Casium

Restrained

     You open your eyes and are blinded by light glaring from a spotlight above. Looking down, you see that you are restrained to a grey metallic table by chains, which wrap around your body.

     You try to move, but a sharp pain shoots through your spine causing you to scream. It feels like your legs are completely disconnected from your body although you can clearly see they are still there.

     You look around the room, but there is not much to see. You are in the center of a circle of light that is surrounded by darkness. You hear footsteps to the right of you.

     A man in a white lab coat steps out of the darkness and looks down at you. The lower half of his face is covered by a light blue surgical mask. He has wrinkles around his brown eyes and a mess of gray and white hair on top of his head.

"Hello, Mr. Altimari. How has your day been?" asks the man calmly.

     You lay there silently as you realize you can not answer his question because you remember nothing. Apparently your last name is Altimari.

"Not a fan of talking, I see." says the man.

"Where am I?" you ask with panic in your voice as an instinctive feeling of terror begins to set in.

"May I ask you a question, Mr. Altimari?" asks the man.

"No. You may tell me what is going on!" you demand.

"It's been over a century since the Casium Project began, yet your kind still intrigues me. Your kind have seperate fears per being like any other species, but you all seem to have one great fear in common. Tell me, what is it that terrifies you the most?" asks the man.

"Right now, you are what terrifies me the most! Please let me go!" you beg.

The man chuckles.

"Your friend, Sasha, told me about your sarcastic humor. I suggest you cooperate if you want to see her again." he says.

"Who's Sasha?" you ask.

The man frowns.

"Oh, no. Your memory drive was probably damaged when you fell." says the man.

He swiftly turns around and walks back into the darkness. You hear him digging through some clutter and he returns with what looks like a white taser.

"Hopefully the information I need is in there somewhere." says the man.

"Please don't do this!" you scream.

He jabs the taser like object against your head and you feel the electricity enter your body. Your whole head feels like it is exploding in slow motion as you scream out in pain. You look up at the spotlight and suddenly all you see is white.