Die, Die My Darling

5

Lillian breathed heavily as she walked through the ringing halls of the facility. Red lights swirled in her vision as she began to feel lightheaded. Hands could be felt on her shoulders as she attempted to swat them away, unknowing that they were those of a medic.

"Ma'am!" They yelled, attempting to get her attention. Her vision began fading to black as she tried to grip the walls, but it was fruitless as she fell heavily to the ground.

Slowly but surely, she awoke to the sound of beeping. Her own heartbeat paced slowly on an unstable green line. She looked at her small, pale hands carefully, assessing them for any injuries. Her fingers touched her soft face, ghosting over her lips as she began to recall what had happened.

Flashbacks clouded her memory as she tried to push them away, she felt disgusted with herself. Small purple bruises were forming On her wrists where the man had squeezed them not even an hour before. Her eyes examined the small IV drip in her arm feeding her with fluids and she grimaced. Lillian always hated needles despite working with them in previous training. Her hands clutched at the warm, white blankets and she pulled them over her head in an attempt to hide from the world.

The door creaked open a few minutes later and she tightened her grip on the soft blankets to try and further hide from her intruder.

"I'm sorry to bother you Miss Loomis, but we need to ask you a few questions if you're well enough. I'm Dr. Schneider." A sweet, soft voice called to her.

A warm hand gently gripped at the blanket that concealed her body and slowly peeled them back. Lillian's eyes were puffy from her silent sobbing, and her lip quivered with the pitiful look the doctor gave her. The blonde woman offered her a tissue and she gratefully took it and blew her nose. After a few moments of silence and patience from the doctor, Lillian composed herself and sat up.

"That's fine." She said shakily, but she wasn't entirely honest.

"Miss Loomis, I know these things can be hard especially when it happened only half an hour ago. But, this will only last a couple minutes." She pulled out a clipboard and a pen, "Whenever you're ready, tell me the first thing you remember before you came to Michael's cell."

"Well, I.." she paused and took a deep breath, "I came in to see if Michael was in the cafeteria, the place for our normal meetings but, well, he wasn't there. I didn't wait for a male escort to go to his cell I just.. went." Her voice went quiet yet she continued. "I made it to his cell and there was a maintenance man outside, I think his name was Ricky? Well, he said a few choice words to me and-"

"And what were those words?" The blonde woman - Dr. Schneider - interrupted.

"I-I'm not sure if I'm ready to say yet, my memory is still a little foggy.." Lillian trailed.

"Right, sorry. Go on." Schneider instructed.

Lillian fiddled with her hands as she continued explaining the incident to her doctor, however she didn't go into too much detail about Michael asphyxiating the man. The thoughts were rushing through her head and it sent chills up her spine. "Michael.." she thought silently, "I wonder if he's okay."

"Miss Loomis?" The woman in front of her called, waving her slightly tanned hand in front of her eyes.

Lillian shook her head and rubbed her eyes, "Right, sorry. But that's all that happened before I woke up here. How long have I been out?" She said quizzically.

"You were only out for 15 minutes, dear. Be sure you get some rest, and whenever you're feeling well enough to get back on your feet you will be escorted by our finest guards."

Lillian was unsure about this, but she obliged. "Dr. Schneider?" She called.

"Yes?"

"I advise that you check your cameras more often.. I'm sure I'm not the only woman who has been assaulted here." She accused.

"Y-yes, we have made sure to do that." The doctor said quickly, "I'm going to let you rest now, if you need absolutely anything just press the red button on your remote." With that, the doctor closed the door and Lillian was left in her own silence.