Although nothing around could be distinguished due to the dim light, James could see two silhouettes at one end of the room.
-¿Qué quiere que haga con él, jefe? (What do you want me to do with him, boss?)
-Solo hazlo hablar (Just make him talk)
One of the people in the dark turned to James, who was freezing cold. He had only a pair of trousers on. From the coolness in the room, it seemed that he was in a basement, somewhere under the prison maybe.
-Querido Marco Diaz o debo decirte otra cosa? (Dear Marco Diaz or should I tell you something else?)
James just chuckled.
-Para que no quede feo, sé amable y responde mis preguntas. (To look nice, be nice and answer my questions!)
-No tengo nada que commentar (I have nothing to comment)
-Repito una vez más, quizás no te hayas enterado. We can fix it. (I'll repeat it once more, maybe you didn't hear. We can solve it badly too.) says the man, taking out a knife from his pants pocket.
-Entonces, ¿qué estabas buscando allí? (So what were you looking for there? )
- Necesitaba orinar y no sabia donde estaba el baño (I needed to pee and I didn't know where the bathroom was)
-Está seguro ? (Are you sure) says the man walking the blade of the knife on James' chest, cutting him deeply.
-Sí! James screamed in pain.
The knife lodged in James' thigh as the man dragged the knife down, narrowly missing the other major artery in James' leg.
This time James just swore under his breath. The man pulled the knife from the laceration he had made in James' thigh asking again:
-¿Y si no te creo?.¿Cómo me explicata que estabas there para buscar el baño?, ¿no te diste cuenta de que no había manera de que pudiera ser un baño? (If I don't believe you? How do you explain that you were there to look for the bathroom, didn't you realize that there was no way it was a bathroom?)
-El guardia me había prometido llevarme al baño antes del desayuno, y como no lo hizo, opté por ir cuando empezoso la pelea en la cantina. It seemed the right moment. ( The guard had promised to take me to the bathroom before breakfast, and since he didn't, I opted to go when the fight started in the canteen. It seemed like the right time. )
The man turns to his boss.
- Me dijo que estaba buscando el baño. (He told me he was looking for the toilet)
-Luego llévalo de regreso a la celda, pero antes de eso, amenázalo un poco en caso de que esté mintiendo, para que no se olvide. ( Then take him back to the cell, but before that, threaten him a little in case he's lying, so he doesn't forget. )
The man turns back to James, untying his hands and feet. He lifts him from the chair, stabbing him in the stomach, pressing so deep that the blade of the knife remains embedded in James' abdomen.
- Esto es en caso de que no estés diciento la verdad. ¡Tranquilo, we will watch you! (This is in case you're not telling the truth. Keep calm, we'll keep an eye on you!)
The man hits him on the head, sending James to sleep, then secretly transports him back to the cell. The men throw him on the floor, taking out the knife and locking the cell.
17:23
James opens his eyes and notices that he sees blurred. He felt sweaty and sticky. He tries to get up, but without any response. His head hurts too much to try to get up. He move his body to one side, feeling a pool of liquid around him. He tries to distinguish what it is, but he doesn't succeed until he realizes that the liquid was coming from some wounds that he have. He could say that he does not remember what he is doing here and why he is hurt.
He tries to remember what happened, but the only thing he remembers is Safin's island. He stood up, ignoring the terrible pain coming from the wounds, I think now infected. He tries to piece together the events he remembers, but nothing. He sits with his back against the cold wall of the cell, starting to tremble. His vision had not yet returned, but he could see that he was in a cell. He got up, groaning in pain, grabbing the cell door with his hands, and shouting:
- Hey, hey, is somebody here! He yell with all the strength left in his body.
Suddenly, from the noise and chaos on the corridors, a disturbing silence is established.
-Oye, escuché una voz en inglés. (Hey, I heard an Englishman's voice!) says one of the prisoners in the adjacent cells.
-Sí, yo también (Yes, me too!) shouted several at the same time.
Before he could say a word, the door of James' cell opens, and two guards enter, taking James by the hand.
James is taken up some stairs, into the director's office.
-Jefe, creo que tenemos un inglés entre nosotros! (Boss, I think we have an Englishman among us)
-Oh, Sr. Díaz, I knew I wasn't telling the truth. (Oh, Mr. Diaz, I knew you weren't telling the truth)
-Llévalo al sótano (Take him to the basement)
-Si, entiendo (Yes, I understand)
-Vamos a divertinos, Sr. Diaz! (We're going to have some fun, Mr. Diaz!)
James didn't say anything, he didn't know what was happening and he was still dizzy. He let the guards take him to the basement, where he was tied by the hands to a pipe. He then notices the headmaster, along with 2 more men closing in on him, he can't open his mouth to say anything as he is somewhat lost when their knee connects with his gut and another vicious kick lands in his ribs .
-So... Sr. Díaz, ¿o tiene sentido decirle eso? (So...Mr. Diaz, or is there any point in telling you that?!)
James doesn't say anything, and that's only because he didn't understand what was happening.
- Estás fingiendo ser un ignorante, ¿eh? ( You're pretending to be ignorant, huh? )
James just looked at the headmaster.
-Déjame hacerte hablar (I will make you talk)
The director takes out a scalpel from his jacket, which he presses on the side of the James' stomach.
James has no reaction, until the stinging burn that follows, makes him hiss in pain.
-No sé nada, detente. (I don't know anything, stop) James shouted at the headmaster.
-Seguro, seguro (Sure, sure)
The blade digs under his ribs and with a sharp twist one of his ribs cracks completely, his gasp pitiful, wet as he coughs.
-I swear, no sé nada, me golpeé la cabeza y no recuerdo nada, ¡ni siquiera por qué estoy aquí! (I swear I don't know anything, I hit my head and I don't remember anything, not even why I'm here.)
-¿Deberíamos creerte después de todas las cosas que dijiste? (Should we still believe you after everything you said?)
The headmaster turns to the men behind him.
-¿Deberíamos creerle? (Should we believe him?)
The men just shake their heads no.
The headmaster unties him from the pipe, and James dives to the ground, in his own pool of blood. All he can do is breathe raggedly as a sharp, searing pain digs into his lungs.
James receives a few more punches in the stomach from the headmaster before begging him to stop.
-Por favor, detente, ya no sé nada, todo lo que digo es verdad. Please cream! I can't breathe. (Please stop, I don't remember anything, please believe me, I can't breathe anymore!)
James was barely breathing, looking at the headmaster with fear. He was spitting blood, still trying to understand what just happened, but he didn't have much time to think, because suddenly everything goes black around him.
At the infirmary, Madeleine was quite free. Her last patient was the one after James, and since then she just sat and prayed that James would be fine, but unfortunately even she knew that this would not happen.
Suddenly, a guard disturbs Madeleine's thoughts, when he bursts through the door of the infirmary.
- ¡Señora, tiene un nuevo paciente! (Ma'am, you have a new patient!)
Madeleine gets up from her chair, waiting to see who it is, hoping that it is not James, but you also know who Madeleine's new patient is. She expected that James would have to deal with being a prisoner, but not that she would have to take care of him almost daily. The guards put James on the bed, then leave the room.
Madeleine had already panicked and didn't know what to do. She grabbed some towels to stop the blood gushing from James' wounds. She already noticed that a wound was inflamed and infected.
She is not a doctor, but she knows the basics when it comes to field medicine. She began to search the infirmary, discovering a well-stocked drawer full of more than enough bandages and hydration packs. She opened and closed every cabinet and drawer with more force than was necessary, but she was getting more and more irritated as the drawer was empty, but then she found what she thought it was a plus.
She turned to James, opening the box quickly. Inside were all the things she needed. She stuck an IV in James' arm, then after the bleeding stopped, she dabbed the wounds with alcohol. She sewed up the wounds and gave him analgesics. She bandaged the wounds, and then, because James' pants were wet with blood, she went to look for others. She took a pair of sweatpants and a blouse from the clothesline, then turned to dress James.
Time passed and James did not wake up. Madeleine was worried that maybe she had done something wrong, passing her hand from time to time on James' wrist to check his pulse.
In 3 minutes, a prisoner enters the infirmary.
- Vinimos a buscarlo, los guardias me pidieron que lo llevara a una celda. (I came to get him, the guards asked me to take him to the cell)
- ¡Pero es inconsciente! ( But he is unconscious! )
- No importa, hago que se despierte. (It doesn't matter, I make him to wake up)
- No puedo dejar que lo tomes, los guardias deben venir (I can't let you take him, the guards have to come)
- Por qué?
- Morirá si no se queda aquí. (He will die if he doesn't stay here)
Madeleine doesn't leave James's bed, and the prisoner grabbing Madeleine's hand to move her aside. Madeleine didn't do it, confronting him.
- Por favor, sal de la habitación. (Please leave the room)
- ¿Y si no lo hago? (And if I don't?) says the prisoner, blocking Madeleine's hands, starting to unbutton her shirt. Madeleine tries to escape, hitting her knee between his legs.
-Perra estúpida (Stupid bitch) The man spat, pulling Madeleine by the hair to stop her. Madeleine remains motionless, looking fearfully at the man.
-¿Qué vas a hacer para que nadie te oiga? (What are you going to do, cuz no one hears you?)
Suddenly a hand lands on the hand with which the prisoner had caught Madeleine.
-¡Ella no hará nada, pero yo sí! (She won't do anything, but I will)
- Que demonios! ( What the hell )
The prisoner lets Madeleine go, turning to the person holding him.
- Me alegra que me hayas escuchado. ( I'm glad you listened to me. ) James says with a grin on his face, punching him in the face.
The man fell to the ground, then got up immediately, hitting James in the ribs. James moaned softly, jumping on the inmate and knocking him down. James squeezes his neck,until the man runs out of air,dying.
-What are you doing here ? James said standing up.
Madeleine just stared at the man lying dead on the floor.
-What do you think I'm doing?! I'm doing my job as a "nurse". I thought the first word you'd say would be: "Thanks for helping" or "Hey, are you okay?" I saw that you was to be raped by a prisoner! "
- No, my first word is... where is Mathilde?!