Disappearance: A broken Wing

Regret

It's been three days since I was banned from eating. Maely sneaks me food every day, and I'm worried she's going to get caught. I wake up at three to make sure I clean the bedrooms and bathrooms because I refuse to make a mistake again. Currently, I am cleaning the very last bathroom when I hear commotion in the next room. I knew I shouldn't investigate, but I also knew something bad could happen. I left the bathroom and followed the noise. It was a guard yelling at Maely. "HEY! Leave her alone." I demanded. "Kara, leave; this has nothing to do with you." Maely stated. "Leave her alone. She already goes through hell living here; she doesn't need your attitude as well." "You have some nerve, little girl." "Leave her alone."

The guard came rushing my way, and I tried to leave the room, but I backed into a brick wall. As I turned around, I found out that the wall was Keto. Keto slammed me up against the wall and held me by my throat. "Who do you think you are yelling at, my men?" Keto punched me in the ribs, and I could have sworn I heard something pop. "You disrespect my men; you disrespect me." Another blow to the ribs. "Cage, take her outside. Let's show the other women what disrespect will get you." "Yes boss." Cage, the guard, snatched me up and carried me outside, where he tied me down on a pole.

"Ladies, Kara here wants to be disrespectful towards my guards; let's remind her what disrespect will get her." Keto picked up a whip and started striking against my bare back. I screamed out in pain. With every strike, I felt my skin pulling apart. This was far worse than The Box. "How does it feel to be disrespected now?" Keto was an awful man with awful intentions. I knew at this point that I was never going to see my family again. I was going to die in the hands of monsters.

After ten slashes, Keto eventually stopped and untied me. "Disrespect me again and find out what happens." Keto spit on my face and walked away. I could barely even stand. Every time I get up to my knees, I fall right back down. Maely and five other women came to my rescue and lifted me up. "Thank you." Maely whispered in my ear. If I just knew my place, then I wouldn't be here. Heck, if I never went to save that little girl, I wouldn't be here in general. Why must I care about others? Why must I feel like I need to take the punishments away from them? I wish someone would put a bullet in my head so I wouldn't have to live like this.

The women carried me to the bathroom and ran cold water, placing me in the tub. Once the water hit my open skin, I arched in pain. I couldn't live like this. I wanted to give up. The women carefully washed the blood off of me, making sure not to hurt me more than I already was. Once they washed me, they lifted me up and rubbed me down with ointment to help heal the bruises. Maely grabbed a compression bandage and began to wrap my body around it.

Maely took my arm around her neck and helped me walk downstairs to my sleeping bag. "Everything is going to be alright." Maely whispered. I doubt it.

. . . .

As I was sleeping throughout the night, I heard screaming coming from one of the rooms. I bolted up, and I realized Maely bolted up as well. We shot each other a look, but her look was more like go back to sleep. "Someone could be getting hurt." I whispered. "Someone is getting hurt. If it isn't you, then don't worry about it." "Maely, someone is hurting. How can you possibly go back to sleep?" "Kara, you have literally just been beaten; you are in no position to help someone." Maely was right. I just got beaten and can barely walk, but someone is hurting, and I can't let it just happen. "The only way we can survive is if we stick together. When one hurts, we all hurt." I used the wall to help me get off the ground and make my way to the stairs.

"Kara, Kara." Maely whispered my name, but I ignored her. This person needed help. Once I made it to the top of the stairs, I opened the door to find out where the screams were coming from, and I found it to be the third room to my left. The screams were getting louder the closer I got. I gathered my courage, opened the door, and found one of the guards raping a female. I couldn't let this happen, so I gathered all my courage and pushed the guard off the women. "You little..." "We are not your property." I stated. The guard snatched my arm, and even though I tried to pull away, my body was still too weak. He yanked me to the ground and started pounding on me. I saw the woman I saved creeping towards the door. She looked back at me in fear before she left, leaving me alone with this guard. I risked my life for her, and she couldn't even repay it. I took one last punch before Keto walked in.

"Kara, Kara, Kara. You don't learn. Well, guess what? You willtoday." Keto said before knocking me out with a punch.