Clips Of Shard

The whip cracks again. The impact stings like acid against my skin.  The ropes around my wrist warp a little tighter, as  men pull on them. The tethers bite a little deeper into my skin.  I scream, through my teeth. Gasps spread through the crowd.  I can feel there eye watching me. I squeeze my eyes shut waiting for the next strike of pain. It doesn’t come at least not for now.  Heavy footsteps mark the approach of the Breaker

“Now,do you have anything you need to say?”  He ducks under the ropes that are stretched between two poles. The man stands in front of me. Sweat slides down my back and into my wounds. I wince with pain. Blood drips down my back. The Breaker places the whip under my head and lifts it, to look me in the eyes. His uniform is dark navy blue, his hair is perfectly cut, short and close to his head. Stranded Breaker regulation.

“If anyone is planning on saving me get the heck out of here now.” I shout at the gathering of people.

“Oh so he is here then?” I spit on the stone at his feet.  A flicker of delight in flashes in the Breakers dark brown eyes. Had he been expecting this?

 “Well then boy, this is going to be more fun than I expected. Men don’t let anyone leave.”  He didn’t want to break me; the longer I strayed defiant the more he got to whip me.  He is enjoying this. “ Don’t worry we will find your brother.” He lowers his voice so that only I can here. He leans down close and reaches around to my back. The breaker sticks his finger in one of my wounds. Inhale so as not to scream. Pain shoot up my back like an arrow head. I pull against my restraints, they don’t even move.  The breaker straightens him and rubs my blood around on his gloved hand, studying it from a minute.

“Interesting...” He mutters to himself. “Your blood is different from you brothers.”

“Bite me” I clench my teeth. Another bead of salty sweat slips into my cut. I shiver with pain I know my blood is different, that is why I stayed away from people like you

“No thank you I am not a cannibal” The breaker smiles, then turns to face the crowd.  An ache starts to spread from looking up, but I don’t want to appears as if I have given up.

“ Do you know what this man did?” he scan the peoples. “ I guess I should have told you before I proceed with the flogging, but whatever.” The Breaker waves his hand in a dismissive gesture. “ He was found guilty of sheltering a Golden.” He pauses of effect.  Out of the comer of my eye I can see the gathering pulling away from me. “ But that is only one of his crimes, he was also hiding a Breaker.” The uniformed man spin on his heel .

“Well that shows how crappy your Intel is.” I cough, and manage a smile

“Oh really? Did you know that a Breaker can read DNA just by looking at it?”

“So what my in the same as my brothers”   Where is he going with this?

“No, that is where you are wrong.” I stare at the stupid grin that widens on his face. “Your DNA is different; it’s the DNA of a Golden. It seems as if your parents got it wrong. Do you hear that he is a golden, he is part of the kinda that want to destroy us.” He shove the whip at my face for emphasis.

 “That’s not possible, you’re lying,”  I push all the venom I can muster into one sentence. I yank at the ropes but they just tighten. I yell in frustration, There is no way I can be a golden, it has to be a mistake. My brother is the golden not me. I don’t have any powers.

“Maybe” He shrugs and walks behind me. “But for now I don’t care, I need information on where you dear brother is, cause the sooner we find him the sooner we can start…” He coughs “training him”

 “That will never happen. You are never going to get him. You’ll have to kill me.”

“Oh I intend to, don’t worry about then laddie.”