THE GOLDEN PRISON

CHAPTER 2: The Truth about Kiz.

Kim lay awake, how could she sleep after hearing Liz explain about her conversation with the mysterious girl earlier. She heard the guard walking slowly down the hall and she held her breath hoping not to be picked up and hauled into some deadly experiment. The guard flung open the door and threw someone in, as soon as he was gone Kim ran over to see whom it was. She quickly ran to May and Liz, she woke them up to show them that Zim had returned. He slowly opened up his eyes and gazed up at them. Streams of blood flowed from open wounds all over his body; they knew that these would turn into bruises later.

"Kim, Liz, May," Zim said in a small voice, "Is that you guys?"

"Yes, Zim," May replied, "It's us."

That's when the girl from earlier approached them.

"You're very lucky," She said softly," Millions of people just like you have died in those chambers."

"Who are you," Zim asked, staring her right in the eyes, "I know you from somewhere I just can't place where."

"My name," The girl replied in a slow voice, "Is Kiz, heir to the Almighty Tallest throne."

The silence in the room was the same as earlier, deafening. Everyone stared at Kiz waiting for her to do something, instead she turned her back to them and began to scratch another check into the cold stonewall.

That night was the coldest there had ever been. Kiz sat in the corner, she had scrunched up her body to keep herself warm, it wasn't working. Soon the vomiting started. Her body hunched over and she began spewing out blood from her mouth. Immediately May ran over.

"Kiz," May asked, "Are you okay."

"No," Kiz said in a low voice, "I'm not going to make it."

"Yes you are," May said louder.

Kiz began to close her silver eyes slowly.

"NO," May screamed, "YOU CAN"T DIE."

But it was too late. Soon the guard showed up, behind him he was wheeling a large wheelbarrow; it took May a minute to see the wretched contents. Inside this wheelbarrow were bodies, at least 40 or 50. Each body was Irken and each one was covered with wounds all over their lifeless. The guard hoisted Kiz up and flung her uncerimonily into the wheelbarrow on top of all the other bodies. It took everything in May's power not to cry out at the sight of seeing a dead body treated like trash. Soon the wheelbarrow and the guard were gone, but the horror still remained fresh in her mind. To honor her memory Zim turned his back on the rest of the cell and scratched a check into the cold stonewall.

Authors Note:

CLIFF HANGER. You MIGHT find out what the checks are counting toward the end.