System, are you messing with me?

Ark 3 - Let me out of here!

Shu Ning forcefully calmed down his turmultuous emotions, after he made sure that Alpha really was no where to be found. The System's whereabouts was a problem, that he had to deal with some other time, as this health facility was a way bigger dilemma at the moment. Not just because of the treatement he was receiving, but also because this place felt off in some way. As if something horrible and dangerous was lurking in every shadowy corner, just waiting to sink it's claws into the hearts of unassuming humans. It was a frightening feeling to be completely helpless as his wrists were still bound tightly to the bed.

"Hey. Hey, Nurse. Hello. Can someone hear me? HEY!"

Shu Ning yelled out as loud as he could to attract the attention of whoever passed by his room, but even after his throat turned sore and itchy there was still no one coming to check on him. He was already almost giving up his quest in talking with someone, when finally the door to his room swung open with a loud bang and the face of an irritated nurse appeared. It was the same woman that had visited not too long ago.

"SHUT UP! Or else I will inject you with some tranquilizers."

"I wouldn't need to shout so loud if you would have just come faster."

The nurse snorted in response and when Shu Ning's eyes narroved in a poisonous glare, the woman even roled her eyes at him. For a short while after that the two of them were caught in a staring match, with no one wanting to back down.

"I want you to take off those restraints."

"Hmmmm.... No."

"What? Why? I have calmed down already, so there is no need to keep them on any longer."

"That may be so, but you have the tendency to lash out in aggression every other day and it would be way too troublesome to place new bounds on you ever time that happens. It is also too dangerous for us to have you move freely as we have learned the hard way that you can make a weapon out of practically anything."

At that the woman pulled the corners of her lips into a crooked grin that showed way too many teeth. Seeing the sharp edges of them, Shu Ning felt the hairs on his arms stand up in nervousness , but he quickly squashed down the irrational agitation. In a way, these strange reactions that he showed in the companny of the nurse only spurred on his descision to get out of this place as fast as possible.

"I see. And what if I need to go to the bathroom?"

"We could place a catheter or make you wear a diaper. You can pick."

"No thanks. I suppose I can still keep it in. Can you help me change my position then? It's getting a bit uncomfortable like this."

Shu Ning lifted his upper body slightly and made a show out of flattening the creases of the mattress with his back and shoulder, almost dislocated his wrist in the process. Heavily panting, he settled back into the bedding and pleadingly looked at the obviously amused nurse. 

Luckily the woman didn't seem to be completely indifferent to her patients needs yet and carefully came closer to rearange his hospital dress and stroke over the covering of the matress. After everything was done, she hurriedly stepped back again and after no more words were exchanged, the woman stalked out of the room and shut the door behind her.

Shu Ning sighed in relief when the nurse dissapeared behind the door at last and with an evil twinkle growing in his eyes, he flipped an identification card from his hand in to between two of his fingers. The same face that had moments before vanished through the door now stubornly stared out of the rectangular card.

With a few flicks of his hand, the tight bound around his right wrist got cut deep enough that Shu Ning only needed to exhert some of his remaining strength to tear appart the rest of the binds. As the right arm was now capable of moving around freeing the left side was even easier to cut and so it did not take much longer for the other arm to come free as well. A dark red mark became visible on the pale skin of both of the wrists and with a few clenches of his hands the blood finally properly flowed into the tips of his fingers.