Hey. Sorry guys. I've been busy with Creative Writing class and I haven't been able to write as much. Plus I was trying to keep all of the flashback together but I decided against it. I have now separated it into two different parts, mainly so you guys would get this finished part sooner. You'll see what I mean later, with the second part of it. But that's what has held me up longer than I planned. I am so sorry guys! So I hope you guys aren't too mad at me! Lol. I mean I gave you 2210 words, so you guys shouldn't be too mad…. Lol. This is my longest chapter so far! Woo! Let me know what you guys think! Read and Review!
Eli's POV (Flashback)
"Babe. You need to eat. You can't starve yourself." Julia tried.
"I'm not trying to starve myself, but I'm just not hungry. How can you eat after what happened last night?" I argued.
"What? The placements? I'm fine. It's not a big deal." She shrugged.
"How can it not be? How can you be so oblivious?" I asked.
"What? It's just having sex with someone for a few hours. It's not a big deal." She shrugged again.
"What has happened to you? You're different." I said.
"Babe. It's this place. You either go along with what they want, or you die." She turned to me. We were leaning against the wall by the back. There were about twelve of us, so it's pretty spacious. We all keep to ourselves. No one really talks with one another. Johnny and Bruce, I will occasionally talk to, but not that much.
"How can you be so okay with this? I've been here for a year and a half now, and you've only been here for a couple weeks. This shouldn't be okay to you." I argued.
"Maybe I can adjust better?" She asked.
"No. You've changed." I retorted. "You cried for your first placements, but you don't anymore. You actually enjoy it now. It's not right."
"Maybe you should make the best of it. The beatings can't really be that bad." Julia stated.
"Last time, I was beaten so bad, they thought I was dead." I growled. "Don't tell me that they aren't that bad."
We didn't speak anymore. Didn't say a word. For hours. It was deafening. To know that the only person you trusted and cared about in this place, wouldn't speak to you. A few hours later, I was brought away for a random cleaning job around the place. They've been having me do that kind of stuff for about a month now. I finally finished, and now it was during the hour of 'free time'. They were decently laid back during this time. They had guards posted at the doors to the exits, but not to the bathrooms or anything. So we could roam for the most part.
I walked into the room, and noticed Julia wasn't there. This wasn't unusual, because it was free time. She could easily be in the bathroom. I went to open the bathroom door, but it wouldn't open. I took my key out, which only let me into the room and bathroom at the moment. They didn't trust me with more keys. Fair enough. I would probably try to escape. I unlocked the door, and walked inside. Not even considering what could be going on in there.
"Come on. We have to hurry before Eli gets back." Julia stated, sounding frustrated.
I stepped into the room, shutting door behind me, and leaned against the wall. I wasn't stupid. I saw them in the stall. Whoever was with Julia just lost their shirt, and was dropping their pants. I would leave, but I had to know who was with her. I had to. The clothes Julia was wearing earlier fell to the floor.
"You're so fucking sexy, why, the fuck, are you with him?" The male groaned. His voice was rough, so I couldn't identify who he was.
"Come on. Stop playing with me, Johnny. I need to feel you in me." Julia moaned. Julia suddenly gasped, and I could guess what just happened.
I had heard enough. I turned and walked out of the bathroom, locking the door behind me. I didn't want them to know I knew. Not yet, anyways. I walked casually down the hallway, telling the guard that I needed to speak with Asher for a moment. He was new, but he knew that I was allowed to walk freely. So he let me pass.
Although, I wasn't planning on going to him, I did need to get down that way. I needed a particular room, and Asher's office was right next to it. I walked casually, not wanting to draw suspicion if I ran into any guards. I knew Asher was having a debriefing with Fitz and some higher up person, I barely know. I think his name is Kirk something or other? He was some junior at a local high school around here.
Either way, so I knew that I could get away with wandering. None of them would be there to catch me. I walked into the room next to Asher's. It was a storage room. The guards kept all of the stuff that they used for the placements in here. That way each room can be interchangeable depending on what the person is in there for.
I quickly scanned the room, and grabbed what I needed. Then I walked back, shutting the door, and headed back to the room. This was a bonus of time, so that way Johnny and Julia wouldn't know that I was ever there. They should be done by now. Julia was never one who wanted to extend time together. She always had one goal, and once that was done, she didn't need him anymore.
I walked back into the room, and Julia was sitting by herself in the back. Figures. Johnny was talking away with Bruce, acting like everything was okay. Yeah, right. If he wants to believe that; fine. I'll go along with it, for now.
"Hey, Babe. What took you so long?" She asked, as I sat down. She kissed my cheek, and leaned against me while also facing me.
"Sorry, I had to clean again. It sucks but what can I do?" I replied. I was a good liar before coming in here. But after I was kidnapped I became a great liar. Something Julia and I had in common apparently.
"No problem, Babe. I just took a nap anyways." She shrugged it off.
She also was pretending the earlier fight between us didn't happen. She usually did this. My guess is she worked off her stress in other ways, frequently. We hung out and chatted until I was the last one awake. This is what I wanted.
She fell asleep with her head in my lap, and I was stroking her hair. I watched the room, and saw that Johnny was right by the door. Bruce was the closest to him, by sitting in the corner; but wasn't that close. Like mentioned before, there were only twelve of us, so the room was spacious. We are able to spread out more, and don't have to interact if we don't want to. I moved Julia's head off of my lap, leaving my hoodie as a pillow for her. Then I walked quickly to the door, opening it.
I turned to Johnny, and pulled out what I got back in the storage room; a box cutter. I knew that if I killed him, I was dead; but if I hurt him, I would just be beaten for my actions. So I couldn't let him die. Ergo, the open door. That way the guards will hear him screaming and come running. Crazy, I know. But he is deserves everything he is going to get. To live after this, will be even better.
I leaned over him, kneeling, and pulled out his prick. I watched his face, to make sure that he didn't wake up from this. I clutched the tip, and aimed the box cutter at the base, and began cutting. I pushed all of my strength into that first cut, because I knew I would have milliseconds before he woke. I ended up cutting through half. I didn't expect that. It was definitely more than I thought.
Seconds passed before he startled awake with a shriek that could break glass. He sounded like a girl, and I wasn't all that surprised. He definitely wasn't a man, so I guess he had to be something. He hadn't opened his eyes, but I didn't care. He clutched his prick, and I couldn't do anymore damage. Fair enough, I never believed I would get to finish without sedatives. I dropped the box cutter next to him, and headed off to the bathroom.
Guards would be here any second and I didn't want to be there when first found him. They would eventually realize a blade cut him, but for now, they could blame it on someone else in the room. I could tell them that I was in the bathroom when I heard the shriek.
"Get him out of here, and discuss this with Asher now. The last thing we need is another dead kid without Asher's permission." Fitz's voice boomed outside the bathroom door. "Who the fuck is responsible?"
I turned and walked back into the room, figuring that it was safer now. Less crazy. They would've already gotten Johnny out of there, because of their worry of blood loss.
"What happened?" I asked, shocked. I pretended to feign interest in the blood that was on the floor, where Johnny used to lay.
"Where the fuck were you, Eli?" Fitz demanded. "You're supposed to fucking keep watch over these assholes. Now look what fucking happened!"
"I—I didn't know. I was in the bathroom." I pretended to stutter. "What happened?"
"One of these fuckers got their hands on a box cutter. They went after Johnny. You either fucking figure out who did this, or every single person in here is going to be beaten and tortured until we decide if you are innocent." Fitz growled, looking towards me, and then turning back to the room.
He stormed out of the room, and I shut the door behind him. I walked over to Julia, who was shaking. She looked totally shaken up and shocked. She was still staring at the blood.
"You did it. Didn't you?" Julia whispered as I sat down beside her.
"No one likes a cheater." I shrugged in return.
"How the fuck could you? He didn't do anything to you!" Julia cried.
"You both were at fault. But there wasn't an easier way to make him pay. I wanted to set an example. For you. If you did anything like that again, I would go after you next. Not like it matters, now that I think about it. I do not really like the whole passed-around-girlfriend thing. It doesn't really turn me on as much as it seems to do for you." I muttered.
"You're breaking up with me?" She stuttered.
"Like you didn't see that one coming." I sighed.
We remained silent into the rest of the night, slowly everyone started talking again, but Julia and I stayed quiet. She kept her distance from me, and I from her. No one could seem to sleep, we were all curious to know what Fitz would do when he returned. Me included. We didn't have to wait that long, a couple hours at most, before Fitz returned.
"Johnny admitted that this scheme was his idea. He stated that he did this to get out of this place. He found a box cutter in a pile of boxes and trash in the new placement's room that hasn't been completely cleaned out yet. He has been released and we have made sure he made it into police custody. Don't ever think that we will do this to anyone else. Be warned, that Johnny was indeed lucky. His family has been looking for him harder than most, offering rewards. We needed him released anyways, and this made it easier. Don't think that you can get away with this too." Fitz growled, before leaving the room.
This was the most knowledge we have ever learned from a guard directly. Usually we hear this kind of stuff from multiple guards and try to piece the info together to make sense. The whole time Fitz spoke, I could tell that Julia wanted to speak up in Johnny's defense. Although if that was the case, she would be hurting herself as well. Because she would have to tell the guards why I did it. Then she would be punished too, therefore, she remained quiet.
As soon as Fitz left, my mind began wandering. I decided that if Johnny got out, that we could too. My mind was thinking of all of the ways that we could make this happen. All of us; not just me. I didn't want anyone left behind. They would be tortured, killed, etc. for what we were going to do. And I wasn't going to allow that.
This may get some of us, if not all of us, killed. But it was worth a shot.
Hope you guys are ready for the Breakout Attempt next chapter! As always Read, and definitely REVIEW! I need to know how you guys liked this part. It was hinted and mentioned earlier in the story and I wanted to tell you guys what truly happened so bad! I just couldn't yet! So I hope you guys liked it and let me know what you guys think!