Discreetly the General's son

Chapter 8 - Zi

“Holy Shit!” Sawyer yelled, shoving Don hard into the water.

“Arrgh!” Don yelled beneath the water, gasping for air.

Sawyer quickly let go of his head and got up in an attempt to rush out as he had no intent of hammering him.

But Don raised his head fast and pulled him back into the water

“Bastard!” he  cursed at him as he bent Sawyer’s back with the intention of violating him.

Sawyer’s blood boiled, this was their intention all this while. He mustered every strength in his body.

SMASH!

He propelled his elbows against Don’s stomach, causing him to fall back into the water. 

This attracted Don’s lackeys who had excused them earlier. 

They rushed in, seeing all of that scene and rounded him up.

“He dared attack the Don!”

“Who is this bitch!”

“We should have killed him earlier."

“Got the guts to touch Don, huh?”

Xpan helped Don out of the water.

The men made Sawyer kneel in front of him..

“Don, you must not spare his life,”

“He’s got some guts to attack you. He must suffer for this, Don!”

Don raised his hand in hair, asking them to keep quiet. 

“Belt!” 

Xpan quickly rushed into a hidden compartment in the bath and grabbed the belt then he handed it to Don.

“i knew he wasn’t shit, Don. My first instinct had sensed it from the first time I had seen him.” Xpan said, adding fuel to the existing fire.

“X is right, you should not have shown him some mercy but it is not too late to take him to hell.” One of the lackeys added.

Don squatted and grabbed Sawyer by his chin. I gave you a chance to chill with the big boys and you decided to take me out. Who sent you?”

“What is the homosexual bastard saying to me?” Sawyer blurted out.

A dashing slap flew across his face before he even realized that he had let his thought of his mouth.

“Never met an audacious bastard like this all my life.” 

Sawyer had just thought that in his head, he didn't plan to say it out.

There goes his plan of staying out of trouble because he just got himself in something that may cost him a lot.

“I thought you were going to be remorseful. But I was wrong. The last act of mercy is gone.”

“Spread him!” 

‘Did he mean they should spread me bare in the air? I already feel so crazy being naked like this in front of them.’ He thought to himself, ensuring that his lips were tightly sealed this time.

Sawyer saw what happened at the court replay before him. He was about to suffer justice again and staying docile got him to where he was and put his aunty in an unfortunate situation.

“Why are you doing this to me? You wanted to violate me and I retaliated out of reflex, now you want to punish me for it. If anything goes wrong with me, you will pay for it,”

All of them burst into laughter.

“Sissy, you are so funny, were you a stand up comedian before coming here?”

“Nah, he is just a fool.” Xpan replied to the lackey who spoke first.

“Who is going to punish us for doing anything to you? Your mom?” 

They all laughed.

“Let’s be nice boys. He said he retaliated because I had done that without knowledge. So I will demand your knowledge. Spread your cheeks for me!” Don grinned cheekily. “If you are shy, let’s go in there and you bend over in the shower.”

Sawyer spat, "Never!”

There was no way he was going to let any man fuck him in the ass. He  was an heterosexual man and he would not let them strip him of his dignity

“All I did was offer you a better life, be my bitch and the world here is yours. I guess you want to see what my other side looks like.” 

Without waiting for Don's word, four men grabbed him by his limbs, spreading him out. 

Don unrolled the belt and threw a lash on his back. 

Sawyer groaned out in pain, causing everyone in the next bath to come watch but this did not stop him. 

He continuously lashed his back ferociously till he was tired then he passed the belt to Xpan.

“Go on.”

This was a big gotcha movement for Xpan and he picked it up from where Don had stopped.

His lashing was even harsher and the pacing was faster.

Sawyer’s back burned and he cried out in pain. 

Yet no one came to his rescue. They just watched like it was some stage play. 

His cries and bleeding did not stop Xpan, in fact it boosted his spirits.

Before Sawyer knew it, he was already losing his breath, his yelling reduced.

He could barely tell what was going on in his environment. 

“Who's going to hit him next?” was the last thing he heard before everywhere went pitch black.

“This guy is unconscious.” The lackey that took the belt exclaimed!

The one holding his arm limb checked his nose. “He is not breathing,”

“Shit, the wardens are going to give us an earful of that.”

“They dare not! We have Don to back us up.”

Don got up from the little stool where he was sitting, watching them and left. 

With that they dumped his body on the floor and scooted right after him.

Every other person watching also deserted the place not wanting the death of the newbie to be pinned on them.

After all it was his fault that that happened to him.

If he had stayed in the cold bath like every other person, he would have still been alive.

After everyone left, an old man named Zi walked out the private compartment where he had been watching the whole scenario play out.

This has been a couple of times to newbies who did not know the rules or who to stay away from when they first arrived.

Unfortunately for this young boy, he didn’t meet anyone kind enough to tell him about Don and his men. 

Death was a better option because if he stayed alive, Don and his men would not let him be. 

“Children these days.” he shook his head then jumped over the body lying down.

A necklace was hanging on the boy’s neck and that caught his eyes.

That was the necklace he had cultivated for 350 years and he had given to his student thirty years ago before they parted.

Now it was hanging on this man’s neck. 

That meant one thing. 

The little boy is related to his old student and he could not just leave him to die here.

Zi brought out his Jade mirror and put Sawyer inside, then he went to his cell which was located at the extreme end of the last block.

 He had no roommates and the rooms close to him were also empty because the prisoners there had passed away from natural causes.

That side of Orison Ward housed  the elderly, so the attention there was little.

So it was going to be convenient for Zi to keep him out of Don and his lackeys’ reach

When they arrived at Old Zi’s room, he freed Sawyer from the Jade mirror.

Luckily, he caught a pulse on him and his heart was beating faintly.

Immediately Zi got to work and performed acupuncture on him to revive him. Then  he treated all of his wounds.

Sawyer’s condition was stable but he wasn’t conscious for another three days.

Old man Zi just carried out his daily activities as usual, whenever he was leaving his room, he put a protected barrier over the room to keep eyes away from him.