Crystalline Universe: Team Fortress 2/ Overwatch

*3rd day trapped inside the valley

" It felt like it has been an eternity ever since I got down here. It's winter in Australia right now and I will surely freeze to death from this hellish weather if I don't find myself a proper place to hide. Can things get worst? I won't know because of just yesterday, after... I don't even know how to call that thing...The mad man... got into forced labour by the men that took him in. This place turned out to be a mining facility with men enslaved here working against their will. I got lucky and took shelter in time before they could discover my presence. Worst of all, they took his crystals and stored them away since crystals are rare and expensive materials. Can I even do this, can I even still be here, No, for real, I'm really tired... I think I ran out of tears to cry and sold my mind to sorrow. This... for real, I don't know... I'm currently digging a small tunnel under the prison house, I will see what I can do. For now, I think I should get some food... "

" Because of my fading generator, I could perish at any day or time, please if you discover this diary, store it away, these are my miseries, my life and my choices, I did what I believed to be right and I don't want anyone knowing about this. "

-Yours truly, Kadyn.

Closing her the small hologram pen containing her diary, she proceeded to hide it inside her back pocket. Going partially invisible due to the damage to her generator, Kadyn slowly and carefully walked inside the camp trying to find anything she could eat.

*The bell started to ring

It's the morning call, all prisoners quickly stood in front of their bed, ready for inspection. An old geezer entered the prison house where all of the enslaved men were kept. The old man was kept under the company of two armed guards. With a white mustache and a luxurious outfit, it was clear that this elder man was the head of the mining guild. With a cigar in his mouth, he looked with care at every man standing nervously in front of their bed. At the end of his inspection, he walked to the front door of the building to a man dressed in a military uniform.

The old man - Chief, get them to work harder, the demands are rising so must the productivity.

Chief - Yes, sir.

The old man - I want results, lord CR-455 gave me another weapon order and I must deliver to him his command in time.

Chief - Any means necessary?

The old man - Slaves are easy to replace but profits are not.

Chief - As you wish.

Chief (screaming) - Men! Get to work already, I want double productivity from today on!

- Impossible!

- Sir, we cannot, we already were exhausted from our current work, please have mercy!

Hearing the prisoners' beggings, the old man turned and using his pistol, he shot the pleading man in the arm.

The old man - Get to work and if you don't meet your daily quota, you will be executed!

Ending his phrase, he walked out of the prison and headed toward a floating platform that took him toward the guards quarter higher in the valley wall.

The court, where part the prisoner worked at, is a massive place where the perimeter was circled by barbed electric wires. The court serves as where the prisoners break the mined minerals and ores into pieces and transform them into raw materials. The rest of the prisoners were sent underground where they will be forced to mine under dangerous conditions.

*In the meantime.

Desperate and hungry, Kadyn, after a while, kept on marching across the court still looking for food.

In the court, prisoners worked under the cold weather breaking ores with an iron pickaxe. No one talks or dare take a rest, all of the prisoners worked silently, even the mad man. After hours of work, a second bell ringed signalling dinner time. The prisoners left their pickaxes on the floor and all walked toward the kitchen house where they will take their respective seats.

Kadyn, carefully walking without anyone noticing her presence, made her way inside the kitchen where foods were brewed inside larges containers. Climbing up to the top of one of the metallic barrels, she looked inside to only find the disgusting food served to the prisoners. The brown goo boiled with a disgusting flavour of salty beef mixed with mustard. Kadyn backed in disgust but because of her hunger, she forced herself to eat the nasty mixture up until she's full. Descending the cylinder almost vomiting out of disgust, Kadyn walked toward the exit.

Dinner time was over, it's currently a 1 hour recess time for the prisoners.

At the door, the mad man waited for Kadyn, seeing her walking to the exit, he jumped toward her and grabbed her by the shoulder.

The mad man - I knew you would show up, how about we get started!

Slamming her face against the wall, the mad man started to beat her up with his fists and kick her. Throwing Kadyn to the ground, he kicked her in the abdomen causing her to vomit blood out her mouth. Kadyn laid on the floor and took all the beating without a word. Finally, after she was heavily injured, the mad man walked away warning her that he will be back to beat her again.

After a short recovery, Kadyn stood up once again and marched toward the prison house just as nothing happened. Finding her hiding spot, she slipped down the small hole leading under the prison-house which is a huge blank area.

Splitting her fox-tail into 6, five of them were fluffy and the middle one is made of crystal (not the crystal that crystal users have). The crystal tail lighted the dark with its pink-purple glow. With her arm, she started to dig a tunnel underground that can bypass the camp's security system.

Suddenly, a man showed up behind her with a small knife in his hand. The shadow of the man was noticed by Kadyn who turned her head to find herself face to face with the man.

Man - I noticed a sound under my bed for some time now, who are you!

Kadyn locked at the man without any reaction or emotion.

Man (pointing his knife against Kadyn's throat) - Answer me! What are you doing here?

Kadyn (passive) - There are roads people should choose take in their life, some took the wrong turn and fell off the road and other, the right way which led them to their destination or home.

Man - What kind of weird shit are you saying?

Kadyn - What I'm saying is will you chose to kill me, let me mind my own business or help me. I have nothing to lose, I'm not afraid to die, I may have lost all hope but I will still try up until the end to survive and follow my dreams.

The man looked at Kadyn, a demi-human with blood and injuries all around her body digging a tunnel that will lead to the unknown. Her look and expression were bland just as if they have lost the colour of life and hope.

Man (feeling guilty for his action) - Excuse me of my sudden intrusion, I was trapped here for 10 years now, I only wanted to go back up there and see the world once again. When I heard you under my bed, I thought it was someone trying to escape without me.

Kadyn - If you keep this between us, I will give you a chance to get out of here.

Man - I will, I will...

Kadyn - Go, let me work now.

Man - You promise!

The man climbed back onto the surface to join the rest while Kadyn kept on digging the ground.

After a few hours of work, Kadyn got up from the hole, sat on the soil and closed her eyes.

In her mind, she thought - (Maybe I was trying to bring back a dead man all along... Maybe Mike was right when he told me those last words... « Go on, live without me, you must stay away from me from today on... » He knows what could have happened to him after that night where he fought Sniper.

What was I thinking... I'm thinking about abandoning him? I can't give up just yet, he was there for me for all those years, I can't just leave him after just a year of effort!

Reopening her eyes, Kadyn smashed the ground and stood up.

Kadyn (hitting her head on the ceiling) - Ow!

The final bell ring called the prisoners to sleep.

Kadyn made her way back to the surface after every man falls asleep. Looking up the sky, she breathed a fresh breath of air before spitting the remaining blood inside her mouth on the soil.

Kadyn - I'm done crying in despair, I fight for what I believe no matter the cost. This was and will always be my resolve, I don't care if you killed Sniper and betrayed the association, I only care about you and nothing else.

TO BE CONTINUED...