Follow The Buzzards

VII

               It was finally time for the curfew to end. I wanted to quickly leave before I was noticed so I bolted for the door. I stopped at the door to realize that my parents weren't even here. Their shoes not being at front door made me wonder why they were out at exactly six in the morning. I tried not to think too hard about it and I left without hesitation. I passed the library that seemed untouched since I left it. I walked down the hall in a direction I hadn't went down yet. I passed every other family's door in our wing, and at the end of the wing was the gaurds' room. I guess they're supposed to be called peacekeepers but after seeing them handle the people back at home, there is no peace with them.
            The door was locked shut, sealed as if it was ready to stop an explosion. There was a window on the door that showed the main room where the guards sat around eating, drinking, and much more concidering they had plenty of adult magazined laying around. A man walked into the main room and I knew I shouldn't have been snooping, so I gently creeped back on my toes and took off back towards the other end of my wing where I felt safer.
             Heading back towards the direction I came from, I went past my family's quarters and headed into the main room in which I had entered from the day we arrived in this vault. I had never given this area a proper look because the first time I was here, it was a near riot of people trying to get to their rooms. Seeing this open area for the first time I realized it was far bigger than I expected. It branched out into many other areas, there was a gym, a pool, restaurants, and a dark area with a guard standing at the entrance. I was curious to see the secrets of this vault, because something wasn't right from the moment I had entered. I saw men, many men, enter this dark room with the guards approval. As the men were entering, I noticed a very aggressive man being tossed out the door. As the guard pinned him down and cuffed his wrists, I realized I had a chance to atleast peek inside. What trouble was a fifteen year old girl going to get into? I walked around the gaurds line of sight and slipped into the dark doorway. I couldn't see much besides a dark red light that tinted the black walls. I walked into a bigger room and I could not fathom what I saw. Women, all completely naked, dancing on poles infront of a crowd of men. I had always heard of these places but had never seen one myself. In the back of a room I saw a woman pressed against the wall and a man with his pants around his ankles, he was too close to her to be doing anything else besides the obvious. I felt sick to my stomach. These girls did not look happy at all. I couldn't imagine what it would be like to be forced to do this. A guard within the crowd had spotted me, a teenage girl, and began charging my way, I was too confused with what was going on to react properly, and before I got a footing, he had me by the hair. I saw another gaurd walk my way, and then another. I was trembling now. They had forced me into a corner. What they said next made me regret my choice to enter this room.
           "What do you say we stick her up on stage? Either that or we take her to the back and teach her a lesson" the guard said while yanking my hair back and grabbing at his groin.
           For a moment I was more afraid than I had been in years. Just until the other guards decided to let me go because they'd face much higher consequences. They didn't just let me go however, they were reporting me to the head office. I was escorted out by the same man who attempted to rape me, and it was the most awkward few minutes of my life. He sent me into the V.H.O, the Vault Head Office, and I sat in a chair while the guard explained what I had done. A few moments after the guard left, I was called into a room by a man in a suit. I was hesitant due to what I just experienced, but once I noticed I was entering a room with a woman in a  buisness suit, I was a bit more calmed.
           "Have a seat Ms. Vick, I'm Ms. Steele." She politely said.
           "I swear it was just a curiousity, I had no idea what was in that room." I said while trying to stay calm.
           "Ms. Vick, it's okay, we know it wasn't on purpose but we can't allow that kind of curious behaviour. That was on purpose." She sternly stated.
           It hit me, I've seen this woman before. She was the one on the elevated platform speaking to the crowd as we entered into the Vault. She must have been in a position of power. Which made my heinous act seem much more serious.
           "Your parents have been notified about the situation, since they do have a ri-"
           "My parents? You told my parents? It was a mistake! There was no reason to tell them!" I shouted as I stood up from my seat.
          "Ellie, you need to calm down this moment, you raise your voice at me again and you may regret speaking." She ordered back.
           As great of timing this was, my parents had barged in. My dad coming in first with his fists balled. He came in and swatted my across the face, leaving me dizzy against the carpet flooring. My dad collapsed beside me pinned down by a guard as he was handcuffed. Everything I saw was very foggy and disorienting. I rolled over on my back to see my mother pull out a shank that was carved from a toothbrush handle and stick it into the back of the guards neck. I wasn't able to react to that just yet, but I did react to the bullet that left Ms. Steele's sidearm, and entered into my mother's eye socket.