So, this has fallen asleep for a while... Whee, my fingers hurt...
He opened a steelgate and pushed us in. I saw muds and sligs walking around on the quite big field. Probably slaves. The sky was a bit misty by the smoke and there was a few fires. I didn't understand how the bodies came there in the first place, if no one dared to face the world. I suspected that was a mystery to us all. We just stood there for a while. No matter how hard I looked, I couldn't see any fence on the other side of the yard. I saw a big building a few metres away from the fence. Probably was the big guys in there discussing bussiness. The slig gave me a small push in my chest. I looked at him, not expecting anything but empty threats. He looked at me, I guess he didn't expect anything but silly tries to be tough. He pointed at the fence.
"Go over there and get out of those pants." he said. I gave him a curious look.
"What?"
He gave me a hard hit in my face. For two seconds I wanted to fight back, but then I simply went to the place he wanted me to go to. I disconnetced the pants and stood on the ground, waiting for the next order. The slig went to a slave on the field that was busy with putting fuel on a fire. The slave turned around and exchanged a few words with the slig. I looked on Orion, Gaia and Tammer. Orion had laid his arm around Gaia's shoulders in a clumsy attempt to comfort her and Tammer was staring down in the ground, appareantly breathing heavily.
"Hello, little." I heard someone say. I didn't even get to turn my face up and look at the talker before I was lifted by two big hands. Like a small child. I looked on the mudokon that held me. He looked quite nice, but according to what I had been through, I decided not to trust him.
"Sorry 'bout this, but I don't want to get punished for not doing as people tells me to." the mud said. I watched the slig lead Tammer, Orion and Gaia to a door in the building. They disappeared behind the door. I sighed and decided to have a small chat with the slave.
"So who are you? You've got a name, don't you?" I said.
"Uuhm... Well, my name is Turdus, if you're interested. And your's?"
"Let's just say Gold. Anyway, why do you have to stand here and hold me like a child? I guess you have work to do."
The mudokon got a asking look on his face.
"He told me to guard you while he got something. Perhaps promotion, what do I know. I like yer mask, by the way. Must have been expensive to paint it."
"Paint..." I mumbled.
"Alright, you can let him down." I heard the slig say again. The mudokon shrugged, put me on the ground and went back to work. The slig put a rope around my neck and tied the other end to a pole in the fence. I stared at him, confused. He grinned at me.
"It's for the good of us all except you." he said and walked away. I looked at the door for a while, hoping that one of my friends would come out.
No one did.
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