Colton laid himself down on his cot, closing his eyes as the other inmates began to talk to each other. He wanted no part of the conversation, just like he wanted no part in the dozens of other conversations which had taken place. Somehow he always ended up listening, although he tried his hardest not to, and heard some things he really didn't want to hear.
Luckily, though, to Colton's relief, the metal door at the end of the hallway clicked open, the metal bar on the outside being raised and pulled to the side. The other inmates stopped their chattering and suddenly everyone was at the bars of their cells. Even Colton rose from his cot, surprising himself, as one of the guards slid through, shutting the door behind him.
What the hell? Colton thought. A guard never comes down here alone. Never.
The blue-uniformed guard was alone, obviously, arms hanging down to his side, swaying slightly as he walked. One of the inmates looked across the corridor and over to Colton, eyebrows furrowed as he muttered, "What the--?" Colton cut him off and raised a finger. The guard didn't look right--not at all. He was pale for a tanned six foot tall man, his hands were shaking as he walked, his eyes were glassy--not normal.
He strode past the first five cells, looking straight ahead at the door on the other end of the corridor, until he reached Colton's cell. The guard turned lazily and stared at Colton with an unconcerned look, but it was more than that. "Hey, man," Colton muttered to him, "are you al--" Before he could finish, the question, the guard spasmed and jerked, heaving up something pale yellow that wasn't a solid but not liquid. "Shit!" Colton jumped back several feet into the wall of his cell, hitting his head as he did so. The guard didn't look up for several moments, the stink already rising and swirling all throughout the corridor.
When the guard finally looked up, the other inmates already shouting for one of the other guards, he looked straight into Colton's eyes. Blood dripped from his bottom lip as the lips curved into a smile, and something flashed in his eyes, before he sank to his knees in front of the cell, and eventually fell onto his side, no twitching or spasming movements--just still.
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