The One Rule

'There was only one rule: don’t open the door.'

He always obeyed the rules.

That was what those boys told him when they put him in the cabin.

They made fun of him because he was autistic, they knew he would be in there for hours.

They laughed because it was now the school holidays and wondered what he would be like when they got back.

After the holiday they came back to school but he didn't.

The teacher said his parents had called the police because he had not come home before the holiday.

They were not laughing now and decided to go back to the cabin.

They hadn't done anything wrong.

They opened the door and he was in the corner emaciated, he had starved to death.

"The idiot, why didn't he just walk out?"

"He couldn't, we gave him the rule"

Then his eyes opened, and he said "You broke the rule, you will pay"

They screamed and shrieked as his eyes closed for the last time, and they ran home.

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Four boys were found dead in their beds this morning. The odd thing was that they had all starved to death. It looked as though they had not eaten for weeks, though their parents said they had been quiet when they ate their evening meal.

A fifth was found in a cabin on the playing fields, he had also starved to death.

Investigations are underway.