The girls stood quietly in the office lit by a standing lamp. Some girls shivered due to the cold air in the room and some looked scared to the extent they would shit on themselves.
She looked around, not making it obvious by searching with her eyes for crystal the red haired girl.
'Maybe she wasn't selected.' Faith thought and looked around once more. She noticed the guard monalisa whispered too. He was carrying a huge bag.
"Go and take a shower ladies and don't take your old clothes with you... After taking a shower come back here to wear some new clothes we got for you. I worn you! Do not divert from the shower room to anywhere apart from the office. Did I make myself clear!" The huge guard said and dropped the bag on the ground and opened it to reveal its content. Faith could see clothes in them. She hoped to get a warm clothing to wear.
" Move girls, step on it." Monalisa said and grabbed a gun from the office table. She followed the girls into the bathroom armed with a gun and some throwing knives on her waist belt.
"Don't try anything funny, I'm armed girls and I know how to use a weapon." Monalisa said and smirked deviously. Faith stared at her gun in her hands and monalisa winked and smirked at her. Faith looked around the office, trying to keep the image of where she was presently in her head. She counted the steps to the bathroom which was rather a long moment. 'This ship had to be at least 300ft long and 50ft wide, it was massive and spacious with many rooms.' Faith thought said to herself in a whisper. When they finally arrived in the shower room monalisa made them enter it and told them to stick together. Each shower stall had a shower head and toilet in it but there wasn't essentials like soap and toothbrush. Faith switched on the shower by turning the shower knob. She stood under it and relished the feeling of warm water coming out of it. 'At least they had warm water.' she began scrubbing her skin to get some dirt off her skin till she looked a bit presentable. After scrubbing the dirt off her body she stayed under the shower, allowing the water to touch her hair and scalp and enjoyed the feel of warm water against her scalp. 'Who knew when next I would have warm water on my body.' she thought and massaged her scalp.
"Three more minutes and you are out of the shower room." Monalisa said. She decided to braid her dark curls in cornrows of two with the little time left. After braiding her hair she walked out of the shower and straight to the office. All the girls gathered the pieces of clothing thrown on the floor. Some looked for any clothing, others to shield themselves from the cold weather. Faith picked up a faded blue Jean and a long sleeved shirt that was too big for her but it would keep her warm during the unfair weather. She had picked a jean to make running faster for herself. Walking back to her cell with the other girls, she overheard the conversation some of the other people talked about. Seemed like words had gotten out of their departure tomorrow. Most talked about auctioning market which made her uncomfortable. 'Where they going to sell us like slaves?' she thought and kept on walking till she got to her spot. She stared at each faces in the cell room hoping to see crystal amongst any of the people in here but unfortunately she wasn't one of them. She had planned to tell Crystal about her plans to escape and ask if she wanted to help with it and escape with her.
"Piss piss, faith." Faith searches for the voice calling her name. She couldn't really see because the lights in the cell had been turned off.
"Crystal is that you?" Faith said discreetly.
"Yes, I'm behind you, at your left corner." Crystal said hastily. Faith crawled to Crystal, trying her best to be quiet, she didn't want to wake the guards.
"Where were you all day? I have been looking for you.
"I was with a guard." She whispered and looked around her discretely.
"Doing what?" Faith said and raised her brows in shock.
"Trying to get info about what they were going to do to us. Guess what he said!" Crystal said in one breath. Faith stared at Crystal in shock.
"Did you get the info?" faith said, whispering the words in her ear.
"Yeah. They are going to sell some of us tomorrow, a count of thirty six girls. He mentioned something about auctioning if they aren't able to sell all." Crystal said quietly and quickly.
"I have an idea, but I need to know if you want to leave this place." Faith whispered to her. She watched her surrounding like a hawk to see if anyone was eavesdropping.
"Spill it." Crystal said and smiled.
"I was thinking we could escape during the auction or after the ship arrives at the island." Faith said anxiously.
"That's a great Idea but you need to be one of the thirty six girls and I'm not one of them but we could sneak out." Crystal said and began plotting their escape.
"I won't be sneaking out with you because I'm one of the thirty six Girls. Sneaking out is dangerous, maybe you should just wait till you are chosen." Faith said with a frightening look on her face.
"Don't worry, I will be careful." Crystal said with a little smile marring her face. Faith gave her a comforting hug and they snuggled together in their little space, mentally preparing themselves for the first light.