From the Mind of Aunty Liz #AuntyLizWW
Wentworth Season Five: A Queen Will Rise (fanfic)
Episode Five: War! - Scene 1

Allie's footsteps echoed in the empty hallways as she ran. Slipping and sliding in blood-soaked shoes, every time she had to turn a corner she would bang into a wall or stair rail and have to catch herself. She left bloody handprints on everything she touched. The corridors seemed endless and it began to feel like a dream; like she'd just keep running and never get to Bea. She yelled when she finally turned the last corner and was in the hallway leading to the exercise yard. She ignored the pain in her lungs from running and pushed herself to go faster.

It was too late for Allie to stop when saw Sonia coming through the kitchen door and into the corridor in front of her. Hearing her footsteps, the older woman turned and pointed the large cutting knife at her. Allie slipped as tried to stop and slid feet first toward Sonia like she was sliding into home plate. She stopped at Sonia's feet and the older woman didn't waste any time. She grabbed Allie's hair and put the knife to her neck, making a small cut that let out a thin trickle of blood.

"If you struggle or say one word, I will slit your throat and give you to those women out there to tear you apart. Do you understand?" Sonia asked.

Allie nodded.

"DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!"

"You told me not to talk," Allie replied, her voice trembling with fear.

Sonia pulled her hair and pushed the knife harder against her neck. "Do not FUCK with me, little girl!"

"S…s… sorry… I… I understand… I'm sorry."

"That's better." Sonia pulled her hair. "Get up and walk."

She pushed Allie toward the door, careful to keep a tight grasp on her hair and on the knife. When they got to the door, Sonia tilted her hip toward the door and the scan-card hanging on her hip unlocked the electronic latch.

"Go!" Sonia ordered as she pushed Allie through the door.

They walked outside and the Springtime afternoon was warm and sunny with clear blue skies. It would have been a perfect time to be outside except for all of the women fighting. Some women had mop handles, a few had shiv's, but most were fighting hand to hand and from the blood, it was evident that they weren't holding back.

Allie scanned the yard looking for her lover. She found Bea circling around with a shiv in one hand and a bloody sweatshirt wrapped around the other arm trying to hold off three rather large women from J Block. She was standing over Will who was unconscious and had blood coming from a gash in his head. Kaz was across the yard holding Sarah, one of the "boys" who had pashed Allie, in a headlock and she was pounding her in the face. Allie and Sonia both turned as Boomer yelled and tossed her opponent into the cement wall. Juice was in a motionless heap on the ground, Soz was rolling around in agony holding an arm that was bent in the wrong place, and Doreen and Snortz were paired off against Juice's second-in-command, Stella, and Jazz, the other young pashing inmate.

Sonia wasn't sure which side was winning but she thought it was time to turn the tide in her favor.

"BEA!" Sonia shouted over the rumbling crowd. When Bea didn't hear her, she kicked Allie in the back of the knee and pushed her to the ground. She pulled Allie's hair so she had to tilt her head and then dug the knife deeper into Allie's neck. "Call her," she ordered the trembling woman.

"BEA!" Allie shouted, her voice cracking with fear. She could feel the blood dripping down her neck and making her t-shirt collar wet.

Bea turned at the sound of her lover's voice, the alarm in it raising the hair on the back of her neck. She saw Allie kneeling on the ground, blood all over her clothes, blood on her hands, and blood dripping down her neck. Allie's hands were wrapped around Sonia's as she tried to keep the older woman from pulling her hair too hard. Sonia was standing behind Allie holding a long kitchen knife hard against her lover's neck.

"BEA!" Sonia shouted. "Tell them to stop or I will slice her neck so deep you will see her spine."

Bea raised her hands. "Okay. Okay. Just stop. Don't hurt her."

"TELL THEM!"

"Okay. Just please don't hurt her," Bea pleaded. "EVERYBODY STOP!" Bea shouted. "IT'S OVER!" She saw Boomer holding one of Tina's crew over her head. "Boomer! Put her down!" Boomer started to throw her. "GENTLY!" Bea ordered.

"FUCK!" Boomer cursed and dropped the small woman at her feet.

Sonia looked around at all of the bloody and bruised women watching her. Kaz was still holding her young opponent in a choke hold. "Let him go," Sonia ordered. Kaz let go and the young inmate fell to the ground, coughing and gasping for air.

Bea took a step forward but Sonia saw her movement and pulled at Allie's hair again. "Uh uh. No, you don't. One move and I will cut her from ear to ear. Do you understand?"

Bea put her hands up and nodded.

"DO YOU UNDERSTAND!?"

"Yes! Yes! I'm not moving! Just… Just tell me what you want!"

"Tell them I'm Top Dog!" the older woman ordered. Bea looked at her, her face switching from angry to pleading to defeated as Sonia dug the knife blade deeper and a fresh line of blood started dripping.

"Okay! Okay! Just stop! Don't hurt her. I'll tell them!"

"Do it!"

"Okay! You're Top Dog!"

"Tell THEM!" Sonia shouted as she pulled Allie's hair, causing the blond woman to scream.

"Okay! Okay! Stop! Just stop!" Bea turned and looked around the yard. She looked at Kaz, who gave her a nod and a pleading look of her own. "EVERYONE! Listen to me. Sonia is Top Dog! What she says goes!"

Bea looked at Sonia. "Now let her go… please." Then she looked at Allie, whose eyes grew wide and she started to shout a warning. But Bea didn't see one of Tina's girls come up behind her with a mop handle and slam it across the back of her head.

"BEA!" Allie screamed.