Zack's POV
Two Months Later
I was thrown to the ground in a dirty old cell. My ribs ached after they had kicked the living daylights after my tenth escape attempt this week. I looked up and saw that my "room" was the same, as always. In the corner was a dirty old rag that was my blanket and a lump that was my pillow. Part of the room was sealed off by a door and walls; that was the bathroom, it held a toilet and sink. I stood shakily and looked at myself.
I wore a t-shirt five times too big; it had bloodstains all over it from when they beat me. I wore a pair of pants that would fall down if my belt wasn't there. My belt is a piece of rope tied around my waist. I am barefoot. I looked out the only window in the room. The bars on it make it even more despairing.
The yard is a bunch of holes being filled up by a group of kids who were brought here before me. I saw the gallows off in the corner right next to the barb wire fence. I shuddered as I remembered the week after we were brought here.
Someone escaped and they needed to make an example out of someone. They chose Sokai. Ever since we got there he was always protecting me. They beat him and then hung him while forcing us to watch. I felt anger bubbling up inside of me until it broke and then the weirdest thing happened, a thunder storm started and it was hailing and everything.
My day was the same pretty much everyday with the exception of the beatings. I would be awakened and walked outside where we all had to dig holes for no apparent reason. Then I would be taken to the mess hall where I would get breakfast: oatmeal and water. I would be put into a room that looked like a doctor's office, a classroom, and a workout room combined. I would take academic tests, then run on the treadmill or lift a certain amount of weight. Then they would measure me. I would be sent outside and chained to another kid. We were forced to run around a track until they said stop guarded by trigger-happy guards. If our partner passes out we have to keep running while carrying them. Then I am walked to the mess hall for dinner. The weird thing is they give us barely anything for breakfast and nothing for lunch then for dinner we got to go to a buffet and eat as much as we wanted but so many kids got sick from eating so much I decided to eat only enough to survive. Then we all are sent to a room with video cameras and microphones. While there we are allowed to talk but the second someone mentions escape the handlers rush in and take us to our "rooms" where we spend the rest of the night.
Tonight I hit the jackpot. In one of my failed escape attempts I found myself in the computer room. I quickly hacked into the main database and crashed their hard drive but I managed to steal as much data as possible and created a necklace with the jump drive. I also found a blind spot in the "rooms." The "rooms" have video surveillance cameras all over except the bathrooms. I pick pocketed Sir, one of the guys who kidnapped me; he also is the head honcho here and just happens to be one of my handlers. I walked into the bathroom with the knife hidden in my waistband. I spent the rest of the night cutting through the cement that holds the bricks together and pushing the bricks out just big enough for me to fit through.
As I stepped out into the cool night, I realized I was free at last. I walked to the fence and climbed up it then manipulated the wind so that I could get over without getting scratched. I ran to the beach and stole one of the boats at the dock. As I pushed off into the sea and my way home, I grinned because not only had I escaped from my horrible prison that no one had ever escaped from before, I was pretty sure that they would be missing their data and when they came for it I would be ready to fight them.
I own nothing, well except for Sokai, Christy, Speed, Ashley, Amy, Jason, and Sir.