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Nat and White are perhaps described a little too detailed here, as the story developed they became more and more unimportant, because I really needed to concentrate on the main characters more, but since I already wrote the descriptions earlier (they are from the original plot before i changed and rewrote it all) i didn't really want to take them out of the text now.... so you get an idea of how they would be if I hadn't have deleted all their parts haha ^__^ maybe one of them will reappear in one of my future stories, well who knows... ^^
enjoy...
(…12…)
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We are in the hall in front of my previous cell.
It’s Nr. 78.
To the left and to the right the row of cells continues stretching out endlessly. There are two of my cellmates inside.
–I haven’t seen my brothers for such a long time –
Suddenly one of them looks up straight into my eyes.
Nat has always been very silent, stealthy observing the things that happened around him without being noticed… always wide awake, waiting for a chance to escape.
In the beginning everyone thought he was mute, that’s why Nat was one of the rare Mudokons who where more often working as a Scrub than as a test subject. Nowadays he knows a lot about the whole lab, how it’s built, where there are good places and times to escape, and there are even rumors (because he never talks about it himself) that in the times when he disappears, he is somewhere at the outside, but whether you believe the rumor or not he always returned after a short while again.
The other one of them is either asleep or unconscious, he has dark circles under his eyes and his skin is very pale, that’s why we call him White.
White spends a lot of time at the Labs and gave it up to even think of escaping, but he likes to steal things like medicine which he trades in for better food with a BigBro known as Darko. So he’s quite skilled in bargaining stealing and also has some connections to Sligs.
Nat is leaning backwards and almost disappears in the shadows still looking at me. He has a graze on his cheeck from the shot that Ed had fired.
-Seeing him reacting like that makes me once again more conscious of who I am now.
Automatically I turn to the voice lock and open the cell door letting 01 enter without saying anything more and close it again.
It’s strange to counter your best friends while being their greatest enemy. It makes you forget where you are and what you’re doing…
Sorrowful I glance to the ground taking out a cigarette realizing that I don’t even have a lighter. I sigh and put back the cigarette. –strange, I never thought I would even start smoking.
The feeling of being watched returns- but this time it feels a lot more intense so I look up but I can’t see anyone else than the four of us and some Mudokons resting in the cages further away from us.
“Hey Sabie, are you ok? –I don’t know what it is but you look weird. I haven’t seen ya for ages… what did happen to your shoulder? –Can’t you move your arm anymore?”
I twitch slightly as I hear my name. And then again as I hear that he can’t move his arm- MY ARM – anymore! But White is of course not talking to me but to the impassive 01 while Nat disappears in the shadows completely as if sensing some danger that hasn’t arrived yet.
I realize that I’m standing in front of the cage obviously listening to their talk, but I don’t really feel like going so I pretend to search a lighter in my pocket- which I know is dumb. But they probably assume that I’m just a dumb noob waiting for someone to tell me what to do.
“You cowardly Scrubs make me sick! Do you always act like that when a Slig shows up?!” 01 suddenly exclaims. “We could be free!”
Again I take out the packet of cigarettes and some other stuff that is in my pocket. "Darn..."
Suddenly Tjired leans against the cage bars. He lights his lighter eying them and then throwing a suspicious glance at me.
I almost drop the things from my hands. How could I forget about him?
“–Didn’t I tell you to mind your own fkrzzin business?! Why do you care so much if it’s one Mud less or more? You get your payment without me as well!” 01 growls and slumps down to the ground, not sharing his cellmates Slig-phobia.
“Who is this mud?” Tjired asks, it's the first time he talks to me in a language that i understand.
*** to be continued...
13 is a little short... I'll try to make it longer ^^