Hello Readers!
Yes, I'm back, and I'm sorry it's been a while since I last posted! But I have had a lot going on lately and I've barely had time to work on the story. Anyways, good news is that I am almost done with chapter 3, so once this is posted, chapter 3 should be up very soon. Again, no sex in this chapter, sorry! But hold out just a little longer. I promise it will be worth it ;) Happy reading!
AlmostRhia
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Waking up felt horrible. I opened my eyes to a dark interior, and I could tell from the motion that I was in the back of a semi truck. Groaning, I sat up to get a better idea of my surroundings. Yes, I was definitely in the back of a large truck. However, this truck wasn't carrying cargo, I realized quickly. It was carrying Escorts.
I looked at the rest of the people surrounding me, and was thoroughly surprised. I had never known how big the Nakii Safeway was. I figured that there were about 20 Escorts that helped with the system. However, surrounded by 50 people, I quickly came to realize what a difference we may have actually made. I recognized a few people here and there, ones that I had come in contact with throughout my time in the system. But there was only one I was interested in finding.
Slowly, I got up from my position. A few Escorts eyed me warily, but otherwise paid me no mind. Why would they care? They had finally been caught. I started to walk around, looking for a white blonde head of hair I knew only to be Garrett's.
The truck was disgusting. I wasn't sure how long I had been asleep, or how I had even got into this giant truck in the first place, but I figured it had been a while considering the condition of my surroundings. It smelt strongly of body odor as well as piss. I couldn't believe that all of these Escorts, all of these amazing and strong people had been reduced to the condition of sitting in their own excrement inside a dark truck. Shuddering, I continued walking to find Garrett. Suddenly, I caught a glimpse of short white blonde hair. I ran towards it eagerly. He didn't see me coming, and as I approached I kneeled down to hug his sitting form.
"Garrett! Oh thank God you're okay," I cried, clutching him closer to me. He turned quickly, a smile on his face. I paused. "Holy shit, what happened to your face?" Garrett's face, normally handsome with an arrogant smirk to match, was swollen badly with purple and black blotches covering most of it.
"Oh come on now, I know you still think I'm gorgeous," he chuckled and hugged me again. It felt nice to have his reassuring arms around me.
No, Garrett and I had never slept together. We had talked about it a few times, jokingly, but because of the system we had never got to it. I don't think either of us minded, and I preferred him as a friend rather than a lover anyways.
"I'm serious, what happened?" I asked again, looking into his dark blue eyes.
"What do you think?" he sighed, and rolled his eyes. "I put up a fight against some asshole cops. But don't worry, it wasn't just one guy," he said, a gleam in his eyes similar to one you would find on a child on Christmas day. I laughed at his playfulness.
"I know you want me to ask; how many?"
"Guess."
"3?"
"Okay now I'm insulted."
I laughed harder. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Will you just tell me?"
He interlocked his fingers and placed his hands behind his head before answering. "6. And I put up an awesome fight."
"If you say so," I replied, smiling. I brought my hand up to his battered face, gently touching the bruises. Bringing his arms down to rest on my lap, he leaned his head into my hand, and closed his eyes. We kept like that for about a minute or two. "Garrett?"
"Mmmm?" he answered, eyes still closed.
"What is going to happen to us?" I whispered, willing my voice to not weaver and stay still. It was a failed attempt.
"I don't know," he said honestly, sighing softly. He then opened his eyes to look into mine. "But whatever it is, I promise I will do my best to protect you." I snorted.
"Don't make promises you can't keep," I said jokingly, in an attempt to hide the fear growing inside me.
I really didn't know what was going to happen. Our government was so brutal, and full of surprises. I wanted to believe that we would go to jail for the rest of our lives, or be sentenced to death. However, knowing Dystonia, I knew that it was impossible. They would cook up something really terrible, something my mind could not conceive of. I would probably end up suffering for the rest of my life.
Suddenly, the truck came to a stop. Many of the Escorts looked around nervously, as if they were trying to see what this situation might become. Garrett moved to put his arms around me protectively. We all sat in earnest for about 5 minutes, until the back door of the truck opened, revealing about 10 very strong and scary looking men. They were holding shackles. Upon seeing the men many of the Escorts backed away towards the back wall. Their attempts were futile.
The biggest man in the middle held a giant megaphone. He spoke into it promptly. "Get your ass's up, traitor scum, and assemble into lines of 10 facing the door. Do it quickly, and if you don't obey we won't hesitate to use force." As he said this, the hand not holding the megaphone went to his belt where a taser was located. I felt Garrett bristle next to me, his anger rippling through him.
"Don't," I said harshly, looking up at him with pleading eyes. He nodded, but remained rigid. Many of the Escorts began to stand, and I followed their lead. I needed to learn when to fight my battles if I wanted to withstand Dystonia's punishment. Garrett stood as well. We then began forming lines like cattle. Suddenly, I heard an outburst from the other side of the truck.
"Fucking pigs! That's what you are, horrible disgusting pigs. If you even think I am going to be herded into lines like cattle waiting to be killed, then you need to get your heads out of your ass's!" A man with long shaggy hair was screaming this to the guards with shackles, and looking absolutely crazy. When some of the guards came over to him, he managed to put up some sort of a fight. He punched one squarely in the nose, and blood spurt out to all corners. Grabbing the man's head, he then threw him face first into another guard. Their heads met with a sickening crack, and they crumpled to the ground. It was too late at this point however. He was finally surrounded, and without time to even say a word, was tasered harshly until he fell to the floor. Once unconscious, the main guard walked over to the man's still body, and lifted him by his hair.
"Let this be your example," he said shortly, and then dropped the man where he was. Nervously, I got into a line, with Garrett right behind me. Hell if I was going to be tasered to unconsciousness. I inwardly saluted the man who put up a fight, but knew that if that were me, I would have never lasted as long as him.
Once everyone had been assorted into lines, the guards came by and shackled us all together. The metal was heavy and cold, and (I realized quickly) impossible to break or get off. In fact, the metal was too cold, and too clean. I wondered if maybe the military had started using the new kinds of metals we had recently found out in space. It wouldn't surprise me necessarily, our country was known for making huge advances in science and, most importantly, in the military. I quickly cast the thought aside. I would probably never find out, anyways.
The lines began to move, and before I knew it we had all started walking in the direction of a large and horrible looking concrete building. It was surrounded by an electric fence, and there were no windows or simple looking doors. It reminded me exactly like a prison. It probably was a prison. The only thing that made me doubt it was that Dystonia usually had a much more secure system than a simple electric fence. However, other features could be hidden.
Finally, we were lead through a giant heavy lead door, and into the building. There, we were once again herded into a large square and empty room with the exception of two stair cases on either side of the room, both leading down into the ground. The guards gathered once more in front of us all, and the one with the megaphone continued to speak.
"Well, I'm a little surprised that that went as well as it did. In fact, I'm a little disappointed. I was really hoping for one of you bastards to put up a fight so I could kill one of you. Oh well. It will happen at some point," he chuckled at this, and the rest of the guards joined in on the laughter.
God they were horrible. They were only one of the many examples as to why our country was so fucked up. To be able to treat other humans like that, hell their own people, it took something, a darkness I didn't understand or want to understand. I looked up expectantly at Garrett, preparing myself for his angry glares. However, he was already looking at me. I don't know what he was thinking, but I could only guess that his thoughts closely resembled mine.
"Alright, I guess I've wasted enough time daydreaming," continued the guard, smirking horribly. "I need all females to go to the right wall, and males to the left. That's right, hurry it up now." Quickly, everyone shuffled to the opposite sides of the walls. It was time for me to part with Garrett, and as he left for his side of the room, he quickly grabbed my hand and squeezed it gently, looking into my eyes.
"Those green eyes. I will never forget them," and he turned his face away from mine.
"Garrett stop! We will see each other again, I promise!" I yelled a little to loudly. At this, a few of the guards looked over to where I was, and began hastily walking towards me. Garrett turned again to face me.