Still during the escape
"Xao!" One of the older and primary guards slammed his hands on the fancy wooden desks. Only the guards had better looking 'cells,' though because of how they looked, they were almost like regular bedroom with actual doors, "I want you to figure out who pulled the alarm and bring them to me now! If anyone tries to escape, kill them!" He yelled.
"Yes sir." Lei answered monotonously. He stood up straight and had a usual poker face expression. On the outside, he appeared calm, responsible, and mature, but on the inside, Lei wanted to break free. He was a guard and did believe in keeping the people with manipulation abilities a secret and quarantined from regular humans, but he, too, longed to be normal.
Which was why he was disobeying orders.
With all the lights, confusion, and noises, no one would notice if he strayed from his assigned duties. That was the plan on his side. But if things did go wrong and he was caught with the other four prisoners, he knew he'd immediately turn on them. After all, Lei wasn't a very loyal person unless you were on the winning side. Lei couldn't afford to lose since he had to get to his home city. That is all that he cared for.
He ran with his spear in his hand, dashing through the memorized dark hallways of the prison. After working there all his life, he knew everything by heart, even in the heat of disorder and in the blackened darkness. The cafeteria, the older one that was no longer in use, was the meeting place for him to regroup with the other four. Then they'd escape and be free. He'd guarantee that if they may it far enough.
After a long while of running, someone finally caught him, "Xao!" A familiar voice shouted. When Lei turned around, it was the man that had just given him orders. He was stuck underneath a pile of ruble and was badly hurt. If Lei didn't do anything, he would die, "Help me Xao!" The man demanded again, a desperate look in his eyes, but also one of lies and superiority.
Lei calmly walked up to him, offered his hand, but once the man reached out, Lei took his spear and stabbed it through his revealed and bleeding back, "I'm done with working for you." He told the senior guard darkly, who looked up at him with a horrified expression on his face.
But Lei couldn't waste anymore time. He had to get to the cafeteria to meet the others, "You stay here." He told the guard, though the man didn't have much of an option as he was slowly dying, and then ran off with his spear in his hand, the blade being bloodied and a deep red liquid that slowly dripped from it each time he took a step closer to the meeting place.