Evil within

Testing

My heart hammered against my rib cage as if it was an animal holding its breath, desperately trying to reach the surface.

I started to pace back and forward from wall to wall as I nervously waited for the guards to collect me.

The silence was louder than any word that was torn out forcefully from someone's throat.

I just hoped that this time I would do well. I hope I don't lose the privilege of living in this room.

With a loud burst of the door, two guards came into my room, grabbed onto my arms and escorted me out and down the never ending hallways.

Eventually we ended up facing a room with an open door as I was roughly dragged in. I looked around and saw that the testing room had a lot more equipment than the old room, and it was much larger, cleaner and brighter. 

The guards walked me to the centre of a large white room with bright lights, all of the walls were identical except for one. This wall had a thick sheet of bulletproof glass where behind it, multiple scientists would take notes about the ongoing experiments and control what happens in the room they put me in.

The guards grabbed my hands and yanked the up towards the ceiling where they forcefully shoved my hands into metal chains which dug into my wrists like a poisonous thorn that never decayed or wilted. These silver chains hung from the ceiling along with LED lights. Every time I looked at the pair I swore I could see an smug and evil glint in the bulb as it hung above my head in mockery, as if saying I was always below them and they had the power over me.

The chains clattered, bringing me out of my thoughts abruptly as the guards let go and left the room. A scientist then came into the room I was in with a clipboard in hand, closing the door shut behind him.

"Today up until the end of the week we will be testing your pain tolerance, after that you will be given a break where you'll be tested on your intelligence and new skills which were taught to you in the old building and from the books we have supplied. More information will be given to you about those testing when we get closer to the date of the occurrence." He stated in a monotone voice.

"I will be the one conducting the experiments today, we will do what ever we see fit to gain the data from you that is needed." He continued to state as he put on his blue latex gloves and went to grab something that was unknown to me from the trolly which was overflowing with new equipment which was all in its correct place and sterile.

"Try to relax, it will make the results more reliable for us, if we think that the results we collect are unreliable we will do the experiment again next week and push the other tests further into the future to get these tests done with reliable and accurate results. Do you understand?"

"Yes" I mumbled as my head was facing the floor.

"I heard that if you behave you might get the privilege to start growing your hair out as we could stop shaving it every week. It all depends on your behaviour though, it's your choice." He blandly stated.

I breathed in deeply and then gently let the air escape my lungs as I prepared myself for the testing. I really hope these tests are seen as 'reliable'.

God knows I don't want a repeat of last time.