RUIN

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER TWO

Their looks were murderous as he was thrown in their midst, the guard simultaneously spat shutting the door behind him quickly, some of the boys scrambled to the door banging upon it furiously,Stod quickly crawled to a corner, the last thing he wanted was attention and that was inevitably what he would get if he remained positioned in the center “Good call pal” he turned to see another boy curled up at the corner, Stod assessed the face, it seemed cheerful and the aura around it was trustworthy enough “Good thing you’re trying to hide…, I was the last to arrive before you..." he paused " I'm number 199 …” he leaned nearer and whispered “These boys nearly ate me” Stod gasped, the boy chuckled “I kid pal, I kid” he smirked patting Stod playfully “Though …we have been starved for a couple of days" Stod musingly looked around him, the cellar was very dusty and cramped and hay adorned the floor, the faces around him were very unfriendly and obscure, and the only smiling was the one beside him, number 199 cheerily grinned even more broadly, “It’s much funny cause they oughta fatten us up since they want to use us as food” he giggled Stod curled up, sadness a mask on his facial expression, "Is this funny to you?" he asked bitterly, 199 chuckled "Not even a bit... it's just that...I'm trying to accept my fate cause you see...it's just It’s our destiny pal…this is where it all ends for folks like us” Stod turned to see the boy melancholy as well, his deep red eyes were teary as he ruffled his cedar brun hair meditatively “anyway…I guess safe to say we will NEVER be hungry afta tomorrow” Stod shook his head “So long as there's life, there’s hope t’live” he stated simply “Watcha say?!!!!!” Stod turned sharply to meet the sharp glare of one of the many unfriendly faces “I don’t know watcha tryna do but lemme advice a loser like you to know the place ya in right now, your words ain't gonna do anything to help our situation” Stod frowned “The name’s Stod Yaruki, and I never said a thing to ya…so minda business pal” the boy stood up “Tryna gi’yourself false hope maybe I should kill you before tomorrow” Stod stood up as well sizing the guy up, number 199 tried to hold Stod back “He ain’t worth’ya time pal” he looked deep into Stod’s eyes, a warning his message, Stod nodded as he almost sat back down when he was interrupted by a face-wracking punch “No one says s**t to me and gets away” Stod was thrown aback from the surprise attack, the left side of his lip began to bleed, he gritted his teeth, glaringly as he rushed to return the attack, suddenly the door was barged open as a couple of guards filed in and impromptly dragged the boys out “Hey ya finally gonna feed us?!!” a couple of the boys screamed “Yep right afta’marking you” Stod pondered as he struggled to let himself free of the guard’s grip “Mark us?”