Hi! … … … It's been a … while… ;;
Great thanks to Shiroko-san for helping me to fix my grammar
And also thanks to: Alys, Midnight, Demoneyes 14, cagalli-yula-attha, the-key-of-the-twilight, Zosocrowe, Jade, SquallandAlbelfan, MoonChild123, darkwing89, siverrain, who knows, For the review (please don't kill me if I miss any of you)
Midnight: Thank you! I'll try to do your suggestion.
the-key-of-the-twilight: Yes, I agree with you, this story is too fast. 'Coz I kinda lazy to write the beginning ;;
siverrain: About when will he meet his mother again. It won't be in short time I guest…
Disclaimer:
Albel: "Yuka will never own me! Muahahahahahahaha…….!"
Yuka: sob
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Crimson Fate
Chapter 3
"Faster!" the escort yelled to the old man as he whipped him.
Albel felt sorry for him. It seemed the old man wouldn't last long if the situation continued. They had been forced to walk for a whole day without food or rest.
He had no idea where he was being taken. All he could see was a barren land. He didn't think there was a town around there. He wondered if they were lost. That wasn't bad at all; he didn't need to see his master. He wasn't a submissive person. He wondered what they would do to him if he wouldn't submit to them.
His thoughts were shattered once he saw a town. They went there. It was a ghost town. The land was barren and there was only some old construction.
They were being taken to an old construction site. The escort who took them from the village handed them over to the guards there and left.
"From now, you will stay here and work in the mine until someone buys you!" he said harshly, "Go inside, NOW!"
Inside it was very horrible. It appeared that no one ever cleaned the place. He couldn't withstand the odor. He wanted to vomit.
They were being taken to a small room. There was a mound of clothes, which was being made of jute.
"Get changed, quick!" the guard ordered.
"Here?" one of them asked.
"Of course!"
They remained motionless, especially the women. They didn't want their private part to be seen by others.
The guard started to become impatient. He whipped them
"Slave doesn't have privacy! Took your clothes off or I'll punished you!"
They immediately took them off, afraid to be punished.
Albel hesitatingly took his clothing off. He immediately put on his new clothes. They were even uglier than the old ones and also very uncomfortable. They felt itchy.
After they finished changing, the guard drove them into another room.
Apparently the odor came from this room. The room was so dark and damp. It contained some holding cells. They were very dirty. There was so much human waste lying on the floor, it was disgusting. They wouldn't tell him to live there, would they? Just being near it had made him want to vomit. The guard led them inside… No…
The guard opened some cells and forced them to get in. Albel had no choice, he had to go inside. He walked carefully so as not to step on the feces.
"You better rest now! 'Coz starting tomorrow, you must work!" the guard said and left.
Rest? In a place like this!
Suddenly a voice broke his thought, "Hey! So you're new here."
Albel turned his head to see the owner of the voice. He was a boy, seemed to be few years older than him. He had a pair of black eyes. His shoulder length hair also had the same color with his eyes. He was wounded badly.
"Please, sit down!"
Albel took a seat beside that boy. He sat down slowly, avoiding the disgusting things on the floor.
That boy realized his awkward attitude, "I see, you haven't become accustomed with the situation. Don't worry, you will learn by time."
Hope so…
"My name is Reiyon, you?"
"…Albel…"
"Hey, Albel! How did you end up here?" he asked.
"…" he didn't answer. He started to feel annoyed by that boy.
"I see…, you don't want anyone to know about that… Hm…, may be it was a shame, but you could feel better after letting someone know…"
Feel better! How could someone feel better to let anyone know that he had just killed someone!
Reiyon sighed, "It seems everyone who come here are unlucky persons. I was being sold by my parents few months ago, I hope you aren't the same."
Sold? By his own parents? Somehow, he felt lucky his mom never had an intention to sell him even though they were so poor. Mother…, he wonder how she was….
"No!" he answered, "I wasn't being sold by my parents."
"Good for you!"
And it would be perfect if there was a father…
You better sleep now, 'coz I'm not sure that you will be able to sleep if everyone comes back." Reiyon said.
"Everyone?"
"Well…, we aren't the only ones who live in this cell"." He explained, "There are umh… one…two…three…four… … fourteen! Fourteen other people?'
"What!"
His eyes nearly popped out. This small, tiny little cell was being occupied by sixteen people! That was insane!
"So…, where are they now?" he asked.
"They are working at the mine."
"Why aren't you with them?"
"Me? To tell you the truth… Few days ago, I tried to escape, but I was being discovered by the guards and they beat me. So I can't work."
"They are nice enough to let you stay here for rest?"
"Yeah…, but no work means no food."
"…" It seemed life would be harder from now. Maybe he really must sleep, hearing that boy's story made him feel worse.
Albel laid down his head on the hard ground and closed his eyes.
"Xxxxx… yyyyy… zzzzz… xyz"
Oh good…, that boy told him to get some sleep, but he keep babbling, he didn't listen to him. He really must sleep, but the noise prevented him.
It's okay…, just don't mind him.
It didn't take too long for him to fall asleep. He had been so tired from walking for a whole day. But just as he fell asleep, he was awakened by a bunch of people entering the cell. The narrow cell became full of people. He barely had a space to move.
It seemed it would be hard to sleep in this condition.
This would be a long… long… night.
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