The dark planet book 1 Civil War

Chapter 6

The train came to a fast stop, they were led out by a large man holding a lantern. He said " I am Zth come, follow me " he followed Zth, stumbling through the deep darkness. It was a few minutes of blindly stomping through the darkness before they reached the mining site. Filled with the red light of constantly burning campfires and lanterns. Pointing to a set of huts Zth sied " the Barracks," pointing to a shed he said " supplies " and than to Tables around the mane campfire " Dining area ". and then pointing to the looming mass of sown, a grim voce he sade " and lastly the mountain". As Zth gave the tour he led them in the shed and begon " training divide into teams of 3 Choose Wisely ". Jackson was grand by the man, no boy behind Technically you can do the test at Any age but most Waited for about 16 or 17 the boy was no more than 12. He said in a fast voice " I am kall, can I be with you Please ". The boy, kall looked dispred, Jackson could not say no, " yes I will have you ". tension left the boy's face as jackson looked around all that was left to jon he and kall was a tall skinny boy his age, who quickly got behind jackson. And then Zth started again " you will Switch jobs need rise one will Get the coal from the mine with a pickaxe. one will Shuffle the coal to a Wheelbarrow and one will move the wheelbarrow and Empty it in the minecart, if you are found slacking off you will get 20 Lashings, Theft 50 lashings, Attempting to escape 100 lashings, Fighting 10 lashings for all People involved. Think of treason, the hangman's rope. Am I understood ". There was a rownd of yes sr's. And then Each group collects their stuff. A bed roll, A Shave and a pikake.
Jackson had no Idea, of anything he was a blind boy Stumbling around in the Darkness, but something about kall makes Jackson want to protect the boy. So he hid his fear, and confusion and led them into the mine on zth's odors as they go in they get one gas lamp. Anddescend deeper into the dark, the smell of human sweat is thick in the mine, it is awes to hot or way to Freezing. They go and take one of the carts down into the deep. As they go down kall says " so what is your name to the other man " the tall man not much more than a boy responds " drakow, I am drakow ". They reach the tunnel that has been Assigned to work, Jackson was going to be Using the pickaxe, drakow What is going to be using the heavy wheelbarrow and kall Was going to be shoveling. And was it was, it was hard work and it made His muscles ache. But it went on and on. No end just long, mindless and Exhausting work. But nothing was worse than having to tell kall, he can not take a break or they may all be wiped for it. Jackson hated it, and in the mine on that first day he made a promise to himself that he was going to get kall, drakowand himself that they will not spend the rest of their lives like this. Thay will be king's, no gad's of men. A promise that would burn the world down.
At the end of the day they had lined up, the group that had the least cole was wiped. It was Jackson's team. The look of kall being wiped with the leather biting into his skin, something broke in jackson. The look of kall hurt more than the wip.
That night Jackson looked Back on the day, and it fuelled hem with rage.
It was, day after day of hard work, he got stronger. And in the darkness of the mines Jackson planned.