Hostilities

Exiting the bathroom, numerous other girls enter through the door behind me.

“Did everyone decide to go to the bathroom now?” Itona says behind me.

“I just need to sleep. My head still feels weird.” I press my hand against the side of my head, lightly rubbing it.

“I need to speak with that guard again. That camera in the girl's bathroom is unacceptable.”

Itona angrily steps ahead of me, my nerves can feel something is going to go wrong. I got to make sure Itona doesn’t do anything stupid.

Slam

“Oh no, this won’t end well.”

Speed walking behind her, she is already in front of that scary guard.

“Hey! What gives you the right to peep on us girls in the bathroom?!”

A few dozen kids turn around to see Itona, ready with her fists.

“Itona, please calm down.”

I try to pull her back, but she resists.

“Not now Amara, I need some answers as to why this place is peeping on us in the girl's bathroom!”

Everyone begins mumbling, but Itona and I see the guard take out his weird looking gun.

“You’re all here needing help. We need to make sure you don’t hurt yourself or cause trouble.”

Glancing my eyes back down, his finger is on the trigger. Every second of this is making my heart go faster.

“We need privacy in the bathroom! Are you just going to watch us do everything there?!”

“Listen you dumb girl! Our cameras only cover the room, not the damn stalls you go to for your business!” The masked guard presses his gun on Itona’s chest, but he doesn’t pull the trigger.

“I’m only going to say this once, sit back down or you’re going to go into a padded room.”

I place my hand on Itona’s shoulder, already feeling her tense skin as she keeps looking straight at the guard’s face.

“Come one Itona, we can’t do anything about them.”

My fingers feel her shoulder not as hard as it was a moment ago. Slightly pulling her back, Itona turns around and faces away from the guard.

Slam

“Hey! We just came from the bathroom, and you seriously have a camera in there?!”

Everyone, including me, turned to see a boy just as upset as Itona.

“Just sit down! You’re all here under our supervision and must be watched at all times!”

“Screw that! You want to peep at us while we pee?! Has this place lost its damn mind?!”

Pewsh

I couldn’t believe what just happened, all of my focus went to the syringe gun poking through the boy’s skin. The guard has his finger on the pulled trigger, as he lets go, the syringe actually pulls back.

The boy grabs his left hard, he staggers to the floor with his breathing being heard. Rolling his eyes back, he falls back to the floor. Everyone can hear the impact of his body, as if he was a ragdoll.

Holding up his gun, he pulls back the lever on the gun with his thumb, causing the needle to come out full again. Itona and I stand there stunned, along with everyone else complaining. More guards enter the room from the kitchen and stand side by side with their guns.

“For the last time, everyone sits down and gets used to it! Including you girl.” His voice gruffly is heard, but our eyes keep seeing his gun on Itona’s chest again.

Grabbing her side, I made her take a step back. The guard slowly puts away his gun; we just take a moment to step away.

Punch

Turning back around, another boy with spiky black hair threw a punch at the guard.

“Hey!” Another guard immediately grabs the boy and wrestles him to the floor. Others join in to pin him down as he tries to move and hit someone else.

“Get off me!”

They all hold him down, still fighting back but it’s all for nothing.

Pewsh Pewsh

POW

Itona throws a punch at the guard, infuriating him more.

“THAT’S IT! YOU’RE GOING TO A DAMN PADDED ROOM!”

Slap

I don’t know what happened to me just now, but I felt my hand shaking and a sharp pain on it. Looking in front of me, the guard looks at his gun knocked over to the feet of his other allies.

“Both of you…messed up big time.” His calm voice made my heart go into my throat.

Slam

His strength was too much for me to get out of, it felt like his hand was crushing my head.

“Let go of her!”

Slam

Itona herself was wrestled to the ground. Every other guard surrounded us; there was no escape from this place.

“Here, put them to sleep.”

That voice sounds familiar, looking at the feet, she had heels on. Glancing up to her face, it was Doctor Tanaka handing over a syringe gun to the man holding me down.

“Get that gun away from me!”

I yelled so loud, even the other kids at the far end were mumbling at what I just said.

“You are certainly a special case, Amaya. It’s not a gun; it’s an injector full of medicine that will make you and your friend here asleep until you learn how to behave.”

“No! I don’t want any more bad things happening in front of my eyes! Please…ow!”

Pewsh

An incredibly sharp pain was on my throat, making me cry and whimper. I try to turn my head, but the pain gets worse.

“Amaya, you are definitely in need of our help, same with your friend here.”

Pewsh

My eyes can barely be kept open, but I stare at Doctor Tanaka injecting that medicine to Itona. My muscles and body felt so weak, no matter how much I fight it, I just feel sleepy.

“Can someone please help me get away from this place?” I mumbled.

My hearing even gets worse, sounding like multiple people talking out of a single mouth. Seeing nothing but darkness, I just want someone to help me.