20 Chapter 20: Punishmen (1/2)
[Kaz's 12th birthday]
”Roll call!”
'I hate this.'
”One, Two, Three.”
I clip my collar on and it glows red.
”One, to the parlor please.”
I throw on some clothes and make my way downstairs to her office.
”Good morning One, please, have a seat.”
I sit in the large chair and wait for her to speak.
”Today is your birthday, One.”
”It is?”
”You've forgotten?”
”It would seem so.”
”Hm, I guess that means you've also forgotten about my gift?”
”A gift?”
I scoot closer to her desk.
”Come along.”
She gets up from behind her desk and leads me down the hall.
”Mother, I thought children weren't allowed on this hall?”
She pulls my hair,
”Did I ask you to speak?!”
”N-no ma'am. Sorry.”
She continues to pull me by my hair as we walk. I try to keep up with her quick walking, but she's walking too fast.
At the end of the hall is a steel door with no widows.
”Go.”
She pulls the door open and I step inside. The room is cold and dark. The faint hum of the ac is incessant.
”You see those cute little chains over there,”
I look to were she's pointing,
”Y-yes.”
”Go put them on that man.”
'A man?'
She pulls on a string that turns on a small lightbulb. In the corner of the room, there's a man balled up.
He looks familiar,
”Monty?!”
I run over to him and hug him,
”What are you going here? It's been so long.”
”She...she brought me here, she said it was my family's fault you were taken...”
”Don't talk to that thing! Do as I told you or you can take his spot!”
She raised her hand to strike him but I jump in front of him and block her.
”You fool...”
She pushes me on the floor and grabs my arms,
”You wanna act up, huh?! Well fine, you'll be punished!”
She pulls out a gun and shoots Montana.
”MONTY!”
I hold his stiff body in my hands as tears spill from my eyes.
”You monster! He did nothing wrong!”
She glares at me and pulls me off the floor.
”GET OFF THE FLOOR AND STAND UP!”
I do as she says. She pulls my arms over my head and locks me up to the wall.
”You'll stay here from now on. You foul little disobedient bitch!”
She takes out a small controller.