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DAYS IN PRISON: 9
Amy rested her head on the top of her knees and she hugged her legs, her stomach twisting with hunger.
Etemon and his servants at the prison only gave their prisoners food twice a day: at about 12 in the morning and at 7:30 at night. As each day passed, Amy felt herself losing more and more energy and found herself devouring the 500 gram bread that they served for food, always wanting some more.
Since BlackWarGreymon and Leomon were bigger Digimon than her, they got more bread, but a 600 gram bread wasn't even close to enough of filling their stomachs.
Sometimes, Etemon would be cruel to the prisoners and would arrive half hour or even an hour late with the food, just to make them suffer. And if the prisoners complained, they would be punished.
"What's the longest that Etemon has been late with the food?" asked Amy out loud.
Leomon chuckled humorlessly. "An hour and a half."
Amy groaned and sighed deeply. "I think my stomach's eating itself. I'm so hungry."
BlackWarGreymon stood up and started to pace from one wall to another. "Let's just hope they bring the food in time."
They all got their answer when the cell door banged open and Etemon stood there proudly and behind him, an Ogremon stood there with the sack of bread. Amy's mouth watered when her nose caught the scent of food.
"Good morning!" said Etemon cheerful in a sugar-sweet voice. "Good morning, my lovelies! Time to eat!" He turned and Ogremon opened up the sack. Etemon grabbed a single piece of bread and threw it in the center of the cell, in the middle of three very hungry Digimon. "There!"
Amy, BlackWarGreymon and Leomon shared confused looks.
"W-Where's the rest?" asked Leomon.
Etemon smirked. "For today, there's only one piece for cell."
"But why?" Amy demanded. "We're so hungry!"
"Then you're going to have to fight for it."
Amy looked away from the orange ape and towards the bread. She had the strongest wanting of grabbing the piece for herself and eating it, but BlackWarGreymon and Leomon had been so kind to her and at the start, tried to give her a piece of their bread for her not to starve.
Etemon stood at the door, arms crossed. "So what are you guys going to do?" He asked with a smirk as Ogremon laughed behind him. "Who's going to eat it."
Amy and Leomon didn't move. It was then when BlackWarGreymon walked towards the bread, bent down and picked it up. Amy slightly panicked when she thought he was going to keep it for herself but BlackWarGreymon split the piece into three and gave it to his cellmates, keeping the last piece for himself and eating it.
Amy took her time eating her bread and closed her eyes as she swallowed. 'Oh my gosh, yes...'
Etemon growled and grabbed a whip that hung from his hip. "So noble." he hissed at BlackWarGreymon. "Now let's see who'll be so caring as to take a hit from me!" Etemon looked at the nearest one by him. "What about the lovely Angel?"
Amy sighed and stuffed the bread into her mouth. It was the least she could do for her cellmates.
Etemon grinned evilly and rose up his whip above his head. Amy braced herself for the hit, but then watched as Ogremon's eyes widened as he leaned in close to Etemon's ear. She couldn't really hear what he was whispering to him, but she heard the words: "Bashidamon" and "safe."
Ogremon backed away and Etemon sighed heavily as he lowered his whip. "Seem that I can't hit you." he said to Amy. Then he smiled when he thought of something else. "But I think I know of another way to make the Angel suffer."
"Wha-"
Etemon grabbed Amy by her arm and pulled her up. "You're coming with me." he hissed and dragged her out of the cell.
"Wait! Amy!"
Amy turned and saw Leomon and BlackWarGreymon stand up and start to follow but Ogremon quickly stood in between them and rose up his spiky club.
"I'll be fine, you guys!" she called out before the cell door slammed shut.
Etemon continued to drag her down the hallway until the turned towards another small one. And using whatever Digimon sense she had left, Amy smelled what smelled like more delicious food. 'Okay, I don't think Etemon would drag me here to make me eat more food.' she thought.
The three of them walked into a room, a kitchen. And Amy gasped when she saw mountains of bread scattered all over the place. There were a dozen DarkBurgermon working hard to prepare the food as fast as they could and as each minute passed, a lot more food was made.
"What the hell?!" hissed Amy as she glared up at the ape. "There's more food here to feed all of us in this freaking prison! Why won't you feed us?!"
Etemon shook Amy violently, causing her to cry out. "Shut up! I'm the boss here and I can do whatever the hell I want! So what if you guys don't get more food? This is a prison, not some luxury hotel!" He then turned and pointed at a DarkBurgermon nearby. "You. Grab me an extra sack and fill it to its peak with food."
"Yes, boss." DarkBurgermon saluted him and immediately did what he was told. After a minute or so, he dragged the full sack towards them and Amy felt the impulse to grab the food inside and start eating it.
Etemon looked down at Amy. "Grab it."
Confused, Amy held on to the sack of bread.
Etemon looked at Ogremon and Ogremon gave his sack to her as well. Then he pushed her back towards the hallway. "Let's go."
"Go where?" she demanded to know.
Etemon gave her a smirk. "Well, to feed the others."
Etemon, Ogremon and Amy walked up several stairs to the very top of the prison. Amy's heart sank more and more when she counted in her head how many floors there were in the prison: forty-four.
'Oh my gosh, how am I going to get all of us out of here?'
At the forty-fourth floor, Etemon got out his keys and opened the first cell they came to. He pushed Amy ahead of them and Amy took a step inside. Inside the small cell, there was a Relemon and a Puttimon.
Amy turned in anger. "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! YOU HAVE FRESH DIGIMON IN THIS PRISON TOO?!"
Etemon nodded as though he had just shown Amy trophies instead of poor Fresh Digimon. "Yep. And remember...one piece per cell."
Amy turned back around and looked at the two Digimon sadly.
"I'm hungry, miss." groaned Relemon and Puttimon's stomach growled in agreement.
'I can't just give them one piece. They'll die!' Suddenly Amy got an idea.
Looking sad, Amy reached inside a sack of bread and held it out. And as expected, Puttimon was the one who lunged forward and ate for himself. Relemon looked at Amy in disbelief.
Etemon laughed loudly. "Hahahaha! Looks like there's no more food for you, little one!" He shouted in glee and both he and Ogremon turned.
And once they did, Amy quickly grabbed another piece and threw it towards Relemon. "Eat it, eat it, eat it!" she mouthed and Relemon obeyed, grabbing the bread in her mouth and turning her head so no one would see her chewing.
Amy felt a tiny bit of victory as Etemon locked the door once she stepped out.
'Yes!'
Amy continued doing this for the top two floors, all Fresh Digimon. She would give one of the babies food, but once Etemon's and Ogremon's backs were turned, Amy would turn and throw the other Digimon a piece. As they went down to the third floor, Amy again counted in her head, but this time, how many cells there was in the first two floors.
'...twenty-two. Eleven in each floor. And there was two Digimon per cell. So there are..' Amy quickly did the math in her head as she dragged the sacks of food down the stairs. 'Forty-four Fresh Digimon. Let's see how many more are in the prison.'
"We're here."
Amy paused and she followed Etemon into yet another cell. But she felt a bit of relief when she saw In-Training Digimon. Not really a relief since they were still little, but at least they weren't Fresh.
Amy walked inside and she saw a Budmon, a green ball-like Digimon with a leaf-like tail and spikes, and a Bukamon, making Amy freeze. She reminded herself that Joe's partner wasn't in the prison with her. Or at least she hoped so.
"Is it lunch time, Miss?" asked Budmon as he hopped down from his bed.
Amy smiled and nodded as she reached inside the bag. "Yep, time to eat!" She tore a piece of bread into two and feed it to them.
Bukamon frowned at her after he ate his piece. "But why only one piece?"
Amy looked back at Etemon and then back at Bukamon. She bent down to sit on the cold floor and both In-Training Digimon hopped closer to her.
"Well, it's because some Digimon are too selfish to give everyone their share of bread. Can you believe that one piece of bread had to 'fill' me, a Leomon and a BlackWarGreymon?"
Budmon's eyes widened. "Really?" he asked in wonder.
Amy nodded and rubbed her stomach. "So be thankful you guys only have to share with each other and not with big Digimon like I do."
Budmon and Bukamon shared looks and smiled softly.
"Let's go." Etemon snapped and Ogremon stepped inside to lift Amy up by her arm.
"Ow!" yelled Amy and snatched her arm out of Ogremon's grip. "I can stand up by myself, you idiot!"
Etemon grabbed her other arm and glared at Ogremon. "Yeah, only I can do that!" He shouted and stepped out the cell.
'Shit! The other piece!' Amy gasped desperately. She thought quickly and reached into the sack of bread. She hid the food behind her back and yanked her arm out of Etemon's grip, bumping into the door and opening it wider.
"You can't do that to me either!" she said in a loud voice. She faced Etemon and placed her hands behind her back throwing it in a direction inside the cell where Etemon wouldn't see it land. "You think that just because you're so tough. Well, you're not! You're a weakling!"
She turned her head just enough to see if Budmon and Bukamon had gotten the piece and saw just in time to see Budmon hide the food underneath a blanket lying around.
A hand grabbed her hair by its roots and Amy gritted her teeth when she saw met face-to-face with Etemon's furious face.
"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO TELL ME THAT?!" he yelled and Amy looked at him as if he was stupid.
"Are you really asking me that?"
Etemon released her hair and as Amy reached up to rub her head, Etemon stormed to the next cell.
"Let's go! And this time, no socializing with the prisoners!" the orange ape shouted as he opened the door.
As Amy spent the next hour or so giving out food, she yet again counted how many prisoners were in the prison.
In every cell they encountered, Digimon were starving, their eyes begging for food and Amy granted their wishes, making sure that in one way or another, each prisoner got their own share. But one cell showed her just how cruel the situation at the prison was.
In the floors that held Rookies, Amy encountered a Ryudamon and a Penguinmon. Amy was shocked when she saw how thin both Digimon were.
"Oh my gosh!" she exclaimed when she bent down to their level. "When was the last time they fed you two?!"
Ryudamon looked at her with a black face. "Four days."
Penguionmon nodded. "Yes, four days, Lady Lapumon."
With no hesitation, Amy reached inside and got out two pieces of bread. She held it out and the two hungry Digimon reached out for them, but a hand grabbed one bread and stuffed it in his mouth.
"Only one piece." grumbled Etemon as he chewed the food. "You know that."
Amy, Ryudamon and Penguinmon looked down at the bread in her hand. And before Amy knew it, Penguinmon grabbed the bread and started to run away. Ryudamon growled with hatred and chased after him, teeth gleaming.
"Ryudamon, wait! Don't do it!" yelled Amy and was lifted up by Etemon. "PUT ME DOWN, YOU PIECE OF SHIT!" she shouted and started to punch Etemon as hard as could in the face. Etemon hissed when she punched his eye and threw her towards Ogremon.
"Grab her!" he commanded and Ogremon nodded, hugging Amy close to him. Meanwhile, Amy kept fighting as she heard Penguinmon's cries of pain. "ETEMON! YOU SON OF A BITCH! YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS!"
Etemon took a look at the fight and crackled evilly. "Looks like the food belongs to Ryudamon!"
Amy's eyes widened. Then that means Ryudamon killed Penguinmon. His Digi-egg! Amy held up a hand and expected to feel her usual power in her hand, which usually meant that she had marked a Digi-egg, but she had forgotten one thing: her powers didn't work in the prison.
Amy hung her head in defeat.
Another two hours passed by and Amy hadn't spoken a word as she continued to give out food portions. Of course, she never forgot to give out an extra piece when Etemon or Ogremon was looking. As she could think about was how useless she felt right now and worried if the prison had any more Digi-eggs she had to mark.
Before she knew it, she had covered every cell and she could finally return to hers. As she left the sacks of food in the kitchen, her blood boiled when she saw that they still had many more pieces of bread left. And one of those could've been for Penguinmon.
Ogremon escorted her back to her cell and after making sure she stepped inside, he slammed the door shut.
Leomon and BlackWarGreymon looked up when she sat down on the cold, hard concrete.
"Amy! You're okay!" Leomon said with a smile and Amy shrugged in response.
BlackWarGreymon frowned when he saw her facial expression. "What's wrong?"
Amy sighed and told them what happened in Ryudamon's and Penguinmon's cell. And when she finished her story, they shared shocked glances and didn't say anything. But Amy was willing to bet that they both hoped that that wouldn't happen to them.
Amy stood up and looked at them seriously. "44 floors of Digimon are in this prison, 11 cells per floor. There's 2 floors of Fresh Digimon, four floors of In-Training, 14 floors of Rookie and 24 of Champions, including us. There's two Digimon per cell and we are the only cell that has three. There's 44 Fresh Digimon, 88 In-Training, 308 Rookie and 528 Champion. Making-"
"968 Digimon." finished Leomon.
BlackWarGreymon crossed his arms and leaned sideways on the wall. "And what are you planning to do?"
"I'm pretty sure etemon's gonna make me in charge of bread duty from now on because he's a lazy ass. So I'm planning to figure out a way to get out of here, try and get Etemon's keys because he has them, find out at what time would be better and whatever comes to mind."
"But that can be dangerous."
Amy shrugged. "Etemon's tough, but I can be tougher." She looked out the widow and watched silently as snow danced in the wind. "Are you guys going to help me?"
Behind her, Leomon bowed down on one knee. "Of course I am."
BlackWarGreymon nodded and bopwed down as well. "You got my help too, Ames."
Amy turned and smiled at them. "Good, because we're leaving this dump soon. And I want to leave this place with you guys right behind me as well as everyone else."
AQUA: And that's it! I hoped you liked it! Oh! And by the way, I'm going to update every 2 weeks because I ended up being really busy this summer so now I'm going to write a bit of the following chapter every day so that way in 2 weeks from now, I'll be ready!
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