The guards took Darren down into the showers. If he wanted to see what they would hold, so be it, they would show him. Darren kept looking around, terrified what he would find.
The guards had round up a bunch of the prisoners and lined them up. They told them that they were going on a march and to stay in line...or else. They grabbed Darren by his neck and held him in front of all them. He looked at each of them and almost felt their worry, their fear.
The guard holding Darren smiled. "Look at all dem." The guard said in a heavy German accent. "Ready to die, ya?" Darren looked up at the guard with a shocked look on his face. "Let's get dem all to de showers now, hm?"

***
Darren never forgot what happened that day.

The rest of the night, Darren was trying not to cry at the horrors he had seen that day. Vanez tried to block it out. He pitied the child, he really did. That must have been so horrible, seeing all those people dying, hearing their screams...
He shook his head, he needed to stay positive for Darren. They all needed to, to try and help him, to make sure that he survived. It wasn't fair that a child had to live in this Hell, it wasn't the way things should be. None of this was, and they had to do something before the guards realized that he was too weak for a lot of the things they wanted him to do.
Darren woke up from another nightmare and looked at Vanez. "Hi, Vanez, Darren whispered.
"Hey, Darren. Did you have another nightmare?" Vanez asked out of pity.
"Yeah. It was about-"
"Don't talk about it. It's all going to be okay. Just smile and keep strong, okay?"
Darren nodded. A few minutes later, Darren started to doze off again, and Vanez now knew what Larten meant. This child was so easy to love that it was crazy. "We need to get you out of here."

The next morning Darren yawned in his line. He was so tired. Meanwhile, Vanez tapped his foot, trying to let out his impatience. He had to talk to the others. He had decided for everybody that they needed to escape this Hell, and it was required that they bring Darren. He would go in his place if it came down to that.
Finally, when they were fed and everybody was force to work again, Vanez jogged up to Larten and the others while Darren was led away, back to the Doctor.
"Guys, last night-"
"I heard him crying as well, we do not need to be reminded," Larten snapped.
"I wasn't going to say that. I had a plan for something." Larten and the others slowed their pace a tad, but walked on as if they didn't hear it. "What is it?" Larten whispered praying that nobody heard.
"We need to get out of here. It's way too dangerous for all of us."
Gavner sighed and rolled his eyes. "You really think that we can get out of here? You think nobody has tried before? Look where they are now."
Vanez glared at him, " I know. But we can still do this." Nobody said or did anything. "If not for us, then for Darren?"
They reached the rocks and Larten was the last to start, even then he was slower than normal.

The guards were talking to the doctor before he started his work today. "We are telling you get rid of dat child before he does somding more" one guard said.
The doctor shook his head and told them in German that he wanted him alive- he didn't get many child test subjects like him. As soon as the next one came it, he would give Darren to them.
The guards rolled their eyes and told him that they wanted to kill him. They already gave him more than enough chances to prove himself.
The doctor thought about this for a minute before sighing. "Let me think about it..." He said in German.
The guards nodded and turned to leave, leaving the doctor by himself to think about the fate of the boy known as Darren. He got up and walked out of the room. It was time to start working.
Later that night, the doctor walked into the head house. Inside, he found a lot of guards and the head of the camp/prison sitting at a table. When they saw him walk in, the talking stopped and everybody stared at the Doctor.
The doctor looked down at his feet and back up at the others. "The boy..he is yours." He mumbled and turned away, not happy that he lost a test subject.

A guard burst into the room Darren and Vanez were sleeping in and woke up Darren. "Hey, guess what? Tomorrow you get to die, ya?" The guard laughed and walked out of the cabin, still giggling to himself. Vanez looked at Darren and hugged him. "Darren, you'll be okay."
"I-I'm going to die?"
"No, we're going to get you out of here. I promise."