Flame ➸ John Murphy

21

"This ones dead." A doctor announced as he pulled the drill from the boys skin.

A few people in the room cried as the boy was pulled from the table. His bloodied corpse was dragged out of the room to be disposed of. West held back the bile in her throat.

"This ones next." The doctor said pointing to West.

Her heart raced as they neared her. Trying to get out of her hand cuffs, she pulled on them harshly. The guards grabbed her arms as they began to open the cuff. Wests body jerked around as she tried to escape.

"No. Don't touch her." Raven protested as she tried to kick the guards.

West screamed and kicked while they tried to control her. Tired of her actions, one of the guards grabbed a taser from her belt. When the machine touched her skin the electric pulses shot through her body like fire. Her body stopped moving as she caught her breath.

With her handcuffs off true guards carried her to the metal table. Raven kept yelling while John began to pull on his chains. Placing her body on the table, the men grabbed all of her limbs to strap them down. Coming back from the taser, West realized what was happen. She began struggling once more.

Her feet kicked as her arms flailed. Loud screams erupted from her as she tried to stop them. Annoyed of her outburst, the guard tased her once more. Wests body shook until she laid on the table unmoving. All of her muscles were sore.

A leather strap was wrapped around her neck before she felt all the hands move from her body. Her jeans were ripped at her thigh before a hand was placed on her knee. Looking up, she saw the doctor with the drill. She shook her head as he lowered it to her skin.

"Please." She cried on last time before the metal touched her skin.

A blood curdling scream ripped from Wests body as the drill cut through her skin. She cried out as blood dripped out of the wound. The metal was pulled out of her skin followed by a syringe going in.

"Let her go."

In her foggy mind she could hear Raven yelling at the guards. Her head fell to the side allowing her to see where she had been chained up. Raven was yelling at the guards and down two places was John. He pulled on his restraints until he saw West looking at him. Making eye contact, he pulled harder.

Feeling the drill enter her skin caused West to close her eyes as she tried to deal with the pain. She cried as the wound was made. Breathlessly, she watched the bloody drill get ripped from her skin. the syringe was put back in to collect her blood.

"Get her off the table." West heard the voice of the man in the suit say.

"Sir we aren't finished." The doctor explained.

"Get her off now and put her."

West couldn't see who he was pointing too as her eyes kept threatening to close. Arms grabbed her limbs and undid the restraints. She was lifted back to where she had been chained up. Lifting her arms above her head, the guards cuffed her again. Next to her, West could hear Raven screaming at the doctor.

Finally, West opened her eyes. On the table laid Abby. People all around fought their chains to get to her while West fought to stay standing. Her weak legs barely held her up, the cuffs being to main thing keeping her upright. Trying to ignore her pain, she pulled on her cuffs like everyone else.

Abby screamed as the drill dug through her skin. West cringed at the noise knowing that's what she sounded like moments before. As Abby screamed, the door was pushed opens by another guard. He held Jasper captive, leading him to a place to cuff him.