32. Hard Landing

Occasional overhanging incandescant light bulbs lit up sections of the cold dark corridor, with long stretches of darkness in between. The air was musky, filled with a faint but lingering stentch of nothingness. Inmates peered out from their unlit cell rooms, trying to get a glimpse of the new-comers. Chained and bounded by the steel chains and handcuffs, the battered and bruised Ah-mo and Ah-moe, still dizzy from the spinning and wrestling, trodded unsteadily on the damp path. Following the half-dressed guard, they walked through the narrow corridor along the prison cells as the clattering of the chains on the floor echoed through the quiet, dark building.

All was quiet until...

"Oei! 死Ah-mo! 不要踏我的脚leh!" Ah-moe whispered.

No reply.

"死Ah-mo! 不要踏我的脚hor!"Ah-moe repeated.

"不管你er! 好踏er..." Ah-mo jeered in reply.

Alex stopped and turned around, and walked up close to them, staring at both the stunned Ah-moe and Ah-mo with his unnerving eyes. For ten whole seconds, no one moved, except for the visible trembling of Ah-moe and Ah-mo. They didn't want another match anytime soon, if at all. Though they could regenerate, being hit was still uncomfortable, or painful to some extent. Breathing down their heads, his large eyes seemed to look deep into them, instilling fear in both of them.

Then he suddenly grabbed both of them by their necks with one hand each, lifting them off the ground, in a choke-hold manner. As Ah-mo and Ah-moe gasped for air, Alex smashed Ah-mo into a lever switch in the wall, sending electric currents thought him - thus short circuiting the door control switch - making the adjacent prison cell door slide open. Without a word, Alex threw the struggling duo in.

With all their arms and legs tangled from the chains, Ah-mo and Ah-moe fell awkwardly into a mess. And before they could react from the fall, they saw Alex raise the shotgun and discharged one round into the ceiling, causing quite some debris to fall.

As Ah-mo and Ah-moe admired the "destructive magic" of the shotgun, they saw Alex raising the shotgun and aiming it at them.

"Ahhhh......"

And loud echoes of shots rang throughout the jailhouse.