Chapter Ten

Everyone went to their rooms after that, except for one who walked the halls, and was followed by Samantha, she wanted to thank him for what he had done.

He asked in the boys' room about his partner.

-Hey, is Alison here?

-No, he's not here yet. Um, why do you ask?

-No, me and Alison have been close friends since we entered this school, I'm just worried about his safety, those sophomores can beat him up.

-Okay, if he arrives I'll tell him then.

-Okay, thank you.

Samantha walked through the halls and from there, she saw a flashlight in the dark. She wanted to know what it was, but chose not to go. And not get into any more trouble, but she saw something that caught her eye, crimson eyes, like Alison's.

He wondered internally if it was him, and decided to go see him, he thought he was in trouble, because of what had happened.

She walked over there, and didn't see anyone. So he tried to turn around, but he heard two voices.

-And how about that bet, are you losing it or what?

-Luan has improved, maybe he'll win it, but the school has to go to the second phase of the Nationals and with that he won it.

-Before that, he could die. He is not used to that, your training is very intense, besides he does not feel pain, that is dangerous.

-I know, but I don't plan to lose my freedom. I will do everything necessary to get out of this, even if he is affected.

Samantha heard that and got angry and disappointed with Alison, so she left the place.

The two people, noticed her presence and the black-haired boy went for her.

Samantha ran, to avoid being caught, and hid in the cafeteria. When she thought there was no more trouble, she tried to get out, but Alison caught her from behind and covered her mouth.

- Please, don't think badly, I have no intention of doing something bad to Luan, I'm going to let go of my hand, but don't make any noise.

As she did so Samantha sighed and said.

-You're a bastard, he trusts you, and you don't care what happens to him, Adrian is right, you're not normal. You're a sociopath who loves to hurt people.

Those words touched the bottom of the boy's consciousness.

-Samantha, Luan knows about the gamble, I know his condition and I'm trying to prevent him from suffering any further damage to his body, that's all.

-And you think I'm going to believe you, you sounded so sure and so confident. As if he was a piece of garbage.

Alison let go a little.

-The guy you heard is one of the people who was there the day I made the bet, I fought with Adrian and a lot of people got hurt. Besides the material damage, which is a million. One of the people who got hurt was a family member of the school's corporate staff. He saw so much potential in me that he paid for everything. And he made one condition, which was to take the school to the state schools this year, but they attached something else to it, which I don't want to do, but I signed a contract under pressure. Luan was not going to be accepted into the school, they had him on the reject list, it was the only option I could think of. To bet with those old people that he would pass the test, and I would pass the state test. They were neither short nor lazy and accepted, as they found it fun to watch me try to make Luan better. Besides being able to watch the broadcast of those games.

-Well, get that kid out of your hair.

-I can't cancel a bet, because even among themselves they bet their stuff. And he could be sent to a correctional facility if I break his contract.

-They're blackmailing you. -Who are they?

-Entrepreneurs and people with power, they are the corporations that run the school. It's like their obligation to the country to invest in various institutions, yet they make money here, there's a reason a school of this magnitude is so important.

Samantha gradually began to give in and became more relaxed.

-It's okay, I won't say anything. Avoid her getting seriously hurt, let's go.

-Wait, Samantha, I'll go with you. You can't go there alone, there are guards at this hour, and if they see you you'll think you were doing something wrong.

-I don't do anything indecent," she said, blushing.

-It's almost eleven o'clock at night, you know, they'd think if they saw you alone, out there.

-They wouldn't think if they saw you.

-Just let me come with you, it's better if they see you with me.

-All right, let's go.

They both went to the bedroom and in the midst of the solitude of the hallways, they met a watchman.

-Hey, guys, what are you doing at this hour?

-We left the place and were a little late, that's all.

-Teens... Okay, I'm not going to say anything, just do your stuff somewhere else not here..

Samantha understood what the man meant, and kept quiet, as he was being a favor to them. The girl blushed.

-Alison, you will pay me back for this shame.

-It was either this, or get a scolding from Clouds.

They both went to their respective bedrooms.

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The next day they were going to do another training, and the teacher who accompanied us, gave Alison permission to leave.

There was nothing new about the fights, everything was boring. Before they started, we all knew who would win, because they were just blanks of no importance.

When more fights ended, we were all free to walk around town for a few hours, and tomorrow we would have a whole day off.

I went for a walk with Samantha and Liz.

We walked around town and met Alison, who was the only one not in uniform.

-Why did you leave," Samanatha asked.

-It's tedious being the center of attention, so I did a few laps.

Liz came up to him and put her shoulder to the wheel.

-That doesn't matter, have fun with us for now, take advantage of the fact that no one is bothering you.

We arrived at one of the parks and Liz started taking pictures of us, as a souvenir.

And she kept taking pictures like crazy for a long time, with everything she saw, while she was doing that, Samantha tried to make him react and stop his madness.

We both watched what was happening. One was trying to keep her feet on the ground while the other was getting excited about leaving school.

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We went back to the compound where we were staying, one hour later.

It was almost dinner time, almost everyone in the group was there.

We were informed that we would be mixed up with another school by tomorrow.

Many did not like it.

-Every day you see your classmates because you're not with them for two days," Clouds told us.

Dinner was more or less, at least no one was bothering Alison anymore.

After that we were sent to the dormitories. The day went by very quickly, and we hadn't done anything.

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The next day the groups of eight people were randomly assigned.

I touched myself in group number 16, I walked around to see who I was touching and most of them were women, only 3 men counting me.

We agreed to go to the next town in the east, which was bigger.

We took a bus, the trip was almost two and a half hours.

When we got there, we found a busier place, there was a market square, and a few bars, and it was a bit of a surprise to see a small amusement park.

One of my companions took the lead, she was quite tall with long pink hair, her eyes were green.

It was about 9 a.m. and we went to a restaurant for breakfast.

Breakfast was bread and chocolate scrambled eggs, the problem for all of us was the cold dryness of the place.

I didn't feel the temperature of the food and I ended up burning my throat. I realized a while later that I wanted to talk but couldn't. And it happened to one of the girls too.

We went around I think almost the whole town, taking pictures of everything we saw, and the night came.

We met up with other groups.

And without knowing it, we arrived at the pink area of that town.

We agreed not to say anything about this place.

We passed by these places and maybe by coincidence I met Alison's group.

There were six men and two women.

One of them talked to our leader to change members.

I don't know why they were doing this but I had a bad feeling about it.

Finally, they agreed to meet before 9:00 a.m. and take the first bus back to the city, because at this time of day, due to the different trips of the groups, it would be difficult to return.

And we got separated.

We returned to the pink zone.

-Don't be scared, we're just going to look, -said the leader of this group.

We went to .......

-I am not going to enter, excuse me, but I prefer to avoid problems, if we are caught by a policeman we will go to a town hall.

-If you don't want to go in, then don't, and go.

Alison turned around and went to the restaurant part, I followed her, she was not someone who liked to be with many people and she had never been in a place like that, I was very shy.

The rest looked at us and entered that place without hesitation.

We walked around the city.

- Don't you regret following me?

-Of course not, from the first moment I heard about the change I assumed this could happen. -I answered.

In the city of Glosbar, minors were on the streets until 8 pm for safety reasons, although those over 16 were taken off the streets as an exception, for the purpose of strangers, since sometimes they disappeared one by one and were never heard from again, so the group we were with did not miss this opportunity.

We sat down to eat in a restaurant.

The waiter approached us somewhat concerned.

- Are they lost?

-No, we are just waiting for our companions to return to the town where we stayed.

- They went to the pink zone, right?

-Yes.

-The kids shouldn't be there, some adults get upset or sometimes they drink too much and do things they shouldn't. -They're not supposed to be there.

-Okay," Alison replied.

-We shouldn't be going to help them, I asked.

-They won't listen to us, the best thing we can do is wait for them with the rest of the group.

And so we waited until it was almost past 9:00 and only the other group was there.

We informed them what happened, waited another half hour and called the organizers of this activity.

After that we took a bus back to town.

We arrived almost at midnight.

The people assigned from each school took our statement.

They had already sent several teachers to the site.

What was left of both groups were separated from the rest of the campus, to avoid creating a stir in the camp.

The women were sent to one room and we to another.