Chapter 2
We were all huddled in a corner as the men were holding us at gunpoint. I was huddled in a corner with Alan, his arms wrapped around me trying to comfort and protect. We got separated from the others and are huddled with relative strangers but the fear is there too. They started calling names.
"Ivy Astor! Stand up!" One of them said in a gruff voice it sent shivers through me.
A timid girl with red hair and green eyes slowly stood up and two guys grabbed her by the arms and threw her at the feet of what I assume to be the one in charge. He looked at her and said something to the guards and they hauled her to the left and had her stay there.
"Clive Allen!!" They called up another.
He stood up just as timidly and got the same treatment but he went to the right..
"Talia Brooks!!" They called again.
My eyes widened. She started standing up and they grabbed her arms too. I wanted to get up, stand up and go to her but Alan was holding me back shaking his head. She got thrown in front of the guy and I gave up trying to stand.
She went to the left.
"John Baker!!" They called again.
He stood up just like the rest. He went to the left.
They continued calling out names,"Beatrice Huntington!!" She went to the right.
"Ellis Clive!!" Right.
"Coraline Grimaldi!!" Left.
"Quinn Fletcher!!" Left.
"Marshall Grey!!" Right.
"Ivan Finn!!" Left.
"Ophelia Kit!!" Left.
Opale Vigrass!!" Right.
Slowly they were getting closer and closer to my name.
"Aline Everton!!" They called
I slowly stood up, unhooking Alan's arms from around me and walked up. They grabbed my arms so rough I swear they would bruise. I wanted to cry, this is terrifying. I was thrown to the ground. I didn't look up, I didn't want to. I could hear them faintly say, "left". I was grabbed again and thrown in the left corner. I crawled over to my friends Talia and Ivory. We hugged and went to the corner which was where most people were. No one knew which was the right side to be one and what would happen if you were on the wrong side. Talia was quite too scared to make a sound. Ivory was hugging both of us trying to give comfort.
After a few names Alan's got called, "Allen Gerbert!!"
He slowly walked up and got shoved to the ground. They choose left. He got chucked over with us. I crawled out to meet him and brought him back to the corner we were in. His arms went back around me. Comforting both him and me that we were in this together, still together through the first challenge, not knowing how many more they would be.
More and more slowly trickled in the right side having more than the left. I was getting nervous, what if we were on the wrong side? As the last name was called our fates were sealed.
"Up!! Move!! Move!!" One of them said we all scattered to get up. Alan grabbed my hand and Elizabeth and Athena were hugging each other trying to stay in the middle of the crowd. Me and Alan were towards the back, so I could see what was happening with the right group….They were getting taken outside. I had a terrible feeling but I couldn't look away curiosity eating away at me. Alan noticed and pulled me towards him and put his arm over my shoulder and forcing me to look away.
"Come on, you don't need to see that." Alan whispered to me, I nodded and took his arm from over my shoulder and held his hand instead.
"Boys!! To the left!! Girls to the right!!" The henchmen yelled.
"Alan!!,"I yelled, reaching for him as the two guards were dragging us away from each other.
"Aline!! No!!" Alan yelled, reaching out to me.
"Shut up!!" The guards yelled.
I was still fighting to go to Alan, to stay with him but I was shoved the other way. Elizabeth grabbed me and I cried. Athena came up on the other side of me and hugged me while we kept walking towards a big gray room. This reminded me of a jail, there were a whole bunch of cells in front of us.
"Line up in lines of 5!!" The guard yells.
Me, Athena and Elizabeth all quickly lined up so we stayed together. So we would be staying together, two other girls clearly had the same idea and lined up behind us.
The guards opened the cell doors and pushed us in. The cell was not very large with two doors on the right side and 3 different beds. Two bunk beds and twin size. The bunk beds were on both sides of the room and the twin was right under the window that was barred off.
"Lights out in 10 minutes!!" One of the henchmen yelled.
We all just looked at each other, I sniffed and so did one of the other girls I didn't know. We all slowly went to different beds. I went to the top right bunk bed and saw there was some clothes on there. They were black and were a pullover long sleeve shirt and some black leggings. It was a pretty simple outfit but I did care, I pulled the navy blue blanket over my head so I had some privacy. Once I finished changing, I pulled the covers from my head and layed down and pulled the blankets over me.
I faced the wall and silent tears rolled down my cheeks thinking about everything I have lost in a few hours. I had a pretty normal life going to school with my friends and had a good home life with my mom, dad, my sister Regna and my brother Charles. In a matter of seconds my life got taken away from me. I was taken with my friends and my boyfriend. My boyfriend taken away and my other friends that I don't know where they are. I silently cried to sleep that night.