Alex looked at Mackenzie for a moment still in shock and then let his head fall, still in pain from all of the torture. Mackenzie kneeled in front of him and gently lifted his head using her index finder and thumb under his chin. "So why is it that you're locked up inside of my prison Alex?" she asked him. Alex didn't respond. He looked away from her so he wouldn't be looking her in the eyes. "You know, you can always come be a part of my military. Why would you want to be a part of Maximilian's? All he does is get his men killed." She said to him, but he still didn't respond. She smiled and then laughed a little. "Still stubborn as all hell, just like when we were children." She got up and poured something into a glass of water before putting the glass to Alex's lips and helping him drink it. "My offer will always be available. See you soon..." she said chuckling a little bit. She got up and walked out. Two guards let Alex down off of the wall and then shut his cell.
Alex laid on the floor for a few minutes and the used the wall to slowly get himself up. He was weak from all of the beatings. He managed to walk a few steps but his vision began to become blurry. He suddenly found it difficult to breath. His heart started racing, he started coughing, his chest began to hurt and then he collapsed onto the floor.
An hour later Mackenzie came back with her guards. When they opened the door they saw Alex's lifeless body on the ground. Mackenzie sighed and then ordered her soldiers to take care of the body. The picked it up, put his uniform back on his body, and then put it in a carriage with other dead bodies to be disposed of. The bodies were taken to the edge of Lunarville and dumped into a pile where other already decaying bodies were. Everyone that had been executed, or died in the prison in Lunarville, this is where their bodies ended up.
Mackenzie went with this carriage to dump the bodies, which she did every now and then. The stench of rotting bodies was horrible, and pierced the noses of everyone that came close with a smell so horrible you would want to kill yourself. When Alex's body was thrown into the pile she walked up to it and inconspicuously slipped a piece of paper into the pocket and whispered in the ear "I'll see you soon..." before getting onto the carriage and leaving.
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Deserters
AksiDesertion. A crime with only one consequence if caught. Execution. The year is 2026. It's been a decade since the war that ended the world as it was once known. Three years have past since Alex Steadson, his mother and sister, Jessica, were banishe...
