Lawless

by Jai Williams

  “Holy fuck. We hit the jackpot. Fuckin’ dumb cunts, what kind of people leave their armoury unattended?” said one of Dwayne’s men.

  “Okay, put as much of this shit as you can in your bags. We’ll come back for the rest when we take over this place,” said one of Dwayne’s men, so they all grabbed as many guns and ammunition as they could and tucked them away in their bags they were carrying. The last group of men headed to the med bay tents and in a fast pace, five men went to each tent and entered. They killed whoever was in there, which was a doctor, nurse and a patient in both tents, so it wasn’t difficult to kill them all without them alerting anyone. The men that were flattening the tires of the vehicles headed to Captain Harris’s tent next and there was no one in there at all, so they looked around for things that would be of some use to them like guns and ammunition. They walked over to a table that had a map on it with Dwayne’s location circled on it and one of the men laughed.

  “Ha-ha, fuckin’ idiots. If only they knew how stupid they were, walking into a trap while leaving their base unattended, ha-ha,” he said, smiling.

  “Well, let’s get this over and done with, so we can head back to watching brutal fights and having sex,” said one of Dwayne’s men. The three groups joined back together to report what they found and took. One group told them about the medicine they found, another told them about the weapons they found, which was the more exciting one, and the other group told them they found only a couple of useful things.

  “Okay, that big tent with lots of noise coming from it; I would assume that that’s where they eat. And there’s a lotta other tents behind the med tents, so I guess we take the smaller tents one by one first, then we head to the bigger tent. Unless someone’s got a better idea,” said one of Dwayne’s men.

  “Nope. That sounds like a good idea, but remember Dwayne told us specifically to capture the women and some men that don’t fire back at us. So, kill everyone else and it doesn’t matter if it’s a child because Dwayne doesn’t want children in his stadium. Okay, let’s do this,” said one of Dwayne’s men. They headed to the right of the med bay tents and went to the back of them near the front of the sleeping tents.

  “Okay, we’ll take two at a time. So, we split up into two groups,” whispered one of Dwayne’s men, so they did exactly what the guy told them, and headed off into the tents. The first group headed into the closest tent to them and the second group headed into the tent next to that one. The first group headed into the first tent and they saw that there were men and women just sleeping; there was no one up. So, they stealthily looked at each man and woman sleeping to see if they looked like they would be a solider that would kill them. Unfortunately, for the second group of Dwayne’s men, they encountered soldiers that were up and they opened fire on each other, and the noise of the soldiers’ guns alerted everyone else. Everyone sleeping woke up and the men and women in the first tent that Dwayne’s men were in, screamed when they saw the armed men standing over them, so Dwayne’s men knocked them all to the ground without harming them. All the soldiers from the dining tent grabbed their guns they always carried with them and headed towards the noise to see what was going on. They headed towards the gunfire, a few men got shot and died and a few just got injured but they kept fighting back. Some soldiers helped the men, women and children get out of the crossfire and headed to the vehicles but they saw that the tires were flat so their plan to drive away backfired. Some of Dwayne’s men saw those trying to escape and shot at them.

  “GET TO COVER!” yelled some of the soldiers, so they took cover behind the vehicles and the soldiers fired back. It was just back and forth gunfire. No one was getting shot at, but one of Dwayne’s men pulled out a RPG he strapped to his bag.

  “Get back,” he said to all of Dwayne’s men near him.

  “Fuck yeah. That’s what I’m talking about,” replied one of Dwayne’s men with a surprised look on his face. The guy aimed the RPG at the vehicles and the soldiers saw it.

  “SHIT! GET TO THE TENT!” yelled the soldiers, so they ran to the tent but the guy shot the RPG and there was a massive explosion that set off a chain reaction of explosions to each vehicle, so unfortunately not everyone who was in that area got to the tent safely; only a few got in on time. Most were killed in the explosion, some had major injuries and others were burning to death, screaming out their pain. It was horrible to watch but Dwayne’s men didn’t care. The guy who shot the RPG reloaded it and shot it at the tent that some of the men, women and children ran into and the tent blew up and lit up in flames and those inside didn’t survive;, they just burnt to death. Dwayne’s men continued shooting at the soldiers. Walls and tents were being destroyed in the fight; it was horrible.

  As for Dave, Finn, Alice, John and the three kids, they were away from the horror; they were behind the shower and toilet building. “Okay, there’s a hole in the wall over there. I want all of you to escape through that and get as far away from here as you can,” said Dave demandingly

  “You’re not coming?” asked Finn.

  “I have to help. I can’t stand by and watch these monsters destroy this place,” replied Dave.

  “Well, me too. I’m staying. I have to help. I don’t want to see this place destroyed, not after the Captain helped us and brought us back here. And when they return I don’t want them to see this place burned to ashes,” said Finn.

  Alice grabbed Finn’s shoulder and pulled him towards her and gave Finn a worried look. “What? No. Y-you’re coming with us. So, come on,” she said.

  “I’m sorry, Alice, but I can’t run away anymore from stuff like this; it’s not right. I don’t want to be weak anymore. I want to be strong and to do that, I have do things like this. So, I hope you understand,” said Finn.

  Alice’s eyes teared up. “If you stay, I stay. We’re not splitting, not now, not ever,” she said.

  “That’s crazy. You should go,” replied Finn.

  “No, you’re being crazy, so I’m just copying you,” replied Alice. Alice turned to her grandfather. “Please take the children and run. Get out of here. We’ll be with you soon,” she said, trying to hide her fear with a smile.

  “No, you’re coming with us,” said John.

  “No, I’m not a kid anymore. I can do this. So, please get out of here and keep you and those kids safe,” replied Alice. Alice hugged John, and John and the three kids ran and headed out a hole in the wall and left the base.

  Some of Dwayne’s men tied up the women and some men to the beds so they couldn’t run away. Some of Dwayne’s men headed into the shower blocks. The bunch of Dwayne’s men that headed into the ladies shower block shot at the ceiling and all the women screamed and crouched on the floor. The shower and toilet room was quite large. There were ten showers and ten toilets, as well as a sink area. The showers were all next to each other, they had large doors so you couldn’t see over, and the toilets were just cubicles. Dwayne’s men kicked the doors down that were locked and scared the women in them. The women screamed for help but there was none. They were naked, crouched on the ground and fearing for their lives. Dwayne’s men told them to put their clothes on and they pushed them out and tied them to the beds they tied the others to and the same was done to the men in the men’s shower block.

  Two of Dwayne’s men headed to the back of the shower blocks and saw Dave, Finn and Alice standing there, so they aimed their guns at them. “Put your hands up and don’t move,” said one of Dwayne’s men, so Dave, Finn and Alice did exactly what Dwayne’s men said and when the two of Dwayne’s men got close, Dave pushed one of the guys’ guns to the side and ripped it out of his hands. He quickly turned the gun around and shot the two men before the other armed man could shoot him.

  “Holy shit, that was close,” said Finn with relief.

  “Yeah, it was. Pick up the other gun. Let’s end this madness,” replied Dave, so Finn picked up the gun from the dead man and Finn and Alice followed Dave. They got around to the corner on the side close to th
e dinning tent and Dave took a peek to see if it was clear but he saw men shooting soldiers and tearing down the dining tent. Dave turned back to Finn and Alice.

  “I don’t think we should go this way. Let’s head the other way,” he said, so they headed the other way but before they could reach the other end of the building some of Dwayne’s men came around the corner and spotted them.

  “STOP AND DROP YOUR GUNS!” yelled one of Dwayne’s men, but they didn’t obey; they turned around and ran the way they came but a couple more of Dwayne’s men turned the corner and spotted them. They were outnumbered.

  “Drop your guns and put your hands up,” said one of Dwayne’s men.

  “I bet we could kill a few of them,” whispered Dave.

  “Yeah, but what then? They will just kill us, so it’s not worth it. Let’s just drop the guns; we’re outnumbered,” replied Finn, so they dropped their guns and held their hands up and three of Dwayne’s men approached them and tied their hands together.

  “Well, aren’t you a babe. Dwayne’s gonna have fun with you,” said the man who was tying up Alice’s hands.

  “You don’t touch her,” said Finn as he was trying to resist getting tied up. The guy trying to tie up Finn punched Finn to stop him from resisting.

  “Well, aren’t you a fighter. I’m guessing that’s your girl. Well, let me tell you this, before Dwayne does: she’s not your girl anymore; she’s Dwayne’s slave – well, to put it more specifically, sex slave. So, say bye-bye to that pussy because all you’re going to get is um, well, whatever Dwayne decides. So, boo hoo, fuck you,” said the guy tying up Finn.

  All the soldiers in the base were killed. Dave, Finn and Alice were pushed through the base or what was left of it. The base was no longer the safe and friendly place they remembered it as; the tents were all destroyed and on fire, men, women and children were dead everywhere. It was horrible. When Alice saw the dead children, she started crying.

  “Y-you guys are monsters,” she said trembling with fear. The guy pushing Alice laughed.

  “Ha-ha, monsters – no, we work for a monster and if you think we are monsters, then I have no idea what you’ll think of Dwayne. He’s probably the devil to you,” he said.

  Some of Dwayne’s men were killed in the fight but their sacrifice wouldn’t go unnoticed. Some of Dwayne’s men ran to get the vehicles they had and drove them into the base. The first army truck that came in smashed through the gate and the other trucks followed. Dwayne’s men grabbed all the men and women tied up and chucked them into the back of the trucks. They drove out and some of Dwayne’s men placed C4’s around the base and they hopped into the trucks and drove and as they were driving they pulled the trigger and set the C4’s off. The base exploded as they drove off; the shower block blew up; the whole base was just a graveyard.

  A couple of hours later, Dwayne’s men entered the city where they came from and parked their trucks outside of the stadium. Dwayne’s men pulled all the tied up men and women out of the trucks and pushed them inside the building. The innocent men and women panicked; they had no idea what they were heading into. All the men were tossed into the cells; they didn’t get to choose to either fight or work for Dwayne. It was what Dwayne ordered his men to do, and Dwayne picked out all the women he liked and told his men to put the rest into the other cells where the women were. As for Dave, Finn and Alice, they didn’t get thrown into the cells; Dwayne told his men to bring those three back to his room, so they were pushed towards Dwayne’s room.

  “Congratulations guys, you did great work but there looks like there’s fewer of you,” said Dwayne to all of his men who came back from the army base.

  “Yeah, about half of us died. It wasn’t a complete stealth mission but we did achieve our goal,” replied one of Dwayne’s men.

  “Well those who died, died with honour, they will be missed. And once again, you guys did a great job and I am proud. You guys deserve to be rewarded, so treat yourself to drinking and sex and have a couple of days off. Now, if you’ll excuse me I have some business to attend to,” said Dwayne.

  Dwayne headed to his room where Dave, Finn and Alice were waiting. When Dwayne got into his room he told his men that were with him to leave the room. Dwayne looked back and forth at Dave, Finn and Alice. “So, what are your names and before you think hey fuck this cunt I’m not telling him my name, just remember that I have lots of your people and if you don’t tell me, I’ll just kill them,” said Dwayne with a serious look.

  “Well, I’m Dave and this is Finn and Alice,” said Dave with fear and without hesitation.

  “Well, Dave, Finn and Alice, I’m Dwayne, the big boss here, and as long as you’re under my roof you must obey me or else there’s consequences. Now, I’m not going to force you to fight in the arena or to work with me; you’ll be slaves. See, you guys are lucky because you don’t have to kill to live or kill because I tell you to, so consider yourself lucky that you get the easier job. You get to do slave stuff and for you Alice, slave stuff includes sex, so yeah wrap your mind around that,” said Dwayne, smiling.

  “No, you don’t get to do that,” said Finn angrily. Dwayne walked up to Finn and got in his face.

  “Is she your girlfriend? Because if so, I understand your anger but if she isn’t…” Dwayne paused for a second, “THEN SHUT THE FUCK UP AND DON’T INTERUPT ME!” he yelled in anger.

  Dwayne turned around and walked slowly away from Finn. “Now there is one thing I hate – well, there are many things I hate but I’m gonna tell you one of those things and one of those things is, that I hate when people are rude to me, like butting in when I’m talking. So, in the future, please don’t do that, ok, and if you don’t then we’ll get along just fine,” he said calmly. “Now, let me ask you this – do any of you know the people that I have locked up here? The people from your place you came from?” asked Dwayne.

  “Yes,” replied Dave without hesitation.

  “Okay, well, elaborate, tell me who they are, so when the time comes and you fuck up, I’ll kill one of them to show you how badly you screwed up, or if they fuck up, I’ll kill one of you to show that person how badly they fucked up. So, tell me and don’t lie,” said Dwayne.

  “Um R-R-R-Ronnie, um DDDDD…” said Dave, stuttering.

  “R-R-R-R, D-D-D-D, what are you, fuckin’ retarded? Don’t you have the ability to speak? Did your shit leaving your ass into your pants tell your mind to fuckin’ stutter? Are you that fuckin’ scared of me, huh?” said Dwayne with a mean look as he butted in.

  “No, I just want to avoid telling you who they are,” replied Dave, feeling really scared.

  “Well, let me put it this way, so you change your mind. If you don’t tell me, I’ll just start killing them one by one until you cry because I probably would kill your girlfriend or sister. But if they’re hot, I’ll fuck them first or else it’s just a waste. So, have you changed your mind?” said Dwayne, giving Dave an evil stare.

  “Okay, fine. The names are Ronnie, Dean, Captain Harris and a lot of the soldiers. I can’t remember all their names. They are people I would care for if they died,” replied Dave.

  Dwayne gave Dave a smile. “Wait, Ronnie, the guy who wants to kill me because I killed his parents years ago – that Ronnie?” he asked.

  “Yeah,” replied Dave.

  “What about you guys? You know him?” asked Dwayne as he looked to Finn and Alice. Finn and Alice nodded their heads.

  “Well, I know what to do now if he or you guys fuck up. So, just pray that Ronnie or you don’t fuck up, and have fun with being a slave. Alice will surely have more fun because she’s going to have sex most of the time, and I don’t about you, but that’s the dream. So, welcome. That’s it, I guess. My men will show you to your cells, yes cells, you’ll be locked away in cells, that’s where you’ll sleep, but these are different cells from the downstairs stairs, fighter cells because these cells are away from the cold and darkness. And hopefully one day, I will trust you enough for you guys to be free f
rom those cells and become a part of my team and by that I mean Alice will work at the strip club as a stripper, of course, and you guys will be helpers like guards or go out on scavenging trips,” said Dwayne, smiling. Dwayne walked over to the door and opened it and told his men to grab Dave, Finn and Alice and bring them to their cells.

  Weeks went by and Dave, Finn and Alice continued being slaves. They saw fights sometimes and they saw Ronnie in some of those fights. They saw a different Ronnie, not the same Ronnie they knew. Dave and Finn were in the same cell and as for Alice she was far away from them in another cell. There were two different cell areas up top from the fighter cells and these cells were broken up into genders, so the men never got to sleep with the women, which was hard for Finn because the only time he saw Alice was when he was working as a slave and even then, he couldn’t talk to her. The time finally came where Ronnie and the others were fighting to gain their freedom and as this was happening, earlier in the day, Dwayne tied up Finn and Alice in his room just in case Ronnie did something stupid and as for Dave, he was locked up somewhere that only Dwayne knew about, so if Dwayne was killed Dave would be lost forever, which was part of Dwayne’s plan because Dwayne knew that Ronnie wasn’t going to kill Stan, but he didn’t know that Ronnie would start a fight and take the place over. So, that’s why Dwayne took precautions and did what he did, and Ronnie was about to see that actions have consequences.

  Chapter Thirty-Seven: What Comes Next

  Ronnie saw Finn and Alice with their hands tied in front of Dwayne. He was speechless but he was more worried than anything because Dwayne had a gun pointed at Finn and Alice’s heads and Dwayne wasn’t a guy who would hesitate; he would pull those triggers without blinking an eye. Dwayne was annoyed and very furious; the look on his face showed that.