Life's Second Chance

Prologue: Awakened

Agent Ray didn't know how much time had passed, but the moment she'd arisen she found herself in much the same state as recorded in her last conscious memory. Her body was bound in bandages, from her torso all the way down to mid-thigh. Shoe-less feet suffered the cold of the metallic room, and the stone sour smell left by strange chemicals seemed to be the only evidence that she wasn't in the Chamber..

Her arms..weren't chained to the mechanical bed anymore.. and her legs weren't chained at the ankles. Afraid to ignite the muted beeps of the heart monitor remained motionless..observing the silence..studying the defining quiet.

Grateful for her aroused senses, came to find that she could pick out every single detail that seemed to disturb the dark tranquility of the station. Perhaps it was her time spent underground in a world of fear and nightmares that she'd gotten accustomed to being on edge that made her twice or thrice as aware. Laying motionless for about fifteen minutes experimented with twitching her finger tips.

The weight from her last awakening was no longer present, and though she still felt groggy she proceeded to experiment. From her fingers and toes, to raising her unshackled hands and arms, to finally pulling herself into a seated position. Hands clapped against her face gently finding that her face from the nose up was bandaged.

Patting herself down was relieved to find everything where they were supposed to be, though she did feel something was mighty wrong about her situation. Deciding to test her legs out, graduated from shifting in her propped up position, to sitting straight with no support from the wall.

Cautiously reaching for the bandages slowly undid them, and as the wrapping came undone all she could see was black. Feeling her heart skip a beep felt the heart monitor jump and focused on calming herself down until the loud beep became quiet once more. Breathing deeply, fearfully reached towards her eyes and found there was a strange film covering them both. Figuring that it would be best not to tamper with the coat felt the sudden urge to get out. It was then she realized she couldn't feel her eyelids twitch or blink. Wondering what might have happened knew that the only way to get real help was to return to base, or have a rescue team come retrieve her.

In order to send out a beacon she needed her things, which was obviously nowhere in sight. "Just my luck." She mused quietly to herself. Trying to retrieve a photographic mental image of her surroundings already knew which station she was in, and exactly where the monitor was. Managing to find the switch unplugged it from the wall and grimaced as she pulled all the ivy needles and sticky suctions that had been placed on her head.

Agent Ray could now feel the bandage slide off her shoulders as the coil from her head became undone. Feeling her hair once again felt a light sense of reassurance..having no bald spot meant that her brain was still intact. "Stupid movies." She told herself in mock sarcasm. It was then that the silence suddenly broke making her freeze.