Beyond Control

Chapter 5

 The vibration in the entire place gradually began to cease when they'd left the room. With the blinds pulled, I could barely tell if there's anyone behind that window. The only thing which tells me that someone is in the observation room is by the insignificant murmurs that I'm hearing of their discussion.

She's affecting it. The man's words ringed in my head again. It felt weird by the way he stated it. I didn't know how I was affecting those things in the room as they seemed like nature's doings.

The room is dead silent now, as if there's not a world outside of this room. I tilted my head down, gaze locked on the needle wound on my arm where the dried tick of blood was.

Whatever it is that they'd injected into me with had been doing something which was what they remark as a 'success'. The expression on the captain's face was amused as if they'd just had their first successful experiment with the perfect data.

I pushed myself to my feet and paced to the observation window where the ice had been. I touched my fingers on the glass, anticipating something to happen.

But the glass remained its usual form.

My gazes shifted to the door handle, then glared at it blankly.

The captain's words ringed again, you shall not step out of your room, then there will be consequences.

I clasped my hand on the door handle lightly, hoping not to make a noise which triggers an alarm. My heart began racing as I hesitated whether to turn it open and break the rule or sit back and obey like a tamed dog.

As I began hearing my heart's rhythm beat by beat, the entire place began vibrating again, as if there's an earthquake, just like the previous occurrence.

Without any warning, the door to the observation room burst open. It threw me off guard as I felt my heart jump then the ceiling light of both the observation room and my room flickered for a while before sparkles began spitting out of the bulb and shuts off finally with a pop.

I hauled myself back to the corner of the room as I heard the blinds being lifted.

I sat in the dark after the light bulbs in both of the rooms shut off utterly. I could hear faint murmurs of a discussion in the other room before the outer door opened again where a silhouette evolved in the middle of the doorway.

A man, tall with slender limbs.

I saw a flashlight in the worker's hand as he pointed it down on the table, which I assumed to be some boring documents. But then the tall man, the captain, snatched the flashlight off the worker's hand and pointed it directly at me.

I tilted my head down and covered my head with my hands, hiding away from the light.

The door opened, seemingly with caution, the captain stepped on it with the flashlight and something else in his hand which I couldn't quite see clearly.

But as he got closer, I realized that he's holding a remote controller like device.

The entire place was trembling as if it was terrified as I was. My gaze trained on the device in his hands, I tried to search for other electronics in this room which could be connected to that controller. But there's nothing else in this room, it is just a simple room with walls and flooring painted in white.

I was surprised when he asked his first question, "Are you hurt?"

I kept my head down, arms shivering in plain sight, I shook my head, refusing to speak with such a trembling tone.

I could feel the awkwardness in the ambience but I couldn't get myself together to speak up.

"How are you feeling?" He asked again, his tone nonchalant as if he'd actually cared about me.

It took me a while to process the question then come up with an answer, though it is as short as a one word answer.

"Scared." I stuttered.

Footsteps were heard and someone came sprinting into the room. And threw himself beside the captain.

"You called?" The man who's just arrived pants.

"What's the current situation outside?" The captain asked.

"It's like an earthquake."

"The lights?"

"They're fine."

I focused on the vibration of the place, matching it with the rhythm of my heart as I began to figure out something new.

The captain spared a glance at me then dragged the man out of the room with him and shut the door. They were discussing again in the observation room when a worker came in with a ladder to replace the light.

I could see that the captain stopped the electrician and told the man in lab coat to replace it himself. Or perhaps they wanted to investigate the cause of the light shutting off and burning.

When the light was replaced, the man in lab coat got down from the ladder with an unsatisfied frown, seemingly learning nothing of the cause.

I began to calm, moderating that heart to slow from such a rapid rate. I took deep breaths and remained observing those in the observation room.

When I began to restore my normal breathing, the vibration in this area ceased.

Then, I understood what the scientist had stated the other day.

The sudden change in the surrounding heaved their attention up from whatever discussion was going on in the observation room. A few of them lifted their heads up to look at me through the window then found nothing of interest.

The captain then entered my room again, leading his fellow workers in with the ladder to replace the burned light bulb.

It took seconds for them to restore the normal lighting in the room and move out to allow time for the captain for whatever he plans to do.

The door closed, and the captain stood with his arms crossed, a remote controller in his hand. He leaned against the shut door, asking, "What were you doing before we came?"

Hesitating whether to make an escape.

I sat with my arm wrapped around my raised knees, head tilted and hiding my gaze from everyone around me.

He repeated the question again, once more with an impatient tone.

I then heard a click of a button, seemingly the remote controller in his hand.

It wasn't till then when I realized that the inconspicuous bracelet worn on my wrist is an electric shock bracelet.