The human mind is naturally curious, always wanting to gain new information,but that habit can land you in trouble.
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"Why do you wanna know that."
"Aren't I allowed to ask questions anymore?"
"You are,but certainly not on confidential topics."
"Oh!,I didn't know it was so top secret."
"Better,Now if you would please let me go I'll be leaving."
Lina decided to let go of his arm,hence freeing him from her hold.
Matthew than decides to to walk away,but is once again held back by Lina,and in the exact same position.
"Why did you hold me again?"
"I'm sorry but knowing that the thing is confidential,only makes me even more curious."
Matthew then began to reason inwardly why he didn't want to tell her.
In all actuality,he didn't really care about the task being confidential.The only reason he didn't want to relay the information to Lina was mainly because he wanted to go back to bed.
Matthew was aware that if he told Lina,she would most likely not let him go to his cell,but would instead keep on bombarding him with questions about the creature and the other aspects of the mission.
After a while of listening to the begging of Lina,Matthew decided that his reason for not telling her is occurring for not telling her.
He realized that the curiosity of Lina was going to make her to bombard him with questions,whether or not he tells her.
He eventually decides that he would tell her quickly,so this could be over.
"Fine I'll tell you!"
"Yay!"Lina jumps in excitement,making her two jugs bounce up and down.
"Okay so basically I have been requesting to go on a mission."
"Really?,that's so cool, what is it?"
"Well they sent me to -"
"Hey!,what are you two doing over there."
Matthew was caught off by the scream of a deep voice.The voice belonged to an officer who didn't seem to pleased.
"Why are you guys here,if your done with your chores,you should head to your cells,and await further instructions."
The two prisoners were standing right beside a gap.
The gap was basically the size of two regular doorways,allowing people to passs through feely.
There wasn't a door in place as there wasn't anything worth protecting.
The gap was the entrance to the prison cells(females on the left,males on the right).
The room was actually just a huge cube with four doors(one on each side of the room)
The doors were;The gap to enter the room,the iron door leading to the male prison quarters,the iron door leading to the female prison quarters,then finally the iron door leading to the quarters for the prison's employees.
The fact that Matthew and Lina were both standing in the gap together was basically taboo,they should'nt have been this close to the cells whilst still holding eachother.
"Now's she done it" murmured Matthew.
Matthew could tell that he was gonna land in trouble,most especially because the officer in front of them was an officer who didn't particularly like him:Dean Johnson.
Dean was the officer assigned to Mathew,he was the one who had been flogging Matthew earlier.
All prisoners within Blackwood Penitentiary was assigned to a particular officers.
All officers within the prison were the best of the best,all being highly successful soldiers whose skills in chaotic situations like wars,are being put to use in this prison,some of the officers were even former FBI agents.
Dean Johnson was no different,he was a foot soldier for 10 years before he joined the C.I.A for a spell of 7 years.
Dean was assigned to Blackwood Penitentiary because of Matthew,he was one of the few people in the world,that the US government thought could handle the demon in the shadows,but of course not alone.
"Why are you guys still together,aren't you aware it is prohibited ."
"Listen Dean,we've known each other for a quite a while,can't we just let this slide?"
"Listen here Matthew,I don't think you understand,we aren't friends,and we never will be!"
Matthew decided that trying to reason things with Dean was useless,and so he decided to endure whatever comes next.
The officers were allowed to punish the prisoners when they broke the rules.They were even allowed to punish them without permission from anyone as long as the prisoner had indeed broken the rules.
Most Prisoners thought this was probably done to make them respect officers a lot more,but Matthew knew in all honesty it was just another way of mistreating the Prisoners,making them want to leave the confinements of the Prison,even if it was just for an hour on a life threatening quest.
"Alright so which one of the many punishments is befitting you."
Dean was talking directly to Matthew,he did not seem to have any intention of punishing Lina,he was instead focused on Mathew,and was sadistically looking at him.
"Hey that's not fair,I'm the one who was holding his arm,I should be the one getting punished."
Matthew honestly didn't care if he got punished and Lina didn't,he'd honestly gotten use to being punished,and he wasn't active enough emotionally to get angry that he was punished for someone's else shake,hence he also didn't care that Lina was interfering with he and Dean.
"Don't worry pretty lady,you'll get a special punishment." Dean said with a wide grin.
Dean then signaled for Matthew to come with him,and he did leaving Lina where she stood.
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"So are you gonna whip me again,or send me to detention."
"Oh no,You're getting way too used to those punishments,they don't seem to leave an infect on you,but don't worry,a new torture method,I mean punishment was established in the prison today,it's still in the testing phase but I think you'll make the perfect lab rat."
The two of them stopped walking once they arrived at a huge circular metal door.
Dean placed the whole of his left hand on a fingerprint scanner and watched as the door opened up.
Dean motioned for Matthew to pass through the door,which Matthew does with no complaint.
The room was mostly made of metal,with numerous air vents.
As Matthew got into the room.Dean pulled a level from the outside and caused the air vents to blow extremely cold air,hence lowering down the room's temperature to -20 degree Celsius.
"Hope you enjoy yourself" Dean says with a satisfied grin and walked away leaving Matthew to suffer the cold"
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Matthew Thad been within the ice chamber for two days straight,the place was not only cold but was also very dark.
Ice particles could be seen forming on Matthew's black hair,and his body was shivering like crazy.
Out of all the punishments that the Prison had formulated,this was most definitely the cruelest of them all.
Matthew's body was in horrible condition,he was most likely on his way to his grave but his facial expression was as calm,cool and relaxed as ever even thought he was not relaxed in the slightest.
Without warning,a bright ray of light escaped into the chamber and landed on his eyes,causing him to feel a born on his retina as he had been in darkness for so long.
The ray of light began as a small beam radiating from a small hole,into a large array of light rushing through a huge light source.
The source of light was due to the circular door opening up,allowing for light to pass through it.
Matthew looked up and realized that he could only see the silhouette of the person but after hearing the person's voice he knew who it was;It was Dean.
"Alright that's enough,I'd love to keep you here longer but you would most likely die."
Dean took Matthew to the shower room,where he bathed with steaming water to relieve himself of the cold.
Next he went to the cafeteria to eat for the first time in a while,it was 9pm and so it was after curfew(8:30pm) so no inmate was outside right now.
After eating Matthew was taken to his cell by Dean which was isolated from other cells in the prison.
On the way to the prison,Dean told Matthew something he wasn't expecting.
"Oh yeah,a new inmate was recently acquitted,you guys are gonna be Cell-mates."
This shocked Matthew because he had been in the Cell on his own for quite a while on his own.
Most Cells were shared between two to four people but Matthew had always been on his own,as most inmates didn't wanna stay with him and the Government didn't wanna keep anyone with Matthew.
Due to this Matthew was excited to see who his roommate was gonna be,though he hid his excitement.
He wanted to see who the US government are okay with him staying with.
As Matthew was put into his Cell by Dean,he saw his Cell-mate standing only three meters away from him.
"So you're the Demon in the shadows,I have to say you don't look anything like I thought you would…but nonetheless if you're as scary as they say,then this is gonna be fun."
Before Matthew could reply to those strange words,his Cell-mate had already scaled the entire length of the Cell and was attempting to kick him.
"Die!!!"