Purpled walked to the prison casually. He was a little early, since he knew Ranboo would probably want to get off of work sooner rather than later. He had the time, plus it meant he could walk more slowly to work without having to worry about being late. The air was fresh, so he took it in while he could. The prison wasn't exactly properly air conditioned, and the lava on the walls at the light and heat source was an annoying choice in Purpled's opinion.

His gut twisted from the memory of letting Badboyhalo visit some prisoner while Sam was away, but if Punz was so sure about it then it was fine. He tried to shrug it off as he came closer to the prison, fishing his keys out of his pocket for the door.

A little purple keychain in the shape of your classic UFO swung out as he unlocked it effortlessly. He smiled a little to himself. He was normally shifted to look human, during the day at least, but the keychain kept him close to home.

On the other side of the black tinted windows, he expected to see Ranboo immediately, or at least around the next nearest corner. When he first started out, getting out of the prison after work was his first priority, so he assumed the same for Ranboo and Tommy.

"Ranboo?" Purpled called out, when he didn't see Ranboo as quickly as he'd expected.

"Ranboo, I'm here. Your shift is over now!" He said a bit louder.

Walking down the hallway more, a door cast ajar caught his eye. Sam's office.

Purpled picked up his pace to investigate. Sam didn't leave his office open, and Punz was the only one with keys to the room. The keys for the snacks and emergency kit were moved to the staff room during the tour too, so why was this door open now?

His eyes went wide as he stared at the ransacked mess. Papers scattered the floor, a tiny flower pot had been pushed over, and the cabinet was swung wide open with half its contents dumped onto the floor below it. The desk drawer had nothing left in it, and had splintered dents in it like it had been forcefully opened with a crowbar.

"What the hell...?" He mumbled as he stepped over papers to see if there were any clues to who did this. Nada.

He quickly grabbed out his communicator and dialed for Sam, begging that he would pick up quickly.

"Come on pick up! Pick up!" It rang a few times.

"Hello?" Sam's voice rang through the communicator.

"Sam, I came into work today and your office was ransacked. I can't find Ranboo either." Purpled said quickly, starting to panic slightly.

"Wait what!?" Sam's voice got a lot more serious quickly.

"Your office door was open and a bunch of papers are on the ground and Ranboo-"

"Ok ok I got all of that-" Sam interrupted. "Is anything else wrong or just the office?"

Purpled rushed out of the office and looked down the hallway to the staff room. "The staff room is open too, I'm going to go check."

Purpled rushed to the room to find at least a handful of sets of armor and weapons taken from the shelves.

"It looks like the armory is missing a bunch of stuff too." He spoke into the communicator. He was sort of freaking out, but managed to say everything he needed to clearly. He could panic after.

"Ok, this is bad. I'm on my way right now. Check all of the hallways and make sure everything is secure." Sam ordered. There was muffling in the background that was quickly quieted. Purpled humming in confirmation and rushed out of the staff room.

Purpled didn't let his mind freak out as he raced around the hallways. Everything looked fine, until he came to the same hallway he and Punz had walked to when Bad came over. It was completely dark which was the first concern his mind saw.

"This hallway had someone in it."

He scanned the hallway, his guard on high alert, and noticed flickering light on the far wall, a blinking red that illuminated the cracks in the wall around it.

"Sam..." Purpled said quietly, almost afraid to say the words out loud. Sam waited for him to continue.

"Someone has escaped." Purpled said more quietly. Almost like if he said it outloud it would be true. He couldn't remember the name of the person in there.

"What!?" Sam yelled through the communicator. Purpled pulled the communicator farther away from his pointed ear.

"One of the barriers is down and the circuit next to it is broken." Purpled explained. He didn't want to mention Punz had broken the rules in the same place the cell was broken; It was just a coincidence.

"Where, which hallway?" Sam asked quickly.

"The hallway sort of near the side door. It was a hallway of unused ones and then the one at the end was being used but now it's broken and whoever was in it is gone." Purpled said quickly, trying not to jumble his words. Panic was starting to rise in his chest again and it took all of his willpower not to completely freak out. He took a shaky breath.

After a pause, Sam spoke. "Dream." He breathed out.

"What should I do? Ranboo isn't anywhere and I'm the only one here and-"

"Calm down Purpled, it's going to be ok." Sam instructed. "Now I need to make some quick calls as I hurry back. I'll be there soon. I promise. You need to call Punz and he can help you make sure everything else is in order. Can you do that?"

"Yes."

"Ok, when he gets here you can go through the security together to see exactly what happened. If he doesn't have the keys there should be an extra set in my office on the top of the cabinet you can use. The security camera is three doors down from the staff room with a sign on the door."

"Ok."

"I'll be there as quickly as I can. Stay calm, it's going to be ok."

"Ok." Purpled said. Sam hung up quickly, leaving Purpled alone.

"Ok ok, Sam's on his way. I'm ok." He thought to himself, taking a deep breath to calm himself down. He dialed for Punz quickly.

"Pick up, pick up!" He thought to himself after the 4th ring. There was no answer, nor was there the second and third time he tried to call.

"Screw it, I can do this myself." He thought to himself as he walked back to Sam's office with fear and determination fueling his step.

When he made it to the office, he was careful not to step on the papers as he made his way to the back with the cabinet, standing on the swivel chair to reach the top. He balanced on the chair trying to hold himself stable with the wall next to him. Once he felt the key and pulled it down, his foot slipped, and he hardly caught himself on the cabinet. "Phew." He let out a breath. when he was back on the ground.

He walked down the hall glancing behind him every few seconds. It was eerily quiet, with his footsteps echoing through the halls.

He found the door quickly and took a few times to open the door from his hands shaking so much. He opened the door slowly, expecting some sort of jumpscare, but found it to be just a dark room. Flicking the lights on, he saw it was empty with a wall of videos from the various cameras being the only thing really standing out. He checked his phone to see if Punz had answered yet.

"Maybe he's just sleeping?" He thought to himself, doubting every word. He knew it didn't make much sense, since he would've had all yesterday and the day before to sleep, but it was the only reasonable explanation he had. He sighed and put his phone back in his hoodie pocket and sat down in the swivel chair. Maybe he could at least find out where Ranboo was with the cameras.

"Maybe he just got lost in the hallways?" He mumbled to himself, searching through the video screens on the walls. Nothing moved, meaning he had to look through the tapes from earlier that night to find anything. Now he just had to figure out how to actually do that, easy peasy!

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