sunken black eyes all already turned.
“What in hell?” Marino asked as he got a radio out of his pocket and hollered urgently some orders. I looked at Jeremy and he nudges his shoulders upward as the first of seventeen looked up.
“Please let us out.” said one of them.
“We are hungry.” said another
I could not believe my eyes, was Alex building an army? Or was he only playing with us. Some men brought Alex still in the cage growling, hitting the bars hard and the cage creeks and jerks with every hit.
“What are you planning?” asked Marino firmly to Alex.
“Her death.” He said pointing at me.
“Why?”
“You are the cause of all this” he said growling baring his teeth. The anger in him so intense that you could even smell the faint desperation he had and the same metallic smell arouse stronger now. Max looked at him with concern eyes and sadness.
“Alex, Miss Sara is not the bad person here.” He said standing at my side.
“Yes she is. She has you under her spell Max. After all we have been through you still are a naïve little boy. Don’t you remember what I told you?”
“I do remember Alex; I do, but see here , Miss Sara is the first, as you said earlier she should be considered our mother of some sorts.”
“No I’m not.” I said twisting my head t owards Max. My hair flew up as the wind picked up, I thought on getting it short again.
“Max, you insane little bastard aren’t you, I bet you want to fuck her too.”
“That is sick Alex, didn’t you hear what I said.”
“I did, still it makes no sense to me,” he said as he threw himself again at the cage, it rattled and I could see some bars loosening.
“Be mindful this stupid contraption of yours won’t hold me for long.” He said as he threw himself to the bars.
Marino took the Taser again changing the yellow cartridge and shooting at Alex one more time. He screams as his body twisted and jerks again this time he falls to bottom of his cage and started laughing.
“You are next boss.” He said
“Boss?”
“Don’t listen to him.” Marino said as he changed the cartridge again.
“I did not escape the lab two years ago he let me out to find you.” He said with a smile on his face.
“Marino?” I asked
“That’s a lie!” he screamed back at him.
“Whether it’s a lie or not, what are you going to do to Alex now?” I asked
“None of your fucking business, as of now, you’re free to go, but Max has to come with us.” Marino said and Max bare teeth and growled.
“I’m not leaving Miss Sara alone.”
Jeremy walked to Marino’s side and whi spered something to his ear. “Fine,” he said and glared at Jeremy. “You get full responsibility of their outcome, understood,” and tapped Jeremy’s cheek with force that let him a red mark on it, he looked down with a sad face.
As Jeremy nodded his head to Marino he let out a grunt and walked towards us as they took Alex and the cage away. Three men appeared behind the cage all bearing AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifles in hands and they stood at the edge of the hole where the seventeen were, they started shooting randomly at each one. Agonizing screams were herd as bullets tore through every muscle of their decaying bodies. I knew they did not feel a thing, but the image they were seeing as fellows around them dropped dead with their heads open. The screams were not of pain, but from the feeling of fear as their decrepit life’s ended, I knew some were glad of such suffering ending, others not so much. I could not bear witness to such event and I started walking away, Max at my side and the sound of the shoots echoing at my back. He holds my hand and squeezed a little I looked at him as tears started falling from my eyes. Even the dead have feelings, you know. I thought to myself as I put my hand to my silent heart and all I wanted at that time was to feel a beat, feel the pumping of blood in my veins as all living creatures have, and I did not. Max
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