TAINTED ROSE

Chapter 10 - Corruption and Oppessions

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After breakfast was assembling and it was Adolpha’s first time witnessing a punishment. A senior had rebelled and now had to face punishment. Death.

  “Oh no.” Sherry whispered, her words just a breath. “What did the senior do?” Straight strands of brown hair whipped around the stoic face as she faced her executioners. Standing with dignity, she listened to all the misdeeds she had apparently committed.

  “Alyss Lee. You shall now be judged! For attempting to intercept a punishment, you are judged as a threat to the school and nation. And your sentence will be decided by your combat skills.” Distant blue eyes flashed angrily at the vice-principal's words. But she allowed her gaze to drop onto a docile and fidgeting junior, whose bruises from training and punishment showed. Apparently the senior had stepped in to prevent her junior from being beaten further. But the trainer had decided that it was an interception and a sign of rebellion.

  And her opponent was a thick-built male, twice her size with bulging muscles and an extremely horrible breath. “Fight begin.” And her fate was sealed.  Swinging his fist, it missed her completely as she dodged. If she was going to die, she was not going to let herself be pummelled without a resistance. Alyss leapt nimbly towards her opponent, and landed a perfectly executed round-horse kick into his celiac plexus. But the big brute was not winded at all. She was stunned for a moment and that was her down-fall.

  A fist connected into the side of her head and she fell down, groaning at the impact. He came upon her like a vulture, raining blows on the girl who refused to cry or beg for mercy. Turning her head upon the trembling junior, the saviour favoured her with a gentle smile as she prepared herself. Blood spewed from her mouth and from the cuts the brute had inflicted onto her. Unable to restrain herself, the junior went to assist her senior.

  However, the attempt was clearly flawed. The little girl did not stand a single chance against him and was killed in an instant the moment he swung his fist into her neck. An audible snap of the bone was heard and everyone present allowed themselves to wince. Adolpha didn't wince, nor did she whimper. She watched the inhumane act devoid of emotion. She continued to watch the horrible man pummelling the dead girl.

 “NO!” Crawling despite the several fractured bones, Alyss crawled to her junior and shielded her body from the blows. They didn't live long. They died, bruised bloodied and crushed. The academy did not just kill their schoolmates. They killed the very shred of disobedience and inflicted fear upon the rest.

  “Remember. Any resistance or threat to the nation will be dealt with severely. Dismissed.”

“Hey, you okay?” Sherry tapped Adolpha's shoulder, which stiffened in response. “Yeah.” Without gazing up, Adolpha answered, and it was obvious she was lying. Sherry gave a sympathetic nod and excused herself to give Adolpha some time. But what Sherry misunderstood of Adolpha's strained silence was not because she was sad, nor was she frightened. Adolpha kept her glance down to keep the murderous anger hidden from view. Her eyes glimmered with rage and she was furious with the injustice that was imposed on them.

The judgement of corruption and oppression.

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Ms Lois basically was lenient on the girls after witnessing the execution. No one could interfere.  The principal acted on the will of the government and their will is absolute. She gently taught the class whom were stunned into an eerie silence the history of weapons. She dreaded the next period on their behalf.  They were going to be trained in armed combat by the monster of a trainer, Brutus the brutish trainer. He had the great reputation for a reason.