The Experiment

Three

I woke up on the floor. What happened. Where am I. Am I still here? I looked down at my body I had nothing but a paper gown on. What is going on. Wait. Wait. I remember. My father gave me up to... to a... oh god I'm being Experimented on.

"Hello?" I called out.

No one answered.

"Hello?!  Is there anyone here?" I asked standing. I was in a small room but the walls were tall. It had to have gone up at least 10 stories.

"Hello whats going on?" I asked. 

There was no answer. All of a sudden I hear a loud screaching noise, it was like nails on a chalkboard. It peirced my ears. I dropped to the floor screaming instantly covering my ears trying to get away.

"STOP IT!" I screamed loudly my fingers in my ears.

The noise stopped. I laid on the floor breathing heavily sobbing. My heart racing. What was that?  I stood up and the lights went out. "No no," I said standing trying to get to the wall looking for a light switch. I went around the perimeter of the whole room but there was nothing. "LET ME OUT OF HERE!" I screamed loudly banging on the walls looking for a door, a tunnel, anything to get my out of here.

I went around banging on the walls when the lights when on and the loud painful screeching hit my ears again. I dropped to the floor screaming loud "MAKE IT STOP!" I hit my head against the floor my fingers in my ears. The sound, I thought my head was going to explode. It was so loud, so painful. If I had a knife right now I'd cut out my ears.

My body shook as the noise stopped once again. The lights went out. "NO NO NO!" I screamed. "LET ME OUT OF THIS THING LET ME OUT," I crawled to the wall hitting it hard till my hands bled.

Okay, Okay Izzy there has to be a way out. They won't keep you in here forever. Dont react. Don't react to the noise if you do they will keep you here.

But it hurts. It hurts so bad.

I know it hurts but this is what they want. A reaction. Press everything. There has to be a way out.

Okay. Okay.

I slowly stood. And touched the walls pressed everything that could be a button pressing my whole body weight looking for a secret passageway in complete darkness.

The lights came in. Immediately I covered my ears. And ducked down to the floor as the screaching sound came once again. I swear I was louder this time.

Tears fell. Sing. Block it out began to scream out. "You are my sunshine my only sunshine you make me happy when skies are grey. You never know dear how much I love you so please dont take my sunshine away. You are my sunshine my only sunshine you make my happy when skies are grey. You never know dear how much I love you so please dont take my sunshine away. You are my sunshine my only -"  the sound stops and the lights went out.

Good good. Keep doing it. Keep calm look for a way out.

I looked around. I made my way around the circle which felt like it was a thousand times. "This is hopeless. I'm never getting out," I slid down the wall tucking my head into my knees.

The lights turned on and it began once again. I plugged my ears once again and began to sing. "Twinkle twinkle little star how I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are. Twinkle twinkle little start how I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high. Like a Diamond in the sky. Twinkle twinkle little star how I wonder what you are,"

I relaxed when the sound stopped and the lights went out. I tucked my head in between my knees. I give up. I can't do this. I flinched when the lights came on. I didn't sing this time. I plugged my ears and banged my head against the wall as hard as I could. Is this the job of this place? To drive me insane. Will this be the experiment that kills me? How much time has gone by. Minutes? Hours?

It feels like the longest time before the noise started again. I began to hit my head against the wall once again. Somehow the pain of that blocked out the pain of the sound.

Each time the soune came on it lasted longer and longer. I think I gave myself a concussion, or maybe I just didn't care anymore. The sound came on and I just sat there. Staring blankly at the other side of the room. I didn't react. I didn't scream. I didn't cry. I didn't flinch. Nothing. They win. I give up.

The noise came on 3 more times, the same thing happened every time. No reaction. Then the noise cut off and instead of the lights going off they stayed on and the door opened. A man in a white lab coat came in. "6 hours and 17 minutes. Very impressive Izzy. I didn't think you were going to break," he said.

I looked up at him I wanted to cry. I wanted to hit him. He walked over to my and offered his hand to helped me stand.

"My ears," I whispered.

"Yes I know," he sighs. "They will stop hurting in a few days. Now lets go lay down. Ill have someone look at your head," he said helping me stand. "You did very well for your first test. We shall continue when you are healed up," he said and led me out of the room.

I looked around. There were many people in lab coats with clip boards writing down notes as the man walked me out. He led me down a long hallway before we turned and went down some stairs. "Your room," he said unlocking the door helping me in. He helped me lay down. "A nurse should be in here shortly," he said covering me with a blanket and left. I heard a the click or the lock. I never thought I'd be so happy to be back in my room. I closed my eyes. I felt sick from it all. My ears were ringing. My head was pounding. I kept my eyes closed not hearing anyone come in.