The Man In A Fedora

Chapter 8: No Way Out

03/25/2070

"If I get out of here, I'll kill you with my bare hands! You hear me?!" a voice echoed in the small room.
Then the big black door closed up creating a loud crashing sound followed up by several clicking sounds until it was fully locked.
The boy lying on the cold hard ground covered his ears. He got up quickly and tried to open the door before it was too late.
"I'll kill all of you!" he cried again.

"They can't hear you, it is useless to shout. It makes you look stupid." a voice echoed in the back.

He realised there was another man sitting on the old bed behind him. He seemed older than him,but not that much.

"Who are you?" he asked sitting next to him.

"Robert Asher Nolan, but it's better if you call me A here. I'm your jailmate." Asher answered, pulling the new boys collar to check his back
"And you are.."

The boy suddenly stood up as he realised Asher's aim.
"X. Fucking X." he said.

His eyes focused on the empty grey wall as he remembered the moment he got stamped.
Iron stamp burning inside the flames was later pressed into his bare skin leaving a permanent mark on his back.
Everthing happened just in a day, from his best moment to his worst.
His skar ached again as he remembered the pain he felt. He heard the echoes of his own voice that was crying in pain.
His eyes filled with tears but he held them back, he wasn't going to cry, even if he was on his way to death he was going to keep his head up.

"Dude, it'll be fine. I am speaking from my own experience." A said, trying to calm him down a little.

"Since you are experienced , can you tell me why do they keep us here?" X asked, wandering around the room.

"You are a criminal right?" A asked him, then continued reading his book.

"Wow, must be really hard to guess!" he said, clapping his hands.

"They either kill ,or use us for some experiments. " A continued, ignoring his jailmates childish behaviours.

"What kind of experiments are you talking about and what is the criterion to be used for them?" X asked, wandering around in spirals. He was trying to understand everything to come up with a better escaping plan.

"If you have any special talents, they don't waste you, instead they take the advantage of you. But both ways you'll probably end up dead." A answered, not even staring at X. He fixed his glasses and continued reading the book.

"I am not gonna be their lab rat. I am going!" he yelled, trying to break the door.

"If I were you, I wouldn't ..."

Electric shock system of the door got activated with his touch.
He groaned as he fell on the floor.
His body started to shake , all of his bones ached as they were breaking. He gave up on fighting with it and closed his eyes.
Electric shock got deactivated as he stopped moving.
He tried to stand up but his body was still in shock. He gave it another go and leaned on to the wall to get up. After stumbling a little he managed to stand up.

"They are going to kill me." he said, covering his face with his hands.

"What did you do?" A asked,closing the book, ready to listen to his new mates crime list.

"He is going to kill me. Davis." X repeated as he sat on the bed constantly bouncing his leg.

"Did you kill someone?" A asked, looking him in the eye.