Requesting Freedom
She walks along the rocky path. The trees and rocks lead to what looks
like nowhere, but she still walks along it. She doesn’t know where she
is going, but if it isn’t where she was before, she wouldn’t care.
Everything here is bright, happy. The leaves are green, the ground is
brown. The grass is shining. The sun is gleaming. Bright red roses were
sprinkled around. Everything she had always dreamed of. She had never
thought that this day would actually come. Freedom.
What
she was used to was darkness. Grey. Black. Surrounded by a crumbling
wall. No windows, just a tiny hole for slight light, and air. The door
was just steel. The air was stuffy, dusty, grey fog surrounding her. She
was trapped. Her captors were stubborn, irresponsible, nonsensical
humans. She had only heard about the town that was outside her little
box. Everything was mainstream. Store vendors were greedy goblins, only
looking for money, rarely ever to help someone...or having a good
business. Everyone worshipped evil. They looked forward to money,
inanimate objects, and rebellion, never life. With all of these stories
she heard, she was happy to be in her box. She wasn’t like the others.
Thats why she is stuck here. She can’t leave, like she wanted to. She
has no money, and now no friends or family. How was she going to get out
of this horrible town? This place is for people who settle for less, or
people who get lazy, and evil people looking for trouble and drama. She
even hears gunshots from her little hole in the wall. It’s pretty scary
for her to live in this little box, in the middle of an evil town.
Better than actually living in this evil town.
One day, her friend had came into her cell. She just told her to call
her “L”. So “L” came into her cell. She was one of the people who are
required to check up on cells to make sure the people were alive. This
place is for people who want to leave and can’t, and people who are
trying to change this town, trying to do good, and can’t. The evil in
this town is too strong for a couple of good people to change it. L
brought in some food. She isn’t like the others, who beg for food. She
is humble with her food, and appreciates it. Thats another reason why
they locked her up. Nobody knew, but L was actually a good person. She
was just pretending to be evil, to blend in, so that she wouldn’t be
locked up and she works here so that she can help these people. Nobody
else wanted the job, and L claimed that she only wanted it for the
money, but really, she didn’t care about money. She had been trying to
find a plan so that if they get enough people locked up here, she can
let them loose, and the good can conquer the evil. L brought the girl a
warm meal, which they only get on fridays. Meals were the only way she
would be able to tell what day it was. She never knew what time it was,
but the actual day was good enough to stay sane.
“So, hows the plan going? Has there been a spike yet?” She asked L.
“Sort
of. Not enough, though. We have to keep getting the word out to
pedestrians, but we have to do it carefully. Two of our men were already
locked up by asking the wrong people if they wanted to change the town.
Don’t worry girl, this can’t go on forever. Bad guys never win.”
“They did this time.”
“You
have to keep thinking positive, thats the only way to survive. You
can’t keep thinking negative, or you really will never get out of here.”
“I know, but its so hard when you are surrounded by so much negativity, its starting to grow on me.
“You can’t let the evil take you. Just know that you would make your parents proud if you got out of here alive.”
L’s
comment made her feel much better, and she ate her food as L left. She
really did know that this plan had to work. She always heard riots
outside, eventually they were all taken in, but they can’t all fit in
this place. They have to stop this some time. Hopefully in her lifetime.
The
riots had started to get more constant. Less gunshots, less evil, she
had heard from L. The plan might actually take action soon, she said. A
week after she talked to L, someone else walked in her cell. It was a
doctor. She was taken aback because L was the only person that sees her.
“Where’s L?”
“Who? I’m Dr. Left, I’m here to make sure you are alive and well, we aren’t here to starve and kill you people in here.”
“No, L is supposed to come to my room. She always gives me food and all, where is she?
“Forget her for now, you won’t be seeing her anymore.”
“NO! WHERE IS SHE!?”
“Now, you have to calm down. I don’t want to have to take you to solitary confinement.”
“WHAT?
THIS ISN’T AS CONFINED AS IT GETS? I’M IN A FREAKING BOX. I CAN’T
BREATHE. IF I WANT TO TAKE IN FRESH AIR OR SOMETHING, MY WINDOWS IS A
HOLE THE SIZE OF A PENNY! THIS ISN’T FREAKING SOLITARY CONFINEMENT?
WHAT, ARE YOU GONNA TRAP ME IN A TINY ROOM WITH SHARP SPIKES ON THE
WALLS?! HUH?!”
The
doctor calmly looked at a person nearby, and he walked out. Then two
people came in. They told her to calm down, and that this doesn’t have
to be hard. She gave in, and they quietly escorted her to a thin, dark
hallway. They threw her in a even smaller room, without even a bed.
There wasn’t even a hole to breathe through.
“Now,
we are only going to keep you here for today, people who stay here
longer than that usually don’t survive.” The two people said.
They
looked at each other and smiled as they closed the door. It suddenly
became pitch black. She didn’t know where anything was. Instead of
panicking, she decided to just sleep through it. She had wondered where L
was. Was she captured? Why didn’t she come? Did she get out? All this
wonder was enough to make her fall asleep.
She woke up to the light of outside. Someone opened the door. It was the doctor again.
“Now are you ready to calm down?”
“Now are you ready to tell me where L is?” She responded.
“I
hate to be the bearer of bad news...well....not really. She is dead.
They shot her during a riot. She deserved it, all of you people do.”
This
news...it couldn’t be. How could they...is the town out there really
that bad? The girl was devastated inside, but now that L is gone, she
thought, maybe she could take her place, and finish what she started.
“I
don’t care. Maybe she did deserve it. She was always nice to me. This
town has seemed to grow on me, so I don’t even think I belong here.”
The doctor seemed impressed.
“Well
then, I see you have made some progress. We’ll take some tests on you
and, maybe you will be getting out today! How long have you had mixed
feelings?”
“For about a year already. All the good I tried, its stupid, you know?”
The
girl was so relieved and happy that she would be able to get out. She
had almost forgotten how sad she was a second ago about the death of L.
It was a good death, unlike most of the people in this town. This plan
will work. She is thinking positive, but at the same time, is negative.
What a strange mix.
The next day, the girl took her first steps outside since she was 11.
She is 14 now. The sky was grey and gloomy, everything seemed so sad and
evil. This was not what she was expecting. Everyone was wearing the
same ugly clothes. Everyone was blasting the same r&b, rap, and pop
music. The girl had always loved Indie, Techno and had always hated pop.
She guess that she would skip the “pretending to listen to the same
music” step, because she really couldn’t take pop. When she looked
around, she spotted the goblins at each and every street corner, and
every store. She noticed dark figures inside liquor stores. Signs of
stars were marked everywhere. This place really did turn evil. The only
thing that can get worst than this is people start killing people. As
soon as she thought that, a gunshot went off. She swung her head around
to look for the gunman, and saw only a dead body laying on the floor.
Nobody acknowledged him, and the people who did were teenagers making
fun of how he couldn’t defend yourself. The girl guessed there were
probably no more policemen, no more ambulance, the only place doctors
are in is in this asylum, to keep the good people in. The girl tried not
to look scared, worried that people would say something, so she just
went walking on calmly, as if she would see that everyday. Nobody knew
that this normal girl had so much fear inside her. She just walked the
streets, noticing how bad this place really is. She came to a halt as
two girls came up to her.
“Are you lost?” they asked.
“Um...why are you asking me? Why do you care?”
“Uh...no...no I don’t care...just...don’t tell the officers alright? We are new here.”
“Did you work with L?”
“Oh thank god! You aren’t not evil...”
“Shhh! Don’t say it too loud!”
“Sorry, I am just so happy to see someone else. I can’t find L.”
“She...she
died...in one of those riots. She was a good friend of mine. I just
came out of the...asylum. She used to come and bring me food, and would
tell me about the colony and the plan she had. Are you a part of the
colony?”
“Oh dear, I am. Come, we’ll get you looking normal.”
“Thanks...uh...why don’t I look normal?”
“Your hair is crazy, your clothes are dirty, and your shoes are so 3 seasons ago.”
“Um...ok...lets go.”
The
three girls were on there way to this colony. The girl refused to giver
her name to them because she didn’t remember. She didn’t want to say
she didn’t remember, because she was embarrassed by it, so she just told
them that she wanted to stay safe and she couldn’t trust anyone yet,
and to not take it personal. The girls suggested a nickname. They all
had one. Then one of the girls suggested “Rose”. The girl loved that
name, because she had always dreamed of seeing roses again. Rose agreed.
They all arrived at this huge old abandoned building. Apparently, this
was the colony. They went inside slowly and alerted everyone that it
was them. There were about 20 people. Rose became really upset...and
heartbroken that out of this huge town, only about 20 people were still
good. A lot of people turned, she thought, and some people are still
pretending. Rose greeted them all. Three kids, 15 adults, 4 teens, not
including the new teen, Rose. So 22 people are still good in this town.
Not a big number at all. The place was really big and roomy. There were
about 50 rooms. It was like a mansion here, the perfect place to stay.
How do they keep out the evil, though? Rose decided not to think about
negativity and started thinking about a plan. They could all just walk
out. Nobody was going to arrest 22 people, it would take a long time,
and we would fight. This was the perfect idea to rise up against the
evil.
Rose stood with this colony for a couple of days before they decided
to make the trip.They all went out at once, and some officers stopped
them and asked where they thought they were going.
“We are getting out of this evil!” one of the women yelled.
The
officers went after us, and tried arresting us, but we ran. We started
to scream and we made a riot. More people started to come in and scream
with us. Officers were overwhelmed, and the evil was scared. We wrecked
the town, fought back officers and the evil spIrits. Even some of the
officers went on our side. Rose then noticed the man who was shot when
she first came in. He was still laying on the ground, rotting. As soon
and Rose saw that, she became infuriated. She began screaming louder,
and attacked officers. Would this riot ever end, or turn into a war? The
screaming later died out, as there were no more goblins, no more
spirits, no more evil. They are cheered, and all went their separate
ways to either leave or stay. Rose wanted to leave. She invited the two
girls, and they said they would be right behind her. Rose began to walk,
and after about an hour walking, she found herself walking along the
rocky path. The trees and rocks lead to what looks like nowhere, but she
still walks along it. She doesn’t know where she is going, but if it
isn’t where she was before, she wouldn’t care. Everything here is
bright, happy. The leaves are green, the ground is brown. The grass is
shining. The sun is gleaming. Bright red roses were sprinkled around.
Everything she had always dreamed of. She had never thought that this
day would actually come. Freedom. She suddenly felt a sharp pain in her
back. The pain was so overpowering, she fell to her knees, and then to
the ground. She saw footsteps come up from behind her. One of the girls
were holding a bloody knife. Rose thought, ‘Evil will never leave this
earth’, as everything went black, and then white.
Rose woke up in a dark cell, like the one she was trapped in before. It had the same small hole and same steel door.
“Hello?! Hey! Are you out there, L?”
The door slowly opened...and who was there startled her. A disfigured evil spirit...with blood dripping from her hands.
“Yes.”
