A shifter caged

Chapter Nine

Chapter nine

Skylars p.o.v

After an awkward silence of about five minutes she stood up and walked over to a cupboard on the side of the room and took out two soft looking towels, she pointed to the door and said,

" Come lets go get you showered and cleaned up..."

I followed her out the room and down a short corridor with other doors running along the length of it. At the end of the corridor was a bathroom that had three stalls in it, each stall had a shower and a changing area.

" which one must I go in? "

I asked her in a nervous voice... Afraid that if I say too much this strange dream will end and I would be back in the lab.

" Any one, doesn't really matter. I will be right out here if you need anything."

I walked into the stall and closed the door. I laid the towels in a pile on the bench and slowly peeled off the horrible uniform that had been my cover for so long now...

I closed my eyes afraid to look in the mirror and decided to only look after I cleaned up, I stepped into the shower and stared at the handles on the wall, I turned the right one first and cold water came shooting down from the outlet... It felt so cold but so refreshing at the same time.

I turned the left handle slowly and the water went from ice cold to luke warm, the warm water started to sting the fresh wounds on my back so I left it at that temperature. I scrubbed my skin hard with the nice smelling soap until it hurt before rinsing off the soap under the water. Next I stared at the bottles in the rack... I remembered how my mom washed my hair for me with the two bottles at home.. These said shampoo and conditioner.. I had no clue which one to use first so I mixed them together in my hands and then scrubbed my hair until it was all foamy and bubbles ran down my face... I rinsed my hair and just stood under the water for almost ten minutes.

" you almost done in there? "

I heard Ashley call from outside, I quickly turned off the tap scared I had taken too long and wrapped the towel around me to dry with. I used the other towel to dry my hair as best as I could before stepping out into the main bathroom. I held my old uniform in my arms reluctant to touch it and get dirty again after my shower.

" follow me, I'll get you some fresh clothes to wear."

I followed her out the bathroom and up stairs to a longer corridor, she stopped outside a white wooden door with her name printed on and turned to me.

" this is my room over here, don't mind the mess. "

She smiled at me and let out a small laugh before looking at me weirdly and stepping into the room.

I gasped when I saw the inside, it was so bright and everything looked soft, my bare feet fell on the carpet and I felt like I was floating... The bed had big poofy pillows and a matching purple duvet, the curtains were flowing in the breeze that was coming in through the open window. I stood completely still and curled my toes in the carpet before I heard Ashley clear her throat.

" umm, here I think these might fit you, you look about the same size as me, a bit skinnier though."

She handed me a pile of clothes and I looked around uncomfortably.

" right, I'll go stand outside, call me when you are done."

She left the room and I turned away from the door and sat on the bed, laying the clothes on the bed, there was a pair of shorts and a tee shirt, the shirt had short sleeves that hardly covered my shoulders and was a light blue colour, the underwear looked the right size for me but I wasn't sure about the bra, I pulled on the underwear and shorts first before trying on the bra, it actually did fit after the first few failed attempts, I was just pulling the shirt over my head when I heard the door open and I heard Ashley gasp, I quickly pulled the shirt completely over my back knowing that was why she gasped, I had long scars running down and across my back, and now lots of large needle holes running down my spine.

I turned to see a pale looking Ashley with her mouth hanging open,

" It's okay... Why did you come in I didn't call you yet? "

I tried to reassure her.

" umm.. You were taking quite long and I thought something was wrong, I'm so sorry.... How did you get those scars? "

I sighed before looking down at the carpet, I couldn't ignore her question,

" The ... People... Who experimented on me enjoyed testing how much pain I could take before screaming... They also just liked to take their anger out on me..."

My eyes felt moist and I squeezed them shut before looking up at her. She looked at me sadly, with pity in her eyes, I didn't want pity from these kind strangers but I did not want to seem rude by lying to them.

" I'm so sorry Skylar"

She threw her arms around me and hugged me... It felt nice, I felt better than I ever had at the facility.

" It's not your fault "

She led me out of her room and towards the, as she called it the dining area, she said they were waiting for me, I didn't know who they were but I was scared of meeting new people.