The Spy - Agent X

The Rebellion - Part 1

   "Mmfgh!" I screamed into the gag in my mouth. The whip hit all the weakest spots on my back: the wounds that had been but into my spine over and over again without giving me time to heal and the bruises I still had when they first captured me.

   I was lying on the ground, chained to the floor. The cage I was trapped in was colder than ever today, but the loss of blood numbed me.

   "Kane, that's enough." Kane was the man who was whipping me. He was the guard of my group: Luke, Alison, James and Samantha. Groups consisted of four or five children who are not adults yet born around the same time. Each group had a guard and they all worked for one woman. We weren't allow to know her name so we had to refer to her as Boss or M'am.

Right now it was punishment time, which was my peace and quiet, if you could believe it. The other times were when I had to train to become part of the army, or when I had to work as a servant for Boss.

   "Boss, she talked back to me! She swore at me." Kane protested to Boss.

   Boss narrowed her eyes. "Would you like it if I whipped you? We don't want my slaves to be too slow when I order them to do something, do we?" she asked maliciously. 

   Kane lowered his head. "Yes, m'am." he dropped the whip. "Stand up." he barked roughly, pulling on my chains.

   I obeyed, quickly scrambling to my feet. Kane took the gag out of my mouth. "Have you learned your lesson yet?" he said.

   I bobbed my head rapidly in submission. "Yes." I squeaked. 

   I hated the way we were being treated. The government had been taken over by a group of people who's names we were not allowed to know ten years ago. We were supposed to train until we were strong enough to join the army, which would fight other countries until all that was left is The Unity. That is what our leaders call themselves. 

   "Get over here, slave." Kane dragged my chains to the wooden door and tied them there. Then he left. 

   A few moments later, Boss came out. "You!" she pointed to Luke. "And you! Get over here and arrange the office. Now." she ordered, pulling on the chain around my neck. 

   I gritted my teeth. I did not have a submissive nature, and I hated listening to orders, but I followed her nonetheless. I knew what would happen if I didn't.

   "And you two," Boss said, pointing to James and Samantha. "Today, you're cleaning Kane's room." 

   James and Samantha nodded. "Yes, m'am." they scurried off.

   Janine turned to us. "Well? Get to it, you slaves!" I didn't know how a person could be so b*tchy. 

   Luke ran off to find the vacuum, but I just stood there. I don't know why, I just did.

   "Well? Are you going to go?" Boss pulled on the chain around my neck. "Or do you want to watch that video again?" she threatened.

   I gritted my teeth. The video she was talking about was the one showing Kane slowly killing my sister. She wasted and choked and interrogated until she was spitting out blood, but she never gave them what they wanted.

   "Perhaps one day, you will become her. Chained and tied up. Treated like the useless trash you are." she whispered, a smirk playing around the corners of her lips.

   By now, my face was red and my blood was on fire. I could feel everything: my quick breaths, the muscles in my arms twitching, the adrenaline pumping, ready for a fight. 

   "Now, wouldn't you like to see-"

   It all happened in a rush. One second Boss was pulling on my chains and torturing me, and the next, my chains were broken and my fist had found it's way to Boss's face. Oh sh*t. I thought. I'm going to be in big trouble for this. 

   But I had no time to think. Janine was on her feet, and she charged into my stomach, pushing me over. We rolled from the door to the window, scratching and kicking and punching. I landed a few good hits, but my rib cage felt like it was going to break and my left knee was bleeding badly. 

   "You little b*tch! You're so going to pay for that." Boss screamed. She called for backup. "Group four guards! Kane!" she yelled.

   I took the opportunity while she was distracted and threw her coffee mug against the window. The mug broke and I took a piece. I sliced it down her back just as she and Kane had done to me. Boss winced in pain, and tried to slap me. I grabbed her arm and twisted it. "This is what you did to me. This is what my life is. How does it feel?" I asked, digging deeper with each cut.

   At this point, I didn't care what punishment I would get. I just wanted revenge on Boss.

   "Stop." Boss groaned. "Stop, please. I never realized a potential army candidate from a group, of all places, would be so strong." she muttered. 

   I sneered, hate pulsing through my veins. I could hear Luke running towards us, but Boss's office was huge. I would kill her before he could get here.

   "No." I hovered the knife over the main artery on her neck. "You made me bleed right over here. I nearly died because of the cut. I still have the scar." I said.

   "If you kill me, you will never meet daylight again." 

   I ignored her and move the mug piece down to her thigh. "What's your name?" I asked.

   "Like I'll tell you." Boss said.

   I rolled my eyes. "I may just be Kara the third born in Group Four, but I also have control over your life right now. I suggest you don't do anything rash." 

   Boss sighed. "My name is Janine." she waited a beat before continuing. "Can you let me go now?" 

   I snickered. "I'm still going to kill you." I whispered in her ear. "Don't you deserve to die?" I asked.

   "No! Don't!" Luke shouted from behind me. 

   I stared back at him. I've always liked Luke - in a platonic way, of course. He was always nice and joked around with me. He was worth listening to.

   "What do you want?" 

   Luke sighed. "Remember the promise we made? We would never treat another person the way we were treated."

He's right.

I did promise. 

It happened the day Janine held a kitchen knife over the artery I held the mug piece over right now. I had lost so much blood because she had cut me all over my body too. I woke up two days later, and Luke was there to help me through it. I think I would have died if he wasn't there. We promised each other that no other living being should ever go through this torture caused by our own hands. 

   "Luke. I can't. I just can't, Luke. She's killed so many people, and the door is locked. No one can enter to stop me." I said.

   "What if we escape?" said Luke.

   I frowned. "What?"

   "The window is right over there. We can break it together and steal the weapons on Janine's weaponry. It's over there. Plus, she won't be able to stop us because I've got her tied." Luke motioned to Janine, who was now tied up in the chains. Somehow he wrapped them around her and they stayed put.

   "Don't... do..." Janine muttered. She was bleeding all over. I felt a sliver of guilt but quickly shoved it away. She had done much worse things to me before.

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So guys, this is my first story, and I just realized that it sucked [lol] so I might not continue it. Or maybe I'll restart it, who knows? So thanks for reading my cringy story and I promise next time the plot will be more realistic and wholesome. Bye!