The silent ones

Hope

Thoma's Pov
We hear a bell and suddenly , like puppets, we stand up at our pupetteer's command. The justice maker's leader stands in the center of the room. He's very tall and strong looking. "TODAY YOU WILL WORK EXTRA HOURS BECAUSE ONE OF YOU THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY TO WRITE AN OFFENSIVE COMMENT ON ONE OF THE TABLES" His voice echoes throughout the whole cafeteria. I hear a snicker from Chip. Oh no...
He's next to us in less than a minute. I hear Chip gulp down some saliva and stand up straighter. "DO YOU THINK ITS FUNNY 00178" Yes... They reffer to us as numbers.. They forget we have names... Tch, how i hate them. Chip just stands there shaking. "ANSWER ME WHEN I TALK TO YOU , YOU SCUM" I feel my fists clench. I look over to Christina which has her head down hiding the tears in her eyes because she,like me, knows what's coming for Chip. Chip just looks down. His trembling body seeming smaller and smaller after every passing second. The justice maker lifts his fist and punches Chip . Chip falls back and hits the back of his head hard. I can hear him whimpering and crying. He's just a kid.. I look down and wait for the justice maker to walk away. I run to chip and Christina does the same. Christina hugs him crying and i just examine his black eye. It'll look worse tomorrow. I hold out my hand and he takes it and i help him up. "GET TO WORK YOU PIECES OF SHIT" the justice maker yells and leaves the room. "It's ok Chip. Everything is ok. You'll be alright" I assure him while we walk back to the table and clean up . "I-i hate t-this place" Chip says between sobs. "I know Chocolate Chip but we have to stay strong" Christina says frowning. I remember the day we gave him that nickname. We were in the factory and we had to get our supplies from some high counters. He couldn't reach so i had to pick him up. He has always been shorter than the rest... And weaker too. That's why we call him chocolate chip, because of how small he is. We arrive at the factory and we go to the counters. I smile at how Chip has grown. He can reach the counters now... He turns around and glares at me "What are you smiling at?" He says annoyed. "Nothing , shorty" I laugh at his angry expression. We get our supplies and we go to our section. They day went normal ... Boring, tiring, etc. Overall excruciating to the point where it is motivation enough to get up and plan to get out of here... Somehow I still think I may have a chance. I want to.. Later in the day when Chip,Christina and I were about to collect our pebbles ,we smelled fire and heard some screams coming from the back. We looked back and saw flames and people burning. I grabbed Chip and Christina
and ran out. I hope they don't send us back to the other factory..

AUTHOR'S NOTE
Sorry for the shitty upload but i kinda left this and kinda forgot the flow of things and lost inspiration. I will do better uploads once i get the hang of it again.