I wake with a thud. I'm surrounded by thick netting, that burns my touch. It glints silver and grey, but has a strange humming sound coming from it. It's set up on top of four wooden poles, and attached to the ground by concrete. A small opening is my only way out, and anyone else's only way in. I crawl to it,but it's been barred shut from the outside. I am exhausted and sleepy, and have o.o percent knowledge of who I am, where I come from, even who's clothes I'm wearing. (though I'm pretty sure they're mine). I see a pair of battered sand shoes throw to one of the sides, and a bowl of cold mushy gruel stuff. I smell it and gag, 'cause it smells like rotten eggs and fermented goats milk, but I still (very, very, very un-smartly) risk putting some in my mouth. It is disgusting and it still would be even if it was warm. How anyone can eat that is past me. Did I mention it is disgusting. Peering out side I see a small opening, surrounded by bushes and trees. There are a few more 'tents' like mine, but those are empty. There's no soul in sight. The Bushes rumble and a wolf explodes out of them. It skids to a stop and growls at me. I shudder and look away. When I turn back around, it's disappeared. A man is looking at me curiously, but stops when I turn around. I stifle a giggle because he looks like a deer caught in the headlights, before he shakes himself and sets off racing into the bush, down a hidden path invisible to the human eye. Where did that man come from, and where's the wolf? I hope it's not hiding and is gonna come out and try to eat me. Discontent and unsettled, I settle down onto the rough grass and fall into an restless sleep.
I was running, running away from something, but I'm not sure what. I was out of breath, starved, dehydrated, but I had to keep going. Going towards something. What? I'm not sure what. It feels like I'm running on the spot,but moving at the same time. A black abyss appears in front of me, making me come to a halt and cutting off my way at the same time. How inconsiderate of it. Stretching from one side of the horizon to the other, there's no way I can get past it. And the thing, whatever it is, keeps getting closer, deciding to join the party. a strange voice comes from nowhere. "We are coming for you, Kody". A dog whimpers and in that moment I know what I'm going to do. Not think. (Pretty random solution I know)
I jump.
I wake with a start. Whispers come from all around me. As my eyes adjust, is see that the clearing is flooded with light, and with people. Except these people are different. They don't seem entirely normal. Not entirely Human. Like they're wearing an elaborate disguise, a mask. The are all staring at me like I'm an exhibit in a zoo, like I'm a rare creature that needs to be 'sheltered' in other words trapped in a prison, a supposed sanctuary. I hate this is stupid contraption that burns my touch, and has stopped me from going somewhere, from doing something. Mainly from running away. Lost in my train of thought, I don't realise one of them has approached. I look up but the Suns glare forces my eyes down, burning them.
"We were expecting you, Kody Winchester" The same mysterious, detached voice from my dream says. Only this time it wasn't detached.
