Unpleasant Specimens

The prison warder was beginning to nod off, which was strictly not allowed, when all hell broke loose in one of the cells he was supposed to be monitoring. His head jerked back painfully as the sole male occupant let out a series of blood-curdling screams.

“It’s him again,” he muttered, rubbing his sore neck. “They come in here feeling sorry for themselves, insisting they’re innocent and then get all suicidal. He’s an evil swine that one is!”

The prisoner in question had been tried and found guilty of murdering a little girl, presumably for sexual gratification, and disposing of her body. Pretty little thing she had been, and no trace of her was ever found, apart from blood scattered throughout his rented property.

“I’ll never understand why they don’t dispose of animals like him, instead of putting them in here at huge cost,” he grumbled. He then thought a bit harder, and perked up somewhat “On reflection, it’s worth keeping him alive if it means me having a job.” He picked up the phone to call for help.

It took three of them to restrain the wild-eyed, panting prisoner none too gently, while his neighbours cursed from their cells at their sleep being interrupted. It would have been satisfying if he had shown some signs of remorse, but he was in a state of incoherent rage at being held captive, nothing more.

A male nurse who was patiently waiting nearby for the struggling to cease was finally given the opportunity to inject a sedative, before they laid him down on his bed where he was stretched out comatose.

“We’ll put it in his food next time,” the nurse confirmed as an aside before walking off, “so he doesn’t get the chance to give us a repeat show.”

“He carries on like that, and there’ll be no next time,” growled the original warder, more in hope than expectation of being given his wish.

*     *     *

Little did he realise that even in this imperfect World in which we all live, his desire was going to be granted from an unexpected source. Someone who had witnessed events at court as they were reported on television had been appalled at this loss of an innocent life, and was determined to pursue his own type of justice.

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