632 Inside The Dark Cell, The Two Friends and the Devil (1/2)
Growl...
”Ouch...”
Padua complained, holding his growling stomach while facing the dark ceiling as he lay down on the cold floor.
His whole body was aching too much that he could not move. On his face and hands, bruises could be seen. Just by his current appearance, there was no need to ask what happened after that commotion.
It was a great offense for Padua to shoot another soldier, even before the outbreak. What was worse was that the guy was one of the lackeys of the unreasonable Captain Zacharia. The right-hand man, in fact. Since Padua shot him out of rage, they were punished.
Well, it was more than a one side beating than an actual punishment. Held by two other soldiers, Padua was pummeled with punches and kicks by several other soldiers. And the captain in question was watching at the side filled with satisfaction on his face.
The two were already fortunate that they were not killed. From the personality of that fat bastard, it was not far off. They were lucky that they were still a part of the soldiers under him. If two people suddenly died because of this, even he would have a hard time keeping his current post. After all, they were soldiers. Their punishment needed to come from the higher-ups. It was unless they resisted, which did not happen upon their arrest.
If they resisted, being shot on the spot was not surprising.
Still, they were not put in detention scot-free, and that resulted in Padua's current state as the perpetrator.
At the corner of the room, Geronimo sat, sighing at the current state of his friend.
”Just why did you have to shoot that guy? You could have just given them that food. It's just food, not worth exchanging your life for.”
”I don't know, dude.” Padua raised his head slightly to look at his friend. ”I don't know. I just did it. My sight just grew dark. The next thing I knew, already shot the gun.”
Padua's voice was a bit weak, and there was a bit of air in between his words. His body pain right now was not a joke. His cracked lips made it even harder to talk.
”Not only we didn't get to have even a bite, but I got beaten up instead. That fat bastard will have his day in the future.”
”I wish too.”
Geronimo sighed.
Unfortunately, the two were not expecting that to happen any time soon. This guy had close ties with one of the higher-ups, after all.
If not, there was no way that someone as incompetent as that fat bastard would be posted in this encampment to lead the soldiers.
If not, the other soldiers would not be afraid of him.
If not, it would be easy to throw that fat guy off the deck.
There were a lot of ifs. Unfortunately, it would remain as ifs.
”I wonder what will happen to us now?”
”Probably, forced into labor. That's where are those who broke the law are going these days.”
”But I didn't do anything,” Geronimo complained. ”You did.”
”You are seriously saying that?” Padua glared. ”Want me to give you the same bruises I have?”
”Go on. Do it. You can't even stand up from there.”
Geronimo taunted.
Then, there was silence...
Before the two burst out laughing.
”Ouch! Don't make me laugh! It hurts!”
Padua complained, holding his stomach in pain.
”Really? It hurts?” Geronimo approached his friend and started poking on his bruised arm. ”I don't feel anything.”
”F*ck! Stop it!” Padua pulled his arm away. ”Seriously, if you are like this to other people, you won't get bullied.”
”They would probably punch me, so, no.”
”Sh*t.”
The two went on their antics, trying to forget the predicament they were currently facing.
Soon, silence enveloped the dark, cold room once more.
”Hah...” Geronimo sighed. ”Dad will surely punch me if he knew that I got detained as a soldier.”
Padua looked at his friend before looking back at the dark ceiling.
”Your family members are dead already. Get over it.”
”Want to sit down?”
Geronimo asked.
”F*ck you.”
Padua cursed his friend. His whole body was in pain, and the cold floor was helping him reduce it a bit. Besides, it would ache more if he sat down.
Geronimo then went and lay down on the cold floor like his friend.
”We are here, protecting other people as this country's soldiers, but when our family needed us, we are not there to protect them. Now, we are here being treated like this. What's the point?”
Like most soldiers on service during the outbreak, these two young soldiers lost their families to the infected.
Once more, silence enveloped the room covered in darkness.
But then...
”Why not leave the military, then?”
A voice from the dark made the two young soldiers jump. Well, only Geronimo. Padua could not even move from the pain. Nevertheless, the poor soldier did not need to lift himself up at all.
The two soldiers were surprised. They did not hear the door open at all. It was impossible not to notice it as it was a cranky metal door that barely had maintenance. Even just opening the lock would create too much noise.
Despite the surprise, the two could not help but squint their eyes. Even if their eyes adapted to the darkness already, it was still hard to see a person's face.
But then, like magic, a crystal appeared and floated above the shoulder of their guest. It illuminated the room, making their eyes hurt a bit.
As their eyes adapted to the light, rather than the floating crystal, the person itself surprised them further. Out of all people that could possibly appear here, it was actually the man that gave them the fried food earlier. It was the person that introduced their group as messengers from the military settlement in Infanta.
They could not believe it as there was no way that anyone not a member of the military stationed here would be allowed to enter this place. Well, not even the soldiers not close to their fat captain. And considering what happened earlier, there was no way that this person would be allowed here at all.
”How did you...”