My head was banged against a rock like they said they would do. I hadn't realised my legs were tied in front of me until the rope caught fire and I could stand up again, after moments of staggering back and forth. I backed away from the flames at first, then something seemed to pull me towards them. I took slow step after slow step, but I didn’t get far before I was wrenched back by an anonymous person. I blacked out again.
Pain. That was the first thing that came into my mind when I drifted out of unconsciousness. Pain soaring in my head. I was going to give myself a pep talk to get out of bed, when I realised, how did I know what a bed was? How did I know this language? What is my name? As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, something relaxing was injected into me through my arm and my head felt better.
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I am reading my transcript of the words spoken on the hologram and they make no sense at all. Nevertheless, I know they're related to the lump which relates to the accident. Just a feeling. But I know it's true.
I woke up again. All I could remember was the pain in my head and my enquiry about my knowingness of things. Now there was only a dull pain in it's place. Somehow, I wasn't able to move and I knew I was in a situation like this before so I resisted. After a few lame tries, the same thing must have been injected into me as a sense of relaxation entered my body again. My sleep was dreamless.
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(screen comes to life) (takes deep breath) I don’t have much time just listen to me he's coming and you can't trust him, really, it's seriously dangerous. Oh; it's coming into effect so I can't explain, just (takes another breath). Talk to me through it, I designed it to help you and you simply can't be with him. I loved you like a dear sister since I saved you and it's all for you.( crackling, breaking glass, gunshots) Got to go. Hope we meet again.(stern face) Talk to me.(screen blank).
The third time I woke up, I knew they would put me to sleep again - whoever they are- if I wasn't wiser, so I pretended I was still asleep. Gradually, I gained full power on my senses and strength so I would be able to fight the bitch that would try to inject that - that drug into me again! I dared not open my eyes in case they were there and I had a certain time between waking up and falling asleep. So I waited.
I didn't know they were in the room - or wherever they were keeping me. Stealthily, they crouched beside me and injected it through me again. As I was losing my consciousness, I heard a masculine voice: "Nice try sweetheart. Just like the old you to be smart eh?" Fluttering my eyes open before they closed again, I caught sight of an intimidating figure who knew about my past.

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Subconscious
Mystery / ThrillerConfused by her past, Lara is advised by her therapist to keep a journal and write the snippets she remembers. But the mystery of her memory loss incident still lurks deep in her mind and she receives the most unlikely of guides to help unravel it...