Zone 9

ZONE 9

Ever since I was little I've alway seen these four white walls and
one window that was too tall for me to see out of . They made us
wear these white old dirty shirts that didn't look white at all ,
black baggy pants and sometimes if we're lucky they gave us
some sweaters for the winter. Three times a day a woman would
come in the room I was in, she didn't talk or look at me , she just
walked in and put what they called food out on the table. I have
only one memory of my mother, the day she left me, she didn't
look sad, but happy. I was 2 years old and she left me for dead.
I'm 14 now it's been 12 years since at day.

" Get up, " Maddie says as she tried to wake me up.
"I said, don't wake me up so early in the morning! "
I yell as I threw the rock hard pillow at her.
" STOP! I'm going to fall!" Maddie shouts as she almost topples
over. Maddie is in a wheelchair, she got in trouble because I lied
about stealing food and she took the blame. But, after she lost
her ability to walk, I confessed to stealing the food so they
blinded me in my right eye in punishment.
" What is it, " I ask Maddie as I got off the top bunk.
She seems very confused, " the day we start, " she says as she
turns around with a big evil smile on her face .
I looked at her and smile back,
" How could I forget?" Maddie and I were walking to room
118 ,where we get served our meals. We get an hour to eat our
food and then we do our daily training. The training is very odd,
there are 9 different zones and once you finish zone 9 you go
someplace. No one knows where those people go and I
definitely don't want to find out.
" Ava stop spacing out! You need to eat faster or you're going to
go hungry," Maddie whispered to me.
" Sorry you're right," I say as I finish my soup. Maddie is lucky
she doesn't need to do our training, she's in medical.
"Ok done," I say as I get up. Maddie's class doesn't start until
1:30pm so she didn't have to rush. I look up at the clock and see
that it reads 9 o'clock and my eyes widen in panic.
" Oh my God! it's past 8:30!" I screamed as I ran down the hall.
'She's going to kill me , she's going to kill me' I thought as I ran
outside. Trying to catch my breath I finally get to zone 7. In this
zone, you need to practice gun aiming, the one thing I'm bad at.
" You're late? again!" someone yells and straightaway I knew
who it was. I looked back and
saw Mrs. Goodman scowling at me.
" I'm sorry mam," I said with my head hanging low.
" You better be! Get to work," she screamed. I ran up to the old
shack that had the guns in it. I was looking for my sniper, but it
wasn't in there. I was starting to get angry when Jacob came up
to me with his blue eyes,
" What's up jellybean?" he said with a devilish smirk. He had
his hands behind his back, obviously hiding something from me.
" Looking for my gun, what are you hiding from me Jacob?"
" Nothing just a sniper"he said, as his smile getting bigger as he
he pulls out the gun.
" HEY! That's my sniper," I yelled as I tried to grab it from him.
Jacob is about double my height and five times stronger than
me so, it's hard for me to get stuff from him.
" Ok ok, here" he said as he gave me back my gun.
We got to the field and started practicing our aim. After about
four hours of shooting, Mrs. Goodman said we were done for
the day. After supper Maddie, Jacob and I were going over the
plan we had created to escape this place. Maddie can't get over
the 10 feet tall wall so she has the job of distracting the night
guards. Then while they are talking with Maddie, Jacob and I will open the
gates from outside the walls.
" Ok, ready Maddie?" I whispered to her as
I gave her a little push on the back.
" Yeah yeah!" she grumbled as her wheelchair starts to move.
Maddie started talking to the guards gaining all their attention so
Jacob and I slowly started walking passed them. As we got to the corner
we took off our shoes and tied the laces together and threw them over
our shoulders so we would have a better grip while
climbing the wall. I was halfway to the top when
Jacob started to climb up aswell. Finally! I get to the top
of the wall and decide to take a break due to exhaustion.
" I'm so tired " I whispered as I laid down on the walkway that ran along it.
As soon as I get up, I see that Jacob had made his way to the top.
" What are you tired already?" Jacob said as he smirks, laughing lightly.
" No!! " I almost shouted, but just in time Jacob covered my mouth with his hand,
" Sorry," I apologise as I getting up.
We started walking along the pathway that led to the stairs. We were finally on the other side of the wall! For the first time in my whole life I am out of that horrible place. I started to
cry so I covered my face with my hands to shield it from Jacob so he wouldn't see me cry. I sat against the wall still covering my face.
'Why am I crying I should be happy, I'm out... I'm finally out of that place,'
I thought to myself.
" Hey don't worry, I'm going to get a truck for us and we can go get some help, just go open the back gates like we planned," Jacob told me as he started to walk away.
" Got it," I whispered to myself as I got up and started walking to the back. I see Maddie smiling brightly from the other side and I quickly break the lock on the the gate to grant her access to the outside.
" Took you long enough! "Maddie said as she wheeled out the doorway to be by my side. We walk back to the front, where Jacob and I were before, where we saw Jacob with the truck as he promised,
" Let's get out of here. Help me get Maddie's wheelchair in the truck," Jacob says as he walks up to Maddie. We get in the truck and it starts to move forward.
'I'll never have to see that place again, I'll finally get to go to the big city,' I thought to myself,
" WOW! The colours of the sky are beautiful," I said as I looked up at the arrangement of colours before my eyes. This new world will NEVER cease to amaze me.

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