The Prisoner and the Paper Planes
Chapter 7
((Alfred's POV))
I awoke to the sound of my door opening. I opened my eyes some, squinting through the sleepiness that sandman had put on me the night before. I sat up quickly, confusion running through my head as I saw Gilbert being escorted out of the cell, a confused look on his face.
Guards surrounded my bed, and I slowly stood up. I turned my attention to when I saw Ivan come in behind the guards. The bad feeling I had before came back but I shook my head,determined to look brave.
We stood there a few minutes,him looking at me and me looking at him. What finally broke the silence was a guard that came running into the cell. He whispered in Russian to Ivan, so I couldn't understand. Ivan nodded when he finished and turned to me.
"We know where you've hid the letters..give them to us now.."Ivan said.
My eyes widened. He found out? But how? I shook my head and backed up some,the back of my foot touching a stranded letter that had fallen out of the pillow case. I froze at the spot when I saw a guard look down suspiciously and snatch the letter up.
"Give that back! It isn't yours!"I yelled at him,trying to reach the letter.
The guards and Ivan laughed and before I knew it, I was held back by two guards, one on both of my arms. I squirmed and fought but nothing worked.
I felt rage boiling up again in me, but again I held it back, trying not to get myself into more trouble then I already am. I watched, glaring as I saw Ivan take the letter from the guard and start reading it. Even now and then he would laugh at me, and you could tell it was a laugh of 'oh,I found out your big secret~'.
When he finished reading the letter, he smirked and tore the letter up. My eyes widen and the beast of rage took over. How dare he? How dare he rip up one of my precious letters? With all the strength I could muster, I fought away from the guards and punched Ivan. The guards were frozen in shock. I quickly grabbed him by the front of his uniform and pulled him up, rearing my arm back for another punch when..
I just couldn't do it..
The adrenaline I had been feeling before completely vanished from me, and tears came out instead. My body trembled with each sob. There were only so few letters between me and that girl, and he wanted to take that from me. I thought I saw a look of sadness in his eyes before he pulled his hat down to cover his expression and from there the two guards grabbed me again.
Ivan quickly spoke some words I couldn't understand and the guards took me away. I was dragged down the hall when I finally saw Gilbert. My eyes went wide at his form. He looked like he had been through hell. Bruises and scars went up and down his body, and blood was coming out of new wounds. He pulled his head up when he heard the guards coming and saw me. I guess I looked scared because he gave me a smile that said 'everything will be alright'.
I tried to go to him, to help him, but then again, nobody was helped in this hell hole. I glanced from behind me as I saw Gilbert pulling himself up off the ground. I really did hope that he would be alright..
I squinted my eyes and looked down, blocking the bright sun from seeing where I was going. Finally after a few minutes we came to a building. As I glanced up it seemed it was placed farther back then the adult and children buildings and it looked to be in horrible shape.
I trembled as I was brought into the building. Bodies were across the floor, some barely alive, some not. I heard screams bounce off the walls of rooms. I heard what seemed to be machinery as well. From what I assume this must be a torture building.
The guards took me to a room down the long, narrow, hallway. We stopped at the end at double iron doors, sealed tight from the outside. I stood there, frozen, as the doors opened and I was thrown into the room full of darkness and screams.