40. Heat Wave

In the meanwhile, on the parade square...

Ah-moe was lined up with the rest of the inmates, marching around the square with the instructors barking instructions that simply bewildered Ah-moe. Everything seemed wrong to him, as he tried to make sense of the situation. He was confused... All the instructions sounded so similar, but they all required him to perform different actions. What was the point of this odd exercise anyway?

"Ke-ka-nan-bu-SENG!"

As the whole marching line stopped and turned to the right, Ah-moe almost crashed into the person in front of him. Again. As Ah-moe quickly turned to follow the rest, he started wondering: Why was he here again?

"Ke-ki-ri-bu-SENG!"

As they all turned to the left, Ah-moe was still lost in his thoughts, and continued marching straight on.

"Oei! Turn left!" the instructor bellowed.

No response. Ah-moe kept on walking.

"Ah-moe!!!"

And Ah-moe walked straight into the wall of the nearby barracks and fell to the floor, lying spread-eagled.

He laid dazed, as the guards went to call for the paramedics. Then he realised what was wrong. There was this huge orb of fire in the sky! It was making everything so bright and so hot, and making him wet all over with some sticky liquid thing. As he started to curse that darn sky-object, everything started becoming blur... Sounds became slowed and dulled... Then darkness quickly set in...

Before the splash of cold water hit him, Ah-moe was already snoring loudly in deep sleep.