I was free. The gates in front of me opened and I ran through them. It was a thrilling feeling. My hair was blowing in the wind, birds were singing, the sun was smiling down on me. I kept running. I realized that no one was following me. This was freedom! I was back! A car rolled up beside me. The driver rolled down his window and I realized that it was Eliot. He smiled and told me to hop in. As we drove off into the sunrise, a horn blared.

The car jerked and I sat there, terrified. It wasn't a car horn at all… it was an airhorn. I blinked and realized that I was still sitting in my cell.

Some people say that freedom is a state of mind… Those people have obviously never been in jail!

Cell 247

September 2, 2011 8:00am

(Olivia's POV)

I sat there for a minute, stunned. I tried to get up, but I couldn't. I had tasted freedom and I missed it! I knew that these kinds of things happened to people who were in jail, but I didn't think it would happen this fast. The dream felt so real… I began to wonder if I was going crazy.

I heard a bang and jumped up. I looked up and saw Eliot standing in front of my cell, arms crossed, glaring at me. I hadn't seen him since the afternoon before when he "taught me about helping each other out." I hadn't done anything since then that would have gotten me in trouble.

I saw a sympathetic look pass through Eliot's face… just for a second, but I know I saw it. Then he said, "No Breakfast" and started to walk away. Shit! I was so busy thinking about my dream, I wasn't ready on time… again!

As he walked away, I breathed a sigh of relief that it was Eliot who was doing the inspections. That relief lasted for about 2 seconds… then I heard a second voice command, "Stop!" I couldn't believe what was happening. I swear; the guy's a robot. He must never sleep! I HATE Parker!

He walked up to my cell door and glared at me through the bars. He had gotten way too much power when he was promoted to Captain (after Harris was fired). "You didn't learn your lesson yesterday, did you?" he asked me. I didn't answer… I knew he didn't want me to. .. he just continued. "It's hardly all your fault. You have MaCavoy here wrapped around your little finger. I guess the punishment didn't have much of an effect since SOMEONE decided not to enforce it! Now, we're taking a new step! You're going to the hole! 24 hours starting now!"

I couldn't let him take me. I had to do something. I knew that if I went with him, I'd end up being raped! "With all due respect CO, the last time you sent me to solitary, I was sexually assaulted. I'd rather have someone else escort me… sir…" I couldn't believe I actually said it… then I believed it. I saw the look on his face and he was not happy!

"Are you accusing me of being a rapist?" he asked. Yes, I was, but I couldn't tell him that.

"No sir… I'm just… I'm terrified of being in solitary. I'd just be a little more comfortable a woman brought me there… or CO MaCavoy…" or anyone really, but I wasn't about to tell him that!

"MaCavoy," he barked. "Do you think you can manage to escort this prisoner to the hole without screwing anything up?"

"Yes sir" I heard Eliot reply.

CO Parker stuck his hand through the bars, grabbed hold of my jumpsuit, and pulled me close. He whispered into my ear, "I've waited years… If you think I can't wait a little longer, you're crazy! The chase will only make it sweeter!" He pushed me away then, and I fell onto the ground. Then he continued, "oh, and now… it's two days!" I watched as Parker grabbed the clipboard out of Eliot's hands and walked away, intending to continue the inspection.

Eliot walked up to my cell door and told me to go lie down on the bed with my hands behind my head. He left and came back a few minutes later. I heard something clanging as he was walking towards my cell. I heard him radio for my cell door to be opened. I turned to look at him and he yelled for me to lie back down and told me not to move. I felt him lean over me then I felt the sting of cold metal circling around my ankles. Eliot grabbed my hands, pulled them behind my back, and cuffed them as well.

Just when I thought he was done, he whispered, "I'm sorry." There was no time to wonder what he was apologizing for… he attached me to a friggen leash! I felt humiliated as I was led like a dog down to the hole. I was terrified about what would happen. El and I stood outside of the cell for a minute. He looked at the terror in my eyes and tried for a minute to comfort me.

Before he left me alone, he told me that Sealview had undergone a renovation to prevent sexual assaults on inmates who were in solitary. He explained that there was some sort of timer on the door and it wouldn't open for the next 48 hours unless there was an emergency evacuation or unless I pushed the emergency unlock button on the inside of the cell. He must have seen the wheels turning in my head because he quickly added that the emergency button unlocked the door's timer system but that a CO still had to manually unlock the door with a key. Oh well, at least I have a fighting chance of sleeping tonight, knowing that there's no way for him to get to me.

Eliot told me that the rules in solitary were different. The biggest was that I didn't have to have the bed made up right away after wakeup. He explained that, other than during mealtimes, I could sleep all day if I wanted to. I had no idea what I would go through in the next 48 hours. Eliot had told me very little about his experience inside, but he told me it was hell.

El opened the door, told me to kneel on the cot, and undid the shackles on my legs. He whispered that he loved me and walked out the door. He slammed it and I jumped. He opened the slot in the door and told me to stick my wrists through the slot. He uncuffed my hands and told me to pick up the shackles and that stupid leash and give them to him. Once I did, I looked at him through the slot, waiting for him to say something. He didn't. He just slammed the flap in my face. I thought he was kidding, then I heard the lock turn.

I was completely alone.