EPISODE 6: THE RIOT ## CHAPTER 1: THE SPARK It started in the cafeteria. Marcus was reviewing reports in his office when the alarm sounded—not the controlled alert of a single incident, but the cascading wail that meant multiple emergencies across multiple blocks. He grabbed his radio and ran. "All units, all units—Code Red in cafeteria. Code Red in Block A. Code Red in Block C. Respond with all available personnel." By the time he reached the central corridor, the situation had already spiraled beyond containment. Inmates flooded through shattered security gates, armed with improvised weapons fashioned from cafeteria trays, broken furniture, anything that could cut or bludgeon. Guards fell back in waves, outnumbered and overwhelmed. "How did this happen?" Marcus demanded, pulling Reeves behind a barricade of overturned tables. "Coordinated assault. They hit multiple points simultaneously—the cafeteria, the laundry, the commissary. Someone's been planning this for months." "Who?" "I don't know. But the Block D inmates are still contained. Whatever's happening, it's coming from general population." --- ## CHAPTER 2: THE LEADER His name was Victor Kane. Marcus had reviewed his file when he arrived—a former military contractor serving twenty years for weapons trafficking. Intelligent, charismatic, with a gift for organization that had made him valuable in the prison's informal economy. He had never shown signs of violent...