
Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then350Please respect copyright.PENANA8c84ajujR8
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.350Please respect copyright.PENANApWG5mz4slo
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made350Please respect copyright.PENANAcae6hTamiV
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard350Please respect copyright.PENANAFhVlqwsU1z
someone coming.350Please respect copyright.PENANADOoTpE7FNP
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.350Please respect copyright.PENANAnzO7YNv70m
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my350Please respect copyright.PENANA00tHadcDyb
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response350Please respect copyright.PENANAvL6sKvqR2w
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt350Please respect copyright.PENANAT9KHmNvNVA
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled350Please respect copyright.PENANANrgTDhSQGC
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.350Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZsRXQMadv
Examining.350Please respect copyright.PENANAUCwmStPOVP
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking350Please respect copyright.PENANADHUNjQ86PA
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some350Please respect copyright.PENANAfMM01T4Tpm
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read350Please respect copyright.PENANAvAsZlc1hY9
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided350Please respect copyright.PENANAdrY65E96al
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.350Please respect copyright.PENANAh0Fy87NI5w
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than350Please respect copyright.PENANAebpfrFMcBV
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim350Please respect copyright.PENANAMwZVbEMSvZ
a word, my face was turned away from it.350Please respect copyright.PENANAdzdvQEUq6V
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one350Please respect copyright.PENANAWh0moldEr2
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,350Please respect copyright.PENANAqXq93kGFvP
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.350Please respect copyright.PENANAwEePksofun
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very350Please respect copyright.PENANApI6p3Pik2t
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers350Please respect copyright.PENANAGWo4ppJv4m
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after350Please respect copyright.PENANAkYNcxRSvPq
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.350Please respect copyright.PENANAVcyjN3KGBz
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying350Please respect copyright.PENANAreGULd8THt
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.350Please respect copyright.PENANASjCpsRz08N
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not350Please respect copyright.PENANAzXs8CogFfx
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as350Please respect copyright.PENANAv6OYtccbVK
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter350Please respect copyright.PENANAeSAPx9S4o9
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.350Please respect copyright.PENANAZKLjfjvPtw
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and350Please respect copyright.PENANAdp5bubVAgI
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually350Please respect copyright.PENANAm0A7fqw5hE
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my350Please respect copyright.PENANALrKgnfXu2T
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to350Please respect copyright.PENANAN3nrLxJbe9
interrupt it.350Please respect copyright.PENANAAs0WBJIvU2
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted350Please respect copyright.PENANA88JJq6UJ6r
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,350Please respect copyright.PENANAjzIkneCAq4
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through350Please respect copyright.PENANAMi0qmMIsoc
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,350Please respect copyright.PENANA1kEWfXvvzt
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.350Please respect copyright.PENANAevPD20rGXK
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.350Please respect copyright.PENANAxEUvOBs87g
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in350Please respect copyright.PENANA9R9Q8CGQlI
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.350Please respect copyright.PENANAGggt3tqukD
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older350Please respect copyright.PENANAfS9YWlX11h
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even350Please respect copyright.PENANAPN2QakjpIG
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.350Please respect copyright.PENANAKrjRYNJXb2
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”350Please respect copyright.PENANAEWOo8Ya23O
“Yes...”350Please respect copyright.PENANAQylrcHoLLt
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.350Please respect copyright.PENANA8sLd8Gz0eJ
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.350Please respect copyright.PENANASqW5XrPiZ8
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”350Please respect copyright.PENANAIKTQW8CRsn
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”350Please respect copyright.PENANAPBBFy65qZA
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of350Please respect copyright.PENANAdHvgocKmMD
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”