Wings

Chapter 14

I wake up in the infirmary with bandages all over me and no chains around my hands or feet. Looking out the door I see the two guards from yesterday as well as Larry. I try to move around but it hurts everytime I do. My stomach is growling for food and I feel dizzy and faint like. Then a female doctor walks in with her gloves and I feel scared.

"Are you feeling OK. The guards don't respect anyone and the warden isn't the friendly type. My name is Toni. What's yours?" She holds out her hand waiting for me to shake it.

"Well why would you care about me, and I'm called prisoner 69 here." She looks at me and lowers her hand.

"Fine you don't have to tell me. I just like to know the people I'm curing in this prison. Also, I don't like calling people by the name the government them, but the name that your parents gave you. OK, so your injuries are four broken ribs and your stomach went through traumatic experience. So you have to stay overnight and take medication only for today. Also if it starts to hurt I can give you painkillers." She starts to walk out of the room, which is when I start feeling bad for talking to her like that. So I felt like telling her my name at least.

"Stella."

"What did you say?" She stops and turns around to look at me.

"My name is Stella, and I'm sorry for treating you like that. I'm the kind of person who doesn't like to open up to people." I then raise my hand to shake hers and she comes over and shakes it.

"Well nice to meet you, and it's OK that you were like that. I know how hard it must be for you, being that you're the only female in the prison and all the men are looking out for you. Call me whenever you want. I'll be here and no one will come in to bother you, so get some rest." She smiles and walks out of the room locking the door behind me.

I sit there for a while and then go to sleep giving in to what my body wants. I dream about me and Michael and what our first date would be like. I imagine us playing with each other and going on roller coasters together. I see us eating out of the same cotton candy. Then we're eating popcorn. It felt so good and I wanted it to be real. Then I see myself standing in blood and Michael drowning in it endlessly coughing it up. I wake up from that nightmare with beads of sweat on my forehead and my hands shaking.

"Stella, you're OK nothings going to happen. Calm down and breathe with me." Toni comes over and helps me come back to my normal state and I felt better. But that image of Michael drowning is stuck in my head and I don't like it. I wake up to find that it's morning already and the guards  are inside the room ready to take me back to my cell. I felt scared I didn't want to be in chains anymore. I like it when I'm free. They each grab me from each hand. I tried to struggle, but I was overwhelmed and back in chain. I didn't like the feeling. They walk me back and they throw me on my bed and I feel pain surging through the whole of my body. They chain me to the wall and I'm left there all alone again. I feel cold from the weather and its dark, and I'm so lonely. After that dream of Michael I couldn't keep my act together. Then Larry slips a bowl of rice into the cell. Telling me that I need my strength. I disagree with him at first, although my stomach refuses with what I'm saying. We both laugh at that and then I eat the rice.

When I was done he takes the bowl and leaves, so now I'm lonely again. I want to hug someone to feel like a human being once again. I want to live outside where it's free. I think I'm tired of this already. I don't know if I can keep my act up anymore. I sat the rest of the day thinking of me being free, thinking what would life be like if Michael was still alive. It didn't feel nice. But I won't give up on myself right now out of all times. I slept that night feeling horrible and hungry again.

The next morning I was woken from my sleep from the sound of someone banging on the door and screaming "Wake up, P.I."

"What's P.I!"

"It's The Prison Industry, basically you guys fix things up and work around."

Now I have to work for the scum people who put me in here. I walk out and they take off my chains for the first time after the infirmary. It feels good, although it turns out they only did that so I could get changed. I look at my hands and find red marks from the cuffs, and rub them to see how rough they are. It still seems to be a little soft. They give me a jumpers suit which is humongous on me and I feel like I'm going to trip in it. Also I had a jacket over it. Then I tie my hair back and walk out ending up in more chains. Oh yay, never thought it would be like this.

I walk onto the field and I see all the other men there. I wonder what might happen. I end being on the same field with them and not separated. Which is just what they want. I was handed a shovel and had to shovel the snow off the sidewalks and the benches onto the floor. Also to try and remove the snow from the ground. As I started the man started making nasty jokes about me. I allowed it to go. Then one of them passed the line when he made fun of Matt. Apparently he saw him walking in and out every other day. Then it turned my button on. I threw my shovel on the ground and stormed over to him. I grabbed him by the collar and punched him across the face.

Apparently he was the boss of a crew in here. So all of his men surround me trying to scare me. Of course, I didn't give in to them. One of them grabbed my hair and pulled me to the floor. I didn't see it coming, and then they all start to kick me. I start to blur out because of them hitting my injuries from before last night. I got so mad at what that man said that it boosted my morale and strength. Allowing me to grab one of their legs, and with all my strength I threw him to the other side and made him bump with three other men. The four men we're lying there on the floor twitching. That makes all the other men back off and I get up.

Soon after I get up five guards jump on top of me bringing my face back to the floor. They grab my hands behind my back and cuff them. As they bring me up I jump and go crazy. I don't want to be here anymore. I'm like a monkey right now screaming all of these inappropriate things at them. I actually break free from all the guards and all the prisoners started to scream in my favor. Then my barrage is stopped by the warden chopping me in the waist. It sends me to the floor and I can't move.

"I guess we really don't get along do we. Well maybe I need to discipline you more."  He grabs me by my hair and allows all the prisoners to see me.

"If you want to be like this then you can, but let me show you the result of what might happen if caught by me." He starts hitting me endlessly, but instead of using his hand she uses his fists. It hurt really bad. Although not as bad as the staff. After he was done I was gasping for air and I wasn't the only one.

"Heh, looks like one of us needs to hit the gym." He got irritated and gave me a kick to my stomach, and because his shoes were very pointy it felt like he was stabbing my stomach. Then he grabs me by my hair again and makes me look at him.

"Well I think that one of us needs a better interrogation officer. I like you because you're so full of yourself, which makes braking you so much funner.So I'll be in charge now." I regret saying that now. The guards take me back to my cell under the directions of the warden. I was thrown back in, and not even on my bed. I was chained and left their to cool off on the cold floor. I fell to sleep again tired from the beating.

I'm woken up later by Larry for food that was assigned to me by Toni.

"What time is it." I ask full of pain.

"It's only one o'clock in the afternoon. Oh and there's a specific something from a specific someone added to the lunch."

I look at the tray of food and find an envelope. I pick it up to see the sender but it seems to be anonymous. I open it and I find a letter stating:

Dear Stella,

I know that you might not be in the mood but I have a way to make you happy. I need to meet you at the place that we were meant to be right now. If only I didn't make it end so dramatically. I need to know if you're up for it. You're prince charming is waiting vigorously for you. Take all the time you need as long as you make it to wonderland.

After I read it my face brights up red. Where is wonderland and how can he make me happy. It must be Matt he's the only guy I know that would send me a note like this. I think that wonderland means Disneyland because I was going to go their for my first date with Michael. OK, Matt since you want me to be out of here so badly then I'll come and get you. Just wait for me!