"Vicenta will be fine," Basetsana tells me. We're seated on the ground in the yard with all the other female prisoners. The midday sun shines mercilessly upon us but we can't go inside because we are El Monstruo's prisoners now. He told us that he has men in the CCTV room and they're watching us. A girl tried to go in twenty minutes ago but she was shot immediately she entered the building.
"I'm going to find her," I insist, standing up. Vicenta was taken inside by El Monstruo and two girls were taken to the Supermax unit by Bozzo and Eyck. I do not even want to think of what those disgusting men could be doing to them.

"You can't leave the yard," Basetsana grabs my hand. "They'll kill you, Kira."

"I don't care," I wriggle my hand out of her tight grasp. "I'm going to help Vicenta. She needs me right now."

All the inmates stare at me as I walk through the door, avoiding the girl's corpse. The silent hallway is empty and even though the floor is full of unknown germs I remove my sandals so no one can hear me. At the end of the main hallway is another which leads to the Visitation Room. Leaning against the wall, I peep and see two guards standing outside it, their eyes pressed against the door. There's no doubt El Monstruo is in that room with Vicenta.

I slowly open the door of the cell nearest to me and close it. As soon as I sit on the bed, the ground starts to shake. This earthquake is stronger than all the others. I stand in the middle of the tiny cell, hoping the rattling bunk doesn't fall on me. My head starts to spin as the room becomes hotter and I'm tempted to go outside but I can't leave Vicenta. She's been my best friend for the last five months.

The vibrations keep increasing and I hold my forehead to remain steady. I sit on the lower bunk when parts of the ceiling fall off. I have to leave this room or I won't survive. The two guards run past the cell to the exit that leads to the yard. I wait for a few seconds before getting out and running towards the visitation room. I bang it with all my might until it opens. The monster stands before me, zipping up his pants. Vicenta is crying as she holds on to a table. Thankfully, she has her clothes on.

I try to pass by El Monstruo but he grabs me by the waist and slaps me so hard I end up on the floor. "Where do you think you're going?"

Just as he raises his foot to stomp on me, Vicenta hits him on the head with a chair. He falls on top of me and yells out while Vicenta gets him off me. He twists his face in pain, putting his large hands on either side of his head so we use the chance to run out. I lock the door and we run to the laundry room which is down the hallway. Vicenta grabs a sheet and spreads it over a wooden table in the middle of the room. We crouch down under the table and hold onto it's legs so it won't move. Even though the sheet keeps trying to fly around, it's the safest place in the room. We should've gotten to kitchen, instead. Suddenly, the quake stops.

"I can finally breath," Vicenta says, taking a deep breath. "Thank you so much for saving me. Can you imagine that sadistic idiot wanted me to continue giving him a blow job during the earthquake? It was so disgusting I feel like washing my mouth with soap."

"You should've bitten that dirty bastard," I tell her and we both laugh. The inmates outside are yelling and I wonder why. Is El Monstruo out? "Someone should kill him."

"He says his men are trying to breach the security system in their section. According to him, they'll soon be getting out of here before the eruption but he wants the rest of us to die here."

"That evil-" I freeze when I hear heavy footsteps in the hallway.

"Find those two sluts and bring them to me," Our biggest enemy is in the hallway. Vicenta and I hold hands, squeezing them together. "I'm going to teach them a lesson they'll never forget in their short lives. No one messes with me."

We hold each other's trembling bodies as we wait for our worst nightmare to begin. We don't have to wait long because the door opens immediately.