"I'm sorry…WHAT!." the warden raised his pitch as he concluded his statement.
"I said I'll be happy to kill the creature for you if you granted me my freedom."
"I'm sorry but that is beyond reason,we are already doing you a huge favour by keeping your sorry ass alive."
For the first time ever,Matthew was seeing the warden in a frustrated state.
Matthew had gotten used to him being so jovial,that he thought he was currently looking at another man.
"You made a deal to complete quests and assignments for us,as long as we continued to keep you alive."
"Yeah well,that was when the mission didn't involve the supernatural."
"The dude on the footage,might even be human,we could be misreading it."
"Seriously ,Csn a human move at that speed or possess teeth as sharp as that?"
"Still it doesn't matter,you can't go back on your word."
"I don't remember ever signing a contract."
Matthew then stands from the seat and begins to excuse himself from the room.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm leaving,it's clear that you don't have anything else to say,so I'll be taking my leave now."
"Listen!"
"No you listen!,if you guys want me to do this,then I want my freedom …I want my liberty,else you guys better kill me right now."
Matthew then walks out confidently,he knew that this was a risky move.
He could tell that this was a highly dangerous errand,the most dangerous one he'd ever been asked of.
Matthew could also tell that this was highly important to the government,because as the Warden said;
"This is confidential."
Matthew could understand that this was of grave importance to them and yet posed a great danger,but he knew that they'd have most definitely tried to achieve their goals, whether indirectly or directly.
The fact that they had asked for the help of an inmate of Blackwood Penitentiary implied that they had done all that they could.
They didn't even come for any random inmate but rather came from him(Mathew).To Mathew;this was an indication that the mission was likely to get any regular person killed.
From what Matthew watched on the footage,he could tell that this was most likely the case.
He decided that he'd try his luck,he'd test just how desperate the government are and see just what he can gain from them but he knows that he has to be careful,one wrong move and they might just kill him.
The door to the Warden's office was left wide open by Matthew when he left.One of the officers attempted to use the opened door to enter the office and speak to the Warden.
"No!,please leave me alone for now and lock the door."
Upon hearing the command,the officer obeyed without question.
The Warden began to rub his forehead,he was actively thinking about something.
After a few minutes of pondering,he eventually lets out a large groan and rests his back on his chair,releasing the tension he was feeling.
After taking two long deep breaths he decided on his next move.
"I guess I'll have to inform him then."
The Warden pulled out a phone and began to dial a number.
(I know many of you may ask how he is calling someone underwater but try to think past that,let's just say they found a way to be able to.)
• ——————————————————- •
Pluck! Pluck! Pluck!
Matthew and some other gang of inmates were plucking out weeds they grew on the grassy soccer pitch.
There were 12 pitches and five people each were assigned areas on the pitch to weed out.
There were numerous chores to which prisoners were randomly assigned within Blackwood,most of these chores were pointless and only existed to punish the inmates.
Whereas most prisons focused on rehabilitation,Blackwood Penitentiary focused mainly on punishing its prisoners.
This was done so as to make inmates wish for freedom and therefore enjoy the little amount of freedom they gain from going on missions,thus making them accept missions more.
Matthew has lent that if you just do what they ask for you with no questions the you can have a relatively free life in the prison and that's what he has been doing since.
For this reason he never tried to escape,plus he believed that trying to do so was futile,but freedom had always been on the back of his mind and he was waiting to seize the opportunity .
The soccer field (the place he was uprooting the weeds from) did not even belong to the prisoners but was a private area of recreation for the officers and other employees of the prison.
He was focus on weeding the pitch so as to get to his cell and go to bed.
He was hoping to be able to focus but the universe sent an agent of distraction right to his doorstep.
"Hey Matthew"
Matthew looked at the direction that the familiar voice came from and noticed Lina coming towards him.
He looked at her in the eyes for a split second before returning to his chore.
"Harsh,you could at least say hello back."
"Hello"replied Matthew with close to no enthusiasm whatsoever,which of course was noticed by Lina.
"You've cleared quite an area Matthew I've been watching,shouldn't you take a break?"
"I'll take a break once I'm finished."
"Why not now?"
"Because I'm not done."
"Alright if you say so."
Lina just stood there and watched Matthew work.
At first she appeared to be watching with a deep interest in it but eventually realised that it was actually tremendously boring.
To forget about her boredom,she began humming a melody.
Lina had a good sense of rhythm,she was a talented singer and dancer and was of course skilled at humming.
As she hummed the tune,Matthew promptly froze and stopped plucking weeds for a few seconds.
Lina noticed the sudden development,and stopped humming her tune,so as to allow her to question Matthew.
"What happened?"
"Nothing it's just that my mom always hummed that to me when I was young."
"Really?,she hummed this exact tune?"
"Yep,I can never forget it"
Matthew then began to hum the tune as he plucked the weeds,with memories of his past times spent with his mom flashing through his brain.
Lina then began to follow his lead and hummed the tune,and just like that they were humming in unison.
Before Matthew knew it,he was done with the weeds.
"So what are you going to do now Matthew?"
"I'm gonna take a well deserved nap on my bed."
"What!"
"I'm sorry,did I say anything wrong?"
"No it's just,it's barely late and we are still yet to eat dinner."
"We'll it's not like it's a necessity to eat every serving of food in this prison."
"Yeah but if I remember clearly you did not even get to finish your lunch."
"Yeah that was pretty saddening."
"What that's all you're gonna say?"
"Yeah there is nothing else that needs to be said,…actually may I ask a question?"
"Sure ask away."
"Why were you on the field?"
"I was actually given the exact same chore as yours,what a coincidence right?"
"I guess."
"Well anyways,I had only just finished and was prepared to leave when I saw you get on the pitch,so I decided to stay."
"You had only just finished plucking the weeds."
"Yep"
Matthew remembered that there were still people catering for their own sides of the pitch while he got there,and yet he finished before them.
Matthew was bewildered at how slow they were,and hearing that Lina had only just finished gave him a rough estimate of how long it took her and he felt she was way too slow.
The thing that Matthew was not aware of was that they weren't slow,but rather he was too fast.
As Matthew and Lina continued to walk together,they realised that they were about to enter the main areas of the prison(where the cells were located).
Opposite sex weren't allowed ti be seen together within the main areas of the prisoner,and so Matthew and Lina knew that this was the point in which they split up.
"Bye" said Lina cheerfully ,not really expecting a reply from Matthew.
Just as Lina guessed,Matthew didn't respond and began to make his way to the male quarters.
As matthew attempted to leave,his left arm was held back by the right hand of Lina.
For a lady,she had an extremely firm group,Matthew was not going to be able to break the hold with much ease.
Though Matthew was aware that the grip was strong,he still attempted to pull out of it but as he attempted,Lina wrapped her left hand around his arm to help tighten the hold.
Matthew was impressed she held him by the arm and not the hand,therefore restricting his ability to pull out of her hold.
"Alright can you please leave me alone,if this is about me not replying you then ,Goodbye I hope I never see you again. "
"No it's not that."
"We'll then what is it?"
"Since I answered a question from you,I want you to answer a question from me."
"Do you promise to let me go,if I do?"
"Only if you promise to answer truthfully."
"Okay sure,ask me anything."
"Great…What did the warden tell you."