A little while later, the man walked back in the room with what Jack had asked for. "You better teach her to behave." he said, glancing at Kate, who was just coming around. "Next time it'll be a whole lot worse."
"A whole lot worse?" Jack asked, looking up at him. "What will they do? Beat her with a bat?"
The man raised his eyebrows. "They got a chair." he said. "It'll send electric shocks through ya." He shuddered. "Won't be enough to kill, but enough to make you wish they'd just killed ya."
Jack frowned at him. "Are you even supposed to be telling us this stuff?" he asked him.
The man shook his head. "No." he told him. "And that's why I'm going to stop doing it now." He looked around. "The process starts tomorrow…You best get some sleep tonight."
"Sleep?" Jack asked. "She probably has a concussion…" he said, looking at Kate. "She can't sleep…and I'm not going to sleep if she can't."
"Well then you're in for a tiring day tomorrow, Mate." The man said. "You and your friends that is."
Jack frowned. "Our friends?" he asked.
The man nodded. "There's seven more of ya here…didn't ya know that?" he asked.
"No…I didn't." Jack said. "Which of us are here?" he asked quickly.
"I don't know their names." The man said with a shrug. "A few adults…a kid…a toddler…a baby…That's all I know."
"Is the baby a girl?" Jack asked. "About a week old?"
"Sounds right to me." The man said. "She yours?"
Jack frowned, not wanting to tell him incase they did anything to her, but nodded anyway. "Yeah. She's ours." he said. "And don't you dare touch her." he warned.
"Don't worry, Mate." the man said. "We don't touch the children…It's in our handbook that they have to be fifteen before we can hurt them for doing wrong."
"You have a handbook?" Jack asked. "Who are you people?"
"Sorry. I can't tell you that." The man said. "I gotta be going…I have work to do."
Jack sighed. It had been a tiring night. Kate had finally woken up, but her head hurt her so bad it had been a night of non-stop crying and vomiting. He'd managed to get the people to give her some medicine, because they just wanted her to shut up, and the two eventually fell asleep.
The seven other people had been transferred into the room while Jack and Kate were sleeping, and they woke to a room filled with their friends.
"Damn this room is crowded." Were the first words out of Sawyer's mouth as he woke up and looked around.
"Probably because you take up the whole damn floor." Jayla informed him.
"Well we can see she's been spending to much time with you, Sawyer." Kate mumbled groggily. "The kid sure has a mouth on her."
Sawyer rolled his eyes. "Ain't my fault she can't go two sentences without swearing."
"Yes, it is." Jayla told him with a smile.
Sawyer was about to say something, but the door opened and an annoyed looking man stood in the door way. "Breakfast time." he muttered, turning and beginning to walk.
Claire handed Jayden to Kate, who happily hugged her, then headed after him with Charlie and Aaron. Jayla, Jessie, and Sawyer were next to follow. Kate, Jack, and Jayden were last. Kate dizzily leaned against Jack, trying to stay upright and walk at the same time. He'd offered to carry her, but she told him she could get there herself.
"You think they'll give us food or nasty stuff?" Jayla asked anyone who would answer.
"Probably nasty stuff." Kate said with a frown.
"Thanks for being optimistic." Jayla said sarcastically.
Kate rolled her eyes and shook her head.
The man stopped at a dead end. He knocked on the wall on a few different places and it opened. The cafeteria wasn't all that nice. It was a grey room with broken tables and chairs. A food line where a few ladies were lined up to serve them. This was definitely not where the people that worked there ate. It smelled horrible, and the food was just as grey as the room.
Kate ignored that her stomach was begging for food. This stuff looked and smelled horrible. She made a face and leaned against Jack some more.
Charlie looked at the place in disgust, frowning at a cockroach that crawled across the floor beside him.
Jessie frowned also and stayed behind Sawyer.
"If you don't eat." The man said. "I will make you eat."
Sawyer spoke up. "Like hell you'll make me eat." he said, having had enough.
"Shut up, Sawyer." Jack told him with a glare.
"Both of you shut up!" The man snapped at them. "You just used your only warning..." He glared at them all. "Be happy we're giving you food...We could just let you starve! And shut that damn brat up!" he finished, glaring at Kate and the crying baby.
Kate nodded quickly and began trying to make Jayden stop crying.
Charlie frowned and stayed quiet. Great. Sawyer just had to be Sawyer and use their only warning.
Jessie glared at him. She wanted to ask him why he did that, but didn't want to talk.
Jack also tried to help calm her, frowning at sawyer.
Sawyer glared at the man then looked at the kids, grabbing a bowl, keeping his mouth shut.
Charlie also began trying to calm Aaron down. Jayden had a big enough mouth, they didn't need Aaron crying too.
Kate gently handed Jayden to Jack. Give her your finger she mouthed. That always seemed to make her stop.
Jack placed his finger in Jayden's little hand hopefully. Thankfully, the baby stopped crying and looked up at him with a yawn.
They all sat in a circle, poking at the food.
"If you don't smell it…and you let it slid right past your taste buds…It's sort of bearable." Kate muttered, trying not to gag.
They all ate quickly; Claire and Jayla rushing to throw the food back up.
The man, who was writing in a notebook, stood. "Come on." he said, knocking on the wall again and heading out. "You have reaction tests today."