Chapter 6
R&R Please
Note: This is the last chapter, but what I don't want to get you confused with is this is only book one.
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"Is that. . Rhyth?"
Corn noticed a girl smaller of the group sitting at a table across from him and YoYo. Yo nodded and chewed a piece of bread thoughtfully.
"Ya know, I had a crush on her once. ."
Corn didn't catch himself before he smirked and said, "I know"
YoYo looked over at Corn puzzly, "When did you know? I just met you and I never even told you"
"Well, just meeting me didn't keep you from laying in bed with me"
Corn watched as YoYo blushed and turned back to his food. He then looked around at some other tables around him. Corn saw Beat and Garam having an argument and was about to have a dogfight when five police came to clear it up.
From what Corn could see, he and Yo were the only ones in regular clothes. All the other prisoners were wearing bright yellow suits with the facility logo on the back. That got Corn thinking, why didn't the police have him and Yo put suits on?
Come to think of it, they didn't even search Corn's pockets or take his hat away. . . could that mean a sign of some sort? ~*~
As the prisoners were being sorted into groups for their work, Corn felt a tap on his shoulder. Wheeling around, he noticed Gum looking right into his eyes. She seemed a bit more properly dressed then their last meeting.
"Hi. . my names Gum, what's yours? Your kinda cute"
Corn frowned as Gum giggled. He noticed her eyes gazing from him, to YoYo, then back to him again. He felt slightly uncomfortable when she grabbed his hand and started to take his glove off.
"Knock it off!"
Corn retreated his hand and put it behind his back. Gum looked at him a few seconds, disappointment all over her face. Corn couldn't help but feel guilty when he saw a tear stream down her cheek.
"Look, I'm sorry. .I"
But before he could say anything else, a cop shouted over his voice into a microphone.
"Due to problems with group 2, they will not be doing trash pickup on the highway today, taking their place will be group 5. All other groups report to your regular programs for now"
Gum was still standing in front of Corn as the cop proceeded down the metal stairs to a group who got into a fight.
"You look familiar, have we met?"
Gum leaned in closer to Corn, who just stood there turning red as Gum took in his scent. Corn wondered what it was with girls and the scent of guys.
"Uhh, yes we have Gum. . do you remember Corn three years ago?"
Corn noticed Gum take a slight step back as he said the name Corn. After a minute, she slightly nodded and gazed down.
"He was a good friend to me. . I loved him. . when he died, I didn't know what I was going to do"
Corn watched as Gum started to cry silently. He gently wiped her tears away with his jacket sleeve. She smiled at him and took another glance into his eyes.
"As a matter of fact, you look just like him. . maybe that's why I thought you were cute"
"There's something I have to tell you, Gum. And this is no joke, this is for reals. . .Gum; I'm the Corn who supposedly died three years ago. I'm that very person you love"
Gum gasped and took two steps away from Corn.
"That's not funny! How dare you mess with my emotions!"
Corn watched helplessly as Gum disappeared into the group of prisoners. YoYo (who was watching the whole time) took a step up to Corn and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Yo man. . . they're ready for us. Let's go"
~*~
"Hurry up, get in the truck you maggots"
Corn and YoYo stood in a line of young teens as they were being sorted into trucks. Corn watched as a group of police was testing an electric fence to see the length it would go and how much electricity could surge through it.
"Corn, they want us in truck two. C'mon"
Corn snapped out of his trance as Yo tapped him on the shoulder. He started following and noticed there were three trucks to carry the teens and two trucks to carry the fencing.
~*~
Corn watched the scenery whiz by as the trucks sped along the freeway. He looked over to the other teens that were sharing the same truck. He saw Clutch, who had a mask on (probably to keep from scaring passing cars), he saw Beat, who looked normal as he remembered, but his hair was blue and he wasn't wearing his headphones or glasses. Then of course there was Yo and the cop (who was holding a chain linked to a vicious looking dog), but the person that really caught his attention was a young teen he never saw before.
The teen had puffy chocolate colored hair. His face was clean but pale. His hands were scarred all over. He was wearing the facility suit all the others wore. His left eye looked a little out of shape and bloodshot, but other then that, he was a very handsome boy.
Corn's attention was caught on the boy's left hand, which looked like it was holding something. He caught a glimpse of a gold chain before it was quickly hidden from view. Corn looked up and saw the boy looking right at him. Corn quickly turned away.
No one spoke, no one whispered, it seemed as if no one was even breathing. All the could be heard were the passing cars and the rumble of the truck's motor.
~*~
Corn noticed their truck was the first to reach the site. Looking out the small cube substituting for a window, Corn saw the cops setting up the fence around the middle of the highway.
When the time came, the cop in their truck opened the door and the light blinded Corn. He watched as the boy with the gold chain got out first.
Watching his eye contact, Yo spoke up to Corn, "That's Garret. He's 17 and was caught by the cops two years ago. That's what I've heard at the breakfast table this morning"
Corn only nodded and followed YoYo out the truck door.
He looked around the clearing he was going to have to clear up. It was a good one and a half-mile fencing from what he could see.
Corn watches Garret take a poke stick and a garbage sack. He allowed his eyes to follow the boy to a corner, and there he started picking up trash.
He follows YoYo over to a corner after they get their things, but he couldn't help but notice himself looking over at Garret occasionally. YoYo seemed to notice cause he spoke up half an hour later.
"Corn, you can leave me to this area if you want, I can handle a little trash now and then"
YoYo had to laugh at that, but since Corn was still gazing at Garret, he didn't get the joke. He just smiled, "That's all right, I should leave that guy to his own work"
Yo put a friendly hand on Corn's shoulder, "Go on. He looks like he could use a buddy. I'll be fine, go on now"
He gave Corn a light push towards the boy.
Corn took a few steps towards Garret, but decided this is a bad idea. But before he could turn back around, Garret saw Corn walking towards him and stopped working. Corn had no choice but to continue on.
Corn stopped a polite distance away from Garret before quietly speaking, "Hi, I'm corn. I couldn't help but notice you needed some company?"
Garret only smirked, "Whatever" and went back to work.
"I noticed the trinket you carried in your hand on the truck. I didn't know they allowed personal items be kept to the owners. I was surprised they didn't put me in an orange suit, heh"
Garret didn't say anything, just continued to pick up trash. Corn didn't know what else to say. He trashed talk with teens like Garret before, but he didn't really think he would get in a situation like this where he didn't want to trash talk.
"Do you want some company?"
Garret was getting annoyed, "Look, I know what you want and I don't want to even talk to you. If you wanna rape me, just try, there's a cop right behind you!"
Corn couldn't say anything more, it all went confusing after that. As soon as he turned around, he saw a cop who was holding a dog. The dog was snarling and gnashing.
Corn was going dizzy. All he could see was YoYo. He was screaming something, but Corn couldn't hear anything. Surprised about the dog, Corn tripped backwards and was falling. Where he was headed was the electric fence.
The cop was trying to catch him. The dog was trying to bite him. Garret had his backed turned and was picking up trash. YoYo was running towards him.
The last thing Corn saw, was the Correctional Facility in the distance, and the sun blinding him.
It all went dark in the eyes of Corn. . .
~*~
TO BE CONTINUED
R&R Please
Note: This is the last chapter, but what I don't want to get you confused with is this is only book one.
~*~
"Is that. . Rhyth?"
Corn noticed a girl smaller of the group sitting at a table across from him and YoYo. Yo nodded and chewed a piece of bread thoughtfully.
"Ya know, I had a crush on her once. ."
Corn didn't catch himself before he smirked and said, "I know"
YoYo looked over at Corn puzzly, "When did you know? I just met you and I never even told you"
"Well, just meeting me didn't keep you from laying in bed with me"
Corn watched as YoYo blushed and turned back to his food. He then looked around at some other tables around him. Corn saw Beat and Garam having an argument and was about to have a dogfight when five police came to clear it up.
From what Corn could see, he and Yo were the only ones in regular clothes. All the other prisoners were wearing bright yellow suits with the facility logo on the back. That got Corn thinking, why didn't the police have him and Yo put suits on?
Come to think of it, they didn't even search Corn's pockets or take his hat away. . . could that mean a sign of some sort? ~*~
As the prisoners were being sorted into groups for their work, Corn felt a tap on his shoulder. Wheeling around, he noticed Gum looking right into his eyes. She seemed a bit more properly dressed then their last meeting.
"Hi. . my names Gum, what's yours? Your kinda cute"
Corn frowned as Gum giggled. He noticed her eyes gazing from him, to YoYo, then back to him again. He felt slightly uncomfortable when she grabbed his hand and started to take his glove off.
"Knock it off!"
Corn retreated his hand and put it behind his back. Gum looked at him a few seconds, disappointment all over her face. Corn couldn't help but feel guilty when he saw a tear stream down her cheek.
"Look, I'm sorry. .I"
But before he could say anything else, a cop shouted over his voice into a microphone.
"Due to problems with group 2, they will not be doing trash pickup on the highway today, taking their place will be group 5. All other groups report to your regular programs for now"
Gum was still standing in front of Corn as the cop proceeded down the metal stairs to a group who got into a fight.
"You look familiar, have we met?"
Gum leaned in closer to Corn, who just stood there turning red as Gum took in his scent. Corn wondered what it was with girls and the scent of guys.
"Uhh, yes we have Gum. . do you remember Corn three years ago?"
Corn noticed Gum take a slight step back as he said the name Corn. After a minute, she slightly nodded and gazed down.
"He was a good friend to me. . I loved him. . when he died, I didn't know what I was going to do"
Corn watched as Gum started to cry silently. He gently wiped her tears away with his jacket sleeve. She smiled at him and took another glance into his eyes.
"As a matter of fact, you look just like him. . maybe that's why I thought you were cute"
"There's something I have to tell you, Gum. And this is no joke, this is for reals. . .Gum; I'm the Corn who supposedly died three years ago. I'm that very person you love"
Gum gasped and took two steps away from Corn.
"That's not funny! How dare you mess with my emotions!"
Corn watched helplessly as Gum disappeared into the group of prisoners. YoYo (who was watching the whole time) took a step up to Corn and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Yo man. . . they're ready for us. Let's go"
~*~
"Hurry up, get in the truck you maggots"
Corn and YoYo stood in a line of young teens as they were being sorted into trucks. Corn watched as a group of police was testing an electric fence to see the length it would go and how much electricity could surge through it.
"Corn, they want us in truck two. C'mon"
Corn snapped out of his trance as Yo tapped him on the shoulder. He started following and noticed there were three trucks to carry the teens and two trucks to carry the fencing.
~*~
Corn watched the scenery whiz by as the trucks sped along the freeway. He looked over to the other teens that were sharing the same truck. He saw Clutch, who had a mask on (probably to keep from scaring passing cars), he saw Beat, who looked normal as he remembered, but his hair was blue and he wasn't wearing his headphones or glasses. Then of course there was Yo and the cop (who was holding a chain linked to a vicious looking dog), but the person that really caught his attention was a young teen he never saw before.
The teen had puffy chocolate colored hair. His face was clean but pale. His hands were scarred all over. He was wearing the facility suit all the others wore. His left eye looked a little out of shape and bloodshot, but other then that, he was a very handsome boy.
Corn's attention was caught on the boy's left hand, which looked like it was holding something. He caught a glimpse of a gold chain before it was quickly hidden from view. Corn looked up and saw the boy looking right at him. Corn quickly turned away.
No one spoke, no one whispered, it seemed as if no one was even breathing. All the could be heard were the passing cars and the rumble of the truck's motor.
~*~
Corn noticed their truck was the first to reach the site. Looking out the small cube substituting for a window, Corn saw the cops setting up the fence around the middle of the highway.
When the time came, the cop in their truck opened the door and the light blinded Corn. He watched as the boy with the gold chain got out first.
Watching his eye contact, Yo spoke up to Corn, "That's Garret. He's 17 and was caught by the cops two years ago. That's what I've heard at the breakfast table this morning"
Corn only nodded and followed YoYo out the truck door.
He looked around the clearing he was going to have to clear up. It was a good one and a half-mile fencing from what he could see.
Corn watches Garret take a poke stick and a garbage sack. He allowed his eyes to follow the boy to a corner, and there he started picking up trash.
He follows YoYo over to a corner after they get their things, but he couldn't help but notice himself looking over at Garret occasionally. YoYo seemed to notice cause he spoke up half an hour later.
"Corn, you can leave me to this area if you want, I can handle a little trash now and then"
YoYo had to laugh at that, but since Corn was still gazing at Garret, he didn't get the joke. He just smiled, "That's all right, I should leave that guy to his own work"
Yo put a friendly hand on Corn's shoulder, "Go on. He looks like he could use a buddy. I'll be fine, go on now"
He gave Corn a light push towards the boy.
Corn took a few steps towards Garret, but decided this is a bad idea. But before he could turn back around, Garret saw Corn walking towards him and stopped working. Corn had no choice but to continue on.
Corn stopped a polite distance away from Garret before quietly speaking, "Hi, I'm corn. I couldn't help but notice you needed some company?"
Garret only smirked, "Whatever" and went back to work.
"I noticed the trinket you carried in your hand on the truck. I didn't know they allowed personal items be kept to the owners. I was surprised they didn't put me in an orange suit, heh"
Garret didn't say anything, just continued to pick up trash. Corn didn't know what else to say. He trashed talk with teens like Garret before, but he didn't really think he would get in a situation like this where he didn't want to trash talk.
"Do you want some company?"
Garret was getting annoyed, "Look, I know what you want and I don't want to even talk to you. If you wanna rape me, just try, there's a cop right behind you!"
Corn couldn't say anything more, it all went confusing after that. As soon as he turned around, he saw a cop who was holding a dog. The dog was snarling and gnashing.
Corn was going dizzy. All he could see was YoYo. He was screaming something, but Corn couldn't hear anything. Surprised about the dog, Corn tripped backwards and was falling. Where he was headed was the electric fence.
The cop was trying to catch him. The dog was trying to bite him. Garret had his backed turned and was picking up trash. YoYo was running towards him.
The last thing Corn saw, was the Correctional Facility in the distance, and the sun blinding him.
It all went dark in the eyes of Corn. . .
~*~
TO BE CONTINUED