Prologue - Freedom at Last

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“Mama, where are we going?”, the girl asked from the passenger seat. She was a little excited. It wasn’t often that her mom took her and her younger siblings out all together. “Just stay quiet, Mila. You and your sister ruined enough for me. The least you can do is be quiet”, the mother responded harshly. The mother was a harsh woman. She always favored her son over her daughters. The mother muttered something about having regrets over having daughters. “Mama…,” the little sister in the right back seat spoke up. “Where are you taking us..?”. The younger sister sounded almost scared to talk to the mother. “If you stupid girls must know, we’re going to drop off your older sister at a… camp, I guess. Now the two of you stay quiet.” The mother replied. She seemed pissed that the two girls even existed. “Ha! You guys got told to shut up again” the little brother in the left back seat laughed. “This is why dad left you-” Mila said “SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH YOU DISRESPECTFUL PEICE OF CRAP!” The mother shouted. “HOW DARE YOU EVEN SPEAK ABOUT THAT MAN. HE LEFT US-” “BECAUSE HE WAS TIRED OF YOUR BUM A$$!” “SHUT YOUR MOUTH BEFORE I LEAVE YOU ON THE ROAD!” “FINE!” The car was silent for the rest of the ride after that. After half an hour more of silence, the car had stoped at what looks like a military camp, where there were a few nurses waiting at the front. The mother parks the car at the curb and starts getting out of the car. “You two stay in the car. Mila, get your ass out side” The mother said, slamming the door. Mila heads out of the car. “I thought you said you were taking me to a camp, not prison” Mila said, confused on why her mother would bring her here. “You must be ms. Kahananui. Is this Mila?” One of the nurses said as another one came over to Mila and started to take her inside. Mila seemed confused, but anywhere away from her mother was better.. but then she started wondering, what about her little sister? What would her mother try to do to her if she wasn’t there to protect her? Would she cut her beautiful long hair? Would she try to hit and yell at her more? What if she put her on the streets or left her to fend for herself, or just stoped taking care of her the little she did all together? As a million bad thoughts ran through her head, she tried to get away and back in the car so she could stay with her little sister to make sure she would stay safe. But as she was about to head through the door, she was stoped and knocked out by one of the nurses. When she woke up, she was in a different change of clothes and in a very different room that looked like it was a surgery room where there was a nurse, waiting for her to wake up. “Does your head hurt?” She asked. “If your head still hurts I could give you some medicine for it.” The words didn’t exactly sound caring, more so irritated, like she had done this forever, making sure a stupid kid was even awake. Probably because she didn’t exactly comply when she started worrying about her sister… her mother ‘..she wouldn’t.. right?’ Mila thought. “Did you hear me? I asked if your head hurt” the nurse asked again, cutting off Mila’s train of thought. “Hm? Oh, no. My head doesn’t hurt” Mila responded. She didn’t want to p!ss off the nurse. If she was already irritated, she didn’t want her getting even more upset and getting into even more trouble with her mother. She was curious though. “Excuse me. Sorry, but can I ask something?” “I guess, sure” the nurse replied. “How long am I gonna be here? My mother said that this was a camp.. I was just wondering-” “Then I’m afraid your mother lied to you. In fact, I regret to inform you, but your mother sold you to the company.” “… what..?” Mila looked almost devastated, she hated her mother and was glad to be away from her, but to be sold off by her. She had never expected the woman to stoop as low as this. It’s not like she needed the money, she had plenty from the profit she was making off of them alone. “The doctor will be in shortly” the nurse said as she left Mila to wait. After what felt like an eternity alone in the room, the doctor finally entered the room. She gave her a quick check before letting her roam around the grounds and being taken back to the room where her ‘roommates’, as the nurse called them, were there. “Who the hell is this?” A tan boy with medium dark brown curly hair said. “This is your new roommate” the nurse explained. There were three others. A girl with medium dirty blond hair, a boy with short black hair, and a girl who had platinum blond hair and… are those wings? Surly they were fake.. right? After the nurse left them. Mila was left the last mattress the ground and got to know them a bit more. The dark haired one was Diego, the dirty blond one was Wren, the black haired one was Gavin, and the platinum blonde was Mary. Mila got to know them a bit. She’d have a lot of time too after all.