Chapter 4
1280 Words
THE RED DRAGON SOCIETY
The corridor was buzzing with noises as the guards kept on moving in and out of each prison cell to take out the young and innocent girls who were locked up inside. The girls who were unlucky to be dragged out were wailing in disobedience. Their loud voices echoed throughout the entire basement level and if someone heard it, their eardrums would break.
The sound came from the dim prison cells that were found in an underground basement of an abandoned building somewhere in Rizal and owned by an organization called The Red Dragon Society. On the outside, this building looked ruined, but a grisly crime was being done inside. There were no guards stationed outside but the entire perimeter of this building, which stretched into kilometers, was protected. The guards were actually living in a small hut not far away from the building and beside that small hut was a barn where they stocked up on their illegal weapons in case of an enemy invader. Not just that, the entire hectare of this land was covered with concrete walls, and bob wires were coiled on top to protect the vicinity from trespassers.
Inside the said abandoned building was a lot of CCTV for extra security protection. There were also mechanisms that would activate the traps when they were triggered by non-members. Once you fall from that trap, you have no chance to go out. You will either be put in the torture chamber or be fed to the lion's den. In the first level basement where the offices and the control room were located, lasers were everywhere that acted as an identity detector. If you are not an RDS member and have no member to accompany you, you will be shot dead.
While the girls were wailing in defiance, Lot 520 was watching silently inside her room, or safe to say, prison cell. These wailing girls were the new ones that the guards brought last week. The girls that didn't grow up in prison. She was unaware of where they came from but it got her attention to why they were crying and refusing badly. These girls didn't want to be in prison.
The boss above told them that once they were brought out of prison, their lives would get better. They will live extravagant lives because someone will buy them out of prison cells.
That's why Lot 520 didn't refuse or wail.
Unlike them, Lot520 was born and raised by the syndicate. Ever since she was young she has been taught only how to accept everything that her boss said. She, together with the other twenty-nine girls, are the products of a test-tube baby. They are raised to serve their boss and their soon-to-be masters. In short, they were slaves. But she didn't know the meaning of that. She grew up without knowledge of anything besides s*x and killings.
They are known as Lots, and she was called Lot520. It was tattooed on her right wrist which also serves as their tracker because there was a microchip implanted inside. The bosses also used that chip to control the Lots.
Lot 520 doesn't know who their donors are or their parents. Like they are made out of nowhere to be raised as a slave.
When Lot 520 was six, she knew how to hold blades, guns, and drugs. And when she turned ten, she was taught about s*x.
Since then, they have been taught about all variants of s*x on how to seduce and make their partners happy. They always watched on a big screen or live demonstration where people were having s*x.
Sometimes there were a lot of people banging each other. It looked exciting to Lot 520, but she hadn't tried it yet. The bosses said they needed to preserve their virginity for their soon-to-be masters because they are special.
Lot 520 also learned how to kill and how to use different kinds of weapons and poisons to use with their masters. The bosses said they would be a spy for their master, but they had to keep it secret. She didn't understand what he meant, but she could only say yes because if they were to defy his orders, they would suffer great punishments.
They were caged inside the prison for eighteen years and they couldn't go out. They can only get out of their cells when they are brought to the second level for their training and s*x education. This was to prevent them from escaping. Nevertheless, Lot 520 didn't think of escaping.
Lot 520 was happy where she was, together with her other Lot. Their first time going out was indeed a wonder for her. They went to a place called a medical facility and the bosses said it was exclusive for those who live inside that prison. That's where she met Doctor Lacsamana, the handsome doctor that always attends the Lots. He is not just handsome, but kind and gentle too. She likes him.
To help keep the Lots healthy, and not disappoint their future masters, the bosses send them for a medical check-up every six months. Lot520's batch was the first batch of the test tube baby products and the higher-ups protected them really well to prevent losses.
There was a time when Doctor Lacsamana asked Lot520 why she wouldn't want to escape from the prison. But because she couldn't talk loudly, afraid that the bosses would overhear them, Doctor Lacsamana spoke as softly as he could until he was mouthing his words.
"Masaya ako kung saan ako ngayon. Marami rin akong natutunan doon. Isa pa, gaganda ang buhay ko kapag naibenta na ako sa kliyente ni boss." I am happy where I was. And I learned a lot there. One more thing, my life will be better when I get sold to my boss's clients, she answered enthusiastically.
The Lots were only taught in the Tagalog language and not others, so they couldn't make contact when they were outside.
"Alam mo ba kung ano'ng klaseng negosyo mayroon ang boss mo? Isa siyang lider ng sindikato." Do you know what your boss's business is? He is a crime syndicate."
Lot 520 moved her head to look up at Doctor Lacsamana while still lying on the hospital bed. He was drawing blood from her.
"Ano'ng sindikato? Hindi ba sila ang tutulong sa amin para gumanda ang buhay namin? What is a crime syndicate? Aren't they the ones that will help us to have a better life?" she asked.
Lot520 had heard the word syndicate but she really didn't know the meaning behind it.
Doctor Lacsamana shakes his head while staring at Lot 520 with a sad look.
"Pinalaki kang inosente para lokohin ng mga gagong iyon. Makinig ka, Lot520. Masama ang sindikato. Sasaktan ka lang nila. Hindi ka nila bibigyan ng magandang buhay tulad ng sinasabi nila. Sa huli, kapag hindi mo nasunod ang gusto nila, papatayin ka nila. Ganoon sila ka walang puso. You were raised innocently to be fooled by those assholes. Listen, Lot 520. The syndicates are bad. They will only hurt you. They will not give you a good life like they told you all. And in the end, you will still end up dying. That's how ruthless they are."
Lot 520 couldn't understand what Doctor Lacsamana was saying. She doesn't have a proper education. She only learned a few basic words and how to use weapons to kill enemies.
Lot 520 smiled while still looking at the handsome doctor. "Ano ba ibig sabihin ng masamang tao? At ano ba talaga ang sindikato?
What is the meaning of bad guy? What exactly is a syndicate?"
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