"Hello, my Darling!"
The voice sounded distant at first- smooth, almost playful, but wrapped by the dull ringing in her ears. Her head throbbed as if someone had slammed it against steel.
The world around her pulsed like it was underwater; she couldn't telll where she was or how much time had passed.
"Wake up, beauty. Come on. We need you awake- for now!"
A rough haand slid along her leg, up toward her neck. The touch wasn't gentle; it waas deliberaate, testing her reaction. Her skin crawled.
Her limbs felt like stone- the sedative still dulling every nerve. She tried to flinch but her muscles refused to respond. Panic burned in her chest, trapped beneath the fog in her brain.
She forced her eyes open- only to meet darkness.
A strip of rough fabric pressed against her eyelids. The blindfold.
Her breathing grew shallow as the numbness began to wear off. Sensation returned in cruel waves: the sting on her wrists, the ache in her shoulders, the bruises she hadn't notice before. She jerked instinctively, but the ropes cut tighter.
"Ohh, there she is!" another voice voice chimed in, this one younger, more mocking. "Finally, awake! Guess you can join the party now!"
"MHHMMM!" it was all she could manage- a muffled protest beneath the gag.
Hands grabbed her waist, flipping her roughly onto her side before lifting her like a sack. Her body hit a hard shoulder. Every jolt as he walked sent a pulse of pain through her ribs.
She kicked weaakly, the sound of her muffled cries swallowed by the gag.
"Go ahead, move aall you want," the man said, his voice laced with amusement."Just means you'll hurt yourself faster. I might drop you- and that pretty head of yours might get seriously hurt then."
He patted her leg almost affectionately... then smacked her hard enough to make her flinch.
"If you disobey and don't do what we say, you just will recieve harder punishments, so you better behave and do what we say, princess!" She could hear his smirk clearly.
"Guys, I got her already, she was waking up." He said to someone, standing still. Without an answer, he continued to walk, putting her down on something to sit- most likely a chair.
When he dropped her into a chair, her knees buckled beneath her. She trembled uncontrollably, biting down on the cloth in her mouth to stop herself from screaming.
She didn't know what they wanted- every possiblity felt too bizarre. Why her exactly, there was nothing special about her- but every instinct told her she wasn't meant tto leave this place alive.
She felt fingers tugging aat the ropes around her wrists- loosening them.
Now.
She swung blindly, fists striking something solif. AA grunt followed. She pushed herself up, half- standiing, tugging aat the blindfol. But before she could free her eyes, hands clamped down again, shoving her back into the chair.
Desperatly, she tried to still run and fight them but they were too strong.
"MHHHMMM!" she cried as a sharp sting exploded across her face- a slap thatsent stars bursting behind her eyelids.
The room spun. Her body went limp long enough for the man to grab her wrists and tie them tightly to the chair's armrests.
She cried even more, scared and desperate. She felt something floating down her temple.
"I told you to behave, bitch!" he hissed between his teeth.
Tears blurred beneath the blindfold as she shook, trying to breath through her panic.
