 After waking up from his artificial sleep, Nr. 6 goes for a walk through the Village. To his amazement he finds out that a game of of chess is being played on the Village green. The chessboard is giant, the pieces are Villagers and the two players move them using megaphones. "Hired" as a pawn to the queen he will only reluctantly obey his master s orders. Once the match is over, Nr. 6 goes about his favorite activity: trying to escape. To this end, he must choose an accomplice but he must not be mistaken: some of the Villagers are against his captors of course while others support them. The man who played the Rook in the human chess game, a noted rebel, will be his man...