Participation

Participation
     
As he stepped back into the middle of the cage everyone gasped at the spectacle he just performed for them at the snap of their fingers. With blood still splattered across their surprised faces they cheer for more. Bashed and bloodied the victim tries to crawl away helplessly. Reluctantly he grabbed him by his shattered knee and smashed him down upon the cement floor hard, releasing blood and one final hopeless cry for help.

     As the victim’s body lay there nameless and lifeless, he can’t help but regret his actions. What if he had a family as he does and was forced to participate just as he has been done to do also? The crowd throws in another one for the meat grinder as if they could be bored already? Such short attention spans. This one was not a usual participant for she was not a he.

     The girl no older than seventeen, stood before the beast of a man with pleading eyes, begging him to spare her. Knowing if he did his family would be executed, he wept as he took her head in his hands and brought her to his chest. As she embraced him as everybody booed, until she started flailing around struggling to get loose of his hold! Her head flattened against his chest letting her arms and legs fall limp! Throwing her aside everyone cheered. He fell to his knees tired and began to weep in front of the world. His tears seemed to run red from all the blood.

     As more and more men came in, more and more piled up in the corner. All too late to find out his family was thrown in an others cage as that other participant tore them apart as well.