The
chain link fence slammed shut behind me and I was left alone, alone
in this cruel environment where just one little slip, a small sign of
weakness could leave you a bloody heap in some corner.
I had been
given a new name, a new life to live up to. My real name is Lara
Haven. My prison name is Jack Finch.
Just looking at the melancholy scenery made me long for the outside world. How am I supposed to survive here for five years! But that's just the thing. I'm going to have to survive; somehow I'm going to have to prove that I'm not as fragile as I know I look. If I don't I could end up some extremely lonely inmate's prison bitch and Lara-I mean Jack is nobody's prison bitch!
At
this thought I lifted my chin defiantly as my bottle green eyes land
on some abandoned green bleachers, and without further ado I began to
walk, heading towards my target. I tried to strut and walk normally
at the same time, and that needs a lot of concentration so I kept my
eyes forward and my head up, trying desperately not to make eye
contact with anyone.
It's not that I'm afraid, oh no. If one
of these goons wants to go then I'll be more than happy to
oblige…it's just it's my first day here…and I'm actually
feeling kind of drained mentally. So I just want to get used to my
surroundings before, ya know, the fighting starts.
I
made it to the benches and hurried up to the middle, sitting down and
immediately feeling better as soon as I get my back against something
and my tail hidden underneath me.
It was then that I let myself
study the surroundings, green eyes landing on the different groups of
prisoners, trying to judge which group seemed the most dangerous, and
which, the least.
Of course as I was scoping out the place, I
failed to notice that there was a single inmate heading my way;
little did I know that I was better off when I had first entered the
grounds then sitting on these benches.
"Not
much to look at is it?" A voice drawled to the left of me, the
rough boards creaking rather ominously as someone came and took a
seat beside me. I turned quickly and my green optics fell on a skinny
yet muscled man, dark hair and dark eyes.
My gaze turned wary and
I shifted slightly, not liking the position that I had inevitably put
myself in. I tightened my lips in frustration; no I'd had enough. I
didn't like feeling uncomfortable, I didn't like feeling like the
underdog.
"No it isn't." I replied, a rather cold tint to
my voice.
"Wow now, no need to be unfriendly." The man
continued, easily picking up on my unwilling attitude. "What's
yer name?" Again it took me a while to answer.
"Jack." I
said shortly. Seconds slithered by, slowly turning into minutes
before my bottle green eyes moved back to the man sitting beside me
and I heaved a sigh. "Yours?"
The man grinned in answer and
stated quite readily,
"Thought you'd never ask," at that a
scowl crossed my face. "It's T-Bag."
