Lunarian

Chapter 7

Kate stared at the wall in front of her. It had been at least a day since they captured her, but Kate wasn't sure. When she wasn't being 'tested' she was sent to another room, which looked much friendlier than the testing chamber.

It had blue walls with a white carpet. It wasn't very big, and contained little furniture.  The only furniture it contained was a small bed, barely big enough for Kate, a dresser, and a desk. On the desk was a few sheets of this thin white stuff, and a pen. at least she knew what the pen was used for. Although unlike the pens of the moon, the pen on the desk was filed with a sticky blue liquid.

Kate looked inside the dresser to find only a few outfits, three to be exact. They were very similar to the clothes that Connor wore. Kate decided to stay in her current outfit until they got to dirty to wear. Or until she was forced to by the humans.

Kate wandered around the room as she had nothing better to do. She had already tried doodling on the white stuff laid out on the desk, but soon got bored of that. She had taken apart the odd pen thirteen times to see exactly how it worked, and then put it back together again. She had even tried to fall asleep. but of course, that was a complete failure. The room a small window, but at this time, it was facing away from Earth and there was no real scenery to look at. Kate had even tried to escape using the window, but it wouldn't open. She also tried breaking the window, but it didn't even crack when she punched it.

Kate eventually heard footsteps outside her door. The door pushed open, and in came a man carrying a tray of what looked like food. It was like nothing Kate had ever seen before. It was probably food from Earth.

"This is food from Earth. This is a hamburger, and these are french fries. Don't worry, they're edible. They actually taste really good too." The man walked over to the desk and placed the tray on top of it. He looked at her drawings for a bit, then walked out.

Kate stared at the tray of food. She was hungry, and she did need food, so she carefully picked up one of the 'french fries'. It was pretty good, and tasted like nothing Kate had ever eaten before. She then quickly ate the rest of the french fries, finally realizing just how hungry she was. When all of the fries had been eaten, Kate picked up the hamburger. She took a bite into it. It was different from the french fries, and the brown stuff in the middle was completely new to her. It had a different texture than anything else Kate had eaten, and tasted different too. Once she finished the hamburger, she pushed the tray to the side of the desk and began drawing again.

She drew for what must have been hours, but how was she to tell? The drawings he drew were unfamiliar to her. She drew tall buildings, and a few things she didn't recognize. Eventually, after she had run out of  the white sheets, she walked over to her bed and flopped down on it. Once her head hit the pillow, she was fast asleep.

When she awoke she was back in the white room, or as the humans called it, the testing chamber. She was once again bound to the metal table, and once again, she could hear the sounds of machines buzzing. What are they going to do this time? Kate thought. The last test had been to figure out what she breathed, and to do that they removed one part of the air until she couldn't breathe. It was torture, and they said that it was only going to get worse from here on out. Kate hoped that they would either kill her, or let her go soon. She wasn't liking this.