Gone

Chapter I: The Letter

"Aye inmate. You got any letters you want to send out?" The guard asked.

James looks up and looks at the night guard. He pulls a piece of paper out of his pocket and puts it on the floor and slides it to the guard. The guard leans down and picks up the note from the floor.

"Ahh and who is this for?" The guard asks.

James looks up and looks at the guard.

"It's for my wife,"

"Oh how sweet. We'll make sure to get this to her pronto, okay son?"

Then the guard unfolds the piece of paper and starts reading the letter out loud to everyone.

Dear Mikayla,

It's James. Sorry that you have to find out about me being alive like this. I wish I could have surprised you in person, but the plane was hijacked and flown to somewhere off the coast of California.

Then the guard stopped reading the letter. He looked at James. His eyes squinted, the paper getting crumpled by the tightening of the guards wrist.

"You really think that your wife is going to find this island? I do believe you know the rules James. When you break them, you have to be punished,"

The other passengers are sitting in the back of the cell...staring at James and the guard. The guard turns around and yells through the hallways to his fellow guards.

"Mendez. Bennet. Come here so we can punish this inmate. He decided to break the rules, so we must punish him,"

His fellow guards come walking around the corner of the halls, and meet up with their boss, which was the guard standing in front of James. The older guard looked directly at a woman in the back, who was crying because she was scared, and he slid his tongue around his lips and blew the woman a kiss.

"I'll be back for you later honey bear," the guard whispered.

"What was that Mendez?" The senior guard asked.

Mendez looked down and answered the question.

"Sorry sir,"

"Now, if you don't mind. I have a meeting to attend to, so take your batons and give him hell," the senior guard said fiercely.

Then Bennett looked at Mendez and Mendez looked at Bennett. They both looked back and waited for the other guard to walk out of sight. Then they kneeled down and started talking to James.

"Listen kid, we're on your side. We won't beat you up over a stupid letter. You want your answer? Yes, your plane was hijacked, but for very specific reasons. But that's classified information. Here's another thing you might find interesting, the island we're on is actually Honolulu. And, one other thing before we leave. Me and Bennett here are actually United Kingdom Government Agents. We were sent here due to suspicious activity from the U.S Government. Shhh, don't tell anyone, because if you do our cover will be blown,"

"Can I just have another piece of paper to write to my wife? She needs to know that I'm alive,"

The guard then looked down at his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper and a black pen.

"Here ya go son. Keep the notebook, we'll just say we lost it and they'll give us a new one,"

James looks at Bennett and Mendez in a grateful tone.

"That's surely nice of you guys. Thank you," James said.

The guards stand up, lock the door up, and turn around.