Just The Way You Like It - Under Construction

Chapter Six

Chapter Six

Alice again woke to the sound of her door opening, but almost immediately she was on edge. Something was different; the door did not shut this time and she didn't need to see it to know. The lack of the sound was enough to tell her it had been left open. Alice slowly turned her head to see if it was Dr. Hansen when she was bombarded with the sight of people. She felt the panic rise instantly to her chest. There were so many of them. Men and women both surrounded her bed, and immediately began talking. It was too much for her ears and eyes to take in all at once.

'This is it Alice, God help me and make this quick.' Apparently they had learned from their mistakes and had now brought in reinforcements to finish her off. With that many people, she knew the torture they were about to reign down on her would be severe. Two of the women began unhooking the tubes that were attached to Alice's arms, while another began to take the wires off her legs and chest. All three were again dressed in bright clothes, and again, the men were dressed in white. While the women did their work silently, the men were bombarding Alice with their talk. She couldn't focus on one long enough to decipher what he was saying, before she was distracted by another.

Alice began to cry, she tried not to, but it was all just too much. Her body wouldn't listen to her brain telling it to stay focused and calm. 'The more you fight, the worse it will be. Just lie still and take it.' Before she knew it, Alice was being lifted off her bed and was painfully placed onto a chair with wheels. It looked familiar, but she had no time to try and recall why. She started shaking from the fright of what she knew was coming. The men seemed to be getting louder and louder by the second; each one trying to talk over the others, and it was only making Alice worse. That, plus the harsh light that was now filling every inch of her room made her want to vomit. She thought if she had anything to throw-up, it would have been on the floor by now.

They took Alice out of her room only to bring her into another that was horrific. More people, and the noise had quadrupled Her ears felt like they were bleeding, and now she was almost sure she was going to pass out. Alice was rushed from room to room, down hallways, and into another room that moved her from where she had been, to someplace completely different. Again, she thought it felt familiar, but had no time to think on the matter. Finally, she was brought into a room, with a huge machine placed squarely in the middle that looked like a giant tube. The women stayed by Alice, while the men ushered themselves into an adjoining room. She could still see them through the glass, but at least the noise had cut down to a reasonable level. The women picked Alice up again, as if she was a light as a bag of feathers, and plopped her down onto the machine. One of the women gently pushed her head down, forcing her to lie down. The woman held her hand up, and Alice could tell she wanted her to lay still. Alice tried to hold back her tears, and stay as still as possible. Her shaking had subsided a bit when they had entered the room.

When Alice became still enough, the part of the machine she was lying on began to move. The women made a hasty exit, she assumed to join the men behind the glass wall. She was moved into the tube, and closed her eyes, waiting. It felt like hours passed, and yet she felt nothing happen. The machine hummed a lot, but nothing more. The next thing Alice knew, the table she was on began moving again, and the women reappeared. They put her back into the chair and the men came out all talking again, this time to themselves. She was whisked out the room, and the whole scenario began anew. Another room, another machine, different noises, lie still, don't move, back in the chair. Over and over again, but never any pain. Until they went into the fifth room.

This one was darker than the others, but it had little comfort for Alice. There was another table in the middle and she again was placed upon it. Two of the women stayed with her, after placing her up where she now lay. One at her head, the other at her feet. They began putting the same straps around her wrists and ankles that were on her the night before.