It was dark, damp, and moldy on the dark blue brick the woman laid upon in her jail cell. She laid with her arms spread out and her legs bent at the knees cross legged, like a lady.
Her hair was wild and blonde. She was slim and slender because of the lack of food she was being given. Tears stained her dirt filled cheeks, her hair was matted in some areas with dirt, mud, and even blood. She had bruises on some parts of her body such as her feet where the rats had gotten to her. Small bumps from spider bites and other critters.
"Twinkle, twinkle...little...star...how I...won...der...what...you...are..." she sung out to no one in particular. She tilted her head to see the dead body of her cell mate beside her. She was dead. Flies buzzed around her, laying their eggs in her eyes and other orifices. The others, there were four of them total that were still alive, barely hanging on. Chains wrapped around their ankles when they were already in a cell to begin with.
Boots were heard walking down the hall and the cranking of keys opened the door to the cell.
"Elevyn," said the seller. "Your regular is here to see you again."
Elevyn sat in a bath tub, slowly washing her body. The only time she ever ate or bathe was when her client came and saw her. She had one client.
After finishing her bath, she dried herself and went out into the hotel room and sat on the edge of the bed. She looked around the room, its fine decorations, everything so modern and chic. No one would ever think this was a brothel from the outside.
The door opened and her client came in.
"Hello, Elevyn," the client greeted, closing the door behind her.
"Hello Doureena," Elevyn said back.
It was Doureena that sold her. Doureena sold all the Omegas or partners of wolves who were deemed as betrayers regardless if they were wolves or not. The first time Doureena had come to visit Elevyn, she had thought the Alpha was going to force herself onto the woman. That never happened. She was fortunate compared to the others who were forced to do such horrors.
"They barely feed you here," Doureena said. "Wanna go out?" Doureena laughed, knowing damn well no prisoner could leave this hell hole.
Doureena walked to the refrigerator and took out a bag, a paper bag from a burger joint. She threw it on Elevyn's lap and the woman began to eat the meal frantically. It would be a while before she had another one.
She took a napkin and dabbed at Elevyn's mouth. "Do you wanna know how your daughter is doing?"
Elevyn looked at Doureena, praying the Alpha wasn't playing with her emotions.
"The bitch is alive. I was hoping I'd have killed her two years ago but nope, she lives like a fucking coach roach." Doureena stood up from the bed. "Welp, time for me to visit Mrs. Chambers."
"Mrs. Chambers is dead."
Doureena cocked her head to Elevyn. The woman looked up at her. "It was amazing she survived this long. Most humans don't. But I guess she really wanted to see her son. How old is he now? Sixteen. Yes, I believe he was a year or two older than Sous."
"What about the baby?"
Mrs. Chambers was pregnant when she passed. "It was you that mated with her?"
"No," Doureena said. "Zhiliary did." She placed her hands on her hips. They had planned to sell the baby once it was born. She shook her head, disappointed.
Elevyn was thrown back into the cell with the three others. She was chained back up and the cell doors were locked. She laid on the hard floor, looking up into nothing.
"Twinkle, twinkle...little...star...how I...won...der...what...you...are..." she sung out to no one in particular.
Sous snapped out of her slumber in a sweat. She pulled the blanket down and looked out the window to see where they were exactly. She was seeing snow which was a good sign they were close. She leaned back in her seat and sighed.
To her side was Faye who was also sleeping and in front of Faye was Tany, also asleep.
Crunch, crunch!
Sous looked in front of her and saw Little Poop eating a cracker. Beside her were five other crackers stacked on top of each other. Sous glared at Little Poop and noticed the rodent had gained her weight back.
"Who gave you those crackers?!" Sous let out in a whisper. She balled up her fist but Little Poop poked up her nose and turned to the side. When Sous reached for the crackers, Little Poop slapped Sous' hand. When she tried again, Little Poop bit Sous.
Sous covered her mouth from screaming and waking the other passengers. Little Poop took the remaining five crackers and stuffed them into her mouth, blowing up her cheeks. She then crunched on them all at once, and proceeded to swallow.
Sous was going to say something but the train suddenly jerked forward. People were thrown out of their seats, luggage came down onto the floors, and even Sous found herself flipping over a seat and landing on some man's lap.
The passengers moaned and groaned. Some of them aching because of the accident.
Tany and Faye picked themselves off the floor while Sous apologized to the man she landed on.
"Kisaastè?" Faye sighed, lifting herself up to one knee. She stood up and looked around. "Should we check to see if the passengers are okay? It seems like its mostly humans on here."
"That sounds like a good idea but maybe we should also mind our own. We don't want to cause a scene since we're one of the few magae here," Tany answered.
A train attendant came onto the cart and began to inquire if everyone was okay. When he got to Sous and them, he asked them the same questions.
"We're fine. But whats going on? Why did we stop?" Sous asked.
"We're, we're currently working out some kinks. Just give us some time and we'll be back on the tracks soon." It wasn't really the answer the girls were looking for but they picked up their belongings, and got back into their seats.
"What you think, Faye?" Sous asked with a mocking look on her face, quite smugly.
"I think its bullshit. What you think, Sous?" Faye asked with the same smugness.
"I think its bullshit." Sous replied.