What's It Like Outside? [An II Fanfiction]

Chapter 9: Panic Attack

Trigger warnings: Hangover, trauma induced panic attack, electrocution

WITH OST [smaller tw on that it's meant to simulate the panic attack so it bight be a bit stressful to listen to idk. I had to take a break while making it so i thought that'd be worth mentioning ji]

Lightbulb awoke to the feeling of pain in her head. She slowly blinked open her eyes to see a white padded ceiling greeting her from above. She was sprawled out on the floor in the middle of the room, staring at the light above. She squinted at how bright it was and rolled onto her side, which she immediately regretted as her head throbbed a bit more. 'Wait, why does that hurt so much?? What happened??' She thought. She felt nauseous and her leg also ached a bit. She looked down at it, which she also immediately regretted, looking back up at the wall in disgust. There was just a huge burn wound on her leg, which had clearly not received any form of treatment. 

'Okay, okay, there was obviously some sort of experiment last night.. What was it...' Lightbulb tried to search for any memory of the night prior. 'My leg's more messed up than it was before, so I probably got electro-'  Her thoughts trailed off as she suddenly remembered something. And then more, and more, until every little detail of last night came flooding into her mind- the remote, the chains, the chair, the ropes, the cups, the bottles, the pain...

The fear.

Lightbulb started crying on the ground, her breath and heartbeat quickening. It felt like she was reliving it all as she remembered everything, and she felt even more sick. She was so upset and confused how something like this could just happen, only for her to just wake up back here in the morning like nothing happened. Like it didn't even matter. Her vision started getting a bit blurry, almost like the room was spinning. She shut her eyes tightly closed as the blood pulsing through her 'ears' got louder at an alarming rate. She heard echoey voices from behind her, but she couldn't make out what they were saying. She couldn't understand anything right now. She was just sobbing on the floor. She felt like she was gonna throw up. She felt like she was dying.

She heard shuffling near her and opened her good eye a bit, seeing some vague, red-ish shape scooting in front of her. She closed her eye again, the tears making it sting. She could make out a voice from in front of her, more clear now that it was closer. It was calm and high-pitched, and spoke to her in a somewhat soothing tone. She couldn't really tell what it was saying, but that didn't matter right now. None of that did. What mattered is that she was suffocating and dying in this hellhole and she had no idea why. She tried to gasp for air, to force it down her throat and just survive. 

After several minutes of this, which felt like eternity to Lightbulb, she finally felt like she was able to breathe okay. She was still crying and hyperventilating and trembling on the floor, but she was starting to cool down a little. She could start to hear the voice a bit better and she realized it was Balloon.

"It's okay, you're alright... You're safe now.. No one's gonna hurt you..."