
Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then373Please respect copyright.PENANALZ2zkCxdpa
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.373Please respect copyright.PENANAVIdgi8R2d1
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made373Please respect copyright.PENANA78bLifIOwF
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard373Please respect copyright.PENANAtyZDAlCh9P
someone coming.373Please respect copyright.PENANAnFlb5Yz4WK
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.373Please respect copyright.PENANAwJEQLYMySn
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my373Please respect copyright.PENANAzbn27YxDxc
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response373Please respect copyright.PENANACg4Ac5aKh5
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt373Please respect copyright.PENANA8USRQrteXA
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled373Please respect copyright.PENANAx3Ze5Dq6oL
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.373Please respect copyright.PENANAAdr4wSYBZN
Examining.373Please respect copyright.PENANA0zJvf8HokT
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking373Please respect copyright.PENANASZoY07gFgX
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some373Please respect copyright.PENANA2g1ABQ6A4X
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read373Please respect copyright.PENANAGsCN3YIHH0
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided373Please respect copyright.PENANAVJsw9ipJUF
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.373Please respect copyright.PENANAfRtyefGpZx
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than373Please respect copyright.PENANAwxseWWWCje
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim373Please respect copyright.PENANAv8vIDBcwBl
a word, my face was turned away from it.373Please respect copyright.PENANAVt3Zh6PyGc
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one373Please respect copyright.PENANAn9kw4JMqnS
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,373Please respect copyright.PENANAbFUS6z5iGn
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.373Please respect copyright.PENANAbsQsCi1AFT
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very373Please respect copyright.PENANAKmTPpcle1g
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers373Please respect copyright.PENANAmJr6KumW5A
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after373Please respect copyright.PENANA1Y2Hnb7Jfe
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.373Please respect copyright.PENANAkezmWYFrFy
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying373Please respect copyright.PENANA1viuz1xKmc
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.373Please respect copyright.PENANAgRJ4O9N7oX
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not373Please respect copyright.PENANA7IFBeHrD8W
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as373Please respect copyright.PENANA1TXkVeLYCq
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter373Please respect copyright.PENANAXbH8bdRrl4
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.373Please respect copyright.PENANAzPQJmVD9Fx
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and373Please respect copyright.PENANAhvU9Svbx0D
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually373Please respect copyright.PENANAd0IeAfzvTG
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my373Please respect copyright.PENANAVArw1a8Tn7
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to373Please respect copyright.PENANAEV0ayU8l5L
interrupt it.373Please respect copyright.PENANAbHdFbzGweR
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted373Please respect copyright.PENANAw0hNUZwy3P
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,373Please respect copyright.PENANAzL2PuBWvIA
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through373Please respect copyright.PENANA1rqOiMs4XE
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,373Please respect copyright.PENANA6gACEL4H24
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.373Please respect copyright.PENANACetGm57NJ9
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.373Please respect copyright.PENANAsUzGk2EBOf
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in373Please respect copyright.PENANAXHBLCc2w0t
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.373Please respect copyright.PENANAt3aClkvb5J
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older373Please respect copyright.PENANAOMGADtT6dE
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even373Please respect copyright.PENANA2OJK1RGz0q
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.373Please respect copyright.PENANAlSMKxzQFZu
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”373Please respect copyright.PENANAC2yJYMkzls
“Yes...”373Please respect copyright.PENANAvNvuILNrUD
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.373Please respect copyright.PENANAxeOYYFAIsA
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.373Please respect copyright.PENANAM2h7vQZoeo
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”373Please respect copyright.PENANAqv1MCGijvm
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”373Please respect copyright.PENANAuQXEyVl7Da
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of373Please respect copyright.PENANA23xzHnxItz
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”