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Rocky stumbled into bright sunshine, blinking rapidly before standing up straight and trying to look like he knew what he was doing. Suddenly, a rough hand grabbed him on the shoulder, Rocky immediately grabbed the hand and tried to pull the man over his shoulder.
"Latrine duty for a week."
Rocky turned and saw an imposing figure standing firmly in front of him. Rocky looked down quickly.
"Sorry sir."
"Humph. You can go and start your punishment."
"Yes sir."
Rocky walked smartly towards a grim looking building.
"Hey! Where do you think you're going?"
"To the barracks sir"
"The barracks are that way." The man pointed in the opposite direction of where Rocky had been headed.
Rocky grimaced. "Sorry sir, I've just been on prison duty so I'm a little disorientated."
The soldier looked at Rocky in a strange way, before waving him away.
Rocky heaved a sigh of relief and speed walked to the barracks.
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Tum Tum looked at the sea of faces before him and tried to grin but his mouth wobbled and the result was quite awful. Tum Tum looked around at his fellow captives and saw a small girl next to him. He nudged her, "how did you get here?"
She sniffed, "This man came and took me when I was working in my garden."
"Oh, too bad." Tum Tum said sympathetically.
"How about you?"
"Oh, I got caught while I was exploring."
"Exploring what?"
"The royal prison."
"You went into the royal prison?"
"Yea."
"Wow, you must be pretty brave" admiration shone in the girl's blue eyes.
Tum Tum grinned to himself, "Well-" But when he looked for her again she was gone. Standing on tip toe he scanned the crowd. A snobbish looking lady was leading her away. He was about to yell for her when he felt the chains around his feet being loosened. Before he knew what was happening a fat, jolly looking man was leading him away.
"Well, you're to work in the kitchen and no slacking at that. Your jobs are the wash dishes, scrub the floors and run errands. Am I clear?"
"Yes. I'm Tum Tum."
"Tum Tum? What kind of name is that?"
"A better one that yours."
"Oh really? You have spirit. Good. Well you may call me Timon."
"Cool."
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"Uh, Kira?"
"Yea?"
"What's a Noit Band?"
Kira sighed and explained. Colt looked miserable by the time she'd finished. When she saw his face she started to laugh. "Oh, it's not that bad Colt."
Just then, the door swung open. "What's this? Laughter?"
The two of them fell silent.
"Kira, you will be killed in 3 days time and you boy, will be tested."
"Tested for what?"
"To see how much you know." A box was thrown in and the door clanged shut.
Kira opened the box and saw it crammed with food. She started to eat, she shoved the box at Colt. When he left it untouched she looked up, seeing his stricken face, she felt a wave of fear wash over her. Kira curled up in a ball and started to cry.
"Kira?"
"Go away. It's all my fault. I told you everything and now you'll be killed for it!"
Colt froze, shocked. "The-They're going to kill me?"
Kira lifted her tear-stained face and looked him right in the eye. "Colt. You have to get out. No matter what it takes. I'm not letting you die because of me."
"Don't be stupid. I'm not leaving you here."
"Yes you are."
The door opened again and a young man walked in. "Yaman" Kira hissed. She looked at him with pure hatred. "Get out! You murderer. Get out! "
"Kira-"
"No. You've already ruined my life. You're not going to ruin my friends' lives as well."
"I can free you."
"Yea right."
"I've been studying Noit Bands. I can take yours off."
Kira snorted.
"Really."
"Then you'll go and rat on me and get someone else killed. GET OUT! I HATE YOU!"
Yaman's face was contorted in rage and sorrow. "You hate me?"
"Yes."
Yaman slammed himself out of their cell.
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Tell me what you think please. R+R
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Rocky stumbled into bright sunshine, blinking rapidly before standing up straight and trying to look like he knew what he was doing. Suddenly, a rough hand grabbed him on the shoulder, Rocky immediately grabbed the hand and tried to pull the man over his shoulder.
"Latrine duty for a week."
Rocky turned and saw an imposing figure standing firmly in front of him. Rocky looked down quickly.
"Sorry sir."
"Humph. You can go and start your punishment."
"Yes sir."
Rocky walked smartly towards a grim looking building.
"Hey! Where do you think you're going?"
"To the barracks sir"
"The barracks are that way." The man pointed in the opposite direction of where Rocky had been headed.
Rocky grimaced. "Sorry sir, I've just been on prison duty so I'm a little disorientated."
The soldier looked at Rocky in a strange way, before waving him away.
Rocky heaved a sigh of relief and speed walked to the barracks.
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Tum Tum looked at the sea of faces before him and tried to grin but his mouth wobbled and the result was quite awful. Tum Tum looked around at his fellow captives and saw a small girl next to him. He nudged her, "how did you get here?"
She sniffed, "This man came and took me when I was working in my garden."
"Oh, too bad." Tum Tum said sympathetically.
"How about you?"
"Oh, I got caught while I was exploring."
"Exploring what?"
"The royal prison."
"You went into the royal prison?"
"Yea."
"Wow, you must be pretty brave" admiration shone in the girl's blue eyes.
Tum Tum grinned to himself, "Well-" But when he looked for her again she was gone. Standing on tip toe he scanned the crowd. A snobbish looking lady was leading her away. He was about to yell for her when he felt the chains around his feet being loosened. Before he knew what was happening a fat, jolly looking man was leading him away.
"Well, you're to work in the kitchen and no slacking at that. Your jobs are the wash dishes, scrub the floors and run errands. Am I clear?"
"Yes. I'm Tum Tum."
"Tum Tum? What kind of name is that?"
"A better one that yours."
"Oh really? You have spirit. Good. Well you may call me Timon."
"Cool."
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"Uh, Kira?"
"Yea?"
"What's a Noit Band?"
Kira sighed and explained. Colt looked miserable by the time she'd finished. When she saw his face she started to laugh. "Oh, it's not that bad Colt."
Just then, the door swung open. "What's this? Laughter?"
The two of them fell silent.
"Kira, you will be killed in 3 days time and you boy, will be tested."
"Tested for what?"
"To see how much you know." A box was thrown in and the door clanged shut.
Kira opened the box and saw it crammed with food. She started to eat, she shoved the box at Colt. When he left it untouched she looked up, seeing his stricken face, she felt a wave of fear wash over her. Kira curled up in a ball and started to cry.
"Kira?"
"Go away. It's all my fault. I told you everything and now you'll be killed for it!"
Colt froze, shocked. "The-They're going to kill me?"
Kira lifted her tear-stained face and looked him right in the eye. "Colt. You have to get out. No matter what it takes. I'm not letting you die because of me."
"Don't be stupid. I'm not leaving you here."
"Yes you are."
The door opened again and a young man walked in. "Yaman" Kira hissed. She looked at him with pure hatred. "Get out! You murderer. Get out! "
"Kira-"
"No. You've already ruined my life. You're not going to ruin my friends' lives as well."
"I can free you."
"Yea right."
"I've been studying Noit Bands. I can take yours off."
Kira snorted.
"Really."
"Then you'll go and rat on me and get someone else killed. GET OUT! I HATE YOU!"
Yaman's face was contorted in rage and sorrow. "You hate me?"
"Yes."
Yaman slammed himself out of their cell.
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Tell me what you think please. R+R