Every Rose Has It's Thorn

Every Rose Has It's Thorn Pt 10

Word Count 1,574

Day and night didn’t exist for me anymore, I’d grown accustomed to the fact. My room had no window, just the hue of fluorescent lights that would flicker on each time I drifted into an unsettled slumber. Dr. List was the only one to visit me, the door would creak open with anticipation each time he would enter; he was desperate to see how the punishments were affecting me on a day to day basis…or was it hour to hour?

 

Today was no different, my body ached with the need to stretch but the shackles stopped me from doing so. Over the weeks or months, I had been here I had been subjected to some tortures I hadn’t even read about in books or seen in movies. Each morning Dr. List would come in and take my blood, making polite conversation about how they were going to use me to take down their enemies, yet they continued to experiment with my powers. The lack of progress in their punishments gave me the impression he was bluffing.

“Good morning, Y/N,” Dr. List spoke softly as he pulled a seat over to the side of my bed. He clasped his hands together in his lap as his eyes studied me intently, “Or is it perhaps afternoon? Night? I suppose you don’t know, do you?” He teased causing my eyes to prick with the promise of tears.

“Oh come now, child, is it so terrible here? We keep you fed and hydrated, don’t we?”

“You also spend hours each day experimenting on me,” I coughed, my throat scraping to deliver each word.

“But we’re getting so much closer to finding a use for you, Y/N,” Dr. List smiled, “It was difficult at first but I think we can finally move onto the next stage in your rebirth.”

I frowned, the fear swelling in my stomach as I absorbed his words, “My rebirth?” Before he could give me an answer, the door opened and four gun-wielding agents entered. I watched as Dr. List signalled for them to remove the chains from the wall. Two of the agents grasped my arms and dragged me from the cell I’d grown so accustomed to. Reluctantly I found myself turning my head back to Dr. List as if he would change his mind.

 

The agents dragged be down the hallway, my feet kicking out behind me in an attempt to slow them – but it was no use. They halted at a large metal doorway and allowed Dr. List to step in front, he typed a code into the security pad and the doors slid open silently.

“She is far more spectacular than you led me to believe, Dr. List,” An accented voice echoed from the viewing room up above and my exhausted eyes fell upon the man standing behind the glass. He was dressed entirely in black, his head shaved and a monocle was resting against his right eye.

“Is this him?” I spluttered, “The boss you’re so eager to impress?” Dr. List smirked as he urged the agents to hook my chains against the wall. They locked me in place, the iron tugging at the raw skin of my wrists.

Dr. List breathed an impatient sigh as he moved towards me, “Strip her.” He ordered, his eyes momentarily glancing up to the man above. I fought against the agents as they ripped the thin gown from my frame until I stood naked and freezing against the wall. My legs trembled beneath me but the taut chains halted me from falling.

“The water, please,” Dr. List ordered, taking a step back as one of the agents grabbed an industrial hose from the wall behind him and pointed it directly towards me. My eyes locked onto Dr. List as he nodded for the second agent to pull the leaver. I barely had a chance to shield myself as the freezing water hit my bare skin with such weight I was sure I would be knocked back through the wall.

“Enough,” The man from above ordered, his voice distorted by the intercom. My entire body was numb as the last of the water dripped to the floor; I was almost too cold to think, I wanted so terribly to shout and curse but my teeth were chattering and my jaw so tense I could feel nothing but pain in my skull.