“Turn around!”

I turned around.

“Name!”

“Shane, 36709.”

“Well…..well…..look at what mama caught…….What is a nice looking  kid like you doing out here all along in the Forbidden Streets……answer me meat!”

“I wanted to see the water.”

“Not good enough…you rich kids are all alike…..always doing what you want……I am going to enjoy hurting you meat.”

“Tasha…..lighten up….she’s just a kid…..you’re drunk right kid? Someone dared you to go……come on Tash…let the kid go…I don’t want to write this up all night….then we gotta be there in the morning or Mama Porter will have our ass…..you won’t do it again right kid?”

I looked at the shorter woman. All clad in black. Her assault rifle slung over her shoulder. Her dark eyes looking so intent at me. Right through me it seemed. I tried to read the name of her I.D badge but it was too dark. She had a beautiful mouth. I wanted to kiss her. I wanted her push me against the fence so I could feel her body pressed against mine. She noticed I was staring at her. That I couldn’t get my eyes off her. She smiled at me. I felt my insides turn like when I went to high on the swings in the park. The other….she sneered at me. It seemed like she was out ranked.

“You are lucky meat…..you are so lucky that the Captain of the Guard is here with me tonight…..if she wasn’t….oh meat….I would hurt you so bad…….go home rich kid…..go home like a good look piece of meat. Say thank you meat!”

I looked from the commando to the Captain. I noticed how the commando…Tasha….I noticed how lean she was. Like she spent her entire life in the weight room. There was nothing on her body that indicated that anything she had planned for me wouldn’t be the most painful. And I looked to the Captain, who was smaller in stature yet she commanded the space that she took up. There were other guards behind them but they didn’t pay attention to what was happening. I looked again at the Captain and she seemed amused by my non show of fear. I made the choice to want to gain as much as I could from the moment.

“Thank you meat.”

Tasha, the commando wasted no time in hitting me in the stomach with her rifle. I doubled over in pain and I could not breathe for a full 30 seconds. It was like the air just left me and I was trying to breathe thru dirt. I was down on my hands and knees and I just knew she would hit me again but the Captain she intervened just as she was about to come down on me.

“Stop…..that is an order! Jeez Tash…..she’s just a kid……get a handle on your feelings……jeez kid you ok?”

She ran her hand on my back. In the darkness the light shining from the search lights made her eyes look like chocolate. She smiled at me again as she helped me up. I didn’t realize it at the time but I was breathing again. And I wanted to know her and kiss her again. She checked my pulse and my breath stopped again. Her hands where so hot. Like she was made of flames. We looked at each other for the longest time. Then she corrected herself and gave me a warning. She walked over and stood by the fence.

“You seem like a nice kid. Never had any problems with you before….I know its Commencement night tonight so I will cut you a break. But don’t make me regret it. Ok kid?”

“Sure…I won’t…..’

“Spare me…..ok…..get lost kid…..don’t let me see you again…..am I making myself clear?”

“Yes ma’am.”

“That’s Captain Morales to you kid…..get out of here……”

And for the first time in a long time….I did what I was told.

Featured Song: The Burning Wheel By Red Harvest.

To be continued……..