Too Greedy to Live
“Alijah wake up.” I was hitting her with the pillows since it was almost time for breakfast. If we didn’t go there in time we would be cut in half like nothing. Today I woke up early to have more time to do my morning routine. I didn’t really have much time yesterday but a miracle happened. We had another free day. It gave me a lot of time to do my daily skincare routine and I thank the staff for giving us some. I was worried I was going to end up with pimples all over my face. That is my worst nightmare.
Anyway, let’s go back to trying to wake Alijah up. I bring the pillow I was holding on top of my head and swung to hit her again until she stood up quickly. “Ok fine I’m up.” She started fixing her hair and brushing her teeth which are not normal at all. Well at least for me. I normally check my phone, quickly checking if any of my favorite celebrities posted anything. That is honestly the only reason why I have social media. I started making Alijah’s bed since she made me do it by hitting her with her pillows.
“Can you hurry up I don’t want to die,” I said looking at the time? “We have like 30 minutes.” I decided to grab a pillow and throw it to her face. “Ow what was that for,” she glared at me. “That was my warning you that we have 5 minutes left.” She went ahead and looked at the time seeing that I was right. We hurriedly started heading over there to be there on time. When we reached there we stood there in line waiting for our turn. I know Alijah and I have been friends for almost a week but we are pretty much good friends with each other.
“Are you ready for today,” Alijah asked, referring to the task we are doing today. I’m hoping that nothing else happens for once. I just want to get all the 6 deadly sins over with already. I miss being home and my parent's lives are still at risk. “Yeah, I just want to get all of this over with,” I sighed. This place isn’t even that bad but it is straight-up torture. I still have the big scar on my back that Caleb did.
I’ve been thinking a lot and maybe I shouldn’t try to escape. First of all my parents are at major risk and if they find out my parents will be dead. If they don’t end up finding out I wouldn’t know how to get them out of that painting they put them in. I just have to try and find out. The second reason is that I don’t want to be stuck mining coal. My skinny arms could barely hold a pickaxe. I mean people think I’m strong because I managed to beat up people but that was because of the technique and speed I have.
When we were at breakfast time flew out by fast. We had to finally complete the sin of Greed. If I’m being honest I think I am going to be fine. I am not greedy at all. I have everything under control. I did warn Alijah though. You already know how she is. The thing is that if someone ends up messing up it could all go downhill resulting in someone dying. I haven’t experienced any hits from Caleb except when he slapped me 2 days ago because I said something pretty dumb that angered him.
It was 9:30 which Alijah, Keon, and I started heading to our designated task. Things aren’t very good with Alijah and Keon. Alijah still hates him for all the threats he has done to her. I can’t blame Alijah though. Those threats were harsh especially if he is threatening to kill her parents. He should have thought of the consequences before doing anything stupid like that. It could really mess up somebody’s mind and cause them to hate you forever. However, Keon is trying his best to be friends with Alijah but she is just ignoring him.
When we entered the class we saw Mia, Arlette, and Gissell there. Aren’t they supposed to be in the coal mines? They had handcuffs on their wrists and ankles like the last time they saw us. When I went to look at their faces they had coal smudged in their faces. They were staring into my soul like they wanted to kill me but I just smiled at them seeing their angry faces. The best thing is that they couldn’t do anything about it. They just sat there unable to do anything at all. Their every move was watched by 2 guards standing next to the teacher.
I sat down in front of them not caring about what they were going to do to me. Wait since everybody is here then where is Amy? Did she manage to escape or was she caught like the others? It can’t be possible that she got caught, If she did she will be like the others in handcuffs. Maybe I should ask Mia, Arlette, and Gissell even though they hate me for absolutely no reason at all. If I were in their position I would simply feel devastated at how much they overwork them. I can tell by the dark circles they have under their eyes from barely any sleep.
“Alright, people today we aren’t going to do anything.” The teacher said while clapping his hands to catch our attention. “Why though we had a lot of free days,” I asked. He decided to ignore me and grab something behind his desk. “Believe it or not you guys have something in common.” He then proceeded to grab a pie he had and put it on the table in front of us. “You guys like apple pie,” he said, putting a knife in the middle. He then proceeded to grab paper plates and give us one each.
“Go ahead and get a piece,” the teacher said to us. We desperately grabbed a piece since we haven’t eaten anything good in this place. They just give us jail food. We all grabbed the same amount of pie except Keon though. He grabbed the biggest piece he could get. Arlette noticed and she decided to say something. “Jeez, you don’t need that much pie. Keon then looked at her like she was joking. “Are you serious? I need to have the biggest pie ever than you guys.”
“At least save some more for us,” Alijah said, joining their conversation. I don’t know why they are making such a big deal about it but I’m here to watch what is about to happen. I’m kind of mad that we are having a free day again but there have been no complaints since the teacher bought some pie. Everyone was finishing up their pies but surprisingly Keon finished his quickly. He was about to grab another piece but Mia quickly stopped him. “You already got a big piece, you don’t need another one,” she glared at him.
“You are just saying that because you want the other piece,” Keon said. “I don’t want another piece. I just want it to be fair to other people. We should all get the same size,” Mia responded. Keon ignored her and decided to grab another one earning a sigh from Alijah. “Why are you guys making such a big deal about it? You guys are so immature,” Gissell said. “We are not making a big deal. We are just telling him to get the same piece as everyone,” Alijah said. “I just want a bigger piece than everyone,” Keon said.
“Why would you want a bigger piece than everyone,” I asked. “I just want to be bigger than everyone,” he said with a smile forming on his face. “Why exactly do you want to be bigger than everyone at everything,” I asked. “I want to feel powerful and the best part is that I don’t have to be grateful just like my own dad told me,” he said with a smirk present on his face. “I hate people like you,” Alijah said. The teacher then decided to sit with us to tell us something serious by the look on his face.
“Do you guys really think I would give you a free day? As you can see today was the day you guys were going to complete the sin of Greed. What I mean by complete is that you should avoid it. Keon, what did you say right now?” We all looked at Keon’s horrified face in fear that he might get beat up again like last time. Only this time it would be way worse. The teacher stood up and went to his desk. “Keon may you please stand next to me about 6 feet away, please. Keon did what he was told rapidly.
“You must have forgotten what the sin Greed means so there are going to be consequences.” The teacher then pressed a button making a sharp object go straight to Keon’s heart and killing him instantly. We all looked at him with a horrified face. They can’t just kill him for something as simple as that.