Hide and seek

Left to die

Slumped against the wall amber slept. Amber was a Singaporean girl taken as a prisoner of war. Her body was constricted by chains holding her against the wall. Skin raw at the tight grip they metal held around her writs and neck, blood trickling down from her eye as it had been recently gouged out as punishment for trying to escape. Her beautiful black hair was stained with old, dried blood. A dimly lit cell was where she was where she was left to rot. Water pooling in certain areas in between the cracked pebbled flooring. A bed of straw with a old rotted sheet was her bed. Living conditions were poor but typical for a slave of her degree. A metallic smashing sound rung within her cell waking let from her sleep. "Get up!" The guard hissed. Groggily her eye opened and she looked up at the man before her. Upon entering her cell he unlocked her shackles, allowing her to freely move. Amber was then lead out of her cell by a leash of chains still attached to her neck. Slowly she trudged across the floor, bloody torn socks sliding against the cool concrete. "Pick up your pace slave!" The guard snapped yanking at the chains. She winced in pain as the grips pierced the skin, bleeding scratch marks covering her once pale neck. Before Amber was a large wooden door with carvings decorating the arch. A bronze nameplate was screwed into the brick wall next to the door, a Russian inscription on the metal. A rough knocking sound was created as the guard smashed his mangy knuckles against the wood. "Come in" someone commanded with a thick Russian accent. With a gentle push the massive door creaked open. A man sat at a desk. His appearance was well groomed and he appeared to be in his early 20s. "Ah amber my dear glad to see you awake" he smiled snidely. "So did you sleep well?" He snickered. Amber did not respond as she knew she would be punished by either a slap to her face or scratch to her arm. "Good now I'm happy to tell you your free to go" he said in his thick accent. Her face lot up slightly. "However we cannot allow you to see the exit so we shall be blindfolding you" he said. Those were his last words as they placed a bag over her head. Guards pulled her to what she believe was the gates to leave by shackles attached to her arms and her leash. Fresh air filled her nose as she sighed in relief. She was able to see what little family that cared for her alive and safe apart from her eye. But ambers guess what horribly wrong. As the bag was removed from her head she was tied down to a wooden stake. Armed men lined up in rows occupied her view. Looking around frantically she hyperventilated and began to scream in horror. The men showed no sign of remorse as tears rolled from her eye. As a soldier counted down in Russian they fired there gun all the bullets flying into ambers chest. She went silent as her crimson blood stained the rope and the little cloth she had left covering her. Amber had been taken to a firing squad and executed on the spot. So sign of life left in her as they removed her body throwing it into a pit burying her within the snow.