1 Death and decay

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As usual, Cale awoke to screams and curses. "another dead roommate" he mumbled whilst examining his wound from the previous night. "one nice gash on the calf curtsey of me having the ridiculous idea of breathing without permission".

Looking around Cale could see his malnourished roommates resting against the bars of their cages, each showing the same lifeless expression as everyone else here. "Looks like its this months fresh batch arriving today". It's the same story every month, new people arrive giving him a breather and some people to talk to. Well this lasts 2 days at most until they breakdown and give the same lifeless expression before becoming another dead corpse for the pile.

"lovely new batch this time, I'm gonna take my time with these kids" spoke a bearded man.

"you better make her last this time, we only have 2 left after the stunt you pulled last time"

" calm down we still have that stubben little shit, I swear I'm gonna gouge out his eyes if he gives me that look today. I swear the kids a fucking devil he just looks at me whilst getting cut open"

" don't worry the boss has something special lined up for the kid"

Light swept into the room along with 6 girls and 3 boys around the age of 5-10 each of them either crying or screaming about wanting their parents. "hate to break it to you but nobody leaves this room alive"

"Oi kid, don't get to comfortable in here. I'm gonna personally dispose of your corpse myself" snarled the bearded man.

Cale mealy glanced at the man and gave a smile and said "try me" his words sending a shiver down the spine of everybody in the room. Then he went back to staring into space thinking about how long his roommates will last for.

The bearded man launched a kick to Cale's ribs.

*Thump* Cale slammed into the side of the cage gaining another cracked rib whilst trying to catch his breath after being winded.

"Keep acting tough, they all break eventually. lets go".

After about 5min to regain composure, Cale sat up and asked "so how's everybody doing?" The newcomers looked at him with a pleading expression *sniff* "what Is this place?"

Cale looked at the girl who asked this question and spoke " A bandit camp, we are playthings to the people out there and lets just say it's better to be male rather than female in our position". The girl didn't understand the hidden meaning in his words and carried on crying along with the other newcomers.

Cale had no need to find out the names of the newcomers since he new exactly what was gonna happen to them. Nobody feels like talking after that.

After a nutritious meal of mush and bread it didn't take long before the bandits came to 'try out' their new toys. "that ones mine" The girl who previously spoke was taken away by a man with an eyepatch and a shaved head.

Everyone except Cale was selected by somebody before having their cages opened and what followed where screams and cries for help. This process lasted for a good few hours. "looks like I'm on my own again from the sounds of it since the screams and shouts turned into curses from the men that entered the cages.

As the men came out the stench of blood became evident, Cale looked around and saw that his 'roommates' were dead and the eyepatch man was staring at him. "Enjoy your last few hours kid, they're the lucky ones compared to your fate" Cale looked the man in his eye and spoke " If you want to kill me you be prepared for a fate worse than death"

"we'll see whose begging tonight kid, but keep dreaming" before walking out leaving behind the remains of the girl from earlier. Cale looked at her body covered in blood with eyes wide open, wanting to live.

"I swear that I'll kill the scum out there, watch me pave my way through their corpses and there death will become my strength" something deep down within Cale gave him 100 percent confidence within himself to make those responsible pay for the lives lost within this building.

Cale's resolve went unnoticed by everybody at the camp and none of them could ever guess that their end would come due to the promise made by a 7year old slave. Little did Cale know that his revenge would come sooner rather than later.