Three Hearts Left Intact

Chapter 68: Test

Letting twenty minutes fly by, Lauren walked over to the small girl crying in the corner and gently lifted her up. Carrying her back to the table where she sat her down. Looking Kaila in the eyes Lauren checked who she would be dealing with.

"Kaila," Lauren softly said letting Kaila calm down. "Running away and causing all this trouble was wrong. More than wrong actually, and I don't want this to happen again. Stop trying to escape. You only have to be here for four more days. Then you'll be free to leave."

The second Lauren mentioned leaving Kaila knew exactly what that entailed. Her body ached with every movement, but she didn't care. All she wanted was to get as far away from Lauren as possible. As much as it pained her to do so, Kaila jumped off the table and threw herself at the door hoping that in some universe her small body would actually be able to open it.

Lauren just crossed her arms watching as Kaila fell back on the floor with clear discomfort in her face. "You know if you keep this up I won't even need to punish you further. Seems like you've got a pretty good grip of handling that yourself."

Kaila wrapped her arms around her stomach feeling a strong buzzing feeling move through it. Turning over quickly she got into a corner of the room on all fours as she hurled out whatever food was left in her.

The smell was putrid which only made Kaila vomit more. Lauren covered her nose with her arm as she walked over and grabbed Kaila's hair, holding it out of harms way.

Kaila felt frozen as she finished. The stinging and buzzing was finally dormant. She could feel her body peacefully without worrying. But she knew the second she tried to move again, the feeling would return.

Kaila wanted to reject Lauren's hold when she lifted her up and away from the puke. But she felt so weak, even so she couldn't hold her body still as she bounced with every step. Slowly the familiar feeling sunk in causing Kaila to tense her muscles and freeze in an attempt to stop the spread.

However, the torturous feeling starting up in her veins was the least of her concerns when she noticed Lauren walking towards the door. Instead of being yelled at, Kaila was surprised Lauren just quietly walked them both out of the room and down the hall.

The creepy maroon surroundings faded out when they passed through a set of double doors. Looking around Kaila noticed they were in a grey area. A place that didn't look like it belonged to any department. There were only a handful of people in the room with them, but none paid them any attention as they were all too busy.

Around the room had several tables and vending machines running down the back wall. Sitting Kaila down in a corner seat, Lauren walked away towards a machine.

'This is new...' Kaila pondered seeing a skylight in the center of the roof. She would've smiled if the sun weren't a cruel reminder of her situation. 'What is this place?'

In a moments notice, Lauren arrived back at the table. Taking a seat besides Kaila she threw a bag of chips down. Raising her eyebrow at Lauren, Kaila watched as she opened the bag and held one up to her lips.

She could feel how empty her stomach was, but she was resilient to let Lauren feed her. Keeping her mouth shut, Lauren sighed pushing the chip closer to her lips. But once again Kaila was stubborn making sure to make this seemly simple task challenging for Lauren.

"Kaila, I'm not going to ask you—eat the food." She instructed sternly with no room for anymore retaliation. Trying once again, Lauren pushed the chips forwards towards Kaila's mouth. The small girl however had other plans. Sealing her lips shut she mustered up courage she didn't know she had as she curled her legs to her chest, silently whining about the pain shooting through her. Hiding her head within her hands between her knees.

"Alright, I warned you once." Lauren said unsympathetically. Putting the chip in her mouth she wiped her hand on her jeans before turning towards Kaila. Without a word, Lauren lifted Kaila up and out of her seat and set her down in her lap.

With the pain from curling herself up already being unbearable, Kaila couldn't find anymore room to move. She didn't want to break into tears again. Lauren laid one of her arms over Kaila's lap holding her down firmly. Grabbing another chip out of the bag Lauren held it up to her lip.

"Let's try this again," she pushed the chip close but Kaila didn't budge. It wasn't until Kaila scrunched her face up tightly feeling pressure being applied to her waist.

"Eat it," Lauren instructed almost with a grin in Kaila's ear. Shaking her head slowly, Kaila once again felt pressure being applied to her lower abdomen. Only it was stronger than the last. The feeling sent a strong feeling of stinging all over her body, she couldn't stand it.

Without having a chance to stop herself, a sharp pain suddenly shot through the small girls body causing her mouth to open. Lauren smiled wide as she put the chip into Kaila mouth.

"Chew it," she said keeping the same pressure on Kaila's waist. The pain was become so intense Kaila was losing feeling in her feet. With the way her muscles betrayed her, Kaila couldn't stand to go against another order.

Fighting through the pain in her jaw, Kaila chewed the chip and swallowed it. She inhaled hard when Lauren let the pressure drop. "Good girl. See if you just listen this will all go smoothly for the rest of us."

'Rest of us?' Kaila thought before catching wind of Lauren grabbing another chip and holding it to her lips. Her high of pain was overwhelming, Kaila complied as she continued eating the rest of the chips with no hesitation.

Finally once the small bag was empty Kaila couldn't feel her jaw. Her muscles were so sore from chewing that she just wanted to go limp and not let this pain continue.

"There isn't that better. All you have to do is continue listening and you'll have a better experience from this point forward. You want to keep fighting me then I'll make sure you suffer with the gas still running through your system. Now that lunch is done you better have saved up some strength. Your going to need it now." Lauren giggled sinisterly as she lifted Kaila back onto her hip. "Let's start your actual treatment now."
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Let me know what you think. Thanks Lexx signing off