SWNOVELS Chapter 4: Captivity
The mid day sun was blazing hot signaling rain to come end of day. The yellow school bus raced through the wastelands leaving a thick cloud of dust wherever it passed. In front of it were five military vans including Tanya’s. Each van was loaded with men screaming and chanting Ceaser’s name.
In the bus sat numerous people, males and females in chains on the necks like slaves. In the back of the bus lay Tom unconscious with more chains than the rest. On his side left lay Tanya chained to him and Theresa on the other side also chained to him. The whole trio was unconscious. All the prisoners were either crying, screaming or praying. Hearing the sound of an engine from a distance Tom’ slowly regained consciousness. As he became more woke his thoughts slowly began to return to him.
The instant he retrieved the final of his memories of the incident before he went black, he jolted up eyes wide open. His chains shook making noise which attracted everyone’s attention. They all looked at him. He touched his neck and felt iron around it then looked next to him lay Theresa on his right and Tanya on his left. By just assessing his surroundings it was clear what had happened.
What have I gotten us into sadness filled his eyes
“Mommy, Why do those three have their own chains separate from us?” asked a young girl about Theresa’s age
“They are the main price girly” said Ceaser’s man who sat behind the driver’s seat “those there were hunted by Ceaser himself, so whoever manages to kill them during the hunt will be promoted” he grinned
“I smell myself a promotion Chucky” said the driver and they laughed together
“You sick bastards, I’m going to murder you all” Tom said with deep hatred in his eyes
“Oh is that so and just how are you going to do that” said Chucky and they laughed together
“Do not take that man lightly, he’s the one who took out Victor and his whole camp” commented Gustavo who had been quiet the whole trip
Even though he was Ceaser's right hand man he was a bit more civilised and humane than him. So in mist instamces he would rather ride in a seperate car than Ceaser because of the babaric behaviour his friend potrayed often.
“What that kid, how is that even possible. You mean hes El Diablo” said Chucky with awe
“Even those two girls with him” he concluded
Hearing Gustavo praise someone made the two men feel unsettled. There was a rumor going around about Caesar and Gustavo wanting to participate in the hunt. Hunting with them was something no one was up for, because when the hunt began teamwork was not a norm. Being rivals with Caesar was not a good idea at all especially due to his cannibalistic nature, he kills and feeds on everything in sight friend or foe. After Gustavo spoke there was silence in the bus. After about an hour the bus finally pulled up in front of a huge amusement park. The prisoners were made to get out in ques. Theresa, Tanya and Tom were last. In front of them in all its might stood, a massive rusted iron gate with large text on top reading ‘Deadman’s Wonderland’.
"Good day sir" the men waiting at the gate respectfully greeted Gustavo who just nodded in response
“Alright you bastards pieces of shit, this here is your final resting place” said massive man dressed in military uniform
All of Ceaser’s men had unnaturally pale skin
“I go by general Blaze not that it matters. Now haul your sorry asses to your death. Welcome to Deadman’s wonderland” he concluded and the gates began opening
Inside was the appearance of an ordinary amusement park but an abandoned one. Fake circle horses, merry go round, roller coasters anything one can imagine.
“Follow me my sheep, I am your shepherd who shall lead you to your slaughter” yelled Blaze and the prisoners followed
At the back of the que was the trio moving slowly. The girls hadn’t said a thing since they woke up. Ceaser stood outside his car watching the prisoners. His eyes met with Tom’s demonic glare for a moment he felt a chill down his spine.
This boy Ceaser thought as he felt something unnatural about him
A guard pushed Tom “move you vermin” forward and they left.
“That boy glared at me” Ceaser said “he’s lucky you’re here” he added and punched his car denting it
“That boy, Ceaser…….do not take him lightly” commented Gustavo as he went and stood next to his friend
Tom, Tanya, Theresa and the other prisoners were led to some buildings deep in the woods where they saw other people imprisoned there. They used to be toilets but seemed to have been turned into cells. The trio were taken elsewhere while the rest of the people were crammed in small spaces.They were led deeper into the woods to another building similar to the first one. As they walked in it drew the attention of the prisoners that were in these cells. These cells were not crammed, very few people were here. By just looking at the type of people here, they could tell the people here were either strong or fast, to sum it up they were physically fit. The guard stopped at a cell at the end of the corridor which had 5 people inside.
“What the fuck is this?” asked one huge extremely muscular african man almost as big as Ceaser “why you putting children in here”
“Im surprised too but its Ceaser’s orders” said the guard as he removed their chains and shoved them into the cell
Tom and the girls went and sat in their own corner. The huge man walked up to them
“Didn’t your mama teach you to greet your elders” he said proudly
Tom ignored him and continued to stare at the ground. He was not paying much attention to his surroundings but was rather blaming himself for the situation they were in. The girls on the other hand were in a lot of physical pain from the encounter earlier.
“Hey boy!!” yelled the man
Tom grit his teeth. The man advanced and when he was almost onto Tom, he stood up to face him.
"Ohww the lil man got balls" laughed the man placing both hands on his huge waist
His body consisted only of pure muscle, the divisions he had on every part of his body were so much it almost seemed unreal. He wore nothing but a rubber underwear like those of wrestlers.
“Donald, I wouldn’t do that if I were you” said a man who sat just below the only small window in the room
Tom looked at him but due to the shadow that he sat in, he was unable to see much except that he was asian.
“Such a bully” commented a female voice coming from the corner of the room
“Why shouldn’t I” asked Donald
“That is the man who took down Victor” said the man
Surprise struck everyone in the room, those words got the attention of even other prisoners. You could hear them whisper. The people in Tom's cell who had been ignoring everything shifted their gaze at him.
There was a hint of mixed emotions in Donald’s eyes
What this kid, how? He thought looking at Theresa and Tanya too
“You were saying” Tom finally spoke
“Mmmm this is going to be fun” said the lady and she came into clear view
She was a tall Chinese woman with thick muscular thighs and average sized breasts.
The atmosphere became tense as the trio faced off with Donald. To him it sounded unreal for someone to have defeated the man who once destryed him in a one on one fight. Being someone who had had his fair share of fights he knew it was unwise to challenge Tom before he knew his true strength.
“Ada boy” said the lady
“Boy, I'm watching you” he said and went back to sit down
Victor, how? His mind couldn't believe what his ears had heard
The girls sat back down and so did Tom.
“El, your girls, they don’t talk much do they” asked the lady but Tom did not reply “mmmm not much of a talker too okay, I’m Nikita a pleasure being your acquaintance” she concluded and silence prevailed