She managed to unsteadily get up to her feet as her hands begin to shake and the back of her throat burned. Water. She needed to find water. Where was water in this damn dreadful place? Her head began to ache as she looked at her surroundings.
The trees weren’t….the tree bark was yellow.
Was she hallucinating from whatever they had injected into her arm during the plane ride? Where the hell was she? This couldn’t have been..no. This place didn’t exist. Even in a country that no longer believed in the death penalty, they had to still execute their criminals. Letting a group of psychopathic criminals loose just because you didn’t believe in the destruction of human life couldn’t be true. It didn’t matter if the island was covered in radioactive waste and each criminal only lived ten years max, it still wasn’t wise. Yet with how corrupted she had seen the system be...she stopped herself.
Standing and think idly didn’t matter and was a waste of time. It didn’t matter if she was debating the existence of the place where she had landed, the burning sensation in the back of her throat was becoming more unbearable by the second.
Glancing over shoulder, she lifted her middle finger at them and took off running towards the hill only to find there was two more people blocking her exit.
She took a deep breath as her arms were grabbed behind her. Deciding the best course of action was to elbow the person in the face, she did just that.
“You’re quite thin even considered around here, you know.” It was the second time today she had woken up in an unfamiliar place. She groggily shook her head as she pushed herself up. Her head ached and she could already tell there was a bruise forming from the punch she had received. Her throat no longer burned but she didn’t have time to question this abrupt change.
Her eyes widened as she tried to find where the source of the voice was as her eyes landed on a woman roughly in her 30’s sitting in a rocking chair. It was strange feeling a sense of normalcy when being stuck in a wasteland that shouldn’t have ended up existing. The strange woman took notice of it as she leaned forward in the rocking chair. “Do you go by a name or your number?” Number? What number? She didn’t remember her name either, but hadn’t stopped to question it.
“What if I say neither?” She challenged without missing a heartbeat.
Her eyes widened as she tried to find where the source of the voice was as her eyes landed on a woman roughly in her 30’s sitting in a rocking chair. It was strange feeling a sense of normalcy when being stuck in a wasteland that shouldn’t have ended up existing. The strange woman took notice of it as she leaned forward in the rocking chair. “Do you go by a name or your number?” Number? What number? She didn’t remember her name either, but hadn’t stopped to question it.
“What if I say neither?” She challenged without missing a heartbeat.
Her eyebrows furrowed. “First degree robbery? That’s all that got you sent here?”
She sat up, gasping for breath before finally saying something. “0587.”
The woman’s eyebrows furrowed in confusion. “That’s not a number in the system, 0587.” Her confusion became clearer as she chuckled. “Must explain those bright eyes of yours.”
Her eyebrows furrowed as she answered the woman. “Zoraida. I choose the name Zoraida.”
The woman’s eyes brightened with curiosity. “Interesting. Now Zoraida, where would you like to begin?”
“Are you going to kill me?” She asked loudly as she looked around the room. Damn it. She should ask why she no longer felt...dehydrated wasn’t the correct word.
“Due to your extraordinary circumstance, I doubt there is going to be an execution scheduled for you anytime soon.”
“So what do you plan on having me do in the meantime?” Zoraida bit her tongue as she tried to stop impulsively sassing this woman.
“You will become a productive member of our society of course. You are expected to pick up a job by the end of the week on the list you are given when you arrive to the place of you will be living. No going out past ten unless permitted. We do not tolerate any crimes committed that have had our residents wound up here and will be punishable by death unless the given crime was permitted due to a special circumstance. There are no second chances unless it’s a special circumstance. You have at most ten years due to the water you have to drink to survive here. Make the best of it. My job is to assess the newcomers and decide which ones are allowed to live and where you will start in our society and that will be....” The woman’s eyes flickered to across the room. “...homeless. I think you will appreciate the challenge.” The woman paused as she allowed Zoraida to take everything in.
The woman stared at her, unamused. “You’re leaving. Get out.”
“That’s it? Where am I going to sleep? My throat was burning just a minute ago!” She had too many questions. She wasn’t just going to be forced out because the woman no longer felt like talking.
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ReplyDeleteAn amazing start. What a wild ride Zo is set up for!
I'm so excited you finally got this story up! This is amazing! Zo will show them all! I'm sure she'll carry on! Ten year life-expectancy? She's special! I wonder what's so special about her eyes...
I loved the screenshots! The bruise on Zo's cheek LOOKED painful. Also, that sass... quite a flipping off! Despite the terrible circumstances... it seems like Zo is off to a good start.
Awwwwww!! Thank you! Umm...shifts awkwardly. (Insert some foreshadowing here I would have if I planned this story correctly.) DAMN SPECIAL EYES. YEAH. MUCH PLOT. VERY WRITER
DeleteI have this FEELING that she's not going to be a very productive member of society XD
ReplyDeleteWhat is this with everyone making her pass out! Give her a break come on!
Damn Zoraido is really gorgeous too. THIS WAS GREAT, I'M HOOKED.
XD Hmm....I don't think so either! She's got it nearly as bad as Jasper had. Awww, yay!!
DeleteOooh how interesting! That seems really risky to send all the criminals in the same place, free to roam.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what Zoraida did to be brought here.
Ah! A new reader! Hello there! It is pretty risky. They aren't the smartest people it seems.... >.>
DeleteI mean it worked for Australia didn't it? 😂
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