Kidnapped

A Friend Moves In

At this point, I became used to sitting in my lonesome cell for hours. I try to get myself lost in my imagination to try and pass the time, however, I couldn't seem to do so. There were so many shrieks and screams coming from outside my cell, I found it too hard to concentrate.
My cell is my home now.. It's going to be where I spend most of my time, until I escape that is.. The chains are heavy duty and they look indestructible. And right now they are holding my ankles tight. There's no way I could ever free myself from them on my own. The vent in the corner for of my cell is too small to crawl through, yet, I wonder where it leads.
I crawled over towards the vent until my chained feet stopped me. Slowly, I peered through the vent and saw the other end quite close to the front end. it appeared to be another cell. I pulled myself as far forward as I could until the chains began to hurt my ankles, and shouted into the vent to see if anyone was in there.
"Hello?" I shouted, "Anybody there?"
There was no answer. I don't think anyone was in there. As I shuffled back to the middle of the cell, the door opened up and the same guard from before stepped inside.
"Leila?" The guard asked
I nodded my head slowly to confirm.
"It's time for your evening free hour" he said.
The guard knelt down and unlocked my feet from the chains and then guided me down the corridor. I peered into some of the cells to see what was inside them. I then noticed that some cells had 2 people in them. I went to ask the guard why.
"The standard rank inmates who misbehave are usually downgraded to your rank, and are put in these cells, however, there's been an electrical issue with some of the cells in which the doors don't lock. So they join other people in their cells." He explained.
"Are they placed in random cells? Or do they get to choose?" I asked.
" To prevent fights, we let them choose which inmate they would like to join"
At this moment, I had an idea. I just had to find Megan in the cafeteria.
After a few more minutes of walking, I arrived at the Cafeteria.
"Okay, one hour, I'll be here to collect you when the hour's up"
I nodded and began to look for Megan. It didn't take too long because she waved at me. I made my way to her and took a seat next to her. This time, I noticed she had chains around her ankles.
"Hey, you alright?" I asked Megan as I shuffled over to her.
"Yeah, I'm alright" she replied, "Just in a bit of pain from earlier"
"What's with the ankle chains?" I replied, looking at her feet.
"Oh, My guard who escorted me thought I was trying to make a run for it when all I was doing was trying to get out of his grip." Megan Answered. "It's really tight on my ankles"
"Here, let me see" I replied.
Megan placed her feet on my lap, she was also barefoot. I examined the chains locked around her ankles. They have been wrapped 4 times around each of Megan's ankles, and the length of the chain between them was quite short.
"It looks painful.." I said in a soft voice.
Megan looked up at me and nodded. I let go of her feet and she placed them back onto the floor.
"Listen, I've got an idea that might help us escape out of here." I mumbled quietly
"Really?, What is it?" Megan asked.
"Okay, so, we're kept apart a lot of the time, and we only see each other during these free hours." I began. "If we want to escape, we need to be together more in order to come up with a plan"
"But now are we going to do that?" Megan questioned, "The security here is too intense"
"Aha" I grinned. "At the moment, any standard rank inmate who are misbehaving will get downgraded and joins somebody in their cell, because There's an electrical failure with the empty cells." I explained.
"Ohh" Megan gasped. "That could be my chance to-"
"Shhh! Keep your voice down!" I harshly whispered.
"Sorry"
"If you do something bad that gets you downgraded to my rank, you get to join me in my cell, and that will give us the perfect chance to discuss plans for our escape... And.. It'll be nice to have some company...y'know.." My voice started so stutter.
Megan wrapped her arm around me. "It's a brilliant idea Leila" she remarked.
"There's only one problem though.." I added, "You will be treated the same way I am.. Chains.. A lot of it"
"If it gets us a step closer to escaping, I will do it" Megan confidently replied, with a smile.
"Okay. But the thing is, what to do to get you into enough trouble for you to be downgraded.. With your feet chained like that, there's not a lot you can do..." I said.
"I'll go full ravage on my security guard when he walks me back to my cell!" Megan exclaimed. " spit on him, punch him, the lot"
"Good thinking Megan" I replied. "Alright, I will be waiting for you. I'm gonna use this time to look around."

After wishing Megan good luck, I stood up and began to examine the walls of the cafeteria.
They were rock solid, possibly made of cinderblock, there was no way I could break my way through that... Unless there was any weak spots, like cracks or something. I knocked on the wall to feel it's hardness, It barely made a noise. Next, I went and checked the thickness of the walls by going to the doorway that leads outside, and peering in and out to see just how thick this wall really is. Looking at it, the wall was very thick, about 20cm in thickness. With the walls evaluated as 'Unbustable' I went outside to have a better look around.
The wire mesh that blanketed over the outdoor court was in perfect condition, however, A strong enough tool could cut through it... But the only problem is, getting up there. I looked at the walls surrounding the court, they barely had any ridges on them, but, there was a section of the wall where other people had tried breaking out. It looked considerably weaker than the rest of the walls.
Okay, so Evaluating the court, the wire mesh can be cut, and part of the wall has been weakened. I've gathered some good knowledge so far, but there was still so much more to know before I could construct a plan. This was going to take a while...
The hour passed by and I was making my way back to my cell. I had my hopes high for if Megan would make it down here by going nuts at her security guard. My cell door opened and I sat down next to my chains.
"Please... Could you only lock my ankles up again like you did last time?" I politely asked the guard.
He nodded and fastened all the chains onto my feet, he then clicked the locks shut and tugged on them to make sure they were trapped onto my ankles. The guard then left the room and locked the door.
Now I had to wait, to see if Megan will make it here. Minutes passed like hours as I waited patiently for my friend. I grasped onto my ankle chains and tugged them around in anticipation.
The first step to escaping would be complete when Megan arrives. It'll give us lots of time to talk about getting out of this prison-like faculty. I just hoped that she would be okay with being heavily chained up for long periods of time.
I heard the footsteps of multiple people and the patting of bare feet approaching my cell. I raised my head to see the door opening and Megan being forcefully pushed inside. Her wrists were cuffed behind her back.
"Sit down!" Yelled the guard as he pushed her to the floor. "Give me your feet!"
The guard grabbed the rest of the unused chains to lock Megan's feet to the cell floor. He locked them so tightly that you could see the chain links pressing into her ankles.
"Ow! That's too tight!" Screamed Megan.
"Shut up!" Yelled the guard as he harshly threw Megan's feet to the floor.
He then left the cell, slamming the door on the way out. Megan began struggling against her chains.
"Stop, Stop!, You're going to make it worse." I shouted, placing my hands apon Megan's shoulders.
"The chains are too tight on my ankles.. Agh!" Megan squealed.
"Just stop moving your feet around, it won't hurt as much" I responded.
Megan stopped struggling and she looked at me. I could see tears forming in her eyes.
"I'm so proud of you Megan." I told her. "you were very brave"
"Thank you" she replied, "is this how you spend your time in your cell?"
"Yes" I answered. "I'm always chained when I'm in my cell, Hands and feet. But my guard hasn't been chaining my my wrists because because he sees the pain in in."
"Its okay, At least we're together now" Megan assured me.
I went to hug her, she couldn't hug back because of her handcuffs keeping her arms behind her back. She rested her head on my shoulder.
"I think it's best if we try and get some sleep" I told Megan "we've got some planning to do when we wake up"
Megan nodded. But then questioned how we were going to sleep on the hard cold floor.
"Well, If we lay next to each other on opposite ends, maybe we could use each other's feet as a pillow" I suggested.
"That's if the chains are long enough to allow that" Megan replied.
We shuffled into our positions and the chains were just long enough to allow us to. Sleeping on Megan's feet may not be ideal, but it's better than a stone cold floor. Megan rested her head on my feet and we slowly fell asleep.