Sanity: The Saw Chronicles [C]

Chapter 62 | Electricity

Kuza and I fell asleep in Ricky and I's room that night. It felt so wrong. Even though Ricky was okay with it, I was actually uncomfortable. Thankfully they're going to clean up Kuza's room for him today. I, however, have some different objectives. Ryan and I both knew we needed to start working on the tests he has lined up for me. We haven't mentioned it to any of the others, but I doubt they'd be jumping at a chance to possibly get murdered.

"Stop!" Ryan sternly told me as I walked in the lab, "Take... two steps back."

Um, alright? You know what, at least I didn't get a ninja star thrown at me this time. I carefully took two steps back and waiting on him. From around the corner of the entry way, I could see he was at a mysterious control panel by his main desk. I've noticed it there before but he's never touched in when I've been in the room. I don't know what it does, and honestly, I'm a little scared to find out.

Ryan pressed one of the buttons, and in an instant I felt like hot needles plunged into my skin. All my muscles constricted and shook. I swear they were going to tear in half. My knees gave out, and it finally stopped once they did. My chest rose and fell rapidly.

Still trying to catch my breath, I asked, "Did you just fucking electrocute me?" Being Ryan and all, he stayed quiet. Instead he started to reach the panel again but I couldn't stop him in time, "No, no- Ahh!"

That one was way fucking worse. My head felt like a bee's nest ready to explode. I collapsed on my back and groaned in pain once it stopped. He's a goddamn psychopath! I'll take the sudden ninja star back over this, thank you very much.

"Does that answer your question?" He asked.

"Yeah, but, follow up question." I replied, tiredly talking with my hand, "Did you install an electrical fiend in front of your door just for this, or did you always have that there?"

"It's always been there." He casually said. How can he act like that's no big deal? I walk through that door several times a day. I would've liked to have known I could've been zapped. Ryan pushed back from his desk to come help me up. As he offered me his hand, he added, "On the bright side, you're already through one test. You just took enough electricity to kill ten men."

"I'm not sure if I should be proud of that or not." I grumbled.

"How's Mike doing?" Ryan asked, completely changing the subject. He continued to walk back to his desk to write down some notes about electrocuting me.

I pulled myself up on one of the silver tables, responding, "He's doing great, actually. He's very persistent about doing things himself. I make sure it's within reason, of course, but he's walking on his own. He can get dressed and go to the bathroom on his own too, which the doctors tell me is actually remarkable for someone who went through what he did."

"He's a fighter." Ryan sighed, "We all are, but sometimes it can get a little... bleak."

"Yeah... So, um, what's your next plan of torture for me?"

He stood up again, this time grabbing his cane from the side of his desk. I haven't seen him use it was much recently but he does when he gets too down on himself. The stress probably makes his back pain flare up.

"I want to test how much weight you can hold up." He replied, "Come on."

I jumped down from the table and followed him up to the raised platform that surrounded the lab. He gestured towards a table, which I assume he wanted me to lay down on. As I did, I couldn't help but feel nervous. There were slabs hanging above my head. They could easily crush me any fucking second.

"I'll go one at a time. Don't worry." He reassured me, "Don't be afraid to let some of this weight rest on your chest. I'm not testing your strength. I'm testing your body's endurance. If it gets to be too much, tell me to stop."