Subject 0: The mistake

The Gathering

* I don't really know but, trigger warning I guess?*

The gathering room really wasn't a room at all. It was more like a half ruined hut balanced on top of some not very stable looking pillars, without an actual floor, some tables lined up and a couple of chairs in front of them. It really didn't scream 'important discussions take place here' to me, but who am I to judge?
When Minho and I walked in there were already boys sitting on their chairs. Some of them I recognised, others were vaguely familiar but everyone stopped talking and turned to look at me the moment I stepped into the room.
"Alright boys no need to stare I know I'm the hottest babe in the glade" Minho said touching the small of my back and gently guiding me to sit on one of the chairs facing the line of tables.
"Yes, thank you beauty queen, you make our bloody lives gorgeous!" Newt said slapping his hands sarcastically
"Now let's get this party started everybody" Alby said dragging his chair and sitting a bit more forcefully then necessary.
"Where's Alex?" Minho said taking his place in front of me as well. When he said his name a chill went down my spine.
"We'll fetch him later from the slammer later, for now we're just gonna talk with the girl." Gally said
"She has a name you know" Newt said with a look that said 'I'm already crossed so don't cross me'
"Oh shut your mouths, let's start..." Alby said and everyone calmed down (that boy sure knew how to be a leader)
"So Greenie, Luna whatever, what are you doing here, hm? Only been here for what, couple o'days? And we are already having a gathering about you"
"I didn't do anything wrong!" I cut in trying to defend myself.
"SHUT you pie-hole Greenie. Don't interrupt when I'm talking. And anyway we didn't say you did anything wrong, we just said you are weird and we need to figure this out, so for your own good only speak when spoken to for this meeting, yeah shank?" He said looking at me while I remained silent. "I said, yeah shank?" He repeated a bit more forcefully.
"Yeah" my voice came out in an irritated whisper.
"Okay someone go bring the suckface." He said waving a dismissive hand and a couple of boys I didn't know the names of left to presumably bring the 'suckface'.
"Alright Luna, when Alex comes remember the no-speaking rule okay? No fighting, we have some kind of unstable democracy here. We discuss things and then decide punishments." Minho said with a wink slightly elbowing Alby in a playful way.
After that we waited in silence for a while and a couple of minutes later the door opened and in came the two boys leading Alex into the room. He was dirty and still had some dried blood on his face but that hadn't wiped that disgusting smirk of his face. He sat down on the chair next to mine purposely dragging closer to mine.
"How are you babe?" He said in a tone he probably thought was sexy, but all it did for me was cause nausea.
"Don't talk to her you git or I'll feed you to the Grievers myself." Newt said with a surprisingly calm but hard voice.
"Tsk tsk tsk second in command talking like that to a fellow Glader? Shouldn't you be in the slammer as well?" Alex said.
"No he shouldn't 'cause I was think of saying to you the same thing." Alby said with a stone hard glare. "Let's start"
"Ok Luna, you say your part of the story first then Alex you can go and if we need to hear anything else, Minho, Newt and Frypan you guys talk next like witnesses" he said.
I was nervous, my hands were sticky and my throat was closing and it sure as 'bloody hell' didn't help that eveyone was starring at me, but this was my moment to defend myself and that what exactly what I'd do.
"So, umm, I was in cleaning duty along with Alex, and I was trying to wash some dishes or something. I guess we were making light conversation but all I really wanted to do was finish my job and get some sleep. But then he forced himself on me, grabbed my wrist a-and..." damn no my voice isn't cracking now "and well you know how it goes after that"
"Yea, yea okay Alex your turn" Alby said Turing to look at the ever-smirking boy next to me.
"There's really not much to say gents. I wanted her I tried to get her end of the story" he said throwing his hand up in a 'what can you do' manner.
"She's not an object! You can't 'want her and take her'" Minho said making quotation marks with his fingers.
"Now there I beg to differ my friend! Why do you think the creators send us a girl, hm? To have fun! She is a toy for us all to use, that's her only reason of being here. The first girl in the glade as a reward for our hard work"
"What are you saying you shank?" Newt said clenching his fists on top of the table.
"That she is a 'sex slave' and that we need to use her for" Alex said calmly relaxing on his chair.
The moment he finished his sentence everyone started whispering and Newt was on his feet Minho and Gally trying to hold him back.
"Alright, alright, order, order. Shut up all of you and Newt calm down before I hit you in the head. I think I've heard enough" Alby said slamming his fist on the table.
"She really is though! I'm not the only one that thinks so, I was just the first to act and trust me I'd do it again"
Alex was now looking at me licking his lips, making me feel dirty and humiliated even if I had done nothing wrong.
"I said shut up you slinthead this is already bad enough for you. For hurting another Glader, attempting to violate our Greenie and threatening to repeat your actions I say your punishment should be banishment. All in favor?" Alby said raising his hand high in the air. It was a matter of milliseconds before Newt raised his. Soon enough most of the boys followed suit with some uncertainty.
"Are you sure about this Albs? Maybe we should do the slammer? Bunnisment is for the stung" Frypan said.
"He is not going to stop, he is far more crazy then a stung. And she is scared. We can't afford being scared of each-other right now" Alby said.
"Okay we trust you" Frypan said raising his hand as well and sending a semi-apologetic look towards Alex.
"Clint, Zart take him back to the slammer. Newt, Minho take Luna to her room. The punishment starts with the closing"
After that, Newt and Minho took me to my room as Alby said. I was walking between the two boys me head heavy and my eyes moist with unshed tears. The atmosphere was heavy and the only sound was the one of our steps. When we reached the homestead, climbed the creaky stairs and finally made it to my room I decided to ask.
"What's going to happen to him?" I asked my voice barely bow a whisper. Newt clenched his jaw and said
"Don't worry Greenie you're safe" "That's not what I asked..." a mumbled opening my door.
"Just take a nap Luna, ok?" Minho said "We'll wake you up when we need to"
"Okay" I said looking suspiciously between the two boys as they shared a look a mutual understanding.
They left me to sleep with the empty promise of waking me up, trying to protect my innocent mind from the horrors that were bound to follow.
But what none of us knew was that I wouldn't be able to close my eyes for more then a second, because every time I did, I'd hear a buzzing from the inner parts of my brain...