The Children of the Blood Diamonds
Inspired by: My FOP fanfic 'Children of the Blood Diamonds'. While the names are similar the story lines are completely different. The only thing they both have in common is the diamonds.
Disclaimer: I don't own Code Name: KND or any of it's characters. I own my OC and some of the plot.
Prologue
(Three Hundred years ago in an underground cave)
"Keep digging!" a man shouted as he watched small children between the ages 6 and twelve digging through dirt and rock to find the precious stones, diamonds.
The children kept digging. But as they did they sang a song. A song taught to them by eight-year old Akisha Linnon. At least she'd be eight today if she hadn't been brutally executed six months ago along with thirty others. Three of the escapees had escaped and two were able to sneak back without being found out. The three that had escaped included Akisha's older sister Carol who was of African descent and age eleven when she escaped, an Asian girl only known as Ku and a buck toothed boy only known as Herb (they were aged seven and six respectively). The two who snuck back without being caught were a blonde haired kid from a land he told no one about even though he was obviously not from the Americas with his accent, and a brown haired girl who was a local. Both were ten years old.
"Butch," another kid whispered to the blonde boy, "do you think that Akisha's in heaven?" he asked.
Butch continued digging. He thought about Akisha a lot. She was his girlfriend and they all dreamed of escaping together. But that dream was thwarted by an escape attempt, which was thwarted by the fact that there was a traitor. Worse the traitor had been the girl that he was able sneak back with best friend. The boy's name was Nine and he now enjoyed freedom from digging for his betrayal. Butch swore he'd get that boy no matter how many years, no matter which descendant he had to attack. That boy's life was his and anyone who descended from him would sooner or later would suffer a dreadfully painful demise.
"Hin," Butch said suddenly and brown haired girl who was a good distance from him said 'yes' in acknowledgement as she continued digging, "how's your digging?" he asked and a group of the kids broke out laughing.
"I think I'm improving," Hin responded imitating his sarcasm.
"And Mu," Butch said ready to respond to the kid who asked the question, "yes," he said softly, "I believe she's watching over us now too," he added.
"She better be watching over you good," the man said with a grin, "today's your last day," he announced.
Several kids dropped their equipment. They all knew what that meant. 'Last Day' was always the signal that they'd been found out. But not only that it also meant that the bosses would kill the children and seal off the cave until it was safe to return with another batch of children to use as cheap labour to dig for diamonds.
"Don't worry though," the man said, "we're going to seal the cave off and leave you die slowly instead of executing you ourselves," he told them, "you can try and claw your way out."
All the children dropped their equipment. No way were they digging. But suddenly several men came with weapons and aimed them at the children.
"Keep digging," a red haired teenager ordered at the head of the pack, "or you die early," she threatened.
A few started to pick up their equipment but Butch spoke.
"Don't," Butch ordered, "if we are to die," he spoke, "let it be known that we died not starving to death or working for these evil greedy diamond hoarders," he said, "but that we died refusing to work for them!" he shouted and most of the children agreed and shouted their agreement.
Hin walked over and took his hand and Mu took his other one. The three children walked up until they were barely inches away from the redhead. Then they broke out into the song that Akisha had taught them all those months ago.
We are The Children of the Blood Diamonds.
Diamonds dug though through our toil and sweat.
Diamonds that will be forever cursed,
Especially upon our deaths.
Wearers of these diamonds one day
Will learn of how they came.
May they throw them off in shame.
Knowing how those diamonds
Upon their neck came.
At the price of our childhood and
Sooner or later almost always
Our lives.
We are The Children of the Blood Diamonds.
Diamonds dug though through our toil and sweat.
Diamonds that will be forever cursed,
Especially upon our deaths.
To forgive…..
The song was not to be completed. Several gunshots later Mu lay dead while Butch and Hin barely had any life in them. Most of the children who had also joined into the song were being shot to death and their blood like Mu, Butch and Hin flowed into the earth and unto the diamonds that they were forced up to the end of their young life to dig.
Butch and Hin looked at each other. Hin had never been able to know what was called love. No romantic love, unless you count the crushy love she felt for Butch who was still internally mourning the loss of his Akisha.
"We will get our revenge someday," Hin assured him even though she never had interest in revenge, only peace, love and rest; but she kept up the revenge talk for Butch who was bloodthirsty for it.
"Yeah," Butch responded and coughed up more blood.
"I always wanted to tell you something," Hin whispered as her sight started to dim, "something I've felt for a long time."
"W…what?" Butch asked.
"I….," Hin started to say.
But a bullet through her head cut off her words.
"NOOO!" Butch screamed and had to stop when even more blood came flowing out of his moth causing him to cough as tears flowed out of his blue eyes.
"How touching," a voice said and Butch immediately recognized it, it was Nine.
"Did you really have to that?" the red haired teenager asked frankly, "they were dying anyway," she continued, "and she was just about to tell him that she…"
"Say it and I'll kill you myself," Nine threatened, "those words were supposed to be for me," he snarled.
"What were they?" Butch asked tearfully his sight now barely there and he could tell that his lungs were almost full of blood.
"You'll never know," Nine responded emotionlessly and stuffed the rifle into the crying blonde's mouth, "never," he added and pulled the trigger as the remaining children continued to dig again in fear of their lives.
Done
Death's Soulmate: Yes this story is totally different from my FOP fanfic. Can anyone guess which of these past OCS are related to actual characters from the KND cartoon? I know the red haired teen isn't a hard guess but what about the others? Make your guesses and tell me what you thought about the chapter. Was it really tragic? Were there any romantic moments. What did you think of the children versus the diamond hoarders? Tell me in your reviews. Will update soon.