Chapter 7-First Day of Work

Ponyboy POV.

After Moorland left, all the kids just kinda sat and stayed on the floor. They were all too shocked or afraid about what was to happen next. Me, Soda, Johnny, and Angela sat next to each other leaning against a dark wall. You could of heard a pin drop in this room. As I sat there, I dreamed of returning home to Darry and Two-bit and Dally. Even Steve. I don't think I've ever missed them more. Then again I'd never been kidnapped. I looked over at Soda and saw by his expression that he was thinking the same thing. Getting sleepy, I crawled over to Soda and leaned against his arm. It was a good source of warmth in this cold dark room and I was afraid the nightmares would return. He wrapped his arms around me and we both fell asleep into a pitiful slumber.

I was having a nice dream about Mom and Dad, back when they were alive, when a loud bang suddenly woke me up. I groaned and rolled of Soda. The bang sounded again, this time waking up more kids. The room filled with soft groans as kids began to stir. I then noticed that the door to the room was open and two huge looking men were looking at us all with grim expressions. The bigger one raised a hand holding a gun and pulled the trigger once again. I winced as the gun went off, echoing around the room. Now everybody was pretty much up. Soda was cursing up a storm next to me and Johnny was looking around like a scared mouse. The smaller of the two men come forward and began to walk through the room, grabbing kids, mostly boys, and pushing them toward the door. The man walked up to me, Soda and Johnny, grabbing us from the floor and roughly pushing us toward the door. Angela started to protest, and I turned just in time to see the man smack her.

Angela looked shocked and the man continued to walk around. I wanted go and make sure she was okay, I mean, I was sure she had never been hit like that before, but the burly man the door was pulling us through the door. The hallway was lit more brightly than the room, so naturally, I began to develop a headache as soon as I was I in it. When my eyes finally adjusted to the light, I saw there were more men blocking both sides of the hallway, making sure no one escaped. We were roughly shoved into a line and told to stay still. The guy who told us to do so was holding a gun, so naturally I just did as I was told to do. No need to get shot because I was rebelling. Eventually the smallest burly guy came back out after a few more boys came out and we were told to march. As I marched down the thin hallway still half dragging a half asleep Sodapop, I wondered if we were ever going to survive this. I mean, I know Moorland said that we were his workers, or whatever, but I also knew that innocent people got shot up every day by these kinds of kidnappers. Would he really spare us children? The line of boys came to halt right in front of a brightly lit doorway. Goon #1 turned to us and told us to stay in line until told what to do and he walked away. Surprisingly enough nobody tried to make a run for it. After what seemed like hours standing there a different short burly man came into the hallway.

"Welcome children. I am Carl and I will be your supervisor while you're in the field. Now just to clear something up right away, it is no use trying to run. This field is surrounded by barbed wire, several armed men and a lot more unpleasant surprises. Now we usually have all the newbie's learning how to harvest the first day, but since our last recruits 'left', you boys are going to be harvesting the 'plants' right away." The way he said left and plants kind of scared me. A voice at the head of the line spoke up.

"But none of us have ever harvested anything before. How are we supposed to harvest this 'plant'?" Rick glared at the speaker.

"I thought you were all from Oklahoma. Isn't all of Oklahoma just farms? Just pick the leaves f the stocks and put them in the bag. Now, you are not to speak to each other, other people you run into, or any of us. Anyone talking will regret it any questions?"

"What if we have to go to the bathroom?" Rick didn't answer, just grinned and turned around.

Okay, I know that you wanted Ponyboy's love life to start so I'm going to start it next chapter after a quick view of what's happening to Darry and Co. I've enjoyed all of your reviews. Thank You! PLEASE REVIEW!