There is a bang, and you wake up. Immediately you cough two very deep coughs, and then you hold your breath until it goes away. Yesterday the third cough had left blood on your hand.
There is a series of footsteps echoing in the hall outside the metal cell door. For the past week you have received food through a small window in the door. Yesterday and today there has been no food.
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You believe this metal cell isn’t on the cruise ship where you had your last full meal. That was two weeks ago.
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There is a noise outside your cell door. A piece of paper, folded twice, slides through. Then there is a pen sliding after the paper. You grab the paper. It is blank.
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One day after the cruise ship launched you saw the black boat approaching. After the hooded people boarded they shot all the staff workers. Your waiter was shot when he turned to run. His face was surprised. Your head was struck hard from behind. You woke up here.
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You suddenly cough very deeply and some blood sprays on the blank paper. You sit for a moment and feel very bad. And then a laminated card slides through the door. You grab it and read it. The English on it seems like it was software-translated:
“Madam. We have no result of person money. If we are not result by soon then there is for you the pain damage. Do you know valuable people? Today is the writing time for you.”
You read the card two times. The card feels greasy and used. You drop the card and reach for the paper. You start to write.
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