Chapter 7: +Chapter 7+
Without warning the cart was pushed forward through the curtains, to reveal that they had been on the side of the stage. He was rolled to the center of the stage and then his cage was placed down.
Caspian was momentarily blinded by the stage lights, the flash clearing up to reveal a sea of darkness in front of him.
He couldn't see the audience because of how bright the lights were, it didn't help that several stage lights shone directly on him.
Now that he could see better, he realized that he had been worn a black wig, the strands of synthetic hair swaying in his vision.
"...with a bid starting at fifty thousand!" The auctioneer shouted enthusiastically, the resounding noise of a gavel hitting wood deafeningly.
Caspian had to turn to the auctioneer then, a robust man with a gleaming face who clearly enjoyed his job.
He hoped the shock of his current situation had made him hear wrong because there was no way anyone would buy him for fifty thousand dolla-
"Going for fifty... Sixty-five! We have a sixty-five- Seventy! Ninety! A hundred and fifty!" The auctioneer spoke rapid-fire fast, wiping his gleaming sweaty face with a rumpled handkerchief.
"Gentlemen, we have quite the competition here..." He chuckled, walking closer to the cage.