The New Law

"Why'd you turn off the TV?" Liam asked, angrily, as much as he loved his buddies, he'd hated them for ignoring his Plead. "I wanted to see what stupid rule the Lady-In-Power placed to torture us now!"

Kate ignored him, and went to the chair and sat in front of the computer sets she proclaimed when she first entered the Quiverna.

The Quiverna was a very tiny underground bunker, the size of any studio apartment you'd see near the city. Kate, Lenna, Jess, Lanny, and Liam were forced inside their current bunker when the Lady-In-Power took control of the entire world, Their Maid, Cristy, was left to take care of them, As all of their parents faced Lady-In-Power's wrath. They were rich, they'd left all the money they had to Liam and Lenna mainly, the rest of the money was split up equally with Kate, Jess, and Lanny. Although, Lenna and Liam found something unsettling about the others, they decided to forget about it and live their life without fights, and arguments.

The right side corner of the Quiverna were filled with all the computer sets and the other electrical things that kept the residents entertained. The Left corner had the 4 bathrooms, in which 2 they used as storage rooms for their food and toiletries when Cristy didn't come with their foods. They never set a foot outside because Cristy was given specific orders from their parents, everything they asked, Cristy brought it to them.

The wall near the bathrooms was stacked with bunkbeds, pushed to the corner, making it look like that side of the room like a prison. Liam had tried many times to redecorate it, but he failed miserably, He gave up after about a hundred impossible attempts, Jess was a born artist, Liam had tried convincing Jess to paint the wall with a very cool, but horrible at the same time type of cover, but Jess would brush him off and say, "No. Sorry, but no... its too much work"

Liam had also tried to take Jess's stack of painted easels and stick it on the wall. He would go to sleep, but on the next day, the easels would be back where they originally laid. He also tried asking Cristy for a few posters and other things to decorate the wall, but, the only response he got was a shake of head and a reply saying, "Lady-In-Power banned pictures and posters of people or movies other than her face."

Lenna never really cared about that wall, since she had everything else to keep her happy. Liam and Lenna never really mingled well. Good conversations would turn to serious arguments if either of them decided to join in. They eventually stopped trying to talk, But Kate desperately tried to make them talk about the topics that they both liked.

Liam turned the TV back on and saw an announcement, It was Lady-In-Power. Liam had tried to guess what law she'd set this year. It was a tradition from the past 27 years for the Person-In-Power to put in a new law every year, which added extra pain to the people still alive.But only Lady-In-Power's laws were the worst, since everyone had taken the simplest laws, leaving the horrifying ones to the last, which led the Lady-In-Power to become an antagonist of their world. Everyone sat cross-legged around the TV. Everyone queued up around Liam, but decided to leave a gap beside Liam for Lenna to sit on. Lenna scoffed and said.

"I'd even sit on shit but, I certainly would never sit with you."

"I know that" Liam said, giving a dry smile, "Same goes with me. Go fuck yourself before you come back to mourn over me when I die."

Liam stood up quickly, which made his head go dizzy, and stormed away to the computer set and went onto a news app, which was live at the moment for Lady-In-Power's Law announcement. He'd gripped his headset so tightly that his fingers went white from the lack of blood, and He also noticed that he dented the 2centimeter thick aluminium when he loosened his grip. His palms felt like they were brought back to life. He'd saw an interviewer, who'd been interviewing the Lady-In-Power for about 14 years, when she first took control, whose lips where moving very fast due to his vaguely peculiar accent. Liam loved that accent, I brought a slight giggle to his poor life. He'd also mimick the accent sometimes when he slept, making the others scowl, frown, or even push him off the bunk. Cristy would babble about what he talked about when he dreamt. But Liam made her shut up by guilt tripping her "Look, you wouldn't tell me how,or even where my parents are, Why do you babble so much about me being a pest?"

Cristy would stay inside the Quiverna for a few days when there were too many deaths nearby, due to the Power's Pawns, (who are basically like the stormtroopers/peacekeepers of this weird galaxy) They'd murder anyone mercilessly if they defied any law that'd been placed. The smell of rotting bodies would sicken Cristy, Who also said it was sad seeing their families cry their eyes out over their dead relative. The quiverna was connected to the Abandoned house which Liam's and Lenna's parents had owned. Liam often dared to go there, But Cristy wouldn't allow it, so he'd figured he's listen to her since she was like a mother to Liam because his real mother was never around to at least look at his face.

He put on his headset quickly, urging to listen to the Interviewer's accent before Lady-In-Power took control. 'How did the interviewer manage to live through all of Lady-In-Power's wrath?' he asked himself from when he could think and talk.

"Hello L-I-Power." He said, L-I-Power was the nickname the interviewer had given her, also the only nickname she ever accepted. "You're here for announcing a new outrageous law that you've doomed the entire world with"

She curled her lips and pursed them, using it as a restraint from laughing. She gave up idea of resisting, and only smirked instead. She took a seat without waiting for anyone's permission, well, she didn't really need permission, because she had the power of the globe. Liam calmed himself down, taking a few deep breaths, hoping this one law wouldn't cause gore.

"So, L-I-Power." He paused, suddenly, and flinched, Liam was bewildered, scared, that one of the only people who survived the outside world with Lady-In-Power, who destroyed everything which kept her from reaching success. Lady-In-Power probably killed him. But to his surprise, he took a deep breath, and continued with his infamous cocky tone, "Did you like my acting?

Liam grinned, He should've expected that. every year, The interviewer, would put up an uncanny act to surprise the viewers. But... keeping Lady-In-Power in mind as a cruel person who loves watching people suffer, It could happen- that's why Liam had those sudden heart-stopping moments. But unlike the others, who owned a carefree, naïve type personalities, He was the only one living in the Quiverna, other than Cristy, who would hope for everyone else to be safe and happy, while the others cared for nobody but themselves.

"Was that good?" He asked again, "tell-"

"Haha, your a good actor." She interrupted and smiled grudgingly, Liam was sure she'd kill him... eventually. "Also, uhhh... I suggest that you stop making me look like a bad guy-"

Her voice trailed off as his headphones were snatched away. It was Lenna, she was holding a quarter thick metal and three-quarter-holographic headset above his his head. He stood up, and flailed his arms about, trying to catch the headset with at least a finger, Damn, he was short, not the dwarf size his wonderful reader's might be expecting, He was about 5'2 or something, It'd been a while since he last checked his height, while Lenna, was tall, Not the 7'12 her readers might be expecting as well. She was about 5'7, or Liam had estimated, since she was about almost a 6 inches taller than him.

She tossed the headset on the keyboard, which bashed about a handful few keys to the left side, enough for that to close the site, which lead Liam to open up into an unpleasant scowl, which made Lenna giggle. Ah, he hated that girl so much that sometimes he'd imagine her facing the Lady-In-Power's torture, which was a bad fate for anyone, but the nobles, the ones who'd give the ideas to the Lady-In-Power.

He stomped on her feet, making her wince, and grasped her arm and wringed it. He unclasped her and took his knee to his stomach, which was a popular 'sorry' sign made famous by a few Power's Pawns since they didn't communicate in words that much, only when it was necessary... Mainly because they couldn't hear each other's voice well because of their blood infested masks. He made her believe that he gave up on trying to fight and surrender, then put his knee down and walked towards her, which was gesture of sadness, He let her guard down, and then immediately attacked. He'd strangled her to the floor and placed the same knee he used for sorry on her stomach, and held her non-existent collar and punched her nose and cheeks a few times, while she struggled with him, the others came and tried to peel them away, but Liam shook them off and continued punching Lenna. He had to stop eventually, but he wouldn't do that now, it means having a bigger threat of her bullying Liam more. He had to break any of her bone if he wanted Lenna to shut up.

He stood up, and stomped his leg on her stomach, making her spit out some blood, He didn't care, he wanted revenge. The he bent down,with his knee on her hand. he took her finger and twisted it, he heard a crunch, so he knew that he'd succeeded in breaking Lenna's bones. He was about to give her a final blow, but a 27 note sound appeared from the TV. he knew it was the announcement, he unfastened his grip and walked towards the TV. Blockading it from everyone's view. Guess what,That was an interval. He panted heavily as he started observing the destruction he'd done to Lenna. He saw her writhing in pain while the other's helped her up and started to bandage her bleeding nose, and helping her wash out the blood from her mouth. For a moment, he thought he felt joy of watching Lenna in pain. No, it wasn't him. It was something else impacting his behaviour.