… What the hell? Communism? Corrupt? I sighed and shook my head. Yeah, he's right, I should have known that would have happened at some point. I mean, the system basically begs to be abused. I thought I could trust the masses by treating it basically as a charity drive, but alas, that isn't what happened. I looked back to Jonny as he stared at me waiting for me to talk. When I did, he jumped a bit and stammered- "OH- Yeah, yeah… That is part of the issue… But there IS more.."
Ah, yeah, that couldn't just be it, I patted Jonny on the head and waved for him to follow me as I walked on the side of The Hall towards the coin storage. "W-well.. People… They noticed that the ones who had coins were taking from the bank, and, well, the people we had volunteered didn't know that, and well, it's kinda a faulty system. Coins can really only be used as food so far, so we don't know why they are stealing.."
I got to the bank and even without the scale, it'd be obvious how much was stolen. Quite a bit, really. I sighed and turned towards the crowd of people. They were all silently staring at me. And were sitting down… What did they want ME to do? I'm a horrible leader, I can't deal with this! I can steal a quote from a movie, but man...
I shook my head and looked back up at the group. I can really only solve this one way, regrettably. Violence. "Alright. I'll give the coin thieves only 10 seconds to show themselves. If not even ONE person steps up as a thief, then… I'll start 'lie detecting'"
I put on the best evil smile towards the crowd and hit my fist to my palm. It appeared to work as intimidation, but nobody seemed to want to step up. I hopped onto the table. Raising my voice confidently as I started counting. "1..."
People flinched at just that number. I knew why they were scared.
"2… You know I'm doing this to HELP the group, right…? 3..."
People still sat in their seats as I slowly passed them. I tried my best to stare everyone in the eye for as long as possible.
"Nobody wants to speak up? Come on… I'll just count to 5, then."
I stopped walking and stood in place, glaring into people's eyes. "4..."
As a moment of silence filled the room, I turned to the cell on my left and squinted. "5.."
As soon as I finished that number, I used all my instantaneous speed, and all my strength and blasted a hole right through the cell wall. It was loud. It sounded like a grenade went off. I was completely unprepared for it, but I kept my hand in the wide opening as I glared through the concrete wall.
The silence continued for merely a moment more before a few people stood up and started openly pleading.
"SIR, I'M SORRY SIR"
"PLEASE FORGIVE ME"
"I-I JUST WANTED TO EAT-"
The one who said that last phrase… I went over to him, a gust of wind following me as I sprinted in front of him. I held his chin in my hand and moved his head up, pulling out my blade slowly as he shook in fear. I stopped for a moment, "Do you promise to never do such a horrible thing? It's not your money, it's for the people. Those who do not get coin prizes, for whatever reason. Has it occurred to you that the people doing hard work for you to have money for the people put their coins in there for a reason? I am the top contributor because I do not wish to eat some days. Thinking of you stealing from the people I sacrifice my life DAILY for makes me sick."
I took out the blade and placed it at his neck. "I do not wish to kill you, but I need to make sure you cannot steal from us again." I was infuriated by this man. Too infuriated. I had no idea what come over me.
"Place your hands on the table."
"Jack.."
The distant voice of Jonny came from behind me as I shoved the thief over onto the table. "Now."
"J-Jack!"
The voice rang again as the thief began crying. What a pitiful man… He placed his hands on the table nervously as I raised the blade, "JACK, STOP" I felt a shove from behind and I was released from my odd trance. Only for a moment, I began to feel horrible, glancing back at Jonny who had merely stopped me only because he hugged me and.. I felt a warm wetness on my shirt as he let out sobs. Was he… crying? My throat got choked up and I set down the blade.
"Sorry. I… Don't ever do that again. It was only a warning, but I'll be serious next time" I said, trying to not let my emotions take control of me as Jonny was still crying on my back. The thief backed away and ran past the others, who turned and looked, before also backing away.
I saw that, and the other emotions on the faces of the people… What happened to me? I face palmed as I felt tears falling down from my eyes.