The Blackout Riot

**The Blackout Riot** is an event in Season Two that occurs as a result of a storm knocking out the power across the entire prison.

At the point of the power going out, the prisoners mostly take advantage of the darkness and lack of locking mechanisms on the doors to run riot.

## Notable Occurrences

At the beginning of the blackout riot, lights are flickering on and off throughout the prison. The first inmates to be notably affected by this are Grey McCorduck, Maxie Tanaka and Sanders who are in the gym. Sanders suggests that Maxie and Grey go hide in the event of a power cut, and so they both situate themselves in the commissary where Maxie works, barricading themselves in. Sanders retreats to the library, but leaves to go to solitary when the power goes out, with the intention of freeing Jason Zharkov.

The first victim of the blackout riot is Dante Natali who is knocked unconscious by Armando Alighieri while in the cafeteria. Blaze Koenig and Armando fight in the darkness and eventually realise they're fighting each other.

Meanwhile, Akira Yubari manufactures chlorine gas which fills the cell blocks, forcing many inmates out. Syrus Norwood and Regicide Rollinstar are two who are forced to move on from Syrus' cell, and they take refuge in the boiler room.

Sanders frees Jason Zharkov from his cell in solitary, and in the process alerts all the other people locked in there that the doors are open. The pair of them relocate to the greenhouse, but Meridia Hatzi is freed and murders The Crying Man in solitary.

The cafeteria fight between Armando and Blaze escalates to the point of Blaze being fatally injured. Armando further trashes the cafeteria to make it look as if more fighting has happened, and leaves. He holds a guard hostage in the showers.

Satisfied that Jason is safe, Sanders ventures out into the prison with the intention of finding the materials necessary to burn down solitary so neither he nor anyone else will ever have to return there. During his search, he runs into Syrus Norwood and Regicide Rollinstar who are hiding in the boiler room, and negotiates with them to get their help with his plan. Begrudgingly Sanders and Syrus agree to work together. Sanders heads off to the infirmary to gather bottles and ethanol for making molotovs, while Syrus and Reggie gather heating oil. They agree to meet in the yard.

Akira Yubari makes an attempt to find her new friend Jason Zharkov but when she arrives at solitary, he is already gone and she meets instead with her old friend, Meridia Hatzi. The pair of them come to the conclusion that Jason has already left, and decide to see if he has hidden in the greenhouse.

Ilya Luzhkov emerges from the barber shop and heads into the yard where she encounters Sunny Phoenix, confronting her about her involvement with Judith Szachniewicz, and starting a vicious fight. Ilya, armed with scissors stabs Sunny but Sunny manages to wrestle the scissors from her and critically injures Ilya. During this fight, Jason Zharkov is still hiding in the greenhouse, but upon hearing Ilya scream he runs out to protect her, armed with a hoe.

On their way to find Jason, Meridia and Akira witness the fight between Ilya and Sunny, and Meridia intervenes to disarm and injure Sunny, leaving her unconscious in the storm while they move Ilya to the greenhouse in an attempt to do something about her injuries. Meridia heads out to get medical supplies but find that the infirmary has already been looted and is forced to seek out alternatives. She goes to the commissary and is given basic supplies by Maxie Tanaka. Meridia sutures Ilya's wounds and then heads back into the prison to get a blanket for her, although she is affected by the gas, giving her a nosebleed and causing her to fall down the stairs.

Meanwhile, Sanders, Syrus Norwood and Regicide Rollinstar head out to solitary, armed with their Molotov cocktails and proceed to begin setting the building on fire. Syrus kills an unnamed inmate in a frenzy, and Sanders destroys the offices of the building. Reggie encounters Sunny Phoenix's unconscious body after they leave the solitary unit and runs to her in distress.

The national guard are called in to quell the riot, and all the inmates are subdued and handcuffed. Meridia Hatzi is found by the FBI agent Elijah Walker who also shows up.

### Fatalities

* Blaze Koenig
* The Crying Man
* Unnamed inmates in Solitary