Antok should be feeling happy right now.

He should be celebrating with the city right now and spending time with Tom or Billy whose father has not stopped boasting about how great his son is for capturing Tactzo. 

The evil beast Tactzo has been captured but all his mind could think was how he was going to help Phill to escape again.

Throughout the days he's been keeping an eye out, to see if he could find any openings to get Phill out but ever since the first escape security has been doubled. Now that Tactzo has been captured the castle and its jail feel impenetrable. 

Antok threw a bottle to the wall making it shatter. 

He wanted to meet his father so badly and he felt like the possibility was at his fingertips but he just couldn't seem to grasp it.

He needed to get into that castle again and he could get in by asking Billy to show him the prisoners but that would not be productive. 

So he went with the second plan. 

Dress like a guard. 

It was easy really, he didn't have to knock a guard out and steal his clothes and armour. He just walked right into the armoury without anyone knowing.

He quickly got dressed hid his fox ears in his helmet and used a mask to cover his face. 

Casually he walked toward the jail part of the castle. Two Guards were outside the door. 

The door was the entrance to the room full of jail cells and that had a metal table in the back center. 

He was contemplating on how to get those two guards to leave when the king walked past him with a group of guards.

The King stopped and turned around to Antok. Antok felt like he was going to die right there.

"You there why are you here?"

"I was going to take over his shift at guarding the door since he needs to go to the washroom" Antok pointed at the men guarding the entrance.

What The Heck.....

'Why would you say that?' Antok thought, he desperately wanted to slap himself for the stupid lie.

"Never mind that he can wait, Join us. I need extra hands since one of my guards is sick tonight." The king said ordered and began to walk.

Antok walked behind the group and ducked his head so that no one didn't stare too much at his masked face. 

The King nodded at the guards at the door and they opened the door. 

The king with 4 other guards and Antok walked into the jail cell room.

Phill and Tactzo were in separate jail cells across from each other.

"Well well well, look who got here. My ancestors are celebrating with joy that I am finally going to be able to avenge their deaths" The King said.

"I should have killed your ancestors when I had the chance" Tactzo hissed.

"You should of because now I am going to make you suffer," The king said with a wicked smile.

"Bring it on," Tactzo said.

The King gestured to Phills cell. 

"Wait....You can let him go now you have me" Tactzo gruffly said.

The king simply smiled as the two guards brought Phill out of his cell and held him on his knees. The King slowly walked around Phill until he was standing behind him.

"I guess I haven't properly introduced myself to you Tactzo," The King grabs Phill's hair and makes him stare straight at Tactzo.

"I am King Merikh and I will make sure you suffer and what better way to do that than hurting your precious father?" King Merikh said.

"You better not hurt him!" Tactzo roared.

King Merikh didn't stop stroking Phill's hair who was hissing under him.

"Oh, but I already have! You see before we got a hold of you I have been trying to solve the key to immortality. And I've already done a few experiments on him. But don't worry I'm careful to not kill him I heard he has only one life"

As King Merikh spoke the the other two guards who were not holding Phill down went towards a drawer and took out chains. Antok was left to watch everything by standing guard by the exit. 

Antok didn't like where things were headed. When he disguised himself to enter the Jail he hadn't expected things to go like this.

They chained Phill's wrists behind his back and there was a chain that connected the cuffs to the floor. It was short enough that if Phill wanted to stand up he wouldn't be able to.

In all this Tactzo was yelling profanities at the King who waved the guards away and those 4 guards walked back to where Antok was standing.

"Now...." King Merikh kneeled behind Phill, his chin resting on the crook on Phill's neck. In distress, Phill's feathers were puffed up.

"How much should I make you suffer Tactzo?" King Merikh's arms snaked around Phill's chest and gripped Phill's shirt. 

The sound of clothes tearing open made Antok flinch. 

He started hyperventilating and he looked at the the other guards to hopefully see an ounce of concern for what is going on.

What he found was more disgusting, every single one of them had a lustful or degenerate look on their face. Like they were enjoying what was happening before them. 

"You soldier," King Marikh said, you could barely hear it from Tactzo's angry shouts.

Antok noticed that the king was looking right at him. He pointed at himself "Me?" 

"Yes, you idiot, grab the whip." 

Antok took a step forward and the king went from exploring Phill's chest to unapologetically shoving his hands under Phill's pants.

At this point, Phill was flapping his wings in distress as well struggling to get the king off him but the King ignored it and brought his lips to Phill's neck. 

Antok hadn't realized that his hand had already grabbed the whip. One glare from the King made him walk closer to them. Black feathers were going everywhere and Antok stepped aside to not be hit by Phill's flapping wings. 

Antok just wanted to disappear, he didn't want to be here and he was just 16.

He didn't ask to see any of this.

The king grabbed Phill's hair and pulled him back. His back was forced to arch making Phill's chest puff up and the king ordered, "Whip him" 

Phil's chest was full on display, and Tactzo was going wild behind Antonk. He hoped that those chains that he was pulling on broke so that he would stop all of this.

If Antok didn't follow orders what would happen to him? 

Now that he knows what the king is capable of, who is to say he won't torture him too for being a traitor?

"We don't have all night soldier," King Marikh said between the kisses and bites he was still giving Phill.

He shakingly raised his hand. 

Oh, may the skies above forgive him. 

May Phill one day forgive him.....if he ever finds out.

Antok brought down the whip and-

~~~

He did 30 slashes before he was told to stop. 

He felt like he was going to faint but really the person that truly was going to faint was Phill.

The only reason he was on his knees upright was because the king was holding him up.

Antok from the shock, muted the world around him. The king was speaking to him but Antok just dropped the whip and slowly walked towards the exit.

He ignored everyone and opened the door. 

The king lets go of Phill, who falls sprawled to the floor and the last thing he hears before leaving is the king saying, 

"Let him leave, you 4 come here to have your fun"

Antok took off running down the hall. Unable to watch any of this wickedness any longer. 

He needed to get Phill out of there as soon as possible.

He hated that he was thinking about this but if he had any hope of rescuing Phill he had to help Tactzo escape.

The only reason he was taken down was because Tactzo had not expected to be attacked that day.

Now that Atnok knew that The king was seeking the key to immortality then it would be unlikely that Phill's life could be used against Tactzo again.

The King needs Phill to be alive. 

He didn't want his city to be destroyed. He'd defend it till his dying breath but to get Phill out he had to get Tactzo out because the only one capable of going against the world and win was him.