Universal Power System

The morning came fast and for the first time in a long time, the prisoners in the warehouse that Mako went to had a good night’s sleep. 𝑏𝘦𝘥𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘦𝑙．𝑜𝑟𝘨

Mako stayed in his post the whole just going through different things in his system, and before he knew it he heard the footsteps of someone else walking downstairs.

The prisoners had told Mako about the usual routine they followed so Mako knew what and what not to do. Two guards entered the basement and went towards the small room that was for the guards.

Mako was sitting lazily on the leather pretending to be asleep as this was quite the norm for night guards. 9 times out of ten, when the morning guards come to take the prisoners to the work stations they would have to wake up the guard and it sort of became a ritual for them.

It would have been suspicious if they saw Mako awake and on duty which is quite weird, to say the least.

Mako continued to fake being asleep on the chair as the two guards approached him, one was around the same size as Mako and looked like a student as well, while the other one was a bigger dude with a slightly better build and darker skin tone.

“I got this one.” The senior said as he moved to wake Mako up in his own style. However, before he could do so, the younger guard stopped him by pulling on his arm.

“Hey come on, You said I could have the next one.” The young one complained.

“Tough luck sport, you can have the next one.” The senior said as he shrugged his shoulders.

“That’s what you say every time, but I won’t back down this time!” The young one rebelled.

The two guards went back and forth for a while and finally, they made a breakthrough. The younger guard had suggested that the elder guard finally agreed to. The person who was going to wake Mako up would be decided by a game of rock, paper, scissors.

Mako wanted to facepalm so hard after hearing the conclusion that the guards had come to. He thought he was the biggest weeb that was ever born on this planet but turns out he is far from that title. He also got to taste the first-hand cringe that he had been serving to everyone, and it was safe to say that this was something he had to experience so that he could get a taste of his own medicine.

“Rock… Paper.. Scissor… Shoot!” They both chanted as they threw forward their desired hand.

“Haha! I won! I f***ing won! It’s my turn now!” The young guard cheered as he finally got the chance to wake up a guard using the special move he had been developing.

The young guard had the water ability and near the prison bar there was a trough that was usually filled with water for the prisoners, but during the night, the cold was enough for it to form a sheet of ice on top of it. He was about to drench Mako with a giant ball of ice-cold water!

Mako had to put an end to this charade this instant otherwise this would turn into one of the worst mornings that Mako had experienced. As the young began forming the ball of water, Mako who had been snoring as part of the act, decided to fake choking on his own spit.

*COUGH!* *COUGH!*

Mako was no world-class actor but he did a pretty believable performance as he woke before being drenched.

“Shit! Why did you have to wake up now? why now of all time!” The young started wailing as soon as he noticed that Mako had woken up.

The rules of this made game were that the guards were not allowed to play pranks if the guard woke up early. Mako had taken away the one chance that this kid had gotten to this and now had to act as if he won the lottery because that would have been anybody’s reaction who dodged a bullet such as being drenched in ice cold water first thing in the morning.

The senior could hold his laughter anymore and burst out laughing all the while Mako kept his “just woken up” persona and the young guard kept complaining and swearing. The bitter banter continued for a couple of minutes but the noises were loud enough to wake up the prisoners.

As soon as the prisoners woke up, the guards took on a mean and cruel look as they started arranging the prisoners into different groups. Mako also had to take part in this as he started shouting and hitting prisoners trying to put them in a straight line. Mako wasn’t proud of this, but it was something that Mako had to do in order to not raise any suspicion.

It was safe to say that the rat wasn’t treated that highly either since none of the guards even noticed that he was missing from the group.

The prisoners slowly formed into neat groups and were led by the guards to their workstations. Mako was to lead his group to the forge and since he had memorized the blueprints of the main and upper floors that Paul had provided them, he safely led the group there and left because his job was over as the night guard and he had free time until his next shift.

The timetable was designed so that the night guards could rest after being on duty the whole night but that wasn’t how it was followed which is why the guards came up with the prank game in the first place. Since the guard was able to sleep during the night while on duty and have some free time the next day, he should definitely get some punishment as well in the form of pranks.

After Mako led his group to the right place, another guard took over the responsibility for the group and Mako was able to go to the main guard lounge in the warehouse where there were all sorts of things from beds, lockers, and showers, to even a coffee machine. The night guard would mostly spend his free time relaxing there, but Mako had other plans.

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Mako didn’t change his uniform so that it would look like he was still on duty and made his way cautiously over to the armory. He met up with Jacob who was the only guard that was stationed there which was a huge bonus.

They both locked themselves in the armory, and Mako started looking at the weapons that were stored there. There were regular batons and bats, but also some Power weapons that were not that strong either but would be plenty to manage the prisoners since they were of the same level as well.

With Jacob keeping an eye out for any incoming guards, Mako started to gather all the weapons that were made out of wood and placed them in a pile, and lit them all on fire. Jacob was a Wind ability user and he managed to gather all the smoke that came from burning them and condense them into a small smoke bomb.

This was a very handy skill to have, and now Jacob had 3 smoke bombs that he could use as a distraction whenever he wants.

All the weapons that were made of metal were left remaining on the rack which was also made of metal. Mako could sense the electricity flowing through the wires in the walls and using his own knife carved a small hole behind the rack to expose a wire to make the entire rack and the weapons on it live with the current.

Lastly, Mako picked up all five Power weapons and wrapped them in cloth before throwing them in the laundry basket that he found just outside the armory. Mako couldn’t use his inventory with Jacob around so he had to sneak these weapons the old-fashioned way.

Luckily, the vents came in clutch as the vent that was in the armory was directly connected to one of the rooms in the guard lounge. The room was currently occupied by Mako.

The sabotage of the armory was complete!

After the job was done, Mako left the armory and started to head toward the exit gate of the warehouse, but before leaving he gave Jacob half of the miniature bombs and instructed him to make someone cover his position for a while by making an excuse and head over to the entrance gate and plant the explosives there as well.

It didn’t take long before a guard walked past Jacob, standing guard outside the armory.

“Hey bro, you mind covering for me for a little while, I really need to take a leak,” Jacob said to the guard. The guard reluctantly agreed and Jacob was now free to toward the entrance.

The entrance was quite deserted at that time since no one was to be expected and Jacob could plant the explosives without any trouble and return to his post.

On the other hand, the exit gate was very busy since the packaging station, as well as the warden’s office, was located nearby. He would be instantly recognized by the warden because he was the one who was assigned Mako night duty and he would be able to tell that Mako didn’t belong there.

The only solution to the problem was the vents. Mako had to crawl through the disgusting vents in order to sneak past everyone and reach the gate undetected. He returned to his room, placed the Power weapons in his inventory, and climbed the vents.

Mako climbed through the vents while trying his best to breathe as little as possible because the vents smelled worse than the basement. He made it past the packaging area and was now in the warden’s office. He stopped for a second to take a quick breath as the warden’s room had good air conditioning.

While doing so, Mako noticed the warden through the grill of the vent. He was talking on the phone with someone and he looked quite tense.

“Yes sir, I will make all the preparations necessary for his arrival. Don’t worry. He will be pleased.” The warden said as he continued to talk for a couple of minutes discussing different arrangements before finally hanging up the phone. The warden took a breath of relief as he stood up from his seat.

“PETER! make preparations, the big boss is paying us a visit tonight!” he yelled before walking out of the room.

The warden’s last words stopped Mako dead in his tracks. El-Diablo would be paying the warehouse a visit tonight.

‘OH SHIT!’