Chapter 6

The truck zoomed down the road. The man was obviously speeding even though Santana and Rachel couldn't see the speed limit. They had been stuck like this for almost 2 hours now. Detroit seemed to be so far away. Santana felt like just giving up and dying right there in her confinement.

About 3 hours later the truck pulled to a stop. Santana looked out of one of her breathing holes. She really felt like an animal now. She could see another building, even bigger than the last. It was also concrete. She was getting tired of seeing concrete all the time.

Santana heard the footsteps of the man approaching on the dusty gravel road. They were once again in the middle of nowhere, just miles away from their families.

The man opened Santana's cage first. He took her by the hand and lead her to the door of the building. There were guards stationed outside by the fence who all had guns. Great, she thought, now there is no chance of escaping!

Santana was lead indoors. There were different rooms and labeled sections. She passed a bunch of different kinds of confinements and even passed a gas chamber. She was always going to be terrified of those now.

She was lead down a hall with a sign that labeled 'New Members.' She was put in a room with beds all across the wall. There were heavy locks on both doors out of the room and security cameras on the ceiling.

"This will be your temporary placement." The man said.

Santana nodded her head as to say okay.

"Your bed is the one in the farthest corner. Feeding times are 3:00 am and 11:00 pm. We expect you to be awake at 2:00 am every morning and asleep at midnight. It is your responsibility to be back in this room at least an hour before dinner. If you aren't in here at that time you will be punished. Punishments here are tougher than where you were before. Do not expect to be pampered. Your 1st master will be by later to talk to you. I suggest you take a nap. Goodbye."

The man left the room, locking the door behind him.

Santana was confused. How was she supposed to get back to the room by herself before dinner if she didn't have a key.

She sat down on her new bed. At least she had a bed. That was the good thing about being moved somewhere bigger. Deciding to take a nap, she lay down and closed her eyes. Santana drifted off into a deep sleep.

Brittany was at the police station with her mom and dad and Santana's mother. They had described everything to the police and had found out absolutly nothing. There was no record of a man like this, but there had been numerous kidnappings of children the same age. There had been another one recently of a girl named Rachel.

Brittany started to cry. Would she ever find Santana? She missed her best friend and it seemed like there was no hope left for Santana Lopez.

Santana woke up about 4 hours later. Girls were lining up at the door. She noticed Rachel at the end of the line and stood behind her.

Santana whispered. "Rachel!"

Rachel turned around and spoke a little too loudly. "Santana!"

All the girls in line turned around and glared at her.

Rachel sighed and whispered back, "We're in line for dinner. I'm glad this place at least feeds us!"

Santana's stomach gurgled. It had been 3 days since she had eaten or drank anything. She was going to be glad to have some food and water in her belly.

A burly woman came to the door and unlocked it. Another woman went to the back of the line. The woman at the front motioned for everyone to start walking. They did.

They reached a very large concrete room with tables situated everywhere. It looked like a cafeteria. There were plates and cups in each spot at each table. The plates had a piece of bread and a sausage on them and the cups were full of water.

All the girls from their room took their spots at the table. None of them started eating so Santana and Rachel did the same.

Soon all the tables were filled up. Some tables were guarded by strong men with guns and some were given free space. The staff table had tons of foods and drinks and was in the middle of the room.

A man stood up from his seat at the staff table and yelled, "You may begin eating!"

Santana wrapped up her sausage in her bread and hungrily took a bite. She was finished with both her food and drink in less than 5 minutes. She still didn't have a full belly, but at least she had strength. Maybe this place wasn't as bad as she thought.

After everyone in the cafeteria had done eating they were lead back to their rooms for sleep. Santana and Rachel still hadn't been assigned a master. She figured that they would in the morning.

Santana sighed and lay back down in her cold bed which seemed to be stuffed of straw. She had no blanket and no pillow, but this seemed like luxury compared to where she was before. Tired and hungry for more food, Santana drifted off to sleep once more.

She woke up screaming.