His Infatuation: Book One of The Constant Struggle Trilogy

Chapter 4

I watched in fear as the men came closer to me. Each one had a smile on their face and I knew it wasn't going to be good for me. My hands were shaking and I could feel the sweat drip down my face. My hands were still tied behind my back and I was helpless to defend myself. They came closer and I tensed up waiting to see what would happen to me. One of them pulled up a chair I hadn't noticed in the corner of the room. The other seemed to be fiddling with an object in his jacket pocket. Suddenly he pulled it out and lit the fire. He turned the zippo on and off untill he lunged at me and set my clothes and hair on fire. I scremed bloody murder but no one seemed to mind. I couldn't move the rope was melting into my clothes and skin until my body was a childs fingerpainting. My screams got louder and louder as my hair burned and my whole body was in blinding pain. I begged them to stop to put the fire out but they just sat there and watched me burn. The one in the chair was laughing and the other guy left. I couldn't stop screaming, my whole body was burning. The heat was suddenly gone but I couldn't see anything at all my eyes had been burned shut. One of them must have poured water over me but it didn't matter. I was in agony. I laid there wishing they would just kill me already that they would have let me keep burning. I can't stand the pain and I felt myself slip into unconciousness.

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I could hear beeping somewhere near by. I tried to move my arms to turn off the obnoxious noise. I panicked and tried to open my eyes but my body wasn't cooperating with me. I couldn't move and all I could see was darkness. I felt like I was floating in a sea of emptiness. I felt even more helpless then I did before. I can't feel anything, not pain, not pleasure, nothing. Almost as if I was numb. I tried to remember what happened but I came up with a blank. I tried to think but my mind was empty, I can't remember anything. Who am I? What is happening to me? Why can't I move? Will no one help me? I tried to scream but my throat wouldn't work and the only person who heard my screams were me. My heart beat faster and I heard the beeping noise go crazy. Feet shuffled into the room and I heard them shouting.

"She's waking to soon!" "Hurry before it's too late!" "Everyone calm down." "Administer the anesthetic quickly!"

Whats going on? Whats happening? I panicked as I started to feel sleepy. I slowly started to lose conscious and the darkness welcomed me once more.

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Blinking I blinded my eyes in the light. I squinted and tried to make sense of my surroundings. The room is all white and there are no windows. There are artificial lights on the ceiling. I could smell nothing but cleaning supplies. The whole room smelt of rubbing alcohol. There were machines on one side of the bed. Tubes were running from them and I followed where they led with my eyes. Slowly I followed the tubes until I found where they were inserted into my skin. I looked down at the bed I was in. I wore nothing more then a thin paper gown and had a small sheet covering my body. What happened to me? I couldn't remember anything an I panicked. Where am I? The little machine started beeping loudly. My eyebrows furrowed in confusion. Won't that annoying thing shut up?

My ears perked up at the sound of the door opening. "Good to see that you are up."