Without further ado, here's the concluding part of the food hall scene.
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Chapter 13: KnifePoint
Sammy held up his dinner tray at the last moment, the shiv sunk about halfway through the tray before stopping, the noise made everyone around him jump, some of the Sligs yelled in surprise and started running around in panic. Sammy gulped and put his head near the table, giving a slight whimper, thanking his lucky stars that he was still alive.
Flek and the other red cappers were now forming a tight circle around Scraper. Flek gave Scraper a good hard whack over the head with his baton, "I see you haven't finished your food. No-one leaves the food hall without finishing their food... except you, you jerk. Come on, solidary confinement for you now pal".
Scraper smiled and followed the red cappers, "Whatever you say boss...". Rook saw something that no-one else had noticed, Scraper was moving his hand slowly towards Flek's pistol, a few moments later and Scraper would have an opportunity to attack, it seems that nobody had noticed this. Rook ran behind Scraper, put his baton to the back of Scraper's head and yelled, "Hold it right there! Don't move a muscle!". Scraper stopped moving his hand, a shocked expression on his face at the audacity of the young newbie. Flek moved out of the way, looking at Rook. Flek then noticed what Scraper tried to grab, "Thanks Rook, alright then Scraper... have it your way, now it's a double solidary for you, you can forget today's supper as well. Take him away!".
Scraper growled as the red cappers dragged him away to a special cell, Scraper snarled at them but the guards simply whacked him a few times with their batons. Scraper then became silent and was marched to the cell. Flek put his hand on Rook's shoulder. "I knew it was a good idea to bring you up the right way. Come on, I'll buy you a drink". Rook smiled, it seemed that being accepted in Keeya Prison wasn't that hard. Not many newbies manage to strike fear into convicts on their first day!
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