The New World

Awake

Blood dripped down the walls. Sparks flew out of wires as the world shook. Tanks broke and strange fluid poured out of them. Broken glass littered the floor, making the metal even more dangerous to walk across. Above all of the sound and danger lights, an unearthly screech sounded, horrifying her as the ground shook even more violently and split open, lava bursting out with a horrible stench. From nearby, she could hear a familiar voice that was screaming, and as she turned to see where it came from something grabbed her arm. She felt chills and a slight pinch, and then.....

She opened her eyes to see the world was entirely blue. She tried to move her hand to feel around but found it hard to, so she began to turn her head instead. It was relatively easier, but she could see no signs of life anywhere. She found herself almost floating, and froze and she watched a few bubbles float by. Was this....water? A liquid? How was she breathing? She found it easy to breathe, and slowly calmed herself, deciding not to comtemplate this. She noticed something-- attached to her arm was a band. It was connected to a wire, which ran up and up until it disappeared into the ceiling. She slowly shook her arm, watching the wire shake a bit too. She looked around and saw a few more bubbles float by. Where...Where am I? She shook the wire a bit more, then noticed something darker coming towards her. She tried to move back but found herself hitting a wall. She began to search around frantically, finding she was in a small place with nowhere to run. The dark blur came closer, and she tried to cower against the wall and become as small as possible. Finally the blur came right up to the tank, and she could make out its features.....whatever it was. A hideous creature with knife like teeth and red eyes stared at her for a second, then turned and moved away. She watched the blur until it disappeared. A few more blurs passed by, then disappeared. She shivered, remembering its face, and began to bang on the wall, which by now she was sure was a glass of some type. Her blows had no effect, and she lowered her head after many failed attempts. Wherever this was, whatever those creatures were... It couldn't be good. She tried to sit against the wall and began to think. What had happened before she had been locked in here? She tried to think but found most of her memories blank...except for one. 90724. What...? She tried to put her hand on her forehead but found her arm feeling very heavy suddenly. She felt movement nearby, in the very cage she was in, and looked up. She almost screamed when she saw a large needle moving towards her. She tried to move out of the way but had nowhere to go. The needle came closer and closer, then stabbed itself in her arm, right where the band was. She flinched and grabbed the needle, watching a small stream of blood flow out of the wound. The needle began to fill with her blood, and she tried in vain to pull it out. Seeing that wouldn't help, she grabbed the metallic arm that the needle was attached to and began to pull on it. The arm didn't move, didn't flinch, didn't even acknowledge her existance. She began to pull on the arm as hard as she could, and still failed to move it. The needle filled with blood and the arm pulled it out, leaving her wound bleeding out into the water. The arm and needle disappeared into the ceiling, and she was left to watch her blood leak into the liquid.

After what felt like a long time later the blurs returned. They moved around her cage, tapping it curiously and making weird noises. She wanted to break free and run away from them, away from these disgusting things. There was no way however, and she could nothing but huddle in the bottom of her cage. 

How long it had been she would never know. She'd awoken a while ago but was having difficulty finding the actual time, since her world was always blue. She didn't sleep and time dragged by. Every now and then a needle wold come into her tank and jab her arm again, and she dubbed this as "needle time". Every so often the blurs would come back and make their weird noises and would tap her tank. She grew tired of this fast and wanted out. She wanted to leave the cage and get away from these blurs. Finally, after what felt like days to her, the cage began to shift. She saw the blurs were back, and they grabbed her cage and picked it up. They began to take her somewhere and suddenly she didn't want to be let out. When they reached a brighter area, the cage was placed on something, and she felt her body become heavier as the fluid was drained. She began to cough up the fluid in her lungs, not paying attention to what was around her....until the creature was staring her in the face. Its appearance was horrifying. It reached in and grabbed her, yanked her out and placed her on a table. She looked up at the instruments and lizard creatures gathered around her, paralyzed by fear. They locked her limbs down, and one of them pulled out another needle. It injected the liquid into her arm, and she began to feel drowsy.