right in...