Brooke's POV
My eyes flutter open as darkness appears all around me. Blinking slowly I search around the darkened room from my bottom bunk bed. More bunk beds were lined against the walls as I silently threw my legs off the side of the bed. A low creaking sounded from the bed which made me froze. My heart began pounding deep within my chest as I looked around for any signs of movement. When there was none, I slowly stood up. As I glanced around the room I carefully tip toed to the main sorting room. No one was in the room. With gentle ease I quietly made my way to the front door. With shaky hands I pushed open the door. To my surprise a pair of blue eyes came face to face with me. My mouth dropped open as I automatically stepped away from him.
An angry dark scowl fell across the man's face as he looked at me. Then he quickly shoved me back into the room and entered the building. I fell to the ground, my back slamming into the floor. The man began walking towards me. I began scrambling away from him but he was too quick and strong. He grabbed my arm fiercely and pulled me off the floor. Then he covered my mouth with his hand as he dragged me into another closed off backroom. My body began to react. My legs started thrashing out against him, my arms began scratching any place that I could. Once inside the room, he hastily shut the door and tossed me carelessly to the floor. My heart pounded as I backed up to the farthest corner away from him. The man's blue eyes glared at me angrily.
"You think this is a game little girl." He spoke in a harsh tone.
The back of my palms pressed against the walls as he started making his way to me.
"I'm not a little girl." I snapped.
A dark chuckle erupted from his throat. "You have no idea what you're getting yourself into."
I glare at him with my most infuriating look.
"You want to die don't you? You're just asking for it." He snaps.
With that he pulls out his gun and presses it against my forehead. My entire body freezes as my eyes move from the gun on my head to the man holding it. I watch as his blue eyes begin to formulate some sort of plan. He presses the gun further into my head. A pain started throbbing from the point of contact. I bit down on my lower lip to keep from whimpering.
"Just remember… You asked for this." He whispers then quickly removes the gun from my head and back into his holster.
My eyes widen as I instinctively wrap my arms around my body. As if catching on he gives a dark smirk and glances down at my body.
"Don't flatter yourself." He replies as he firmly grabs onto my arm.
The dark haired man pulls me from the back room to the large sorting area. As we reach the front door he pauses and glances back at me.
"Don't make a sound. If you do they will kill you on sight." He whispers.
His head peeks out of the door. After a few seconds he pulls my arm as we quietly ran behind the shadow of a building. Our feet crunches beneath the snow as we hide in the depths of the shadows. My back presses against the freezing cold building as I close my eyes. The whipping wind attacks my bare skin, causing goose bumps to form. After a while we begin moving again, hiding behind yet another building. Then that's when we hear it, the loud sounds of laughter and footfalls against the white powder.
All the nerves in my body become alert as the man's grip on me tightens. Two guards pass by us without noticing anything. Once their sounds disappear we begin moving alongside the darkness. After what feels like hours we slowly start to slow down. The man leads me to a large tree. We both kneel down as he brings me in front of him. The front of my body presses roughly against the tree. Then the man's voice appears by my ear.
"You see that building right there? The one with the chimney?"his warm breath brushes against my skin.
I nod with compliance.
"Just keep watching. No matter what you see keep quiet." He whispers.
My eyes wearily watch the building with no understanding of what's going on. After what seemed as years the sound of crunching footfalls is heard. Once again my heart begins drumming as the sounds get louder. Instinctively the man's body moves closer to me, pressing me against him. But my mind doesn't focus on him. My eyes widen as I see a small group of children walking in a line heading for that building. All the children look sick, thin, and frail.
"STOP!" a guard orders as he checks each of the children.
I grasp onto the tree as my eyes are glued to the scene ahead. One of the children from the group falls down into the snow. None of the guard members take notice. An urge to rush to the boy floods through me. But the dark haired man behind me wraps an arm around my waist, preventing any movement from me.
"KEEP GOING!" the guard orders as the group keeps moving.
I quickly turn around to the man behind me.
"Please… please don't make me." I whisper to him on the verge of tears.
His eyes show no mercy as he nods back to the scene. I don't want to know. I don't want to see. But my eyes flicker back to the scene. All the kids were led inside the building. Then a few seconds later the guards emerged from the building with no children. Where are the kids? What did they do with them? WHERE ARE THEY?
The blue eyed man's grip around my waist tightens even more as several piercing screams shatter the night. I gasp and stare in horror at the chimney building. Tears quickly fall down my face as silence quickly takes over. I could feel the edges of my heart breaking as I heard nothing. Suddenly the chimney from ahead roars to life.
My eyes shoot up to the sky as dark snow begins falling to the ground. A few specks land on my forearm. I quickly wipe at the small debris. To my horror the dark specks did not just brush off, instead it smeared against my silky skin. What is this? There's no way in hell this is snow…
More small specks of dark snow lands on me. And then the thought hits me. These are- the kids. These are ashes. Their ashes.
Horror and panic fill me as I try to rub off the fallen ashes only to find that it's smearing into my skin. A low sob erupts from my mouth as a pair of warm hands stop my movements.
"It's not over yet." He whispers into my ear.
I look at him with tear stained eyes. I shake my head. "Please no more. Please just take me back!" I plead.
The man's eyes look at me with broken eyes. That's when I feel a cold metal object pressed against my lower back.
"Watch." He demands with a raspy voice.
More tears burn down my face as my eyes automatically fling back to the boy on the ground. A group of guards gather around the small boy. They begin laughing as one man flicks his cig at the boy. My hands grasp onto the tree firmly. After a few more laughs the guards began to walk away. All except for one. A man with blonde hair towers above the boy.
"You're pathetic. You don't deserve to live." The man speaks loudly the sick boy.
Warm wet liquid oozes from my hand as the man walks around the boy.
"Your parents would be ashamed of you." The man cackles as he pulls out his pistol.
My already aching heart breaks even more as the blonde man aims the gun at the boys head.
"Hope you have fun where you're going!" he laughs.
BANG! BANG!
My body flinches with each shot. The blue eyed man's hand automatically flies to my mouth as I let out a loud whimper. My heart stops as smoke emanates from the fired pistol. My eyes look to the blood splattered across the white powdered snow. The blonde man laughs wildly as he replaces his gun. Without another word the man leaves. I stare in horror at the motionless body on the ground. The man behind me removes his hand from my mouth along with his gun. Once he's released me, my body lunges forward to the boy.
"STOP!" the man shouts from behind.
I quickly drop to my knees as I make it to the boy. Disgust hits me as I take in all the blood. A low gasp hits me as I shakily run a hand through the boy's hair.
"They loved you… your parents loved you." I whisper into the boy's ear.
Suddenly an arm grabs me around my waist and hoists me over his shoulders. I kick and claw at the dark haired man carrying me away from the boy. I slam my fists into his back as we continued walking away from the little boy. Tears fall from my eyes as I watch the boy disappear from view. I quickly close my eyes.
How? How could an actual human person do that? I don't understand! They were just children! He was just a boy! A small BOY! A CHILD! THESE PEOPLE…. THEY HAVE NO SOULS. NO ONE…
Flashes of images of the little boy on the ground flood to my head.
The worst part was not being able to do anything about it. I just sat there like an idiot and watched. That man is right… he's right. This isn't a game. This place is a place of death and torture. An evil place.
Fury began to course through my veins. I tightly clenched my fists together as a sharp pain shot through my hands. In the depths of my mind I could feel a new change taking place in me. Survival mode had finally kicked on.
I want them all to die. All the guards… I want to see them suffer. Suffer like they've never felt. I'm going to bring them all down to my knees. I'm going to escape and bring this place down. After tonight a new me is born.
I open my eyes just as we enter back into the sorting area. Once inside he slowly places me onto the ground. My eyes pierce into his with a newfound hatred.
"I told you. This is not a game." His voice lowers into a cold and deadly tone.
I wipe away the traces of tears from my face. Ashes, blood, and dirt covered my hands. A darkness inside me has started to grow.
"I'm going to kill you. You and every guard in this place." I hiss.
The blue eyed man gives me a dark smirk. "I'll be waiting then…" he replies with a fierce gaze.
My eyes flicker towards his gun then back to his face. He points in the direction of the sleeping rooms.
"Sleep tight." He whispers as he heads in the direction of the front door.
"By the way princess… There's only one way out of this building and that's through this door. But just remember you have to get through me to get out." He adds before leaving through the front door.
My eyes gaze at the empty space ahead of me. "I will get my family out of here, and I will kill anyone that get's in my way. That is a promise I will make." I whisper into the edge of darkness.
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