Chapter 2: Don't loose your head

Lucy's P.O.V

I woke up to the sound of one of the other girls screaming her freaking lungs out. I immediately covered my ears. Great, there go my ear drums. As my eyes slowly adjust to the darkness I had grown to know over the past few weeks. Has it been that long, to be honest I lost count of the days, and forgot dreams from reality. I mean both are hell, but judging from the small pain in my ears I would have to say this is reality.

I still hear the screams and push my hands further into my skull. Even though I start feeling pain I ignore it and push even further, anything's better than this. My lower lip starts quivering and I feel my eyes get moist. I bite my lip and curl up into a ball. I start rocking back and forth and try so desperately to stop the tears from falling. But tears can't be stopped, once they start falling they don't stop till the hit the ground and explode into tiny pieces, just like me.

I try humming to help silence the screams that continue without end, but find my voice is hoarse from all the screaming and pleading I've done. My mind instantly floods with horrifying memories and I feel more tears fall mercilessly down my cheeks. My breathing becomes uneven and I start to see dark spots in my vision. My head starts to feel light and I watch helplessly as I fall on the floor of my small dingy dark cell.

Exhaustion finally seems to have caught up with me as I lay there forced to endure the blood curdling screams followed by merciless laughter. Eventually after what seems to have been forever the screams stop and I hear the sound of something being dragged towards my direction.

After the agonizing wait they finally come into my line of sight. Except they're not dragging something, they're dragging someone. Her hair was black and flecked with fresh scarlet drops of blood. Her leg was twisted at an irregular angle and her arm was completely covered in blood from a large gash on her arm.

It isn't until I take a look at her face that I notice the slash along her throat. I feel my breath get stuck in my throat at the sight of her dead on looking eyes. I scoot farther away from her and turn away from her, knowing full well if I look at her again I really will go insane. I try to get her out of my mind, but whenever I close my eyes I see her dead ones.

I continue to listen to the sound of them dragging her away as I stare intently at the top of my cage. I couldn't even stand up entirely in here and the place reeked of vomit. I feel my eyelids grow heavy and was about to give in when I hear another sound join that of the dead girls.

I hear the all too familiar screams, but these seem different. They weren't filled with fear; instead they held rage and defiance. I immediately turn to the sound and see it's one of the other girls held captive by Bora. She has short green hair and is clutching onto to something that is passing through the bars of her cage. It's the dead girl, her arm being held by the other younger girl. "I won't let you take her!" she screamed at the guards. I couldn't see what was going on very well so I pushed myself as far into the bars as possible.

The guards pulled on the dead girl but the younger girl was stronger than she looked. She continued screaming in defiance and gave them death glares that frightened me. The tug of war over the girls fallen comrade went on for a while before one guard let go of the dead girl and reached for his sheath. My eyes widened as I realized what he intended to do. Finally I found my voice and screamed desperately "Watch out!" The girl turned to me for a second and I was the last thing she saw before her head parted with her frail body.

I watched her head roll towards me. It came close to my cage but didn't quite reach me, her eyes now like her comrades where empty and her green hair had blood splattered all over it. My hands flew to my mouth as if I could catch her death. Then I remembered the guards. I looked up to see them staring at me, looks of murder written on their faces. I saw they were bathed in blood and looked dead themselves.

I backed away from the bars and tried to get as far away from them as possible. I watched as they came closer with there swords in hand. One looked absolutely pissed, while the other one looked amused. As they get closer so does the stench of death. The amused one picks up the head and tosses it into my cage. I try to get away from it but the blood splatters all over me as he throws it. I just sit there shocked as my tears mix with her blood. The head lands on my lap and I look down to see her eyes.

At a closer range I see they are a ruby red. I can't move as I watch my tears fall on the poor girl. She looked about 13 and had her innocence taken from her. They've never killed us before, never. We were the merchandise and sure they rough us up but they never killed us. I look up at them and feel anger fill my every fiber. I don't speak knowing full well I would most likely loose my head too. I can't speak but my eyes tell it all. I watch as they open her cage and grab her headless body and drag it along with her friends.

Time skip 8 hours:

A few hours ago the next round of guards came and saw my state. They seemed shocked and stared at the head that still was laid in my lap. They took me along with all the other girls left to the shower room and told us to clean up in 30 minutes. We all showered, none of us dared speak. I was glad no one tried to talk me, I was still in shock but hurried as I cleaned my body and shaved. I washed my hair and scratched my scalp. Most of the girls stayed away from me. I had cleaned of all the blood but still felt like it was there.

When we finished we were given new rags to wear. After we changed we didn't head back to our cages. Instead we were brought to the cargo bay and were rounded up with guards surrounding us. I tried asking one of the guards what was going on but he ignored me and continued watching the other girls. We waited for what seemed like hours before we were led to the deck. After being in the dark for so long the sun was a nice change. It blinded my eyes and I had to use my hands to shade my eyes. When I could finally stand the sun I looked and spotted our destination about a mile away. Hargeon, finally everything clicked. We were going to Hargeon, and we were going to be sold.

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