Captured
Chapter 3: Patrick
Jasper sighed as he sat on one side of the cage that he was thrown into as the vampires in other cages seemed to be pacing back and forth like wild animals. What was the difference? He could tell several were newborns. Probably only been around for a few months, they only knew this life.
He knew he had to get out of here as soon as possible. These were illegal fighting rings and if the Volturi ever found out about these, they would close it as quickly as possible, disposing of everyone and everything inside of it. Jasper wondered if his luck could get that bad where they just happened onto this place while he was here.
He had gone to a few of these events where they would capture younger vampires and people from around the world and they would turn the people they thought were worth watching and everyone would bid on who would win. He shook his head, he wasn't too worried about himself, he could take care of himself. But the humans that they didn't deem fit to change were given as rewards…snacks if you will. Bella was doomed if he couldn't keep some type of leverage for her. To think he would come to these places and bid so many years ago. He looked up to see two cages were being brought out.
Only one would come back.
Bella was thrown into a cage. She looked around the cage; it was wet and had the same appearance as a dungeon. The walls and roof was leaking. The room was very dim and the only light that was seen was from a crack on the side of the wall.
She stood up as several people looked at her. To her relief they were human. "Hey." She whispered to them, giving a slight wave.
"And what is your name?" A man asked coming up to her. Through the dim lighting she could tell that he was at least six feet tall with a brown hair and dark brown eyes. She saw that he had a green bracelet much like the one they put on her.
"I am Bella, and you are…"
"I am Patrick." He said putting out a hand.
Bella shook it, "What is going on?" she asked.
"No one really knows. All we know is that they come in here and point to someone then say fight or food and then that person gets dragged out. I have kind of become the official greeter. So far, I have been here the longest."
"How long have you been here?" Bella asked.
"I think about a week and a half. It's hard to say because all we have to go by is the eternal clocks for when we are sleeping and a small speck of sun that shines through in that top notch." He said pointing to a small crevice.
Bella nodded, she was going to be here for awhile. A bell rang as everyone started to stand. "What's going on?" Bella asked.
"Meal time." He said as a door opened and a nasty slop came down a huge trough.
"They make you eat like animals." Bella said.
"Food is food, you don't think about it over time."
Bella watched disgusted as everyone dug their hands into the mush to eat. She gulped; she was hungry enough to do it. She put her hand into the slop and started to eat it. It tasted like stale over cooked oatmeal. She had to force herself to swallow the bit.
"You will get used to it." the man said smiling as everyone ate; some people were getting violent enough to push another out of the way.
Bella made a disgusted look on her face, "I will never be a picky eater again."
Everyone sat down after that. The trough was completely cleared once everyone was done. Bella still couldn't get over how disgusting this place was. They were being treated like animals at a slaughter house; of course, that's what they were. She saw a few roaches and mice crawl over to the trough to see if there were any extras, she didn't want to know where they came from.
The man came over to Bella and sat down next to her, "How long have you been away from your family?"
"I don't know. I fell asleep in the cart." She said.
"You seemed to know more than you are letting on."
"They are vampires." She whispered. "We are their food."
"I knew you knew more than anyone else here!" the man said excitedly. "I had a feeling with the green around your wrist. From what I got, if a person comes with the green strap then they know about vampires and everything about them."
"Doesn't everyone here know?" Bella asked.
"Nope, when I first got here, I let the first amount of people know. It just created chaos, so over time, I learned to keep my mouth shut. Besides, would you like to live your whole life knowing that you are being kept for food?"
"I do know the truth, so what's the difference?"
"But they don't. Do you know the saying 'Ignorance is bliss'?'"
Bella nodded.
"Can I interest you in some company until one of us gets taken out of here?"
It finally hit her; she was going to die at some point soon. She would be used for food. "Sure."
"Thanks, it will be nice to have someone to talk to."
Patrick sat as close as he could to Bella. Bella yawned as she placed her head on his shoulder. "Do you know what is happening?"
"No, I really don't know why we are here."
"How did you learn about vampires?"
"That is a long story."
"I have all my life."
"Very well." He started to explain his story to her.
Jasper looked around the room. Everything was silenced for a little while now. He knew something was about to happen when he could feel a lot of anxious emotions from everyone around him. It was starting to make him anxious as he tried to hold back his want to pace in the cage.
The leader of the vampires came into the room as he looked at his clipboard. "Alright, well we are looking at the next major competitor for our reigning champion." The man said looking around. "Who will it be?"
Everyone seemed to walk back from the man, no one daring to volunteer.
"Come on guys." The man laughed, "You get to be reigning champion, you get to have double the meal a day."
Still no one even looked him in the eyes. Jasper rolled his eyes at the egotistical vampire before saying, "Why don't you fight this reigning champion?"
The man turned toward Jasper and walked up to his cage. "Is that you volunteering?"
"No, that is me asking a question."
"I don't have to answer to you." The man said as he looked at his clipboard. "I normally don't put newbies against our champions but it may be interesting to see what two vampires fighting for someone will do."
"What do you mean?" Jasper asked quickly.
"What do I mean?"
"Don't play these games with me. Tell me what you mean?"
"I mean that you are going to fight someone who is going to be fighting to keep someone alive. And it just so happens to be that you are also wanting to keep someone alive. I am wondering though, you are pretty scrawny…can you really keep yourself alive?"
"I will do whatever it takes."
"Very well" the man said turning around on his heel. "Cage seven to go out for the finale tonight."
The whole vibe in the room was lightened once everyone else knew it was them who was going to be in the competition. Jasper was starting to get nervous, who was this champion?
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