Natalya POV:
I was woken by a knock on door indicating that it was already morning ,time for business as usual, which practically means I need to get my ass off the bed and get ready at least not if I don't wanna get dragged out of it, if my father should hear of me being late to the company.
I jerked up when the knock came again " one more knock on that fucking door and am gonna send your head rolling on the floor! I said caused I was already pissed off and they don't wanna know what it's like to get me pissed off. I got up from my bed and stood on a full head " ah , what the fuck did I drink last night '' I cursed cause my head was practically aching me but my body was active though ... Am already used to it by the way .
I walked over to my bathroom to freshen up ,I took my time to groom for the day ... And today seems to look like a good day to use my skincare products it's been long made use of those, not when I have a busy schedule down my neck practically looking for an opportunity to choke me but that's not gonna happen I was already trained for that ..when I was about five I think cause since I could remember it vividly it means I must have been really smart then when my father got the title of being the Russian mafia boss, he became so focused on shaping me into guarding myself ... I didn't have a mom I didn't know what it looks like to have one so it wasn't a big deal to be brought up tough then.. the very day I turned thirteen ,my dad passed out an order that was to be carried out immediately,I was sent to base two .. it was a training ground were you would be treating like an animal and made to go by strict orders .. unlike base one you get princess and king treatment the training there are not tough but base two was specifically made for prisoners my dad bought whenever he wins a war he buys most captives at least he bought them l,that's what he would say if it was most of the other mafia leader they would just drag you leaving you with no dignity well that's if you still have one after losing a bloody war.
My dad went by the name Boris which means butcher in English ,he was so skilled that he could do anything with sword,twenty-men on five guns each don't even stand a slightest chance they are better dead already than being killed by him.its not always a good sight to behold and not to say the least that he is the most powerful and feared man in the history of the Russian mafia history and he held great wealth which he got from how many war he had won and through his wisdom ... he can be anything you want him to be but he can never be a dad to me. he doesn't even let me call him that on one occasion I casually called him dad it was just a slip of tongue though but I was put on chain and was beaten to a plum for calling the mafia boss "dad" .
So when I was taken to base two I was looked up in a very dark room I guess cause I was practically blind folded all the way to the place so even if my brain was thinking of escaping from this horrible and inhuman place ... it's so impossible,I mean even is I did escape where to I run to ...to Boris of course then I would be tortured to death ... normally women are not given the privilege to be trained on base two cause the first and second candidate who went died even before the practice was over according to rumor but Boris being a ruthless man sent to the training ,it has the duration of two years but it's better you die and go have a punishment in hell than to experience this and be alive .
when I was thrown to the dark room I didn't stay for long before my body was exhausted,my eyelids were already on the verge of disappointing me, I couldn't hold it in anymore and my eyes went shut .
Not long after I fell sound asleep I felt a ray of brightness shining directly to my closed eye I immediately blinked it open I thought maybe I already died and just went to heaven but utterly it was the opposite ,I took a glance of where I was then I noticed a figure staring down at me .
" hey cutie get your ass up there the training are starting soon,and yeah before you start to act stupid you were switched to this room when you fell asleep " I was still taking in who was talking cause my sight was a little bit blurry maybe I was drugged or something cause am never this lame looking .
The figure stretched out it's hand and gave me something " here drink it ,it's water it would help you see clearly for the main time yeah '' I wanted to take the water but I stopped mid way ... yeah am thirteen but that doesn't mean am stupid enough to take whatever from a stranger not when I had been drugged without my consent.
" princess just take the God dammed water already we don't have all the time and am not ready to be punished for being late to practice because of your dull ass'' without hesitation I took it from here and shoved it down to my lips and drank it ... I just took one glup though just in case it's something else so the effect won't be much ... but to utmost surprise ,it really did clear my sight ,that was when I had the opportunity to take a close look at ....A GIRL ... I was more than shocked .. I thought they said girls can't survive here so what the hell is she doing here and the funny stuff about it was that she was my age I mean from her height and stuff ...
" stop staring and get your ass up let's head for the training " she said and started walking towards what I presumed to be a door though it looked weird like we were in a military base or something... I immediately followed her suite cause if I sure wanna survive here I should start by following who saved my drugged ass from turning blind .
She was already about to take a turn when called out " hey slow down please I can't keep with you '' I said almost screaming.
" then try to run faster princess we are already late '' she resorted back but not after she practically stood at a spot and waited for me to keep up with her .
when I got closer to her ... I mean when I was sure that I was close enough not to loose track of her when she starts walking as usual i told her " Am rose not princess '' .
The statement made her to turn her head to my at me and said " every new inmate her is called princess if you are a girl and Prince is you are male not until you get a name for yourself based on your fighting skill for your first day ... and if you act dumb just like you are acting right now you might get a dumb name that you would carry for a life time''.
" So what name did you get when you passed your first day trial ? i was seriously interested at least to know what name she got on her first trial .
" Anastasiya ( nightingale) that's my base name '' she said proudly I mean who wouldn't be proud with that name .
"now that really is something tasi'' ,I immediately cut her name short giving her a short name ... " are you okay if I call you tasi'' I asked looking at her direction .. she just shrugged and said " okay but you gotta keep it low don't call me that at the main base front or I get in trouble do you get me princess?
" yep , sure .. I mean it's not a ..... waoh what the hell is that stuff " I asked staring at an open place we step out on .
" it's the bass princess ,now move and when you get there keep your head low ... you don't stare up at a commander's eye unless you have gotten your base name do you understand princess .. I don't wanna get beaten for not telling you the rules okay .." she said staring right at me with a serious face oh crap she really isn't joking.
We walked for a short distance before I say the view of most people talking and chanting away but I sort of noticed just about two or three got there heads down at a particular corner great! I already know the category I fall into ... I took my step one after the other slowly so I won't mistakenly trip and disgrace myself on my first day ...at the front base yeah that's what Tasi called it and I got it stuck on my head .
I took a seat next to the very few there heads were down since Tasi already joined her friends already not long after I took a seat a loud trumpet was played ... it was loud enough to make a high blood pressure patient to surrender their soul to God cause the sound of that shit scared the crap out of me but I still kept face down ,I don't wanna get Tasi I trouble just yet though I was desperately wanted to look up and see what the hell a trumpet was doing here ... it fancy though cause we didn't have it at my former base one .
After the sound of the trumpet the already fully pledged inmates stood at attention on a straight roll like they were literally acting like robots,cause tell me how the hell the got into order with just a sound of trumpet seems like am in for something way more than me .
I immediately heard the sound of a man who from his voice I assume he was the head or instructor here " Are they the new inmates ''
" yes...sir ...they are the new in.....'' he immediately cut the man off " bring them in " he said like someone who had great authority .. it was obvious as the man who answered him was stuttering,his voice was shaking.
" this way please'',he said directing us to a different stage it looked like a fighting ring which it obviously was but what the fuck are we doing here " You guys are well aware that on the first base you are to look down so since we are passed that i would like you to turn your dumb face up and stare at me idiots ."
" now that's what we call rotation of power" I muttered to myself cause he was the same man that almost peed on his shorts when commander was talking to him now we are under him and he suddenly wants to take it out on us.
" so here's the rule for the fight don't be surprised , mummy or daddy won't save you inside that ring ...you either kill you partner or you get killed and am not letting you guys off untill one of you stops breathing " he said with satisfaction written all over his face .
The statement made my fellow inmates to stare down at each other they were scared as fuck I can't say I wasn't cause I could feel my legs trembling under me ...so this really was a game of kill or be killed .
" Am by the way my name is Thomas ,just for the few of you that would be died and disposed off... so am gonna start picking ..since we've not got all the time to ourselves " he said laughing like a Maniac ,I mean what's funny you are literally Killing us and still got the got to laugh ...
He looked around for a bit and pointed at a young boy quite my age but he was very muscular and tall with a death trap face " yeah prince get your ass up the ring " the boy did as he was told ...the scanned the room to get a partner for him maybe definitely a boy his size that he could challenge ...but I was snapped out of my thought when his gaze fell on me ... naaaah it can't be me at least his not dumb enough to send a young girl like me to face this hefty looking boy it pathetic...but his gaze was still on me then I heard " hey ,you princess with a black hair doing an eye contest with me come over and get your stupid ass up the ring . "
I remained still were I was maybe he was joking .. then I noticed every one's gaze at me that's when I said my last prayer and went further to the ring cause I just knew I was dead before I got there ...