Percy stared in horror at Del writhing in agony and smoking strapped to Ol' Sparky, no one had ever told him what would happen if he didn't wet they sponge but he knew the sponge was supposed to be wet but Percy hadn't expected such a horrific scene stretched out before him. Suddenly Del's head caught fire creating a terrifying blue fire consuming his head and the back hood making Del look even more horrific. The crowd started to panic and charge for the doors, people threw up on the wooden floor.
"It's alright folks it's all under control" He heard Hal shout. Percy stared wide eyed in horror at Del's screaming burning body he knew that this sight was going to haunt him for a long while. Percy turned round with his hand over his mouth in disgust avoiding the sight to hopefully spare him of the sight haunting him. He had never expected something as graphic as this to happen.
"You watch you son of a bitch!" Paul growled grabbing Percy and forcing him to look at the awful inhumane sight before him; he struggled to keep the contents of his stomach down as it churned with disgust as Del's burning head finally slumped forward.
"You're running this show ain't ya you do it!" Howell growled angrily towering over Percy as he shoves the fire extinguisher into Percy's hands. Percy's heaved as he put the fire out. What had he done?

Getting into his bed he touched his split lip and hissed in pain Howell had given him such a hard punch when he had said he didn't know the sponge was supposed to be wet. But what else could he have said to justify his actions? He had acted rashly he had wanted to teach Del a lesson for laughing at him but he hadn't expected his actions to result in something so horrific. His stomach churned with dread what would Alice say when she heard about this? He felt for sure that this was the last straw that he had ruined everything, Alice truly would think he was a monster now just like the guards thought already. He put his face in his hands, how had everything gone so wrong?

Fire, smoke and blood curdling screams, Del's face covered in a black hood screaming in agony as the electricity made his body buck against the binds and as his head burst into a ball of blue fire, the acrid smell sticking to the inside of his nose. Percy sat bolt upright in his bed covered in sweat he wiped the damp hair back out of his eyes and tried to calm down his breathing and frantic beating heart. His bottom lip wobbled he had expected to have a nightmare but it had been so real, like he was actually back there. He wished Alice was there with him she always made him feel better; she always saw the goodness in him he just hoped she would see the goodness in him when she found out.

When Alice returned back to work the following day everything seemed weird, the staff were acting odd they wasn't their normal cheerful self and there was a dark cloud hanging over the place. She knew that the death of Del would hit the guard's hard they were quite friendly with each other but this atmosphere was different.
"Where's Percy?" She asked it wasn't normal for him to be at work without him making sure his presence was known.
"He's in Hal's office" Paul sighed.
"What's he done now?" Alice said rolling her eyes.
"You weren't at work were you? You haven't heard?" Paul asked, Alice shook her head and Paul sighed he hated to be the one to tell her.
"Del's execution it...didn't quite go as planned"
"Did he forget his lines? He thought he would"
"No something much worse, he...he didn't wet the sponge" Alice gasped knowing what that meant.
"W..was it bad?" She stuttered, Paul nodded.
"Smoke, screaming Del's head even caught fire" Alice went pale at the image.
"W, why would he do such an awful thing? Did he know the sponge was supposed to be wet or what would happen if he didn't?" Alice asked she couldn't believe the sweet man she had been on a date with had just done such an awful thing.
"We told him the sponge was supposed to be wet, we didn't tell him why we just thought he'd follow protocol" Paul sighed knowing he had misjudged Percy's common sense.
"Do, do you think he forgot? Surely he didn't do it on purpose?"
"He's a nasty bastard Alice, stop making excuses for him and realise what he is" Paul warned. Alice tried to stop herself from crying, was the Percy on the mile the real Percy? Was she the one that had been fooled instead of the guards? She knew that she would have to confront him at some point once she built up the courage and he was finished in Hal's office.

When Percy left the office she noticed his split lip, she knew someone must have punched him she guessed Howell, she didn't think Paul would do something like that. He deserved it but what annoyed her was how happy and smug he looked leaving the office, Alice knew he must have got away with it his high position family must have bailed him out and that made her mad. But she needed to know whether it was a simple mistake did whether nerves get the better of him and he just forgot to wet the sponge or did he do it maliciously to give a man who teased him for months a painful death.

Alice was sat on her break having a cup of coffee when Percy came into the room; she raised her head to look at him inquisitively as to why he was here.
"Alice...I, I wanna talk" He said shuffling his feet.
"I heard" She snapped scowling at him, Percy's heart jumped he had wanted to speak with her first before the guards got to her and poisoned her against him.
"Oh" He mumbled.
"Is that all you've got to say, Oh! Is that it?"Alice snapped, Percy said nothing just looked at her with that dumb facial expression of his.
"Why Percy, did you forget or did you do it on purpose?" Alice fumed.
"I...I didn't mean for that to happen, I didn't know that would happen" He mumbled.
"But you knew the sponge was supposed to be wet" Slowly Percy nodded.
"I...I just wanted to teach him a lesson it all for laughin', didn't know that would happen" Percy explained.
"Then that means you're both stupid and mean" Alice growled, she couldn't believe what he was saying when she had first heard she thought there must be some mistake, he must have forgotten it was an accident but no he had done it on purpose!

Percy glared at her for that comment he didn't like people talking to him that way, when people talked to him like a child and made him feel like a told off school boy.
"Alice I swear to God you talk to me like that again I'll get your ass fired so fast" Percy threatened.
"Yeah go ahead threaten me like you to the others like I give a shit, but one thing's for certain THIS..." pointing to Percy then her "Is not happening"
"Alice..."
"NO!" she interrupted "I thought there was some good in you I really did but how can I date a man who is responsible for something like that" Percy sighed and looked at the floor biting his bottom lip, he'd ruined everything just because of his need to settle some scores.